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Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
COMPLETELY DISCOURAGED.
Are Thousands of People Who Have
Chronic Catarrh

As a result of our changeable climate
catarrh has become one of the most prev
alent and universal diseases known to man.
Nearly one-third of the people of the United
States are afflicted with catarrh in some of
its many phases or stages. Add to this
fact that catarrh rapidly tends to become
fixed or chronic: also the further fact that
1t is capable of producing great many
true nature of this dread disease. So
formidable has catarrh become that in
treatment Of catarrh speciality. Mr.. Raiph
". Chulp, La Porte, Ind. in a recent let
ter to Dr. Hartman saws: ..I have haen
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
SHE MAY BE STILL ON STRIKE.
Edith Edwards, IL Years Old, Gives
Up Her Position and Falls to
Return Home.

Edith Edwards, the 13-year-old daughter
of George E. Edwards who lives at 52s
Harrison street, went on a strike with
number OF other girls at the Armour Pack
ing Company Thursday morning. where she
was employed in the meat trimming de-
partment: The company Immediately
placed other girls in the places thus made
vacant and since then Edith has not been
heard from. Her parents yesterday MORN
ing reported the matter to the police and
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
FREE TO GO TO THE KL0NDIKE
Police Judge Discharges the Western
Union Messenger Accused
of Theft.

June Schenck, the Western Union mes
eenger boy who was arrested Friday even
ing on a charge Of stealing slS from Mrs.
T. ]. Thompson, of 1896 Park avenue. and
also for carrying concealed weapons, was
yesterday dismissed on the latter charge
In police court. The boy testified that he
carried the gun at nights while he worked
as a messenger, and since his discharge
two days ago, he had not returned the re-
volyer TO the company for lack of time.
After giving the boy a lecture, Judge Gif-
ford discharged him.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
CARD GAME ENDS IN A FIGHT.
Negro Accused Italian of Cheating
and a Surgeon Was Needed When
HOstfIftles Ceased.

Abe Garnet. a negro living at go Locust
street, and Phillip Spletti. bartender in
Andrew Loboi's saloon at 300 Walnut
street. engaged in a game Of cards yester
day afternoon for the drinks. Garnet final
ly became convinced that the Italian al
ways kept a number OF high cards up his
out of five made known his suspicious.
Spletti resented the insinuation by hitting
the negro in the eye with his fist. Garnet
grabbed two big beer glasses and broke
them over the bartender's head. The fight
was continued on the sidewalk, where the
negro had the ends Of his fingers on his
right hand cut off with a sharp knife.
Both men wound up at Central police sta
ton. where their wounds were dressed by
Assistant Surgeon Norberg.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

Columbia, Mo-, March 12-(Special1 Col
umbia is to have $4,000 hotel building in
the near future. A joint stock company
representing a number of local capitalists
is being organized to construct the building.
Plans have been drawn and a large part
of the stock has already been subscribed.
The building will contain fifty rooms and
be firSt-class in every respect.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
Negro Invent. a HoIdup Story.

Frank Vivian, colored. driver for F. H.
Spears Transfer Company, reported at po-
lice headquarters last night that he had
been held up and robed Of $3.50 by three
masked men at Fifteenth and Askew
shortly after dark. The money belonged to
his employers. Although he gave graphic
description of a fight with the robbers, the
police doubted his story and searched him.
but failed to find any money. AS he was
leaving the station James Ellis. another
negro. entered and said Vivian had given
him sl050 to keep for him. Vivian. con-
fronted with this evidence. confessed he
had lost s. shooting craps and had invented
the hold-up story.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

troubled with catarrh
for the past eight
years. l was so
bad l had to quit
work. and was so
weak and dizzy that
j sometimes stagger-
ed when I. walked. I
was completely dis
couraged. After I had
taken two bottles OF
Pe-ru-na I began
work again and have
not felt better In ten
years. / feel so CRATE
ful that 1t seems al
though / could never
stop talking In praise
of the medicine"
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
POLICE WHO WANT TO FIGHT.
Many Omcers and PatrOlmen Ready
to Enlist I'm Case War Is
Declared,

The rumors yesterday afternoon that the
United States regular troops were being
moved, caused considerable talk among the
policemen in all the precincts. In calling
their patrol boxes. they asked each time II
war had been declared. or II there any new
developments. At No. 3 police station Off
Ger Green signed his name to a list at the
station as a volunteer in case war were de-
clared. As fast as the men came in to re-
port they added their names to the list.
Captain Parker, of the precinct, added his
name to those of officers Brown. Carey.
Harrington. Whitehead, Kelly and Green.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

Captain Burns. of No. 2 precinct, and taken
to Central police station, where he was
locked up d charge of horse stealing.
Captain Burns made the arrest on informa-
tion furnished in a telegram stating that
Green had stolen a horse at Browning, No.,
and was also wanted in Jacksonville, Mo-,
on the same charge
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
For Equal Lay Representation.

