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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP.
Terrific Explosion in san Beamardino
Yards Injuries No One.

San Bernardino. Cal, Jan. 27.-W}th
a roar that shook the entire city, q
Salt Lake passenger engine blew up just
before midnight Thursday in the yards
of the union station. The engine and
the boiler We're reduced to scrap iron
and the pieces scattered for hundreds
of feet in every direction. The ground
was torn uD like a newly p1oughed
field. Fortunately, no one was in
jured.
Sam Walker night engine hostler,
had very narrow escape. He had but
few minutes before left the engine
and gone to another some distance
away.
some idea of the fearful force of
the explosion may be gained by the
fact that the big boiler was literally
lifted from the frame carried high III
the air, turning a double somersault
and alighting fully $50 feet ahead of
where the engine was standing. The
framework of the engine was lifted
from the track and dropped several
feet to one side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

One of Frances Plans TO Get Even
With Venezuela.

Paris. Jan 27.-Hesitaney on the part
Of the French government to choose a
quick and practical method Of getting
moral and material satisfaction from
Venezuela is beginning to excite INF ~
orable comment among the deputies.
many Of whom are freely offering an
vice unasksd. This afternoon Pran-ise
Rouvier received a visit from numbez
of the deputies, including representa-
tives from the island OF .sas1us.
Tue foreigners declare themselves
familiar With the Venezuelan situation
and suggest that If the present scheme
Of putting an embargo on Venezuelan
products is not carried out. d still better
plals Will be to seize the Venezuelan
island o. Margarita. Asuncion. the
capital c 3 this island. is the headquar-
ters Of TIE pearl fisheries. which fzI-
nish nearly two-thirds of the receipts r
the FenezI elan budget.
Il viii be urged seriously that the IS
land be bloekaded and the fisheries IN
terfered with in order to bring President
Castro to terms. Several newspaper
support the idea and are confdeut that
the United States viii not be disposed
TO prevent Frances freedom Of sctio ?.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
BACK TO DEAR OLD BROADWAY.
Jimmy Britt soon to Shake Coast Dust
From His Feet.

New York. Jan. 27.-Jimmy Britt Of
San Francisco, according to his friends,
intends to fight only one more battle,
and that with Battling Nelson, the only
man who has conquered him, and then
the pride of Frisco's native son" con-
tingency will become the host and
owner of hotel on Broadway.
The little fighter, who has saved a
greater amount than any pugilist ever
did before him from the earnings of
his combats, is enamored of the Great
White Way" and thinks so much of it
that he viii forsake the Golden Gate
of his native state and come here to
live and add to his pile, the latter, of
course. incidentally.
Britt spent several weeks here re-
Gently. He has lots of friends in the
region of Broadway and Forty-seeond
street. and their style of living and
making a living pleased him. So he
decided to emulate. If Britt gets in
Longacre square he would be close to
Kid McCoy's jewelry shop and the
saloon which Young Corbett contem-
plates acquiring in that neighborhood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
ORDERED FROM THE RING.
Joe WaIcott. the Colored Fighter, Is
CHARGED With Fake.

the retired welterweight champion. was
ordered out of the ring again for tax
ing part in a suspicious looking en-
counter with Dave Holley, another col
ored pugilist, at the stag of the Long
Acre A. C. The fighters were ordered
out of the ring at the end of the sec
ond round by the referee after that
Official had heard them pass a remark
while they were clinched and had also
seen them miss punches at close quar-
tiers which neither man is said could
have fallen short of without he tried.
Walcott and Holley made a protest
against being put out of the ring, but
when they saw they were not needed
they left the arena.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
HAS PLENTY OF PLAYERS.
Twenty-six Men VIII Start Training
With Cleveland

Cleveland, O.. Jan. 27=The final
railying order to all the old maps and
new maps has just been sent out from
and when King LaJoie's pitchers and
catchers come over to Atlanta from
Hot Springs there will be twenty-seven
men-enough for three full mines
in gray uniforms. Here is the list:
Catchers-Harry Bemis, Fred Bue-
low. J. J. 6Nig) Clark and Howard
Wakefield
Pitchers=Adrian joss, Earl Moore
Robert Rhoades, w. H. Bernard, Otto
Hess, James West. Monte Wood John
Townsend. Harry A Eels. Ralph Cad
wallader.
Inhelders- Napoleon La Joie. Will
lam J. Bradley, T. L. Turner, George
Stovan. Claud Rossman, W. J. Bar
beau. H. Bateman, William Shipke, A
J. Ingerton.
Outfielders=E Elmer Flick, Harry
Bay, James Jackson. w. NJ. Congal-
ton.
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sUPT. TIcE's CAR REMoDELED.
Has Been in local shops Undergoing
Repairs for Weeks.

