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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
WINCHELL IN TOPEKA.
With Mr.. Nudge He starts on Tour of
Inspection.

B. L. Winche1I. president of the Chi
cago. Rock Island & Pacific Railway
conn ny. accompanied by H. Z. Nudge
second vice president and other officials
of the road are out on tour of inspec-
ton which will take them over the
lines of the Choctaw division of the
system, which was the old ChoctaWg
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad.
Dan E. Cain, general manager of the
road, T. 7. Dolan, superintendent of
the southwest district and w. S. Tins
man, superintendent of the Choctaw
division, went from here to Kansas
City on Friday night and met Mr.
WincheIl and Mr.. Nudge there yester-
day morning on their arrival from Chi
cage. The party then Travelled from
there in a special train of four ~rivate
cars which was run as a second sec
ton to the Golden State Limited, put
the special did not follow the Golden
State into town yesterday noon as had
been expected. It switched off at the
wye a mile west of the station and
backed up for a mile or two on the St.
Joe line, waiting for the Golden State
to make the station and g@ vt again.
1t then followed the Golden State IS
far as Herington where it switched off
on the Choctaw division. Mr.. Winchell
and his party expect to tal-o week or
more in making an inspection of the
Choctaw ssivision, on which it is I'M
derstood there are to be many improve
ments made during the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
SKULL LIKE STEEL
Harvey Wheeler, Shot in Head,
Is Scarcely Hurt.
Bullet Broke to Pieces by the
Impact.
TAKEN OUT BYSURGEON
Five Pieces Located by Means of
the X-ray.
Extraordinary Thickness of
Bone Shown by Photograph.
TAKEN OUT BYSURGEON

AN ordinary -38-calfbre revolver will
XIII an ordinary man, If fired at his
mead at short range, or even reason
ably long range. However, it is a waste
81 time and energy to shoot Harve
wheeler, a negro j0intist. with the
same weapon
Thursday afternoon DR. J. c. Nc
Ciintock performed an operation at
Christ hospital In which big X-ray
machine played a prominent part. The
operation was simple after the radio
graph had been made and developed.
and i've small pieces of lead, the sub
divisions of 30 caliber bullet, were
taken from the head of Harve Wheel
err colored, who was shot on the night
Of July 4, 1905 The bullet had splat-
tered much as it would have done had
it been fired against a heavy steel
plate.
On that night, Harve Wheeler was
playing cards at a table in his joint at
$40 Kansas avenue. He had just
opened the new place. and formerly
dispensed the booze in North Topeka.
He was in a fair way to win the game
on hand. when William Curry, white
man who had been employed by
Wheeler in his North Topeka joint
came in to collect IS which he claimed
Wheeler owed him. His method was
drastic. but to the point. He ap-
preached the negro and said: 81 be-
lieve YOU owe me something. Come in
with it"
Wheeler started to rise from his
chair, and Curry poked a revolver
within a foot of his head and fired.
Wheeler went down and out, for the
time, and Curry fled
Doctors were called, and found a
big bullet hole in Wheeler's head. Tt
was located about an inch in front of
the right ear, and it appeared that the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

in Paris as parasites; IN Dublin as
microbes and when they were gone
never. to return, they were called bac-
teria."
Mr.. Macon (Ark.) wanted an
amendment adpoted that would close
every custom house In the country
that did no return any revenue. Floor
Leader Payne declared that all use
less custom houses would be attend
ed to later and Mr.. Macon was salts
fed.
General Grosvenor CO.) took occa-
sion to declare that the cry of the
shoe people for free hides was sense
less inasmuch as the industry was the
most profitable and prosperous of all
industries.
Cosideration of the bill was moi
completed.
The senate did not meet today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

