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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
RIVALRY BECOMES INTENSE.
Congress May Investigate the Claims
of Burlington and Rock Island.

Congress May Investigate the Claims
of burlington and Rock Island.
T Chicago, Dec. e24-Word was received
at local railroad Offices that congress
probably would make an Investigation
into the handling of the mails in Chi
cago with a view to ascertaining
Wnether 1t would be policy to transfer
the transcontinental mails from the
Burlington 10 the Rock Island.
The rivalry between these two roads
was by the Burlington, which notified
the pcStoffice officials here that a change
in time of their night fast mail would
be made which would bring the Omaha
malls into that city in time for early
morning distribution.
The fast mail on the Burlington now
leaves here at $3.50 p. m. and arrives
at the. Union Pacific. transfer. at S:15 a.
m. and at Omaha at $50 a. m. It is
proposed to leave Chicago a I, the same
time, but to arrive at the transfer sta
ton at a. m. and at Omaha at $40
a. In.s The Omaha mail carriers leave
the postoffice at e.45=a. m. and. the ear
Her arrival of~the train will enable them
testpstFibtfte mail sdn Omaha in the early
morning. rs-- ..e --s sfi H.. r. Il f.sc 1
The ppstoff1ce department has been
notified by the Burlington that this is
all that company will do toward Off
setting the .expediting Of the mails
which the rev Rock Island train effects
at Omaha and other points. The local
postOffice authorities are ascertaining
all of the facts relative to the earlier
time of local mails possible. Speaking |
relative to the new fast mail train on
his road, President B. I. WInehelI said
Under all of the rules whereby the
mail business of the country has hith- !
erto been conducted by the government |
the Unconstitutional and local mails |
should now be turned over to the Rock /
Island at Englewood We have not |
talked about a new train for expeditiDg /
the mails, but we have put the train /
on and are now running it We can /
save the government more than two
hours by transfer of the mails at
Englewood, nearly a business day in a
large territory, and probably between
$75, 600 and $780, 900 a year.
The train is there. and the effect.
it would have upon the western mails
is not a problem. We tender this train
to the government. If the" government
desires to avail itself of the train we'll
and good, but if not, then we will have
to take it off,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
GOOD MAN COR THE GIIRS.
Bill Sweeney. Secured 1aoIn the Coast,
Is a Baseball Star.


Chicago. Dec. 24-Manager Nc
Creedie Of the Portland club Of the
Pacific Coast league believes that in
Bill Sweeney the Chicago National
league champions have secured a play
er who is better than Hal Chase of the
New York Highlanders and Joe Nealon
of the Pirates. If this is the case the
Cubs certainly have secured a prize.
Sweeney Is a Cincinnati boy and is an
alumnus of st. Aavier's college in the
Queen City He began to attract atten-
ton as ball player when still in school
by playing with various teams under
the name of Denton" After he was
graduated his love for the national
game led him to Portland and last
season he was the sensation of.the Pa
CHIC coast He is head and shoulders
above any shortstop who has ever
aged on the Pacific coast in my
time" said Manager McCreedie. Il
think he viii soon become one of the
great stars of the game replied Van
So"
Sweeney. like Miller Higgins of the
Cincinnati team, has changed from
right to left hand hitting, and since he
switched he has batted at a $40 gait.
He is said to be faster than Maloney,
Bay or Browne of the New York Giants
getting down to first base. and beats
out many infield hits that take two
bounds. He covers a vast area in the
infleld and throws hard and accurately
He has the knack of catching the ball
and putting 1t on the runner with the
same motion, much. like Johnny iEvers.
end runs. the bases with speed and
sfzdgr7ent. sweeney is way above the
average player in intelligence and is
game in tight places. He fights every
inch of the way in a game of ball and
has an abundance of nerve. Pacific
coast critics predict a great future for
n inn n Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
BY a BOILER EXPLOSION.
Ed CowelI Killed end His Brother
Seriously Injured.