Work has just been finished at the
Santa Fe shops here in remOdeling the
private car of H. A. Tice. superintend-
ent of the Oklahoma division of the
road. The car has been in the shops
for several weeks and has been thor
oughly overhauled. 1t was length ened
by six feet and the platforms were
Widened so that it is now as fine as any
car belonging to a division superintend-
ent on the system. Changes were made
inside in keeping with Mr.. Tees own
ideas
This car has quite a history. 1t is
known now as No. 404. Away back
some fifteen or eighteen years ago
when c. T. Resseguie was superin-
tendent of the Oklahoma division. he
secured the car for his private use Tt
was way car before it was remodeled
for Mr. Resseguie. IT was one of the
first private or business cars possessed
by any division superintendent. Since
that time the car has been so often
changed that very little of the original
remains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
BAD BLOW TO JEFFoRDs.
Big Jim viii Probably Never Enter the
Ring Again.

Philadelphia. Jan. 27.-Owing to an
injury sustained in his fight with
George Gardner of Lowell, Mass, } I'M I'M
Jeffords will probably never enter the
II the fourth round Jeffords swung
his right for Gardeners stomach, but
the blow landed against the Lowell
agony from the punch Jeffords con-
tinue until the end Of the sixth round.
After the fight Jeffords told his sec
onds that he thought he had broken
his arm A doctor was called and q
hastv examination showed a break. He
was hurried to the hospital, where the
injury was found TO consist of a double
break of the forearm.
The doctor told Jeffords that he may
never be able to use the arm again,
and certainly it would never be fit to
fight with again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
coon PROGRESS on ORIENT.
Over 500 Miles OF Road are Now in
Operation.


a + ssilNell president OF the Nan
80 80 Slly, AAeAieo q OIleht railway anu
me parry q one hundred promiileIlt,
capitdlists from the east ana ceutfdi
a Msse, VINO nave peeh on tour O N
ssSesoIl % az lLle pIoIerlles OF llle
So4ll2 sal3s ia lIlessoutl west ana mexico
nave Deett IA Kansas Tor the last couple
q Gays Inspecting the competed pof-
IONS u the Eoa0 Ia the vicinity Of
vienna.
ms IS lne SKIN party OF capitalists
lllaI MT 5uiWeli mas nad over the ines
u .lL tlie Ioaa LOT the purpose OF selllhg
IN lIlein Interested IN the exploration or
me Nlfslh country through Whlch the
ROAD VIII run ana IKE the othefs' tney
nave expressed themselves as DelIiS
1sNoIaply impressed with the possipll-
eles OF the road
VI the l,5Ub miles OF track winch the
orient VIII own when the enterprise as
oIigihally conceived, IS competed, 500
inlies already are IN operation. OF
tnese 10 extend from Wlchlta, KAN
ehFousn TO OakWood, OAla.s % mlles
from Sagerton, 70 sweet water, rex,
IS IllIes from the gun terminus IN
deAleo 20 Hornhlons and 10 nllles
rom 1hlcQahua 10 san Soslehes, NleN.
Wofk on the remainder OF the track =
progressing al several points, ana ad-
dluons TO sections under operation
are mace as rapidly as the track can
oe put INTO cohallion Tor the purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
ABOLITION OF PASSES
Dee Not seem to Have Affected
Business of Country.


