The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 14, 1908

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EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 14, 1908. TUESDAY EVENING, TWO CENTO. LEADINGA MULE. lVater Wagon and Band Heads Procession of Prohibitionists. Peeke Loses Piace as Chairman of Ohio State Contention. HE IS TOO KADICAL. Hade SavageAttack on Churches and Woman Suffrage. Many Candidates for the Presi dential Nomination. Columbus, O.. July 14. Today opened ui lively for the Prohibition ists with delegations from the various states arriving and being escorted to their respective hotels by a band headed by a sally decorated water wagon drawn by four milk white horses and attached to the rear is a mule bearing a placard "Missouri 2-3 dry." The state convention opened at :S0 o'clock, but there was more in terest in the arrival of the national delegates than in the state meeting. H. L. Peeke of Sandusky is not presiding as chairman of the state meeting. Because of a lack of judi ciousness on his keynote speech as temporary chairman of the conven tion Mr. Peeke lost the honor of pre siding sg permanent chairman and E. Jay Plnney of Cleveland, was picked for that place. Mr. Peek's savage at tack on the churches and the antl saloon leajut and women's suffrage Is the subject of bitter comment to day. He declared that "decayed preach ers" were making their living out of the anti-saloon league and charged the churches with Insincerity because they do not support the prohibition ists. Not only was Mr. Peeke re fused the honor of presiding a3 per manent chairman, but it was said to day that they will decline to name him as one of the members of the national committee from Ohio. The refusal of Seaborn Wright, of CJeorgia. to allow his name to come before the convention as a candidate for president left the delegates very much at sea as to candidates, but cer tainly not for lack of material. A new boom makes its appearance very two or three hours, seemingly, from an in clination among the delegates already on the ground to seek some material which has been talked of much. Fol lowing the boom for Dr. A. B. Leonard, came one for Prof. Charles 8. Scan Ion of Pittsburg, field representative of the Presbyterian church in its temperance work. Fred F. Whfeler. of Los An geles, is stfll strong and Joseph P. Tracey of Detroit; Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria, and Alfred L. Manierre of New York, are all making active cam paigns. With the arrival of state delegations today It is expected that by tonight some one of the men will have secured a lead which will entitle him to con sideration above the others. Just at present before the. work has started. It is probably true that Wheeler and Sheen are in the lead. Wheeler has all of California and other support in the west and Sheen has the support of the largest delegation to the convention. Prof. Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, will be named for Prohibition candidate at the state convention and he may also be named a candidate for vice presi dent by the national convention. He is not seeking the former, but he wants the latter and If he gets It will with draw from the state ticket. It is said, leaving the vacancy to be filled by the state committee. David Marshall of this city injected some ginger In the state convention al most immediately after its opening to day by rising to a question of personal privilege. "If it's to speak of what you asked me about before the meeting was called to order, the chair declares you out of order," said Chairman E. J. Plnney. "Personal privilege is always in or der." said Marshall. The chair ordered Mr. Marshall to take his seat, but he replied: "I appeal from the decision of the chair." The chairman put the appeal stat ing that Mr. Marshall wanted to an swer some parts of Mr. Peeke's keynote speech of yesterday. The chair was sustained. Mr. Marshall said privately he in tended to object to that part of Mr. Teeke's speech in which he spoke of President Roosevelt and also to an swer his attack on the chair. The state convention opened while hand were playing and delegates to the national convention were arriving. The platform as adopted states while enforcement of prohibition is not possi ble "except by a party in sympathy with the law." the Prohibitionists would "co-operate with other temper ance forces" to obtain local temperance conditions. The Republican and Demo cratic parties were attacked for failing to recognize the liquor questions as a predominating issue. The platform declared against class legislation infringing on popular rights: for injunction laws giving Justice to all concerned; for the initiative and refer endum as to franchises for public utili ties, for election of United States sena tors by direct vote of the people; for re striction of Immigration: for stringent divorce laws and for suffrage based on Intelligence and morality. A motion was made to add "without regard to sex" to this latter. The plat form committee objected to this as uperfluous, and a long argument en sued. Carrie Nation was an Interested spec tator when the question of adding the words "without regard to sex" was vo ted on. She arose to vote to add them, hut took her seat again when she re membered she was not a delegate. The amendment was voted down. The state convention nominated Aaron S. Watkins for governor and a full state ticket. Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, was Introduced to make an address, the purpose of which the collection of funds. "Who will give $100?" he asked. "I will," shouted Mr. Martin, of Cincinnati. "So will I." shouted H. L. Peeke. of Bandusky, the temporary chairman tnd the convention cheered the man It had criticized on account of his key lots speech. "I would have given you a hundred dollars," said Carrie Nation, "if you had not voted down woman's suffrage, now I'll only give you $50." "I will give $100 because you did vote It down," was the answer to Mrs. Nation's announcement, this be ing made by T. A. Redfer, of Bellaire. The total collection was something more than $1,200. The action of the convention In leaving out a specific declaration for woman's suffrage can not be taken as an Indication that it does not be lieve in it. Probably three-fourths of the delegates favor giving women the franchise, but they listened to the arguments of the members of the platform committee and others and left the plank as it was reported on the ground of expediency, the statement being made that the party has suffered in the past on this ac count and that nothing1 would be put in the platform, which would detract from the one dominant issue. A DELICATE SUBJECT. Winfleld Chautauqua Speaker Ques tions Taft's Religious Views. Winfield, Kan., July 14. There were several "kinks in the air" at D. Robinson's meeting at the Chau tauqua. The first thing that twisted the atmosphere of the hall pf philo sophy up into strenuous knots was the somewhat Jubilant announce ment from Dr. Robinson that Bryan had been nominated. He said he felt better. He said further that he had j been raised a Republican, is a Re- publican now and would doubtless have voted the Republican ticket if Bryan had not been nominated. This was an audience of Bible stud- ents gathered for Bible study, and he gave to them, as his reason for the feeling that he would rather trust a Christian gentleman than one who made no profession of faith and a divine Christ. This fearless expression of his own honest convictions was well worthy of the speaker, but the rea son which he gave, while appropriate for that time and place, would, if taken alone, be unworthy of Dr. Rob inson in general. Even though Taft may be heterodox in his theology. Dr. Robinson is one of the last per sons who would be narrow enough on this account to distrust the cleanness of his life, the sincerity of his patriotism or the strength of his statesmanship. And he proceeded to demonstrate this by giving, with evi dent realization that he was liable to criticism, some of his own advanced, not to say heretical, views of certain parts of the Bible, making as he went along, a characteristic and sweet spirited plea that we cultivate a larger toleration for one another in our different views and interpreta tions of things, and asking only that we hold fast to whatever is vital to our own spiritual life. He seemed to feel that he was treading on deli cate ground throughout the hour, but his audience seemed not so much averse to Bryan as he evidently sup posed and greeted his rejrarkson the nomination' with hearty applause?" His scholarly exposition on "The Bible and Recent Discoveries" was also received with intense interest, critical in some cases, perhaps, but for the most part, in that spirit of study and honest Investigation which Dr. Robinson always inspires. WILL GIVE PINAFORE. Xcxt Production of Topeka Oratorio Society. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Topeka Oratorio society was held at the Modoc rooms last night and a permanent organization effected with the following officers: President. T. J. Anderson; vice presi dent, E. P. Chapman; secretary, J. G. Rodemeyer;- musical director, M. C. Ho'.man: organist, W. F. Roehr; pianist, Theodore Mueller; director of orchestra. Professor P. Bissing. Membership committee, F. E. Ly man, E. O. Robinson, Miss Vertie Wiley and Miss Mary McCormick. The society will give "Pinafore" as one of the attractions during the fair week and rehearsals for the opera will commence Monday evening at the Modoc rooms in the Stormont building. The cantata. Queen Esther, will be given one night during fair week and another musical production will also be given during the week, though the selection has not been de cided upon. As soon as the programme for fair week Is disposed of rehearsals will commence on the Messiah which will be given some time during the holidays though the exact date has not been decided upon. "We have c fine body of singers." said Major T. J. Anderson, "but there is room in the Oratorio society for every good singer in the city. We would like every respectable person in the city who can sing to call at the Modoc rooms Monday evening and Join the society. We do not need soloists especially. Just plain every day singers who are willing to Join us and do their best. It costs nothing to Join the society as all expenses are paid by the Pipe Organ association which gets the re ceipts and pays all bills." RECEIVERS FILE REPORTS. Ask Permission of the Court to Issue Certificates. Pittsburg. Pa., July 14.--The receiv ers of the West Side Belt Railway company and the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal company filed reports today in the federal court and asked leave to issue receK-ers' certificates to the amount of $954,211.25 for the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal company, and $700,720 for the West Side Belt Railway company. The money is in tended for repairs and purchase of engines. Judge Young directed that a copy of the petition be served on the trust companies which are trustees for the bondholders. Nebraska 50 Miles Behind. On Board United States Ship Con necticut at Sea. by wireless to Hono lulu. July 14. The position of the fleet at 8 p. m. was 26.14 north. 