The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 4, 1910

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14 rffti" -Mr- Wf'lt EVERYBODY 10 PAGES EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. NEEDS IT. MONDAY EVENING. LAST EDITION. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 4, 1910. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. TV,U Ml Ll I i 1 I I T B 1 (A VI If P fl 1" CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER DEAI lift i i. He Wins Fierce Heavyweight Battle at Reno, Nevada, Today. Greatest Crowd in at the ALL SEATS IN PAVILION FILLED Food Supply Exhausted and People Hungry, But Good Natured. The Odds Remain at Ten to Six on the White Fighter. More Women Present Than Ever Be fore Attended a Prize Fight. Reno. Xev., July 4. Johnson wins In the fifteenth round. Arena, Ringside Reno, Xev., July 4. The gates were opened at 12 o'clock sharp. Thousands were then thronged about the four entrances, the majority being formed in thin ser pentine columns that stretched through all parts of the grounds. As the gates swung wide there was a great rush for the turnstiles and the surging crowds poured rapidly into the enclosure. Then in less than 15 minutes the. gal-, lery seats and the wide platform skirt ing the topmost outer rim of the rim of the arena were half filled. Coming in from the cool, windswept spaces of the flat country surround ing the battleground, a startling change of temperature was noted in the arena. The bare pine boards gen erated a terrific heat from the scorch ing sun an dthe early comers imme-! diately proceeded to shed their, coats and collars. Thirty feet from the ringside and due west so that the sun would not in terfere, a battery of nine motion pic ture machines superimposed in rows of three above one another was being manned and made ready for the work of the afternoon. An American flag drooped on its staff about each of four entrances. Boxes built for women at the too of the outer west walls of the enclosure were soon filled and the gaudy hats of the occupants added a vivid touch of color to the scene. Half an hour after the gates had been op cr.ed the vast arena was more than two-thirds filled with a sweltering mass of humanity. Jeffries in No Hurry. I The heart game resulted in a dol lar's profit for Jeffries. He promptly carried his winnings to the hotel and staged them on the crap table. For more than an hour he rolled the bones with huge enjoyment and con siderable gain. Before he stopped Jeffries gathered in thirty dollars. Sam Berger was the last man to swing aboard the machine. "When ho comes back," said Sam, "he will be undisputed champion and the acknowledged defender of the white race." Jeffries smiled. Johnson to See Rickard. Johnson spent the last hour before Tils start for the arena in resting quietly. Johnson said that he would not start for the arena until he had a talk with Rickard. Rickard has start ed for the camp. The sporting celebrities arrived and the ringside soon swarmed with the notables without whom no big fight is regarded as complete. Anticipating the fierce glare of the meridian sun. hundreds had taken the precaution to bring along smoked glasses and green shades. Others equipped themeslves with picturesque wide brimmed, hish crowned straw hats. The Reno Military band entered the arena shortly before l o'clock and stationing itself directly in front of the motion picture cameras, awaited a signal to commerce plaving A few moments later the band members piled pell mell into the center of the "foot arena and regaled the spectators" with stirring American airs. Sent Holders Katec Row. There was a demonstration on the ZVl mHrVhan a tho"nd holders or 2p and cheaper seats, who are lo cated directly behind the motion pic ture shed Tex Rickard is now trying to pacify the angry seat holders and it izrr11 order the com pa ined by Berger. Corbett and sev ral others. Corbett said that he knew the strain of waiting in the dressing trhr.dafede.dltdhins0t PrP0Se that rte5 tJ1 XniL huILl anvthing." said Cor bett. "to keep the other fellow waiting Wears on him, you know." KulnS. .Toll 1141 in Tn.A0 pr Arena. In v 4 t,. 7 tendants started for the arena a, i P. m. in an automobile 81 1 arrlveV at merena. Principal had leffhiV cotfage"- not money in sight. y Jeftries Gloves Brought In. George Hartlng, official time keen er came in with the gloves in a IV. box. two pairs for nv, SJJl b of hrt i i.' "S"r. n or accident. History of Pugilism Arena. Yielding to the protests of the spec tators whose view was hidden 'by the moving picture booths, Rickard order ed one booth to the left removed. Word was passed in from outside that all seats were sold and several thou sand persons were still at the booths. Johnson arrived at his dressing room at 1:35 p. m. Xew Division of Purse. Arena, July 4. Tex Rickard an nounced that the purse of $101,000 is all up and will be split, 40 and 60 per cent. Each man gets a $10,000 bonus. Rickard said he made that arrange ment when articles were signed but had not heretofore given it out for It has been rumored the men were to get a bonus for sigring articles, hut no official announcement was ever mace before. The original purse was $101, 000 and to this is now added $20,000. making the totb.1 sum for which they fight $121,000. Johnson's .wjfa Arrives. Jack Johnson's wife came into the arena -and was seated near the ring. Although the fighters were schedul ed to enter the ring at 1:30 the pre liminary introductions of pugilists had not begun at 1:45.' Announcer Billy Jordan, the veteran announcer of San Francisco, climbed through the ropes at 1:42 and got the first applause. The ring was clustered with cameras, snap shooting being done of every prominent person near. Panorama pictures were made of the entire arena and there was an ef fort to induce spectators to take their seats. There was a clear sky and the heat was almost unbearable. Old fight attendants vowed that never before had a prize fight in this country drawn as many women spectators. In addition to the 75 or 100 in the long booth in right of the center every sec tion was dotted with them from the cheapest seats up to the $50 places. Jeffries and his attendants left Moana Springs for the arena at 1:40 in an au tomobile. At 2 p. m. it seemed that every seat in the arena was occupied and the six fcot platform that extends around the upper rim was black with a human fringe of standers. Muldoon Makes Speech. At 1:55 x. m. Announcer Jordan cleared the ring of photographers and hangers on. Billy Muldoon got into the ring and made a speech and said that as a token of respect for the citi zens and for the one man who would stand up before the whole world and say that all men were free, he suggest ed three cheers for the people and the governor of Nevada. Every man rose and responded with a will. 2 p. m. It is reported that the new purse division was broueht about by Johnson's refusal to enter the ring un less it was agreed to. Jeffries at Arena. Jeffries arrived at the arena at two o clock. At 6 minutes after 2 Jordan met Rick ard at one corner of the ring and pulled him up on the platform. He introduced him in a little speech, telling of Rick ard s achievements as a promoter. Three cheers wer given for Tex but he declined to respond to calls fora speech. Celebrities are Introduced. Stakeholder Tim Sullivan followed Rickard in the ring and was intro duced. 2:10 p. m. John L. Sullivan was the ,lex celebrity introduced by Jordan. 2-12 p. m. In response to repeated calls Bob Fitzsimmons left his seat in the crowd and came up to be intro duced. Bob got a great hand. Tom Sharkey was the next in order to be presented to the crowd. Wrestlers Are Introduced. A performance that was quickly over was the introduction of these men. The wrestling profession was then recognized in Frank Gotch, the cham pion, who was hauled up to be present Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian pro moter, was next. The Crowd Grows Tired. 2:17 p. m. Introductions followed In order. Tommy Burns, Jack Gleason, Uickard's partner. Timekeeper Hart lng. Ketchel et al. were brought for ward. The crowd began to call for the principals, tiring of introductions. Notables Are Photographed. 2:20 p. m. Bill Lang, the Austra lian heavyweight was the last pugilist introduced. The whole crowd of nota bles were then lined up and photo graphed. Jeffries Given a Rubdown. 2:24 t m T.ri i tj I 1 1 o waiving ruD tic is sinppea lor the ring tlld (IroBGII... in M 1 1 i luuiii, 2:25 jp. m. The crowd began to TODAY'S "CHAMFIOX r ffc-VV''' -A t j f Jack Johnson, the Heavyweight Cha grow impatient and called loudly and insistently for the fighters. The heat was intense and the spectators grew restless. Johnson Enters Ring. Sam Langford came on the platform and caused the announcement to be made that he would challenge John son, win or lose. 2:28 p. m. Johnson enters arena. Johnson climbed through the ropes at the northeast corner, followed by his seconds, Billy Delaney, Al Kaufman, Prof. Burns, George Cotton and Dave Mills, his timekeeper. Stanley Ketchel was already in the ring. Johnson wore a long silk bathrobe. Jeffries in Ring. t:3! j). m. Jeffries jumped through the ropes, followed: by Jim Corbett, Joa Choynski, Sam Berger, Eugene Van Court, Farmer Burns, Roger Cornell and his timekeeper, Billy Gallagher. Jeffries was fully dressed but without shirt or under wear. He wore a golf cap and chewed gum. He tried out the ring covering springing about nimbly. A big sun shade was held over him as Attell wound his hand with tape. At 2:35 Johnson doffed his robe and was Introduced. Johnson wore blue trunks with an American flag for a belt. There was no great enthusiasm w hen the men took their seats in their corners. The crowd was too eagerly watching the principals and too hot to cheer. When Jeffries took his seat in the favored corner granted him by Johnson he remarked: "I don't care what corner they put me in. It will be all the same in the end." While they wound surgical bandages about Jeffries' hands Johnson sat calm ly in his corner, looking around the arena and smiling at friends. Kighters Don Gloves. Johnson looked in superb condition. At 2:37 Jeffries dropped his trousers and took off his coat. There was a cheer from the crowd when he walked to the center of the ring to be intro duced. He wore purple trunks with a silk American flag for a belt. Jeffries' reception was much heartier than Johnson's. He looked brown and rug ged, his muscles showing plainly. At 2:40 Jordan cleared the ring of photographers. The men then donned the gloves. Time was called at 2:44 p. m. At OF THE WORLD." nipion From a Recenl Photograph. 2:45 they came up. (Topeka time 4:45.) Fight by Rounds. Round 1 Jeffries walked in and feinted. Both smiled and Johnson gave ground. The men refused to shake hands. Johnson smiled and Jeffries continually chewed gum. After a long opening seesion of sparring Johnson shot his left to the face and they' clinched. Johnson- pushing Jef fries back. The .men locked arms. Jeffries clouted nls man. twice I'Vh two short arm lefts to the face and the crowd yelled. Johnson led a straight ieit and landed lightly on Jeffries face. They were- cautions in the clinch, Johnson shoving Jeffries away Jef fries walked in LJd hooked a left to the neck and in. thei "clinch sent a blow to the body. Johnson .responded with a left and thew continued to stand breast to breast, trying for short in side blows..-' As they broke Jeffries sent a left to Johnson's neck and the negro stepped in but missed. The gong rang when thejwere clinched. The fighting was tame and as they turned to their corners- Jeffries looked back over the shoulder and smiled. Round 2 Johnson came up chatting like a magpie, but Jeffries only smiled. "He wants to fight a little bit, Jim." yelled Corbett. "You bet I do Mislah Corbett," echoed the champion. As Jeffries held on. Johnson clouted him with a wicked right to the Jaw. As the men separated from a clinch Jef fries swung his right to the stomach to which Johnson retaliated with two ripping left upper cuts to the Jaw. The men closed together, Jeffries leaning against the champion with sheer weight of his shoulder. It was a case of strength against cleverness with the Nubiam having the better of it. John eon and Corbett kidded each other in cessantly during the minute rest be tween the second and third rounds. Round 3 Both came up slowly. "Come in closer," shouted Johnson, hooking a left to the stomach with much force. Johnson Jabbed his left io face and as they closed in breast to breast Johnson whipped a left upper cut to the back and neatl;' blocked Jef fries. As the men went about the ring Johnson kept up a constant cross fire of conversation. The men separated and Johnson jabbed thrice with his left to the face and sent in a short arm UP WITH THE BLACK (it5taR THESES) Js MSI-" La right to the face. Johnson on points had a good advantage but there was not much power in his swings. Round 4 Jeffries missed a left swing. Johnson rushed in with a straight to the face. Johnson taunted Jeffries constantly. "Don't rush Jim; don't you hear what I'm telling you." shouted John son, backing it up with a right upper cut to the jaw. Jeffries got a good right to the mouth and the blood started flowing from the colored man's lips. "First blood for Jeffries," jelled the crowd. Johnson shot a hard left to the mouth and then wrestled his man against the ropes. The golden smile had not faded from Johnson's face at this stage. Jeffries forced the cham pion against the ropes and a half dozen short arm punches found their mark in rapid succession. Johnson Still Talking. Round 5. Johnson as usual came up with a volley of words. Jeffries paid no attention to the talk and rushed in close and they wrestled for a spell. At close quarters Jeffries sent two n'shts to the body. Johnson re sponded with a left upper cut, cutting Jeffries' lips a bit. Johnson a second later drove his right to the jaw and then followed with two lefts to the same place. Johnson Jarred Jeffries with a straight left to the mouth and they eased up in a clinch, both bleed- ng from ..the mouth. Suddenly Jef fries sent Johnson's head back a foot with a straight left to. the mouth and Johnson looked a bit serious as he took his seat, however not. without giving Jeffries a round-end blow. No serious damage. Jeffries' Eye Closed. Round 6. "I'm going to mix with him", said. Jeffries to his seconds. Three lefts reached out from the champion's shoulder, catching Jeffries on the face in each instance and blood seeped from Jeffries' left cheek bone. Both men fought cautiously. A ring side fan asked Johnson if he would like a drink. "Too much on hand now," quickly responded the champion, and he ripped in three left upper cuts to the white man's jaw. Jeffries waded in but was met with a nasty left uppercut that closed his right eye tight. Johnson followed this with two similar punches and the blood spurted from Jeffries' nose as he took his seat when the bell ended the round. Jef fries' seconds worked heroically on his damaged optics. Johnson's round. Round 7 Jefferies came un with a ferocious front, and closed in. There was a long sparring session with not a blow being struck. Johnson carefully protected himself and waited for an opening. Jeffries eye was badly bruis ed but he never lost his poise. Johnson laughed heartily as Jeffries sent a right swing at close quarters. With the men locked in an em brace Johnson jolted htm three times over the damaged eye and followed this with a right upper cut to the Jaw. Jeffries stopped John- son's vicious swing with a straight right to the jaw, but the negro, counter ed with left and right to Jeffries' face.' The bell clanged with honors on John son's side and Jeffries looked badly cut as he took his chair. Round 8 As Jeffries rushed in the black drove a left to the mouth and shortly after shot in two straight lefts to the face that carried considerable force behind them. "Hello Jimmy." shouted Johnson. "Did you see that one?" and as they closed in Jeffries shouted "Break Johnson." But John son did not break and laughed as Jef fries missed a vicious left swing. Ear lier, Jeffries at close range had worked in two rights to the body that failed to faze the negro. Jeffries pushed his man about the ring and the bell rang, closing a rather featureless session. Johnson Draws More Blood. Round 9 Johnson kept a constant conversation in his corner before com ing np to the scratch in this round. He hooked his left to Jeffries' face with great force and continued to hurl terse ly framed sentences at Corbet. John son hooked another left to the jaw that carried with it a world of power. Jeffries butted with his head. Johnson sent his left to the stomach and they went into a friendly clinch. Jeffries reached the jaw and Johnhson drove in a wicked left to the stomach. A mo ment later he sent in two left Jabs to the mouth, but Jeffries aparently paid little attention to these blows. The round ended In Johnson's favor and with Jeffries' face bleeding in several places. Round 10. Not much life marked FLAG. the coming to the center of the ring. Johnson shot two lefts to the head and followed this with a short arm right to the ear. A long clinch, mixed with wrestling followed. Jeffries then swung his right arm under the body. The men confined themselves mostly to infighting and short streaks of wrestling, Johnson always on the alert to land a punch. Johnson whipped two left to the Jaw and a right uppercut to the jaw. Jeffries yelled, "Oh," audi bly. Johnson peppered away with his left and clearly outboxed his burly op ponent. It was Johnson's round. De laney asked Rickard to watch the gloves when the men were holding that ther were not broken. Jeffries Bleeds Badly. Round 11 A half minute wrestling without damage opened the round and Johnson smashed Jeffries twice again with right and left to the jaw and the big boilermaker fought desperately. Johnson swung a terrific right, more of an uppercut, to the Jaw and follow ed with a clean right upper cut to the Jaw and Jeffries almost weakened. Johnson used left and right upper cuts again and again to the jaw and the blood spouted from Jeffries' mouth in a stream. Jeffries was a bad look ing sight at this stage but he suddenly electrified the crowd by making a I'" 'A Chief Justice Melville W. F round-end rally, landing his right to the jaw and a hard left to the body that brought the crowd to its feet. Johnson, however, had a good ad vantage. Jeffries' Seconds Worried. T -J in rrtlA ullnntia affa, fha black had missed a hard left for the jaw, remaining in' this position half a minute, as jennes came in junnsuu short arm upper cut on the jaw. They lougnt oreasr. to preasi, wie uja.L-1. swung hard with a left to the body, all with Jeffries. Johnson cleverly blocked blows intended lor tne Doay ana seni home a straight left to the sore mouth, Awn-wrrtntT Vll "1 f T-Vl ThA nfiCTO fihot a straight left to the face and then sent his man's head oacK a loot wiin similar blows. Jeffries went to his cor- 1. KlriA artri with hftnors lit; I .5 1 1 1 l 1. 1 1 1 against him. Jeffries' seconds were ominous at this stage, on tne omer hand the Johnson corner thoroughly hummed witn nie anu iiuua Jeffries Weakens. 1-, a i9 n'l-i r, rnnn fontrht with out damage to a clinch and wrestled about the center of the ring, Johnson breaking that up with a volley of rights and lefts to the face and mouth. He cleverly evaded Jeffries clumsy attempts to land on the body and tearing loose lanaea reu in quick succession on me jaw anu body. T.rinoa nwnVnnpfl at this stage, a right upper cut almost lifting him from the floor, tie seemeu m b-i. ccusc r lilm fl merciless H.I1U. Lle uiai-n, juegernaught dealinff out severe pun- ended with Corbett advising Jeffries A o m h atav nwfiv. JetTries stared rather blankly into the middle of the ring ana appeareu m ue in uu shape. Honors for Johnson. t-. j a TofFritj wo r met with a j vuu nu a-.. left as he got up and a moment later another spiteful jab went to the mouth. Johnson placed his stomach within Jeffries' reacn ana me negru rior-iurpd "Ain't that a nice belly, Jim. Why don't you hit it?" IV U V- tlllli viiv bett begging his man to beware of dangerous uppercuts. Jeffries' right eye seemed to be almost totally closed at this stage. Johnson sent in some rapid fire left jabs to the mouth and t 1 1 rii mnr -rnpv ritiKpn in. t .or the big white snooK nis neaa. .in n Alavar a a vmi fll. Jim 111 aa shouted Johnson to Corbett, and im mediately an exchange of repartee fol lowed. The round ended tamely, but Johnson had all the nonors ana jennes seconds looked blue. Jeffries Counted Out. TymnA IK A clinch onened the round and then Johnson rushed his man to the ropes, flooring mm. jonn- l.nvnbOil TofPrioei HflU Tl T1 (1 the white man was counted out. He hung over the ropes. His seconds and time keeper rushed into the ring before the timekeeper coma count mm out. (Continued on Pages 8, 2 and 3.) The Minister Mackintosh, whv don't you come to church now? Macklntsh rT tnree reasons, sir. v irsiiy. i ainna iKe yer theology; secondly, I dinna like yer smgin', and tnirdiy. it was in your KirK 1 nrst met my wiie. iuusicai America. Head of the Supreme Court of the United States Succumbs to Heart Failure at His Summer Home. NAMED BY CLEVELAND Had Been Chief Justice Since Oct. 8, 1888. He Affiliated With the Demo crats All His Life. Bar Harbor, Me., July 4.. Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Unit ed States supreme court died of heart failure at his summer home in Sor rento at 6 o'clock this morning. The death of Chief Justice FuUer wu entirely unexpected as he had been In 4 -.-"vi.j.,.:.- y-y,': t iff fr, 4V 1 i 1, i X v 1 uller, Who Died Today. apparently good health lately and there had been no premonitory symptoms of any kind of trouble. Yesterday he at tended church as usual and when he retired last night he was to all ap-l.-earances in his customary health. Death came about 6 o'clock this morn ing. .His daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Francis and Eev. James E. Freeman, who was a guest of Justice Fuller at his Sorrento cottage "Mainstay," were with the Jurist, when he died. The funeral services will be held at Sorrento and the interment will be at Chicago. The date for the funeral has not yet been fixed. Chief Justice Ful ler was in his seventy-eighth year. For many years the chief justice had spent his summers at Sorrento, a sum mer colony located on Frenchman' bay, five miles from Bar Harbor. Ills Career. Washington, July 4. To Chief Jus tice Fuller fell the honor of third rank for length of service as presiding Jus tice in the highest tribunal of the American government. For 22 year he was chief justice of the supreme court of the United States but Chief Justice Marshall presided over the court for 34 vears and Chief Justice Taney for 2 8 vears. With the future rests the determination of his rank among the eight chief justices of his tory for ability and accomplishments. Before Grover Cleveland sent hie name to the senate on Anril 80. 188 for confirmation as chief justice, he was practically unknown except to members of the legal profession. In Maine, where he was born on Febru ary 11. 1833. he had been known aa a well behaved, rather scholarly lad. He had gone to Bowdoin college and incidentally there won most of the prizes for elocution. He had gone down to Harvard law school for one year. Finally he blossomed forth as a full fledged lawyer and politician of a high minded sort in his native city C Augusta. He became an associate edi tor on a Democratic paper called "The Age, and about the same time was elected president of the city council and city solicitor. Soon thereafter he left Maine for the greater opportuni ties of life in Chicago. His Residence in Chicago. From 18E to 1888 he lived in Chi cago, but attracted little attention out side his immediate 'circle of friends and associates at the bar until he un dertook the defense of Bishop Henry on a charge of heresy. His knowledge of ecclesiastical history and procedure astonished those who conducted the case and his argument of the cause of the bishop before the supreme court of Illinois is referred to still as a forensic effort seldom if ever surpassed in that court. He was a delegate to the national conventions of the Democratic party in 1864. 1872. 1876 and 18S0. The Maine boy who had "gone west" accomplished much, however, notwith standing his quiet life. He had laid the foundations for a deep understand ing of the commercial laws of the country and along this line he had per formed services for clients that was estimated to have netted him an an nual income of J30.000. These accom plishments led the Republican senators from Illinois to urge upon the Demo cratic president the appointment of Mr. Fuller as. the successor of Chief (Continued on Pag Eight.) XT

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THE TOPEELA DAILY STATS JOTTRNAK MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4,1910. THE CHAMPIONS 2Ien Viho Hare Carried Away the Prizes In the Pugilistic Rings for Two Centuries. TIIE GREAT EVEJiT. Recalls the Days When Were Famous Ileenan, Mace, McCool, Sullivan, Fitzsimmons and Corbett. Champions from 1719 to the present time, with bare knuckles, under Lon don prize ring rules i Enjland. 1719 Tom Figg. 1780 Pipes and Greeting. 1734 George Taylor. 1740 Jack Eroughton. 1750 Jack Slack. 1760 Bill Stevens. 1761 George Meggs. 1762 George Milson. 1763 Tom Juchan. 1764 Bill Darts. 1769 Tom Lyons. 1777 Harry Sellers. 1780 Jack Harris. 1785 Tom Jackling. 1790 Ben Ryan. 1792 Dan Mendoza. 1795 John Jackson. 1803 Jem Belcher. 1805 Henry Pearce. 1808 John Gulley (declined the of fice). 1809 Tom Crib beat J. Belcher. 35 rounds. (Received a belt, not trans ferable, and cup.) 1814 Dan Donnelly beat George Cooper, eleven rounds. 22 minutes, Curraugh, Kildare, Ireland, Septem ber 14. Jack Johnson. 1824 Tom Spring (received four cups and resigned office). 1825 Jem Ward (received a belt, not transferable). 1832 Deaf Burke (claimed tha of fice). 1839 Bendigo (W. Thompson) beat Deaf Burke, claimed cnampionsnip and received a belt from Jem Ward. America. 1816 First ring fight 1n America Jacob Hyer vs. Thomas .Beasley. 1841 Tom Hyer defeatt-d John Mc- Cluster In 101 rounds at Caldwell's Landing, N. Y.. September 9. England. 1819. July 21 Dan Donnelly beat Tom Oliver In 26 rounds. 1 hour and 10 minutes; Ms million dollars was bet on match at Crawley Hurst. 1R2S. May 20 Tom Spring (Tom Winter) beat Bill Neat in eight rounds at Andover. 1824. June 7 Tom Spring beat Jack Langan in 72 rounds. 2 hours 29 min utMi m.t Worcester. 1H25 Jem Ward (received a belt not transferable). 1829, August 25 James Burke beat Bill Cousins in 101 rounds, 2 hours 3 minutes. 18 32 Jem Ward beat Simon Byrne in S3 rounds. 183 j James (Deaf) Burke became rhamnlon when Jem Ward retired. 1839, February 12 Bendigo (Will iam Thompson) won from Deaf Burke on foul in ten rounus. at Asncy. America. 1841. September. Tom Hyer beat Slstuunres of the Agreement Bet wee and tbe Two John McCluster in 101 rounds at Cald well's Landing, N. Y. England. 1841, February 2. Nick Ward (brother to Jem) beat Ben Count. Count beat Nick Ward and received a belt by subscription; the belt was transferable. 1842, December 14, 18. 20. Charley Freman beat W. Perry, "Tipton Slash er," 108 rounds, 2- hours 3 minutes, three rings. 1845, September 9. Bendigo (W. Thompson) beat Ben Count on foul in I If i.i. rw.-., James J. Jeffries. ninety-three rounds. 2 hours 10 min utes, at Satfield. America. 1840. Tom Hyer defeated Yankee Sullivan February 7, at Rock Point, Md., sixteen rounds, 17 minutes 18 seconds; $10,000. England. 1850. Bill Perry (the Tipton Slash er), after his fight with Paddock, claimed the office. 1851. Harry Broome defeated Per ry for the title. 1853 Bill Perry again claimed the office, Harry Broome having forfeited $100 to him in a match and retired from the ring on August 18. America. 1852. John Mnrrisspv Hon f fnt& Thompson (Bot McLaren), eleven rounds, 16 minutes. Mare Island, Cal., August 31. 1853. John Morrissey defeated Yankee Sullivan, October 12, in thirty seven rounds, at Boston Corners. 1354. Bill Poole beat John Morris sev. roueh and tnmhin v -v-i, i VI Q, July 27. England. 1853. Nat Langham beat Tom Say ers in sixty-one rounds at Laken heath, October 18. 1853 Harry Broome beat Harry Orme in thirty-one rounds, 2 hours 18 minutes, April 18. 1856. Tom Paddock defeated Har ry Broome. 1857. Tom Sayers beat Bill Perry for $1,000 a side and a new belt in nine rounds. 1860. John C. Heenan and Tom Sayers fought 43 rounds to a draw. America. 1856 Joe Wormald defeated Tom Allen in 9 rounds, Foster Island, St. Louis. 1866. Jem Mace and Joe Goss, (a draw), $1,000 a side and belt. 1866. Mike McCoole defeated Bill Davis at Rhodes Point, Mo., Septem ber 19. in 34 rounds. 1S67. Joe Wormald received $1,000 forfeit from O' Baldwin, who failed to appear, in England. Wormald claim ed the belt. 1867 Jem Mace and O'Baldwin fought a draw. 1868 NedO'Balwin beat Joe Wor mald, 1 round, 10 minutes; police in terfered; stakes forfeited to O'Bald win, Lynnfield, Mass., October 20. ium Auen aeieatea mil ua vls in 4 3 rounds, St. Louis, January 12. iou iucuuuie Deal om Al len for the world's championship, 9 rounds, foul, near St. Louis, Mo., June 15. 1870. Jem Mace beat Tom Allen in America for championship. May 10, in 10 rounds, at Kenterville, La. 1871. Jem Mace versus Joe Co burn, fought 12 round draw for cham pionship of America, Bay St. Louis, Miss., November 30. 1ST Tom Allen beat Mike McCoole, 7 rounds, 20 minutes, St. Louis, Mo. Sep tember 23. 1876 Joe Goss beat Tom Allen on foul, 27 rounds. 1 hour, 53 minutes, Covington, Ky., September 7. 1SS0 Paddy Ryan defeated Joe Goss In S7 rounds at Collier Station, W. Va., May 30. 1883 John L. Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan at Mississippi City, Miss., in 9 rounds, February 7. England. 1880 Paddy Ryan defeated Joe Goss in n James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson Frlnciplas. n eighty-seven rounds at Collier Station, W. 1 Va., May 30. 1S82 John L. Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan at Mississippi City, Miss., In nine rounds, February 7. England. 18S5 Jem Smith beat Jack Davis for $500 and championship ot England at Bruges. 1SS6 Jem Smith and Alf Greenfield (ought a draw for $3,000, February 16. England. ISST-rJake Kilrain and Jem Smith fought a draw for $10,000 a side and championship, December 19, Seine, France. 18SS John L. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell fought a draw, by mutual con sent, at Chantilly, France, March 10, thirty-nine rounds, in three hours eleven minutes, for $5,000 a side. France. 1SS9 John L. Sullivan beat Jake Kil rain, $10,000 a side, at Richburg, Miss.. July 8, in seventy-five rounds, two hours sixteen minutes twenty-three seconds and world's championship. America. 18S9 Jem Smith and Frank P. Slavtn fought a draw, $2,000 a side, December 23, and championship of England. The last bare knuckle fight in America was won by John L. Sullivan, when he defeated Jake Kilrain at Richburg, Miss., and never lost the title under London prize fighting rules. Tom Allen, a retired heavy weight pugi list, died in St. Louis on April 5. 1904. Allen won his laurels in the days of bars fist fighting, and bore the title of being the only pugilist who lost the world's championship, regained it and retired with it. He lost the championship to Jem Mace in 1870 and regained the title by defeating Mike McCool in 1873. DIDN'T WANT KETCHEI. AROUND Jeffries Has Him Ejected From His Camp. Jeffries Training Camp, Moana Springs, July 4. Sunday was a day of idleness but intense nervous strain at the Jeffries camp. Sprawled at his ease beneath the shade trees of the lawn, the white champion was appar ently the calmest man in the camp. His wife, his threp brothers and his trusted friends spent the daylight hours with him, and no one mentioned or hinted at thj ordeal of today. Jef fries' mind apparently was at peace and he gave no sin of worry. Jeffries did not want any one around hi3 camp who has been on friendly terms with Johnson since he name to F.eno. This was shown Sun day afternoon, when he had Stanley Ketchel, the middle weight champion, put out of his training quarters and off the grounds. Jeffries was engaged in a game of cards with some of his staff on the lawn when Ketchel. who bad motored out from town, came strolling up. He stood behind Jeffries for a moment be fore the big fpllow became aware of his presence. When he finally saw him Jeffries calmly turned around and said: "I don't want you here You have been fooling around with that negro and I don't think you belong here at all." Ketchel smiled but did net move away. Jeffries continued playing for a few moments and then, turning to Farmer Burns, jerked his head in the direction of Ketchel and said; "Put that fellow out." Burns got up, took Ketchel by the shoulder and turned him toward the cottage. Walking with the middle weight champion as far as the porch, Burns gave him a mild push toward the steps and Ketchel quietly walked out at the gate and took his car to town. BETTTVG STILL TEN TO SIX. Odds Remain Stationary on the White Man. Reno, Nev., July 4. Up to 10 o'clock this morning the betting had stood steady at ten to six. with Jeffries the favorite. San Francisco special traina brought thousands from the coast cities and the majority of these came prepared to bet on Jeffries. The big pool room was jammed un til late last night and filled up again at eunrise today. Jeffries money was JA5IES J. JEFFRIES AS HE APPEARED IN TRAINING. JACK JOHNSON r' xt w 4 if f fry ;x Mrs. Tina Johnson, mother of Jack Johnson, who gave to the world a man of iron nerves and sinews of steel, has been lifted from poverty to an aristocratic, social station among colored people, is more interested in the result of the fight with Jim Jeffries than any fight fan in the world, is living in a new $11,000 home at 3344 Wabash avenue. When John son comes home he drives up to the house in a $10,000 automobile, gets out of his machine and walks into the mahogany vestibule. at all times on hand and the call was for those who fancied Johnson to "walk up and back the big black man." "Who wants Johnson at even money on 20 rounds; even money that Jef fries will win in 20 rounds." There were many tickets written at these figures, but the sums were usu ally small. The big bettors apparently have placed their money at bettor odds. Late last nisht there was a big commission sent in from Nat Goodwin on Jef fries at 10 to 616, and another from Tim McGratb, who was handling sev eral thousand dollar?, it Is said, for a pool of San Francisco men. Most of these sums was n'.aced at 10 to 6M. but the Johnson monev was soon ex hausted and the figures dropped to 10 to 6. There it has remained since and the indications are that there will be little if any change before the men get into the Tins. WILL GET RINGSIDE NEWS. Hutchinson Negroes Pray for Johnson in Big Tent. Hutchinson.' Kan.. July 4. If the prayers of Hutchinson negroes count for anything. Jack Johnson should knock out Jim Jeffries. According to Walter Evans, a lead ing lisht in negro social circles, the colored Hoiines3 church will have a special service at 3 o'clock this after noon to pray that "Lil A'tha" will win the heavyweight bout for the pugilis tic championship of the world. According to the information receiv ed, a tent has been constructed at 120 F west, where the negroes who desire, may attend and participate in the ser vices. The colored Holiness edifice of AND HIS MOTHER 111 the present is much too small to hold the crowd that is expected to be pres ent. During the meeting, it is said, pray ers will be offered and hymns sung, all in commemoration of the negro fight champion. The fights means much to the colored race. It la the physical test of skill and endurance between the white and black races. It is one time, the negroes say, when the white and black meCt on an even field to test their skill. Arrangements have been made, so some of the negroes say. to receive bul letins or the naht at the prayer meet ing. "We will stay there and pray un til Johnson wins, if it takes all night,'' said Walter Evans. To use a market term, "there is an abnormal stringency in the financial world," among the negroes at present. There is not a negro in Hutchinson that has not displayed some interest in the forthcoming championship mill. It is said that there will be some tall bet ting done by the "colored population provided it can be laid at prevailing odds. It is likely that there will be many negroes that have never entered a church before, who will be present at the prayer meeting. And if they are, it can be relied upon that they be the most earnest xn praying. The Betting in Frisco. San Francisco, Cal., July 4. Bet ting in this city on the fight at Reno today is at 10 to 6 in favor of Jef fries Considerable money is being placed at these odds, but not in very large amounts, roost of the heavy bet ting men having gone to the scene of the contest. L BOXINGJS OLD. Two Thousand Years Began in England. First Prize Fight in America in 1816. HISTORY OF THE SPORT A List of the HeaYTweight Champions. Paragraphs About the Contests in Which Concerned. Thesus, son of Aegus, King of Athens, was the inventor of boxing two thousands years ago. r Systematic boxing began in England in 1740. The first champion was Figg. The first prize fight in America, was in 1816, between Hyer and Beasley. Longest Fights James Kelly and Jonathan Smith, 6 hours, 15 minutes, near Melbourne, Australia, November. 1S55; Mike Madden and Bill Hayes, 185 rounds, in 6 hours, 3 minutes, at Eden- bridge, England, on July 17, 1849; Mike Madden and Jack- Grant, 140 rounds, in 5 hours, 45 minutes, at Woking, Eng land, on December 12, 1848. snoriest 30 seconds, Harld and Cannon, at Car bondale. Pa., May 23, 1886. Longest Glove Fights At New Or leans, La,, 7 hours, 19 minues (110 rounds), A. Brown vs. J. Burke, draw, April 6, 1893; 5 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds. W. Sherriff ("Prussian") and J. Welsh, 76 rounds, Philadelphia, Pa., April 20, 1884; 3 hours, 49 minutes, 93 rounds, Mitchael Donovan and W. C McClellan, San Francisco, CaL, August 18 1879. Shortest Glove Fights 4 seconds, Dal Hawkins, knocked out Martin Flaherty, Carson City, Nev., March 17, 1897. Bat tling Nelson knocked out William Ros sier in 3 seconds, April 5, 1902, at Har vey, 111. Referee Malachy Hogan, who also refereed Dal Hawkins fight, makes affidavit that Nelson's knockout was the shorter of the two. Largest Number of Rounds Fought 276, Jack Jones beat T.tnnev nhmhlre. England. 