Wellington, Kan. Dec. 24.-By the ex-
plosion Of the boiler Of a stationary en-
CINE near here Ed Cowell was killed and
his brother, J. G. Cowell, was seriously
injured.
The engine was a small AFFAIR Of six
horse power and the boiler was in bad
condition. The brothers were using it
to run a corn shelter. AS it failed to de-
velop enough someone hung a weight on
the safety valve and not long after the
boiler let go.
Ed Cowell had the top of his head torn
off by flying fragment and was hurled
some sixty feet He was a young man
and had recently been married His
brother was badly hurt, but will re-
cover.
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Chicago, Dec. 24.-Chicago's worlds
champion White Stockings have receiv-
ed their souvenir watch charms eubIe-
matte Of the victory in the worlds ser
les with the Chicago Nationals Every
man on the team who was eligible to
play IN the memorable series received
a souvenir. President Comiskey and
Secretary FredericksA also. were given
the same sort of trophy. One Of the
first players to receive this reward was
- udgeH Donohue. who was a bright
particular star for The White S0x in
the series. fJiggs' was delighted with
the prize The medals contain two
stones. a diamond on the front and a
sapphire on the diverse side. The med
ais came from the national commission.
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RAIDED GANBLING DENs.
New Administration in Kansas City,
Kan, Starts in Promptly.

Kansas City. Kan, Dec. 24-The
new administration here began its at
tempt to stop gam bling Saturday night
A detail of police, headed by Chief
Oscar Haner, raided gambling house
at Is Kansas avenue, Armourdale.
Harry Obey. 619 East Twelfth street
East Side, and Charles Riley $40 Kan
sas avenue, We're arrested as the own
ers. Louis Hare and Harry Wayma1l,
who said they lived at the East End
hotel. and John King. 719 East Ninth
street, who were in the place at the
time, were also arrested. Obey and
Riley, the alleged owners, We're rel eased
on $25 bond and the other three ;,aen
each gave SIC bond. They Will appear
in police court this morning.
The gam bling place, which was in
the front 70 ,ra of the second story of
the building, was fully equipped and
had evidently been in operation for
some time. Two poker tables, two
card tables, a crap table, the kitty,
about a bushel of poker chips, a hand
full of dice. some of them loaded" and
two bottles of beer were taken from the
place and stored IN room at police
headquarters s@E ssf1s a5-,s sal
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\ WESTERN LEAGUE GUESS.
Tho C'Nein Regime Will End and
Cooley VIII Stay Out.

Omaha. Neb Dec 24.-The mag
mates of the Western league will meet
in Chicago December % in response
to an official call. and it IS practically
settled that at that time the O'Neiil
regime will come to an end. The CAL
ifornia man is said not to have been a
satisfactory president and no matter
what clubs may comprise the league
next year. the method OF running it will
be changed and the one-man regime
OF last year ended.
The question of the circuit for next
year is still a bit uncertain, but the
probability seems to be that it will be.
the same as 1t was last year. The eff
fort to make an eight club league for
the coming year has not borne fruit
although the effort viii be renewed
and is likely to be successful the year
after next.
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WILL TRAN Ar LARKsPUR.
Willie Fitzgerald says He Can Make
l33 Pounds at O'Clock.

San Francisco. Cal. Dec 24-Willie
Fitzgerald has arrived from his trip
across the continent to fight Britt but
there have been few of the faithful who
has improved or gone back. Immediately.
upon his arrival with his wife he was
escorted across the bay by Gregory
Mitchell, who is acting as his representa-
tive, and they located at Larkspur, where
he will do his training
The men have not signed articles and
neither seems ready to make q final state
menf concerning thesHElat- i4sftE saids
He animated he vbuHdl ike stlIat figure.
Britt has not stated ,lbs views. Joe
Thomas Will so 10 Fitzgerald's training
camp to assist him in his work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
AN ENIPORIA DEATH MYSTERY
Monroe Morgan Found in a Park
Win C.rsoIic Acid Near Him

With CerboIic Acid Near Him.
Emporia, Kan. Dec, 24.-Monroe Nor
gan, a farmer and stockman who lived
IN Eureka, Kan, died Saturday after
noon in ST. Mary's- hospital. Morgan
was found in an unconscious condition
IN corner of Hum boldt park near a
crossing of the Santa Fe. Near him was
an empty china jar and a small bottle.
Doth of which had contained carbolic
acid There were no indications that he
mad swallowed the acid, but there was
slight burn on one leg caused by acid.
Morgan was a wealthy man and pa
pers found in his pocket indicated he had
returned recently from Kansas City.
where he had been with two carloads Of
cattle. He, carried five certificates of
deposit with a Eureka bank aggregating
$1,000, the cattle contract and other pa
pers and solid gold watch, but no
money There is a strong possibility that
Morgan was robbed. It was learned that
he bought morphine pills Friday The
stomach Will be examined by a chemist
1t was also learned that Morgan had
been at the, Leland hotel two days and
that he had come to Emporia from the
west. Morgan was about IS years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
-sticlxnev SUBMITS New Plan.