Lawrence. Kas., March 12.-The vote on
equal lay representation in the general
conference this morning, resulted in vic
tory for proposition by vote of So to 23
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
leased in the matter. and he did it with

pleased in the matter, and he did 1t with
emphasis and completeness.
This is one of the legitimate fruits of the
trimmer policy the governor has adopted
here. Having been on both sides of the
factional fight, he has earned the distrust
and contempt of all for his lack of con-
stancy and the direct slap given him by the
Democrats of the city carries with 1t an
cdium that will leave the sting of bitter
ness about jefferson City for a long time.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

Passengers going East and wishing to
avoid the incline to the Union depot can
take Santa Fe Route trains at Twenty-sec-
ond and Grand avenue station. Best dining
cars in the world.
Santa Fe Route ticket offices. northeast
corner Tenth and Main streets 1850 Union
avenue. Union depot. and Grand avenue
station,
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

On application 70 the Pe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus. Ohio,
free book on catarrh will be sent to any
address.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
Arrested for Horse Stealing.

John Green, a blacksmith, was arrested
st the Union depot yesterday morning by
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
TIMELY TOPICS.
Columbia to Have . New Hotel.

Books new and old) bought, sold and ex-
changed. Clicks new location. 10 Main.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
A Winter of Roses

And orange blossoms In delightful South
ern California. Only IS hours away by the
California Limited-Santa Fe Route.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13

The BurlinHton Route.
The best line to Chicago
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-13
AUCTION!

AT 6Il MAIN ST.
Extensive stock OF large furniture to be closed
out without reserve. Tuesday. March 18th. at 10
O'Clock. consisting Of B. R. Suits. Dressers. Com
NODES Beds, Springs. Mattresses, Pillows Chairs
Rockers Granite Ware. Crockery. Toilet Ware. Cut
lery. Portieres. Rugs. Remnants. Cook and Heating
Stoves Monkey Stoves, Mirrors and a full line Of
Household Goods of every description. rare
chance for dealers. Also tandsms and single BIZ
cycles WALNUT ST. AUC. CO..
6l1 Main IT.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15

Billy Moore of Syracuse will soon be
able to get something to do. On We'd
nesday Matty Matthews deposited $3.50
with the Police Gazette to match Tommy
Shortell against Moore.
While Billy Brady was in Buffalo re-
Gently he was approached by Kid Nc
Coy's brother. The latter proposed a
six-round bout between Mccoy and Jim
Corbett in New York. Brady smiled.
Young Critic intends to come East
again. Critic expected to leave for Aus.
tralia this month, but the prospect of
getting some matches in New York has
induced him to visit this part of the
country.
1t appears that jim Jeffries broke two
of the fingers of his left hand in his mill
with Tom Sharkey. Jeffries is now be-
ing treated for the injuries and expects
to be in good condition by the time he
reaches the East.
Ed Steele of Buffalo has challenged
Mike Leonard. This def is the outcome
of desire on Leonards part to meet
Harry Lemons again. The latter says
that if Leonard fights Steele and wins,
he will make another with Mike.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
AQUATICS.

The Chicago Athletic Association has
caught the rowing fever, and it will be
represented by several crews this season.
Paul Neuman will return to Chicago
from the University of Pennsylvania
and will enter in swimming races
throughout the country under the colors
CT the Chicago Athletic Association.
As a result of the poor showing made
by the regulars, there was big shake
up in Harvard's varsity crew Friday
night. Dobyns was put in place OF
Locke, the latter being sent to the fresh
man boat. J. H. Perkins went from No.
4 to No. 6, crowding j. +. Perkins to No.
6 in the second boat lIiggnson took J.
H. Perkins place at No. 4, and Blake
went from the second boat to supplant
Higginson, who goes from No. 2 to No.
4. j. Lawrence, freshman, was trans
ferrcd from the first to the second crew.
Harding was snapped from No. 3 in the
second boat to bow of the varsity crew,
where Marvin sat last year. These
changes have created a genuine sensation
at Harvard, and more are to follow.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15

