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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
DIVORCE CASE PROBLEM.
Brings Up the Question us a joint
Homestead?'

LeavenwOrth. Kan. Feb. 3.-The ques-
ton as to whether or not a Kansas
Joint can be exempted as a homestead
was raised in cross bill in a divorce
suit here Friday and the state supreme
court probably will be called upon to
pass on this point. The cross bill petit
ton is odd in other ways. The petition
is filed by Mrs. Veronica Oliveskis, in
reply to a petition for divorce instituted
by Albert OliVeskis several weeks ago
the defendant was Mrs. Veronica Black,
a widow and proprietor of Joint in
the south part of the city. After a year
of married life the husband sued for di-
vorce and put in a claim for money and
property against his wife
In the cross bill Mrs. Oliveskis pre-
sents a counter claim against her hus-
band as follows:
Board for one year, $500; extra drinks,
81 040: health and peace of mind injured
by bad treatment, $1,000; beating of the
defendant. $50; for service in getting a
fine RENTED in police court, $3.50; men
pers inflicted by two frivolous suits
against the defendant, 81 900: extra and
incidental trouble made by the plaintiff
against defendant, 81, 0S0.
Mrs. Oliveskis alleges that her hUs-
band frequently called her a slave and
said that all women We're slaves and
that his views were due to the Polish
peasantry from which he sprang and the
nihilists and anarchists with whom he
AFFILIATED. Mrs. Oliveskis AYERS that her
husband married her because she had
money and owned a saloon, that the
plaintiff had a fathomless thirst for
cheap whisky and his chief aim in life
was to keep drunk; that the only inter
est he had in the business was in the
cash drawer, which he rihed at every
opportunity: that he spent most of his
days and nights in reveling and rioting
with people of both sexes almost as de-
PRAYED as himself. In closing Mrs.
OIiveskis alleges that her husband at
tackled her and beat her so that she
was almost unrecognizabIe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
a Poolroom Enioined.

Kansas City. Kan. Feb. 3.-Judge Nc
Cabe Moore. in the district court. grant
ed a permanent injunction against the
operation of the Derby poolroom at
and 10 Ewing street. The pooToom had
been operated under a $1,000 annual Ii
cense issued by the city to Robert Gray,
the alleged proprietor. The permanent
injunction was granted on the applica-
ton of c. c. Coleman, attorney general
of Kansas. The poolroom was closed
on January under a temporary re-
straining order. Judge Moore took the
ground that selling pools on races is
gambling and the city had no right to
license a crime. John A. Hale. attorney
for the poolroom operators. announced
that he would appeal to the Kansas su-
preme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
In Another Instance Tossed Up
Roll of Thirty.
MOSTLY RATTLERS.
Ground Full of En- Near the
heavenwOrth Penitentiary.
One Man Secured a Snake Skin
Seven Feet Long.


Leavenworth. Kan, Feb. 3.-There
probably is not a locality of similar
size within many miles of here that is
known to contain as many rattle
snakes and other poisonous reptiles as
does Kickapoo township. near the fed
era, penitendary.
This week the men working in a
quarry have killed over 800 rattle
snakes. Tt is fortunate thing that
the weather has remained slightly cold
for this has resulted in keeping the
snakes i'm their dormant winter condi-
ton, thereby undoubtedly saving some
of the workers at the quarry from
serious injury.
The men have been finding and
killing snakes all week. but their first
big experience came Wednesday. when
Glib LOar. who lives at the corner of
Firth and Walnut streets and other
WCrkmen in blasting. uncovered d
bunch of thirty snakes The reptiles
coil around each other into a compact
pail during the winter, and one of these
balls was found The men straigh tWavl
Commenced killing the snakes with
their rock drills. and when the excite
ment subsidized. it was found that thirty
snakes had been disposed Of Not
only rattesnakes. but also blacksna kes
were in the dormant mass.
Later a ball of sixty snakes was
found. and all were killed Single
reptiles were uncovered often. but all
We're hibernaung and there was no
trouble experienced in making way
with them.
By yesterday afternoon. 300 snakes
had been killed in the quarry. They
varied in length and size, and included
several varieties beside the rattlers and
blacksnakes already mentioned Each
of the men working in the quarry Sc
cured number of rattles as souvenirs
Of their scarN experiences of the past
week and Peg Loar, son CT Glib Loar.
has large collection. Some of the
snakes. as can be learned from an ex-
animation of the rattles. were very
old. Loar has rattlesnake skin seven
feet i'm length, this being the longest
known I'm this vicinity for a number of
years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
ANOTHER ROAD TO MEXICO.
Hartman and His Associates Plan
Big Extension.