149.8 west. The distance from Honolulu is 565 miles. The Nebraska is 50 miles behind the fleet and is now in wire less communication with the flagship Connecticut, having averaged 13 1-2 knots an hour since leaving San Francisco. The fleet will arrive at Honolulu intact. OPENS THE FIGHT, The Letter of Acceptance Which Mr. Taft Is Preparing Will Be a Timorous Attack on theDenrer Platform. HE LOOKS UP RECORDS Studies Previous Campaign Dec larations of Both Parties. Interrupted by Nothing Except His Game of Golf. Hot Springs, Va., July 14. From the present indications Judge William H. Taft's letter of acceptance will be a Judicial scoring of the Democratic platform adopted at Denver. All day yesterday and- late into the evening Mr. Taft's time was devoted to a study of the platforms of the two parties. When he has concluded his labors he will be not only an author ity on the work of the recent con ventions, but on political platforms of the past. Mr. Taft became so thoroughly in terested in his studies of the records, that he did not find time to dictate a line of his speech of acceptance. To day after his usual morning game of galf he again delved into the records. He Is securing the complete seclusion he desired as there Is not a single party leader here to Interrupt his work by request of a conference. Mr. Taft expects his speech of ac ceptance will be about 3.500 words in length. On account of its brevity it probably will contain a reference t the leading issues of the campaign, leaving subjects of less importance to be treated in his letter of acceptance which will contain about 15,000 words. LAHM WILL COME. Arrangements Completed for Carrying Ills Big Airship. New York, July 14. After a series of conferences with steamship officials and cable dispatches between Thomas MacMechen and Frank S. Lahm, In Paris, Mr. MacMechen said that word had been sent to Farman requesting him to ship his big airship with all possible haste to Antwerp and stow it on board the steamer Samland, which will sail from Antwerp for Boston on Thursday. Mr. Lahm has been con ducting negotiations on behalf of Far man for the St. Louis syndicate which had practically completed all arrange ments to bring the successful aeronaut to this country when, at the eleventh hour, it was discovered that on ac count of its great size the passenger steamers refused to carry the machine. It had been supposed by members of the aero club here, that the wings of the machine could be folded up and stowed away in a moderate compass. As the cases containing the frame-, work with the wings are over 45 feet long, they are too big for the hold and too long for the deck. On advice of the manager of the In ternational Mercantile Marine com pany a cable dispatch was sent to Mr. Lahm advising him to have Farman's airship sent by the Samland as facili ties would be made, it was stated, to have that boat carry the enormous machine. The Samland is due in Bos ton on July 27 and the first day's flight at Brighton Beach was to have been made on July 29. Mr. Mac Mechen said that he believed the first flight could hardly be given 'before July 30, 31 and August 1. Later there will be flights at Brighton Beach from August 10 to 14. OPEN SESSION. Western Federation of Miners Admits the Public. Denver, Col., July 14. For the first time In the history of the organization the convention of the Western Federa tion of Miners was thrown open to the entire public today and all sessions until final adjournment w-ill also be public. Last year organized labor and press representatives were admitted, but not the general public. Aside from this the morning session was devoted to the adoption of the re port of the committee on credentials and the reading of the minutes of the executive board since the last conven tion. President Moyer made his annual report and adress at the afternoon session. TO OPEN AUG. 1. Republican Campaign to Bcfrin in Two Weeks. New York. July 14. Frank H. Hitch cock, chairman of the Republican na tional committee, has selected quarters for the committee in the Metropolitan Life building here, which has been the local headquarters In the last two campaigns. Mr. Hitchcock will go to Utica to confer with Mr. Sherman, the Repub lican candidate for vice president. The active presidential campaign will be inaugurated on August 1, when the committee will open their head quarters here. During the next two weeks Mr. Hitchcock will hold several conferences to map out the lines of action. Farmer Holub a Suicide. Marion, Kan., July 14. Joseph Holub, J2 years old. a Bohemian farmer, com mitted suicide by hanging himself In his granary on his farm about eight miles northeast of Marion. A son com mitted suicide in a similar way two years ago. He was temporarily in sane. j Governor Johnson at Winfield. Winfield. Kan.. July 14. Governor Johnson of Minnesota spoke here to more than 3,000 persons at the Chau tauqua assembly on "The Majesty of the Law." After the address a recep tion was given for him at the new W. C. T. U. building. JUST A LITTLE SHOWER Lowered tho Temperature Today for a Little While Only. A light shower fell in Topeka a lit tle before daylight this morning low ering the temperature ..of the early morning hours somewhat, though the precipitation during the entire rain period amounted to but .03 of an inch. Since before noon there has been a rush of the mercury for the top of the thermometer and taken all in all the day has. been almost as warm as its predecessor of yesterday. Light showers have visited the various portions of the state during the past twenty-four-hours and the indications are that, shbwers will be scattered about the state during to night and Wednesday with the hope of a slight fall in;.-the temperatures. The following table tells the story of the heat of the day. since 7 o'clock this morning: 1 o'clock 70(11 8 o'clock 73)12 8 o'clock 75 I 1 10 o'clock .77 8 o'clock 80 o'clock 82 o'clock 85 o'clock 87 SEEKING A CLUE. Officials Busy Hunting a Trace of Hazel Drew's Murderer. Troy, N. Y., July 14 More and more baffling as Investigation proceeds becomes the mystery surrounding the tragic death of 19year-old Hazel Drew, whose body wais found In Teal's pond on Sunday with; the skull crush ed and a corset string tightly knotted about the neck. Tht she was mur dered Is certain, but "he most search ing investigation, has failed to reveal even the slightest clue to her slayer and no motive is discovered pointing even remotely to a reason why anyone should have wished to seud the young woman to such a horrible death. She had no sweetheart, as far as learned. From the moment Miss Drew left the home of her sister Julia until her body was discovered, the only trace of her has been found in a story told by Frank Smith, a dull witted farm lad. Smith said that last Tuesday he met Miss Drew not far from the spot where her body was later found. Little credence is given this story, but he is now being subjected to the closest surveillance and most searching ques tioning. Officials have drawn from Smith a statement that Rudolph. Gundum, an. other farm hand, was with him when he met the young-, woman wandering upon the hill near Teal's pond. Gundum's family said he had start ed for Troy yesterday with a load -of produce but had not returned to the farm last night nor ear'" toady, f His absence has added strongly to the desire of the offices to question Mm. HARRIMAN MEN HERE. Wanted to See) flow SaM "Fe Rnus Its Sbpps. A party of officials from the differ ent Harriman lines in Texas were in Topeka this morning for a short visit at the Santa Fe general offices and a trip through the Santa Fe shops. The party is on a trip of inspection over the lines of various western railways for the purpose of acquainting them selves with new methods and getting pointers from other roads which would be of value to them on their own road. The members of the party were: M.- Sheehan. division- superin tendent, and J. F. Connor, master me chanic of the Houston Texas Cen tral at Ennis. Texas; H. F. Anderson, division superintendent of the Galves ton. Harrisburg San Antonio at San Antonio; C. A. Tannheiser, resident engineer of the G. H. S. A. at Hous ton, Texas, and E E. Shackford, di vision superintendent of the Louisiana Western at Lafayette, La.. The trip is being made under the diiection of E. H. Harriman. The officials arrived from Texas on No. 18 this morning and after spend ing the forenoon !n Topeka visiting the different Santa Fe properties, left on No. 5 at noon for Denver. The party is traveling in private car "Dallas" of the II. T. C. FIGHT NEW RULES. Liquor Makers. Want to Maintain the Old Branding. Cincinnati. July 14. The actual ef fect In- practice of the new internal revenue rules for branding and mark ing are the subject of affidavits made public today, having been filed by the leaders of the business for considera tion by Judge Thompson in the re hearing of their petition for an in junction against enforcing the new rules. The affidavits declare that the trade names by which the different classes of distilled spirits areknown in the mar. ket and to the public have continued through long years and the attempt to change these names now means the practical destruction of trade which has been decades in buildin up and is represented in value by millions of dollars. FINDS TWO DEAD. Posso Finally Enters House Occupied by August Gross. Benton Harbor. Mich.. July 14. August Gross, who yesterday shot and fatally wounded James Klrkj an aged meat peddler for no apparent reason, was found dead on the floor of his house when the posse which had sur rounded it forced an entrance. Gross had shot himself. Kirk is still alive but in a critical condition. The body of Fred Gross a half brother of Aug ust was also found in the house by the officials. It is not known whether he was killed by shots from the posse or by his brother August or whether he committed suicide. Three Deaths from Heat. Cincinnati. July 14. As the result of yesterday's intense, heat three deaths were recorded and today open ed with temperature little less oppres sive than yesterday. Youth or 18 Handed. Newcastle. Pa.. July 1 4. Rosario Serge, 18 years old. .was hanged today for the murder of Antonia Bonti, at Hillsville. June 8. 1907. The youth maintained until the last he had killed Bonti in self defense. continue win American Athletes Gathering the Medals in London. Our Mr. Flanagan Tosses the Hammer 170 Feet. LETENGLANDHAVEONE None cf Uncle Sam's Represent atives Enter Walking Matcn. Heavy Showers Interfere With the Bicycle Events. London, July 14. The first morning of real work of the fourth International Olympic games, which were opened by King Edward at the stadium at Shep perds Bush yesterday, was carried out under rather unsettled weather con ditions and there was a small audi ence. The results, however, were high ly satisfactory to the American specta tors and contestants. John F. Flana gan, Irish-American Athletic club, broke the Olympic record in the ham mer throw and won the first gold medal for any event. M. J. McGrath, N. Y. A. C, was second In the hammer throw and won the silver medaL The first bronze medal to be awarded went to S. C. Walsh, a Canadian, who was third in the hammer throw. Another American success was scored in the 20 kilometre cycling race in which L. G. Weintz, N. Y. A. C, qualified by winning the third heat. .From a spectator's point of view the meeting was slow, but nevertheless the races were well contested and the show ing good. The American victories brought forth much American and Ca nadian -cheering. The final of the' 1,500 metre flat race today was won by Melvln W. Shep pard, of America. London, July 14. Walsh of Canada won in the first section of the hammer throw with a throw of 159 feet 1 inches. Talbot, American, second, 157 feet hi. inches; Lemming. Sweden, third, 141 feet 3 inches. Rose did not contest. In the second section of the hammer throw, Nicholson. England, made 157 feet 9 Inches; Horr, Amer ica, 154 feet hi inch; F-fe, England, 122. feet 6 "4 inches. Burroughs, America, did not throw. In the third section of the hammer throw McGrath, America, threw 167 feet 11 inches, breaking the record. Flanagan, America, threw 165 feet 2 hi- inches- Gillis, America, 149 feet 6 hi inches. Walsh, Canada; McGrath and Flan agan, America, qualified for the final. In the final Flanagan finished first with a throw of 170 feet ihb inches, beating the Olympic record. McGrath -was second with a throw of 167 feet 11 inches, and Walsh, Canada, third, 159 lhi inches. Only the men who make the three best- throws in all sections will com pete in the final. G. E.'