Notwithstanding the extended per-
sonaI bereavement suffered from the
HboIitfou Of the free pass by some of
the roads and the severe curtailment
81 favors by most roads, the business
of the country has moved on for more
than three weeks without apparent i'm
jury. says the Railway Age. The num-
hev of railway passengers. however,
has undoubtedly fallen off. The Penn
sylVduta railroad. ON which the reform
was particularly sweeping, appears to
Toe withstanding adverse criticism per
Fistenuy. and announces that Presi-
dent Cassatt has not faltered in his pc
sition and that the order absolutely
abolishing all forms Of free transpor-
tation and free tickets. except to rail
road officials and employees. is being
carried out to the letter and will be en-
forced permanently. Considerable sat
fsfactiOn has been obtained by the pub
lie from reading that President Cas-
salts son. although president of a
company allied with the PENNSYLVANIA
NOW pays cash for Communication tick
cts. and that numerous other men Of
railway connection and business ride
free no more. The express companies
have cheerfully repented Of old habits
10y adopting a rule forbidding the
transportation of any free matter. ex-
cept where contracts with railways
prevent Religious. benevolent and
charitable objects viii suffer loss from
the reform. although they viii not all
together be cut off from favor by many
roads. Western lines have hit an abuse
by putting restrictions around trans
portation for land and Immigration
agents The eastern and central lines
have decided that it would be unjust
discrimination to carry discharged
soldiers for 11a cents a mile any
longer. and viii ask them to pay the
same IS other citizens From state
and national capitals come low rum
bles of impending legislation intended
60 recoup the public for its free pass
losses but lawmaking has not vet de-
veloped- In Kentucky an offered bin
proposes to punish railways for giving
passes and oficeholders for accepting
them By fine of $500 to $500. ManV
states are likely to pass laws of his
nature, unless they reform evil by the
contrary plan of compelling the roads
TO carry all public persons free.
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cOAIsIAEY WANTs sToNE.
Would Trade Dundon. Green and Robe
Plus $1,000 for Georoe.

Plus $1,000 for George.
Chicago. Jan. PA trade that Will
shake up the bones, however, is one
which is alleged to be under way be-
tween CCmiskey and the st. Louis
Browns. The deal, according to people
who have heard the floating gossip, in
wolves a trade of Dundon, Green, and
Robe, plus $1,000, for George Stone. the
only man on the Brown team who can
nit q ball. At first sight the deal seems
none too probable, owing to the fact
that teams hate to part with hard hit
ters, but stranger things are happening
in baseball all the time
The DEAL if completed, would be Il
great cinch for the Old Roman. He
does not need Dundon, despite the great
fielding of Gustave; he does not need
Green with Hemphill and ONeilI com
ing and he does not need Robe enough
to let him stand in the way of an ad-
vantageous trade. He does need bats
men-and Stone is the boy who can
slmite that ball.
Stone, Hemphill and O'Neill would
make up an outfield which could bat a
whole lot lsbel, covering second,
could field well enough, while his bat
ting would make up for Dundon's go
ing. The team, thus constituted, would
at once change from a Iight-hitting col
lection into a band of virile, earnest
Differs, nor would the mon be slowed
up much on the bases. Dundon is
good base-runner, but will steal fewer
sacks than Ivy on the season, and
Stone can travel under proper pressure.
An outfeld of Stone, Jones and O'Neill,
with Hemphill for extra man, would
hit in fancy fashion.
Stone is said to be dissatisfied with
his own work at St Louis. He led the
league awhile last season, and the fans
took up a subscription, buying him
gold watch. Then he fell back, and the
fans guyed him. This hurt his feelings,
and the player, a sensitive sort of fell
low, says he would like to make
chance
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Venetian Sensation.

Rome. Jan. 27.-Great excitement
has been caused in Venice by the news
that Count Giovanni Correr. who is
well-known in the Italian sporting
worlds has been arrested on charge
of abduction The count. who is SO
years of age. is separated from his
wife. Recently he fell in love with
Countess Maria Lutti de Treviso. who
is minor, and, it is alleged, eloped
with her. The countess family put the
matter in the hands of the police. A
search was made for the couple, who
were ultimately found in Venice. The
countess has been restored to her fam
lily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
BELEN CUT orr WORK WAITS.
Weather Too cold There to employ a
LARGE Force Of Men.