San Francisco, Feb. 3.-Southern Pa
cific officials are informed that Mr.. Har-
riman, Espes Randolph, of Arizona, and
their associates, will shortly begin ac-
tive work on a railroad in Mexico which
will be an important extension for the
Southern Pacific via Guaynas, the pres
ent southern end of the Southern Pa
cific's Arizona and Sonora, Mexico,
branch, and open UP a new country for
the trade of Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco.
The line Will run from Guaymas to
Guadalajara. No definite route has yet
been selected, but from the surveys
made the probability is that the line will
touch AlamOs, will cross the line of the
Kansas city, Mexico. & Orient railroad
at Fuerte and then run along the coast
to Culiacan and to Mazatian. From the
latter place the road viii go to Topic, in
the state of that name, and thence to
Guadala jara. At the latter place, which
ton Will be made with the Mexican Cen
trail road for the City of Mexico, thus
giving new and shorter railroad route
between this city and the Mexican capt.
tai
Messrs. Hartman and Randolph have
obtained a subsidy for this road from
President Diaz' government, amounting
to $4,000 in gold per mile. The length
of the road will be about 745 miles, and
the total estimated cost is $27 900 600. It
must be completed within the next seven
first 24S miles must be built and in Op
Grafton It is owing to this latter condi-
ton of the subsidy contract with
the Mexican government that arrange
ments are being perfected to build the
line without delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
HUTCHINSON ELECTRIC LINE.
Interurban Company to Start Eight
Miles of Track.

Hutchinson, Kan. Feb. 3.-The Hutch
inson Interurban Railroad company will
construct about eight miles of track
within the city at the start. This will
be extended as the business requires. At
a directors meeting held this week this
matter was talked over and it is practi-
cally decided that this mileage viii be
constructed.
Work will move along, when once
started, on the electric light plant along
with the work on the car line. The light
company, which is to be associated with
the car company. viii be in shape to
furnish lights as soon as the car line is
ready and possibly before that time 1t
is thought that the earnings of the car
line and the light company, tied togeth-
er. VIII easily pay the expenses of oper-
ating the plants, the taxes, the interest
on bonds and some sort of a dividend.
Electric engineers say that the combina-
tons of the light and car plants will
make good investment and that it will
paw when it has had a chance for a test
in ODera ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
MAY BE a GRAIN RATE WAR.
other Roads Will Go Wabash One
Better on Corn Cut.

Should the Wabash railroad refuse
to rescind its action in reducing the
rate on export corn from Missouri
river points to New York, Boston and
Philadelphia, through Chicago and st.
Louis. the reduction being four and
five cents a bushel. it is probable that
the other roads will commence a gigan-
tic fight to compel it to do so.
One reason the Wabash made the
cut was to divert the western export
business from gulf points to the At
Iantic sea board. The cut also affects
the markets further east. There bag
been a vast amount of differences. be-
tween the Wabash and other eastern
roads and the true reason for the cut
probably was to start fight.
If the Wabash rates continue in
force it is probable that the Santa Fe
and the Rock Island viii lower the
rate on corn to gulf points in order to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
CAuTIoN AGAINsT FIRE.
Mail Cars on Hartman Roads to
Have Electric LIGHTS.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. $40 prevent
mail cars from catching fire during
wrecks, those on all Hartman roads
are to be lighted with electricity in
stead of gas. Orders were today is
sued from the Union Pacific headquar-
ters to that effect, and the work of
changing the mail cars will be begun
Immediately Motors will be attached
to the car axles and electricity gen
Grated in that way. Storage batteries
Will be used to retain sufficlent~ cur
rent to operate the lights While the
car is standing at a station. Before
starting on runs the cars will be
charged at the roundhouse. and after
ward the rotation of the axle viii keep
the motors going.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
TEN MILLIONS IN DEPOSIT.
The Ten Kansas City, Kan. Ban;7A
Are Doing Business.