Washington. D. c.. Dec. 24-That
cutting in halves the average time
taken by shippers to load and unload
freight cars would instantaneousIy
double. the, effectiveness of freight
equipment of railways is an argument
commission today by President A. B.
Suckney of the Chicago Great West
ern railroad. He says the average
time now taken is nine days. If this
were decreased to four. and .one-haIf
days. he said, it would have the effect
of adding LOO, 900 cars to the equip
ment Of railroads without cost to
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
D4sATLx0EbaA sGKxpE yFTONEER-
William brown Located There a. Quar-
2 ter of : Century Ago

clyde, kan, Dec. PA William Brown
an old and respected citizen Of this city
died Tuesday OF tuberculosis, and was
buried with Masonic honors Thursday
afternoon The deceased was born in
Lincolnshire, England, in 1s37,nahd emil
grated to this country with his parents
when but three years of age. He leaves
a wife and i've children. He was a mem
Der of the Masonic lodge of this city and
until recently a member of the A. o.
u. w Mr. Brown was a painter by
trade and has followed that line of work
since he. first located here rs years ago.
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a BIG CHRIsTNIAs sNoKEE..
Portland Cement Company to Distrib-
ute $500 Cigars.

lola, kan, Dec. 24.-An order for
$500 cigars was. placed in lola by tho
lola Portland, with the expectation of
creating a huge smoke on Christmas
day The cigars viii be distributed
among the Workmen. Each foreman
will receive two boxes one for himself
and one for the men under him. AS
each foreman generally buys a. box
on his own hook and gets a generous
spirit about that time, it usually re-
suits in the mem sharing in. three
boxes. The cigars are all the ten cent
kind. The order will cost in the
neigh boBheod of 5000 ~ .uIUG jssa go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24

. Lawrence. Kan, Dec. 24.@The kan
sas City Athletic club basketball team
defeated the Haskell Indians here sat
urday night by a score of "a to 20. The
game was much closer than was an
ticipated, as the Indians made a very
strong showing, and the visitors were
handicapped by pillars on the court.
The Indians made a better showing
against the Athletics than they did
against Baker university at Baldwin
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Holidny. Excursion Rates.

re accommodate holiday travellers a
round trip to many points on the
Union Pacific and its connecting lines,
has been placed in effect by the Union
Pacific Dates of sale. Dec.F2O, 21s ~,
%. 81. "a. %, 80, 81. 1906, and Jan.
lat 1907. Inquire of F. A. Lewis.
civ Tfcxes Agent, 525 Kansas avenue:
or-J. g. Fulton. Depot. Agent. ~
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Baker Must stand for Trial.

Paola, Kan, Dec.s24. The preliminary
hearing of Carl Baker. charged with the
murder of Eugene sVohs, was held here.
Vohs was murdered as he was re turn
ing home from Eouisburg after selling
witnesses were examined and although
the evidence Is all circumstantial, itwas
considered sufficient to bind Baker over.
for trial at the next term of the district
court ST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24
Christmas ana New Years xxo1,,.-
lT4afass-g,arfo n, -~~-~S

Tickets on sale twithout regard -
distance limit to all points on the a n
& S. F.. Ry-, also to points on connkrf,,....
lines in the following states Art-sS,.-i.ss
Colorado, Indian Territory Er $500
Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska. -rTs.s;
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahorna ~,
as end Wisconsin at rate Of on,a a---
one-third fare for the round trip. Ticl-~
cts on sale December 20, II. %. 81 "a 5r
20, 80, 81 and January l. Final limit - -.
turning January z. 1907. T. 1. Kin~
Agent
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RAD Fan From the Bluffs.

