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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
RAILROAD NEWS.
Now for New Short Line, to
st. Paul.
Mileage From Kansas City to Be
Reduced by e. NJ. & s. r.
nTImr ET mo nHE NTTT II
OUTLET TO THE GULF
Preliminary Outline of Proposed
New Route.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Kansas City, Jan. 22.!The Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway is build
ing a line of railroad which will give
Kansas Citya direct line to Duluth, be-
sides shortening the present mileage
| between Kansas City, Des Moines, st.
Paul and Minneapolis. The present
short line between Kansas City and ST.
Paul is the Chicago Great western, 5SI
miles, The new line will shorten this
distance forty miles
The ST. Paul railroad has numerous
lines gridironing Minnesota, Wisconsin.
the Dakotas and Iowa. From one of
these lines, which runs almost due west
from Milwaukee, branch line dips
southwark crossing the main line from
Chicago to Omaha at Herndon and ter
n1inating at Des Moines, Ia. At Give
station north of Des Moines another
branch line extends northward with Its
present terminus at point scarcely big
enough to have a place on the map:
This line is being extended northward
to Mason City, where it will link with
the line to st. Paul and Duluth.
At Des Moines line has been sur
veyed in a southeasterly direction to
Seymour, Ia. station on the ST. Paul
line from Chicago to Kansas City.
The new line is being laid with
eighty-pound rails. Steel bridges and
concrete culverts are being built
Besides affording new short line be-
tween Kansas City, ST. Paul and Du-
luth, the new line will give the st. Paul
system direct outlet for the product
of it's great wheat country Of the north
to the gulf by way of Kansas City.
The St. Paul road reaches st. Paul
from Kansas City now, but by a cir
cuitous route. The other roads that
have more direct lines include:
Burlington .......-... ia
ROCK 1SIdnQ .O1o
Chicago Great Western. 587
ST. Paul (new line) ............. 537
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March 20 and 81.
The O,Brien-Kaufman Bout

San Francisco. Cal, jan 22.-Follow-
ing the talk of a match between Kauf-
man and O'Brien at Tonopah comes q
direct offer from Reno, New, of a &c.
900 purse for such a bout to take place
there May 10.
This telegram was received by Billy
Delaney, manager for Kaufman, last
night:
"Reno, New, Jan. 1s.-Billy Delaney,
Oakland, Cal: Will give $4,000 purse.
O'Brien- May ID.
(Signed) KOHL AND Johnson
Delaney replied:
Kohl and johnson, Reno, New: We
accept Forward articles immediately
(Signed) BILLY DELANEY"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
wICHITA's FIRST NEwsBoY.
something About Oliver the Panama
Canal. Bidder.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. CIV. j. Oliver,
the contractor who was with his part
ner the lowest bidder for the construc-
ton work on the Panama canal, was
Wichita. Likewise. he was the first boy
to own and operate peanut and pop
corn stand here. That was years ago,
when the wealthy contractor was a
small boy in knickerbockers, but he re-
members it still, and talks of it when
he meets some of the friends of his ear
" days They were not SO very long
ago either, for it was in the boom times
that he laid the foundation for his flu
ture fortune by carrying on a modest
trade here.
oliver left here in 1893. At that time
he was foreman OF a railroad bridge
gang. He did not return to the city
which knew him as a boy, but that city
kept posted as to what he was doing.
was boring tunnels through mountains
and was succeeding where other con-
tractors had failed because the tasks
assigned to them were too great.
The 13 years that have. elapsed since
Oliver was resident of Wichita have
made many changes here, so that COM
paratively few of the residents now re-
member him. But those who do re-
member him speak of him always as
a boy who was energetic almost to a
fault. And he didn't mind an occasion
al fight if he believed that his rights
were not being respected.
tive Victor Murdoch. More than that
they were close chums when they were
in the grade schools together. Since the
latter was elected to congress he has
met the ex-Wichita boy several times
in Washington and their acquaintance
of their boyhood days has been re-
newed.
1t was at the close of the latest session
of congress that Oliver came to Mr..
Murdoch and urged him to visit him in
his Tennessee home.
Il will show you one of the finest
country residences in the SOUTH were
the words he used. Il want you to
come with me and see it. 1 will enter
tain you. Don't say you cannot come.
I'll send my special car for you.'
mot much you won't" replied the
Kansan. Much as L would like to visit
you, just for old times sake, I don't
want you to send any of your special
cars here for me-
Special favors shown to members of
congress by men who may sometime
bid for public work sometimes are mis-
construed and 1t might have been so
in this instance. While none who knew
the circumstances of these two young
men, who had been boys and playmates
together, could have questioned them,
others might have done so. The rep
resentative was taking no chances and
the contractor agreed that he was right.
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TEBEAU's USUAL TALE.
Has a Ball Team Signed for Kansas
City That's 8 Wonder.