The summit of the ambition of MANY
a lad employed at cycling establish
ment appears to be to move three cycles
at once, one nicely balanced across his
shoulders, while he rides second and
guides third. A year or so ago very
few exhibitions OF this kind were to be
seen in the streets, but now it is quite
common to see boys moving three ma
chimes at time, and, what is more,
leading themselves and starting out
without aid.
''Tom" Butler and Clinton Coulter,
the National Track Team Associations
crew spnntcr and unpaced rider, are in
New York City. "Tom" Butler is riding
in his Old form, and competent critics
declare that he will make an enviable
reputation on the circuit this year, which
will follow to the end, beginning with
the Quill Club Wheelmen's meet, when
Bald, Cooper, Kiser and others join it..
Coulter will also follow the circuit, but
he will meet Karl Kaser, Frank Star
buck, Charlie Church, A. G. Mertens and
other unpaced riders during the season.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
DIAMOND DUST.

Pitcher Murphy, released, by the
pbillies, pitched another excellent game
for Hartford Friday, shutting out Nor-
folk.
Cleveland is drawing away from Bal
timore, and is hanging tightly to Glh-
cinnati, with an eye on the top notch'
"Win' Mercer for the Washlngtons
has not vet struck his stride. The ner-
vous little man ought to prove winner
more than ler this year, with anything
like scrappy team behind him. Doyle
should have fight enough in HIM to Keep
the umpire guessing unless the brush
resolution has Jared him.
"The Clevelands worked the bunt mt
repeatedly on Pitcher bowling ana
thereby won the day." is the way a
dispatch accounts for Cleveland'ss victory
over Louisville Wednesday. 1t IS gooo
hint to the Orioles, who are not DONG
any heavy smuggling to speak OF at pres
emf and are the best hunters in the
world, A little more bunting would
have won the pennant OF '97 Tor baitl-
more.
lack Dovle SAYS: zone member OF the
umpire staff who has otficiated on the
bases. in nv opinion, has not decided a
single close play correctly. He has not
given us the worst of it; on the con-
trarv. we have profted by his lack OF
perception, but if he can see straight,
can't"
| "Jake" Beckley chuckled every time
he thinks of the Reds winning SIX out
of the first seven from the Pittsburgs.
/ "Ill tell you it is making Waite hump,
backed to see us beat him so often, "
said Eagle eye. ave had him guessing
when we we're up there. He thought
we we're on to his signs. We kept yell
/ ing that we had them, and that Waite
had better put his signs in his valise and
! keep them there"
/ Never since the Pittsburgs joined the
, League, and only once in the old Amerl-
can association, have they made as poor
a record in the opening games on the
home grounds as this season. The eX'
perience in 1898 came the closest to this
seasons. Then the team lost the first
three games-two to Cleveland and one
to Chicago Yet that year was the most
brilliant in the League, the Pittsburgs
finishing in second place. 1t was a
case of "losers first and winners last,
and may be repeated this season.
The Phillies have been offered Slo, 0Oo
J if they win the pennant, 1000 IT the
club lands second, $500 if third. and
81 ,25O if fourth. Brooklyn has offered
its players $1,000, $500 and 81 LOU ac,
cording to the position in which they
finish.
Umpire Swartwood uses his chest pro
tector as Roman warriors used then
shields. lie has it strapped to his arm
and can shift it to protect his whole
frame, an idea that seems excellent, and
will probably be adopted by others.
To stimulate good work on the Brown
University boseball nine, President. An,
drews of Brown has offered a prize OF
$50 for the highest standing, in
maximum score OF 400 points for fidelity
and punctuality in training and practice,
pentlemanIiness on and off the field at
home and away, team play, batting and
fielding. The award will be made on
commencement day.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
SELF DEFENCE.