kansas CITY, KAN Dec. 24--George
Kitsmiller. IS years old was found lying
in the mud near the edge of the water
Of the Kaw river near the west pier OF
the James street bridge early yesterday
morning He was rescued by Police Of
acer John Taylor. who heard his cries for
three hours he said. His left leg as.
broken below the knee and hes was
chilled. The police sent him to BethaI1y
hospital Mr. Kitsmiller said that ne
crossed the bridge and was walking along
the bluff when he lost his footing and
fell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24

Neese, was struck On the head with a
stone stone ana badly injured in a fight ct dis
trlct school No 10, near CentrODoiis, in
this county A grutge existed for some
tune between the McNeese brothers on
the other, and the alsarreI eliminated at a
social held 1T the school house. There
was wrangle outside the building in
the dark, and no one. has been found who
WIN tel who fred the shot. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24

New York, Dec. 24.-Eben NJ Byers. Of
Pittsburg, the national amateur golf
champion, is to go abroad in February
1t is said that he intends TO compete in
the amateur championship of Great Rri-
tain, which will be held in May.
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Ihe standard to Advance VIC.

Independence, Kan, Dec. Alt is an
nounced by the Prairie OH and Gas com
pany that on January / the wages Of ali
employees receiving less than 500 q
month will advance 10 per cent, IT II
rumored thar there may also be an al
vance in the wages of employees who are
500 employees may benefit by the r1,-
mored increase.
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Christmas and New Year Rates vie
Rock island

To all points on Rock Island ana
Frisco lines one and one-thIrd 80
for the round trip. Also to points ~
senger association territory at oor-s
spondingly low rates. Tickets on 80,
December 20, FL, %. %, "a, IS. 80 al
81 and January /. with final ref,,rr,
limit January 2, 1907. For tickets = -, =
full Information, see Rock Islend
agents. A. NJ FULLER, C. p a
Rock Island Depot.
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welsh. NOT .Jen. the Referee

San Francisco. Dec 24-JacA WEIGH will
referee the Gans-Herman fight. which
win take place al TonoDah on New Year s
day. When James J. Jeffries wired Man
ager Riley yesterday. declining the honor
negotiations were opened with Welsh
who accented the offer today. He will
receive the same terms as -Wered offered
Teffries 81 .000 and EXPENSES
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WIG KILI1Ep BREEN?
The Coroner's Verdict Does Not Lo-
cate the Guilty Person.

Arkansas City, Kan, Dec. 24-The coro-
ner's jury which has been investigating
the killing Of John J. Breen has returned
a verdict but could not fix the blame
The jury has been in session seven differ
ent days. extending over q month. and
every clue has been Investigated. Breen
was a constable and was killed in a re-
volver duel with a burglar in his home
November dying ten days later.
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Passes for suppIxmen,s Instruct6r.s

The Santa Fe is issuing. passes to
employees of railroad supply houses
who look after the firms Appliances
and instruct the railway employees in
their proper use and care. This is
done on the ground that these men
fill the places of instructors whom the
Santa Fe would have to employ if they
We're not furnished by the manufac-
turers and whose work is provided for
BY contract with the manufaeturers.
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Nudge and Cain to Santa Fe?

An UP country paper says: A rail-
road man, recently returned from To-
peka, says that the talk in railroad
circles is to the. effect that both Mr..
Nudge and MI. Cain are to come back
to the Santa Fe.
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RurneH nv an Explosion.

Waverly, Kan, Dec. 24--By- the explo-
sion of a lamp at the home of ]. J. Hall.
a barber, Mrs. Hall probably was fatally
burned here. She attempted to move q
fell on a hot stove and exploded. Her
Clothing was nearly burned from her body
before the fire was extinguished- The
house was nartly burned.
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zen Under tbe wheels.

Kansas City, Dec. 24.-Benjanin
Molette, is years old Of Marysville,
Kan, fell under the wheels Of Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train at Pomeroy,
Kan, Sunday and his left leg was so
badly mangled that it had to be ampu-
tated at the hip. He was taken to st.
MarRaret's hospital He said he was
coming to this city to spend Christmas
with his brother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-24

Washington, Dec. 24.-Kansas postnas-
tiers Commissioned today Frank Kirk at
Cleveland, % Kingman county, Ada NJ.
Craddock At Richf1eld. Morton county;
Grant Duval at Weskan, Wallace county.
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VIII Mine Rock salt.