Kansas City. Kan, Feb. 3.-The
statements of the nine banks in this
city show deposits aggregating $4,646,-
984.93- Added to the deposits of the
Interstate National bank which is in
the exchange building at the stock
yards. this would amount to s10,362,-
015.11. The resources of the nine
banks aggregate s5,771.O22.
During the year the deposits of the
Commercial National bank grew from
$1.394,752.61 to S2,6O6.293.34 an in
crease of $1.211, 54O.73. About half
of this increase came from the Mer-
chants bank which was absorbed by
the Commercial National last March.
Excepting the Interstate National, the
Commercial National is now the
largest bank in Kansas.
On January II, 1905. the deposits of
the Commercial. Citizens. Merchants
Wyandotte. Home and Banking Trust
company banks aggregated $3,264,-
477.93, and the resources S4,293,-
375.0S. This months statements show
that the deposits of these banks. ex-
cepting the Merchants, which was alb
sorbed by the Commercial, amounted
to $3,918.894.69, an increase of 1884,
1876 Likewise the resources show
an increase of S64O,314.42.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
LEEDS LEAVES ROCK ISLAND.
John j. Mitchell Succeeds Marshall
Field as Director


Field as Director.
New York, Feb. 3=William B.
Leeds. one of the group of four men,
who few years ago purchased the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific system,
resigned yesterday from all connection
with the property. There have been
evidences for some time that Mr.. Leeds
was no longer so prominent a factor
in the Rock Island management as
formerly. He resigned today as direc-
tor, member of the finance committee
and chairman of the board of the Rock
Island company. the holding concern
for all the railroads in the system, and
director and member of the executive
committee Of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway. At the same
meeting John J. Mitchell, one of Chi
Cages leading bankers, was elected a
director of both companies, to succeed
the late Marshall Field. Last Deem
Der there was big slump in the Rock
Island shares, and it was rumOred at
the time that Mr.. Leeds had broken
with his three partners and sold on his
holdings Shortly afterwards B. F.
Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco, was
put in active charge Of the system. and
it appeared that he and some of his
St. Louis associates had taken the
place in the ownership and manage
ment of the properties formerly held
by Mr.. Leeds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
CHINANIEN sOIUGGLED IN.
A Dozen Brought From Mexico il
Santa Fe Box Car.

- DOA~A A1AOAA2AAA AAO4El AAGAAEO Al
Santa Fe Box Car.
Albuquerque. n. NJ. Feb. 3.-What
| IS probably one of the most daring at
tempts at smuggling Cinnamon into
the United States which ever succeed
ed, has just been brought to light by
the officials of the coast lines of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe at Bak-
ersfield, Cal.
The scheme. which proved so sue
ceSsful, was simple in the extreme
On December 80, car left Ell PasO
over the Santa Fe, billed to Bakers
field, Cal. The car was billed Is mer-
chandise and was not inspected. as is
the usual custom of the immigration
officials at FL PasO. The car was
billed TO a man by the name of Hunt
er, in Bakersfield. 1t arrived safely
and a card was sent to Hunter notify
ing him that his car of merchandise
had arrived. No Hunter showed up,
and the Santa Fe officials. becoming
suspicious, determined to investigate
the contents of the car. The car seal
was found broken and the car empty
of any contents. save several empty
meat tins. scraps of bread, water
buckets. and other evidences that the
car had been used for human habita
ton. The railway officials, believing
that the car had been used for snug
CLING Cinnamon, the nearest customs
full investigation proved that the sus-
picions of the railroad officials were
well founded.
While there have been many and
varied schemes tried by those finding
this risky business lucrative, the
wholesale smuggling just brought to
light is perhaps the most daring, most
simple and at the same time most
successful effort that has ever been
made in the history of the Cinnamon
smuggling business.
That a box car, containing at least
a dozen of the almond eyed sons of
n distance IF
1,128 miles, without its contents hav-
unbelievable. The car left Ell Paso
Albuquerque on January or 2, con-
least eight different train crews
handled the car on its way to Bakers
field, and it is almost absurd to think
that all of these men could have been
bribed even had they been open to
bribery. The risk of detection at way
stations must have been great, as the
least noise would have betrayed them.
Figuring the car to go through as
fast as possible, the Cinnamon must
have been locked in the car at least
Sc hours.
And. in spite of all these things
the fact remains that a car load of
Cinnamon were struggled from Mexico
into the United States, locked in a. box
car and shipped from Ell Paso to
Bakersfield. Cal. 1928 miles away,
without being discovered. The au-
thorities at Bakersfield, up to the
present time. have been unable to
discover any traces of the Cinnamon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
CLEvELAND's UNION DEPOT.
one VIII Be Built There at Cost OF
$1,000, 600.

Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. 3.-It is stated
that the officials of the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Wabash
and Erie railroads, headed by Myron
T. Herrick. former governor of Ohio,
and chairman of the board of directors
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie rail-
road have about perfected plans for
the erection of a new union station at
Cleveland. O., at a total expenditure of
S2,5O0,0OO, and one of the most mod
ern railroad terminals in the country
will shortly be installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03

get the export business in the western
territory. While the rate viii probably
remain nearly the same in some Iocali-
eially northern Kansas, viii receive a
better rate.
In order to deal blow which would
be felt by the Wabash it is possible
that the other roads will reduce the
rate on wheat and other small grains.
While such a fight would show up bad
on the earning sheets of the different
roads involved. it would please the
farmers and grain men to the extent
of a few million dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
TEXAS & PACIFIC TO EXPAND.
VIII Build 100 Miles Into the Pan
handle.

Fort Worth. Tex. Feb. SIT is an
nounced officially that the Texas &
Pacific viii build an extension of its
Mineral Wells branch into the Texas
Panhandle. a distance of one hundred
miles from Mineral Wells. The road
is doing great deal of reballasting,
and during the coming summer viii re-
lay 200 miles of track with heavy steel
rails 1t will also enlarge its yards at
Fort Worth materially Car shops may
be built there. The business of the
road is satisfactory, and large sums are
being spent in improvements of one
kind and another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
For a Bir III NIeefine-

Chanute, Kan, Feb. 3.-The Chanute
Oil Producers association is arranging
for big oil meetin~ to be held in Cha
mute next Tuesday afternoon. Some OF
the best speakers in the state will ad-
dress the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
Field win Witnesses Sail.

Liverpool, Feb. 3-Among the passen-
gers on board the Cunard line steamer
Lucania which sails today from here for
New York are Second Secretary Craig
WadswOrth of the American embassy
here and DR.. Samuel Kirshbaum, one of
the clergymen of st. Margarets church,
Westminster. who are on their way to
Chicago to prove the execution of a
codicil to the will of the late Marshall
Field. presumably making provision for
his wife. DR.. Kirshbaum and Mr. Wads-
worth witnessed the signing of the CO.
diCil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
VIII BURN Roulette WHEEL.
SaHna Sheriff Has Some Unclaimed
Gambling Pronerfv

,salina. Kan. Feb. 3.-John Kohl and
Walter Fox pleaded guilty in Justice
Wagstah's court to a charge of con
Quoting gambling house. They were
fined 500 and promised to Quit rbeir
business: These men were captured i'm
a raid a few nights ago and each was
charged on two felony and two INSIDE
meanor counts. The court agreed to
dismiss the other counts if they would
plead guilty to gambling They paid
their fines. Among the things captured
during the raid was a. roulette wheel
which 10 one would claim. The court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03

Wichita, Kas.. Feb. 3-Prof. H.
Samueis is negotiating for the purpose
Of erecting a sanitarium on College
Hill, to be devoted entirely to the treat
ment of patients suffering from con-
sumption. He already has selected the
site for the sanitarium and is now
waiting to hear from parties in the
east who are interested in the venture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
Town washed Away.