.Larner of the United Kingdom team easily won- the first heat of the 3.500 meter walk. In 15 minutes 32 seconds. H. E. Kerr,- Australia, was second, and W. J. Palmer,- England, third. No Americans participated in the heat In this event the first three in each heat qualify for the final. E. J. Webb. England, won the sec ond heat in 15 minutes 17 1-5 seconds. In this heat Quinn. Fngland. finished second and Rothman, Sweden, third. Gouldlng, Canada, won the third heat in 15 minutes 54 seconds. Gareyson, England, was second, and Rowland, New Zealand, third. The first heat of the 2D kilometre cycle race was won by Merldeth. Eng land, In 33 minutes 21 seconds. C. B. Kingsbury, England, won the second heat in 32 minutes 33. 4-5 sec onds. The third heat was won by Weintz, American. Time, 33 minutes 3? sec onds. When the result of the -hammer throwing was announced It being the first final of the fourth Olympic, the star and stripes were run up on their flagstaff to announce that the United States had gathered !n the first event to be decided. In fact it was a double victory. Flanagan taking the first gold and McGrath the 'first silver medal thus far awarded. There was great burst of cheering from the American sections from the stands when the flag broke out. Canada Joined in for Walsh wins the bronze medal. Heavy showers which followed the fine weather of the beginning inter fered with the last events of the morn ing meeting, including the third heat of the 20 kilometre bicycle race. In the first laps of this contest. Weintz of America and Young, Canada, alter nately held the first two positions. Wientz won: time 33 minutes and 39 seconds. The fourth heat of the 20 kilometres was won by Jones, Eng land, time 32 minutes 39 seconds. Cameron was second. There was the greatest enthusiasm among the American spectators over the fact that their team captured the first two medals. The Americans are looking for another win this afternoon in the finals of the 1.500 meter run, but they realize that Sullivan and Sheppard have a hard task in front of them, as they are opposed by five Englishmen- This will enable the Englishmen to run the race as they please. The finals for 20 kilometer cycling race Is also down for this afternoon and Wientz has qualified for this con test. The final of the 1.500 meter flat race was won by Sheppard, American. The second heat of the three mile team race was won by America. France was second. Time, 14:53 seconds. The final of the 20 kilometre cycle race was won by C. B. Kingsbury, of England. His time was 34:13 1-5. Jones of Eng land, was second and Weerbourke of Belgium was thlra. Wilson, England, was second and Hallows. England., third. Sheppard's time was four minutes 3 2-5 seconds. He equalled the best time made in the preliminaries yester day. This was done by Hallows, who hv m&kina the distance in 4 minutes 3 2-5 seconds, cut a full 2 seconds on the record, made at St- Louis, in 1904, by Lightbody. American. The fifth heat of the 20 kilometre cycling race was won by Hanson, Sweden. Time 3.4 minutes 53 3-6 sec onds. In the draw for the three mile team race the United Kingdom. Italy, Holland and Germany were drawn for the first heat. This Insures a victory for the United Kingdom. In the second heat America will have to compete against Canada and Sweden. This is a handicap for the American team for should it win, victory will follow a hard race, while the United Kingdom could win the first heat easily. The French have been admitted to the second heat in this race. The first two teams In each heat qualify for the final. No Americans will compete in the concluding heats of the 400 metre swim ming race. The final of the' 3,500 metre walk was won by Lamer, England. Webb, Eng land, was second, and Kerr, Australia, was third. The time of the winner was 14:55. .The sixth heat of the 20 kilometre cycling race was won by Denny, Eng land, in 33 minutes 40 3-5 seconds. The two American runners, Shep pard and Sullivan, held back in the first stages of the running race and let the Englishmen take the lead. Shep pard was fourth until the last stif tch and Wilson and Hallows were in the first string. As the men started to sprint on the back stretch of the final lap Wilson was in the lead. As they turned in the straight Sheppard sprinted the last 100 yards and passing his competitors, crossed the tape one yard and a half ahead of Wilson. Hal low was five yards behind Wilson. Tait of Canada finished fourth. The runners held well together until the last hundred yards. There was great excitement over the finish. The Eng lishmen who were confident the Amer icans would not get better than third place even if they had a look In were greatly disappointed. The fifth heat of the 660 yards cycle race was won by Cameron, the only American competing. In the first heat of the fancy diving George W. Galdzick, Chicago A. A., got first with 82 points and Freeschmidt, Germany, second with 78 points. In the second heat Zurner, Germany, was first with 83 points and Clark. England, sec ond, with 78 points. The first heat of the three mile race was won easily by England which walk ed right away from the other competi tors, four of her men finishing abreast at the tape. Time 15:5 3-6. The American team, which won the second heat of the three mile team race was composed of George V. Bonhag, Irish American A. C, G. A. Dull, Uni versity of Michigan: J. L. Eizle, New York A. C, and H. L. Trube, N. Y. A. C. Cohen, of Canda. did not compete in this heat. The other teams taking part were the French and Swedish. In the first heat of the three mile team race the English team was the only one that qualified. PROSPERITY ITEMS. Marked Improvement In Business Situation Everywhere. Cleveland, O., July 14. Indications are multiplying in all branches of trade that a return of normal business con ditions is rapidly approaching. Rail road managers, especially, report a de cided improvement and a sharp demand for cars for the transportation of all classes of freight with the .possible ex ception of steel and iron. A. prominent railway- official said that while this branch of business continued far be low normal, it no doubt largely result ed from the fact that the railway com panies themselves were not buying ma terial. This state of affairs,, however, he added, could not possibly continue much longer and the railways would shortly be compelled to go Into the market and- when they did so, the de mand would be sudden as well as heavy. Looks Good to Schwab. New York, July 14. Steel conditions look much better according to Charles M. Schwab who returned Saturday from Europe.. In discussing the situation, he said: "The outlook is more encouraging than it has been at any time since the depression started. I look for gradual improvement, but no sensational upturn for the better. The reports I get from the Bethlehem Steel corporation are very encouraging and show satisfactory improvement over the last ten days or two weeks. I do not anticipate any changes in steel prices in the near fu ture. "There is no truth whatever in the report that my trip abroad was identi fied in any way with the formation of an international steel trust, my busi ness was solely in connection with the Hethlehem Steel corporation. Working Force Increased. Lima, Peru, July 14. The Lima Lo comotive and Machine works which has been .practically shut down for four months, announces the replacing of 600 mechanics scattered over the various departments. RECORD FLIGHT EXPECTED Count Zeppelin Will Test His Airship Today. Friedrichshafen. July 14. There was every prospect of a record trip of Count Zeppelin's airship taking place today. All preparations for the flight have been completed since 6 o'clock thio morning and the official meteorologists are anxiously watch ing the wind and weather, which are becoming more and more favorable to the undertaking. There is a light breeze blowing from the northwest against which the airship must navi gate on its Journey toward Mayence. The route which it is proposed to cover leads over Constance, Schaff hausen. Bale, Mulhauser, Freiburg. Karlsruhe, Strassburg, Mannheim and Mayence. The Journey may pos sible be continued to Met if time allows. The occupants of the car will be Count Zeppelin, his nephew. Count Fredinand Zeppelin, Prof. Hergzel, representing the ministry of the interior; Captain Mlschke, of the navy. Majors Hesse of the general staff, Lehman of the war ministry and Sperling of the balloon regiment of the army engineers and me chanics. No official passengers have been permitted to make the trip. This little town Is gaily beflagged and crowded with well known aeronauts and officers of the army and tourists. The crown prince and Frederick William came from Bregenz to be present at the departure of the airship and the king of Wurtemberg, who is staying at his summer palace here, went out to the balloon shed The lake Is crowded with excursion steamers. Weather Indications. Chicago, July 14. Forecast for Kansas: Partly, cloudy with prob ably showers tonight or Wednesday. MET AT FAIRVIE17 National Democrat Committee at the Bryan Home To Discuss Campaign Plans with the Leaden. NOTIFICATION AUG. 12 Choice of Chairman Left to Sub- Committee of Eleven. Bnles Governing Campaign Con tributions. Falrview, Lincoln. Neb.. July 14. William J. Bryan will be officially notified of his nomination for presi dent at Lincoln, his home, on August lztn. John W. Kern will be notified of his nomination at Indianapolis at a data to be determined upon later. It has practically been decided that the selection of a chairman of the Democratic committee shall be left to a subcommittee of eleven. It la said to be the desire of Mr. Bryan that this subcommittee shall make the lec tion within two weeks. The names so far most prominently mentioned for the chairmanship are -National Committeemen James of Kentucky. Atwood of Kansas, Lamb of Indiana and D. J. Campau. for mer member of the committee for Michigan. While Mr. Bryan believes Mr. James to be one of the most capable men in the party, it is said he does not want the place'. First and fore most, Mr. James is an orator and his services on the platform will be in great demand during the campaign. He believes his usefulness can be exerted in this direction. Atwood is highly thought of, particularly among westerners, but eastern sentiment is believed to lie between Lamb and Campau. The latter' wide exper ience and keen business ability make him a favorite for the place. Gompers Will Help. Fairvlew, Lincoln, Neb., July 14.