lead had gone straight in. He was
taken to the keith-Rhodes hospital
where he came to-" DR.. Keith de-
cided that he had better not probe for
the bullet, as it might be lodged in
the brain in such a manner that the
slightest displacement would cause
the instant death Of the patient, SO he
devoted himself to making Wheeler
comfortable and waiting for him to
die. To the surprise Of the physicians
and Wheeler himself he began to re-
cover. He admitted that he felt some
what 'jarred up" by the bullet but
felt not the approach of the Grim
Rea per. In a few days he was out on
the street telling his friends how it felt
to have a bullet in the brain. He was
pointed out to passers-by as the human
lead mine and a living phenomenon.
In short time Wheeler had entirely
recovered. The man who shot him,
having been arrested by the police
twenty-four hours after the shooting
was kept in Jail awhile, and then the
case was settled" with Wheeler and
he was released
Six months later Wheeler began to
complain of an ear ache, and "buz-
Yin in his head. The pain and the
"buzzin' " grew worse until he went
to the hospital for treatment
The first move was to take a pic
ture of WheeIer's Uranium. The
plate, when developed, showed the out
lines of a remarkably thick skull. and
the bullet, flattened and separated.
distributed around over the exterior of
his skull Instead of piercing his
dome of thought, the pellet had sim
ply puuctured the scalp, and then
met it's Waterloo as it came in con-
tact with the boiler-piate skull. The
skull was not even cracked
The next move was to chlOroform
Mr.. Wheeler and cut the upper part of
the ear loose from the scalp as the
disturbing fragment OF lead could be
plainly seen where it was embedded
I'm the bone near the opening. While
they were about 1t Dr.. McClintOck
and removed the rest of the hardware.
Wheeler has been robbed of his dis
fInctiOn He is no longer the man with
the lead mine in his brain, and no
longer will his enemies fear to smite
him on the head. 1t has been pOpu-
lar superstition among his associates
for the past six months that a blow on
the head would displace the bullet and
XIII him instantly.
The accompanying reproduction
from the Photograph picture shows the
specks Of lead, and the steel wire
which was fastened around his ear for
the purpose of locating the organ or
the picture and giving the surgeons q
landmark for the location Of the lead
The picture also shows a skull so thick
that in the thinnest place, just back
of the temple, it stopped a bullet fred
at short range. Even there 1t Is FULLY
three quarters of an inch in thickness
1T is very lucky for Curry, the man
who fred the shot, that he did not hit
wheeler suuarely between the eyes
Ead he done so the chances are that
fhe missile would have rebounded and
killed the Would-be slayer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

ago, and Immediately began the prac-
tice of his profession at OskaloOsa,
Kan. Since coming to Topeka he has
completed two and a half
years work in special branches
of the law at the Wash
burn college school OF law. In 1902,
Mr.. Gnluly became member of the
law firm of Redden, NcKeever & Gill
luly. which partnership continued
until the death of Judge Red
den last July, since which time he
has been in the practice by himself,
retaining the firm offices in the Craw-
ford building. Mr.. Gilluly has had
charge of important litigation in the
state and federal courts of Kansas,
and also in the courts of Missouri and
Illinois and he is one of the success
full young attorneys of Topeka
Mr.. Gilluly has been a resident of
Topeka for twelve years and has a,
host of personal friends who are ac-
tive in his behalf. Although Mr.. Gill
July has always taken an active inter-
est in Republican politics, this is the
first time he has been a candidate for
public office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
BIGGEST MILL IN KANSAS
To BE Located at Wichita With 500
Barrels Capacity.

Wichita, Kan. Jan 2O=The deal
has been closed whereby Henry L.assen
secures control of five acres of land
just south of Thirteenth street and be-
tween the Santa Fe and Rock Island
railroads MI Lassen viii begin work
as soon as possible on the construction
Of a large mill and elevator, which
when completed, viii be the largest in
the west.
The mill will have a capacity of l.
500 barrels of flour per day. The ele-
Nator will have a storage capacity Of
10000 bushels. At present the total
milling capacity of the mills here is
l. SOC barrels of flour, and the COM
btned elevator capacity is 30O,0OO
bushels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
ROSS GILLULx A CANDIDATE.
One of Younger Crowd Who Aspires
to Office of. County Attorney.

Ross B. Gilluly, candidate of
the young crowd for the nomination
of county attorney on the Republican
ticket, is a native born Kansan. He
was born in Jefferson county, Kansas.
August 6. 1871. His father, Judge w.
F. Gilluly, is a veteran OF the civil war,
having served three years in company
6 of the Eleventh Michigan volunteer
cavalry. Mr.. Gilluly received his edu-
cation at the Oskaloosa high school
and at the University of Kansas. He
studied law with his father and was
admitted to practice law twelve years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
TRAIN STRUCK THEM.
CareIessness Of Gateman Causes Death
of Man and Wife.