New York. Feb. "a cable dispatch
to the Herald from Panama says: All
cable communication with Bonaventura
is still interrupted. A tidal disturbance
noticed here last Wednesday occasioned
Nv earthquake, is rumored to have de-
.4rrt-nd HAT CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03

''the western roads will probably fight
it. A speed law will work hardships
on the railroads. For instance cold
might lower the average of a stock run
and the railroad would be penalized
unless it's explanation was acceptable,
which it might not be. All roads
would have to maintain an explanation
bureau, and rather than go to all this
trouble, we will fight the notifications
if this rider is attached"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
STATIONS ALONG CUT-oFF.
Present Plans Are to Put from ~ to
Is on Line.

Albuquerque, n. NJ. Feb. 3.-W. NJ.
Brown, representing a Chicago con-
tracing firm. passed yesterday at Be
len and on that part of the Santa Fe
cutoff which lies west of Abo pass,
and was here between trains on his
way to Portland, Col
Mr.. Brown is engaged in figuring on
the cost of construction of frame,
stone and cement buildings with view
of bidding for the contact for the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
Enforcing tIle Game Law.

Wichita. Kan. Feb. "a warrant was
sworn out for Samuel Hudsfeth, a farm
er living near Cheney in this county
charging him with violating the game
law. He is charged with killing and
shipping 30 dozen quails. Some time ago
the game warden here confscated so
dozen quail but the man who was ship
ping them got away After invesugat-
irg the officers were led to believe that
Hudsfeth was the guilty party and a
warrant was sworn out for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
Af.PHERsoN WILL HELP.

Hold a Meeting to Aid Semicenten-
NAL Exposition.
Mcpherson, kan. Feb. 3.-The com
merciaI club OF Mcpherson has arranged
to give a banquet to the business men
Of Mcpherson. The banquet viii be
given in the Odd Fellows hall and .
is the intention of the commercial club
to arouse a greater interest among the
business men and to secure their coop
Grafton in working for the better inter
ests of Mcpherson and Mcpherson cOun-
ty and to prepare for a proper reDresen-
tation at the coming Semicentennial ex-
position TO be held in Topeka. The
banquet viii be given on Wednesday
evening, February Z.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
Ell DORADO PUFFED UP.
Owns the Waterworlzs and win Make
Added improvements.

El Dorado, Kan, Feb. 3.-The Deo-
pie recently voted bonds to purchase
the Ell Dorado waterworks. sold the
bonds TO the state school fund and
the transfer of the system has been
made. There will be new dam bniIt
steel water tower erected. mains
viii be extended and other better
ments made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03
AGAINST A SPEED LIMIT.
Western Roads Opposed to Suggestion
of Live Stock Men.

western railroads will fight the
speed limit of sixteen miles an hour on
all stock trains. as recommended by
the wool growers at the National Live
stock association meeting in Denver
recently.
IF a speed limit is fastened on the
notifications to be adopted, said a
prominent freight official yesterday,
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erty is better known as the Al Slater
farm and is one of the finest pieces
johnson holdings on the east. The
Messrs. Johnsons paid So, 900 for the
200 acres and now have one of the
biggest farms near Ottawa.-Ottawa
Ranf1hIic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03

Hiawatha, Kan, Feb. 3.-The first
triplets in Brown county arrived at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Hays Hinchman
Of Horton yesterday. The bies were
all boys and died soon after birth.
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CAR COMBINE GROWING.
WATSON Company Has just Been Ab-
sOrbed by 1t.

Springfield, Mass. Feb. 3.-The Was
son Car company, the largest car build
ing concern in New England, employing
700 men, has been taken into the big car
building combine which viii control
large part of the car building business in
the United States