- Samuel Gompers,. president of the American Federation of Labor, will support William J. Bryan In the cam-' palgn. In political circles here this announcement overshadowed all others, even the arrival of John "W. Kern, the vice presidential nominee. Mr.. Gomper's support was promised to the ticket, but he specifically denied any present intention of tak ing the stump in- the coming cam-, palgn. Reports gained credit that the labor leader would take the stump, but he made no such announcement. After he left Falrview after a fifteen minutes' interview with Mr. Bryan his manner was enthusiastic and- his promises satisfactory to Mr. Bryan. -It is believed there will be no need of Mr. Gompers's services In an oratorical sense. Mr. Gompers does not expect to be called upon to speak publicly in the campaign. The Republican -convention he asserts,- ignored the demands of labor; the Democrats acknowledged them In their platform.- His course is clear; he will do what is demanded of him in the interests of labor best ex pressed in the platform adopted at Denver. As the situation la at pres ent, Mr. Gompers' efforts can be bet- ter expended elsewhere than on the speakers' stand. In his interview with Mr: Bryan, Mr. Gompers was attended by Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation, and James Duncan, also a labor leader. The representatives of organized labor and vice presidential nominee. Kern, and party, reached "Bryan station" by the same trolley car. Mr. Bryan told his visitors that It had been reported he would mak a front porch campaign; he was by no means certain of this, but admitted that he had promised to make a speech in Chicago on Labor day. Aside from this single date the candi- date for the presidency had made no plana At the Bryan Home. Members of the Democratic nation al committee and a number of oth ers holding proxies conferred with William J. Bryan and J. W. Kern, the presidential and vice presidential -nominees respectively, at the Bryan home today with reference to vital matters of campaign management. The visitors arrived at Lincoln over the Rock Island road on a special train at 8 o'clock, were given a trol ley ride about the city and gathered at 9 o'clock in the lobby of the Lin coln hotel, where sentiment of Urey Woodson, of Kentucky, the present secretary of the committee loomed formidable. "I vote aye," laughed Roger Sul livan of Illinois, and he grasped the Kentuckian's hand. Several other followed suit in the buzz of conversa tion at the hotel. "I am not, a candidate," declared Mr. Woodson. "'If they draft me that is a different matter." Talk of Ollie James and of National Committeeman Atwood, of Kansas, was not lacking. At 9:30 the committeemen, the proxies and others interested boarded special trolley cars for Fairvlew where they arrived a half hour later. Rain threatened and they lost no time in making their way to the Bry an home. The national committeemen present were: Mack, New. York;-Taggart, Indiana; Sullivan, Illinois; Tucker, Arkansas; Tomllnson, Alabama; Coughlin, Mass achusetts; Wood, Michigan; Daniels, North Carolina; Green, Rhode Island; Brady, Oklahoma; Cummlngs, Con necticut; Donnelly, Idaho; Wade, Iowa; Osborne, Wyoming; Williams, Mississippi: Talbot, Maryland; Kerr, Pennsylvania; Johnson, Texas; Nebe ker Utah; Johnson New Mexico. William E. Gonzales editor of the State, of Columbia. S. C, and one of Mr. Bryan's lieutenants after a visit with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern said to day: Bryan Will Make Speeches. "The statement that Mr. Bryan will not make a canvass Is Incorrect. It (Continued on Page ElfhL)

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THE .TOPEKA; DAILY STATE JOXJlTAIr TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 14, 1903. GETTINGST.1ALLER PnljSeTen Batters In the 300 Class in American League. And of These Only On Has Played Through Season. DETROIT LEADS liUKS In the National Mike Donlin Is the Champion Hitter. Wagner Is Greatest Long Dis tance llitter and Hun Getter. Cleveland, July 14. The 300 clans of American league batters suffered a light diminution during the week. It numbering only seven at present, and f these seven only one, Ty Cobb, has been playing regularly throughout the Mason. Consequently, he must still be considered the real leader, for of those who nominally are ahead of him In tick work, Crlss.has been at bat but JB times, and Thomas and Schweitzer a few more. Peculiarly of the seven .300 hitters, three. Turner. Schweitzer and Dele-! banty. are out of. the game on 'account Of injuries. McConnell was the .300 hitter that lost out during the week, his aver age being .208 now' Stone. Isbell and Wallace being the only three others In the .290 class with Chase, Lord. Btovall. Lajoie and Gessler comprising the .280 batters. In team batting,' Detroit, of rourpe, leads with St. Louis one point behind and Boston close up to St. Louis, Cleveland Is a fair fourth, with a rec ord of .245. Detroit also leads in runs with St. Louis, Boston. New York, Chi cago and Cleveland following in order. Cleveland does lead, however, in sac rifice hits, being the only club to pass the 100 mark. New Tork is the only club that has stolen more than 100 bases, Cleveland being second with 88, which is not so bad when It Is consid ered that the Naps' best two base run ners, Flick and Turner, are out of the game. In long hits, Delrolt has a big lead, Cleveland being now second, tied with New Tork, with 156 extra bases for each. Detroit's long suit is making triples and home runs, while Cleveland till comes to the front with two-sack-ers. Walsh's homer is the only one to the credit of Chicago. Dougherty carries off the honors In base running and Ganley Is the boss sacrifice hitter. When it comes to In dividual run getters, Detroit takes off the crumbs, having four men among the first ten, Cleveland having none. Ift fielding, four clubs are bunched, Chicago leading, followed closely by Philadelphia, St. Louis and Cleveland. Philadelphia has made only 118 errors while Chicago has made 127,' Cleveland 1S6 and St. Louis 137. Donlin and Wagtier's Work. Pittsburg, July 14. By consistent hit ting, Mike Donlin has taken the lead in the race for the title of champion batsman of the National League. The captain -of-the Giants- added- paints to his average last week- andla- -now showing the way with -a, mark of' ,337. Close to Donlin Is Haris Wagner, who has passed Titus. The gap between the New Yorker and the Pittsburger Is now .18 points. Titus is the Only other reg ular to hit .300. Graham has a notch of .359 for 22 games, and this Is the high mark for the league. Miner Brown completes the roster with .320. Though Wagner yields the palm to Donlin in percentage and number of hits made, Hans towers over every other player In the country In other lines of attacking activity. Wagner Is major league balldom'a greatest long distance hitter, run-getter and base atealer, having a total of 85 extra bases, a credit of 50 runs and a consignment of 13 steals. Next to Wagner as an all around athlete stands Murray, the Car dinal topping his team at the bat with a. mark of .281 this being tenth In the league. Murray la fourth in extra base hits and stands second to the peerless July Clearing Sale SIMS OXFORDS Cut Prices anil bargains throughout the stock. See tha show win slows for ariety of kinds. Cut prices tnarkad on each Shoe. Her are soma of tha bargain: STORE OPEN TOMORROW TILL 10:30 P.M. Men's )4 and IE Ox fords for. .$3.15 Men's $4 Patent Colt Vel. 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Swamo-Root makes, friends quickly because its mild and Immediate effect is soon realized. It is a gentle, heal ing vegetable compounda special ist's prescription for a special disease. Swamp-Root is not recommenaea for everything. A Sworn Ortifloate of Purity Is with every bottle. For sale at all drug stores, in bot tles of two sixes fifty-cents and one- dollar. SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL. In order to prove what Swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy will do for you, every reader of the Topeka State Journal who has not already tried it, may re ceive a sample bottle by mall abso lutely free. Address Dr. Kilmer Co., Blnghampton, N. Y. Write to. day. Wagner In stolen bases with 22, one less than Honus. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Nov York 7-7, Pittsburg 0-4. Pittsburg, July 14. New York took both games of a double header here. The home team could not hit Mathew son in the first game and were unable to make hits when men were on bases in the second contest. Pittsburg had three home runs in the second game, two of them being in succession. Scorn by Inn'ngs. R.H E. Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 frO 0 0-0 S 1 New York 1 3003000 O 7 11 0 Batteries Leifleld. Camnita and Gibson: Mathewson and Need ham. Second tame Score by Innings: R.H.E. Pittsburg .1.00 0 1 0 0 204 11- 1 New York 0 6033010 07 12 2 Batteries Young and Gibson; Mc Ginnlty, Wlltse and Bresnahan. CWcago 5, Philadelphia 6. Chicago, July 14. Philadelphia won the first game In a hitting con test. Errors helped the run getting on both sides. 8 core by Innings: R.H.B. Chicago 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4-6 14 2 Philadelphia 10020001 z s 16 I Batteries Lundgren and Moran; Sparks and Dooin. Tim--14SV- Um pire Connelly. 1 -y r--- Boston 3, Cincinnati 2- Cincinnati, July 14. After' two men were out In the ninth. Boston hit Coakley for a triple and three singles, scoring two runs and bringing about a tie. -The winning run was forced over the plate in the -eleventh on a base on balls. Score bv lnnlnir R f T it. Cincinnati 000001000 02 5 3 Boston 0 000000020 13 0 Batteries Coakley and Schlel- Dor ner, Boultea and Graham. Time 2 hoars. Umpire Rudderham. St. Lonis S, Brooklyn 3. St. Louis, July 14.' St. Louis won from Brooklyn, 3 to 2, a wild pitch by Holmes in the ninth Inning letting in the elninng runr r Scnre by Innings: R.H.tt. St. Louis 0 00 0 002 01-3 7 1 Brooklyn- 00100100 02 4 0 Batteries Raymond and Bliss; Rucker. Holmes and Bergen. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit 6-2, Boston 2-4. Boston. July 14. Boston, and De troit each won a game. Score bv innings: H U B Detroit 2 00000022-A12 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t 2 7 5 Batteries Klllian and Schmidt; Prultt, Cicotte, Criger and Carrlgan. Second game Score by Innings: R.H.K. Detroit 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- t 1 Boston 0 0003100 4 10 0 Batteriee--Morgan and" Carrlgan; Summers, Suggs and Schmidt. St. Lotils 3-4, Washington S-S. Washington, July 14. St. Louis de feated Washington in two hard fought games. Score bv Innlncsi R.H E. Washington .,.,.0 0 10 0 10 0 02 1 2 St. -Louis 00 V 100 zoo 3 I Batteries Johnson, Warner and Street; Graham and Blue. Umpire O'Loughlin. Second game Score by innings: R.H.E. Washington. 01 10 0 0 0 0 02 8 1 St. Louis 0 0012000 14 9 0 Batteries Smith and Street; Pow ell, Howell, Waddell and Spencer. Time 2:05. Umpire -O'Laughlin. Cleveland 8, New York 2. New York, July 14. The local Americans failed to keep up the good Work they showed against Cleveland on Saturday and were shut but by the visitors, to 0... Score bv Innings: R.H.K. Cleveland 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 03 0 New York 0 0000000 00 10 0 Batteries Chech and N. Clarke; Manning. Klelnow and Blair. Umpires Sheridan and Evans. Chicago 1-5, Philadelphia 5-2. Philadelphia, July 14. Chicago broke even with Philadelphia in a double header here. The home team won the first by taking advantage of Manuel's wlldnees and Chicago's er rors. The latter won the second game easily by hitting the curves of Bender and Coombs- hard. Score by innings: R W Chcsgo 10000000 0-1 10 2 Philadelphia 1 1201000 6 6 1 Batteries Manuel, Sullivan and Weaver; Dygert, Plank and Schreck. Second game Score by innings: R.H.K. Chicago 2 0 1 200000-6 11 0 Philadelphia..... 