Washington, N J., Jan. 2O.=Walter
Williams, who has charge of Million
aire Alfred SulIy's mansion, near
Hacketttstown, drove to Allamuchy to-
day and. passed the day. He returned
at O'Clock tonight with Mrs. VIII
liams. Their team was held at rail-
road crossing by a, passing coal train.
After the train had passed the gate
man raised the gates, not observing
another train coming. The train
struck the wagon and both Williams
and his wife were cut to pieces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
Kined by a Train at Girard.

Girard, Kan, Jan. 20.-Thomas Walsh
of st. Paul, Kan. was run over by a
Santa Fe passenger train here Friday
night and died Saturday. He was talk
ing to a friend and tried to board the
train after it started. He fell between
the depot platform and the cars and
his left leg was cut Of and his left side
and shoulder crushed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
AT NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Phil Finch Wins Big Event at the Fail
Grounds.

New Orleans, La, Jan. 20.-Results
at fair grounds:
First race-six furIongs, Platter
won; Hannibal Bey, second; Whirler,
third. Time, 1:15.
Second race-Four furIongs: Be
May wOn Glad Pirate, second; St
Cloud third. Time, 40 4-5
Third race-One mile: Lieber won;
Whippoorwin, second; Novena, third.
Time, 1:42 As.
Fourth race-st. Charles hotel han
dicap, $1,000 added, mile and a quar-
ter: Phil Finch, won; King Els
worth, second; Nonacof Maid, third.
Time 2:09 "a.
Fifth race-six turlongs: Guiding
Star, won; St. Valentine, second; ;
Luerma, third. Time, 1:14 As.
Sixth race-Six furlongs: haywood
won; Arsenal, second; Vagary, third.
Time. 1:16 ID.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
WANTED TO COME TO TOPEKA.
Old Soldier said TO Have $1,000 Disap-
peared at IA. c. Depot.

Kansas City. Jan. 2O.-The police to-
day continued to search vainly for the
aged soldier from Danv5lle- H.. who
disappeared yesterday morning from
the Union depot. where he was waiting
for a train to Topeka. When the veter-
ans disappearance was first noted it
was rumored that he had nearly $1,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
ROwEIr ASKED TO LECTURE.
Former state Accountants Invited to
Appear at State University.

Charles Rowett, who was state ac-
countant under Governor Bailey, has
been asked to deliver a course of ten
lectures on accountants and accounting
at the University Of Kansas during this
winter. He is considering it.
MI Rowett was the ian who first
unearthed the state treasury Shortages
He was accused of being prejudiced
against T. T. Kelly and was abused by
a great many papers in the state but
the fact that the Morris report is prac-
tieally the same as his shows that he
was right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
MEMBERS MAY BE LEFT
Number of Guests at Roosevelt We'd
ding to Be Limited.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Senators and
members of congress may not be in
vited to the Longworth- Roosevelt
nuptials at the White House Febru-
airy II. The question is still under
consideration. Ceremony cards ara
now being prepared. They viii be
sent to relatives, close friends, high
ministers and higher navy and army
officers. The present calculation linn
it's the cards to so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
TO CLOSE % JOINTS.
a $4,000 a Month Revenue May Be
Shut on 1T Piusburg

Girard. Kan. Jan. 2O.-George H.
Stuessi of Pittsburg, the assistant at
Governor Hoch for Crawford county. is
sued warrants today for the arrest of
% jointists' in the city of Pittsburg.
The hearing is set for January g. The
joints have been running wide open in
that city for is years as they pay into
the treasury $1,000 per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

T.awton. OK. Jan. 90 dispatch
from Cache Ok. today states that
Geronimo. the Apache warrior. has
called upon Quannah Parker the
Comaehe chief, to ask Parker TO visit
Washington and go before President
Roosevelt to again plead for the lib
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

erfv of Geronimo and his tribe &C.
ronimO will remain several days with
Parker, the two having become fast
friends in the past
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
wARAIEsT IN 80 YEARS.
DR.. Shows Lawrence. THERMOMETERS
Registered IS Degrees.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 20.-At 1880
O'Clock this morning the thermometer
at the University of Kansas registered
s. degrees, the highest point 1t has
reached in January since DIT. r. r..
Snow began keeping a record Of Kan
sas weather So wears ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