Kansas City, Jan. 22.-George Tebeau
blew into town yesterday with his an
nual prediction of winning team for
Kansas City. Cousin George" says he
has a bunch of stars on his string-as
usual he will not divulge their names
who will make the other American AS
ISOLATION stars cease to scintilate. He
has manager-third baseman who will
make Jimmy Burke look like a cheese
sandwich and "spit BALI artist who
taught Jack Chesbro how to pitch
However, for fear other enterpr1sing
managers might catch these wonders.
White Wings" refuses to tell who or
where they are
The Kansas City team will play the
following exhibition games before the
first American association game, April
II:
Washington, March 30 and 81.
Chicago Americans, April 6 and z.
ST Louis Americans, April 13 and II.
Other games will be arranged with
Western league and Western associa-
ton teams.
The Kansas City players will report
here March %.
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MORE WAGE TROUBLE BREWING
Trainmen and Conductors Ask More
Than Roads Wi Grant.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Trainmen and con-
ductors on every railroad west of Chicago
are demanding advances in wages which,
II granted Will increase the pay rolls rolls
demands affect more than 10000 employees
and are now being discussed by commit
tees representing the general managers
and the labor organizations. Today the
first conference was held in Chicago, and
it is understood that the men were en-
phatically told that all of their demands
could not be entertained
In some cases the increases asked
prehend an increase of Is per cent in the
wage scale and reduction of the work
ing day from ten to eight hours. 1t is
understood that the railroads willing
to give the men an increase of about 10
per cent, but no more.
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TOPEKA FOR STATE FAIR.
New Circuit Formed Announces Dates
and Probable Action

Ottawa, Kan. Jan. 22-Carey M.
Porter, secretary of the new Kansas
grand fair circuit. formed in Chanute
last Saturday, has announced the
opening dates for the seven fairs now
in the circuit. They are as follows:
Parsons, August g.; Coffeyville, August
Is; Chanute, August 20; lola, August
81; Ottawa, September 8; Topeka,
September 10; Lawrence, September
II
The new circuit resulted from the
split at the meeting OF the old Kansas
circuit in the Office of, Secretary Co
burn in Topeka, two weeks ago The
new organization will favor Topeka
for the state fair; The membership in
the organization is limited to eight.
Leavenworth probably will be the
eighth member.
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Leavenworth Women Gave Mrs.
Fitzsimmons u Roasting.
Mrs. Bob Sat at the Counter
and Listened to Them.
THEN SHE SPOKE OUT.
Told Them They Had the Wrong
idea of the Situation.
But to Square Matters All Went
to the Show.

Leavenworth, Kan, JAM 22.-An
amusing incident happened in down
town store the day Bob Fitzsimmons
played "A. Fight for Love" in the
Crawford Grand opera house here.
A group of five women were chat
ting, when a trim, unassuming little
woman came in and seated herself at
a counter. While one of the clerks
was waiting on the newcomer, the f1ve
other women were discussing the play
to be given that night.
One said: 81 would not walk across
the street to see it,
Another: 1.-The idea of a prize fight
er playing the leading role in a show
with that name"
Still another: "I'lI bet the only thing
he does we'll in the whole play is the
battling scene
After using their hammers ON
Bob for some little time one of the
party finally said:
.'WelI, / feel sorry for poor old Bob;
he has certainly had enough troubles
of his own
The little woman who was seated
spoke for the first time and asked In
very mild way:
why do you feel sorry for Fitz-
simmons?'
well, you know his wife treated
him so badly" one replied
Did she? What did Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons do?" asked the stranger.
why she left Bob and ran away
with another man. and it upset the
poor fellow so much that he lost that
fight with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien."
Il do not think she did that, as 1
know she is very much In love with
her husband and would never hurt his
feelings Intentionally" said the new
conner.
The conversation about Bob end
ed there and few minutes later when
the little woman was ready to leave
he nIa he in Cd he Of
women that she was Mrs. Robert Fitz-
simmons and would appear with her
husband at the performance at the
theater that night. Such apologizing!
Such blaming yellow Journalism was
seldom heard as those five women did
to the wife of the pugilist and show
man. The upshot of the affair was
that five prominent women of the city
went to Fritsche's drug store and pur-
chased tickets for the show, "a Fight
for Love-" and were very demonstrative
in applauding "the woman who treat
ed poor Bob so badly"
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DOUBLES HER POPULATION.
Hoxie's Growth in Three Years Is
Phenomenal.