1825. Ever Patsy Largest Amount Ever Fought For $22,500, Jack Couper and Woolf Bendoff. 27 rounds, 1 hour, 27 minutes, Port Elizabeth. South Africa, July 29, 1889. Shortest Bantam Weight Champion ship of the World Fight Terry McGov ern defeated Pedlar Palmer (England) in less than one round, at Tuckahoe, N. Y., Eeptember 12, 1899. HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONS. Under Marquis of Queensberry rules. Boxing. 1891-1909: 1891 Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jack Dempsey for the middle weight cham pionship of the world, 13 rounds, at New Orleans, January 14. 1891 James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson fought their memorable dra 61 rounds, San Francisco, Cat, May 2L Declared no contest by referee. t rvrihett beat Jonn -l- o..ui.,an .homntnn of America, nrieans. La.. September 7, 1894 James J. Corbett beat Charles Mitchell of England, 3 rounds, Jackson ville, Fla., January 25. VJL- 1896 RoWtert Fitzsimmons beat Peter Maher in 1 round, in l jninuw ao ends, in Mexico, opposite Langtry, Tex., February 21. iao-7 p,ot TritT.sImmons won the un disputed title from Jas. J. Corbett at Carson City, Nev.. in 14 rounds, March 17. 1899 James J. Jeffries won title from Robert Fitzsimmons at -oney iwmu, N. Y., in 11 rounds, June 9. isqo Tarn .T. Jeffries defeated Thos. Sharkey, challenger for the title, at Coney Island, N. Y.. 25 rounds (decis ion) November 1902 James J. Jeffries knocked out Robert Fitzsimmons challenger for the title at San Francisco Cal., 8 rounds, July 25. iq(15 Tomes J. Jeffries knocked out James J. Corbett, challenger for the ti tle, at San Francisco, Jai., n au rouiu., August 14. 1904 James J. Jeffries knocked out Jack Monroe, challenger for the title, at San Francisco, in 2 rounds. August 2. 1905 James J. Jeffries retirea. Monln Hart knocked out Jack Root in 12 rounds at Reno, Nev., July 3, 1905. James J. Jeffries refereed and present ed the winner with his title, to aeienu against all comers. 1905 Jack o tsrien Kiiocneu iwi u Fitzsimmons, December 20, San Fran cisco. 12 rounds. 1906 Tommy Burns dereatea Marvin Wart, who claimed the title, los An geles. February 23, 20 rounds (decision). 1907 Tommy Burns defeated Jack O'Brien, 20 rounds, May 7, Los Angeles. 1907 Tommy Burns knocked out am Squires. 1 round. July 4, Colma, Cal. 1907 Tomimv Burns knocked out Gun ner Moir, 10 rounds, December 2. Lon don. 1907 Tommy Burns knocked out Bill Squires, 1 round, July Colma, Cal. Jack Johnson and His Trainer, Bill y Delaney, Who Jeffries and Corbett. 1907 Tommy Burns knocked out Gun ner Motr, 10 rounds, December 2, Lon don. 1908, September 2 Tommy Burns knocked out Bill Lang. 6 rounds, at Melburne, Australia. 1908 Jack Johnson (colored) won de cision from Tommy Burns in 14 rounds; Sydney, Australia, December 26. Folic stopped contest. 1909 Jack Johnson (colored) knocked out Stanley Ketchel in 12 rounds, Col ma, Cal., October 16. QUARTER MILLION RECEIPTS. It Is Estimated WUI Be Received at X' the Gate. Reno, Nev., July 4. In order to. get an idea of the superior importance of the Jeffries-Johnson fight over any pre vious contest, a table of the gate re ceipts of the most successful fights, is given: Gate Receipts.- Nelson-Gans fight at GoIdfleld..$ 69,000 Johnson-Burns, at Sidney, Aus.. 67,000 Jeffries-Sharkey. at Coney Island' 66,500 Fitzsimmons-JefEries, at Coney Is. 63,000 Corbett -Jeffries at San Francisco 62,340 Corbett-McCoy, at New York.... 67,000 Britt-Nelson, at Colma, Cal...... 43.811 Corbett-Sullivan at New Orleans 45,000 Fltzstmmona-Ruhlin at 'New Y. 45.000 Ruhlin-Sharkey at New York.... 40,000 Fitzsinunons-Hall at NewOrleans 40.000 Gans-Britt at San Francisco.... 36,000 Britt-Corbett at San Francisco 32,266 Johnson-Ketchell. San Francisco 32,300 Jeffries-Ruhlin at San Francisco 30,800 Estimated receipts of today's fight 850,000 BEFORE THE BATTLE. Some Views of the Wise Ones Before the Fight. Reno, Nev.. July 4. Here ars some ot the expressions of "wise ones" made before the fight last Saturday: James J. Corbett While Jeffries didn't do as' much boxing as I wanted him to do, he Is in excellent condition and will win sure. He Is too strong for Johnson. Joe Woodman I look for Jeffries to win Inside of eight rounds. If a small fellow like Langford can make him "dog It" a giant like Jeffries will scare him to death. Tom Flanagan I don't think Jeff can come back, and Johnson should wear him down inside of eighteen rounds. Tom Jones I am betting my money on Jeff. He should win in ten rounds. Eddie Hanlon Jeff In fifteen round Abe Attell Johnson is clever, but I think Jeff has his "goat." Bat Nelson Jeffries can't come back to form and Johnson's speed will be too much for him. Sam Langord Johnson Is afraid of me and I'm scared to death of Jeffries, so the hairy man should win in a canter. Bob Deady It looks pretty even to me. If Jeff has gone back Johnson will win. It will be a long, hard fight. Jack Root I fancy Jeff. Although his five years' absence from the ring might have hurt him, I think he is too strong for a clever fellow like Johnson. Jim McCallum Johnson will land on Jeff in about the thirteenth round. Al Kauffman I have boxed with Johnson long enough to know that he is one of the cleverest big men In tha business and he should trim Jeff, who, I think, has shot his bolt. If Jeff force3 the fight Johnson will win quickly. Referee Eddie Smith The betting Is out of line. Jeffries isn't a 10 to 6 favorite. If It is a long battle Johnson will wear Jeff down clinching. Jeff' only chance lies in making a rushing fight. Joe -Choynskl Jeff is the toughest man I ever "boxed with and I can't see how Johnson can stick very long. Billy Muldoon The fight may go tha limit if Johnson plays a waiting game; I like Jeffries because he is the huskier. John L. Sullvan Johnson will win. I never knew of any fighter to coma back and win. Jake Kilrain Jeff is my choice. He surprised me with his condition. Wilson Mizner Johnson will brlnac home the bacon. Stanley Ketchel Johnson Is a stlffor puncher than people think and he'll surely knock out Jeffries. Hugh Mcintosh Johnson Is a fast, clever chap and will outgeneral Jef fries. TO WAR AGAINST FIGHT FILMS. Washington Ministers Want Them Barred From District. Washington, July 4. A movement against the exhibition of the Reno prize fight pictures in the District of Columbia has been started. Rev. Dr. John Compton Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist church, declares that every possible effort will be made to have the district commis sioners prohibit the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures and all other moving pictures of prize fights. Betting: at Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., July 4. Sporting rnen-here have wagered $78,000 on the Jeffries?Jhnson mill at 10 to 8. odds with Jeffries on the long end. J. F. Brinton. representing English sports, who declare Johnson can take more punishment than Jeffries, posted $25,000 on him against $40,000 placed by New Yorkers. No limit as to rounds was stipulated, but a decision must be made in favor of one or the other before tha money changes hands. Formerly Trained

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A LINE OF r A P AJ,'i 5 IN BATTLT TODAY. Most Important Prize Fight of the Century. All Eyes on Keno, Scene of the Contest. THE DAY IS PERFECT. Many People Walk the Streets All Night. Unable to Find Places to Eat or Sleep. Reno, Xev., July 4 (7:30 a. m.). The weather is cloudless with a cool west wind. The maximum tempera ture la not expected to exi-eed 83 de grees. kar.l Will Officiate. The morning of the fieht brings no chanse in the details that will make tip the setting of the stupe. To down the rumor that he would not act as referee. Tex Kickard offers this morn ing to bet $1,000 he would officiate. The nisht passed peacefully at both camps and early this morning the trainers and handlers and managers were busy completing their arrange ments to appear at the ringside promptly and to tret out nf t morrow. The gong for the first round is cheduled to ring at 1:30 o'clock Pa cific coast time, but with the introduc tions and the fuss of the moving pic ture game it probably will be a half hour later before time is called It is rrobable that the arena, seating 17 000 will be comfortably filled. Early this morning a long line of purchasers lined up at the ticket office. There has been no difficulty so far over the seating arrangements and no scalping nas been carried on openly. Struggle for Food. The main struggle this morning was to get something to eat before going to the arena. The restaurants last right almost gave up the attempt to teed the hungry multitude. Many Tlaces were sold out of every scran of eatables before morning. Hundreds htCtm? the late cials last night walked until the ywere weary hunting a place to eat and sleep. Some rax e it up as a bad job and remained I 11 vas a weir1 throng that started on its way to the arena as ,,,,,,,-u toward noon. In the TeS PUKilists. the sports ?h 1 fo"owed the pugilists and bet on them, the men who write of the do ings of the fighters-more writers than ever reported a fight before wo men and boys, thieves and gamblers beggars and detectives and all the cls tial riffraff that follows big sporting vents. They were burred by one fev er, sped by one desire, made one by a common goal. J a v,n?Ui-fi he "lornins "any automo Jh. P ie !Eed out to the camps on Jrorn fl the Clty sepkin last tip from the wise ones. The nool rooms were busy taking bets. Dur ne the early hours the odds remained the same as last nightJeffries the fn vorite at 10 to 6 H. They were n, flown to at one time bv 1 w r 10.000 on Jeffries, madey H H Frazee of Chicago, who will mar,, .'jenries round the world tour if. Considlne's Big Wager. George Considine. of New TorV 5.000 on Jeffries at odd. of w announced he had more at the same Larger bettin2 is looked for at h in faor of Johnson. E. E. Smathers of New York, said he would betj'0 000 on Jeffries later. -0W wJfu"1 neW8 from the camps is .ntbtK men wU1 wait "nttl the last minute before motoring to the ring- DO I HC rj FIGHTERS PROMINENT J,. fi- J5 Reading from left side. They will dress at their camps, even to putting the bandages on their hands. Both men arose early and, went out for short spins on the road to limber ui. On the way to the arena Jeffries will take his wife to a newspaper office. where she will wait until the fate of her husband has been decided, getting the returns round by round. Mrs. Jef fries hates prize fights. She is sure, however, that '"her Jim" will win. When the fisht starts it will be more than a battle between the two princi pals. Jeffries' chief second will be James Corbett, who was champion until whipped by Kitzsimmons. John son's chief second and sole adviser dur ing the fight will be Billy Delaney. Delaney trained and fathered both Cor bett and Jeffries when they were young fighters. He is Jeffries' enemy now and Johnson depends upon him to tell him the weak points of his opponent and to advise him just when to sail in to win. Flood of Telegraph. To fight experts, this situation pre sents one of the most dramatic touches which could be imagined. It will be a test of the best generalship this age has produced. Besides Delaney in John son's corner, will be Sig Hart. Al Kauf man. Doc Finney, Prof. Burns and Stanley Ketchel, middleweight cham pion of the world who will act as time keeper for Johnson. The telegraph companies estimate 750,000 words of press matter will go out over the wires if Johnson .wins. If Jeffries wins they estimate about 200. 000 words. Added to what has been written during the last year and the history of the two men who will face each other this afternoon would fill as many volumes as that about any king or president that ever lived. A force of 100 expert telegraph oper ators has been gathered in this little desert city, they have been brought from as far east as Chicago. A car load of nodern equipment was sent on from the east and set ur. Tourist sleepers were parked for t'ue accom modation of these men. Extra precau tions have been taken along the line to safeguard the wires and the com pany has increased its force in all prin cipal offices and repeater stations from coast to coast. One wire official said that outside of the San Francisco disaster of 1906. no greater volume of matter has been handled for a single event In the his tory of telegraphy. On the eve of the biggest thing in his life Jack Johnson sat with a party of friends yesterday afternoon and talked jokingly of his career. Johnson Saved From Suicide. "Tonia-ut," he said, "I am thinking of the hard road that I've traveled since I left home when I was 12 years old. I ran away as a kid, stowed away on a cotton steamer and landed in New Ycrk. "I didn't have a nickel. As the ship docked, went on deck and standing in the center of a crowd of passengers with my lcngost face and saddest eyes, I announced that a worthless colored boy, without friends, family or money, was about to jump overboard. I walked to the rail and told everybody to keep away from me. My old cap I had al lowed to fall on the deck. As I turned around about to try my bluff at the ratal plunge, a woman threw a dollar in my cap. A shower of money follow ed and first meal in the big city was chicken. "Since that time for 20 years, I have traveled over most of the world and nave had my ups and downs. But my ambition has been realized. I have ta ken my 0i,5 mother out of that Oalves ton shanty, where I was raised from a baby and I've put her in the best house I could find in Chicago. She's got ev erlhlng sne wants and I'm happy." The women of Jeffries' household have teen finding four leaf clovers and the men have been bringing in old horse shoes, but to the fighter's mind the best indication of good luck that has come to him was in the shape of a yellow While the members of the family were at the dining table last night, waiting tor Jeffries and Frank Gotch to come in, a vagabond dog wandered In and crawIcd under JeffrieB. vacant chalr- Attempts to drive the visitor out were UFeless. Jeffries returned at dark. A large f-teak had been prepared for him. As ne entered the room he saw the dog. THE TOPEKA. DAILY AM. to right they are: Moran, Papke, He laughed and said: "Well, here's a yellow dog with good luck to me. We'll just make him the mascot. He'a welcome to stav." And cutting the steak in two, Jef fries tossed half of it to his new friend. BOTH FIGHTERS IX FIXE SHAPE. Jeffries and Johnson's Associates Tell Why Their Man Will Win. Reno, Nev., July 4. The trainers and sparring partners of the two fight ers last night gave to the Associated Press their opinions of the result and of their principals as follows: By Sam Berger, Manager for Jeffries. "Jeffries has never been one ounce better than he is right now. I would have liked to have seen him do much more boxing. He is prepared to go a route all right, but because of the lack of sparring he will not warm up to his pace as speedily as if he had had an abundance of glove work. I don't think Johnson can hurt him, and the further the fight goes the more safe are Jeffries' chances." By James J. Corbett,' Chief of Staff at Jeffries' Camp. "I believe Jeffries to be in great con dition for a long grueling battle. I'm satisfied no distance would be too great for him. Personally, however, I'm sorry he has not done more fast work, such as boxing and shadow dancing. Because of lack of this sort of exercise I figure Johnson will give him a merry time in the early stages of the fight. Jeffries, however, is in shape to take a beating, and he'll be strong and coming when the other fel low is tired. I think Jeffries is a sure winner." By Koger Cornell. Chief Trainer for Jeffries. "I consider Jim Jeffries could not possibly be in any better physical fix than he is. He has gone through a systematic course of training that will be found to be an absolute novelty in the boxing game. It doesn't make much difference how far this fight may go. Jeffries will be just as fast at the end of thirty rounds as he was in the first. I look to him to outbox, outlasf. outfight and outgame Jack Johnson." By Joe Choynskl. Jeffries' Sparring Partner. "I have never seen as finely a con ditioned athlete as Jeffries. If there be any flaw in his physical fitness, it can only come to the surface in the fight, for the man certainly is perfect ly trained. I boxed with both Jeffries and Johnson when they were novices. Johnson will find himself pitted against a man much faster, cleverer and stronger than himself and he'll surprise me if he lasts longer than seven rounds." Bv Jack Jeffries. Brother and Sparring Partner of the Challenger. "Jim is a very careful fighter, and for that reason I think the will go about ten rounds. One or two good hard punches will turn the trick for him. I stayed eight rounds with John son mvself, and I know I could not last a half round with Jim if he cut loose on me. As to my brother's con dition, he's just as strong as ever and I believe a little faster." By Farmer Burns. Jeffries' Wrestling Partner and Trainer. "Jeffries is in much better condition than even he himself realizes. No athlete ever worked harder or more willingly for a fight than he. I think Jim should win in six rounds or less. But if he doesn't, his chance will Im prove with each succeeding round. I figure the further the fight goes after the first six. the safer it will be." By Bob Armstrong, (Colored) Jeffries Trainer: "If Jack Johnson stands up and fights Jeffries; the big fellow won't take long to finish him. If he runs away, it only amounts to slow death for him. p'ersonally I know that Johnson is going to be a pretty much scared fighter before he goes into the ring." By Tom Flanagan, Manager of Jack Johnson "I never saw a man more fit for a test of skill, strength and endurance. Johnson is pretty nearly the perfect man physically. I look for him to win as certainly as he enters the ring. He is ready and anxious to meet Jeffries, and believes down in his heart he can make the champion take the count. It will be a great fight. Johnson knows he has the strength, cleverness, knowledge of the game and the heart to win the contest. He does not un derrate Jeffries for a moment, but confidence is the thing." By Slg Hart, Johnson's Chief Trainer. "Johnson will win between the twelfth and the eighteenth round. There will be two big men fighting, and they will fight for all that is in them. We have outlined our plan of action and we all feel sure the cham pion will lay Mr. Jeffries low. John son will surprise those who have held him a 1 to 2 shot ender." By George Cotton, Chief Sparring Partner of Johnson: "Johnson is the greatest boxer that ever pulled on a glove. It is next to impossible to hit him. I know that he can hit. I know that he has the heart and the confidence. He will surprise some wise bettors I know. Jack will win decisively, but it will be a hard fight." By Al Kaufman, Heavy Weight Fight er on Johnson Staff: "I have not seen Jeffries and I can not say anything about his condition. Therefore I am unable to tell much about him. I want to say that John son is perfectly trained and Is ready for any kind of fight you can take my word for it, I think he will win this side of the twentieth round. My ex perience with him. has convinced me thoroughly that he is a great boxer and a willing, courageous fighter." Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar equals In quality moat lOo cigars. STATE JOTJRNAIr MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT THE PRESENT TIME v -fir it Hyland, Cross, Jeffries, Abe Attell, Kelson, Thompson, Johnson, McFarland, TODAmiGHT. Cons'dered the 'Battle of the Century. None Ever Attracted the At tention of This One. HOW BROUGHT ABOUT Public Demanded That Jeffries Meet Negro Champion. How the Contest Was Finally Arranged. That it is the battle of the century no one can deny. It has attracted more attention than all of the fights ever held, and will be witnessed by the greatest number of spectators that ever assembled at a similar event. Although admittedly the' greatest fighter in the world at the time of his retirement James J. Jeffries wasn't getting paid In proportion to his repu tation. Jimmie Britt, Battling Nelson and many of the little fighters were making more money than the giant Californian and there was a dearth of heavy weights to meet Jeffries. The champion so far outclassed all the men in his division that it was Impossible to make matches that insured fin ancial success. Jeffries in Vaudeville. Arriving in Cincinnati, May 2, 1905, Jeffries announced that he ex pected to retire May 15 from the stage and the prize ring. He was playing Davy Crockett at that time and while the announcement did not cause an upheaval in theatrical circles there was a feeling of genuine regret among the fistic bugs. The farewell an nouncement was not considered se riously other fighters, singers .and opera stars had retired and changed their minds the Jeffries constituents believed that when the proper time came Jeffries would re-enter the game. The premier heavy weight declared his intention of engaging in the min ing business and that the fighting game could run for the "end book." Whether the mining business ever paid dividends or not was never made public. Jeff bought an alfalfa ranch in California and a half interest in a Jjos Angeles thirst parlor. Manv tempting offers were made for him to fight again, but the "big un" de clared he was out of the game and no one could disprove his statement. When Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns were matched to meet in Sidney, Australia, for the championship of the world, the possibility of the negro win-nin- again revived interest in what Jeff would do in case Johnson won the title. He declared he was out of the game for keeps. Jeffries Slow to Meet Johnson. The day before the fight in Sidney the former champion was asked if he would meet Johnson if the negro won. "There will be no fight between Jack Johnson and myself," Jeff replied. "They're not talking to me. I don't need the money am out of the game and the public might as well under stand it." Then came the Johnson victory over Burns in 14 rounds and the pressure which ultimately resulted in the pres ent match was started against Jeffries. Hugh Mcintosh, who had staged the Johnson-Burns fight, offered 150,000 for a match between Jeffries and Johnson. "Uncle Tom" McCarey of Los Angeles offered Jeffries $50,000 win or lose, or draw his share of the purse for a match with Johnson. This was the first offer that brought a rise out f Jeff and he declared it was Just like tossing off J100.000 not to accept the offer, but again declined with thanks. Jeffries Agrees to Meet Johnson. Offers of all kinds were received and rejected, and many wild rumors were circulated regarding the possibility of the fight. Johnson made many state ments that Jeffries was afraid to meet him, and everything possible was done to get a statement out of Jeffries. The big fighter was obdurate, how ever, and declared that he had declined to meet Johnson when he, Jeffries, was in good condition and that the public shouldn't ask him to fight the negro now. Jeffries signed a vaudeville contract with an eastern syndicate on January 27, 1909, for $2,500 per week for 20 weeks. It was believed at this time that Jeff was going to see if he could get into condition. While passing through Omaha, March 1, 1909, on the way to fulfill his vaude ville contract. Jeffries was quoted as saying he would fight Johnson. While this statement was not taken too seri ously the retired champion was met in Chicago by a delegation of newspaper men, and a group of his friends who de sired to have him corroborate or deny the Omaha story. Jeffries reiterated the statement that he would fight John eon If he could get in shape. He talked freely on the subject saying that he knew what it meant If he lost to a negro and that if he fought Johnson the public could depend on it that he would be in shape and would win. Johnson added some additional oil to the fire by calling Jeff a big bluffer and continued his line of statements that the white man was afraid to meet him. The Money la Put Vp. Jeffries went through Kansas City and with Sam Berger appeared in four C A -.:7 -7 .'V. I 1-minute rounds at the hippodrome last July. He made a speech here in which he stated he would fight the negro and would win. Hia condition at that time was not such as to induce a conserva tive man to "hock" the family jewels in order to gamble on the "white man's hope." Jeff went to New York and on July 28, posted $5,000 as a preliminary sum for an agreement to meet Johnson. This sounded businesslike to nearly ev eryone but the negro champion. "I expected him to make some big bluff like that," Johnson said, "but I'll go to New Tork and cover his money." The owner of the "golden smile" then declared an overwhelming anxiety to bet some large money that Jeffries nev er would meet him. The Johnson end of the money soon was forthcoming. Jeffries Starts to Train for Fight. Jeffries declared in the latter part of July that he expected to go to Carls bad, Germany, to drink the health giv ing waters and do some preliminary training. He made the trip and re turned to New York the last of Oc tober, saying that he was satisfied that he could get in shape. He was sub jected to critical inspection as to his physical condition. Stories were sent out that he was the Jeffries of old also that he was a human wreck. He de clared his intention of going to the mountains and getting in shape. Ha met Johnson in New York and they agreed to fight 45 rounds before the club offering the most suitable induce ments. This meeting was followed by the biggest piece of "frenzied finance" ever connected with history of pugil ism. Rlckard Pulled the Plum. "Tex" Rickard, who had gained some reputation as a promoter through his staging of the famous Nelson-Gans fight in Goldfleld, was announced as the successful bidder with a miserly offer of $101,000. Such old stagers as James Coffroth and Thomas McCarey found they had been sitting in a game where the roof was the limit with a bunch of white chips, although they believed they were gambling when they made their offers. Rickard's bid also includ ed the controlling interest of the mov ing pictures for the fighters, which In these days of penny arcades and nickelodeons has been estimated as be ing worth at least $200.000. Rickard an nounced that Jack Gleason would be his partner in the big affair. After the signing of the articles in Ho boken. N. J., December S, the one ques tion which agitated the public mind al most as much as the now famous "Can Jeff Come Back," was the place where the battle would be held. It was believed by the majority of the fight fraternity that California was the one best bet, al thought the promoters probably with a view of additional press notices hinted that Salt Lake was the spot. After a lengthy wrangle, and many stories, the race track at Emeryville, Cal.. was an nounced as the rieht Dlace. Everything was lovely and the plan for converting the race track into a iignt arena was pro mulgated. Selecting the Place. Then came the uprising of the righteous citizens of Alameda county and Emery ville was declared "unfair" to organized fights. The scene shifted to San Fran cisco Frisco the carefree; Frisco the town where people live at night and sleep in the daytime; Frisco the Paris of America Surely everything goes there and there'd be no interference. The Hon. Gillett, governor of the state famous for its "native sons" and other things, made a trip across the country and was careful to give out interviews that "He positively would not interfere with the fight." The sports sang "For He's a Joljy Good Fellow," and everyone was happy. Governor of California Interferes. But one afternoon the governor took his pen in hand and wrote tihe attorney gen eral or some other member of the legal department of the state of California to take steps to prevent the fight between Jeffries and Johnson. To say that Gover nor Gillett had spilled the beans would be putting it mildly. The governor not only spoiled the salad, but put hair oil in the dressing. Another wild scramble and a fight be tween Reno and Goldfield for the priv ilege of keeping open house for the Inde pendence Day celebration, with Reno win ning. In the meantime Jeffries, after signing the fight articles, went on the road with an "All Star" road show and gave the American public an opportunity to see him, at prices ranging from 25 cents to $2. This sort of training was not considered conducive of getting in shape, and the public protested, although they flocked to see the show. Jeffries finally played the entire circuit from New York to Frisco, and decided to train in the California mountains. He started to work in real earnest April 7, and since that time has been doing al most as he pleased, but is reported in good physical shape at the present time. Johnson stalled around in vaudeville a few months, was arrested on an average of twfee a week for exceeding the speed limit and, after considerable coaxing and threats on the part of the promoters, went to California and began training. 'LAST WORDS' OF THE FIGHTERS Statements Given to Associated Press on Eve of Battle. Reno, July 4. James J. Jeffries and John A. Johnson, through the Asso ciated Press last night, delivered their last messages as to their confidence and fitness that they will give before they shake hands in the ring this afternoon. BY JAMES J. JEFFRIES. When the gloves are knotted on my hands tomorrow afternoon and I stand ready to defend what is really my title, it will be with the request of the puD lic which forced me out retirement. I realize full well Just what depends on me and I am not going to disappoint the public. As to my condition and Just how I feel on this eve of the battle' there's no use going into detail. That portion of the white race which has been looking to me to defend its ath letic supremacy may feel assured that I am fit to do my very best. I want those who fancy my chances to know this much: If I had as much as a slight pain, a sore finger or the most trivial thing imaginable that might annoy me I would immediately insist on a post ponement. Fortunately Vm as sound Kaufman, Ketchel. as a dollar. I think I will surely beat Johnson. I would not have signed to fight at all unless I was reasonably certain of victory. It is impossible for me to say Just how I will fight this colored man. My method of fighting will develop as the actual scrapping is on. Neither can I say whether the bout will be long or short. Suffice it to say that any time I hit that other fel low I'm going to hurt him and that I will win just as quickly as a can. BY JACK JOHNSON: When I go into the ring on the Fourth of July to fight Mr. Jeffries I will do so with full confidence that I am able to defeat him at the game of give and take. I honestly believe that in pugilism I am Jeffries' master and it is my purpose to demonstrate this in the most decisive way possible. I think I know Jeffries thoroughly as a fighter and with this knowledge reassuring me I am more than willing to defend the title of champion against him. I have trained faithfully for this fight. There cannot be the slightest doubt that my physical condition is such that it could not be improved. The conditions under which I have trained and the routine I have followed have brought me to a state in which I will be able to exert every ounce of my strength and bring Into play every point about boxing that I know. My original Intentions regarding my train ing have been carefully carried out and I could not ask for better results. Every one, critiics and all who have seen me agree that I am conditioned to the notch where I could enter the ring at a moment's notice. It has never been mv policy before a battle to dis cuss the method I will employ during my fight. In this fight more than in any other It Is impossible to tell in de tail just how things will go. I am go ing to win. I will be there fighting at every turn. I don't look farward to tight MRS. JACK JOHXSOX. WIFE pinches, because I think my superior ity over Mr. Jeffries eliminates the need of any thought of such things. There will be no lagging. The fight, in all probability, will be fast through every round, no matter how far It goes. I am prepared for a long contest if ths fight Is not quickly ended and it goes without saying that a short fight would be playing into my hands. Every fighter on the eve of his fight declares that he hopes the best man wins. I am quite sincere when I say that I do. If Mr. Jeffries knocks me out or gains a decision over me I will go to his corner and congratulate him as soon as I am able. My congratula tion will be no fake. I mean it. If Mr. Jeffries has it in him to defeat me I think I can modestly say he is entitled to all the congratulations he may re ceive. Let me say in conclusion that I be lieve the meeting between Mr. Jeffries and myself will be a great test of strength, skill and endurance. The tap of the gong will be music to me. Prayers in Xegro Churches. Washington, July 4. Prayer that Johnson might be the victor in today's battle was offered in some of the col ored churches here last night. Rev. W. A. Gibbons, at the Mount Carmcl Baptist church, asked "That in case Johnson was the victor the public would accept the verdict and -do jus tice to him regardless of color or pre vious conditions and that he might be returned to his aged mother and spared to do much for the cause and uplifting of our race." In several of the white churches ser mons were preached denouncing the fight. THE AREXA AT REXO. Seats Cost From Fifty Dollars Each Down to Five It llars. Reno, Nev., July 4. The Reno arena is located a mile and a half from the center of the city. The plan is almost Identical with that of the arena in San Francisco, which had to be abandoned when the state intervened and caused the shift to Nevada. It is about three hundred feet square, and seats 20,000 i proximately, and its cost was ex pected to exceed $17,500. A forest of lumber has gone into the construction of the great octagonal amphitheater. It is so designed th.it everyone of the spectators is insured a full view of the ring in which the bat tle will be fought. Looking down from the ieachers, it seems absurd to think that enough action could be com pressed into that 24-foot space to keep such a horde of people interested, even for a minute. Measured within the ropes with their padded corners, the ring is just 24 feet square. From edge to edge in each di rection the raised platform is 27 feet, allowing 18 inches beyond the ropes aH around. This space is left for the con venience of the seconds, who must spring Into the ring between rounds to fan and wash and encourage their war ing chieftains. The Arrangement of the Seats. Below the edge of the platform runs a narrow bench upon which are located the telegraph instruments which click the story of the battle around the world. Here also are the telephones with metallic head-dresses attached. through which the thousands on the outside hear of the progress of the fight via the bulletin boards. Back of this bench are several others, 'providing in all for 100 newspaper men. From this level around the ring the sections radiate outward and upward) like spokes of a wagon wheel. There are eight of these wedge-shaped sec tions, and each row of seats. Is fiva Inches higher than the one in front, th last row rising 35 feet from the ground level. The seats do not run one behind the other, soldier-fashion, but alternate so that the man behind looks down on the ring and between the heads of the two directly In front of him. By this arrangement the ring Is flanked by h sloping wall of faces and staring eyes, circling the fighters on all sides to a height of 30 feet. There are no spaces and lines between them, just a solid wall of faces glaring down at the white square. Between the press seats and the bleachers there is a gentle slope upon which approximately 5.000 chairs are O F THE HEAVYWEIGHT PUGILIST. grouped. Here the aristocrats sit at their ease men to whom a $50 seat for an afternoon's sport is little out of the ordinary. The 5.000 will be on a lower level than the fighters. The Cost of the Seats. Through the bleacher section wire, fences were run, marking off the zones of financial standing. First behind the chairs come rows of seats held at $20, $25 and $30 each. Then come the $15 seats, the $10 rows in great number, and finally the gallery gods, perched high above the ground at $5 per perch. Behind these highest seats a broad walk surrounds the arena. It leads to the exits, and these are so placed that the flow of the crowd will be well dis tributed. There is no central point of egress at which crowding thousands aim .enhancing the danger common to all rrnwHR nf nsnir ATri vtnmnilli Beneath the bleachers are the quar ters of the fighters, the dressing rooms in which they will don or rather ex pose, their fighting togs. The two camps were separated by the width of the arena and a short aisle, kept clear of other traffic, was reserved for each man and his followers to the battla ground. WHAT THEY WILL RECEIVE. Fortunes Both Jeffries and Johnson Will Receive. Reno, Nev., July 4. Instead of fighting for a purse of $101,000, as an nounced, it is said there will be offered at the ringside today a bonus of $10, 000 to each participant in addition to the original sum. With 75 per cent of the purse as the winner's share and 25 per cent for the loser's portion, here is what victory will mean In dollars and cents: To Jeffries It will mean $75,750 purse money and $10,000 bonus, which added to $66,666, the sum for which he has sold his Inter est in the pictures, will bring him a total of $152,416, if he proves the bet ter man. In that case Johnson, who sold his picture rights for $50,000, will receive in addition to that sum $25,250 as his share of the purse, plus $10,000 bonus; or a total of $85,250. Johnson and Jeffries, already have made the cost of their training expenses from prelimi nary exhibitions. Should the Texan overwhelm his an tagonist he will net the sum of $145, 750, while Jeffries will receive $101, 916, though he lose today's fight.