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 02 8 4 Batteries White and Sullivan: Ben der, Coombs. Smith and Powers. Time 2:05. Umpire Connelly. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City 10, St. Pan! 5. Kansas City. July 14. Celebrating their return from the north the Blues took a reef out of the sails of the low ly Saints at Association park yesterday afternoon, beating them 10 to 5. There ware errors, dumb plays, surprises, swatting feats, scores, some more swat feat and some more scores. After nearly two and a half hours of this kind of performance the score board had nine Innings posted and a double form of tallying in favor of the Cross crowd. fipom r Inntnn: Tt M R Kansas City 1 0 0 0 t 0 1 -10 12 I St. Paul 0 00220001 S 4 Batteries Wood and Brown; Teal and Miller. Columbus 2, Louisville 1. Columbus, July 14. Goodwin, with triple ahead of Frlel's long fly made his own game safe in the eighth in ning, as singles by Stanley and Burke STANDING OF THE TEAMS. f ,r,,-ifr '.,.1 .WiMtet. seodatSon Clubs Won. Lost. Pet Oklahoma City 41 26 .612 Topeka 40 26 .606 Hutchinson 41 27 .6"3 Wichita 40 28 .5SS Joplin 36 30 .540 Webb City 83 34 .493 Springfield ....n J 44.:-. .92 Ibiud -J. 1.9- .ZoO National Leahei' dobs- '-WTitiir'Lost -Pctr Chicago 45 30 .600 Pittsburg 46 32 .590 New York ..45 32 .684 Cincinnati .40 -88 .613 Philadelphia 3 v sp -4'i Boston .-..V..r.84 47 .420 St. Louis 34 -47 .420 Brooklyn -.i..?8-v"244 JSH American league.. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. St. Louis ...45 31, .592 Detroit .-...V-...4S-- 32 J$ Chicago 43 34 .6o9 Cleveland 42 34 .552 Philadelphia ,..w37 St. Boston r....35--- 42 .45o New York ...39 48 .371 Washington ..........28 47 T. J American. Association. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet Indianapolis .64 33 .631 Louisville- ....49 37 ..5i0 Toledo i. .48 Wt .666 Columbus 47 u, ...Mi Minneapolis ....42 40 .612 Milwaukee -...38 60 ,432 Kansas City 37 61 .420 St. Paul 29 56 .841 with two out gave Louisville a run in ninth lTi-thi fAtrh1nflr and rpil- eralshlp was the feature of the flaw less defense or tne uoiumous ciuo pro duced. No- game will be played Tuesday afternoon, when the funeral Of Presi dent Bryce will be held. Rj-nr hv inninflrs: R- rVilnmhim .....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 S Louisville -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Sacrifice hits Odwell 2. Woodruff, Sullivaft. Sacrifice, fly hits Friel, nnnmlton. Bases on ball Off Good win 4. off Adams 1. Two-base hit- Hughes. Three-Dase nit uooawin. Double plays Friel to Kihm, Kruger to Wrlgley. Struck out By Goodwin 2, by Adams 3. Time 1:82. Umpire wens. Minneapolis 2, Milwaukee 1. Milwaukee, July 14. Fiene and Schnelberg engaged in a redhot pitch ers' battle, Minneapolis winning out in .nn.h An nvl.f'i tnrft-hAfiA hit. fol lowed by a scratch double by Welday. Score by innings: Milwaukee 0 00000100 01 Minneapolis i..O 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Two-base hits Robinson, Flynn, Oyler, t Wel-day. Three-base hit O'Neill. Stolen basest Smith, Flynn. Bases oh balls Off Schnelberg 2, off FJene 1. Hit by pitcher Smith. Struck out By schnelberg t, Dy x lene 8. Umpire Kane. Toledo 6',' Indianapolis CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE. Little River 4, Newton 3. Newton, Kan., July 14. Errors at, a critical moment by Newton lost the game here to Little River, ttaoro hv inninn: R.H.E- K.wton 2 100 0 00008 8 -3-' Little River .000 4 00100-4 3 4 Batteries Burgess and Gotthwaite; Haste r and Freeland. Salina 6, Mcpherson 1, Salina, Kan., July 14. In a listless game of baseball the Trade Winners won the 'first of h aeries from. Mo-Pherson-here '-by a 'score of (F'ior'i. Stoffer was entitled to a shutout but a single and two errors gave the visitors a score. Abbott's home run was the feature of the game. Score by innings: R.H E. Sallna 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 7 McPherson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0101 4 7 Batteries Stoffer and" Abbott; Clawson and Hoggatt. Umpire Aston. EASY PICKING FOR ST. LOUtS. The American League Team Expected to Keep at Top of Heap. St. Louis, July 14. Everything looks favorable for the St. Louis club to return to,- the Western end of the circuit In first place with a fair lead over the second place team; Whichever ona It happens to be. There is hardly a chance that the Browns can be pull ed from the top of the heap with the soft schedule they have on tap for the remainder of the eastern trip. The Browns wound up their hardest games of the eastern invasion when they -left Philadelphia. Saturday the Mlssourlans started a string of eight games that should be easy picking and keep them in the lead. New York, Washington and Boston are the clubs the Browns have to deal with before starting back home. Two of these clubs. New York and Washington, are at the tallend of the standing. Gift Pitcher Making Good. Indianapolis, July 14. Next to "Rube" Marquard, Pitcher Louis Dur ham of the Indianapolis team is now the-most talked of pitcher In the A. A. Only twice have the Indians lost when he has been on the mound.- He -cost the club nothing In the way of pur chase money, as he had previously been unconditionally released by the Louisville club and was a free agent. His most noteworthy feat was his double header victory over the Brew ers at Milwaukee, but the stunt that afforded him the most satisfaction was the shutting out of Louisville-at Wash ington park, '2 to 0. He has won seven games. May Change Central League. Great Bend, July 14. -There is a probability that the Great Bend Base ball club will soon be a member of the Central Kansas league, which is now composed of Newton, Salina, Minneapolis. Ellsworth,' McPherson and Little River. It is said, that Little River will drop out shortly and In that event Great Bend will be admitted to the league. Attell to Meet Kid? Scaler. Spokane, Wash., July 14. Abe. At tell, featherweight champion .of the world, and "Kid Scaler of Spokane are to be brought together .for a six round fight here July 17. Jack Kearns and his associates are back of the game, and claim that both men have posted forfeits and say the boys will fight at 132 pounds".- WE always have -we are now selling, we always shalf selPthe very highest quality of drug store goods at low est prices. ALEX. T. GIBLER 334 Kansas Ave. ern: Asso ciation GOSSIP wniatK. THEY PLAT TOMORROW. i -Topeka at fin Id. Webb City at Oklahoma City. Wichita, at. Springfield. Hutchinson at JOpliiu Tom Murphy, a brother of Charles Mtirphy. -president of the Chicago World's Champions, is In Webb City and is Watching the work- of -Burnum, the Triplett southpaw whose work has season has been -unrfbrtnly good. :You Wouldn'trknow if from his field ing, but Bob Kail-is having a lot of trouble with his right wrist. He went fishing ono day last-week and develop ed a bad case of ivy poisoning. His writ is badly -swollen but Boh it staying with the game, Paul Cobb of the Joplin team is lead ing the Miners with" the Stick with an average of .313, Other mining aver ages are Wanner .288, Cor kill .274, Fillman .262, Reed -.250. and Ragan ,233. All the others are' below the .200 mark. r:- The Springfield team this" afternoon is opening on -.new. grounds in. White City, the amusement portion of the Midget town. Dr. SWvely will be present to attend" the opening. George, the cast off Midget southpaw;-has gone -to. California where he will play with Los Angeles ,ih the Pa cific Coast league. Tommy Smith who was accidentally spiked .by Walter Boles while the lo cals were In Springfield recently, is back into the game again. Tommy is a good inSelder and would help any W. A. team. The suspension on Jack Love of the Oklahoma City team -has been raised but he Is still out of the game with a bum wrist. Kelsey Is under suspen sion yet but the Meta management is trying to get his suspension out of the way and he may be in the game this afternoon. The Webb City Sentinel tells of raw umpiring at the recent Webb City-To-peka series in this city. Among other things which the Sentinel prints the Topeka manager Is referred to as "smart-aleck-Cooley." Jutai, the Webb City utility catcher, is slated for release. He hasn't shown very much as yet and Milton isn't giv ing him a chance.. Harry Cheek's place- is a mlehfy hard -one to fill for HartVis abofet.s 'good i. 'catcher as there is in the league. -j -.j. -f -jr J; Nearty very one olrthe "slveri' other teams In the leagtfccis picking up some players &i fMija JSleif irltl";Spring fleld castoffs. Topeka took Cole; Jop lin, Murray; Webb City, Kaufman and wte:ols- and The followiftg Yrorh tne Hutchinson News relative" to rth;-Ehlfc team tells the truth and brings to the recollection of Topeka fans a similar team in 1905: It isn't' hard to figure out why Enid Is at;the bottom, I There, ar. a lot of good players on the team and they could get Jobs with other 'clubs with out asking. But the team is mostly a buncrt of old staqf- who have. seen bet ter days, and who are too old to play under -a. .'manager t with' no' Kmore ex perience than themselves. Each one is jealous of the other so instead of play ing together, they play individual ball and hence seldom win a game. Nine managers on one 'team la too many. the OkiaRoma: City News' attributes the position of the Mets In ,the present race to base runnfng.'one-oi two slug gers, great pltchens, pinch fielding and last but not least, the great Work of George Kelsev behind tha. bat.. And the News is about right regarding Kelsey, for George Is a mighty heady player and always working his best. Topeka once-had.; a -chance, to- keep Kelsey, but -poor management in charge of the team at that time let him go. The pitching staff of the Jobbers is again suffering. Speer is getting into his stride, but Scott is losing nearly every game. The big -fellow is over worked or something,' -at 'any rate he la not showing the form he was dis playing at the opening of the. season. Dick is still pitching consistent ball. Fogerty .didn't-laft very .long. Dud Risley has-been gobbled up by Manager Larry Milton and -will adorn the first sack for the Triplett s during the remainder of ithe season. Jimmy Cuthbert hag been: placed in left field Instead of Frank Lofton, while Pok orny, who has -been making bobbles at second goes to rlghtfleid Instead of Downey, who will 'take a regular turn in the box. The addition of -Toman at second for the Jobbers -makes a pretty swell infield for Holland. -Toman Is a good fielder and good-hitter and-will fill -a weak place in the Jobber Infield. Manager Coofey1 and his baseball tribe left last night-for Enid; Three games will be played in Enid and a like number at Oklahoma City. Cooley expressed much confidence in his team before leaving and said he would do better than break even on the trip. The locals leave oo. this trip with the best team thus far this season. For the first time Cooley has a pitching staff. -There are two or- three. others besides Rip Hagerman -upon whom Cooley can depend for victories. Selby has won six straight. Jack Root Is working fine and Roach ought to fin the long felt want Of a left hander. Then the hitting of the team is -improving every day The locals are clouting the ball at a lively rate and for pinch hitting the like has not been seen in these parts for -many days. And In every department the -locals can be said to have a swell team.. Watch, our