Mcpherson, Kan, Dec. PA company
has been organized in Marquette for the
purpose of mining salt. The very best
grade of rock salt in the state is found
at a depth of about 300 feet. and it is
the purpose of the company to put down
a shaft and mine it
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Paving or Old Bonds.

Junction City. Kan. Dec. 24.-Tedays
Geary county paid off $4,000 worth of its
Junction City and Fort Kearney railroad
refunding bonds The bonds were orig
inally issued in 1873 for 100000 Ten
thousand dollars was paid last year and
only So, 400 remains unpaid.
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OIL AT MADISON.
A $50 Barrel Wei Brought In Down in
Green wood County. H''sf2|

Madison. kan. Dec. .24.-This town
is now in the oil belt. The Madison
Drilling company brought in $50 bar
rel we'll Saturday. The we'll is 1900
feet deep. Oil was struck at 1,1S0
feet. but was heavy. The oil is now
$50 feet deep in the we'll The oil
stone has been penetrated only six
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Garrett, Kan, Dec. 24.-Ed Warner,
an undertaken at Colony, was found
dead in his home Sunday. He was
drinking. quite heavily, it IS said. and It
is Supposed heart failure followed the
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"a ncIaIsEReticent on Alton Dispute.

Chicago Dec 24.-None of the. rail
road OFFICIALS in Chicago who might be
in a. position to know anything about
Alton railroad affairs will admit haV-
ing any information regarding the al
legged So. coo geo discrepancy in the rail-
roads accounting. President Winchell
of the Rock Island said: 4 have not
heard of any trouble in the Rock IS
land between the Hartman and the
Moore interests, and would not be IKE
" to hear of it. I am not q director in
the road and have nothing to do with
its operation or its affairs. I have
no opinion to. express regarding the
stories which ]. have seen in the pa
ATTORNEY. r H. Winston. who repre-
sents the Alton, declared that he had
received mo word. of any disagreement
betwe an & the interests controlling the
Alton. The general impression among
railway officials is that there IS diff
ficulty' or at least a dispute, regarding
accounting methods and that the dis
mite is likely to get into the courts.
The Alton is managed under a joint
a rraernent between the Hartman and
the Moore interests.
! That the Rock Island people have ais
covered something in Hartman meth
DDS to which they seriously object,
there seems to be little doubt. Presi-
dent Fe1ton of the Alton will be home
tomorrow The construction accounts,
If is said, are being investigated.
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Eureka. Kan, Dec. 24.-Mrs. T. A Len
hart of this city was fatally burned by
a gasoline explosion Saturday. She was
building a fire in the cook stove, and
confusing the gasoline and coal oil cans
poured a quantity of gasoline on the
fire
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New Bank for junction city.

Junction City, Kan. Dec. 24.-The Home
state bank was organized here with a
capital of $25.000. The bank will COM
mence business here February l. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: F. L. Dur
land president; J. E. ciemmonss vice
president; H. G. West. cashier
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EnIarge Newton slious.

There is said to be pretty good au-
thority for the statement that the
Santa Fe shops in Newton are to be
enlarged next spring and made equal
in size and importance to the La Junta
shops.
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Death OF Mrs. or. 1fonghton.

Arkansas City. Kank Bec z4.-11rs. Q.
P. Houghton, one OF elIe pieneer women
or Arkansas City. died at s7Iaustinsa Ok.
Saturday. The body wTiA be brought to
Arkansas City for bur4aA 9ssr
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bers, aged rs. died at his country home,
near this place of appendicitis Mr.
Chambers was a law student. in the
Kansas university at Lawrence, having
entered the school last September.
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bile; no delay to traffic; wonderfully
satisfactory performance; train dis
patchers handled us with pronaptness
amidst traffic; almost incomprehensible
to one not close to operating depart
ment Thanks"
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last week. Solchied, Elliott and Allen
dld the best work for the visitors while
Means was the star for the Indians.
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Ottawa, Kan, Dec. 2EZHoHston Nc
Neese, Is years old, was shot and will
die. and his younger brother. John Nc