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r 4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTHNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4,1910. .w 1 B"aBaa taopeka tatr Journal By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. Entered July t, 1875, aa second-claae under the act of contrreaa. .VOLUME XXXVII.....; .No. 157 Official Rtata Pomt. Official Paper City of Topffca. Tirpua rw mTnamiPTtOtt. Taflv edition delivered by carrier. 19 eente a week to any part of Topeka. or auburbe. or at the una price in any Kan Ma town where the paper h carrier ystem. gy man. ene'yeer "Si t ..it .w Saturday edition of daMy. one year.... BELL TELEPHONES. tntrlneaa Office Re port em Room Private hraneh exehanee. Cl VtJ ask The State Journal operator ,or an or department jteerrexl. Pnnav. Rt.t. Tnnrnal bntMlnar. ano lw Kansa avenue, corner Klsrhth. New Tork Office: Q Fifth avenue. Pent Block, manarer. w.ni rhlca-f Office: Hartford bonding. iaoi Wnrlr. mnnarer. FULL LKASEO WTRF PFPORT OF TTTF. ASSOCIATED mFSI. The Btate Journal la a member f A undated Press and receives the Ml flat tele-rnh renort of that areat I'1" rantnatlon for the exclusive afternoon piMlcat!on In Topeka. The newa is received !n The folate jovr pM bulldlnc over wires for this sole pnr- HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY. Pnbrrfhr of the State .Tnnrnal away during the rammer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any address at the rate of ten cents a weett or thirty cents a month (by mall only.) Address changed aa often as desired. While ont of town the Btate Journal will he to yon like a dally letter from home. Advance payment Is reanested on these short time subscriptions, to save hookkeenlne? expenses. This Is the 134th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Inde pendence. There Is a goodly company of "I-told-you-so's" concerning the outcome of the Johnson-Jeffries fight. Good things come slow. Topeka's water supply is Just about to be placed In a condition where It will not be in terfered with by high water in the Kaw. Colonel Roosevelt Is only six months behind with his correspondence. If he could have a few hours to himself he'd catch up without the slightest difficulty. Something unusual In the way of fishing Is possible these days in sev eral of the lakes In Manitoba. They are reported to be full of moose that have been driven Into them by forest fires. Archbishop Ireland has written an article for the North American Review In which he defends the pope In the Vattcan-Roosevelt Incident. Why not let everybody forget all about the re grettable affair? Colonel Bryan is discussing the possible Influence of Colonel Roose velt on the country's politics. There doesn't seem to be any chance that Colonel Roosevelt will return the com pliment. The reason is obvious. Some local crap shooters tried to tell the police judge that they were just rolling dice for fun. Rolling dice for fun Is about as interesting and exciting a pastime as setting up ten-pins' for some other fellow to knock down. I as Governor Stubbs contends Mr. Wagstaff Is carrying on a campaign based on false and deceitful state ments, why does the governor worry about it? It's a truism that lies never do much damage. It's only the truth that hurts. Mr. Wickers ham. the federal attor ney general, is of the opinion that the solution of the great problems con fronting this government depends upon the lawyers. Numerous other opinions to the contrary have been ex pressed from time to time. It is the Idea of some people that what the legislatures and the congress of the country need are fewer lawyers In their memberships and more substan tial and conservative business men. Brigadier General Joseph Smith, re tired, thinks the army and navy of these United States is wholly insuf ficient for their needs, especially If it should be necessary for them to defend their Island possessions In the Pacific. This is bad if it is true but it might be worse if there was any probability of war between the United States and Japan or any other nations. And gen eral Smith does not think there is any probability of such a war. So what's he worrying about? Maybe that Kansas City judge thinks he is doing the farmers of Kansas a good turn by deciding to give all vagrants who get before him the alternative of going to the Kansas har vest fields or to jail for six months. But bad as they need help In harvest time this is Just the kind of labor that the Kansas farmers do not want. Nor does the state in general desire to be flooded with the vagrants of Kansas City. They constitute a problem that Kansas City should deal with and not foist on other communities. That recent wreck on the Santa Fe which snuffed out the lives of two To pekans, E. B. Jolley, the well and most favorably known engineer, and H. A. Mitchell, a young fireman, with a promising future, will have to be charged up to human frailty. A brake man on a freight train forgot to close a switch. Most men in all other walks of life forget to do some little thing that they ought to have done every day of their lives. But such mistakes as they make seldom result seriously. With the railroad men It Is different. A lapse of memory, or a failure to obey orders, is usually followed by a disaster. And the railroaders are no more nor leas than human beings. TAFT AND ECONOMY. Dispatches from Beverly, Mass, state that President Taft Is fast get ting into a regular routine for his sum mer vacation. It's golf In the morning and long automobile rides In the aft ernoon. But these things are not go Ing to occupy the president's entire time, not by a long shot. With his much needed rest and play he is go ing to work hard on a governmental problem that is of momentous im portance. It concerns the retrench ment in government expenditures. One of President Taft's pet plans is to curb governmental extravagance in every field of federal activity. This is something rather new for a president to undertake in these days. No presl dent except Mr. Taft has apparently given much attention to governmental expenses since the late Grover Cleve land was the chief magistrate of the nation. During the past dozen or more years the presidents of the country have not appeared to have given the matter any attention at all. The na tion was the most prosperous of those on the face of the earth. Its re sources were unlimited. Therefore, what mattered it how much money was spent to run it? This appeared to be the theory on which the presidents and congress worked. But such a theory rightly does not appeal to Mr, Taft. No sooner did he take hold of the reins of office than he set about to cut down administrative expenses, Working under his direction, his cabi net officers, the heads of the govern mental departments, made big cuts in the expenses of their departments dur ing even the first year of their incunv bency. The appropriations by the con gress Just closed were more than $1,000,000,000 for the two year period, or about what they have been during the last two or three congresses But the savings made by President Taft and his cabinet in departmental ad ministration were more than offset by appropriations bv congress for the continuance and extension of govern mental activity in many fields. The report of the secretary of the treasury just issued shows a sur plus of more than $9,000,000 in er penditures for the fiscal year ending June 30. as compared with a deficit last year of more than $58,000,000. If this isn't a good financial showing for the Taft administration, what could be? But the president is not satisfied. He is going to devote his attention this summer to solving the problem of cur tailing governmental expenditures. Senator Aldrich has expressed the opinion that he could save the gov ernment $300,000,000 a vear in the conduct of its affairs if he were given a free hand to work out the neces sary reforms. Inasmuch as President Taft is pretty handy at working out problems maybe he will do about as good a Job at saving as Mr. Aldrich says he could. At any rate, he is go ing to apply himself to the task, and for that the people of the nation should be thankful. There will be a unanimity of opinion before long that Mr; Taft is the right man in the tight place. YOUTH AND AGE. "To middleage, when we have at tained to being what the darkies call 'settled people,' no lessons are more delightful than those derived from youth," says a writer in Ihe current Issue of Harper's Weekly. "And after any slight foreign experiences, how ready youth la to teach; how sure of Requirements, Judgment, and taste! At this season of the year the young re tern from their educational institutions to spend the holidays instructing their parents, and they return full of fa!th In their mission. How wonderfully dec orative they are, too! It is one of nature's nicest adjustments that youth should be beautiful enough to make good all its deficiencies in sense and reason, while age makes good the with ered textures and faded colors by a philosophic temper and a sense of hu mor. Yes.' youth treads the earth proudly as one who masters environ ment and instinctively we who have lived and failed much fall into the background conscious of being tarnish ed by overwork. We listen awestruck w hile they explain world tendencies to us. They look upon us with a certain tender pity and wonder what interests life can possibly have to offer one who has reached the decrepit limit of 45. Despite this seeming absorption in themselves these young folk have hard ly Imagination enough to understand that they themselves supply a reason for being. They can hardly understand that we are a3 deeply interested in what they do and leave undone as once we were in our own activities. A young girl who was solicitous as to her moth er's power of enduring existence with gray hair and faded charms was much taken aback by this view of the mat ter; and when her mother assured her that she took more vital interest in her daughter's career than she had ever done in her own because of the ampler experience years had given, the child was quite overawed; but for her own part she hoped to die at SO because by that time everything interesting w ould have happened." DANGERS IN DOG POISONING. Among the most despicable and un pardonable vicious members of society a prominent place will have to be ac corded to the men and women who poison their neighbors' dogs. There are one or more of them, unfortunate ly, in every community. Topeka seems to be 3urfelted with them. Countless dogs have been killed by poison this year in each section of the city. And it Is too bad that one of these mis creants cannot be caught and punish ed in a way that would be sure to have a salutary effect. But like the thief, and the murderer, both of which they are in part, the dog poisoner works by night or in such stealth that his ap prehension ts almost impossible. An ugly and ferocious dog is a menace and a disturbance In any neigh borhood where it may be located. But ruch dogs are really few and far be tween. There is a way to get rid of them, though, without any one re sorting to poison. It is not these kind of dogs, however, whteli are poisoned, The victims are generally family pets, harmless, inoffensive little dogs, the cherished companions of little children. For some piece of mischief, or be cause of a dislike for dogs, a neighbor will wreak his vengeance with a. pois oned piece of meat or cake. Such an act can only be characterized aa das tardly. It brings grief to the house hold where the dog was an insignifi cant but important member. More than that It is cruelty to animals in the ex treme, for the agony a dog suffers in the death throes caused by poison Is Immeasurable. This poisoning of dogs, cats, and even chickens that may not suit a neigh bor fancy, is also dangerous, espec ially to children. An instance of this sort happened In Galena, Kan., the ether day. A neighbor nlaced some roisonea bread In her vegetable gar den to kill some of the ehiekana be longing next door which had been in the habit of feasting on the garden truck. A 2-year-old girl toddled into the garden, found this bread and ate some of it. In a short time she was writhing In convulsions. They subsided before a doctor was called and he pro nounced the child dead. A half-hour later there were signs of life In the little one's body. The doctor was call ed again and there is now a possibility tnat the child's life may be saved. The promiscuous tossing around of poisoned meat, or bread or cake or anything else that is eatable for the purpose of killing off dogs and chick ens, or anything else, is apt to bring suffering and even death to children wmo may get hold of the stuff. What has Just happened at Galena is likely to happen in any other place where this practice of poisoning is indulged in. And so the dog and the chicken poisoner also becomes an unconscious enemy of humanity, or the helpless and Innocent part of humanity the chil dren. JOURNAL ENTRIES No wonder good cooks are in such great demand. Few things are scarcer. Old Father Adam at least had the opportunity of crettlne- off nrlrlnil Some things that some neonle take most seriously are considered funny by If every man worked aa bar aa ha thinks he does, a whole lot more wouia De accomplished. Almost everv srirl hn an t there's material in her for the making uauioe in a. romantic novel. JAYHAWKER JOTS It Occurs to the Bison Bee that the man nigner up- is often "low down in his methods. Cease the futile." ndvlao nnntnv Riddle, "and engaee in the time you now spend in drinking ice njiicr use in swatting me ny. Roosevelt is a verv fnrtnnot. man thinks the Lawrence Journal, because the Appeal to Reason is fighting him viciously. Just as though it mattered wnat toe Appeal to Reason Is- doing, Deacon Walker has discovered that "every time some one of the members or our church drop a Quarter into the collection box they tell the Lord about it in their next prayer for fear he will overlook it. The man who fears that the conn try is going to the bad on account of tne purchase of so many automobiles. will, on Investigation, be found to be in no danger himself because he has none, says the Hutchinson News. The old advice to think twice be fore you speak, it should be explained, was intended only for use on the wit ness stand in some important crisis. Ordinarily it is much more convenient to omit the thinking entirely. Min neapolis Messenger. Jack London has his own place In the field of literature, but most any $15 reporter could put it over him in handling the story of the prelimin aries for the Johnson-Jeffries fight. Nor is this the first time that we have felt the conviction that the $15 re porter is not properly appreciated. Leavenworth Times. Osawatomie thought it had already had the three greatest days in its history, once when John Brown was doing a few stunts there, when John James Ingalls dedicated the chunk of stone to the memory of the old fellow. ana next when the Missouri Pacific shops were located there. But all three of these rolled Into one will look like a lightning bug beside a Tungsten electric light when Teddy comes. Lawrence Gazette. Two young lawyers, members of the bar but a few weeks, had grown rather obstreperous In the office of one of the court clerks, reports the Elllnwood Leader. "Here, you get out of here," said the clerk. "We don't have to," the more talkative one promptly an swered. "We've got a right in here, we're lawyers." "Ah, go on," the clerk replied, "you're nothing of the kind." "Sure we are," the spokesman rejoined. Then, turning to his com rade, he commanded, "Buck, go over and get your sign." QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. J The secret of success Is to let the other fellow take the chances. The one occasion when a. woman is always on time is at a bargain sale. It is much better to be good for a reward than good for nothing. "All going out and nothing coming in," is the complaint of the bald-headed man. It ia Just as well to bear in mind that opportunity isn't an habitual knocker. No matter how intellectual she may be, after a woman reaches a certain age she feels that almost any man Is a match for her.v "Marriage always changes people," remarked the Wise Guy. "Well, let us hope It alters them for the better," said the Simple Mug. It may sound like exaggeration, but a man really has almost as many but tons on a whole suit of clothes as a woman has on the back of her dress. Hoax I don't see how the Newly weds get along In that tiny apartment. Mrs. Newlywed is so fond of flowers. Joax Maybe she has them in folding beds. Wigwag I think every married man requires a little change occasionally. Henpeckke Well, I'm very fortunate that way. My wife gives me IB cents every morning. KANSAS COMMENT NO JOB FOR MUCK-RAKERS. When the lawmakers make the cor porations aance and business gets bad all over the country, the people howl v.. eleB -na cry Make 'em dance, tne grasping monopolies." .And then when meat goes up and work becomes scarce and the bankers crowd their creditors and the creditors put on the uiamp wi aown tne line until the mau-out-of-a-Job can't get credit at the gro cery or meat market, he gets real angry and declares that the corpora tions are making hard times on pur pose to circumvent unfair legislation. The sane people argue in vain and the man Deiow continues to urge on the muckraker. Capital suffers as much as labor by a stagnation in business and some day the great "common pee- pul" will awaken to a realization of the fact that there are sane and in sane ways of regulating corporations, and that the muckrakers are not the right doctors for the case in hand. Leavenworth Post. WOULD-BE WATERWAYS. President Taft has notified congress that while he signed the rivers and harbors appropriation bill this time he would not do it again unless there was a better system devised for the future expenditure of the funds. As usual President Taft is right. The large sums of money which have been given to rivers and harbors have been badlv used. The money has been spent fairly enough but not on right lines. Work has been begun, stopped and all that was accomplished has been lost, then started again. Gobs of money have been put into circulation to dig out river beds and fill up mud holes, with no good at all in the end. What Taft favors and what should be done, is to make these appropriations on scientific lines and then continue them until the work is permanently done. The adjoining; country which is to be benefited should also put up some of its money along with Uncle Sam's. If the people who get the advantage believe in their cause they should show their faith by their works and by their cash. We might have some good waterways in this country, but -we have none thac are in use to amount to anything. If the government is to improve these so as to restore trade to their courses the citizens along the route should first come across with the evidence of their own fsflth. Hutchinson News. TEACH BOYS TO WORK. There are said to be four hundred boys in the Missouri penitentiary be tween the ages of 16 and 20 years. Wo do not have the statistics at hand, but we believe that three-fourths of these boys were never taught to work. In spite of the fact that the labor laws of the state prohibit child labor we be lieve that learning to work is even more essential in the development of character than the teachings of schools. We do not believe in sma.l r.hiin Vieincr worked lone hours day after day in factories or mines to the detriment of their physical bodies, but we do believe that every boy and girl should be taught to work. One reason for the great success of the Jews as a people is that every Jewish boy .s taught to work. Lawrence World. FROM OTHER' PENS ETHICS OE LAWYERS, -vttinff lowi-pra nin often through ignorance and want of reflection, and it is well that they shall have a code of ethics prescribed to them. All are v,n n the taak of working such a nda nut for themselves, even if their intentions are good. Many are not ballasted even with good inten tions, but seek only to succeed, to se cure business and make money with out bringing themselves into actual conflict with the criminal law. Law yers occupy toward the public a pe culiar position of trust .nd power. Their moral code, or lack of It, is, therefore, a matter of grave public From many high quarters there is atj recognition that the moral tone oi the legal profession needs elevating. Most of the leading members of the har act bv hie-h standards, but the young and humbler members of the profession feel the effect of keen competition and are often tolerant of practices that are ethically and inher ently wrong. This inference is war ranted bv the declaration of bar asso ciations and of eminent Jurists in their public addresses and from occasional disbarment proceedings. Lee-el nractice. legal practitioners and the courts themselves will all be the better for a keying up, ana no one has more to say in this regard than the president of the United States, a great Jurist and a great cit iipn. Kppklntr at once to promote the true interests of the public as well as those of his own chosen profession. Philadelphia Press. COOLING AS EASY AS HEATING. Now when one comes to think of it, there is difficulty in understanding why humanity has always realized the need of mitigating the severity of cli mate that takes the form of cold, but for the most part still assumes the im- noaaibilitv of doing anything to tem per heat, from which we suffer almost as much. At less expense than that bv which houses are warmed in win ter they can be cooled in summer, and. while the winter heating, tnanks to our strange retusai to learn me an of ventilation. Involves the creation of conditions Injurious to health, those which summer cooling would establish would probably be ln every way bene ficial to us. At any rate, the thing Is perfectly practicable. Of course, if adopted, it would add to the cost of living, but it would also increase the general stock of available energy, which would mean an in crease of earning power to a more than compensating degree. Not much of a refrigeration plant would be re quired to bring the air of a bedroom to a temperature in which sleep would be refreshing, instead of Impossible or exhausting, and the wonder is that the rich and the well-to-do, at least do not generally, instead of hardly at all, utilize a benefit which science is ready to give them for much less money than they pay for a thousand other smaller luxuries ana conven iences. New York Times. X REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. It's very dangerous to trust a man who won't trust anybody. Grief that ennobles a woman seems to make a foot of man. A girl can take as much pride in having a cold heart as she doesn't in btving cold reet. Money is so hard for a man to get becaus-! he thinks It's going to be so easy to. Traveling is the greatest enjoyment when you don't know when you are going to get home. MY COTTAGE. I have built a charming little cottage In a country where There Is never anything to trouble Want nor pain nor care. It is "filled with books and gay with Like thA nun rnrnmm Lived and dreamed in dreams of flower- liKe oeauty, Ne'er to fade away. When the night brings ne repose, my Bltfll Hither takes ft fUtrM- AS.d..l0,tsleeP ln ner soft rma enfolds me tne morning light. When ill fortune's heavy blows fall on me in peace l dwell, Happy in the sweet, unending summer. Hard at work, and well. I have built a charming little cottage In a country where There la never anything to trouble Want nor pain nor care. Muriel Leigh, in the Boston Transcript. THE EVENING STORY An Emergency Case. (By Dorothy Blackmore.) When Allan Donaldson opened his eyes to oenoid a beautiful sunrise on the morning of the Fourth of July, his heart gave a glad bound. Bright weather on this, the gayest of all sum mer holidays, was to him a matter of vast importance. He was the manager, as well as the Inventor, of a novel scenic railway that he operated on the large pleasure island where he SDent his summers. During the winter he took charge of a concession in a southern resort. In either climate he found it unsafe to operate the cars in the rain, even though there were passengers willing to take a chance. He was too con scientious to take risks with human life, even for the sake of a great deal of money. He sang he as made a careful toliet and found his way to the cool dairy kitchen where he was accustom ed to eat his breakfast. The .remem brance of the preceding holiday with its gloom and rain, and the attendant financial losses, made him even more thankful for the brilliant sunlight everywhere. The Fourth had dawned hot and clear. This was his sixth week at the island resort. He had insisted upon testing every bit of machinery as it was ready to operate. He was care ful to see that not a flaw existed in any part of the tracks or plant. It was to this that he owed a clean record of not a single fatality on any of his roads. As owner and inventor, this meant much to him. At times he found the noisy, gay life at the pleasure resort distasteful. The constant music of summer bands, the shouting of the orders for vari ous attractions, the tinsel-bedecked performers, the too bright lights and the ever moving throng all became monotonous. They wearied him. Of the vast numbers of men and women with whom he came in contact there was one who interested him. And she this little nurse ln the emer gency hospital seemed as far re moved from the life of the island as did the sacred recesses of a country church. It was on the occasion of her daily recreation that he chanced to see her. He learned to watch for her and he Invariably saw her turn straight from the hospital gates toward the sandy beach and the great stretch of ocean beyond. Never once did she wander throuerh the tray white streets -of the amusement village. The brilliant spectacle seemed not to attract her. On the contrary, it seemed as if It were distasteful to her. Why, Allan Don aldson wondered, had she chosen such a place? In a quiet way he had tried to find out who she was and who were her friends, but aside from the fact that she was Miss Winifred Atwood, the most capable nurse in the institution, he could learn nothing. Occasionally he met her face to face as she walked by the sea, and once, when she looked into his face in passing, he saw that she was more beautiful than he had suspected. The salt breeze had whipped a color into her face and the little tendrils that wandered about her forehead were girlishly pretty. Over his breakfast, the young man thought of her. The very elements over which he was rejoicing the beauty of the hot, sunny Fourth and which meant success to him and his enterprise, meant extra work and confinement for her. The larger the crowd, the greater the percentage of accidents to be reckoned with at the hospital. Added to this, the list of fireworks' accidents would be suffi cient to keep indoors a few extra nurses. The crowds began early to troop to the Island by boat, train, trolley and motor, and the young proprietor of the scenic railway watched his ticket agent busily handing out admissions to the platform. He walked about the premises with a gratified smile and saw one after another of his min iature cars disappear down the steep incline and into the mysterious cave beyond. Then he saw them emerge, breathless and laughing. The spirit of the day and of the place was in them. The white streets were fairly alive by early afternoon and all concessions were being patronized to their capa city. Children dashed torpedo fire works to the pavements; lads shot bunches of firecrackers; girls waved flags and tooted horns and all drank lemonade, ate peanuts and had them selves weighed. The gala Fourth was being celebrated in a way to stir the blood of the forefathers who helped to make it a day renowned. j But Allan Donaldson, inventor, owner of one of the best patronised amusements in the village, felt utterly mune ana loneiy. i nere was no one with whom he felt at home. He could see not one familiar face in the vast tnrong. rie almost longed for the good old Fourths bade in the small Ohio town -where has father had taught him how to handle fireworks. Suddenly, he heard the clanging of a bell. He saw the crowds on the street separate. The ambulance was ap proaching; its rubber-tired wheels whirled over the hot pavements. In front of the scenic railway en trance a small boy was struggling with an obstinate firecracker from which he had lost the fuse. He had broken it open, boy-like, to see if there was pow der inside. Then, with his bit of punk, he was Intent upon making a "fizzer" when the ambulance, swerving as quickly aa possible to one side to avoid him, passed over his hand. Allan Jumped quickly to his side and gathered the screaming lad to his shoulder, telling the surgeon on the back of the ambulance to drive on. He. himself, carried the boy to the hospital, for he knew that the rubber-tired wheels could have done little damage. The child was more frightened than hurt. At the hospital he placed the little fellow ln the hands of the proper au thorities and was rewarded for his trouble by a sight of little Miss Atwood hurrying noiselessly through the cor ridor. She gave him a look of recog nition wtaen she saw his small charge. In the course of a few hours the lad was restored to his parents with a badly smashed hand properly bandaged and cared for. They felt that it was to Allan that tnev-owed their small ooys life and they could not do enough for him in the days to come when they Journeyed from their seaside cottage to the hospital to have the Injured boy's hand dressed. "There is one thing you may do for me," Allan told them the last time tney came to see him on their way to the hospital with their son. The mother looked at him in glad surprise. "What is it?" Allan colored selfconsciously. "Miss Atwood the nurse you spoke of at the hospital "Ah!" exclaimed the father, a smile in his eyes. Allan nodded. "Exactly," he con fessed. "I've been trying for nearly three months to find a mutual ac quaintance. I I want to know her. "And you shall. Indeed," aeciarea tne impulsive little woman. "Come, sonny. we must not De late tor tne aoctor. she took her son's hand and hurried off ln the direction of the hospital. After that it was as if tne lsiana were a different place to Allan Donald son. Since tne mgni wnen ne nau uron asked to dine with the father and mother of the lad he had rescued and found himself face to face with Wini fred Atwood he had lert notning un done in the way of attention to her. "It took me three months to find a way to know you." he said to her one night when the season was nearly over and they were both about to make future plans, "and I think that was long enough to make up for the short time I've let pass before telling you' "What?"she asked turning away her bead. "That I love you," he said. (Copy righted, 1910, by Associated Literary Press.) Goslntos. The teacher stood it as long as she could. Then she said: "Annie, what are you doing? Why are you mumfbling so?" "Please, teacher," responded Annie, -I'm studying my gosintos." "Your what?" asked the teacher, puzsled. -My gosintos." The teacher pondered. And Annie went on with Iher mumbling. "Annie, wJrat is gosantos, or wroi ever you call it?" now questioned the teacher. "Goslntos.,, started Annie, "why Eos intos is is She halted ln confusion. "Well," resumed the teacher, "then show me how you study your gosin tos." Annie quickly responded, as follows: "Two goslnto two once; two gosinto four twice; two gosinto six three times." Albert J. Klinck, in Woman's Home Companion. Taste Is Localized. Taste is curiously localized in the mouth. Put a lump of sugar on the tip of your tongue and vou will find It distinctly sweet. Then try it half way back on the tongue and you will find it tasteless. All sweet or aromatic substances, such as wine, sugar and coffee, can be properly appreciated by the front half of the tongue, a piece of knowledge that every true connoisseur applies when he sips Instead of taking a mouthful. With most other sub stances, however, the reverse is true. In these cases the tip of the tongue serves only for touching it ia the back part that tastes. The sides of the mouth are culte Insensible to certain substances not tasteless. Put some salt or vinegar between the teeth and the cheek and you will find them abso lutely flavorless. London Chronicle; .-1 GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Nearly everyone has kin In the east. A whole lot goes on behind your back that you don't know about. Whisky would naturally have a bad reputation if for no other reason than its associates. A soldier's Idea of a good time is to see a commissioned officer convicted by a court marital. Title of a late seriocomic song: "He'll Bring It Back When He Discovers What's In It." It has been decided by a society with a name so big we can't pronounce it, that there are no women angels. It may be stated, incidentally, that it is a good deal easier to drive a man to drink than to drive him away from it. Our idea of a lonesome person is a preacher whose vineyard happens to be situated in Reno, Nev., at the pres ent time. If you swear a good deal, that's an other unnecessary thing agaipst you. A man can't quit smoking, but he can quit swearing. When travel becomes so light that only the hotel proprietor, members of the family, and employes, appear in the dining room, then times are really dull. Subject for discussion at the next meeting of the Lancaster Literary so ciety: Is there anything dirtier than a man when he comes in from the har vest field An Atchison woman was rolling and tossing in bed the other night. "What's the matter?" her husband asked. The wife, who is somewhat dyspeptic, re plied: "Calves' liver and bacon." "No happiness save in mental and physical activity." says the New York Journal. What a sin it is for a man to be Idle! Women are at. liberty to frivol, but it's against the law for men. An employer discharged a "man the ether day. "What was the trouble?" a reporter asked the employer. "Every time I told him to do a thing," the employer replied, "he began arguing with me." Llje Hooley, who has Just returned from Paris, tells- the biggest story: that he was charged $7 for a canta loupe in a Paris restaurant. All these big stories are sfaraply travelers' tales, told to astonish the natives. uoat r,awaras, wiaower, says ne can I prepare aa good meals as any woman. and that he doesn't need a wife. The neighbors, however, say Goat gets the good meals of which he boasts at a boarding house. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Use the knowledge you have, then go after more. We have all our good points, but so has paper of pins. Many a woman's second husband mourns the demise of her first. It's pretty tough on the oldest In habitant if the good die young. When some women feel the need of physical exercise they go shopping, A woman adds a postscript to her letter in order to get in the last word. It takes all 'kinds of people to fill up the world, but there are too many of some kinds. The other fellow's advice may turn out all right if you mix a little com mon sense with it. While a woman with n!n children would be justified in having an occa sional fit of the blues, she hasn't the time to indulge. saW "Tl The president of a steamship com pany at Cleveland, received through the mails, a human ear in a bottle of alcohol. He charges striking sailors with sending him the gruesome token, but unless they belong to a different breed from any of the seafaring fra ternity ever known to this department, they can prove an alibi. It is our opinion that real Bailors would drink the alcohol and send the ear packed in salt It can never be said of Mr. Roosevelt that he leaves anything in an unfinish ed condition. In nalllncr a recant canard, he said in part: -"It is wholly untrue, utterly preposterous. I never said any such thing. There Is not a word or truta in it." This, we may be pardoned In polntins out, was evidently calculated to con vey the impression that some one had lied. The "lady hobo" captured by a train crew at Hutchinson, was no doubt one of those "female enthusiasts" who were reported as heading for Reno to see tne ngnt. Have you looked for the family dog since the disturbance started this morning? And did you find him down cellar, under the porch or in the attic? CONCERNING WILLIE. Willie was a handsome boy, His curly hair was Mother s Joy, But Papa tnought that most of it Should be cut off, removed. The Glorious Fourth arrived one day, And Willie's locks were burned away. But even fapa will admit His looks were not improved. They will have to invent anothet brand of "brain storm" for Mr. Charl ton's case. Worse than that, the "De mentia Americana" gag won't work, because he did it in Italy. This is not the only department which has trouble of the kind. The Des Moines Register and Leader man recently turned in a "Maud" parody, which got into print with a start like this: "Maud Muller at a meeting Put up a bluff at raking hay." One may be pardoned for presuming that he intended it to read:- A "Maud Muller at a matinee" but there is no way of proving it. By the way the fight? Did you bet right on It would be sacrilege Indeed to close this column with a prayer, therefore let us close it with that inane war cry: Banghurrahforthef ourth of July and if anyman pulldowntheamericanflag shoot hlmonthespot. HUMOR OF THE DAY Knlcker The cost of food has gone up. Bocker But It doesn't cost any more to pile the home plate with 200 pounds of beef. New York Sun. Taking No Risks. "What's a' yer hurry, Sandy? It's no 10 o'clock yet!" "Well, ye see, Av've changed ma lodgin's, and Ah'm no vera weel acquaint' wT th' new staircase." The Bystander. aunqiJj; oSeoitlO ijiasii pjtoM eu uiojj W11 llJ noit j.upjnoo q oj iqSno sjtuim aq s- uajiu.vi 'ajrt ,uui w jo Xjois tH s.ll J8Ai3nuo -apt t Aqd'Sx8oqo) -ne ue ei jbum. 'q-Bisof jajBMnqo siyi She I think If George Washington were alive today he would favor tha suffragettes. He You seem to forget, dear, that George used a hatchet, and not a hammer. Yonkers Statesman, Freddie Flshf ace Well, girls! I've come to say good-by I call for Europe tomor row! Girls (in chorus) How perfectly lovely I Freddie aforesaid Er for you or for me? Judge. The Hotel Clerk Beg pardon, air, but what is your name7 The Visitor Why, you idiot, haven't I Just put my signature on the register? The Hotel Clerk Yea, that is what aroused my curiosity. The Sketch. "Well," said the cheerful man, "we can thank this, rainy season for one thing." "What's that?" aaked the grouch. "It will give ua a bumper crop of double-header ball games this summer." Detroit Free Press. A country weekly may have but one printer on the job, and he may come under the classification of "hobocus printus," but he is always referred to as the "foreman." jnony-s ciuo and F"erdy'S club rot up teams and played a game of ball for the benefit of a hospital." "Make any money for the hospital?" "No, but they made considerable busineas far it th1i1ha courier-journal. Stranger I say. my lad, what is consid ered a good score on these links? Caddie Well, sir, moat of the genta here tries to do it in as few strokes as they can. but it generally takes a few more. Boa ton Transcript. "Some of these tongue twisters are real ly very hard to enunciate, for instance: 'The sea ceaaeth, and it sufilcetn ua' "That 'th earthily thaid," lithpingly thmiled Mlthth Elithabeth, "TOu thimply thay it tho: The thea theatheth and it thuffltheth uth." "Life, Bailie Does he play golf? Sam Not ex actly; he plays bridge. Sallie But they are nothing alike. 8am They ain't? Then I guess you never heard him swear. Illustrated Bits. "Johnny," asked the teacher, "can you" explain the difference between levitation and gravitation?" "Yessum," replied Johnny, "one leva and the ether grave." Chicago Record-Herald. "Higgtas Is aa enterprising blacksmith." "What now?" "He has put ln a soda water fountain and souvenir cards." Buf falo Express. "My boy, I'm bunted and shall have to sell the autos." "Horrora, dad; I could never walk." "You'll get used to It ln time. You can carry a wind-shield at first." Louisville Courier-Journal. Si "-A 1