smoke! Watch jur;; business methods Win! --V Sylvester Olsnn Isn't mending as rapidly as could be? desired., He may not be able to play until the. team re turns home next Monday to play with Wichita. Cooley won't -Insist on his playing until he I fully able to get Into the game for-Bples Is filling short very acceptably. -s Nothing has been heard from Lan- dxeth as yet. He will probably, be re-. pentlng within a few days and wanting to. come back. The Oklahoma News says'' that .Mil waukee recently made overtures for Pitcher McClintock and Second Base man Love. -After buying Wisser from Oklahoma City, the Milwaukee team Is probably fighting shy of Oklahoma City blood. Enid Is having a hard time to make both ends meet. Here is a little dope on the situation from the Eagle: The Enid ball team is In hard lines. The gate receipts are falling off and the club is several thousand to the bad. When the season was young the peo ple here took a great interest in the games at Enid, going down whenever possible to see them, but they have quit that ahd it is not because Enid is at the foot of the class, either. It Is because the would-be fans are poor losers; they think every close decision of the umpire should be In their favor and every time they lose a game they proclaim In loud tones that the umpire worked against them. We have been there several times when it was ab solutely sickening and disgusting to listen to their kicks on his umps. They play a kid game; if they want to be in the league class let the' fans show a league spirit. The following from the Joplin Globe is an account of the secret nuptials pulled off by Sylvester Olson while on the recent trip In Joplin: Miss Bertha Hard, stenographer at. the Smith .Premier typewriter office, and Sylves ter Olson, former shortstop of the Joplin "Miners and now with the To peka team, were secretly married at the home of Arthur Bell, at No. 611 Moffet avenue, at 3 o'clock on the eve ning of June 30. At the same time Miss Lillian Ryan, a chum of Mrs. Olson, and R. L. Menard, manager of the Mentor Rosenbloom Clothing company, were also married. The Rev. B. M. Shlve performed the cere monies. The marriage of the popular blonde shortstop and Miss Hard was the culmination of a romance which began several years ago, when Olson first became a member of the Joplin club. Mrs, Olson will go to Topeka. on July 20 to join her husband. She is the- daughter of Charles Hard, a mine operator of Golden City, and has one sister residing in Kansas City. Mrs. Menard, shortly after the secret wed ding, left for her home in Doniphan, Mo., to visit with her parents.- While playing against the Enid team the Mets took occasion to swell their, batting averages a little. The team" is now hitting .214. Here are the figures: G. AB. H Pet. Folbre, p.-f. ..i.24 47 14 .298 Love. 2b. .-J14 BS .271 MeCormlek. If. .......57 187 4l .27 Rapps. lb. ..61.2J6 66 .259 McConell, C. .12 29 7 .241 W. White, ss ....61 211 43 .204 D. White, cf.. ....61 "224 45 .202 Goes. rf. 219. 44 ,-.91 McCUntockV P-' i.rf..w...M -46 9 .194 Emory, 3b. i.....61 200 38 .M0 Kelsey, c. 66 .171 29 .168 Bandy, p. .16 44 4 .01 Bemis, p. ...11 38 3 .079 Hoffer, p. 9 21 1 .047 ON STAGE WITH NELSON. McAuliffe Thinks Old and New Cham pion Would Draw. New York. July 14. Jack McAuliffe yesterday remarked: "Well, I see that "he title has changed, .hands again." This fellow Nelsqn. you kno.w, fs Only the fourth llfrhtweieht ch-a'mDion since T retired urioeafenf" You know; T won my title By default rn 1885." Jack Dempsey was lightweight, champion up -to that time,- hut grew out of his class and left It open to 'Young- Mitchell of Frisco and -myself. Billy Madden, my man ager, challenged Mitchell, but he wouldn't fight, and I grabbed the title. I'defended it for twelve years and won four championship belts. "When I met old Jimmy Carroll In Frisco -.ten years ago I felt that I was all in and came here to retire in favor of "Kid" Lavlnge, one of the best I ever saw. Frank Erne beat Lavlnge then and after that Gans won from Erne. -s "This boy" Nelson', by winning 'from Gans, is now the king lightweight of the land. I may go on the stage with Nelson when he comes east. That ought to" be a' big thing for the show houses. The- 'old champion and the new." WHITE SOX MAKE RECORD. Oomiskey's Men Play Thirty-two Inn ings Before Winning a Game. Chicago; 'July ""14. -Comiskey's White. Stockings have finally been able to get a decision on a game, but they broke all records for the season, or for any other year, when they play ed" thirty-two Innings before winning a game. On Friday, at Washington, the Nationals played sixteen innings with the White Sox, and the game was stopped on account .of darkness. Al trock pitched through the sixteen inn- "The Blood Is The life." Science has never gone beyond th above simple statement of scripture. But It has illuminated that statement and given it a meaning ever broadening with the Increasing breadth of knowledge. Whenthe blood Is "bad" or Impure it Is not. alone the. body which suffers through disease.- The brain. Is also clouded, She mind and judgement are ted, anrtnany an evil deed or impure tly traced to the Fowl. 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Pitcher of Chicago Cabs Is Sotting a Fast Pace for Other Twlrlers. Chicago, July 14. Few changes have taken place in the pitching di vision during the last few weeks in the National league. Brown and Reul bach of the- Chicago Cubs and Mathewson of the New Tork Giants are still showing the form they dis played in the early part of the season and are having a hard fight for final position. Brown is leading the group by a good margin. Brown is not a strike out pitcher, as he has fanned only SH men per contest. Five times he has blanked the opposition. The onlv other man in the National to do that is Mathewson of New York. FOR THE GOOD ROADS FCJfD. Looks os Though $90,000 Would Be Realized From Ohio Auto License. Columbus, O., July 14. Secretary of State Thompson has announced that during the first month of the op eration of the State automobile law there were 5,050 automobile- licenses issued, and the total receipts for that time were (25,560. It is estimated that there are about 18,000 auto vehicles in the state, and all of these, whether they have paid annual licenses under the ordinance of the year or not, will have to be' li cenced by January 1, 1909. So that it looks as though well up toward (90,000 net receipts would be turned Into the good roads fund. Ketchell Soon a Heavyweight. Ban Francisco, July 14. Stanley Ketchell is headed for top place among the heavyweights. He has gain ed weight rapidly in the last year. The Montana man said last night he weighed 165 pounds, although he is to fight Kelly at 154. "I am getting heavier all the time," he said. "I can make 154 pounds all right, as the ex tra weight will come off. I will be twenty-one years old September 14 and expect to pick up considerable weight. Pretty soon I will be ready to fight Tommy Burns or any of the heavyweights. I will fight Burns Just as coon as there is a good offer for a match." McGraw After College Players. New Tork. July -14. John MciGraw of the Giants is said to be after two more college players, with excellent chances of geting them sooner or later. The pair are W. s. Heyniger of Princeton and T. A. D. Jones of Tale, two young men who have done more in the past three years to bring fame to their college baseball teams than any two men who have been seen on college diamonds in the past ten years. McGraw Asks ror Waivers. Pittsburg, Pa., July 14. Manager Muggsy McGraw of the New Tork IMS, w tUk Soap PARENT) CHOOSE FROM Quick Time No Stops Double Track I... i. R-nt U KmC. 4J0.m 106 M.. 00 .m. 220 11.20.. 326 m. 8.10 726 10.00 m. 7,56 i UHO., Dnwt.FintaW An. Reliable Dentistry Our success Is du to high grade workmanship and best materials at reasonable prices. Best Set of Teeth for.. $7.00 Misfit, loose or broken plates mad to fit at small cost. Gold Crowns J3 to $5 Silver filling .....aoe Teeth eand.. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTOCTAIi TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1903. 3 HEATHENJHINEE. Smuggled Orer Mexican Border in a Sealed Car. Discovered at Abilene in a Half Starved Condition. AHALFDOZEN OF THEM. Placed in County Jail and Will Shortly Be Sent Back. Ore Was From a Mex can Mine Billed For Argentine. Herington, Kan., July 14. Six Chinamen were discovered hero late Monday in a car loaded with ore from Mexican mine for Argentine. The car had been sealed, and so passed across the border. The men are held by officers, and will be placed In the county Jail at Abilene until the gov ernment authorities can Investigate And arrange for their return. The men were in a half starved condition. TI.C KEK SAYS HE'LL. WIN. I'mlo Sain Can Vse the Kxprvss When Barred from Malls. Kansas City. Kan., July 14. In pite of indictments against several members of the management and a fraud order from Washington holding Up the treasurer's mail freighted with the returns of a 4 per cent assessment on the stockholders, the secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company says Us business will go on the same as usual. "The mere holding up of our treas urer's mail does not materially effect the company," said Secretary H. H. Tucker last evening. "We have always contrived to have the assessment money passed to us by express when the government turns its back on us. We will do this now as the stockhold ers all understand the system from former experiences, and are willing to help us in our tight against the veiled Interests behind the indictmens." Tucker thought the company would win its long and seemingly endless fight against receivership, indictment and fraud orders. He claimed it now has about $700,000 in properties scat tered among several towns in Kansas and Oklahoma and is free from all in debtedness with J40.000 in the treas ury. KIFTJC SHOOTING AT TORT TUIKY National Guard Marksmon Prepare for National Competition. Junction City. Kan., July. 14. Nearly 200 members of the Kansas national guard are camped at the target range at Fort Riley under the command of Colonel. Perry M. Hoisington, com manding the Second regiment of the Kansas national guard. These troops came here for the purpose of engaging in a competition which is to determine the personnel of the Kansas national guard team to the national rifle com petition, which Is to be held at Camp Perry, O., next fall. The competition which is being held at Port Riley this week-wHl determine the selection of 18 men who will rep resent Kansas at Camp Perry. Twelve of them will be the marksmen, three substitutes and three officials of the team. The Kansas marksmen will re main at' Port Riley all week. SHIPS 23.0OO POUNDS CABBAGE An At-hlon Farmer Is Doing His Own Commission Business. Atchison, Kan., July 14. Conrad Voelker, the cabbage king, and W. H. Tucker the commission man, shipped a car load of cabbage to southern Kansas. The cabbage was piled in the car and not crated. Crates were put through to let the air in, and it will keep all right. Conrad Voelker was offered 30 cents a hundred pounds for about 10.000 pounds, but thought that he might make the profit and is going into the commis sion business himself. The farmers are offered 30 cents a hundred pounds wholesale. The consumer pays $1.50 a hundred. Mr. Voelker wants to make that $1.20 extra. FOR FOREST PRESERVATION. Two Pays for Tills Work to Be Added to the Ttansmisslsnlppi Convention. Abilene. Kan.. July 14. A two day conference on natural resource with especial attention to forest preservation will be added to the Transmlssisslppi Commercial congress session at San Francisco next fall. President J. B. Case, of Abilene, has sent this sugges tion to all members of the congress. The official call will be Issued within a few days. AGED. BUND AND DEAF. S. C. Thompson of the Wichita Ma sonic Home Killed by a Car. "Wichita, Kan., July 14. Samuel C. Thompson. 