Hoxie. Jan. 22.-Few towns in
northwest Kansas have done more
building and said less about it than
has Hoxie. This is due to the fact
that the people of Hoxie are content
ed. and disposed to let well enough
alone Her population has increased
more than double in the last three
years and yet her people were too
busy to herald the fact abroad.
COL w. F. Schultheis, one of the
most active and stirring citizens and
business men of Hoxie, can't see any
thing in the way to check the growth
of the town or retard the prosperity
farmers have moved to town, and are
erecting comfortable houses. One
drawback to the building up of Hoxie,
i; such a thing can be said. is that
owners of town lots. additions to
the town, are holding the lots at too
high figures. Yet prosperity last year
was at its best. building continued all
the year, and indications point to the
best year in all her history in this year
1907.
E. T. Crum. the pioneer grain and
stockman of Hoxie, operates a cement
plant with his other business indus
tries. The first house to be built of this
material is that of DR.. F. A. Hall, who
has erected a $500 cement home,
which will have all the conveniences
of a modern residence. Miles of ce-
Inent sidewalk has been put down. Mr..
Crum is one of the most progressive
business men in Hoxie, and in him the
place has had a liberal donor and an
untiring worker
W. ]. Robertson, who has already
built several residences for rental is
now constructing another at a cost of
$4,000 to $4,000.
The brick yard plant will increase
in size, force and output to meet the
promised demand
hriG
at a cost of about $4,000. 1t is con-
structed of brick.
The Odd Fellows will construct
hall of brick, 25xsO feet, at a cost of
about $4,000.
d. L. Virgins has in contemplation
the erection of a fine brick business
block.
One of the necessities of Hoxie is a
modern hotel Col ]: H Upton of
Downs, the veteran hotel man of
northwest Kansas, is back of the en-
terprise to furnish Hoxie a modern
hotel
of Hoxie. These furnish adequate
long distance connections.
The lid" is on tight in Hoxie, and
has been so for several years. The
only chance for a thirsty wayfarer to
quench his thirst is at the home of
some good Samaritan.
New houses may be seen in all parts
of town. and many old ones have been
made over. 1t was a year of great
prosperity. that last one. and the new
year bids fair to surpass it in every
particular so far as Hoxie and Sheri-
dan county are concerned
There is a difference of opinion of
the acreage of wheat sown in Sheri-
dan county last fall. The estimates say
from so, 600 to 100,0 900 acres The con-
dition is better than 100 per cent and
the acreage is the largest in the his
tory of the county. There is not a
poor piece of wheat. Fall rains and
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STILL FIGHTING FOR MAIL.
Rock Island Gets Part of Chicago
Omaha Business-Wants All.