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5 DAY ISJNJWING. Young America Celebrates in Same "Insane" Ways. CURTISAT HOME Senator gays He Will Help the Wagstaff Forces. H. HAYNE -jfHMHsj FOR If Any Difference the Cannon Crackers Are Loader. Tenders His Serrices mittee. to Coni- I -S. I I DIN ON AT MIDNIGHT. SILENT ONONE SUBJECT THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. The office of County responsibility. It is the assessing and the the compilation of the correct. This office is no "snap"; no sinecure. The State Tax Commission has this to say in regard to the work of the office: "It has been suggested that the law does not require much time from the County Assessors, but to the Commission it seems that he will be the hardest worked officer of the county." Experience counts. Mr. Haynes is thoroughly acquainted with the duties of this important office. He is the logical man for the office, and should receive this nom ination. His work speaks for itself. Lemons are 40 cents a dozen today. Early watermelons went "like hot cakes" today. And for once It didn't rain on the Glorious Fourth. If this is a sane Fourth, save us from an insane one. The ball games drew about the usual Fourth of July crowd. The Ice cream factories were the businest places In Topeka today. James Kearney of the Crawford syn dicate is spending tho day in Kansas City. O. A. Keene. who used to run the transfer station drug store now has a drug store at Oakland. The man with an auto is lucky. Ha could get beyond the reach of noise today without much trouble. The balloon craze is growing more popular. Thousands of the little pa per affairs will be sent up tonight. Marshall's band will play at Vine wood tonight. Consequently the week ly concert at City park will not be given. A. S. Thomas of Topeka stopped in Reno on his wav to California. He hinted that he might see the Jeffries Johnson light. i j t Ba-tr tVtov Have never sold so closely as this year. A sane Fourth" appears to increase thi demand for firecrackers. George Landreth of the Topeka ball team was on the streets early this morning. "Who said we coukln t win a game?" was his greeting. A Topeka man who spent Sunday fishing with a companion at Paxlco admits that he caught but seven flsn. This story ought to be true. The down town restaurants were almost deserted at luncheon today. Only a few bachelors, old maids and slaves who had to work were there. Dr. R. S. Magee drove to Eskridge "Fanchon" -A FLOUR SUCCESS-$1.50-48-lb. Sack We are anxious to have you know this excellent flour. It is milled from the choicest Kan sas hard wheat, carefully se lected from the best grades at 88 country elevators owned by the Hoffman Milling Co., of Enterprise, Kan., on the back of every eack is the millers guar antee Try it You'il gpt the results which Justify your skill Exclusively here 48-lb. Sae't $1.50 40 Broom 35c We buy in large quantities and get the closest cost prices tomorrow we're offering the best broom which retails at 40c 35c New Potatoes, 20c pic good ones selected a No. 1 quality tomorrow special, pk. 3 C 20c H bu JvJV- Extra Galv. Wash Tubs heavy substantial wear 3 sizes special tomorrow Cn. 70c, 60c and JK. India Tea the kind you've seen advertised in the newspa pers makes excellent ice f?f). tea special tomorrow, lb "W" Contract for Elberta Peaches now $1.25 bu. We've made ar rangements to handle several cars of large fancy Elberta peaches. They'll be in the latter part of this month we are ac cepting contracts now and will fill them at per C?1 OC bushel p A .J Cliolce, Slrlton Steak, 20c lb. Nice cuts from our extra care fully selected Beefs many places get 25c for steak not so good here at 20c Havana Cigar SI. 75 box Clear Havana cigars mellow and fresh, direct from the mak er in Tampe. Fla., A 10c quality, 6 for 25c or flj'f JC box of 50 for pl.iJ 112 East .Sixth Street Phones 425 Assessor is one of great of vital importance that work in connection with tax figures be absolutely The I in his automobile today to celebrate. With him were Mrs. Magee, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Finch and Miss Goodrich. Because of the Fourth, the Shawnee County Medical society postponed its meeting from tonight until tomoriow bight. A Topeka school girl who is inter ested in prize fighting inquired of her father after discussing the Jeffries Johnson battle, "How many innings do they play?" The first Fourth of July birth for 1910 for Topeka is reported from the home of M. W. Long, 419 Western avenue. The boy baby was born shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. FALL MAY BE FATAL. Charles Snook, Ten Years Old, Is in Dangerous Condition. Falling from the top of a porch, where he was playing with a neighbor boy, Charles Everett Snook. 10 years old, last night fractured his skull and is in a dangerous condition at the home, west of the state asylum grounds In the fall the boy's head struck a brick, fracturing the skull. Dr. D. T. Nicoll was called. He stated .that the Injury may prove fatal. HAVE FUN WITH BACON. Name of Poor Commissioner Fur nishes Jests for County Officers. Since C. N. Bacon, the new county poor commissioner, took possession of his job on July 1, the court house people have been having all the fun they can out of his name. The fact that the commissioner of the poor makes a practice of having a supply of provisions on hand in his office, furnishes some of the fuel for the flashes of wit which have illumined the ordinarily sombre atmosphere of the county building. "This." said County Commissioner Frank Sims when the august body to which he belongs was approving the new official's bond, "is the first time I have seen Bacon in the poor commis sioner's office for many years." "He looks more like fresh meat to me," commented County Assessor S. H. Haynes, who overheard the re mark. "I'm afraid there isn't enough lean in this side of Bacon," was another contribution as County Auditor J. E. Larimer poked an index finger into the vicinity of the victim's short ribs. "Say, just send me up a sack of White Loaf flour and two Star hams," directed County Clerk Sam Zimmer man. "I'd like 'em boiled. Can you get them up to the house for dinner?" And Mr. Bacon, standing in the fierce white light that beats upon a newly appointed official, waited pa tiently until they were all through be fore he issued his ultimatum. "You fellows wait," commanded he. "Sometime you'll probably all be com lng around to my office for a hand out. And when you do what you'll get won't be bacon. No, sir. I'll give you prunes." DEATHS AND FUSERALS Mrs. Nancy J. Gordon, 77 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Matthews, Sunday. Death was caused by a complication of diseases. Short services were held at the home of Mrs. Matthews at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. The body will be taken to Leavenworth for burial. Ruth Marie Johnson. It years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar John son of Lindeborg. Kan., died of appen dicitis at the home of her uncle, George Nelson, Saturday afternoon. The re mains will be taken to Lindsborg for burial. Mrs. Henna Starbird. aged 56 years, died Sunday at her home. 225 Hancock street. Her funeral will be held at Dover. Donald Whiteker, the 6-year-old son of T. G. Whiteker. 319 East Eighth avenue, died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock of spinal meningitis. With his life hanging by a thread, fear of the noise of the Fourth prompted the par ents to appeal to Mayor Billard. who ordered a special patrolman on guard. That was Saturday, he died Sunday, and today, the Fourth, he can neither shout with the boys nor be troubled by them. Funeral services will be held from the home Tuesday at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in the Topeka cemetery. Nevian Munson, 11 months old son of the late C. C Munson. who was killed In tho Parkhurst-Davis fire, died Sunday at the family residence, 285 Arter avenue. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. Tuesday from the residence. Interment In Torek.-, cemetery. u S. H. HAYNES Present County Aueiior, Who Asking for the Nomination for the Office. TOPEKA WON IT. Additional Details of the Ball Game at Lincoln. Lincoln, July 4. Reilly broke Topeka's losing streak Sunday when he slammed the ball over the fence in the fifth inning and scored the winning run of the game. The Sox made four In the first inning and the Antelopes four In the fourth, but after that no one except Mr. Reilly was able to reach the counting station and the same was saieiy pocketed. The srame was nrettv npar a record breaker in the number of strikeouts, deist nad the better of Young In the pitching, scoring thirteen whiffs and allowing but two bases on balls. He lost his own game in the first lnnincr. however, when he gave the two the bases on balls, hit a man and made a wild pitch, letting In a run. Cy Young III twirled for Topeka, getting away with nine strikeouts, but Issuing seven bases on balls. He was lucky, only one of the passes counting in the score. His wild pitch got him in a oan noie dui dm no narm in the end. Bullock in center field pulled oft a beau tiful catch in the fifth inning, he and Thomason colliding immediately conse quent thereon but the Topeka Kid hold ing tight to the ball. The Sox stopped up a hole with a nice double In the second Inning. Davis was on first with but one down when Clark drove a hard one at the pitcher. Cy III stopped it, completing the double play by way of Boles to Lan dreth. Young made another nloe stop in the sixth, taking in another swat from Clark with his meat hand. Mr. Geist was robbed of his goat In the first inning. Bullock walked and Reillv singled to left. Thomason slipped one over on the umps by getting his ankle In the way of a low one, and the bases were choked. Landreth drove a high foul to Cockman but Reagan was there with the peaches on a hard stinger to right. Cobb tried to make a shoestring catch, but the ball got away. Two runs were hung up. Cobb threw to Cockman, in an attempt to catch Thomason and the third baseman immediately returned It to first for Ragan who had taken a big lead. Ragan started for second and Thomas' throw to Gaienier was perfect. Gag. hav ing plenty of time for the second out. He muffed the ball, presenting Topeka with a run as Thomason had crossed the plate. Ragan was moved up to third on Kerns' sacrifice and made the fourth tally on a wild pitch. There was nothing doing along the score line for the Antelopes until the fourth. Gagnler opened with a scratch hit which bounded over the pitcher's head and then ducked away from Boles. Bul lock made a beautiful catch of Cole's liner to center but Cobb walked and Cock man hit one which bounded away from Reilly. filling the bases. Thomason lifted one over the left field fence for four runs. It was then up to Mr. Reillv. Cobb made a one handed catch of Bullock's liner to right and Geist had two strikes and one ball on Reilly. He sent over a straight hard one which just suited that Irish gentleman and it went over the fence to the fish pond. And that was all there was to the game. Uncoln filled the bases in the ninth on two bases on balls and a single, but Cobb couldn't connect and Mr. Young III drew credit for the win. The score: Lincoln 4; Topeka 5. NO STAFF FOR THE FLAG. So Old Glory Floated From Court House Window. The flag staff that once stood upon the county court house was broken many months ago and even the frag ments have been removed, so that when C. N. Bacon, who is caretaker of thj court house as well as commission er of the poor, arrived this morning no flutter of stars and stripes met h'.s gaze when he raised his eyes to where the flag should have been. "That will never do," thought Mr. Bacon, who is an old soldier, the only one now in the court house. And he proceeded to investigate. With the help of S. H. Haynes, county assessor, who happened to be in the building, notwithstanding the day is a legal holi day, the court house flag was found and hung out the front window. "That is a good deal better than nothing." commented the two court house patriots, as they hung out the flag. And they parted after formulat ing an agreement that the flag pole would have to be put back in place be fore another national holiday, or they would have a good reason from the county commissioners as to why not. GETS FIXE BUT NO OYSTERS. William Wheat Engages in Contro versy Over Belated Bivalves. When William Wheat entered the res taurant of Murohv Gowans in Xorth To peka Sunday night he had nothing par ticularly noxious in his mind beyond the fumes of some bad liquor that he had acquired in making his Sunday' evening "social" rounds. Wheat ordered a dozen fresh oysters on the half shell and was disappointed to learn that they were out of season. Then he made discourteous remarks about res taurant keepers in general and about Murphy in particular. Murphy in retort iruimated that there was a flaw in Wheat's pedigree and told him to go away. They tangled. In police court Judse I'rmy fined Wheat J10 for fighting, and discharged Murphy on the theory that the fight probably would not have occurred had Wheat not entered the Go wan emporium of nourishment. Gage's Park and Tinewood Have Their Attraction. Surrounding Towns Holding Regulation Observance. Topeka is celebrating the "sane' Fourth today in fashion. Young Amer lea keeps to its same "insane" practice of exploding cannon crackers, ne vert he less. If anything the crackers are larg er than usual and In more plentiful numbers. The safety valve popped off at midnight, and then the din and clatter was on to continue throughout the day. Shawnee county is observing the day in. many places. Most of the devotees of the sane" idea are at Gage's park Others are at Vinewood where a bal loon ascension and sham battle are the principal features, with fireworks and vaudeville as a side issue. Mar shall's band will give a concert at night. An old settlers' picnic in conjunction with a gathering of the Sons of the Revolution is being held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Meade. Talks were made in the afternoon by Col. Joseph G. Waters, and Charles Spencer. The Red Men are holding an all day Visitors are present from Kansas City, Holton, and a number of other towns. Wichita and Topeka, in the Western league, played a doubleheader at the ball park this afternoon. Land and aquatic sport events were a part or an "sane Fourth nroeraniB. Tonight at the Grand the Worth Brothers' Stock company will give the opening presentation of "The Wild West Round-up," the bill in which they close the season this week. Surrounding towns also are holding celebrations. Silver Lake has races as an addition to the patriotic program. Dover is holding a regulation Independence day picnic. Auburn and Wakarusa also are celebrating. Numerous private fireworks parties will D neiQ lUiUKMl, Will in J. ujJtlva uuu throughout Shawnee county. IS A "QUIET" FOURTH. Few or No Accidents Have Been Chronicled. Topeka probably has witnessed few er accidents today than on any Fourth of July since the town became a city. With the police and all the hospitals today It has been a matter of com ment that July 4 accidents have been conspicuous by their absence. Of course therewere lots of burned fingers, probably some hurts of great er consequence, but it there have been any serious accidents they were not reported at the usual places where the accident list usually is compiled. "So far this has been a quiet Fourth of July," said Chief of Police Maurice Jenkins this afternoon. "It is the sort of a Fourth I like. And there were comparatively few infractions of the orders against celebrating ahead of time. The pistols have been dispensed with and the canes which used to make so much racket and hurt so many people. I think Topeka has been doing herself a god deal of credit by refraining from the excess of nuisances which ordinarily accompany the day's celebration." At 3 o'clock not a single Fourth of July accident had been reported at any of the hospitals. For a pongee, thin silk or light cloth gown this is an excellent model. The line of shirring on the shoulder con tinues down the outside of the sleeve, and is marked by buttons of the ma terial. Plain taffeta of a darker shade than the gown is used for the narrow revers on the front and sleeves. Em broidery in shades of the gown deco- rates the front of the bodice, and lace fills the neck, and is used for cuffs. Each skirt gore is cut in a point over a narrow pleated flounce at the feet and finished on the edges with an inch wide hem. The hat is .of crin, with crown of lace folds and decorated by one large rose. Howell "Does your wife care any thing about baseball?" Powell She never did until one day when she heard me say that they were going to play two games for one admission." For LUMBER and building material ee J. B. Wheelan Co, 4th and S. F. tracks. Phones 865. Will Not Discuss Roosevelt-In-snrgent Conference. Points With Pleasure to Presi dent Taft's Administration. Senator Charles Curtis arrived at his home in Topeka at noon today after an absence of nearly eight months spent in attendance on his offl cial duties at Washington. He got Into the state campaign the moment he arrived in town, stepping from the cars right Into the melee. "I have placed my services at the disposal of Secretary Kramer of the Wagstaft campaign committee," said the senator, "and will go on the stump when and where he calls me. I shall be ready any time after July 8." The senator declined to discuss for publication the visit of the insurgents to Colonel Roosevelt and their recep tion by the colonel. He did not attach any particular importance to that re ception He said that the continuance of the Topeka pension agency was not set tled definitely until the last day of the session. As for the Harry Bone ap pointment, the failure of the senate to confirm it only means that Mr. Bone will serve a few months over four years on this term. Nothing to worry about there. Senator Curtis thinks that W. H, Taft has made the best president since Lincoln and does not hesitate to ex press his admiration. He gave out the following statement on national and state politics in which he comes out squarely against the renomination of Governor Stubbs for cause: "It is unnecessary to enumerate these various measures passed by the last congress because the people have been fully advised through the press as to their number and importance. The policies of the Taft administra tion have been written into law. The legislation therein outlined included all the policies handed down from the previous administration and the Chi cago platform, except the tariff bill adopted a year ago. To this volume were added the measures proposed by the present administration itself, comprising, in all, the biggest legis lative program ever sent in. It did not look like much would be accomplish ed, but suddenly and unexpectedly ev erybody in the senate and house set tled down to work and so much was accomplished that congress goes down as a record maker, and all give the credit to President Taft. He lacks none of the firmness that characterized his predecessor, and to this fact, cou pled with the spirit of compromise he had evinced in his general message, is attributed a measure of success no less than phenomenal. As a conse quence, the president's supporters have full right to say that a more complete and immediate fulfillment of pledges has never before been seen. The tariff law is fully coming up to the expectations of its friends and supporters, and is demonstrating that those who made so many dire predic tions about the results were mistaken. Surplus in Place of Deficit. "It is a great pleasure to call to the attention of the people the result of the. first tun year of the splendid adminis tration of President Taft. For months those who were unfriendly to his ad ministration have predicted that July 1, 1910, would show that our expenses for the year ending that day would ex cel our income but they were mis taken, for the books of the treasury show a surplus of over nine million dollars. "Congress also made a good show ing for the appropriations are 29 mil lion dollars less for this year than they were for the last year and this after providing nearly 32 million dollars for rivers and harbors and 20 million dol lars for the reclamation service. Will Take Stump for Wagstaff. "It is my intention to take part in the state campaign, and I shall do everything possible to secure the nomi nation of Mr. Wagstaff for governor. Mr. Stubbs in his numerous and dif ferent answers regarding the great in crease of state taxes during the first year of his administration has thus far failed to give any satisfactory explana tion for the same. Again, he is still claiming credit for many things for which he is not responsible, and did not even help to bring about.' He does not give the legislature credit for any thing, but claims everything for his administration. When he claims credit for the election of the state printer by direct vote of the people he knows he is claiming something to which he is not entitled, because this was brought about by an amendment to the constitution, and was recommend ed manv j-ears before Mr. Stubbs was politically known. He also claims credit for securing interest on state funds. He Is not entitled to credit for this, but the Republican legislature and not Governor Stubbs is entitled to the credit. About Appropriations. "He charges all the appropriations to the legislature, when he knows that the var ious items appropriated for. and many more appropriations that were not made were recommended by him. He further knows, or should know, that the constitu tion of the state of Kansas was amended so that the governor could veto any item in an appropriation bill and he alone is responsible If he did not exercise his right. I think it is well for us to fight this question out in the primaries so a ma jority of the Republicans may determine whom they desire for their candidates. I have not been home long enough to know the situation but am one of the Republi ran who is not satisfied with the ex travagant and unbusiness-like adminis tration of Governor Stubbs, and there fore shall exercise my right as a true Re publican to support; nis opponent Mr. Waedtaff. I am also opposed to Mr. Stubbs because he is not In harmony nor In svmpthy with the national administra tion but Is aiding and assisting those who would oppose it. if given an opportunity, in mv iudement, this is the time for the Republicans of Kansas to show that they believe in aim biauu im uuc xvciiuuuiau principles. lllHllimiKHIHIII T herebv subscribe......... to be given toward the erection of a bronze tablet in Gage's park. This tablet is to be placed on a boulder at the divi- 4, Minn nf the two drivewavs and will bear the Inscription "A man's desire and a woman's love gave this park." I I I I I I 1 I I I IK III 1 11' l you look at it this seventeen-dollar sale of Summer Suits (new) made up from surplus piece goods by Hart, Schaffner Marx Is the most wonderful offer of many a season! From the standpoint of the time liness, it is unique six weeks ahead of the cus tomary sale time. From the viewpoint of variety, it is huge there being 1,000 suits of light weight fabric to select from. And as for value, it is a winner, for it embraces brand new $25.00 and $22.50 Sum mer Suits for THERE are a lot of extra size men in this town who don't know where to go to get clothes they can wear and look right in, and feel that they're fitted: fat men, very tall, large men. We're prepared to fit just such men. SUMMER coats for house or office wear appeal to every man. We have them in black and white stripes, alpacas, serges, and can fit anyone. The prices are from $2 to $5. TROUSERS, the H. S. M. kind, at prices that barely cover the cost of the raw materials; for instance, at $5 you get the $7, $8 and $9 kind and at $4.00 the $5 and $6 kind. Dust. AueAachjGuettel to $10 d Grand Fireworks Display Free Band Concerts and Moving Pictures AT Vinewood YOU CAN GET 3 at the STATE SAVINGS BANK Southwest Corner Sixth and Kansas Avenue and get your money on demand in case of need KlAL LSlAIt AINU Assets $1,350,000 INDIANS WHOOPLA'S HAITED. Seven Redmen and One Sq.ua w Got Too Much "Rod Fire." As rapidly as the eight Indians, one of whom is a woman, can obtain the funds necessary for liquidation of fines, $75 is being contributed to the city treasury today, and thereby being re moved from circulation on the Potta watomie Indian reserve. Some one at Mayetta imported a quantity of whisky, of brand unknown, and the seven warriors and one squaw who climbed off a Rock Island train here yesterday afternoon had consumed some of the liquor. Isaac, Joseph and George Mack. John Wauwasic, Peter Blair, Jim Knoxie aivl Martin Blubeck. were fined $10 each by Judge S. S. Urmy in police court this morning. Angelus Gabley, the squaw, drew what Judge Urmy considered a reasonable fine of $5. One by one they have been producing the money for their release. Marriage Licenses. Fred Irvine, aged 21, Williamstown; Lena Wick, aged 19. Williamstown. Bead the State Journal. When You Put jlike? C H. MATTHEWS Founder and Manager 60 Employas. 1 4 Any way $17 Air Straws $2 J CLOTHING CO fl ight LOLLATtKAL LOANS DEPOSITS Of $1.00 and Up a Specialty KBAIi I2STATK TRANSFERS E. and E. G. Fetterly to E. C. Hayes, lots 6-6s and 70 reen St., Jno. Norton's and add 1,800 W. A. Kulp and wife to T. S. Morri son and wife, lot 64 and hi 62 Bu chanan St., Throop's 4th add $,000 H. U yuail and wife to F. M. War ren, lot S6 and n. Vt 89-91 and 3 Ihroop st., Throop's 3rd add 8,000 J. H. Moore to M. I. Bradley, lou 2M and 60 Ohio ave.. Highland Park add. 9) J. Webb and husband to J. Nell, pt. n. e. V 7S M. V. Kelley to J. O. Cole, lot 408 Polk St., Str Ingham's add 1 M. L,. Kelley and wife to same and others, lots 410 and 12 Polk St., Strlngham's add 1,000 A. A. Kelley to same, lot 408 Polk St., Strlngham's add 10 C. E. Skinner and husband to IC Challls. See record 630 A. R. Carlson and wife to C. C. Sho lander. lot 7 and pt. 9 Buchanan St., Harvey's sub 2,800 M. C. Ix-amex and husband to F, M. Warren, n. V lots 89-91 and M Throop St., Throop's 3rd add 1 Sanity Postponed a Year. Cincinnati. O., July 4. One killed and 2S wounded was the Fourth of July record up to noon. A "sane Fourth" ordinance was passed by the city ccuncil two weeks ago. but it is not to eo into effect until 1911. Away Bed Linen f rom The Mutual Laundry Co., it is al ways perfectly dried, correctly folded and exhales that attractive scent of cleanliness that brings to mind pure soaps and plenty of sunshine. Is that the kind of bed 4inen you To have it, send it weekly to THE MUTUAL S Wagooa

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. TOPEKAWINS ONE Young It Giren Good Support I In Sunday Game. Feat Saves Cooleysox a Shutout in Lincoln Series. KEILLY BREAKS TIE. (Visitors Annex Four Scores in First Inning. This Is Tied When Thomas of Anttlopes Knocks Homer. Lincoln, Neb., July 4. Topeka won the Sunday game from Lincoln by giv ing Young excellent support. The feat saved the Cooleysix a shutout In the four game series. Cy Toung III was pitching fine ball, and though he walked seven he struck out nine of the Antelopes. The Cooleysox got a lead of four in the first. In the fourth Thomas pounded out a homer for Lin coln with the bases full and tied the game. Eeilly broke the tie in the fifth, Knocking a home run with no one on base. The score remained the- same until the end. Lincoln threatened in the ninth then -with the the bases full and two gone Cobb went to bat. Young oaved the game, however, by striking him out. Geist struck out 13 men. The score: LINCOLN. Players AB. R. H PO. A Jude, If 6 0 3 1 Gajroler. ss 5 0 Cole. 2b .4 1 Cobb, rf 3 1 Cockman, 3b 2 1 Thomas, lb 8 1 Davis, cf 3 0 Clark, c 8 0 Knapp 1 0 Geist. p Z 0 1 1 1 6 2 13 0 0 Tnfl 82 9 27 Knapp batted for Clark In ninth. TOPEKA. Players AB. B, H. F3- A Bullock, cf.... Reilly, as Thomason, If.. I-juidreth, lb. Reagan, cf Kerns, c Schmidt, 2b.... Bolea, 2b Young, p 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 Totals 33 5 7 27 7 1 SCORE BY INNINGS: Lincoln 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 04 Topeka 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 0-6 Summary: Home runs Thomas. Reilly. Double plays Young to Boles to Lan dreth; Kearns to Boles. Stolen bases Cockman, Landreth. Struck out Gelst 13, Young 9. Bases on balls Gelst 2, Young 7. Hit by pitched ball Geist 1. Wild pitch Geist 2. Time of game 1:50. Um pire Mullen, RAIN AXD WINja AGAINST SOX. dements Conspired in Defeat of To peka Team Saturday. Lincoln, Neb., July 4. Topeka lost the third game of the series when even the wind and rain conspired against them to keep the moisture oft until the fle- Innings had been played and the game won Saturday. Jackson worked for Topeka and held the Loj;es down well in the first in ning, issuing a base on balls and strik ing out -two. Ha couldn't do much in the second, the Lincoln team batting around, two hits, three bases on balls, an error by Kauffmari in stopping Kru ger's single, a bad throw by Jackson to third base for a force, and three sac rifice hits, resulting In four runs. Two more came over in the third one one two-bagger, three singles and a base on balls. Then the farce race for put outs began and nothing more was doing In the score line for the Antelopes. Fox had Topeka. helpless until the third when Boles drew a single. He boored on Jackson's single and Kauff man's bacriflce. Reilly made the third (hit, sending Kauffman to third but was forced a minute later at second. In the fourth and fifth, seven of the Sox were at bat but could neither prolong the game nor get away with runs, Jackson with his single, being the only man to get on base. The score: LINCOLN. Players AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Jule, If 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Gagnler. ss. 20011220 Cole. 2b 0"$S5S Cobb, rf 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Cockman. Sb 2 2 21 0 0 0 0 Thomas, If. 1 2 1 1 060 Davis cf.... 01000100 Krer. o... 2 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 Fox, p 10101010 Totals ....14 6 7 S S 16 6 TOPEKA. Players AB. R. H. SB. SH. PO. A. E. Kaufman, cf. 2 Reilly, ss a Thomason, If. 2 Landreth, lb. 2 Rag&n, Sb.... 2 Kerns, rf 2 Schmidt. 2b... 2 Boles, o 2 Jackson, p.... 2 TVrfl. 18 1 4 0 1 12 11 SCORE BY INNINGS: Lincoln 2 J 0 0-6 Topeka 0 0 0 0 01 Two-base hit Cockman. First base on balls-Oft Jackson 5. Struck out By Fox 4 by Jackson Left on bases Lincoln 4 Topeka 2. Attendance 850. Umpire Mullin. Time :67. IS THE WESTERN LEAGUE!. Wichita Sioux City 7. Sioux City. July 4. With evenly di vided hits, Wichita was able to win from the Packers by making their own more timely. Three errors by Sioux City helped in their defeat, by a score of 9 to 7. Score: R.H.E. flloux City 4 0101010 07 13 3 Wichita 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 9 13 0 Batteries Chabek. Freeman and WESTERN LEAGUE Wichita vs. Topeka July 5 and 6 Last Gaines of this Series Tomorrow and Wednesday Ladies Free Tuesdays and Fridays Games Called at 3:45 P. M. LEAGUE PARK BASEBALL STAX11N UK TEAMS. Weft eri. League. Clubs- Won. T-ost Pet Sioux City 40 Denver 39 Wichita '.'.'.'