80 years old, was killed here Monday by a street car near the Ma sonic Home in this city. Thompson was an inmate at the home. He was a member of the Masonic lodge in Leav enworth. Thompson was practically blind and deaf. A Woman for County Clerk. Troy. Kan.. July 14. When it be came known that Miss Margaret Schletzbaum would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for county clerk of Doniphan county all other Republican candidates with drew from the race. The Democrats will not nominate a candidate in the Never Falls to RESTORE GRAY or FADED HAIR to Its NATURAL COLOR and BEAUTY No matter how long: it has been gray or faded. Promotes a luxuriant growth f healthy hair. Stops its falling- out, and positively removes Dan druti. Keeps hair soft and flossy. Re fuse all substitutes. 2 times as much in $1.00 as 50c size. IS NOT A DYE. Ptillo Hit Soe. Co.. Newark. N. J. SI and 50c bottles, at druggist'- MAHSHAIL BROS.; ROWLEY: FTAD: PRICE: fiATMN DRUG CO.; QAMPBEll, DRUG CO.: BRUNT. primaries, but they have joined with the Independents in announcing a mass meeting to be held about the middle of August at which an In dependence candidate' will be named to run against Miss Schletzbaum. HAD MONEY TO BURN; Insane Woman Has $8,000 and Gold Nuggets Sewed in Clothes. Hutchinson, Kan., July 14. A few days ago Sheriff Duckworth took Miss Anna Burnhart to Davenport, Iowa. She had been adjudged insane and the state asylums were all full and the Davenport Institution offered to take her. An invoice was taken of her goods and $1,385 in gold was found, besides her real estate here in Hutch inson worth about $3,000 more. After she arrived at the institution a further search was made. She resented it and they partially forced her, taking oft ner clothing to give her a bath and they found $8,070 more sewed up in her old dress besides a large number of gold nuggets, the value of which has not been determined. Most of the money was sewed up in the lining of ner dress. She has no relatives here. Sheriff Duckworth has been appointed guardian by the probate judge. The old lady is Incurably insane. She can't live long. The bulk of her fortune will revert to the state if no heirs appear. HE GOES TO PRUSSIA. Kansas University Assigns Prof, Campbell to a European School. Lawrence, July 14. Under an ar rangement which is being made through the Carnegie Foundation In stltute. Prof. James A. Campbell of the German department of K. U. has been assigned to a position in a Prussian university, and it is fully ex pected that a German professor will be sent from Prussia to Kansas uni versity to take his place. An exchange of teachers between Russia and the United States is to go Into operation In September. It is being managed by the Prussian Minis ter of Public Instruction and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance ment of Teaching. The Carnegie foun dation received a very great number of applications, and a distinguished committee of scholars Anally selected twelve teachers to represent the Unit ed States. One of these selected was James A. Campbell, A. M., assistant professor of German in the University of Kansas. FREAK OF NATURE IX GRAY CO, Big Ditches Appear In an Alfalfa Field of S. It. Kelly. Cimarron. Kan., July 14. Some kind of a freak of nature has made itself apparent in the alfalfa patch of S. L. Kelly, who lives ten miles straight south of Cimarron. There are two large cracks extending nearly the length of his field, about six feet deep in places and in some places wide enough that a person could throw in a large Newfoundland dog. The cause of the formation of these cracks is a mystery. The ground was disked and harrowed last spring and at that time there was no Bign of any cracks, so they have come within three or four months. SHOWS BIG INCREASE. Valuation of Crawford County Is Four Times Greater Than In 1907. Girard, Kan., July 14. County Clerk Fred A. Gerken gave out the trarript of the assessed valuation of Crawford county. This was ready some time ago, but the action of the county board of equalization in or dering a general reduction in the assessment required a complete re construction of the transcript. The transcript shows that the total assessed valuation of Crawford coun ty is $34,123,926, as compared with $7,535,138 one year ago. an increase of four and one-half times. THOUGHT HE WAS GOING CRAZY. Leslie BriRgs, a Young Married Farm er, Takes His lAte. Hutchinson, Kan., July 14. Leslie Briggs, a young farmer living three miles east of Nickerson, shothimself at his home. He used a shotgun and the load went Into his breast, killing him instantly. In a note to his wife he said good-bye and said he was going crazy. Coroner Schoor went out to th scene of the tragedy but no inquest will be held. Mr. Briggs was married last February. He was well-to-do having his ownfarm and having money on de posit. He was 29 years old. MORE GRIEF FOR WHITLOW. Iola Man Has Been Arrested on the Charge of Perjury. Iola. Kan.. July 14. Samuel F. Whit low, recently acquitted of the murder or.MaySapp.who was killed in September, 1907, was arrested here last evening on a warrant sworn to by John Sapp. the girl's father, charging him with per jury. The warrant charged that Whit low at the coroner's Inquest stated that he know nothing of the murder of Mis Sapp. While at the trial he testi fied that he was in the yard at her home when she killed herself. Whitlow was released on a $500 bond signed by El mer Remsberc Heat Causes Miner's Death. Pittsburg. Kan., July 14. Joseph Fell, aged 65 years and a veteran min er of this district, was found dead Monday alongside of a hedge 12 miles north of here. There were no marks of violence and the physician called in on the case and the coroner decided that death was caused by heart failure brought onby theheat possibly. Glvlns Out Bd Checks. Leavenworth, Kan., July 14. Chris Ehart cashed a $45 check for a man named L. J. Barnett who claimed to be working at the Broadway planing mill. Ehart sent the check to his bank and it was turned down as the man who wrote the check had no de posit at the First National bank on which the check was drawn. When he was arrested later he had several checks in his pocket which he evi dently intended passing:. Mrs. Stewart's Hearing July 27. Ottawa, Kan.. July 14. Judge Smart has set July 27 as the date for the hearing for a new trial In the case of the state against Mollie Stewart for complicity with Frank Schnec in the murder of Jane Schneck and two chil dren. Attorneys are preparing to take both cases to the supreme court if a new trial is refused Mollie Stewart. Cleveland Votes for San Fourth. Cleveland July 14. By a vote of 21 to 7 the city council has passed an ordinance decreeing that henceforth no private celebration of the Fourth of July by the use of fireworks or fire arms shall occur. The council, how ever, reserved the right to permit the city to give an "official display" in the public parks if it so desires. The ordi nance was the result of the deaths of ten persons in this year s independence day celebration. R AILRO AD NEWS. Accountants In Favor of Pad ding Statements. Would Conceal Costs From Com merce Commission. LOOK FOR ADVANCE Whole Meeting Devoted to Ques tion of Evasion. Other Item i of Interest Railway Circles. in It is asserted In reports sent out from Atlantic City that at the meeting this week of the American Association of Railroad accountants, plans were discussed in secret session for conceal ing from the Interstate commission and. other investigators the real cost of procuring competing roads by plac ing the cost accounts among the items of reconstruction and other expenses. Recommendations were made. It is stated, that rates be raised to cover the cost of paying Interest on lines procured in deals, members of the as sociation asserting that former own ers of such- lines who took stock in payment were entitled to their return. One of the members, connected with a southern road, is quoted as saying: "We can easily charge Into our road betterment account the cost of the roads which we have been forced to take over and then abandon. "This must be done quietly and without grandstand plays, and quiet ly year by year, when the people are not thinking of railroads, and when the overhauling they get from courts and commissions has not focused at tention upon them, and bloodcurdling telegrams are not pouring in to sum mon them before grand Juries. "We will have everything carefully entered on our books, according to certain rules, and when we go before the Interstate commission we can say: 'Now here are our books. Look and see for yourself what we have spent upon our roads and what a beautiful railroad we have in consequence. Now please let us raise our rates. And if we have done this all by rule, our books will speak for themselves. Professor C. C. Adams, an academ ic expert, who was formerly a statis tician for the commission, is reported as among those objecting to methods suggested for fixing balance sheets in order to raise the figures supposed to represent operating expenses in order to open the way for raising rates with out incurring Investigation by the commission. He Is quoted as having said: "I believe that the railroad balance sheet should be a live sheet and should represent the property which now exists and not this property plus the abandoned property of last year. If we put these many proposed items into our capital accounts the public will surely believe that we are over capitalizing and will demand that our accounts be examined by -the -courts." The absolute need of some scheme to prevent loss through abandonment of roads was impressed on the meeting by delegates who held up the bugaboo of the necessity of the electrification of most of the roads within the next few years. Statements were made call ing attention to the need of raising money to pay the cost of throwing the present equipment on the scrap heap, and resolutions adopted asking that rate laws be graded so as to not place too heavy burdens upon roads which are under heavy expense. SENTIMENT IS CHANGING. Opinion of Cheirme.n Yoakum of Rock Island-Frisco. Chicago. July 14. In the estimation of B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive committee of the Rock Island-Frisco, 25 per cent of the prosperity of the country comes from the railroads and their extension Into new territory and the Improvement and general building up of existing railroad properties to take care of growing commerce. From 25 to 80 per cent of the present hard times is due, he believes, to the causes that have interfered with the prosecution of railroad improvements of the character described through hostile legislation and other official inter ference. v Mr. Yoakum is of the opinion that already there are many substantial evidences that the feeling of the pub lic is changing toward railroads, as It becomes better informed of their true condition "and realizes that their ability to take care of obligations, im provements and expansion is for the general good and prosperity of the country at large. ANOTHER CAR SHORTAGE. Is Expected by President of National Car Service Association. Chicago, July 