Albuquerque n. NJ. Jan 27.-C. W.
Whitney superintendent of the Lam
try-Sharpe Construction company,
which has the contract for the greater
part of the work on the Santa Fe's
Belen cut off. was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Whitney says that the company is
operating but five camps on the work
at the present time because of the cold
weather One of these camps is at
Belen, two at Willard and two at
MountaiDair.
'sAs soon as a break in the weather
occurs. said Mr.. Whitney. I'VE viii
treble our force and prosecute the
work to d conclusion. It is a useless
waste of money to try and work a
large force of men now because of the
exceedingly cold weather which pre-
walls there"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
HOW AIARTIN WENT or.
A Left Point TO the Jaw Put Him
Down in the Fourth.

San Diego. Cal. Jan. 27.-In the
fourth round of what was to have
been 2 twenty-round contest Sam
McVey of Oxnard. knocked out Den
yer Ed Martin While the fight last
ed it was one of the fastest contests
ever seen in San Diego. From the be-
ginning of the first round to the time
Martin was put out with a straight left
to the point of the jaw the men were
fighting almost continually.
About one minute OF the fourth
round had passed when McVey sud
denly shot out his left, hitting Martin
square on the point of the chin. Mar
counted out. Afterward he was car
rfed to his corner by his seconds and
remained out for nearly five minutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
NIKE. KING OF TRICKsTERs.
Never a Ball Player in the Same Glass
With Kelly.


In devising and successfully execut-
ing so-called trick plays there never
has been a player in the same class as
Mike Kelly although Mike while with
Chicago was indebted to Tom Burns
for many a suggestion which he after
ward developed says Frank Hough in
the Philadelphia Inquirer Much Of
KelIy's success was due to his daring.
During a game with Boston Kelly was
caught twenty feet from the plate.
Charley Bennett was waiting for him
with the ball. Mike yelled out. You
won't touch me, Charley and kept
straight on to the plate. There wasn't
the slightest apparent reason why
Bennett should not have touched out
the king, but as the latter threw him
self away from the plate, Benefits
hand went over his leg, but did not
touch it. and Kelly managed to touch
the plate with his foot. Connie Mack
had just another such experience with
Kelly, showing how the latter would
get away with a play through sheer
nerve.
KelIy's mental alertness was excep-
tional, which combined with his nerve
made him the ideal leader for a rally.
AS an outfielder he did not amount to
much He frequently said himself that
if his fielding average reached 500 he
would think that he was doing pretty
Well But his exceptional ability at
the bat more than offset his weak
ness in the field. and for that he was
always kept in the game when not
catching.
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As TO BASEBALL BUNTs.
Ned HanIon and ArIie Latham Best in
the Business

Ned HanIon and Ar.lie Latham Best in
the Business.
During the last few years the first
and second basemen. have paid consider
able attention to handling hunts. With
a runner on third, if the BAH is hit
toward right, the first baseman can run
up on the ball and probably head off
the runner coming in from third. If
the latter holds third then the first
baseman knows that first is being COW
cred by the second baseman, and he re-
tires the batsman anyhow. With this
single exception one cannot recall a
play now practical that was not in
vogue say twenty years ago. That
player now and then digs up an old
play and believes it to be new, is more
than likely
One afternoon while the Athletics
were at Shreveport last spring, Man
ager Mack had the catchers and pitch
ers practicing to catch base runners.
Runners were played on third and first.
The runner on first started for second.
The catcher would throw to the pitcher,
who would occasionally get the runner
off first, and sometimes when tie rum
ner on third made no attempt to go
home would relay the ball to second
and get the runner from first In the
evening Powers, who had been in the
practice during the afternoon, asked
the writer if he had even seen that
play before. Powers seemed to be on
the level in his belief that it was
new play. and was astonished when
told that Mccormick, Brady and Dun
lap were exceptionally successful in
working that play with the old Cleve-
landers in the early sos.
The hit-and-run game obtained its
greatest DEVELOPMENT with the old Chi
Cages, and though bunting was not SO
generally Dracticed in the old days as
now, it is doubtful if two better bunters
than Ned Hanlon and Arlie Latham can
be found now.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
New Name for the katy

The familiar name of katy for the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas is to be
dropped and Southwest Route" sub
stituted, the management believing the
latter name of more value in indicating
the locality in which the company is
interested. Regardless of this decision
on the part of the M, K & T. officials
it is dollars to doughnuts that nine out
Of every ten persons having occasion
to refer to the line viii call it katy"
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for my turning over the championship
to another man. As to my fighting
again, don't think that you viii ever
hear Of Jim Jenries putting on another
glove This letter shows how the
champion of all champions stands re-
garding the heavyweight champion
ship question. It sets at rest the Oft
repeated statement that he had placed
his crown on the brow of Marvin Hart
when the Louisville man beat Jack
Root in Reno, Nev.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
Nick AItrock Again a Sock.