."39 Lincoln Des Moines 33 Omaha 31 St. Joseph a Topeka 23 29 29 X! 38 36 36 41 Kansas Stato I png-ue- ti?1"? Won. T-est Hutchinson 32 17 McPherson "27 Wellington I" '.28 23 Lyons 25 25 threat Bend 23 24 Newton 25 29 Arkansas City 24 30 Larned 19 34 Central Kansas League. Club Aunene 23 Ellsworth 24 Clay Center 24 Salina 0 Junction City 18 Concordia 16 11 13 14 14 21 Manhattan 11 -5 Beloit 27 Eastern Kansas League. Clubs Won. Lost. caijeina 9 Seneca 8 Marysville 7 Hiawatha 6 Horton 6 Holton 6 National League. .66 .674 .574 .629 .465 CIub Won. Lost. Chicago 40 21 New York 37 23 Pittsburg 32 28 Cincinnati 32 1 31 Philadelphia 29 32 St. Louis 29 36 Brooklyn 26 34 Boston 23 43 American Lea snip. Clubo Won. T-st Philadelphia 42 21 New York 36 25 Detroit 39 30 Boston 33 28 Cleveland 27 30 Washington 25 29 Chicago 2S 34 St. Louis 19 43 American Association. Club Won. Lost Pet Minneapolis St. Paul Toledo Kansas Cltv .52 26 .48 .44 28 30 38 40 41 44 50 32 Milwaukee 32 Columbus .31 Indianapolis 83 Louisville 25 Miller; Aitchison and Jokerst. pires Flynn and Spencer. Urn- St. Joseph 3; Des Moines O. St. Joseph, July 4. Manske shut out the Champions 3 to 0. Invincible, with men on bases, he held Des Moines at his mercy. With hits even the Drummers were unable to win by su perior base running. Score: R.H.E. Des Moines ..00000000 0 0 6 1 St. Joseph ...00100110 3 6 0 Batteries Hersche and Hawkins; Manske and Frames. Denver 7-3; Omaha 4-6. Omaha, July 4. Omaha and Den ver divided the honors in Sunday's double header, Denver taking the first and Omaha the second. First game Score: R.H.E. Denver 02100100 3 7 9 3 Omaha 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 4 Batteries Schrieber. Olmstead and McMurray; Rhoades, Woltenbeck and Cadman. Second game Score: R.H.E. Denver 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 Omaha 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 7 S Batteries Ehman and McMurray; Sanders and Gonding. Umpire Has kell. SATURDAY'S GAMES. Sioux City 12; Wichita S. Sioux City, la., July 4 Sioux City pounded Shakelford all over the lot In the second inning, scoring seven runs which would have won had not five more been added. Wichita hit Alder man hard and he was relieved. Score: R.H.E. Wichita 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 2 Sioux City 0 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 12 16 4 Batteries Shackelford, Shaner and Shaw; Alderman, McLean and Miller. Umpires Spencer and Flynn. St. Joseph 8; Des Moines 1. St. Joseph, July 4. With hits and (er rors even St. Joseph scored 8 to 1 runs on Des Moines. Johnson pitched steady ball while Schneiberg, just landed from Brooklyn, had to be taken out on ac count of wlldness. Score: R.H.E. St. Joseph 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 "8 6 4 Des Moines 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01 6 4 Batteries Johnson and Frambes; Schneiberg, Mitchell and Neal. Umpire Clark. Omaha, July 4. The Omaha-Denver game was called in the third inning, on account of rain, the score standing at 5 to 1 in favor of Denver. SUNDAY GAMES. National League. Chicago 5. St. Louis 3. Pittsburg 10. Cincinnati 2. American League. Detroit 4. Cleveland 3. Chicago 4, St. Louis 1. American Association. At Indianapolis Toledo 1, Indianap olis 2. At Louisville Louisville 1. Colum bus 3. At Kansas City First game: Kan sas City 4, Milwaukee 5. Second game: Kansas City 5. Milwaukee 2. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 4, St. Paul 0. Kansas State League. Great Bend 4. Lamed 3. Newton 6, Lyons 5. Wellington 6, Arkansas Citv 4. Hutchinson 3. McPherson 2. Eastern Kansas League. Hiawatha 6. Marysville 1. Sabetha 3. Horton 0. Central Kansas League. Junction City 3. Ellsworth 2. Miscellaneous Games. Santa Fe 4. Mayetta 3. Nicols 4, Fosters 2. Olathe 13. Paola 10. Fredonia 16, Weir City 5. Pleasant Valley 8, 310 Topeka 5. SATURDAY'S RESULTS. National League. Cincinnati 5, Pittsburg 1. Boston 5, Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn 6, New York 3. St. Louis-Chicago game called; rain. American League. Philadelphia 8-8. New York 3-1. Cleveland 11, Detroit 4. Chicago 3, St. Louis 2. Boston 3, .Washington 2. This Is the Day the Eagle Screams Under The Protection of the Red, White and Blue. .463 .438 I 359 I. 1 i j, "JSS'T" j U! u. 1 iT TT' 1 1 .I I .463- w7 t '''S'-'V' i V .679 t t V .-.X.- "Mtt i v f -s-- fc.S.'.i p -v L L i I- z A American Association. Louisville 1, Columbus 6. Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 3r Indianapolis 9, Toledo 8. St. Paul 6, Minneapolis 4. Western Association Enid 5, Tulsa 1. i p Sapulpa 8, Joplin 4. Guthrie 4, Bartlesville 0. Kansas State League. Great Bend 7, Larned 0. Arkansas City 6, Wellington 4. McPherson 2, Hutchinson 0. Newton 6, Lyons 4. Central Kansas League. Salina 9. Junction City 0. Clay Center 9, Concordia 0. Both games forfeited by umpires. Eastern Kansas League. Hiawatha 12, Marysville 3. Sabetha 6. Horton 2. Seneca 3, Holton 5. Miscellaneous Games. Fredonia 9, Weir City 1. Munden 1, Cuba 0. Scandia 9. Republic 8. Munden 8, Narka 4. In asking the State Journal for base ball scores please call Independent 811. SOME OP TJXCLE SArS UNDESIRABLES WHO WILL BE Owner Cooley has added two play ers to his squad and still is on the look out for more derrick bands. He is filled with the resolve to hoist his club from the cellar. The two an nounced are Billy White, well known in the Western Association, from which Topeka graduated two seasons ago. Cooley bought him from Okla homa City in that league. White now is playing in Seattle of the Pacific coast league and will not reach Topeka for several days. The other is Red Welch whom Richard looked over when he was in Kansas City last week. Until this season he was with the Muskogee team in the Western asso ciation. Cooley liked his work at Kansas City. The Sioux City News "dopester" has concocted the following which should be taken in homeopathic doses, with a glass of water: Will the Topeka club quit after July 4? This query is being whispered around the league and the attitude taken by the boss of the Cooley Sox adds significance to the rumor. He admits that up to date he has been a heavy financial loser, and that unless there Is a change he cannot carry the burden much, longer. Topeka has giv en its club little support. The trans fer of a Sunday game to St. Joe sever al weeks ago was the first indication that the Kansas capital might lose its team. Cooley has not strengthened his club because the gate receipts have not warranted it. The Sox do not draw at home and are a poor attrac tion on the road. The plight of the Sox owner has revived the rumor of the Western breaking into Okla homa City, and talk of putting a club in Kansas City, Kan., also has been revived. St. Joe and Denver so far have been the big money makers. Lin coln also is ahead of the game. Pa Rourke is having a bad year at Omaha. "Nothing to it," said Owner Cooley, advised of the Sioux City whisper. "We've played comparatively few games at home and do not know how they will draw here. We would be right in with them if it had not been for hard luck and the team had been intact. That stuff is all rot. After July 23 when we begin on a long home series we can tell more about It. It might be that we would have to transfer a few games but it is not likely. I have been trying to get play ers but they're hard to find." The IX EYTDEXCE TODAY. 1 '"""1M" JlSl

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The service afforded by Rock Island Lines provides electric lighted drawing-room and ob servation sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. Rock Island dining car service the best of everything. Very low rates to many points east. Full information about any trip anywhere, on request. Trains to KANSAS CITY Raiprnlnq L. Kansas City 7:55 A.M. :4S A.M. 10:40 A.M. U:20 A.M. 2:00 P.M. :10 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 10:10 P.M. 11:25 P.M. Tapeka 6:00 AJVf. 4:80 A-M. f.H A3L :45 PJd. 8:25 P. M 8:50 P.M. f :00 PJVI. t:56 P.M. 8:o5 A.M. present Wichita series will have sig nificance in the fate of the team. St. Joseph News-Press: Just let Holland's pitchers get that old con trol boxed up and if the home boys don't get even for some of the beat ings they have taken in the last two weeks we will miss our guess. Look out for those Drummers. They're go ing to start a march pretty soon that will be hard to check. Police and umpires wen the most games In the Central Kansas league Saturday, the umpires awarding the games and the "cops" making the de- I cisions stick. Salina. Kan.. July 4. The game here between Junction Citv and Salina was forfeited to Salina in the first half of the eighth inning by Umpire Gra ham. The forfeiture followed a gen eral row between the members of the two teams. A stronsr wind came up, causing clouds of dust to sweep over the field. Salina wanted to delay the game until the wind abated and Junc tion City wanted to go on with the game. The Salina team argued with Graham and one of the players hit the umnire. Then the Junction City team started a row with the umpire and an argument between Umpire Graham and Bankhead of the Junction City team ensued and Graham gave the game to Salina. The score was 9 to 6 n favor of Salina. it recuirea iour polTe Jnd the sheriff to stop the fight. Ctay center. Kan.. ju:y a. Manager Short of Concordia at Friday's game was ordered from the field and fined J20 by Umpire Snyder. He had not paid his fine, would not pay it and insisted that his team should not play unless he played. Umpire Snyder de clared the game forfeited to Clay Cen ter, 9 to 0. An exhibition game was played between Concordia and Clay Center, which was won- by Clay Cen ter, 9 to 4. St. Joseph News-Press: Andy Mc Neill, the clever little Drummer in fielder, who has been playing on the bench since the arrival or iiarnej Reilly, left for Omaha, where he will don a Rourke uniform. Manager Hol land received a wire from Rourke ask inar for the loan of McNeill for a time. and as he has no immediate use for the little fellow, he consented to let Pa have him. McNeill is not sola, nor even farmed out to. Omaha, merely loaned. He will be recalled later. Harrv Watson, who was sent to Turned. Kan., a few days ago, has been recalled by Holland. Watty is in better form now than when he left the Drummers and the manager has use for him. George Pratt, a right hand er, who has been playing with Junc tion City, was signed bv Boss Jack Julv 1. Pratt is said to be a clever nerformer and as the Drummers are in need of several good right handers Holland Is glad to try him out. He Is Eyes of All Ages f Watch Co. r Eighth Street Phones 384 H. H. HUNT, City Pass. Agt C LOWE, Ticket Agt, DOUBLE 1RACK FAST TIME NO STOPS 9 Use the Rock IslandNextTime Nerer Too Buayto Ant wo Questions Phone 384 "tgiSSF' 'M"1'"H' M"H"M I I I I I HI I Soma things may be put oft nntll tomorrow, but the news you must have today. The f State Journal publishes today's news today. a Colorado boy, having formerly played with Grand Junction In the Colorado State league. Lincoln Star: Either Lincoln's pitch ing staff is in need of a rest or else that bunch of Sox had an excess of batting fever Friday. Geist was as easy as could be desired, while Bar ney's aberrations In the fifth nearly presented the Topekaites with the game. That would have been too bad, for since Owens has dropped a oontest at St. Joe and Barney won his game last Sunday, the ex-collegian leads the pitchers of the league. George Farth ing was as wild as could be asked for a ninth inning pitcher but had luck when Schmidt tried to steal on Clark. Denver Times: Big Buff Ehman of the Denver Grizzlies broke into tho ranks of the near-no-hit pitchers when he whitewashed Omaha In the first game of the series, allowing only three scattered singles. Ehman also won distinction as a batsman by knocking a home run. .With the Boston giant traveling at this pace and Olmstead and Schreiber continuing in good form, the Grizzlies should take at least six of the remaining eight games away from home and Incidentally climb danger ously close to the lead of the league. In snite of the fact that Hendricks now has three dependable twlrlers, he is on the trail of more. He is destined to land one or two stars in time and when he does the Bears will Jump out in front and stay there. Sporting Life contains an article on the death of Tom Doran. who in th season of 1908 played in the Westera association at Wichita and Topeka. Doran's greatest reputation as a catch er was made with Boston and Detroit. He died of tuberculosis. JUDGE' HCFFAKER STRICKEN. Aged Kansas Pioneer Receives Stroke Paralysis. Council Grove, Kan., July 4. Judge T. C. Huffaker, who has lived In Kan sas for more than fifty years has been stricken with paralysis. His recovery" is doubtful. He Is about 86 years ot age. See J. THOMAS LUMBER CO. for lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE MENT. Guaranteed the best manufactured. v V

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. THEY AREUSEFUL Boys Not Collecting Eggs or Hilling Birds Sow. They Are Taught That They Destroy Insects. THEY HAVE A FRIEND. Kansas School Teachers Tell of Their Usefulness. Game Laws Responsible For In crease of Quail. Kansas City. July 4. The small boys of Kansas aren't making collections of tird's eggs any more that is, not many boys are. Neither are they killing birds. The boys are being taught that birds are useful as insect destroyers, and as a result the birds are increas ing and the growing death rate of ln sects in Kansas is causing much anti- race suicide agitation in Bugville. "Kansas has more insect destroying birds now than it has had in years," said Prof. L. L. Dyche, the Kansas frame warden, who was in Kansas City yesterday. "I believe there is a larger number of quail in the state now than there has Deen in the last 20 years. Teachers Are IYlenils of Birds. "The reason? It's because teachers in the grade schools are telling their pupils of the usefulness of- the bird. "In the University of Kansas, the Ag ricultural college and the normal tchools of Kansas, the students learn what a friend the bird is. Those stud ents wno become teachers impart these Ideas to their pupils. "The small boy. of course, is inclin ed to disobey at first, but constantly, year after year, this doctrine is taught to him until he feels ashaaned to kill the birds. A sort of sentiment in favor of the bird is formed. This sentiment in one boy soon is Imparted to anoth er. "This sentimtnt is betfer than law. fcoys will break the law, but their senti ment usuall".is lasting. No long strings of birds' eggs now are hung in the par lors of country homes. Collections of birds' eggs are out of fashion. "The worst enemy of the songbirds and of the insect destroying birds aro the pugnacious English sparrows. They drive away the other birds and break up their nests. The bluejays kill many song birds while they are small. Laws Kesponsible for Increase. "A noticeable increase among the birds is in the central and western part of Kansas. Trees have been planted there, and the birds have taken posses sion. The increase particularly is among the robins, catbirds, wrens, mar tins, thrushes and goldfinches. "The game laws are responsible for the increase in the number of quail in the state. These laws have kept out the market hunters and protected the birds for the farmers and the Kansas srortsnicn. The meadow iark is an other bird that has increased rapidly since it has been protected. Formerly meadow larks were sold on the market, but now it is against the law. They destroy a vast number of insects." STRONG SPEAKS IN BOSTON. Chancellor of K. U. Talks to National Council of Education. Boston, July 4. Chancellor Frank Strong of the University of Kansas ad dressed the National Council of Edu cation, an auxiliary body of the Na tional Educational association, which opens the real work of its annual con vention Tuesday. Chancellor Strong discussed the educational progress of the year. "A significant happening," he said, "was the substitution of more definite requirements in place of the elective system in American colleges." LiVON COUNTY MAN KILLED. Was Driving Prom an Oat Field When Lightning Struck Illm. Emporia, Kan., July 4. William Buck was struck by lightning and in stantly killed at 3 o'clock Saturday on his farm, four miles northeast of Madi son. Buck was driven from an oats field, where he was working in the harvest, by storm, and sought shelter in the barn. The barn was struck and caught fire, but was extinguished. None of the other men or horses in the barn was hurt. Buck was 23 years old. WHEAT HARVEST IN BARTON. Farmers Sorry Now That They Plowed Up Their Fields. Great Bend, Kan., July 4. The great harvest is on in this countv and the expectations are that the crop will be better even than last year. Those farmers who plowed up their Melds several weeks ago are now regretting their hasty Judgment as the yield in adjoining fields is particularly large. There are" plenty of hands here now; and a good many of the newcomers from the south, where harvest is over, are unable to And employment. HAVE PLENTY OF APPLES. Atchison Commission Men Getting Them Early This Year. Atchison, Kan., July 4. For the first time in 25 years, Atchison commission houses received apples delivered by the wagonload for barreling in June this year. Barreling began on June 27. Not only is the apple crop earlier than usual, but it promises to be unusually large. TOWN MERCHANTS ORGANIZE. They Form Association to Protet Themselves From Takes, Clay Center, Kan., July 4. The merchants of Clay Center have or ganized an association, practically all the merchants of the town joining, similar to the association at Junction City and many of the towns around here. The association has for its ob ject the accomplishment of two things, T. F. Lannan Carriage Maker Rubber Tires and Repairing a Specialty. 502 Jackson Street. 1 opeka, Kansas, protection against people who try to avoid paying their bills and the prw vention of graft advertising and sollaO) ing. DROUTH IS BROKEN. Many Portions of State Visited by Heavy Showers. Syracuse, Kan., July 4. Frequent showers in Hamilton county in the past ten days have put all crops in splendid condition and real estate peo ple are cheerful. The M. W. A. are celebrating here today with a unique program and a good crowd. Junction City, Kan., July 4. A heavy rain, the first in four weeks, fell In Geary county Saturday. The crops were suffering from lack of moisture. Atchison. Kan.. July 4. A heavy dust storm here preceded a good rain which broke a drouth of nearly three weeks. Paola. Kan.. July 4. A heavy rain fell Saturday afternoon. Much wheat has been cut which will be damaged slightly. Garnett, Kan., July 4. Another good rain fell Saturday afternoon. A full Inch of water fell and the ground is well soaked. Marion, Kan., July 4. The long drouth was broken by a good rain here Saturday. Wichita. Kan., July 4. A severe wind and dust storm broke over Wich ita about 7 o'clock Saturday night, fol lowed by a downpour of rain, which served to break a dry spell that was beginning to damage the crops. NEW WHEAT IN KANSAS CITY. Said to Be Finest Received In Forty City. July 4. New wheat from this year's crop in Oklahoma and Kansas is beginning to arrive in Kan sas City. Twenty cars received last week have been weighed and Inspect ed by the Kansas grain department in Kansas City, Kansas. D. R. Gordon, the chief grain inspector, said this morning he had been in the grain business in Kansas forty years and he never saw wheat equal to that received thus far. The No. 1 red that came in over the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad weighed 64 pounds to the bushel, and the No. 1 turkey red that came in over the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railroad weighed 63 pounds to the bushel. The turkey red wheat, Mr. Gordon said, is the finest wheat in the world. It is that grade of wheat that the Minnesota millers buy to mix with their brands to make the rich wheat cereals. HOWE WINS A POINT. Oklahoma Land litis Been In Litiga tion 21 Years. Atchison, Kan.. July 4. Word was received in Atchison that the heirs of Harrv Howe, who are suing to regain property worth $2,000,000 in the heart of Oklahoma, have won one point in the case. Judee Campbell has issued a temporary order against the defend ants selling the property. E. W. Howe, editor of the Globe, is one of the plaintifTs in the suit, and B. P. Waggener of Atchison Is the plain tiff's attorney. The land has been in litigation 21 years, but the Atchison law firm has been working on the case but six months, and has made more nrncress than was made previous to that time since the beginning of the contest. STORM HANDICAPS FLIGHT. Aviation Meet at Pittsburg Had Big Crowd Out. Pittsburg, Kan., July 4. A rain storm handicapped the first of the series of flights by the big Wright brothers' aeroplane under the guid ance of Arch Hoxey, representing the Wright Brothers' Aeroplane company, Saturday afternoon. Fully 5,000 peo ple witnessed the flights until the storm came and forced the machine to cover. There was no hitch anywhere in the exhibition during the afternoon and the large crowd would have remained on the grounds if the show had kept up and the storm had not come up. BRICE HATTEN SUICIDES. Former Horton Man Kills Himself In South Dakota. Horton, Kan., July 4. Word has reached here to the effect that Brice Hatten, who was raised in Horton, took his own life by shooting at Car ter, S. D., last week. Deceased was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Hatten, residents of this place for many years, but now of Leavenworth. In Horton Brice was commonly known as "Bino" Hatten, having been given this name on account of his white hair resembling that of an Albino. When j he worked it was generally ai me trade of a painter. MRS. LINDAHL'S CONDITION. Said to Bo Losing Her Mind on Ac count of Recent Trouble. Seandia. Kan., July 4. It is report ed that Mrs. Alexander Lindahl, whose husband and children were murdered near here last March, has lost her mind entirely from brooding over the terrible tragedy. Since the time the crime was committed she has been making her home with relatives. It is stated that she has visions of the return of her dead husband and children. The murderer, Charles Nordmark. was sentenced to fourteen vears in prison, but is still confined in the county jail at Belleville, pending an appeal to the supreme court. PROHIBITION DID IT? Passing of Wash Day Has Increased Work of Laundrymen. Atchison, Kan., July 4. Atchison is constantly finding new evidence that prohibition that prohibits is a good thing. The latest testimony is offered by a laundryman who has been in business here" many years. This laun dryman finds that the "rough dry" washing has increased 30 per cent since the saloons closed. His explana tion is that many wives who formerly did the family washing now have it sent out, and that women who washed for others to help support the family are now more happilv situated. NIChbll 6. .Normfo'gtr 4( SMI CKER DIDN'T BUY IT. He Has Just Assumed Editorial Man agement of ElDorado Paper. El Dorado, Kan., July 4. L. Smuok er, formerly an editorial writer on the Wichita Eagle, has assumed the editorial management of the El Dorado Republican. The report from Wichita that he had bought the paper was a mistake. It is Mil owned by Mrs. Marie Antoinette Murdock. widow of T. B. Murdock. CIRCUS TENT BLEW DOWN. One Man Killed and Several Hurt at Leavenworth. Leavenworth. Kan.. July 4. The main tent of the Oentry Bros, circus blew down Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A per formance was in progress at the time on the Fort Leavenworth reservation, and the tent was full. George Wells, a negro spectator, was killed. A number of spec tators were injured, none fatally, it is believed. Two ponies were killed. WAS A LOVE FEAST Meeting of Three Kansas Insur gents With Roosevelt Followed by Expressions of the Utmost Good Feeling. NOTHING BUT PRAISE By Each Party to the Confer ence For the Other. The Ballinger-Pinchot Matter Was Not Discussed. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 4. Three Kansans all Republican Insurgents talked with Theodore Roosevelt three hours at Sagamore Hill Saturday and went away satisfied. When they had gone Colonel Roose velt called them "fine fellows" and said they discussed the "work of the recent session of congress." All agreed that the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy was not broached. The visitors were Senator Joseph L. Bristow and Representative Victor Murdock and Representative E. H. Madison, all of whom fought hard for Roosevelt's policies when he was in the White House. That he appreciated their services he made known with em phasis. The insurgents were more em phatic In their praise of Theodore Roosevelt. When the train had pulled out of Oyster Bay and the correspondents trailed up the hill, Colonel Roosevelt was pacing the veranda garbed in a crash riding suit and riding boots. He plunged into an explanation of the con ference at once. "Those three Kansans," he began, "are among my most loyal supporters and were during the seven years I was in the White House." "Can you tell us what was dis cussed?" was ventured. Discussed Congress. "These fine fellows and I have been discussing the recent session of con gress," said Colonel Roosevelt. "But I wish to say right here," he put in with a snap of his jaws, "that we have not been discussing the Ballinger-Pinchot trouble. "My friend Madison Is one of the Judges in that case, and- I would not have it appear that I wished to exert any Influence In the matter. "I owe an especial debt of gratitude to Representative Madison and Repre sentative Murdock for the stand they took at the time when Representative Tawney offered a resolution providing that none of the apppropriation for the secret service might be used in Investi gating the conduct of members of the senate and house. "At that time, also, a resolution of censure aimed at myself, was offered in congress. Madison and Murdock fought it to the end. Madison and Murdock were right in that fight the provision for the secret service should never have been stricken out." Here the colonel paused a moment and then like a shot he said: "Would you like to know the' secret of that fight? It was Just this. A num ber of members of congress realized that I was hitting at them. I am men tioning no names. "Senator Bristow rendered a great service to his country in the postal In vestigation. He found the rascals, and I put them out." Murdock's Statement. The three lnsirrgents came down oft the hill a little diffident, very much Im pressed with the fact that they were a focal center of news, and rather chary of the situation. "Now, boys," admonished Victor Murdock, "whatever you write, don't say our faces were wreathed with smiles. Here is what we have to say, with the permission of the colonel. This statement will stand for all of us, and there i3 not a word to add to it." Mr. Murdock then dictated the fol lowing statement: "All three of us were anxious to 6ee Mr. Roosevelt because we don't believe he had three more standi supporters of his policies throughout his term of service, and we believe he knows this better than anyone else. "Bristow was his right-hand man In uncovering and punishing the postal frauds, and Madison and I were among the 35 who stood up for Jiim when the fight was made to deprive him of the use of the secret service men in uncov ering just such misdeeds as the postal frauds. "Naturally, we feel much pleased to find him absolutely unchanged. (Mr. Murdock's voice rose a little uncon- 'PiCh'I DRRDE Fug All Grocers Deliver "White Loaf"! Flour b the sack anywhere in town. The best way is to order enough so you will not run out just at the wrong time. For once you use our flour no other kind will satis fy you as well. Lots of first class bakers will tell vou so. Inter-Ocean f Mills WUlis Norton Co. sciously, in emphasis, as he pronounced the last two words). Absolutely un changed, he repeated, in bis attitude towrd public questions; and also to nna now close he has kept In touch with what has happened in the last year ana a Quarter. "Nothing more pleased us than his at once congratulating us and those asso ciated with us in having succeeded in putting into the railroad rate bill the provisions vitally necessary in order that it should represent progress along the lines of proper control of interstate common carriers As the train got under way Mr. Mur dock saia impressively: "You can quote me for one thing there was a delicious quality about the icea tea. "Yes," added Mr. Madison with de liberation, "we took that for a com pliment to prohibition Kansas. You know we're a mighty moral state. The senator here never says anything stronger than 'By gravy!' and when the colonel said "By George'.' once or twice, he looked almost shocked." What Bristow Said. Senator Bristow giggled. They were an immensely pleased- "My son," began the tall senator from Kansas, laying a lean hand on his in terlocutor's knee. "I can sav one thine to you. Theodore Roosevelt is a bigger ana Droaaer man today than before he went away. That man is a marvel. What he says tinsrles. When he sneaks he speaks the truth and the naked truth, whether truth naked is beautiful or ugly, it comes out like a shot, and, like a shot it goes right to the mark. I never saw him Bhow such incisive ness. His jaw has a new ansrle of de termination. He seems to me not only Droaaer put more alert. "Was anything said about the Fln- cnot-Kainnger controversy?" "No," answered Mr. Madison; him self a member of the Ballinger-Pinchot committee, "nothing. We thought the colonel avoided that subject with ad mirable tact. It was one that it would have been difficult for me to talk about with propriety to the colonel." Mr. Murdock had been listening at tentively, checking a phrase here and there that he thought sounded too radical. "As an old newspaper man myself, let me turn the tables on you," he sug gested suddenly. "Let me Interview my interviewer? How does this visit the mere fact of it impress you as likely to impress the country?" Reporter Is Interviewed. "Well," began the interviewed Inter viewer tentatively, "there are a great many people who will interpret the bare fact that you three insurgents were received here and that you came away with the air of having been well received, as encouragement for your attitude on public questions." Mr. Murdock listened with his mouth tight shut, but smiled at the corners of his eyes and nodded as he listened. "I'll tell you something. I'm red headed. I don't go where I'm not want ed. I might go Into the wrong front yard by mistake, but there'd surely bo a fracas on the porch before I got out when I discovered my error. I suppose I was as radical in the house as the forefront of the insurgents.- I don't call myself a progressive; I'm an in surgent. And Senator Bristow, here, kept step with me in the senate. I don't have to say anything more to you with that preface, after the statement we just gave out-." "Your statement that Colonel Roose velt praised your attitude toward the railroad rate bill seems especially sig nificant," it was suggested. "I don't think so," said Senator Bris tow, "the whole country knows that the insurgents shaped the railroad bill In all its important particulars. Our statement adds nothing to the general fund of information.- We hear that the administration Is pleased with the bill. too." To use the Kansas language, it Is re garded as "significant" that Colonel Roosevelt gave out an interview fol lowing the vlst of the Kansans. It is the first time he has given out a state ment following such a conference. KANSAS FAIR DATES. Following Is a list of fairs to be held in Kansas In 1910, their dates, locations and secretaries, as reported to the state board of agriculture and complied by Secretary E. D. Coburn: Allen County Agricultural Society, Frank E. Bmith, secretary, Iola; August S'-Septeniber 2. Allen County Moran Agricultural Fair Association, E. N. McCormack. Mjiaa; September 14-16. Barton County Fair Association, W. P. Feder, Great Bend. Brown County The H'awatha Fair As sociation, C. A. Monney, Hiawatha; cp tember 6-9. Butler County Fair Association, W. F. Benson, El Dorado; September 20-23. Butler County Douglass Agricultural Society, J. A. Clay, Douglass; September 28-October 1. Clay County Fair Association Walter Puckey, Clay Center; September 13-16. Clay County Wakefield Agricultural Society, Eugene Elkins. Wakefield; Oc tober 6 and 7. Cloud County Fair Association. Fred W. Sturges, Jr.. Concordia; September 20-24. Coffey County Agricultural Fair As sociation. Henry Jackson, Burlington; oepiemoer Cowlev Countv Agricultural and T.iva Stock Association. F. W. Sidle. Wmfield; August 30-September i. Cowley County Eastern Cowley Fair Association, W, A. Bowden. Burden; Sep tember 7-9. Dickinson County Fair Association, Charles Morton. Abilene; September 27 20. Douelaa County Fair and Agricultural Society, Elmer E. Brown. Lawrence; September 27-30. Elk County Fair and Racing associa tion. Howard, Kan. Four days, August 16 to 19. Harry Bruce, secretary. Elk County Agricultural Fair Associa tion. J. J. Marshall. Grenola; September 21-23. Franklin County Agricultural Society. J. E. Shinn, Ottawa; September 2C-S3. Gray County Agricultural Societv. Charles Bull. Cimarron; September 29 and 3a Greenwood County Fair Association. H. T. Scott. Eureka; August 23-26. Harper County, Antnony "air Associa tion. L. G. Jennings. Anthony; August Hamer County Agricultural Assoclntlnn. S. C. Lobaugh, Harper; September 27-30. Lesnworth County Fair Association. C. A, Sparrow, .Leavenworth; September 5-8. Loean County ine Inter-Countr Fair Association: C. A. Spencer, secretary, Oakley; August 31, September 1 and 2. Linn County Fair Association, Jonn O. Morse, Mound City: September 27-30. Lyon County Agricultural Society. D. P. Cowan, Emporia; September 20-24. Mcfnerson county Agricultural Fair Association. Carl A. Grant. McPnerson: August 23-26. Mitchell County Agricultural Associa tion. W. S. Gabel. Belolt; September 28- octoDer l. Montgomery County Fair Association. Eliott Irvin, Coffeyville; September 27-30. Nemaha County Fair Association. W. H. Fitzwater. Seneca; September 14-1. pe?s county Agricultural Association, H. M. Gi'.more. Xesa City; September 28-30. Norton County Agricultural Association. M. F. Garrity. Norton; August 23-S7. Csaee County Fair Association. E. J. Williams. Burlingame; Septfmoer f-9. Ottawa County Fair Association: J. E. Johnston, secretary, Minneapolis; October 1-7. Pawnee County Agricultural Associa tion. September 6 to 9. Harry H. Wol- cott. secretary. Lamed. Reno County Central Kansas Fair As sociation. A. L Sponsler. Hutchinson; September 10-17. Pratt County Fair Associatl-.tj. 12. L. Shaw. Pratt: August' 1S-19. Republic County Agricultural Associa tion. C. M. Arbuthcot. Belleville. Sep tember S-9. Riley County Agricultural Society, C. F. Diemer, Riley; October 11-14. 66 "Take care what you drink these hot days. Guard against fevers and stomach troubles." That's the warning. Be sure the water you drink is absolutely pure, v Don't drink any drink that is doubtful as to its purity, its positive wholesomeness, and its freedom from any kind of ill effect. Doctors say "Drink PauCola and you will avoid risk. PauCola is not a medicine drink, but it is a pure, wholesome, strengthening drink a good drink to put into the stomach. Your family physician would tell you so. "Dr. T. Henry Ryan, 311 Chicago Opera House, Chicago, one of the city's leading physicians, says: "I most sincerely wish every physician in the country might know of the value of PauCola. I believe that the recommending of this drink gen erally, by physicians, would prove a saving of many lives during the extreme hot weather." The Summer Scores of the best known physicians in J the country declare PauCola is the safe RAILR0AD NEWS. June Ticket Receipts Big In crease Oyer Last Tear. .