The bitter fight which has been
waged for nearly two months for the
transcontinental mail business between
Chicago and Omaha by the Rock Island
and the Burlington roads apparently
has been won by the latter. The fourth
assistant postmaster general has notlhed
the Rock Island officials that the de-
partment has transferred to the Rock
Islands new train all the mails possible
under existing conditions.
This message was In reply TO one sent
directly by President B. L. Winche1l, OF
the Rock Island. to the fourth assistant
postmaster general asking If he was
aware that the Rock Island has estao-
lished new train between Chicago and
Omaha which would facilitate the trans
continental mails in a large territory
several hours and save the government
a great deal of money.
The reply of the postoffice department
is not taken as final by the Rock Is
land, which proposes to carry the ngnt
to a definite conclusion. The new mail
train officials say has been making its
schedule regularly, and the government
has been shown where more than
$500, 900 can be saved annually by trans
ferring the mails at Englewood to the
Rock Island, instead of bringing them
over to the Burlington
Under every precedent esta blished by
the department, it is claimed, the mail
should be delivered to the Rock Islands
new train. President Winchell proposes
to pursue the fight until he either gets
the mail or forces the government to
make a special ruling which is contrary
to all rulings heretofore made where it
has been shown that mails can be IA
cilitated by a new route.
The Burlington officials have stated
to the government that If the mail is
diverted they will take off at least two
of their fast mail trains between Chi
cago and the Missouri river. 1t is
argued If the mails are to be diverted
every time a new route is formed the
Burlington will not take much pains TO
put on new trains to assist the depart
ment.
Omaha, Jan. 22-The Omaha post
office has been notified by the govern
ment that from and after January "a
the Rock Island will carry the fast mail
between Chicago and Omaha. For TWEEN
ty years consecutively the Burlington
has held this contract, as we'll IS that
for the transportation of fast mail be-
tween Chicago and Denver.
The award to the Rock Island was
made on the grounds that it's train
reaches Omaha from Chicago one hour
earlier than does that of the Burling-
ton.
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HALLS DYING WORDS.
I'm Not Guilty." Gasped the Alleged
Slayer of Mary Glass.


FL Dorado, Kan. Jan. 22.-The re-
port that Robert Hall, accused of kill
ing Mary Glass. the school teacher.
made a confession just before his
death is denied by Clarence Olin, the
deputy sheriff who was with Hall
when he died. He says that Hall
talked very little about the affair the
last two or three days.
Sheriff Joliffe and the county at
torney. Mr.. Altman, do not know any
thing about any confession and do not
believe any was made by Hall, as his
death was sudden from the bursting
of the artery. His last words were to
DIR. Fullinwfder, in which he said, ct
am not guilty of the murder as
against me-"
Hall died from knife wounds on his
throat. 1t is believed that he tried to
kill himself after cutting the throat of
his sweetheart, Mary Glass, in the
Whitewater school house last Wednes-
day night.
Halls funeral will be held today
and his body will be buried in a coun-
try graveyard half a mile from his
own home and several miles from Miss
Glass grave.
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KNIGHTS AT WICHITA.
State Reunion Was Addressed by the
Grand Chancellor,

full of knights of Pythias. who came
to attend the state reunion. The de-
grees were conferred by the crack
Leavenworth team. More than 500
visiting knights from all parts of the
state with eminent members from I'LL
nois. Missouri and other states are in
attendance.
A feature of the days programme
was an address by w. NJ. Ready,
grand chancellor for the state of Kan
sas. We. Made of Kansas City, also
made an address. Joseph H. Lyon,
brigadier general of the Uniform
Rank, delivered an address last night
on 1.-THE Uniform Rank; the Most At
tractive Feature of Pythianism."
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SHUT OFF EXPANSION.
Bankers Say Continued Rail Exten-
sion VIII Cause Money Stringency.

New York. Jan. 22-The Sun today
says:
The directors of the New York Central
have decided to curtail much of the con-
struction and Improvement work that had
been planned for this year. They reached
this decision, it is believed, on the ad-
vice of very prominent bankers, that the
prosecution of all the work planned by
the big railroads of the country would
involve an expenditure which would pro-
money market than was witnessed last
year.
The scarcity of labor and the high
prices of all materials are causes con-
tributing to the decision of the directors
and another decision is found in the de-
lay attending the delivery of materials
and equipment.
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IN THE JUVENILE COURT.
The Work of Judge Evans, of En-
pOrla, Is of High Order