Senator Beverage of Indiana says.
Public confidence is the young mans
best asset Young man, try to abb
sorb the truth contained in that epic
gram. It's Minneapolis
Better Way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

in his pockets. but the officers do not
believe this is true.
we do not believe that the old man
had, at the most, more than S45," said a
depot detective. 1.-The depot employees
who saw him with money, saw a hand
full of silver, not gold, as reported. We
believe the old man is still in the city"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
HORSE FELL THROUGH STAGE.
Incident In Play That Was Not On the
Programme.

From the New York Times.
Kingston, the big chestnut horse rid
den by Charles Richman in the role OF
Jack Hemingway in "Gallops," at the
Garrick theatre, kicked too hard last
night when he should have delivered
only a few stage kicks, and down he
went through the boards.
II wasn't much of joke TO the
horse; to Mr.. Richman, who rode him,
to the company, nor to the musicians
of the orchestra, who were engaged in
a quiet little game of pinochle below
the stage. 1t also occasioned no little
excitement in the audience.
In the last act of the play Mr.. Gal
Ioway. who is arranging novel fea-
ture for the hunt ball, introduces King
ston as an innovation in cotillon lead
ers. There is a brief dialogue, and
then the curtains at the back of the
stage are drawn, disclosing Mr.. Rich
man on the back of the animal, who IS
supposed to add TO the excitment by
kicking over the supper table.
In last nights scene Kingston con-
tributed an unforeseen share in the
excitement by losing his head. kicking
everything in sight, and endeavoring to
throw Mr.. Richman. In the struggle
the floor gave way and half of King
ston disappeared below the stage.
1t soon became apparent that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
FLOOD WITHDRAWS
FROM THE CONTEST
Griggs Election as Chairman is
Now Assured
WILL MAKE GREAT FIGHT
When He Formerly Forced Tariff Is
sue to Front He Reduced Repub-
ican Majority very
Materially.

Washington, March 2.-(speeial. REP
resentative Flood of Virginia today with
drew from his contest with Representa-
tive Griggs of Georgia over the chairman
ship of the democratic congressional com
mittee and the election of the latter now
seems assured.
The election for the Craftsmanship VIII
be held Tuesday night The meeting will
be called to order by the secretary
Charles A. Edwards, who will probably
succeed himself after the election of Mr.
Griggs is disposed Of. Democratic MEM
hers generally are well satisfied with the
selection of Mr.. Griggs. The campaign
he made for the party in 1902 was the
most successful waged in a number OF
years and resulted in a very small re-
publican majority in the fifty-eighth Con-
gress. -.
Mr.. Griggs in that campaign put the
tariff issue to the front and relegaeeu
to the rear free silver and imperialism
the result being that the democrats came
nearer capturing the House than they
had for ten years. Mr.. Griggs sald 10
day that he believed the prospects for
democratic success are better imam 1hey
had been for several years.
"There is every indication" said he,
that the republicans will lose the next
House. The President is at odds with
his party on practically every important
measure before Congress and the split IN
the republican ranks cannot but result
in great democratic gains, which in my
opinion. will wipe out the republican
majorty-in this Congress"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
WOULD REGULATE RACING.
Measure to That End Is introduced In
the Kentucky Senate.

Frankfort, Ky. March 2.-State Senator
Jack Chinn, of Mercer county. today in
trodueed in the Kentucky senate meas
ure proposing to create state racing
commission, with power and authority to
regulate running race meetings in the
state when operated by a corporation or
association. The bill provides for a COM
mittee of five men to be appointed by
the governor.
They are to license tracks for a period
of one year. the license to be revoked
at the pleasure of the commission for
any violation of rules which the COM
mittee may from time to time prescribe.
The commission is given authority to
regulate the time of holding meetings,
all of which must be held between April
and December of each year. The bill
does not propose to interfere with trot-
ting meetings of state or county fair as
sociations. Violations of it's provisions
is punishable by a fine of $500 to $1,000
daily strong effort will be made to
have the measure voted upon by the as
sembly before the close of the session,
nine days hence. The measure Is en-
dorsed by the blue grass breeders and
Kentucky horsemen generally.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Senators Up In Air.
QUEER EXPERIMENT.
Men Eat Glass Beads to Prove Won.
ders of Digestion.