-i At j j ri.t iiniciiug ifiviiiu i leasing tu the Topeka Agenst. REACH 10 PERCENT. Expected That Showing Will Be the Record Breaker. Other Items of General Interest in Bailroad World. All of the Topeka railway ticket offi ces will show Increased receipts for the month of June as compared with the same month last year. June is a big travel month and to know that the rec ord last year which was better than the year preceding is to be exceeded is pleasing to Topeka agents. The month of June is the last In the fiscal yeaT with many of the railroad companies over the country and with the companies the agents view the year in the similar manner it is expected that their reports for the year will be far in -x.cess of all previous years. Although no figures are given, it is Unown that a total for the year will be a most satisfactory increase for the last 12 months. For the month of June over the same month last year the in crease is expected to reach at least 10 per cent. The local agents hint at this. There is no exception to the increas ed business report among all of the rail roads entering Topeka. The Rock Is land, the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific all support happy looking agents. And even the Missouri Pacific, hid away among the buildings on the east side comes out with a bright and smiling face the Missouri Pacific always has the business. The per cent of Increase on all the railroads is practically the some. In connection with this increased traffic in the passenger a.id freight business it might be mentioned that all of the railroad officials of the lines entering Topeka report that the, increase this month is simply a criterion of what baa been happening for the last ten years. The business always has in creased and grown In this manner. The three big western systems the Rock Island. Santa Fe and Union Pacific have nothing to do but grow and spend their money accordingly. A large i art of the traffic this month is to Colorado. The three systems offer big Inducements to his cool state. All hree roads have placed new trains to Colorado this summer and their rates are the same. With the limited trains, the excellent accommodations of libra ry, buffet, diner, compartment parlor, snd observation cars, and the cheap rates, very few Topeka people allow the "Colorado .chance1' to slip by them. The Topeka roads have been placing new trnins into service this year. The Rook I-jlar.d has given California, Col orado, i-he Gi'lf territory and St. Jo new trains. The Santa Fe has increas ed Its southwestern, California and Col orado traffic with more trains. The Union Pacific has been adding new Summer drink. PauCola is instantly refreshing a snappy, fruity, full-bodied drink that really quenches the thirst. So good that nearly everybody who drinks it likes it better than anything else. Mt SBoiBsn IFoimBdll&sBBtis, 5(D PAUCOLA COMPANY. trains both east and west. It looks as though the two-cent fare In- Kansas was gradually bringing the people out of their homes, still' the railroads would charge three cents if the courts would allow them. RELIEF MAY BE IX SIGHT. Topeka Shippers Hope Lemons and Orange Rates Will Drop. Topeka shippers have no direct in formation as to how the jobbing lines of this city will be affected by the order of the interstate commerce com mission for a reduction of rates both ways between the Pacific coast and the Missouri river. They were not parties to the case and will have to study the order before they know Just what effect it will have here. Some of the changes are In class rates, which govern a large number of commodi ties. Local fruit jobbers are interested in the cut of the lemon rate from Cali fornia to the Missouri river, which is reduced from $1.15 to $1. This is the same rate which formerly applied, but when congress raised the tariff on lemons a year ago at the behest of California growers the railroads clap ped on the extra 15 cents in order to absorb the benefit. The orange rate, which has been $1.15 for a number of years, now goes down with the lemon tariff to $1. SOAXDRETI TO BEGIN DUTIES. Becomes Interstate Commerce Attor ney for Ilarriman Lines This Week. Henry A. Scandrett, the Union Pa cific attorney with offices in Topeka, who is to become temporarily the In terstate Commerce attorney for all the Harriman lines will depart for Chi cago Wednesday. Mr. Scandrett takes over the duties of S. C. Dillard, who will tour Europe in the next two months. Upon Mr. Dillard's return from abroad Mr. Scandrett will return to Topeka. That will be about September 1st. SANTA FE PHO.VES ON COAST. Work Is Progressing Rapidly In Cali fornia Territory. San Bernardino, Cal., July 4. The work of installing telephones for train dispatching on the w-est end of the Santa Fe coast lines Is proceeding rap idly, and the wire gang during the past week arrived at San Bernardino from Barstow after finishing the work of stringing wires between those two points. The gang will proceed as rapidly as Jijj' 22 No matter in what way an old sore or ulcer first commenced, wheth from a wound, cut, or bruise, or from the ulceration of a pimple, wart or mole, or even if it came without apparent reason, the fact that it does not heal shows that bad blood is back of the place. While the cir culation remains impure and polluted the nerves and tissues of the flesh around the place are constantly being fed with unhealthy matter and the fibres are thus prevented from knitting together and healing, Purify the blood and the place MUST heal, its cause having been removed- S. S. S. cures old sores and. chronic ulcers because it is the greatest of all blood purifiers. It cleanses and removes from the circulation every taint or impurity, and so enriches the blood that it feeds and nourishes the tender, sensitive flesh, causes a knitting together of all fibrous tissue and thus heals the place entirely; it works on the simple principle of curing by removing' the impurities which produce the trouble. Book on Sores and Ulcers ana any medical advice free, jHE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLASTA, GAv 9 CHICAGO No Man or Woman can afford to disregard the urgent necessity of laying by some money for the future. Sn Oar Plan Capitol Building and Loan Association 534 Kansas Avenue L. M. Pcnwell Undertaker and Embalmer 511 Qulncy St. Both Phones 192 possible towards Los Angeles over the Second district, via Pasadena, and thence to San Diego, and over the oth er line of the division. It is probable that In three months' time. If the pres ent progress is maintained, the telej phone will be In use to dispatch the trains over the BOO miles o roadway on this division. FRISCO PUTS ON NEW TRAIN. Texas Business Demands Better Southwest Traffic. Fort Scott. Kan.. July 4. The Fris co railroad is getting ready to put on a new time card and It will contain an entirely new train. The new train will be the Southwest Limited, and will run from Kansas City to Texas.' The train is to be a fast one with din ing car service and other equipment that will make it one of the finest on the system. The Frisco expects by this new con nection to acquire the handling of much freight that at present it can not carry because of time. They will then be able to handle the fast fruit trains from southern California. The passenger traffic to the south west has enormously Increased In the past few years and the present ser vice has been found to be light for handling it. This increase is one of the main causes for putting on the new train. PERMANENTLY HEALS 50BESAHD ULCEUS

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. FIGHTERS VW Oil EDGE. Jeffries and Johnson Eager for the Battle. Physicians Pronounce Bolh in Perfect Condition. CROWD GOOD NATUKED This, Js'ot withstanding Many Had to Go Hungry. netting Odds Go to 2 to 1 and Then React. .Jeffries. Johnson. Ai?s 33 Z2 Welsh t 220 214 Hclnht 6 ft. l'.i in. 6 ft. 1 in. Neck I814 IS Chest (normal) 46 39 Chest (expanded) ote Bleeps 15 16'4 Forearm 13 14'4 Wrist K loVa Reach 7B 72 WaiRt 3fi 34 Thigh 25V4 23 ICalf 17 V 15 Ankle 10 94 Fights 64 Lost 1 4 Purse. Jini.000, 75 per cent to winner, 26 per cent to loser. Moving pictures estimated $50,000 to each. Reno, Nev., July 4. Everything is in readiness for the great Jeffries Johnson fight. With the arena spick and span, the crowds winding toward It, the fighters resting at their camps before stripping for action, the assur ance of physicians that both men are lit for battle, the money ready, the day bright and clear and cool, noth ing Is wanting to the curtain call for this fight of all fights. The sports who spent the night on cots, floors, piled three in a bed and even on cots in a mortuary chapel, are packing the arena. The streets of the city are Jammed with almost hysterical crowds, foaming into action here and there as a fight starts a pickpocket is caught, or a prize rrng celebrity elbows his way around. Only one serious ac cident has marred the day and that was when a California rooter shot himself. People Walk to Arena. By noon the exodus to the fight arena began. The vanguard of those who could not afford automobiles at any thing that could be demanded per trip, began their dusty tramp. The two cars that comprise the rolling stock of the street railway that leads out to the arena were busier than they ever have been and the bulk of the pilgrims pre ferred the walk to fight for a foothold :6r hand grip on the cars. In the main t was a lunchless crowd and some of thei had gone foodless since last night, but good humor prevailed. The railway people were on the jump, getting the long special trains lined up and in readiness to move to designated starting points the moment the fight is over. Belt Ins Otitis Drop Back. At noon the betting hau gone back to 10 to 6. When the word went around that 2 to 1 was to be had the Johnson money came in with a rush and quickly forced the odds back to where they have stood since yesterday. On the 20 round proposition the odds were even money and there was plen ty of Johnson backers in evidence. Flood of Johnson Money. A flood of money was brought out by the 2 to t proposition and in an hour the odds had gone back to 10 to 6. Betting is reported heavy. Much money is being placed even on Jef fries in 20 rounds. Both camjis are quiet. Both fighters are well. Leading lp to the Fight. Reno, Nev., July 4. When the sun that today lifted its rays above the sage brush hills enclosing this grand and ordinarily peaceful valley, sets over the white capped Sierras there will have passed into comparative ob livion one of two mighty men James J. JelTries, or John Arthur Johnson. Its first rays shot into barrack-like places where men of home and family were lying in row after row. It glint ed through shutters into strange bed rooms where men were sleeping and three in a bed and on the floors. It rent aside curtains of smoke and saw red eyed men grouped at tables and standing around spinning wheels of chance. And on these tables it met its rival, the gold of the world in heaps. It saw a great bare structure of pine boards with a white roped ring in the center, waiting. It saw the streets already stirring with the restless life and automobiles already whirling along the country roads. Out of the southeast came cool wind and the clear sky gave promise of a perfect day for what promises to be the last great heavyweight prize ring battle in the United States. Here, be tween the fire of eastern reformers and the deep sea of Pacific coast poli ties, the pugilists are gathered in their last stand. Never before in the history of the prize ring have so many fight ing celebrities and sporting characters met in one narrow street. If Announc er Billy Jordan has to introduce all these men this afternoon, he will lose his voice long before Jeffries and Johnson make their bows to the pub lic. The Struggle for Food. By 7 o'clock this morning the break fast problem assumed a phase that boded ill for lunch and dinner. Throughout the night and the fore noon the special and regular trains had added their cargoes to the thou sands already on the ground and most of them had gone foodless for hours. As each train arrived its passengers made a dash for restaurant, lunch stand or sandwich hawker and Reno's food supply began to melt. When the lucky thousands who had places to sleep began to turn out by sunrise they found the homeless ihrong had been before them. At every restaur ant and eating place the doors were locked and guards kept the waiting ones in line, letting them in only as a customer departed. At 7 the word flew through that the bacon and ham supply was exhausted. Reno Has Done Its Best, An hour later it was merely a ques tion of taking what the red eyed and worn waiters placed before one. Ta ble linen had disappeared and dish washing was a pretense. What the mob will do when they pour out of the arena can only be guessed, but it is safe to say that tne better part of them will go hungry to trains for a hungry ride home. Reno has done its brst, but with its population of 12,000 more than dou bled in 24 hours, with traffic condi tions abnormal and a ready spending crowd the housing and feeding ques tion was beyond it. One thing that even the sorest and the hungriest will remember to the credit of the little city, however, is that with it all food prices have not been appreciably raised. All $10 Tickets Sold. From dark last night until 8:30 this morning twelve trains arrived from the east and west, with an average of 500 passengers each. Several trains more heavily loaded are due before noon. Up to 4 o'clock yesterday 3,500 excursion tickets to Reno had been sold in San Francisco. All the S10 fight tickets had been sold last night. Larue blocks had been sold to speculators who were asking $17.50 for them today. The only seats on sale at the ticket office this morning were the higher priced places. Very early the crqwds began to as semble at the arena. No one, not even the holders of the highest price seats were allowed inside so early but the great unpainted structure was a mag net for the throngs. Not Satisfied With King. Sam Berger and Jim Corbett drove out at 8 o'clock and with a crowd of helpers restretched the canvas cover ing of the ring floor and tightened up the ropes. When they looked over the ring yesterday Berger and Jack Jef fries were far from satisfied with the job. They found the canvas too loose, the ropes too slack and com plained of the padding. Jeffries ad visers were of the opinion that the padding was too soft, although the ex pert who built the ring asserted that but one thickness of boiler felt lay between the boards and the snowy cloth. Jeffries remembers the floor of the ring in which he fought Cor bett as the firmest and fastest he ever planted a shoe on, and today one of the men who helped design that ring gave the secret away. Over the board ing a velvet carpet was glued face down, rolled by machinery and then the canvas was glued on and rolled to that. There was no felt and Jef fries had said to his staff that he hoped the Reno arena would approach that ring in firmness and speed. Cities on Wheels. The big railroad yards at Sparks and Reno were cities on wheels today, populated by thousands who arrived from east and west during the night and early today. They were literally miles of Pullman tourist sleepers and chair cars, jammed on to sidings and every berth in these long lines of cars turned out an occupant this morning to swell the already crowded streets. All the specials carried dining cars and their passengers fared better than those who had to depend upon Reno's restaurants for breakfast. One of the biggest specials that has come in arrived from Los Angeles, Jeffries' home town early this morn ing. It brought many personal friends and admirers of the big white fighter. The Los Angeles contingent will bp seated in a big block near the ring side, where they can enthuse Jeffries with their cheers. Ten specials came in from New York in th forenoon and several hundred easterners min gled with and aimless throngs wander lngiu,P. and down- seeking breakfast or talking fight on the sunny side of the streets. It was a most orderlv crowd. There was drinking but no drunkenness. The Nevada state po lice apparently had nothing to do. but to look on. Throngs gathered around every gambling tahle in the scores of places where games were running eaeer to try their luck. Incoming trains still pour in and the seat sale will be not less than $250,000. Ring Padding Must Be Changed. "Jeffries will not fight on that ring platform in its present condition said Manager Sam Berger. The canvas is stretched so that it is difficult to move around on It. Unless we have another platform floor, Jeffries will not fight. It is Berger's intention to have the floor padding and canvas used to cover the platforms in the respective train ing camps of Johnson and Jeffries brought to the arena, stretched over the ring surface and tested by the fighters or their representatives Ac cording to Berger, cither one of these will be used, Jeffries preferring to ac cept the Johnson mat rather than the one that has been offered by the uro meters. Miner Shoots Himself. The first serious accident that ha? occurred in this great gathering of men was the accidental shooting this morning of Tom Hefer, a Bodie Cal miner. Hefer was in one of the sa loons on the main street, flourishing a wad of money. A friend advised him to put it away. Hefer, in attempting to stuff the money Into his hip pocket dropped his revolver to the floor. Tt was discharged and shot him through the back. "A murder" was the crv that ran through the crowds and the incident for a time, detracted from the mobs following the machine of Johnson as it pushed its way through the crowds By 10 o'clock today the price of the cheapest tickets had advanced to $25. the speculators having been encour aged by the heavy arrivals. Wherever they were on sale a crowd fought to purchase. The throngs that packed Center street, the thoroughfare where interest and movement center, were thrilled, shortly before 1 o'clock bv the sudden appearance of Johnson, who motored In from his camp. He rode slowly through the packed street and was given a cordial reception. He did not alight from his machine, however, but drove out toward the railway station and it is understood he went to the arena to make an inspection of the ring and give his opinion of the ar rangement. As the forenoon advanced there was every promise of a perfect day for the fight. The sky was clear and the sun's heat was tempered by a cool breeze that promised to hold out. Fans were offered to the crowd on the way to the ringside but few availed themselves of them. Statement of Physicians. The following is a statement to the sheriff by two physicians who were selected to examine the fighters in con formity with the state law regulating prize fights: "Charles Ferret, Sheriff Washoe Coun ty: "As requested by you we have this day examined James J. Jeffries and J. A. Johnson, principals in today's prize fight, and find both men in perfect physical condition. "S. K. MORRISON, M. D. "J. A. ASCHER. M. D." Betting Chances to 2 to 1. At 11 the betting was 2 to 1 on Jef fries to win and even money on 20 rounds. At this hour, the word from the two camjs was "All's well." Both fighters are cheerful and waiting the moment when they will start for the battle ground. Shortly before 1 1 o'clock Jeffries. Jim Corbett. Jack Wooley. Sam Berger and another member of the caraD staff began a game of cards, sitting about a table under the willow wood trees on the lawn. Jeffries was very intent on the zame and paid no attention to the events going on around him. Mrs. Jeffries and her sisters-in-law walked about the lawn nervously, their anxiety being in striking contrast with the stolidity of the fighter. Some of the women hunted for four leaved clovers, but In vain, the ground having been stripped of these good luck symbols on previous days. Many notables came out to the camp in automobiles. Only a few of these were admitted to the grounds and to none of his visitors did Jeffries give more than a careless nod. Jeffries Mascot Escapes. The only sign of worry which Jef fries showed this morning was when he discovered that his mascot, a mon grel yellow dog. which strayed into the camp yesterday was missing. Jef fries looked worried and walked all around the, cottage and nearby fields, whistling and calling for "Jeffie." Fin ally he discovered the dog in. a field and the dog crawled to him and lick ed his hands and leaped at his face. Jeffries returned to the cottage happy again. JEFFRIES ARISES EARLY. Examined by Physicians After He Had Eaten Hearty Breakfast. Jeffries' Camp, Reno, Nev., Juljr 4. Jeffries rose at 8:15 and said he was feeling fine. He ate a big breakfast and was then formally examined by Drs. Morrison and Hasher, in con formity with the state law. The doc tors made no statement but drove at once to the Johnson camp. All is quiet about this camp. Soon after the doctors departed Jef fries went out on the lawn behind the cottage and sat in a chair and received the ministrations of a barber. He was shaved and his hair, already short, was cropped still closer. A big crowd of people leaned against the front fence, staring at the fighter. Jeffries seem ed in rare good humor, jesting with those about him. He chewed gum vigorously. There was scurrying among the rub bers and trainers to get the ring para phernalia in order, and to see that towels, sponges and tubs were all packed, as well as the drinking water and the sunshade which is to shelter Jeffries between the rounds. The stuff was loaded into Jeffries own automo bile, which started for the arena just before 10 o'clock under charge of Trainer Roger Van Court. JOHNSON'S CONDITION PERFECT Examining Physicians Say Negro Is in Fine Shape. Johnson's Camp, Reno. Nev., July 4. Johnson remained in bed until 8:45 o'clock. At that time Doctors Morri son and Hasher, whose duty it was to examine him to pronounce officially on his physical condition under the state law. went to his room. The negro at taches of the camp are raising a purse to send down town to wager on John son. A rumor that odds are likely to go to 10 to 4 has caused great excite ment. After the examination the physi cians came down stairs and announced that Johnson was in absolutely perfect physical condition. The big man came down with them and. entering their automobile, was driven toward Reno. He said he wanted to take a little air and see the crowds. Tex Rickard is momentarily here for a conference with Johnson, at which will be de termined the fighter's time of depar ture for the arena. Johnson had as visitors this morning the Hawaii delegate to congress, Jonah KulioKalanianaole and Col Sam Park er, a big Hawaiian planter. At 10:45 Johnson is out in the yard poking for the newspaper photogra phers and laughing and joking as though he had not a care in the world. Preparations to start for the arena are waiting upon a visit from Tex Rickard who is expected soon. FULLER, C J., DEAD. (Continued from Page One.) Justice Waite. The nomination of Mr. Fuller, then 55 years of age, was fol lowed by a memorable contest in the st.nate. The judiciary committee with its Republican majority, to which the nomination was sent April 30. held up the appointment until July 20. Then the committee reported it to the senate "without recommendation." For three hours that body debated in executive session whether to con firm or reject the nomination. The at tack on Mr. Fuller was led by Sena tors Edmonds. Evarts and Stewart. Senators Cullom and Farrell defend ed him. The reports that he had been a "copperhead" during the Civil war and that he did not possess the re quisite ability as a lawyer were gone over. Nomination Confirmed. Finally by a vote of 41 to 20 his nomination was confirmed. Since that day the entire court as it then existed, has passed away with the single ex ception of Justice Harlan. Of those prominent in the fight over his con firmation only Senator Cullom re mains, and President Cleveland, who thus honored the Illinois lawyer, has likewise gone to his grave. The service of Chief Justice Fuller was noted for the dignity with which he filled the position. He preserved that manner, whether on the bench or off of it. Although small of stature, not more than five feet seven.inches, his wealth of silvery hair and classic features made him a commanding fig ure wherever he appeared. Probably Mark Twain resembled the chief justice in physical appear ance more than any other man of prominence in recent years. Frequently the humorist was mis taken for the jurist. One day a young woman accosted Mark Twain on the street and with an apology that she had never seen the chief justice be fore, asked for his autograph. The author wrote:, "It is delicious to be full. But it is heavenly to be Fuller. I am cor dially yours. "MELVILLE W. FULLER." The late chief justice as far as known never expressed his opinion of what he thought of Twain for playing this little joke on him. He Wrote Poetry. Chief Justice Fuller reflected to a great extent his research into litera ture by the style of his opinions and addresses. In the early days after going on the bench he wrote some poetry and now and then lapsed into poetical touches in his opinions from the bench. One qt the best illustra tions of this was the opinion he hand ed down in the case of Hammond ver sus Hopkins. He concluded his opin ion by saying: "In all cases where ac tual fraud is not made out, but the imputation rests on conjecture, where the seal of death has closed the lips of those whose character is involved and lapse of time has impaired the recollection of transactions and ob scured their details, the welfare of so ciety demands the rigid enforcement of the rule of diligence. The hour glass must supply the ravages of the scythe and those who have slept on their rights must be removed to the repose from which thev should not have been aroused." His death today recalls his words on such events expressed at the cente nary of the court twenty years ago. "Judges will be appointed." said he, "and will pass away. One generation rapidly succeeds another. But. who ever comes and whoever goes, the court remains, keeping alive through many centuries we shall not see, the light that burns with a constant ra diance on the high altar cf American constitutional justice." His Famous Opinions. Chief Justice Fuller left an indelible stamp on the laws of the country. Among nis most famous opinions were the following: The income tax decisions, in which the law was held to be unconstitu tional. The Danbury hat case, in which la bor unions were held to be amenable to the Sherman anti-trust law. The Western Union Telegraph com pany versus the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in which the state was denied the right to tax telegraph mes sages, except when intrastate. 'Ihe Bank of Washington versus Hume, in which the insurable inter ests of the wife and the children in the life of the husband and father was recognized as distinguished from the claim of creditors. Inman versus South Carolina com pany, In which the railroad was de nied the power to exempt itself from liability for its negligence in the ship ment of goods. Moore versus Crawford, in which married women were held to bear lia bilities such as those growing out of the fraudulent sale of land as well as the legal rights. Leisy versus Haddin. in which the state was denied right over original packages or liquor in interstate com merce, an opinion which led to the passage of the Wilson liquor law. The chief justice felt ill soon after the daylight and the members of th-2 household were summoned and Dr. Phelps was sent for. Nothing was done to avert death, however. Justice Fuller died in the arms of Mrs. Francis. Her daughter, Miss Aubrey, also was present. It was announced during the day that simple funeral services will be held in the chapel at Sorrento on Wednesday and the body will be taken to Chicago for interment. Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief Justice, died of heart failure in this same cot tage last August. TAFT EULOGIZES DEAD JUSTICE Gossips Are Already Busy With the Succession. Beverly. Mass.. July 4. President Taft left Beverly this morning for the Somerville, Everett and Boston cele brations before the news of Chief Jusr tice Fuller's death was received. The President's Eulogy. Somerville, Mass., July 4. President Taft today spoke at great length on the death of Chief Justice Fuller. He said: "I learn of Justice Fuller's death with great regret. He was an old friend and a great judge. I had known him well and our relations were al ways those of intimate friends. I had the highest respect for his legal abil ity and his death is a great shock." Although the president would not discuss the tiuestion of a successor, there was a strong impression among those cloee to the executive that Gov ernor Hughes of New York will be the next presiding justice of the supreme court of the United States. As each vacancy has occurred re cently strong, pressure has been brought to bear upon the president to elevate to the supreme Delicti some judge of the circuit court. As a general proposition the presi dent is said to favor the promotion of those judges. Strong efforts have been made to have him appoint some judges from the Eighth circuit, which Includes Missouri,. Kansas and other states in the middle west. Among the judges on this circuit are Vandeven ter, Hook and Sanborn.- It has been argued, however, that as these judges have passed on the Standard Oil case, which is to be reconsidered by the su preme court of the United States this fall they might be regarded as in eligible. At one time President Taft said he did not consider this a bar to an ap pointment to the supreme court but it is understood he has reconsidered this position. Solicitor General Bowers, who has been mentioned in connection with each recent vacancy on the supreme court bench is affected by the same principle as are judges of the Eighth circuit court inasmuch as he had a large share in the preparation of sev eral cases that are to be considered by the supreme court in the near fu ture. Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, former chief trust buster of the ad ministration, has also been mentioned for the supreme court vacancy, but he, too. has been intimately associated with the government prosecution cf the Standard Oil company. Justice Swayze of the supreme court of New Jersey, is looked on as one of the most likely candidates. The death of Chief Justice Fuller means absolutely that the Standard OH and the Tobacco cases will not be re argued until next December. President Taft will make no selection until after congress meets for he does not believe that federal Judges should take their places on the bench until confirmed by the senate. HE TURNS IT DOWN. Utica, N. T., July 4. About ten days ago the Republican club of this city passed a resolution putting for ward the name of former President Roosevelt as a nominee for governor in this state. This resolution was for warded to Mr. Roosevelt June 19 with a statement as to the character and standing of the body that passed it. Colonel Roosevelt wrote an imme diate reply, but in some manner the letter was missent and not until a day or two ago did the secretary of the club, find it. The letter is a positive declination of the proposed honor and is as fol lows "May I, through you, cordially thank the Republican club of Oneida county for its message of appreciative good will? "Believe me, I appreciate it and I trust you will make the c'ub under stand that I do appreciate it. But I also ask that the club at once stop any agitation to have me nominated for governor. It would be an abso lute impossibility for me to accept. "With high regards, sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Ideal July 4 Weather. It is a great deal cooler today, a pleasant breeze is blowing from the northeast. At noon when the weather clerk took his holiday the temperature stood at 83. three degrees less than the past week average. Today's temperatures: 7 o'clock 68il0 o'clock 78 8 o'clock 7211 o'clock 80 9 o'clock 75 12 o'clock 83 TOPEKAJETS ONE Easily Defeats Wichita in First Contest. Kaufman Holds the lzzyites Almost Helpless. ALLOWS FOUR HITS And These Were Kept Far Apart at That. Visitors Use Three Pitchers But All In Tain. Topeka easily defeated Wichita in the first game of the double header this afternoon. 8 to 1. Kaufman held the Witches at his mercy and the three pitchers used by Isbell were hit hard. A crowd o about 3,000 people attend ed the game. First Inning. W'ichita Seidell struck out; ton also struck out; Claire, Kaufman, and went to first: Middle hit by Hughes out at first, Reilly to Landreth. No runs. Topeka Wooley singled to center, Rellly flew out to Koerner, Thomason drew a walk, pushing Wooley to sec ond, Reagan hit to Hughes whose error filled the bases, Landreth walked, pushing Wooley home. Boles sacrificed to Koerner, scoring Thomason, Welch was hit by Jarnigan, again filling the bases. Jarnigan was jerked from box and Sheckleford sen in. Kerns hit to Cline, and Welch went out at second. Two runs. Second Inning. Isbell out, Kaufman to Landreth, Westerzil hits safe to left, Koerner safe at first on fielder's choice, Wester zil out at second. Boles throwing to Welch, Shaw flew out to Welch. No runs. Topeka Kaufman hit fly to Koerner and went to second on his error, Woolev sacrificed and was put out by Isbell," Kaufman going to third, Reilly walked. Reagan hit to Hughes and Kaufman was caught between third and home, Reilly was put out by a double play while attempting to steal third. No runs. Third Inning. Wichita Shackleford went out at first, Kaufman to Landreth; Belden aut Kaufman to Landreth; Middleton out Kaufman to Landreth. No runs. Topeka Reagan struck out; Lan dreth flew out to Belden- Boles hit down first base line to Isbell, out. No runs. Fourth Inning. wi.hito r'loiT-e hit to Reillv and n nAArtn rr an nverthrtiw to ApDt- XTno-Vica canrificed Claire to third and was out at first. Reilly to Lan dreth. Topeka aispuiea umpire Flynn's decision at third. Isbell sac-r-ulrD hnme and was out at first, Reagan to Landreth; Westerzil singled to center, then stole second; Koerner struck out. one run. l, r f 1 o H efnirleri to left and stole second; Kerns struck out; Kauf man hit over snori. scoring; weicii, Wooley struck out; Reilly singled past Hughes; inomason new um iv Hughes. One run. Fifth Inning it';y,k;iq 2Vi a t' went nut Boles to Landreth; Shackleford out, Kaufman to Landreth; Belden struck out. No runs. Topeka Reagan out. Shackleford to Isbell; Landreth doubled to center, i Vi i t-h xinlAfi nit rlown first base line, scoring Landreth, but in at tempting to stretch hit into two base hit was caught, Belden to Hughes; WpVh hit down first base line to Isbell and was out. One run. Sixth Inning. -it: AffiriHlAtnn out Boles to Landreth; Claire flew out to Reagan; Hughes flew out to Thomason. No runs. Topeka Kerns, hit by Shackleford, t.n five. innfTTian hunted to Wes terzil; Kern3 went out at second Wes terzil to Hughes; wooie.y nit sai;, T.