Chicago. Jan. 27.-Nick Altrock viii
be a member of the white sox during
the coming season. This much was
made certain when the handsome one
foated in to see President Charley
Comiskey yesterday afternoon and
readily attached his signature to a CON
tract hat was showed before him. Al
tract that was showed before him Al
natl during the winter and came up
here for a brief visit with old friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

his property to his father. who will
thus make the Battler immune from
breach of promise suits.
Nelson owns a large amount OF real
estate at Hegeswieh. ILL.,, and is afraid
that it will be attached by some of the
girls who have lowered in his vicinity
None of them for mine,'' says Mel
son. When I get ready I will get
married all right, but she won't be no
chorus singer who wears tights instead
of skirts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
Edward HanlOn Advocates a
Radical Baseball Change.
Wants Pitcher Placed in Center
of the Diamond.
BENEFIT THE BASEMEN.
Manager of the Reds Says Live
lier Contests Would Follow.
1t Would Mean an Increase of
Running and Scoring.

New York, Jan. 27.-Edward Han
Ion, Il member of the National leagues
committee on rules, has a radical sug-
gestion to make which involves moving
the pitcher back to the center of the
diamond. Hanlon believes that a
move of this kind would benefit the
batsmen and would also provide spec
tators with livelier contests, because of
increasing base running and scoring.
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RACE DISCRIMINATION.

Negro sues Road for Not Getting
same Accommodations rs Whites.
A colored attorney of Nashville
Tenn. has brought suit against the
Louisville & Nashville railroad. claim
ing damages for $500. on the ground
that while q passenger on a train from
Cincinnati to Nashville he was dfscrimi-
mated against on account Of race color
He claims that in addition to ordinary
damages he is entitled to punitive
DAMAGES Complainant alleges that the
car iul which ne was riding did not
have edlual accommodations with those
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
RAILROAD TELEGRAPmERs.
Nearly 1000 Men Joined order Last
Neaas

Ace3.
The Railroad Telegrapher states that
500 members We're added to the Or
der of Railroad Telegraphers during
1905, and that new or revised schedules
We're secured on thirty-four systems.
1t notes that the strikes of the teleg-
raphers on the NJ. K & T. and the
Terminal Railroad of St Louis are still
on Although number of important
roads dc not recognize the O. r. T..
the Telegrapher claims that Eat the
present time the number of scheduled
roads outnumber the unscheduled ones
nearly ten to one No figures are
given as to the total strength of the
organizations or as to the mileage of
roads on which the telegra piers are
organized and unorganized.
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Will WIPE TOWN FROM MAP.
Burlington, o., in Pennsylvania Way
and Must Go.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-In order to dou-
Bile track a portion of their lines the
Pennsylvania railroad has bought
every house in Burlington, Ohio. and
will wipe out the town. There are
about two hundred and fifty houses
in the place. which is very old one.
The enaeement of Burlington from the
map will occur this summer. and
freight yards will be constructed
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Chicago, Jan. 27@Writing from
Burbank. Cal. James J. Jeffries says.
Il have never given the heavyweight
title to Marvin Hart or any other man.
Let them fight for it as I did I do
not think that the public would stand
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of the new fiscal year of the company
ings have amounted to S38, 1872 an
Increase over the first six months Of
last year of s3.895,7O5; net earnings
S14 sos, 369. an increase Of 81, 328,006.
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Sc CHoRI.s GIRLs ZOE Elm.
Nelson Transfers His Real Estate to
Father to Avoid Suits.

Milwaukee. Wis. Jan. 27.=Battlfng
Nelson, the lightweight pugilist. who
has had his own troubles of late with
chorus girls. who insisted that he
should we'd them, has transferred all