New York Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Prof Max Einhorn of the Postcard
uate Medical School and Hospital, has
been feeding a number of New Workers.
on glass beads to find out how much
they are behind the African ostrich In
the matter of digestion
The Professors extraordinary series of
experiments now just concluded show
that beefsteak and potatoes. the stand
ard diet in this city, are harder to di
gest than is generally supposed. Other
curosties of digestion were also brought
to light.
Prof Einhorn chose small porcelain or
glass beads for his experiments. At first
he tried to coat the beads with the es-
sence of various articles of food. but had
to give that plan up. Several weeks
ago he conceived the plan of loading"
the beads with solid foodstuffs by draw
ing them through the opening in the
bead and tying them on with a silk
thread
To test the work of the digestive fluids
In the stomach only Prof. Einhorn fed the
loaded beads to his subjects by inclos-
ing them in gelatine capsules with a
long silk thread attached The subject
then swallowed the encapsuled bead,
which was pulled up again after an in
terval of from four to six hours. In this
way the extent of the gastric digestion
was easily estimated Other loaded beads
were fed to the subjects without any
thread attached.
Among the articles inserted in the
beads were catgat. raw tendon raw and
boiled beef, raw chicken skin, raw and
boiled potatoes. raw potato skin, apples,
fishbones. wax paraffin starch, suet and
mutton fat.
According to Prof. Einhorn these ex-
periments proved that In the average
healthy New Yorker both catgut and fish
bones were digested in the stomach.
whereas, boiled or raw beef, raw chicken
skin, and raw as yell as boiled potatoes
did not disappear altogether In the stom-
aeh.
The raw chicken skin and the raw mus
Gle fiber disappeared further on. but the
tendon was not digested at all. It was the
same way with potato skin Mutton fat
remained unchanged in the stomach but
disappeared through chemical action later
on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
A Scathino Rebuke.

From the Holdenville Tribune
The following letter was received re-
Gently:
Dear Sir: l hereby offer my resigna-
shun as a subscriber to your papier, it
being a pamphlet of such small konse-
ouenc as not to benefit NY family by TAX
In it. What you need In your shete Is
branes & some ore to russell up news
and rite editorials on live topics No men
shun has bin made In your shete of me
butcherin' a pollen china pig weghin 1863
pounds or the gapes In the chickens out
this way. You ignor the fact that I bot
a bran new bob sled and that I traded
my blind mule and say nothin' about Hi
Simpkins's Jersey calf breakn' his two
frunt legs fallin in a well. 2 mporta [
chiverees have bin utterly ignored by
your shete & a column obitchury notice
writ by me on the death of grandpa Hen
cry was left out of your shete, to say
nothin of the alfabetical poem beginning
A is for And and also for Ark, writ by
me darter. This is the reason your paper
is so unpopular here If you don't want
EDITORIALS from this place and amt go
in to put up no news in your shete we
don't want said shete'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
HALE COMMITTEE IS
CALLED TO MEET
Young Mems Hebrew Association tc
Entertain Members and Friends
It's Own Home at Early Day.

Chairman Isadore Shapiro of the hall
committee of the Young Mems Hebrew as
ISOLATION has called meeting of the COM
mittee for 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the synagogue. The members will re-
port on the matter of home for the as
ISOLATION, and it is expected a location
will be decided upon definitely.
The committee is composed of Mr.. Sha-
piro as chairman and Mr.. Shugerman,
Joe Alper, j. A. Blumberg, Louis Walo-
WITT, l. Berman' Abe Copelan, b j. Lead
er. Alvin Rotchild. J. N. King, Hugo
Robbins and Louis c. Addison.
Chairman Shapiro announced that as
soon as the home was selected and fur
nished the association would give an en-
tertainment to its members and friends
as a housewarming and appropriate SOU
venirs would be given to the ladies at
tending.