-.,,fQ "i in t tn cpi'iinii "Reillv drove AAULlliau to center, scoring Kaufman; Thom ason sacrificed to Shackleford, advanc ing Wooley ana Kemy ana was uui, Shackleford to Isbell; Reagan struck out. One run. Seventh Inning. Tiruviit. Tettell singled through i 1 atruck nut. Koerner singled' to right, advancing Isbell to second, Shaw hit into a double play. rxemy to weicu w Ajnuuici. runs. Tftnabo TTiHrpth drove a single into right. Boles singled to right. Welch sacrincea advancing j-murem and Boles and was out to Isbell, Kerns walked, filling the bases, Kaufman hit hard through pitcher scoring Lan dreth ana tsoies, wooiey sirucit oui, Reilly struck out. Two runs. Eighth Inning. Wichita Pettlgrew at bat for Shackleford struck out, Belden fouled out to Landreth Middleton flew out to Reilly. No runs. Topeka Shaner replaced Shackle ford on the slab for Wichita. Thoma son got a safe slow Infield hit. Reagan sacrificed and was out, Shaner to Isbell, Landreth hit down first base line and was out, advancing Thomason to thh-d. Boles got a walk, and start ing to steal second Shaw relayed the ball to Shaner, and Thomason succeed ed in stealing home, Welch struck out. One run. Ninth Inning. Wichita Claire struck out, Hughes flew out to Thomason, Isbell was out, hitting down first base line to Lan dreth. Score: R.H.E. Wichita 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 01 4 2 Topeka .2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 8 12 1 The Lineup. Wichita Belden.left field; Middleton center field; Claire, shortstop; Hughes, second base; Isbell, first base; Wester zil, third base; Koerner, right field; Shaw, catcher; Jarnigan, pitcher; Shackleford, pitcher; Shaner, pitcher. Topeka Wooley, center field; Reil ly, shortstop; Thomason, left, field-; Reason, right field; Landreth, first base; Boles, third base; Welch, second base; Kerns, catcher; Kaufman, pitch er. Umpires Spencer and Flynn. SECOND GAME. First Inning. Wichita Belden struck out; Mid dleton was hit in ribs by Jackson, the pitcher, but continued to play;' Claire struck out; Hughes got on through an error by Reilly; Isbell drew a walk; Westerzil struck out. No runs. Topeka Wooley hit to Jarnigan, who pulled it down by leaping high into the air and throwing to first; Reil ly went out. Westerzil to Isbell; Thom ason flew out to Koerner. No runs. Second Inning. Wichita Koerner" drew a walk; THE FIGHT BULLETINS. An Enormous Crowd In Front of the State Journal Office. Kansas avenue this afternoon in front of the State Journal office was a mass of people, blocking the street and extending solidly between the buildings on either side. It was a picturesque sight, he crowd was for the most part mascu line, but there were many women. Thousands of people heard the an nouncement of the bulletins of the big fight this afternoon made from the window of the State Journal office in stentorian tones by Charlie Crews, "the man with the long voice." People at Reno scrambled for the chance to pay $25 or $50 to see the fight there, but in Topeka they heard the announce ments without charge. There was considerable delay at Reno, but practically none at Topekn. The men entered the ring at 2:44 Reno time, 4:44 Topeka time. At 4:49 the crowd in front of the State Journal listened to the announcement of the fact. "I'll make 'em hear me clear to Sixth street without that thing," aid Crews when he was offered a megaphone. And he tlid. It was a Jeffries crowd very largely as its enthusiasm manifested whenever Jeffries' name was mentioned. But Johnson had enthusisastic backers, too. in the large sprinkling of colored persons, who cheered lustily whenever the black diamond scored upon his an tagonist. Leaving only room for the cars to pass, and scant room at that, the peo ple occupied every available foot of space between the State Journal office and the transfer station, and were scat tered on either side across the intersec tion of Eighth street and Kansas ave nue as well as along the avenue for some distance. Others leaned from convenient upper windows, listening to the fog horn voice which tirelessly recounted the proceed ings in the ring as rapidly as the tele graph brought the message. Allowing for the difference in time between Kan sas and Nevada and Topekans who stood before the State Journal offica this afternoon followed the big fight, round by round, but a few moments be hind the actual occurrence of the events. The crowd was interested in the fight and listened quietly and intently whenever a new round was being re ported and until the last bulletin had been read. The "flash"- over the wire showing Johnson the winner came at 5:45 p. m. Shaw struck outi Koerner stole sec ond; Jarnigan hit one that struck his own foot and rolled fair, the umpire deciding it was a fair hit ball. Wichita question the decision, he went out at first. Kerns to Landreth; Belden struck out. No runs. Topeka Reagan flew out to Belden; Landreth fouled out to Shaw; Boles flew out to Shaw. No runs. Third Inning. Wichita Middleton hit to center, later went out at second on Claire's fielder's choice. Jackson to Reilly; Claire went out at second on Hughes' fielder's choice. Welch to Reilly; Hughes out attempting to steal. No runs: Topeka Welch flew out to Hughes; Kerns struck out; Jackson went out, Westerzil to Isbell. No runs. Fourth Inning. Wichita Isbell flew out to Lan dreth; Westerzil struck out; Koerner went out, Reilly to Landreth. No runs. Topeka Wooley flew out to Middle ton; Rei'.ly walked; Thomaeon struck out; Reagan drew a walk; Landreth struck out. No runs. Fifth Inning. Wichita Shaw went out. Welch to Landreth; Jarnigan flew cut to Rea gan Belden struck out. No runs. Topeka Boles hit slow to first; Is bell muffed .and Boles was safe; Boles went out at second on Welch's field er's choice, Jarnigan to Hughes; Kerns flew out to Middleton; Welch was caught off first and went out, Jarnigan to Isbell. No runs. Sixth Inning. Wichita Middleton doubled to cen ter and in attempting to reach third was put out, Wooley to Reilly to Boles; Claire scratched a hit through short, then stole second; Hughes walked; Isbell singled to Welch, fill ing the bases: Westerzil drove to cen ter, scoring Claire and Hughes; Wes terzil went out at second on Koerner's fielder's choice, Wooiey to Welch; Koerner attempted to steal, drawing a throw to second, Isbell then attempted to reach home and was caught, Welch to Kerns. Two runs. Topeka Jackson out, Isbel' Hughes; Wooley out, Hughes to bell; Reilly flew out to Koerner. to runs. Seventh Inning. Wichita Shaw drew a walk, Jarni gan flew out to Thomason and Belden to Reagan, Middleton fouled out to Thomason. No runs. Topeka Thomason flew out to Mid dleton, Reagan out, Jaringan to Isbell, Landreth walked. Boles singled to cen ter, Welch fouled out to Westerzil. No runs. BASEBAMj RESULTS. Morning Games. Lincoln, July 4. Western: Lincoln took the morning game from Omaha by a score of 3 to 1. Score: R.H.E. Lincoln 3 6 3 Omaha 1 5 3 Batteries Farthing and Kruger; Keely, Hollenbeck and Gonding, Cad man. St. Joseph, July 4. Denver had no difficulty in winning the morning game. Score: R.H.E St. Joseph 4 12 2 Denver 1318 4 Batteries Galgano, Swift, Shears and Frame; Olmstead and McMurray. Sioux City, la.,: July 4. Western league: Score: R H E Sioux City 1316 3 Des Moines 2 7 2 Batteries Wilson and Towne; Gates and NeaL New York, July 4. National league: Score: R.H.E. Brooklyn 5 8 New York 16 S 4 Batteries Rucker and Bergen; Erwin, Drucke, Matthewson and My ers, Seyler; 13 innings. Pittsburg, July 4. National League: R.H.E. Chicago 2 3 0 Pittsburg 5 8 1 Batteries Mclntyre, Richie, Pfeiffer and Kling; Maddox, Lieflelu and Gib son. Boston, July 4. National League: R.H.E. Philadelphia 4 7 3 Boston 3 8 0 Batteries McQuillan, Moran and Dooin; Ferguson. Mattern, Brown and SAFE AND SANE. Chicago and St. Louis Are Try ing the Experiment Of Celebrating the Day in less Dangerous Manner. A BIG CIVIC PAKADE And a Military Tournament on the Chicago Program. Annual Regatta on the Schuyl kill at Philadelphia. Chicago, July 4. Chicago's first m-. Fourth" celebration began with thi temperature at 65 degrees. Early in dications were that the day would be comparatively quiet. The record of injuries yesterday was only tw persons and there were but three fires due to pre-Fourth activities Thousands of persons lined the street for miles along the line of the parado which was the main event on today's program. Tonight troops of the regu lar army, nearly three thousond of whom are encamped on the lake front, will give a military tournament. Seats for 40,000 persons have been provided by public subscriptions. Mayor Issues Permits. St. Louis, Mo., July 4. The first "safa and sane" Fourth resulted in n s.t- dents being reported to the police up to w-.n.. jrcrimis io snoot nreworks were issued by the mayor. The city was divided into three dis tricts and in each district the Fourth was celebrated by athletic contests in which 4,000 hoys and girls entered for prizes. Regatta at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 4. Hot, humid weather is the prospect for the people'. regatta this afternoon on the Sckuyl kil river, which is held annually on In dependence day under the auspices of the city of Philadelphia, councils ap propriating $5,000 for prizes and ex penses. Nearly 200 oarsmen are entered in tho various events, most of them repre senting New York and Philadelphia clubs. Detroit and Baltimore are alio represented. Thirteen events are sched uled, including singles, doubles, fous, gigs and eights, starting with the senior race at 2 p. m., and concluding with the senior eight oared shell race i-t 6 o'clock. All the races will be a mile and a half over the national course. New York Falls Into Line. New York, July 4. New York today went back to the usages of other times and enthusiastically but sanely cele brated Independence day. That at least is what the city started out to do and bid fair to accomplish. The early hours at least, for years given over to explosives and noise, passed with a quiet as noticeable as It was unusual. The forenoon celebration started early with the military, and civic parade, from Twenty-sixth street dovvn Fifth avenue and to the city hall with ii review by Mayor Gaynor and patriotic exercises, including the reading of tlr? Declaration of Independence on tha city hall steps. Historical ceremonies in the aldermanic chamber of th municipal building were carred on while the parade was passing down the flag decked thoroughfares. DENEEX LAUDS SANE FOURTH. Says We Now Celebrate in a More Fit ting Way. Chicago, July 4. "The growth of the nation is expressed in the aban ..rtmn nt the Insane Fourth." said said Governor Charles 8. Deneen in an Independence day address to tne Jefferson club. "When men grow up they put away childish things. It seems strange that w have so long clung to the barbaric methods of announcing our Joy in na tional independence. Now we are go ing to celebrate our great anniversary in a fitting way. "Our responsibilities should beget In us solemn thoughts on this day of 4 tn A moi-lcn Tt in r.o time for the popping of firecrackers and noisy thoughtlessness. Weather Indications. rhlnasi Tiilv A Fnrpiut for TffLnalUR Generaly 'fair tonight and Tuesday; not mucn cnange in ierciperni.u. "What does exegesis mean, father?" "I never can remember long what it does mean. It is something theological prob ably a combination of Exodin andGeuesis, about like Deuteronomy." Life. "The man who kicks my dog kicks me." "Quick! Where is your dog?" "In the back yard. Why do you ask?" "Iwant to kick him." Birmingham Age-Herald. Rairdan, Graham. Ten innings. St. Louis, July 4. National League: R.H.E. Cincinnati 3 7 4 St. Lo.lis 8 9 0 Batteries Fromme. Rowan and Mc Lean; Harmon, Bachman and Bresna han. Cleveland, O., July 4. American league: Score: R.H.E. Detroit 8 8 4 Cleveland 1 2 2 Batteries Donovan and Schmidt; Young, Mitchell and Easterly. Philadelphia, July 4. American league: Score: R.H.E. New York 7 11 2 Philadelphia 3 8 2 Batteries Fisher, Warhop and Sweeney, Mitchell: Dlgert, Krause Atkins and Lapp, Thomas. Washington, July 4. American League: R.H.E. Boston 3 12 4 Washington i..2 8 0 Batteries Karger, Smith. Cicotte and Kleinow, Carrigan; Walker, Reisling and Stret. Fourteen innings. Chicago, July 4. American League: R.H.E. St. Louis 3 4 4 Chicago 5 71 Batteries Spade. Gllligan and Killi fer; Lang, Scott and Payne. Indianapolis. July 4. American as sociation: Toledo 0; Indianapolis 2. Minneapolis, July 4. American as sociation: St. Paul 3; Minneapolis 8. Louisville, July 4. American asso ciation: Columbus 7; Louisville 2.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUXtNAIr- MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1910. 9 10RTH SIDE NEWS. Horse and Buggy Collide With Adam' Autoinob-le. I) S Damage Over 100-Horse Was Ladiy tut Up. OX KANSAS AYEMJE Accident Occurred Oprosite "Holy Roher" Tabernacle. Sane Fourth Celebrated by Hrst Warders -Other Items. After JrivinB furiously up and down Kansas avenue for several hours, Ira Pricket, out on bond for a cutting crape, and two companions, ran his horse into C. F. Adams' automobile near Kisler street and Kansas avenue, about 10 o'clock last night. Over ioo damage was done and the animal was badly cut up. The Pricket boy .escaped from the officers' hold, and the other two boys also got away before then identity was learned. The wind shield of the ut Jf" broken, the covering of the engine stove in and other damage was done. None of the persons were injured, in horse and buggy was from the Sam Martin livery barn. Mr. and Mrs. C. Adams were return ing from Lawrence and had stopped on tlil west side of the street opposite tha "Holy Roller" tabernacle to listen to the noise made by the performeis therein. He had Just started to leave and creeping at a snail's pace was turning south on the corner at Central avenue when the horse and bug.y, coming from the north, collided with the front part of the auto The ani mal reared and plunged upon the hood. Its body struck against the glass wind shield, breaking it and cutting the horse in several places. The auto was stormed and a crowd formed. tne horse was helped off of the machine while streams of blood poured from its "'Meanwhile Officer Mathews had seized hold of Pricket as he leaped from the buggy, but as the Policeman s attention was engaged with the horse, the boy broke away d disappeared n tv,e crowd. The other boys had made Snelr get-away also. i I- nn nn bond for assaulting the Anderson boy about a He and his companions are said to have been driving up and down Nortn Kansas avenue for several hours pre vious to the accident, and to have been using profane language In loud tones. A sane Fourth Is being celebrated on the North side today. So far no serious accidents have been reported. Of course there have been the usual num ber of burned fingers and hands and singed hair from firecrackers. The majority of North side people went this morning to the big celebra tion at Silver Lake. With them it is said went 125 candidates for county offices, although this may be using political license. Any way a big crowd filled the Union Pacific depot, and the candidates were as busy as the pro verbial bees among the people, shak ing hands, and telling every one that he would run the county works bettor than any one else. At Garfield park the Red Men are giving a celebration. The following is the program: Address of welcome by Mayor Billard at 10 a. m. Reading by Miss Corning. "Declara tion of Independence." Address, by W. A. S. Bird, Past Great Incohonee. NOON. Address, by Rev. John A. Bright, on "Redmanship." SPORTS. Egg race for ladies only. Nail driving contest, ladies only. Bicycle potato race. Boys' shoe race. Pack race. Bicycle ring contest for ladies. Bow and arrow shooting. Thrcs legged race. Wheelbarrow race. Barrel race. Tug of war. Liberal prizes will be given for all sports. EVENING. Danclns. ORIN M'CAFERTY, Chairman Joint Committee. Attest: E. R. MISCHKE. Secretary Joint Committee. At the meeting of the North side drainage board Tuesday, V. R. Park hurst will present his plan for the gbya&i f Acetate uoiJA tienice Wear Tans, Sir! Get a pair of these cool easy Tan Oxfords Every reason on earth why you should wear them this hot weather. They are restful, -v vuumg many new and u X D,tes m pleasing shades. Shapes range from the extreme broad or foot shape last to narrow point stub shape for young men. JSC S7XiftS ?t3 KANSAS AVg. draining of the First ward. His idea is to divide this secfon of Topeka. into three parts, one part to take care of the water from West Gordon street and surrounding streets to the river, second, the part Is to take care of the water in the vicinity of St. John and Grant streets to Soldier creek west of the Central avenue bridge, and the third division to drain the water from Monroe to Jefferson streets to Soldier CThis plan was made partly at the rMiH. rlnh after Mr. SUCTKPStlou vl 1 v- Parkhurst had explained his idea to that organization. Community Comment SUMMER SONG. When your collar melts. On your neck raises welts. And your shirt. Crawls up your back, And you just can't Take in all the slack. Then you're hot, old man. you're hot. In a poem Wonderful Walt speaks about the men bringing hens to market. Generally it is the women. This is the glorious Fourth, This Is not original Just expected, vta nl 'Personals. Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald, of Kansas City, are visum of J. H. Hill, at 908 Jackson street. Miss Ellen Gladd of Stockholm, Kan., returned homo today after a short visit with friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs. W. E. Bacon, of 316 West Gordon street, are visiting rela tives in Americus. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beuchner is reported to be ill with cholera infantum. Dr. M R Mitchell has returned from Colorado Mrs. H. R. Daigh and daughter. Fay Ruth of Ashland, are the guestji of Mrs. Daigh's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Chipman. of 1408 Van Buren street. Mr and Mrs. Levi Rice of Johnson county are visiting their daughter, Mrs William Kirkwood, of Elmont. Miss Lela Bralnbridge of Hoyt is visiting at the home of H. L. Sanders at 1228 Jackson street. George Anderson of 1101 Madison street is spending today In Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. John Havens of 12S Holman street are spending today with Mrs. Burnett in Osage City. W. H. Rupard of 910 Jackson street will leave tomorrow for St. Joe, where he will take a position as mill foreman. Mrs G. C. Stephen of 127 Holman street Is visiting relatives in Eudora. Miss Isabella Hodge of 1110 Madison street is spending today in Kansas City. qJociety m, Thnmas familv held a reunion today at Silver Lake at the home of Mr Dolph Thomas. Those who attend ed from Topeka were Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Thomas and their family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Nell and their family, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hankla and Mr. and Mrs. Charles O Neil.

Miss Hazel Larkin of Bartlesville, rir aril i onm to Toneka some time in August to visit Miss Gladys Scott and Miss Rachel Hotchklss. Miss Larkm is a former Washburn girl and a mem. hr nf th Rata sorority. She gradu ated this vear from' Trinity college, Washington, D. C. and received her diploma from the plump hand of the Hon. William Taft. who made the graduating address to the students. w McClintock will entertain tfco Wllmnro Street Whist club Tues day afternoon at her home on Fillmore street. Mrs. Georee B. Hetherington gave a children's party Saturday afternoon for her daughter, Dorotny. Miss Anna Kimm of Valley Center was the guest of honor at a picnic given Saturday evening In Potwin grove. Miss Simm formerly lived in Potwin and is visiting her friends here. The stvles in gloves are scheduled to change along with the styles of gowns and hats. The new gloves snow a erood many Innovations over the prod ucts of a year ago. Except for black costumes where an all-black scheme is desired, black sloves are not much used. Plain white gloves, also, are less in evidence than they used to be; tints having taken their place. All the soft pastel shades, such as pigeon gray. fawn and champagne, are especially popular. Suedes are liked better than the elace kid. This Is true probably because a smarter fit can be obtained in that variety. With the continued shortening of sleeves, more 12-button lengths than any other style are sold. White gloves with black stitching for black and white combination costumes are good. For the street, with plain tailor-made gowns, broad, four-row stitching in seir tones are considered correct. At least, that is what the wise ones say, and so I go around saying it too. A case that has been running along for a number of years Is reported to be gaining velocity by the force of its momentum. There is a rumor that it's nearing the terminal, which means that a young college man who lives here and a striking-looking girl with auburn hair from another state are going to be happy forever and ever. The Shawnee County Horticultural society will hold an all day picnic at the home of Dr. H. W. Roby in South Topeka, Thursday, July 7, at 10:30 a. m. The following program will be given: Cemeteries and Parks Dr. Roby. Kitchen Improvements and Facili ties With a Demonstration of the Fire less Cooker Mrs. L. D. Whittemore. Horticultural Products on the Table Miss Alice Buckman.- Horticultural Sociability Mrs. F. R. Rude. An Invitation to attend Is extended to all who are interested. A party of tourists, including a num ber of Topeka people, who are travel ing in Miss Ethel Aldrich's parly, have written home that they would spend the Fourth -at Paza. They wrote from Algiers, June 20, and since then they have been in Gibraltar, Naples and Rome. That the small boys of their native town are not pres ent to thrown cannon firecrackers un der their feet, must he a matter of j keen regret to them. They are trying uui me new scheme or a sane Fourth, andthe only way they have to help their Uncle Samuel celebrate his hlrth- I day is to go about quietly wearing the small flon-B v. i t. ,ca iuue wiui inem. dul to spend Independence day so far from the basic principles of our Amer ican democracy the firecracker, the chewing gum and the pie is an awful situation. Among the members of the Party are Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Atchi son, Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Tompson of Herington and Mrs. Peterson. Miss Mary Maynard Hempstead of Topeka and Mr. Edwin Guthrie Mar shall of Wichita were quietly married Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. H. W. White. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall will make their home-at Wichita. The following wedding announce ment is from the Blue Mound paper: "Miss Tirzah Bradley of Blue Mound and B. T. Anderson of Topeka, Kan., e raarriea at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs Emery Bradley, in Blue Mound, venterdav uiiernoon at 4:30. Sixty guests were present, many being from out of town. Miss Pearl Team of Pana was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Clara Cox of Pana. Miss Nina Naxey of Terre Haute and Miss Florence Anderson of Champaign. The bride's wedding dress was white chif fon over messaline. The bride is a graduate of the University of Iowa. Immediately after the wedding Mr, and Mrs. Anderson left for Topeka, where they will make thier home."

The following names were omitted Saturday from the list of patronesses for Miss Marguerite Lovewell's recital to be given Tuesday evening: Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, Mrs. E. L. Murdock, Mrs. John Sargent, Mrs. E. G. Smith and Mrs. Albert T. Reid; Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. H. D. Schwarkop of Chicago, for merly of Topeka, la the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foster, 106 Greenwood avenue. Mr. E. A. Skinner of New York and Mr. Charles Skinner are spending a few days in Ottawa. Mr. O. F. Roberts of Chicago is the STUest nf Mr rH r-u W fl VnPlfntftplr Dc, and Mrs. D. F. Longnecker, and fcjuoxr auu, ui jmpona, arrived oaiuruay in their touring car, and are spending a few days visiting Mrs. Longnecker's sis ter, Mrs. W. H. Eastman. Mr. Adrian Sherman and Mr. Lew Bron son of Kansas City spent today in To peka. gone to Chicago where they will spend Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Forter are spending a few days with-Mrs. Forter1 a people in Lawrence. Mrs. E. S. Quinton has returned from a trip to Chicago and Michigan. Dr. S. G. Stewart has returned after an extended tour of the southern states. Members of the Old Settlers' society and the Sons of the American Revolution held a picnic tday at the home of Mr. J. M. Meade, Crane and Western avenue. Mr. Joseph Waters and Mr. Charles Spencer gave addresses. Miss Mary Gleed left Sunday for Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she will enter the summer school of the university. Mr. James Kearney spent today in Kan s&s City Miss Mabel Gilchrist expects to leave Wednesday for Los Angeles, and Pomona, California, to visit her sister and other relatives. Miss May Reddick of New York City is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mulvane. She sang Sunday at the First Baptist church at the memorial service for the late Rev. J. M. White head. Mis Bessie Harklns has gone for a trip to Los Angeles, California. Presbyterian church held a picnic today vn in vvttsuuuiu uauiyu Mr. and Mrs. Harold Copeland Wf Kan sas Cltv are vlsitlne their parents in To peka. Miss Biancne uarnanan ana Carnahan with their guests, Mr and Mrs J. N. Blood, left today to spend the rest of the summer in California. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Wade of Meriden, formerly of Topeka, have purchased the property at 1416 Fillmore street, and will make It their home. Mr and Mrs. John Thomas Price, of Black Foot, Idaho, have returned from their hotel in the west and wM be at their bungalow at Willhelmn Place, west of town, after July 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Mandel Hill and their little son have gone to Omaha and Blair, Nebraska, to spend two weeks. Mr. David Bowie spent today in Law rence. A t VI,. Mr. Ralph uotimau uprai mo ""j hMr8 andGM?saE. C. Brownell will leave JVLlss Aiauue xveiiivuyi. day for an extended visit to. relatives in MrfWill Collinson spent today in Kan- BaMrr1Fred Miller has gone for a short trip to Colorado. t Dr E. H. Cutsinger has gone for a trip through the eastern states Thp Verv Rev. J. P. DeB Jvaye leri Sunday evening for I", to join Mrs. Kaye and the children and to remain the rest of the summer. Mrs. George Parkhurst has gone to Kan sas City to be the guest of Mrs. Frame WMrs Enfml Redden has returned from a vtott Sf two months In Tulsa .d TndeDendence, Oklahoma, where she vislt i h?r daughter, Mrs. A. L- Murphy. Mr. ad Mrs Murphy are expected some time Sext month tS visit their relatives here. Mr Quinton Adams, who has been taK lnK t'h? engineering course at Pardue uni versity and attended the summer session af the' University of Oklahoma has re turned home to spend the rest of the 8 MrmerGeorge Sharitt and Miss Helen ?haritt will leave tomorrow for San Dlagocllifornia, for a vit to Mrs. Sharitt's father, Captain W. F. For- Mrf'Merrifield Martling Wichita is spending the Fourth with Miss Helen BMrhand Mrs. John Steele, who has been living in Chicago for a few months, have returned to Topeka to live. Mrs. Elmer Fry and her son Donald of Belleville. Kansas, are guests of Mrs. Fry's sister, Mrs. J. F, Close. After spend ing two weeks here they will go to St. "1liss Bermee Johnson of Atchison is the guest of Miss Ella Davis. Miss Helen Haughey is spending a few days in Kansas City. EVENING CHAT BY RUTH CAMERON. If you live in an "un-saf e and in sane Fourth" neighborhood, your youngster knows of course that today is the glorious day that he is allowed to make all the noise he wants unra buked good, but does he know one other Identical thing about the Fourth of July? Not long ago a school teacher friend of mine, having been telling the children why the seventeenth of June is celebrated in some parts of the country, thought she would find out what they knew about the small boy's holiday of holidays. So she asked who In the class could tell her what happened that makes us cel ebrate the Fourth of July as a holiday. Three small hands waved enthusias tically. "Minnie may tell us." "That's the day that Washington crossed the Delaware, Miss S." Shocked and self-righteous flapping on the part of the other two hands. "Gracious, no, Minnie you tell her why we celebrate the Fourth of July, Phillip." "Cause Washington wouldn't tell a lie, teacher!" Remaining hand still Caps scorn fully. "John, I hope you know why the Fourth of July is a holiday." "Yas'm. Declaratlon-uv-Indlpen-dence.'

"Good," with a relieved sigh on teacher's part, "I am glad there is one boy in my class who knows something about the Fourth. But tell us some more. What does the Declaration of Independence mean?" "My father says, teacher, that it's something that Jim Jeffries wrote, and please teacher, if he gets licked, won't he have no Fourth no more?" Complete collapse on teacher's part. Tes, I know that was a very extreme WAK-TS AHB AIDS OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Primary Election Augrat 3, 1910. JONATHAN I. NORTON, sheriff of Shawnee county, is a candidate for the Republican nomination of sheriff at the primaries August 2. 1910. I am a candidate for sheriff subject to the RepuUican primary August 2. 1910. IRA M. ORNER. .J candidate for sheriff subject to the Republican primary August 2, 1910. ROME COLVIN. "m candidate for sheriff, subjejet to the Republican primary August 2. 1910. v J. B. BETT8. W. E. 8CHLICHTER, Democratic eanffl flate for .sheriff, subject to primaries, Augrust 3, V10. For County Attorney. RA'K G. DRENNINQ, former city attorney. Is a candidate for county at SlSl' th RePuUcan primaries Aug. JPSE R- SIMON, Judge of the Court of Topeka, is a Republican candidate for county Attorney, subject to tho county August z, law. T.Di HUMPHREYS. Republican candi oate for county attorney. For County Treasurer. FOR COUNTY TREASURES. MATT WEIGHTMAN, JR. JOHN M. WRIGHT, deputy county treas urer. Republican candidate for county treasurer at the primaries, Aug. 2, Ulflu W. T. PURDUM. Republican candidate for county assessor. 8. H. HAINES, Republican cadldate fop county assessor. JJrReelstiw of Deeds. IRA W. BURDICK. Republican candidate for register of deeds Shawnee county, subject to primaries August 2. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS. Republican candidate. CARY JOHNSON. FRANK L. COOPER. Republican candi date for register of deeds. Shawnee county, subject to primaries August 2. WILLIAM W. HARRIS, candidate for citlf deeda- Republican ticket candidate for COUNTY CLERK, sub ject to primaries, August 2. SAMUEL G. ZIMMERMAN. COUNTY CLERK, CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION. For Representative. HENRY W. BULBR, itepubllcan candi date Rep. 33d dist. primary, Aug. 2, 1910. J. W. GIBBONS solicits your vote for rep resentative, 34th district, Republican ticket, primary August 2. ForTJ Commissioner. O. F. -WINNER, Republican candidate for County Commissioner First district, subject to primaries. August 2. 1910. R. B. MeMASTERS, Ropublijan candidate for county commissioner First district, rubiect to prlmailes. Auiiist 2. 1910. WANTED- FEMALE HELP WANTED Dining room girl. '-Fifth Ave nue hotel. EFIEEHEMCEID STARCH MACIEME OFIEAT. MSO A FEW OTLS OVER IS YEARS L winnsiouT ESKPEIIIENCE. CALL TOES PAY .MOENHK MUTUAL LAUMEDRY, 3RD QUHMCY. WANTED Power machine operator; per manent to satisfactory person. Mrs. Mercer, Commerce Bldg. WANTED Chambermaid. Fifth Avenue hotel. WANTED Experienced men and women waiters for 4th of July; good wages. Phone Vinewood Park Cafe. Ind. 3509. Mrs, Carter. case, but do you think many of the younger children who are the most enthusiastic celebrators of our great liberty day have the vaguest idea what they are celebrating? The meaning of the holidays that come during the school year is usual ly explained by the teacher.- The sig nificance of Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday and Thanksgiving and Arbor day is duly explained to them as the days come around, but since the Fourth of July does not happen to arrive during the school year, its meaning remains a complete blank to many of our children until they reach the history study age, and sometimes much longer. Maybe, like Johnnie, some of them get hold of the words "Declaration Of Independence," but as a" rule they haven't much more idea what those words mean than he had. Myself, I can actually remember the time when, although an enthusiastic celebrator of the day, far from having the most vagrant idea of its meaning, I even had a most confused notion of its name, not recognizing it as a day of the month, but thinking it was a single word pronounced something like "Fothojull." No, of course, even if they were told all about it small children could not understand much of the meaning of the Declaration of Independence. I admit that willingly. But If you should gather your little flock about you or call your one chick today in the twilight time lull be tween the ear-splitting festivities of the day and the eye-gladdening glor ies of the. night, and should tell them in simple words a little about the brave men who made up their minds they wouldn't allow America to be treated unfairly, and wrote it down in a paper they called the Declaration of Independence, I don", think it would be such a bad idea, Do you? w TVA VTKTJ MAT.K HELP. 1 nAPSJ501? ,n nve years with a small fo? rlil ""i"8"; began with IS. Send S1H LokpoN. T7 ue" TOPEKA EMPLOYMENT OFFICB 5f,ILShed ,n TPa for S years past, feS,fohe1COJT?eJent helP- both male and w hotels, contractors and farm ZJLt We want farm help of all kinds, har tLJ? ands,: carpenters, 35o per hour; teamsters 246 mo., shop men, man and wife cooks second cooks, short order hotel pastry cook, $E0 mo., west; dishwashers, dining room girls, woman for Kiu te hou work In California; woman cooks and hotel help wanted In and out of Topeka. n. J. Kearney, 622 Kan, ave. Both phones. GOTORSMENT EMPLOYEES WANTED Write for Topeka examination sched- chesteY? InSUtUte" Dep,t 87 R" WANTED--AGENTS. BAY Actlta TAk. r-t satisfied with your present line and in come,, if not you should know about my Clothes line support and tightener. C. C. Tumepseed Mr... main offices, RusselL Kansas. WANTED Hustler to act as district .agent, handling special accident policy; sells for $1 per year. Address W. O. Weaver, 30 E. 8th ave.. Columbus. Ohio. WE PAY the highest cash price for cast off clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats. fp-ipP s ard or call Gordon Bros.' kai office, 406 Kansas ave. Ind: 3079. SEN,T-S ron furnished flat. Tel 2613 Black. FURNISHED rooms and apartments, strictly modern, cool and airy, east and pSoSSSSfSSt er -t. mo. iHKFEITLmoJer, sleeping room, rea sonable. 1271 Tyler st. FOR RENT Two extra light cool unfur- nished rooms, $12. 301 W. 12th. FOR RENT Two unfurnished front rooms, upstairs, with bath. Inquire 715 West th st. 6 unfurnished rooms, 1st floor. 1550 Kan- a. ruuua JWI iJiaCK. FOR RENT 2 office rooms in new modern building, suitable for any kind of busi ness. 500 Kansas ave. Ind. tel. 1S38. LARGE cool room to business man, In private family. 626 Tyler. Phone 2S24 Red 307 E. 10TH Parlor bedroom, ground floor, cool. References exchanged. FOR RENT First class furnished rooms, modern, in new house. 624 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Modern furnished room, with alcove. 919 West 6th. FOR RENT 2 suites unfurnished rooirs, one S and one S rooms. Call 2575 White. Modern furnished rooms, 118 W. 6th st, nice and cooU Prices reasonable. Bell653, FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT House. 2 rooms, gas; 7. 1004 East 8th ave. FOR RENT 8 roomed complete modern house and barn; shade. Inquire 323 Polk. FOR RENT 5 room modern house. Ind. i phone 25S8 "Black. FOR RENT 610 West 12th, room house. part modern. Inquire brick house. FOR RENT 5 room modern cottage, 1430 1 Harrison.. Call Bell 17S0. MODERN room house, 216 Topeka ave. Ind. 2123 Red. FOR RENT A nice modern 7 room flat 200 Topeka ave. Call 2959 White, Ind. 7 ROOM residence, 1015 Kansas ave. In qulre of Reisner, 1275 Harrison. FOR RENT 9 room modern house. 1101 Kansas ave. Ind. 1798. FOR RENT-1316 West 5th st. 6 rooms modern except heat; J21. H. Macferran Phone 526. FOR RENT 4 room cottage, 624 Fillmore. Well, cistern, gas for light and. heat good yard and porch. J13.00 If taken at once. Inquire 626 Fillmore. Ind. nhone 2650 blue. FOR RENT Modern, 8 room house. 200 Clay. $25. Phones 617. FOR RENT Modern 6 room cottage. 16th and Polk, $20. Ind. 1100. FOR RENT House with stable at 619 West street at the entrance of Potwin. Nine rooms In the house, bath, gas. Apply J. Thomas Lumber company. 212 West 6th st. RAI,K MTSCELIiANEOTTS. FOR SALE Pigeons. My squab plant of 250 good homers; fast workers and all are strong and healthy. Will sell all or In small lots. None over three years old. Charles H. Kussman, 1313 N. Madison st, Topeka, Kan. FOR SALE CUtunder rubber tired buggy. 322 Hancock st 7 head farm horses and mares; also stylish driving mare. 128 Topeka ave. FOR SALE Good cart and harness. Call Ind. .2938 Black.. FOR SALE Organ $10. 921 E. 6th st FOR SALE-A good One seated pony rig, or will exchange for a two seated one. 922 Clay st Ind. phone 2S02 Blue. FOR SALE A year old Jackdaw and a rubber tired cutunder one-seated buggy at 819 Jefferson. Call after o'clock. FOR SALE Thoroughbred Cockerel Span iel, male, 10 months old, cheap. 128 Clay. FOR SALE Timothy and alfalfa. High land Park. J. Chubb. 2350 Ind. FOR 8 ALE Square piano, cheap. 921 E. 6th st FOR SALE 6,000 ft of good 2nd hand lumber. G. C 423 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Two good horses and a set of double harness. 2613 Lincnoln st Phone 2175-Ring X WANTED To buy or rent an invalid's chair. Address C. G. R.. care Journal office. FOR SALE Safe 36x22 inside measure; 1VA inches deep. Either phone 800. Otto Keuhne Preserving Co. 500 envelopes, $1.28; 600 letter heads. $1.50. See them; first class printing at propor tionate rates. Trapp. 113 East 8th, FOR SALE Piano at 413 Kansas ave. FOR SALE 2nd hand t passner and one 4 passenger, electric. Padgett's Tire House. U8 E. 7th st FOR SALE White Spits pup at 424 Bu chanan, vy tt. uenaeier. FOR SALE K acres of good garden lanct, t,iup. z mnes nortnwest oi worm Topeka. F. P. Rude. Bell phone 2637. Ind. Z1VU FOR SALE One four gallon cow at 300 jawrence. WO Veal calves, fat cattle, poul try.. H. M. Bush. Ind. 1366. Bell 435. FOR RENT ROOMS. 1 Onlnmr IPTTCf r-T irn or ensulte. Clarence Bklnner. 