14. J. O. Klapp, president of the National Association of Car Service, is of opinion that November 1 next will see another car shortage. It may not be so severe as that of last year, but it will be severe enough to be felt all over the coun try in the hampering of shippers. Mr. Klapp asserts that business is gradually picking up In all parts of the country, and the coming great crop movement will make large In roads into the available supplies of cars. Business now, he says, is 10 per cent more active than it was a month ago. and it is almost certain The triumphant result of forty years of earnest effort, devoted entirely to the science of pure foods, is WHEAT FLAKE CELERY Its superiority over other Cereal Foods cannot be questioned.' It is the kind of food that strength ens and assists in establishing healthy action of the bowels. For sale by erer 4J Ask the Folks Nextt -Door Ask your next-door neighbor what she thinks of Van Camp's Pork and Beans. Then do just as she advises about using them yourself "We refer our case to anyone who ever used Van Camp's. Ask any man or woman,1 boy or girl who knows them. Ask how Van Camp's compare with home-baked beans compare with other brands. C There are millions of people who know this, and some of -them live next door. Ask and they'll tell you why Van Camp's command such an enormous sale. Or learn for yourself learn from a ten-cent can. See if you can go back to home-baked beans after once trying Van Camp's. Those not yet using Van Camp's Beans simply don't know what; they miss. Perhaps they are clinging to home-baked beans mushy and broken. Beans that are crisped on the top and half-baked in the middle. Perhaps they are eatfng very few beans, because such beans are. not appealing. Or, perhaps they realize that such beans don't digest. That's why they ferment and form gas. Those people are losing one of the best foods in the world and one of the cheapest simply because they don't know how good baked beans can be. They will find that beans can be baked until they are mealy, yet remain nutty because they are whole. They will find that the tomato sauce baked into the beans gives a new and delicious blend. And they will find that beans, when rightly baked, are easy to digest. Then beans become as they should be almost a daily dish. One can of. Van Camp's will serve to alter their whole idea of baked beans. These are some of the differences We bake in live steam you bake in dry heat. We bake the beans until they are mealy without crisping or breaking them. You cannot do this. Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees. Then we bake in small parcels, so that the heat goes through. Thus the atoms are separated so the digestive juices can get to them. Scarcely half so much heat -can get to the center of your baking dish. The result is, a heavy food, hard to, digest. Not a home in the world has the facilities to bake beans as we bake ours. Why bother to try itt Why waste the time and the fuel? Please serve Van Camp's tomorrow. See what it means to you and yours to have such meals readyv cooked. tUSZD -g Now is the time to know Van Camp's. You are looking for ready-cooked dishes this is the queen of them all. So please ask some user, or try them yourself You are missing too much don't wait another day. It "is not eeri economical td bake your.btrans at home.'. Economy lies. 4n serving beans so good that your peo ple will want them often. Beans are 84 nutriment. Their food value exceeds the food value of meat. Yet they cost but a fraction as much. Van Camp's will save their whole cost, three times over, in the cutting down of your meat bills. For just the same reason, Van Camp's are far cheap er, than ready-baked beans that cost less. We buy only the choicest of Michigan beans, and have them picked over by hand. We use only the whitest, the plumpest, the fullest-grown. All. others are discarded.. The result is, we could buy several bushels of some beans for the price of one bushel of ours. Then we use only vine-ripened tomatoes to make our tomato sauce. And we use the whole tomato. Some tomato sauce is made from tomatoes picked green, or of scraps from a canning factory. We conld buy such sauce for exactly one-fifth what we spend to make ours. But it is our tomato sauce that gives to our beans that delicious, sparkling zest. Our beans would not be half so good without it. The best beans are cheap enough. And the economical beans are the beans that your people like best. The more beans that you can serve at your table, tha less you need serve of foods that cost more. Please prove this today. Tell your grocer now to send one can. Then, if you agree with what we have told you, order a dozen cans next. For it is very pleas ant to have meals in the house meals that you don't need to cook. Three Sizes 10, 15 and 20 cents per can Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind. to make steady gains from this time forward. The beginning of the crop movement will be attended with an increase in other directions. A car shortage is reported already from Texas. It Is the first that has occurred there In a year. The short age Is noted especially In what are known as miscellaneous cars. It is not a severe famine by any means. and will be of short duration, but its occurrence is the cause of con gratulation among operating officials, who for the last nine months have not known what to do with their surplus cars. The new crops already have begun to move freely In Texas, especially fruit, vegetables and wheat. SOT FOR DAMAGES. Santa Fe Defendant and Young Lady la Plaintiff. Las' Vegas. N. M.. July 14. Miss Florence Kellison, through her attor neys. Block and Owen, has filed a suit against the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railway at Albuquerque asking damages to the amount of $3,900 to gether with the costs of the suit. The defendant is alleged to have forced Miss Kellison to leave a Santa Fe train at Trinidad, Colo., on March 9th, last. Alibi for Steve Adams. Grand Junction. Col., July 14. The defense has rested in the case of Steve Adams, charged with the murder of Walter Collins, mine superintendent, after producing eight witnesses who testified that Adams was playing cards at Mrs. Mennan's boarding house in Ophlre on the November night in 190. when Collins was shot in Tellurlde and was still there when a man brought news of the murder. Jack Griffith gave particulars of the card game and his testimony was not shaken on cross examination. .The case will probably go to the Jury Wednesday. AS BRYAN SEES IT. The Democrat Candidate's Conception of the Presidency-. New York, July 14. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic nominee for president, has written an article, entitled "My Con ception of the Presidency," for the July 18 issue of Collier's Weekly. Mr. Bryan says: "The president's power for good or harm is often over estimated. This government is a gov ernment of checks and balances; pow er is distributed among different de partments and each one works in co operation with the others. The mak ing of laws, for the instance, the presi dent joins with the senate and house; he may recommend, but he is power less to legislate', except as- a majority of the senate and house concur with him. The senate and the- house also are independent of each other, each having a veto over the other; and the president has a veto over both; ex cept that the senate and the house can by a two-thirds vote, override the president's veto. The influence of the president over legislation is therefore limited. He shares responsibility' with Does not Color the Hair vsbbsbbbbbssbbs Stops falling Hair AYCR'S HAIR VIGOR a large number of the people's repre sentatives. "Even In the enforcement of law he is hedged about by restrictions. He acts through an attorney general whose appointment must be approved by the senate and offenders against the law must be prosecuted In the courts, so that here again the responsibility Is di vided. In the making of important ap pointments, too, he must consult with the senate and is of necessity, compelled to exercise care and discretion. The most important requisite in a president, as In other officials, is that sympathy shall be with the whole people rather than with any fraction of the people. He is frequently called upon to act in the capacity of a judge deciding be tween the importunities of those who seek favors and the rights and inter ests of the public. Unless his sympa thies are right the few are sure to have an advantage over the many, for the masses have no one to present their claims. They act only at eleetlons, and must trust to their representatives to protect them from all their foes. "Second, the president must have a knowledge of public questions and the ability to discern between the true and the false; he must be able to analyze the conditions and to detect the sophis tries that are always employed by those who seek unfair advantages. "He must possess the moral courage to stand against the influences that are brought to bear In favor of special Interests. In fact, the quality of moral courage is as essential In a public offi cial as either right sympathies or a trained mind. "A president must have counsellors and to make wise use of counsellors, he must be open to conviction. The president is committed by his plat form to certain policies, and the plat form is binding; he Is also committed to certain principles of government, and these he is In duty bound to ap ply in all matters that come before him. But there is a wide scope in which he must act on his own Judg ment and her he ought to have the aid of Intelligent.' conscientious and faithful advisers. The law provides these to a certain extent. In giving him a cabinet, and the vice president ought to be made a member of the cabinet. ex-offlcio; first. In order that the pres ident may have the benefit of his wis dom and knowledge of affairs, and second, that the vice president may be better prepared to take up the work of the president in case of a vacancy in the presidential office. There ought to be cordial relations also between the president and those who occupy positions of Influence in the co-ordinate branches of the government, for our government Is not a man govern ment, but a government In which the chosen representatives of the people labor together to give expression to the will of the voters. "But the presidency is the highest position in the world, and Its occupant is an important factor in all national matters. If he. Is a devout believer In our theory of government, recognises the constitutional distribution of powers, trusts thoroughly in the peo ple and fully sympathises with tbem In their aspirations and hopes, he has an opportunity to do a splendid work; he occupies a vantage ground from which he can exert a wholesome In fluence In favor of each forward move ment. "The responsibilities of the office are so great that the occupant ought to be relieved of every personal ambition, save the ambition to prove worthy of the confidence of his countrymen: for this reason he ought to enter the position without thought or prospect of a second term. "While the burdens of such an office are heavy, and while the labors of the office are exacting and exhausting, the field of service Is large, and measuring its greatness by service, a president, by consecrating himself to the publlo weal, can make himself secure in the affections of his fellow citizens while he lives and create for himself a per manent plac la the nation's history.

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