Perhaps there is not another Juvenile
court in Kansas with so good a record
as the one in Lyon county. Since March
IS, 1905, when the Juvenile law went in
to effect in Kansas, Probate Judge
Evans, who has had charge of the
Lyon county juvenile court, has had
a total of thirty-eight children brought
before him for various offenses. OF this
number only two appeared the second
time charged with a repetition of the
offense and breaking their probation.
These two repetitions were again put
on probation and J. C. Ringer, county
probation officer, has never reported
them as breaking their probation sec
ond time.
Judge Evans said today: mot in my
two terms as probate judge and juve-
nile judge, nor during my life, have
ever committed a boy or girl to jail
who was under the age of 16 years"
Judge Evans has held other offices be-
sides that of probate judge where he
could have exercised this power, but
he says: "I never have committed
child to Jail and 1 hope shall never be
compelled to do so''
Judge Evans has had experience with
children for years. His first experience
was gained as a school teacher. Mr..
Evans taught school for ten years in
Uniontown, Tenn. and he can tell of
many interesting cases with which he
has had to deal. He tells of one partic-
ular instance of a boy who was noted
as the tough of the school, and who had
drawn a knife on the teacher who had
been teaching the school before he took
charge. Mr.. Evans says that he man
aged the boy by developing the man
hood in him and putting him on his
honor This boy is now" said Judge
Evans, travelling for a clothing house
and one of my best friends. ''-Emporia
Gazette
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A NEW GOULD PACIFIC LINE.
The Texas & Pacific to Connect e
Paso and San Diego. N

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 22.-The Ell
Paso times says it is informed that the
Texas & Pacific will begin early this
summer building line west from Ell
Paso to connect in Arizona with the
line being built from San Diego east
into that territory and that the Gould
interests are back of the project.
The survey for a new line from Ell
Paso to Kansas City, known as the
Kansas City Short Line, has been
started and it is said that the con-
struction of the road will begin this
summer. stfa t1-.-ss-t-.-. .----' g.
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New Western Postmasters.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The follow
ing postmasters have been appointed:
Indian neutrality-suspicious., John A.
Spencer vice ]. w Castilow, resigned;
Reichert, Henry D. Smith, vice J. S.
Billings resigned; StonewaN. Adrain
H. Ward, vice NJ. B. Lillard. deceased:
Wesley, Adam johnson, vice ]. N.
Gunter, resigned.
Kansas-Sylvia. Joseph E. Aldrich
vice Frank Forney, resigned; Hum
boldt Sylvester E. Voatch, vice Chas.
E. Schroeder. resigned; Ebling. Ed
ward w. Melandy, vice w. H. Lam.
bert resigned
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cured of Lung TroubIe.

TT is now eleven years since I had q
narrow escape from consumption" writes
G.. o. Floyd. a leading business man
of Kershaw, S. c. Il had run down in
constant, both by day and by night. Fin
alIy 1 began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
months when my cough and lung trou-
BILE were entirely gone, and was re-
stored to my normal weight, 40 pounds"
Thousands of persons are healed every
year Guaranteed at Arnold Drug CO.
drug store. SOC and $1Oo Trial bottle
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and four outsiders. took first money at
Ascot. With the thermometer around
II, all afternoon, a big crowd was out.
A fast track brought out big fields.
Lord Stanhope was installed favorite In
the feature event, but betters liked
Milshona, which opened at skies, and
theye drove him back to 9 to O.. San
Alviso made the running to the head OF
the stretch, where Finn began to ride
Stanhope, and in a terrific stretch
drive beat out Alviso by a head.
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is for the most part on land granted
the Central Pacific by the United
States government as bonus Tor the
building of a transcontinental road. In
some places the right OF way of the
Western Pacific is to parallel the
Southern Pacific, but the transfer will
not materially affect the plans of the
Gould line regarding its entrance into
California, via the Beckwith Pass.
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Baker Girls Defeated Ottawa.

Baldwin Kan, Jan. 22.-The girls
basket ball team of Baker university
defeated the ottawa university girls
here last night by a score of &c to "a.
The game was a tie at the expiration of
time and the Methodist girls, in the
extra time of play, captured the decid-
ing basket The contest was hard
fought and was witnessed by a large
crowd Forest Allen , is coaching the
Baker girls
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Bed for tIle Fayoritee.

New Orleans. Jan. 22.--The races went
to the fair grounds for two weeks stay.
Jockey Hennessy was suspended for six
days for disobedience at the post when
he rode Dr. Spruill in the fifth race.
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Attic Girl Scalded

Eureka, Kan, Jan. 22-The a
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. I.
r. Harrison was terribly scalded at
her home here by falling into a tub of
boiling water. it being washday at the
Harrison home There is a chance for
her recovery.
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Burlington Buys 30 New Engines.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-The Burlington
road has ordered 80 new locomotives
for delivery during 1908. Fifteen OF
them are for passenger service and rs
for freight traffic. The passenger en-
gines which are of largest type are to
be $4,000 pounds in weight and more
than Is feet in length