188 phones. FOR. SALE REAL ESTATE. nterestirt In the room mod- riArn hnnen t Intel Tnllr at male. me offer; must sell. Ritchie, 1504 Kansas ave. FINE HIGH AND DRT LOTS IN LAEEWOO PARE AB DITnOH OKLY 3D. CENTS TOWH AND ONLY 60 CENTS PER WEEK PER LOT. DON'T PAY RENT: START A HOME. Come in and let's talk It over. I can show you how to save money every day. W. J. RICKENBACHER, Owner. Phone 163. Office 100 E. 6th. I will be In my office on Saturday nights from 7 to 9 o'clock. MGHLAN0 PARE If you are thinking of buying a home or lots In Highland Park or vicinity or if you have anything to sell in Highland Park, see us. We also have a large list of small tracts, farm and city property. XH. EDGAR 718 Kansas Ave. Ind. Phone 1S3. FOR BALE Two modern homes, 200 Clay and 806 Tyler, cheap. Phones 617. POULTRY FARM Facing Washburn Campus, 2 acres, good 9 room house, large barn, large modern poultry house and 2 smaller ones. Well and cistern, lots of shade, fruit and shrub bery. Beautiful home for some one. Price S3.700; cash. THE STRAUSS AGENCY. Ind. 824. 107 East 7th St Bell 1431. FOR SALE OR TRADE Good rental property in a good county seat town; good high school. Address 1303 Kentucky st, Lawrence, Kan. FOR SALE, RENT OR TRADE Store building and hall, 3 lots, at Wakarusa, Kan. Nell and Robinson. FOR SALE At a bargain, account of loss by fire, 4 lots on Ohio street, Oakland, east front. Inquire G. A. Baxter, 1345 Lake st. Phones 1805 R. 1. FOR SALE CHEAP 3 room cottage, 1907 Kansas ave., good chance for colored man. Inquire 1032 College ave. FOR RENT FLATS. FOR RENT 5 room modern flat at 917 iuimore. ma. Zbdo .Black. FOR RENT 3 room modern flat 107 West 12th. Ind. 1798. JBUMESSCHANCES WATCHES ON CREDIT. Bedrock prices on Elgin watches; terms as low as $2 a month. You wear the goods while paying for them. Write for big Free Watch and Diamond catalog. HARRIS-GOAR CO Boley Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. FOR RENT- FOR RENT Storage room In our ware- nouses, uan 320 for rates. We will lend a reasonable amount on good furni ture in storage, if insured. TOPEKA TRANSFER STORAGE CO 406 East 6th St FOR RENT A good" farm of 700 acres 500 acres for wheat and barley, 200 acres in pasture, fair house, large barn for 25 horses, large hen house, plenty of water piped In house to the barn and milk house. This Is a good deal for a man with plenty of force and energy. It is 5 miles east- of Colby, 8 miles from Gem and. near school. Write to N. L. Wilson. Belolt. FOR RENT 2 story stone building in rear of 506 Jackson. Good for barn or storage house. N. E. Keller. Ind. 1268. BANK STATEMENTS. (First published In The Topeka State Journal June 1, 1910.1 REPORT OF THE CONDITION i of "n MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF TOPEKA, in the State of Kansas at the close of business June 30, 1910. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts 977,283 58 Overdrafts, secured and unse cured i.799.57 u. oonas to secure circula- rr n 100,000.00 u. a. BODd3 to secure U. S. TafPsts 150.000.00 Premiums on U. S. bonds 16,000.00 Bonds, securities, etc 49,154.39 Due from approved reserve agents $201,644.01 Due from National banks not reserve agents ..191,001.74 Due from State and Private Banks and Bankers, Trust Com panies' and Savings banks 22,711.88 Checks and other cash I items 4.412.19 Exchange for clearing house 27,973.24 Notes of other Nation al banks 47,310.00 Fractional cuiTency, nickels and cents.... 864.53 Gold and silver coin.. 149.3S1.25 Legal tender notes.... 19,735,00 664,963.83 Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer 5,000.00 Total ..$1,964,201.34 LIABILITIES. 'm-"- Capital stock paid in I 100,000.00 Surplus fund 100,000.00 Undivided Drofits. less expenses and taxes paid 21,276.41 National bank notes outstand ing 100,000.00 Due to other National banks 7.374.97 Due to State and Private Banks and bankers 66,366.72 Du to trust companies x and savings banks.. 507.10 Individ ual deDOsits sub ject to check ....1,238,481.17 Demand certificates of deposit 178,046.84 Certified checks 2,026.95 Cashier's checks out standing 1,615.01 U. S. deposits 128,524.74 Deposits U. S. Dlsbur- sing officers 19,981.43 1,642,924.93 Total .$1,964,201.34 State of Kansas, Shawnee Counly, 1, F. M. Bonebrake. cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. F. M. BONEBRAKE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, A. D. 1910. WARD D., SPEELMAN. (Seal.) Notary Public (My commission expires Jan. 10. 1914.) Correct Attest- W. A. L. THOMPSON. ROBERT PIERCE. H. L. HALL. Directors. fFirst published m The Topeka State Journal July 1, 1910.J REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK at Topeka. In the State of TCansas.at the close of business June 30. 1910. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $1,064,001.94 '1 BANK 'STATEJIKNT. Overdrafts, secured and unse cured 4S9.4S U. S bonds to secure circula tion ...v. 200,000.00 XX. B. bonds to secure U. 8. de posits 1.000.00 Premiums on U. S. bonds 4,000.00 Bonds, securities, etc 272.853.50 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 10,000.00 Other real estate owned 4,193.7 Due from national banks (not reserve agents) $248,774.00 Due from approved reserve agents 230,435.48 Checks and other cash items 2,358.2 Exchanges for clear ing house 20,758.87 Notes of other nation al banks 12,900.00 Fractional paper cur rency, nickels, and cents L201.n Lawful money reserve -In bank, viz: Specie 149.682.85 Legal tender notes 33,500.00 Ktrdtmpuon fund with U. 3. Treasurer (5 per cent of clr- culatlon 10,000.00 709, 608. a Total $2,266,146.33 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In 200.000.00 Surplus fund 40,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 482.04 National bank notes outstand ing 200,000.08 Due to other national banks $376,031.83 Due to state and private banks and bankers 151.934.91 Due to Trust com panies and Savings banks 13,918. 00 Dividends unpaid 4,134.20 Individual deposits, subject to check.... 1,044,410.28 Demand certificates of deposit 193,B4.85 Certified checks 234.25 Cashier's checks out- standing 40,946.57 United States deposits 1,000.00 1. 826, 661 89 jTotal .$2,268,146.93 State of Kansas. County of Shawnee, es. I, Geo. A. Guild, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to tha best of my knowledge and belief. Geo. A. GUILD, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, 1910. C. S. BOWMAN. TSeal. Notary Public (My commission expires June 28, 1911.) Correct Attest: E. B. MERRIAM, A. W. BRONSON. E. E. AMES, Directors. PROPOSALS. noticeT to contractors and builders, proposal for building. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Frank C. Squires, 628 Kansas ave., Topeka., up to one o'clock In the afternoon of Thursday, July 14th. 1910; for the general contract for a COMMISSION AND WAREHOUSE BUILDING to be erected at the southeast corner Of Crane street and Kansas avenue in tha city of Topeka, Kansas. Plans and specifications may-be obtain ed at the office of the architect. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. JOHN BEATON, 6wner. JEWELERS. JAMES B. KAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, cto. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. SnSCELLANEOTJSL WALLPAPER, PAPERHANOINO AND HOUSEPAINTING. McGEE. 828 Kan. Avs WELL DRILLS For oil, gas and water wells; latest LOOMIS DRILL CO.. TIF FIN, OHIO. MONET. BETZER KifALTr AND LOAN CO. Maae larm and city loans in any amours from JooO up. at lowest rates and on th most favorable terms. Office ground tloox. Columbian Bldg. MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gans, typewriters, household goods at4 personal security. L. Blscoe. 523 Kan. era. MONEY TO LOAN on personal property and collateral security, on easy terms. G. H. Fllntham. 906 E. 4th st Vl r"N7 VV o "...on n It.... ...v. eolial security, household goods, typewrit ers. W. E. Seguiae. 413 K. A. Both phones MONEY TO LOAN on city and farm property. Most liberal terms of pay ment and low rat of Interest W. 1L. Forbes Co.. 107 W. 7th st PHYCTCIAXS AND STTRGEON9. IDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours a. m. te 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Both phones 16. resident and Ind.. 1318 office DR. 8. E. MARTIN, cancer specialist has moved hs office to his residence. 1610 Van Buren street DR. H. H. KEITH, surgeon and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office 724 Kanfca ave. DB. WM. H. RIGrTTrTR Oenltat Urtn- ary and Rectum diseases. 807 Kan. ave. PAVTNG. CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK A) PAVING CO.. H4 E. 6th st Mfgs. bulldiiur. paving and sidewalk brick. PATENTS. 1. A. ROSEN, patent attorney. 29 sas ave.. Topeka. Kan. FREE DISPENSARY. QUINCY STREET FREE DISPENSARY. 521 Quincy st Conducted by- regular practicing physicians and surgeons. Med ical service free. Medicine free In soma cases. Office hours 2 to I p. m. Calls andBwered nleht and day. Ind. shone 1707. TRANSFER AND STORAGE. MERCHANTS TRANSFER STORAGE Co. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. 186. Skinner Gay hart 61 Quincr st TTSDrTRTA KTVO. L. M. PENWELL, funeral director and erabalroer. First class eervU,..-, reason able prices. Ell Quincy st Both phone 191 MACHINE SHOPS. Lawn mowers sharpened, repaired. The H. t. Howaro, supply kjo.. iui a. Tel. to, "OOL NT BILLIARD TABLES. FOR SALE New and second-hand bil liard and pool tables ai 1 bowling alleys. We lead the world In cheap bar fix tures; easy payments. Send for catalogue. Brunswick -Balke-Collender Co 1329-31 Main street. Kansas City. Mo. PICTURE FRAMING. FRAMING, regilding, mat making, mount ing done Dy J. u. auinvan, xci w.ufui street. Packing, shipping, etc. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HlTCfM'cTROOTrattj over Eroahiser Spielman's. Topeka, Kt

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAIr MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4,1910. This is a favorable time to buy Silk Dresses The values of the following described dresses are such that most women who see them will be impelled to buy. All are one-piece dresses, in very desirable styles and colorings for present wear. No two are exactly alike in both coloring and style. This is an advantage to those whose tastes are exclusive, but makes quick buying necessary if you secure the best selections. 3 Taffeta Dresses One each of cop per, rose and lavender, $15.00. 1 Messaline Dress, light pink, $18.75. 1 Silk Chiffon Dress, in amethyst, with silk drop, $20.00. THE MILLS DRY GOODS STOCK SHOW TO CLOSE. North Company Will Reopen at Ma jestic la August. North Brothers' stock company will close their season at the Grand thea ter Saturday night. They will reopen at the Majestic on August 29, pre senting. "The Man on the Box," a comedy of Washington life. C. C. North, the manager, this morning said that the season had been an en tirely satisfactory one. Manager North will go to Oklaho ma City, where his other company is playing. There he will remain for some time, later returning to Topeka to prepare for the opening of the fall season. The Majestic theater stage is being remodeled and improved and it is the intention to have everything possible at hand to make the new season one of the best. Miss Genevieve Russell, the leading woman, closed Saturday night. She will depart Wednesday for Oklahoma City, where she will appear in a spec ial presentation of "Sapho," Friday evening. She will be accompanied by her sister, Mrs. S. T. Hurst, and her three children, of Beaumont, Texas, who have been visiting in Topeka. After a short visit with her sister, Miss Russell will go to Chicago to buy a wardrobe for next season. She promises something startling in the way of a Parisian creation. Later she will return to Topeka, and expects to take a trip to New York before re suming her work. Miss Ruth Robinson, who has been playing second business and appear ing in the leads in the absence of Miss Russell will be with the company again next season. Her work has made her indispensable, according to the management. Miss Clara Lemar, who joined the company in the spring, also has been re-engaged. Robert Blaylock, director, and Roy E. Hilliard, character man, will spend their vacation at their homes in Des Moines. Their wives and babies al ready are there. Blaylock. who has not been well in the last few months will go into summer camp on the river. Both Blaylock and Hilliard will reopen with the North company. Albert and Edward Ferguson, ju venile players, too will open here in "The Man on the Box," August 29. Both have been re-engaged, a fact that their friends will be glad to note. They will spend several weeks this summer at the home of their mother, Mrs. Amelia Ferguson, in Grand Rap ids, 111. After a time spent in the lake regions they will return here. Two new players will be added to the company when the season opens. These will consist of a leading man and a character player. Manager North, himself, has been appearing In the leads since the opening of the summer season. Yates Kxplaina AVhy. To the Editor of the State Journal: It has been said that politics makes ntrango bedfellows and very strikingly is this illustrated in the contest now waging in Shawnee county for the nom ination of sheriff. There is some very scientific political wire pulling going on in reference to this office, evidently en gineered by the master mind of a re cent acquisition to Topeka. in the per son of Mr. Metzger, president of the German-American State bank and jnanager of Mr. Betts campaign. He endeavored to convince Sheriff Norton that he would be defeated and advised 1'im to withdraw, guaranteeing that all of his expenses would be paid and a lucrative position given him at the con clusion of his term of office. Then came in turn Mr. F. M. Stahl end Mr. Harry Larimer, both known as prohibition, law and order men, also advising Sheriff Norton to withdraw and acquiesce in the Belts-Metzger lest Piano WE'VE KNOWN IN THIS DISPOSAL SALE OF USED AND REDUCED PIANOS This sale is based on our annual summer sale of used pianos that we take in exchange, return from rental, concert used, etc. Every instrument sold by us fully guaranteed. $10 puts one of our high-grade pianos in your home. Small payments keep It there. Tine. large size MARSHALL CO. Large size ESTEY $155 $165 $215 $125 $175 Mahogany case, $300 BKADLEY. Oak Case CROWN onlj Slightly used $325 AKMSTRON'tT. These Startling Prices are plainly marked on each piano, and are for city and country buyers alike. If you can't call, write, and we will make a guaran teed selection. You owe it to yourself to see these bargains. TERMS $1.00 to J2.00 weekly. E. B. GUILD MUSIC CO. 722 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas KNABE AND STORY AND CLARK PIANOS 1 Foulard Dress, in brown, $20.00. 4 Taffeta Dresses, in blue pin checks, green and heliotrope, $22.50. 1 Messaline Dress Very beautiful dress in peach pink. scheme. I do not personally know Mr. Metzger, but understand that he be longs to the drinking clubs in Topeka, and while I know Mr. Betts as a contractor-politician or political-contractor, familiar with the schemes of poli ticians, and who has served a term or two in the state senate and then re tired to the entire satisfaction of a grateful constituency, I never heard of his favoring prohibition or the enforce ment of the law. A strange sight to behold is F. M. Stahl and Harry Larimer, two leading lights of law enforcement, eager to sac rifice themselves as burnt offerings to the ungodly cause of nonlaw enforce ment. Mr Stahl must know that Mr. Metzger Is now boasting that Betts will divide the vote of all the drinking clubs in the county with Rome Colvin. He miust also know that Mr. Betts is re ported to be an active member of these drinking clubs. He must know that v. hen Mr. Betts first announced himself as a candidate for sheriff and until re cently, he catered to and expected to receive the united support of the "joint" element of the county. He must know that Mr. Betts claims to have a check for $2,000. given four years ago ahd paid to MrV Colvin for getting out of the race for sheriff, in order that his brother "Paddy" Betts would have the united support of the "joint" element. Mr. Stahl must know, too, that Mr. Betts has no show of being nominated for sheriff, and the only figure his can didacy can cut in the race is to en danger the nomination of Sheriff Nor ton, and thereby defeat law enforce men. Who ever heard of J. B. Betts having any sympathy with law en forcement? If this was not so serious a matter it would be really laughable. Frank Stahl supporting Betts, an anti prohibitionist, against Sheriff Jonathan D. Norton, the present gentlemanly and efficient officer, whose life long record has been in support of law en forcement. G. W. W. YATES. LANDS WITHDRAWN. The President Signs an Order Cover ing 8,495,731 Acres. Beverly. July 4. President Taft has ta ken the first step in hla own conservation policy by signing orders of withdrawal covering 8,495,731 ocres of power site, phosphate and petroleum lands. The president also appointed the five engineer officers of the army who will constitute a board to pass on the recla mation projects to be completed under the recent appropriation of twenty million dollars. It is hinted that there are other important announcements to come with regard to the conservation policy of the administration. The president has sum moned Secretary Balllnger for a confer ence on Tuesday. The withdrawal orders signed by the president are the first specifically au thorized by the new law. Mr. Roosevelt as president inaugurated the policy of withdrawing public lands under the gen eral theory of the right of the executive to do anything in the interest of the public domain not prohibited by law. President Taft has acted in the same way. Presi dent Taft also signed orders of withdraw al covering public lands and lands in na tional forests in Alaska in which work able coal is known to exist, thus ratifying and continuing in full effect the withdraw al made by former President Roosevelt on November 12, 1906. The water power sites withdrawn by Taft cover a total of 1,454,499 acres. The phosphate lands withdrawn total 2,594,113 acres and the petroleum lands 4,447,119 acres. covering 8,495,731 acres of power site, withdrawn are as follows: Arizona, 107, 550 acres; California, 47,819 acres; Colorado, 201,549 acres; Idaho, 230,971 acres; Montana, 182,515 acres: Nevada, 14.501 acres; New Mexico, 14.638 acres; Oregon, 176,721 acres; Utah, 379,912 acres; Washington, 55,439 acres; Wyoming. 103,396 acres. The phosphate land withdrawals are: Florida, 27,400; Idaho, 1.102,317; Utah, 107, 545; Wyoming, 1,381,851. Petroleum land acreage withdrawals covered the following: Arizona, 230.400; California. 2,482,750; Colorado, 87,474; Louis iana, 314,720; New Mexico, 419,901; Oregon, 74,849 ;Utah, 581,564; Wyoming, 255,461. Bargains Full scale $275 BREWSTER Walnut Upright HELLER $195 $95 $185 $245 Oak case WERNER $400 Art c-asa BREWSTER Lighte Ernst Square. .$65.00 Durham Square $25.00 COMPANY POLITICAL GOSSIP. Preparation for Reception in Topeka for Three Insurgents. The Republicans of Bourbon county have announced a big political gather ing for July 23. Congressman Scott and his opponent, A. C. Mitchell, also all the candidates for state office, have been invited to be present and speak. The Fort Scott people plan to make this the big rally of the Second district for the primary campaign: Preparations are under way to hold a big reception in Topeka for the three insurgents, Senator Bristow, and .-Congressmen Madison and Murdock. The senator is at his home in Salina and the two congressmen will be home the last of this week. According to pres ent plans the meeting lill be held in the Auditorium and the three insur gents are to all speak on the fight made in the last session for progressive meas ures. Congressman James E. Watson of In diana and ex-Governor Bailey will speak in Beloit on the afternoon of July 13 and at Jewell City at night. Congress man Watson will speak the next day at Mankato and at Lebanon that night. He will speak at Smith Center July 15 and at Osborne July 16. Congressman Reeder will be present at several of the Watson meetings W. I. Biddle, manager of Anthony's congressional campaign, takes excep tions to the recent batch of statistics published by T. A. McNeal on the First district fight, and proceeds to get out a table of figures based on the returns of the last primary, to show that An thony is a better vote getter than Mc Neal. Mr. Biddle says in conclusion: "The record of the primary in Aug ust, 1908, shows that Mr. McNeal is not a vote getter. He was a candidate for renomination for state printer with the opposition to him divided between two opponents and he fell short of getting a majority of the party vote cast in this, his home district. The highest Re publican vote cast two years ago in the First district was on governor, Mr. Le land receiving 10,825 votes and Mr. Stubbs 8,625. Mr. McNeal received 8,091 votes in the district, or 634 less than Governor Stubbs who lost his district by 2,200. "Mr. McNeal will fall behind, taking the vote for Governor Stubbs in the primary two years ago as a basis in seven of the eight counties in the dis trict, and I predict that Mr. Anthony's "lPR wiu be ln the neighborhood or 5,000. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED. Taken Erom Jail and Hanged for Kill ine a White Man. Charleston, Mo., July 4. Two ne gores were lynched here Sunday after noon for the murder of William Fox, a planter of Mississippi county. They were taken from the county jail by a large crowd of infuriated citizens, who broke down I h e iinnra t v, i .-i shortly after 4 o'clock. snerire triup appealed to Governor Hadley for assistance by phone and swore in a niimhpr nf Han,,;.., nn sheriffs were powerless to check the 1UUU. It was bent on burning the negro section of Charleston but cooler heads prevailed and quiet was restored. URGES CROSS-STATE ROAD. Surveyor Rogers Wants Uniformity in Highway Improvement. County Surveyor John Rogers has a plan for a cross-state thoroughfare, an Idea that long ha3 been in the minds of county officials and public spirited citizens throughout the eastern part of Kansas. Mr. Rogers thinks the time has arrived when the Idea may be turned into a reali ty, if worked out in a reasonable manner. "The matter should be taken up first by the county commissioners when they hold their annual state meeting," said Mr. Rogers. "If they will recommend the execution of the plan the state engineer can be induced to lay out the route the road should follow. It is simply a mat ter of conducting the regular road im provement work upon a uniform plan so that each county will Improve the proper portion of road within its own boundries so as to make it connect with the road which the adjoining county improves. "No special legislation is required for building such a road. Every county now has ample authority to collect money for road building and more Interest is taken in the subject of county road improve ment than there ever has been before. Bhawnee county alone will have nearly J50.000 to spend In the coming year. "Such a road should extend from Kan sas City to Manhattan, and perhaps fur ther. The western half of the state will need little work for the sandy soil makes good natural road and little work will be necessary after the wheat belt is reached. "In a year after adopting a coordinating plan of building a cross state road from east to west we could have the road in use. After that it would be possible to take up the construction of feeder lines from north and south, with the result that every section of the state could be given an interest in the main thoroughfare. And I believe that the time has come when the inauguration of such a state wide scheme of road building is practicable. "No one any longer questions the utility and desirability of country road building and there is a growing demand for cross country road. The demand come from automobilists principally but that is not what can be called a restricted demand for nearly everyone is Interested in auto mobiles and. whether he owns a machine or not, nearly every man occasionally wants to take a spin into the country and is a believer in road building in conse nuence. It now is only a question of BUltS.' CONSULTATION HELD. Dr. Roosevelt and Dr. Griscom De cline to Announce the Result. Oyster Bay, July 4. Col. Roosevelt'3 preliminary survey of the field of bat tle has been completed. Like a good general he has nothing to say of hi3 plans. Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New York Republican county com mittee, did not stay over night on Sagamore Hill, as had been expected. Before he left he gave Col. Roosevelt a first hand account of just how the colonel was beaten last week at Albany in the fight for direct primary in the legislature. The result of the conference has not been disclosed. Mr. Griscom said be fore he went up Sagamore Hill that he would not utter a word of what Col. Roosevelt and he had to say, and the colonel was equally reticent. He let it be known, however, that the real ob ject of the conference was to diagnose what he considers the Ills of Repub licanism in the state. The prescription has not been writ ten and in all probability will not be until after several other specialists have been summoned in consultation. The most important of these consulta tions will be between the colonel and Governor Hughes, when the discussion of a Republican candidate for governor will receive careful consideration. It is regarded as sure that Col. Roosevelt will have a great deal to say about that perplexing question. KILLS HIS DAUGHTER. Shoots Two Men and Is Himself Prob ably Fatally Wounded. East St. Louis. July 4. One man and a young girl were killed, another man fatally wounded and a third man seriously injured when Robert Higin botham, aged 40, of Kansas City, at tempted forcibly to remove his daugh ter from the home of his former wife here. He killed the latter's present husband and his own daughter. The Dead. MICHAEL MOSER. East St. Louis. EVELTN HIGINBOTHAM, aged 11; shot through head. Robert Higinbotham, shot through chest, probably fatal. Henry C. Fellaur, shot through arm and chest; condition dangerous. Higinbotham was divorced from "his wife over five years ago and two years ago she married Moser. retaining the custody of her daughter, F.velyn. Hig inbotham came from Kansas City and after making inquiries ascertained where his wife was living. He went to the house and was met at the door by Moser, who refused to allow him to take the girl. He nulled a revolver and shot Moser, while the girl stepped in line just in time to receive the second ball. Fellaur, a boarder, who then ap peared, shot Higinbotham, and the lat ter returned the fire when he fell to the ground. TO CALL A SPECIAL Colorado Governor Expects to Profit by Hughej'8 Experience. Denver, July 4. -"Governor Hughes called his special session without tim ing it so. that he .would receive aid from the county conventions. I am not going to make the same mistake." Governor John F. Shafroth, who is facing a similar situation to that which confronted the New York executive, has announced that he will call a spe cial session of the legislature on or before August 9 to consider various pledges in the last Democratic state platform. This will bring it into life while practically all of the Democratic county conventions are in session and it is the governor's program to use their endorsement of his action as a club to compel favorable action on his program. Furthermore, the Demo cratic convention does not assemble until September 6 and the governor holds this also to be in his favor, in asmuch as he plans to have the coun ty conventions Intimate to delegates that they need not expect renomina tion unless the governor's message goes through. Initiative and referendum, the re call, direct primary and a bank guar anty law, the headless ballot and a railroad commission bill are among the subjects to be considered in the extra session. This is a pretty suit for outings, for mornings on the water and similar oc casions. The blouse, which closes di rectly down the front, has a wide sailor collar of the linen, trimmed in rows of pale blue soutache, a single row of which borders each side of the front. The blouse front is also trimmed with large white linen buttons. The skirt is trimed with the buttons and soutache. A pretty touch is given by the crushed girdle of pale blue liberty matching tb.3 trimming. Death of Mrs. Emily Briggs. Washington, July 4. Mrs. Emily E. Briggs, who did noteworthy work in the sixties as a newspaper corre spondent, died here yesterday after noon in her eightieth year. Mrs. Briggs received a fall a short time ago, which hastened her death. She was the author of the "Olivia" letters, written from Washington during the Civil war. The body will be taken to Chicago for burial. Young Lobbylounger Have you see Mile. Charmil, the new premier danseuse? Old Greybeard Not since I was a boy. New York Weekly. VETERAN OPERATOR DEAD. William Martin Was in Employ of One Company Fifty Years. Irondale. Mo.. July 4. Almost a half a century at the telegraph key in the employ of the same company is the remarkable record of William Martin, station agent of the Iron Mountain railway, who is dead at De soto, Mo. Mr. Martin was born in Baltimore, Md., 66 years ago. He entered the service of the Iron Mountain as tele graph lineman under Colonel R. C. Clowry, now president of the Western Union Telegraph company, when he was 18 years old. He was made sta tion agent at Pevely, Mo., in 1865, and eight years later was transferred to Irondale as agent. He was present at the battle of Pilot Knob in September, 1864. He was then a member of the telegraph corps of the federal forces. DENISON BANK ROBBED. Safe Blown and $6,000 Taken by Yeggmen Who Escaped. Denison, Kan.. July 4. Bank rob bers who blew the safe in the State bank of Denison early today obtained J6.000, all the money it contained. Residents heard the report of the ex plosion of nitro-glycerine about 3 o'clock but concluded it was a prema ture shot of fireworks and paid no at tention. The loss was discovered when Cashier Charles P. Humphrey went to the bank about 7 o'clock. Sheriff Reuben Francis of Holton was notified and with an armed posse in four automobiles began a search lor the yeggmen, believed to have been two in number. A report is current that a Missouri Pacific hand car was stolen and that escape was made to the vicinity of Valley Falls in this manner. Cashier Humphrey immediately went to "Valley Falls, where he was met by John Wilkerson of Topeka.- Wilkerson had with him his bloodhounds. A party in automobiles, headed by these two men, then set out upon, the search. SEES CHEAPER HOGS. J. Ogden Armour Thinks $10 Variety WiU Not Bo Seen Again. Chicago, July 4. J. Ogden Armour, the packer who has returned from a two months' trip to Europe, does not believe that this country will see "$10hogs" again. Speaking of meat prices he said: "If the west reaps a bountiful corn, wheat and oats crop this year, we may hope for lower prices. The same crop problem will have a big effect on the price of meats. If the crop of grain is short the supply of cattle and hogs will be short. I do not believe that the country will see $10 hogs again. Such is possible, however. Hogs normally should range around $9. If the supply is good it is pos sible that they should be priced under that figure. "Meat export business from the United States to England and Europe is dead. South America is furnishing the meat that Europe consumes. The United States cannot compete to advantage with the country south of the equator. Cattle con ditions there are as they were in the west twenty-five years ago. "As a cattle producer South America is rapidly outdistancing the United States. The broad plains of the former country are undeveloped and especially in Argen- cattle is not as good out me meat is iooa, and that is what Europe wants." As He Remembered It. "Johnny, what did the minister preach about today?" "It was about something that stings like an adder and bites like a multi plier." WRECK VICTIMS RITES SAID. Funerals Among largest Ever Held in Topeka. One of the most largely attended funerals in Topeka in years was that of E. B. Jolley, the veteran Santa Fe engineer, killed in the wreck at Cedar Point. The Masons had charge of the services. The funeral was held from the Third Christian church at 2:30 in the afternoon. The services for Jolley's fireman, Howard I. Mitchell, likewise were largely attended. Locomotive en gineers and firemen from out of town, as well as from Topeka, were present in numbers at both funerals. Requiem high mass for Mr. Mitchell was said at 9 o'clock in the forenoon at the Church of the Assumption. At Vinewood. Two acts in the Vinewood park vaudeville bill this week are of good appeal. They are Madame Devon with her educated cats and dogs and Van Nally, singing, dancing and near-con tortionist. Though the latter act is billed as in cluding contortions, little semblance of this feature is to be seen. Neverthe less, it is one in which good work is iff',"- UZ,sst f y J" 7 7 T Ill T.XJV'Ili """its Triple Motion kVLite Mountain Ice Cream Freezers Never fail to make good Ice Cream The "White Mountain" is distinctly the home freezer because it never fails and lasts a lifetime. You can't spoil good mixture with its use. ive points of superiority. For the entire week begin ing tomorrow we are going to sell them at the following special prices: $2.00-l-qt. size.. -.$1.69 I $2.50-3-qt. size. .$1.98 2.25 2-qt size 1.89 2.75 4-qt. size.... 2.29 The "Arctic" Double Motion Freezers A very satisfactory and reliable freezer of the double motion type. Also offered at special prices. 2.00, 2 quart size for $1.35 $2.50, 4 quart size $1.98 2.26, 3 quart size for 1.7S 4.25, 6 quart size 3.25 THE MAN WHO IS j :J i('f I I v I "BOB" TASKER For Register of Deeds Thirty years old. Twenty-five years resident of Shawnee County. Educated in Topeka schools. Mechanic Santa Fe shops, 1895 to 1898. U. S. Army 1898, to 1902. Clerk Santa Fe offices 1902 to 1908. WILL YOU HELP? Ynnr SwpptTiparr wil1 not ob3"ect i our ijweeineari to the gmell of cigar emoke if it emanates from a 5 Cents, worth 10 H. L. TROMP TOPEKA, KAN. done and effect noted. Because of laws against child labor, the four-year-old girl who usually works with her mother, did not appear in the other wise double. Madame Devon did not arrive in time fo rthe opening matinee. She appeared at night and the act was well taken. It is just off the Orpheum cir cuit, where gcod success was had. The Tilman's in a singing and danc ing act are indifferent. In fact, so much so that their act does not war rant mention. Both have god voices; Don't Thiiulk Because you have contracted Blood Poison and still have aches and pains, mucous patches in mouth, sore throat, hair falling: out, pimples, copper-colored spots, eruptions, sores and ulcers on any part of the body, you must go through life tainted and contaminated or saturate your self with mercury and other poisonous minerals for a cure. DR. COOKINHAM'S TREAT MENT cleanses the blood and system of every trace of virus without the use of poisonous drugs and in less time than Hot Springs. Dr. D. A. Cookmham 106 EL Seventh Street, Topeka, Kansas Hour 9 to 12, 2 to 6. 7 to 8. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and"' Friday evenings. Sundays from 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. 1 1 Special Prices for all of this week The "White Mountain", is mechanically perfect; it freezes easily and quick ly. The triple motion pro duces light, fluffy, frozen dainties, unusual in qual ity and quantity because paddles are separate and work independently in op posite directions. This freezer has manv exclus TRAINING TO WIN .Special United States clerk to examine territorial land records of certain Indian tribes in Oklahoma 1908, to 1909. Contract agent Missouri Kan sas Telephone company, February 1, 1909, to date and now trying for a better job. Miss Marguerite Barnes Lovewell DRAMATIC SOPRANO Mrs. Robert Carver, Accompanist. Anna Whiting Popenoe, Violinist. Tuesday, July S 8:15 P. M. First Baptist Church Tickets at StaniBeld's 50c GRAND SUMMER PRICES KUM KEEP KOOL THIS WEEK Msmsa "The Golden .M?ti5e Ranch Roundup' ff wed. fit Sat. Bargain Matinee Wed. Sat. 10c-20c however, that is all that can be said. Miss Lillian Diskin. a Tooeka girl, is singing illustrated songs at night. Her work appears to good advantage. SI