The following talent will appear at the
Esmeralda Clubs show at Pye's Cycling
Academy on May 10. Jack Doug herty
of Chester and an unknown; FRANK
Fisher of this city, and John Blackston
of Chester; Harry Burke of Philadelphia,
and Harry Smith of Chester, will mix 1t
up. The star fights OF the night Will be
between Frank Hoffecker and Pat. Nc.
Connell, both of this city. As both OF
these men are known to be hard hitters
and very clever this bout will, no doubt,
be the warmest contest ever pulled off in
this town.
The Esmeralda Bay Club, of South
Wilmington, will give another boxing
show at Pyle's Cycle Academy on May
80.
Frank Hoffecker and Pat Mcconnell
have been matched to fight. The date
has as vet not been decided upon.
Billy Smith and Paddy Donovan will
meet at the Arena next week.
Billy Leedom trained Joe Goddard,
and it was the hardest work he has done
for months.
The date of the mill arranged between
Jimmy Barry and Casper Leon is set for
May 3d. and will take place in New York.
Jack Everhardt and young Mahoney,
the clever lightweight, OF Philadelphia,
were matched Friday to meet in SIN
round bout at the Arena Athletic Club,
of Philadelphia on next Friday evening.
After considerable trouble Tom
O'Rourke, matchmaker of the Lenox
Athletic Club, has signed Dial Hawkins,
the light weight champion Of the Pacific
coast, and Spike Sullivan to meet in a
twenty-round bout at his club on Mon
day evening, June TO-
Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Cooler,
writes from London that he will come
home during the summer. Craig is
anxious to fight Dick O'Brien again.
cap Ellinghouse of San Francisco,
who is now in New York, stated last
night that he will give a purse OF $23, 0OO
for finish fight between "Bob' Fitz-
simmons and James j. Corbett, to take
place IN Reno, New.
Dave Sullivan has consented to meet
Sammy Kelly in New York on Monday,
is allowed to weigh 12S pounds instead
of lis. Kelly has consented, and they
have posted forfeits of $3.50 each.
Charley Johnson undertook to knock
out Charley Burns in 20 rounds at
Bridgeport, O., on Thursday night, but
failed. Burns kept out OF Johnson's,
way till lear the end of the fight, and
then made grand-stand finish, making
it up with johnson in the last two
rounds.
Jack Everhart says he will challenge
the winner of the Mechanically con
test.
Johnny Reagan, the-old time middle
weight, has been appointed match
maker of the Pelican A. c. Of Brooklyn.
Harry Peppers and Jack Burke met in
| a six.round bout at Bridgeport on Thurs.
day night. The result was draw.
Billy Roache yesterday posted $3.50 on
behalf of George McFadden to box Jack
Downey, on May 20. If Downey and
McFadden come together the bout will
be for twenty rounds.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
THE FIRST RACE
or the Season Was Held Yesterday
Afternoon BY the Wilmington
BicycIe Club

Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the
Wilmington Bicycle Club gave the first
of a series of road races. The course was
on the Kenneth turnpike, p miles up
from Columbus Inn, and back.
The race from start to finish was a
holly contested one, and finished as
follows: Elmer Fisher, with one minute
start, was the first across the tape; r. f.
Palmer. with the same handicap, was
second; S. G. Arson, with 45 seconds,
finished. third; Tommy Gillin, scratch,
was fourth, and j. Frock, who had one
minute, was fifth.
Tommy Gillin won the time prize,
going five miles in thirteen minutes and
80 seconds.
The officers OF the race were: Referee,
William Kirk; timers, Walter ID. Bush
and William Cooley; umpire, James A.
Oliver; scorers, W. W. Rice, S. M. Dillin
and William Spencer; handicappers,
William Goedley, Walter ID. Bush and
James A. Oliver
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
CYCLING.

Tom Linton is reported to have ridden
thirty-two miles in the hour in recent
trial against the watch made privately at
Charles River Park.
A time limit of one hour and Is min
utes has been put on the Irvington-Mill-
burn road race for this year. The dis
lance is % miles
Major Taylor, the colored rider, evil
IDENTIFY places considerable faith in No.
10. Contrary to entertaining the super
stition that it is an unlucky mineral, he
has petitioned the racing board of the L.
A. W. for that number as his registra-
ton mark.
Yale, Columbia, Princeton. Harvard
and Pennsylvania each have from ten to
thirty men in training for the different
distances, and most of the smaller col
leges have from one to ten men at work.
The entry list has closed and the fields
for the various events will aggregate $50
riders.
eddie McDuffee, Of the National
Track Team Association, will give
Erred" Hoyt his first chance to try his
speed at middle distance racing on May
&c. at Pleasure Beach track, Bridgeport,
when tifteen-mile race is to be con-
tested between these two acknowledged
stars of the middle distance game. Hoyt
is promising rider, and NIcDuffee is
showing the greatest speed he has ever
known before. The race is being looked
forward to with great interest by the
critics all over the country.
1t is interesting to note how far one
sweep or revolution of the pedals viii
take you and it is almost safe wagering
that one cyclist in ten does not know.
When you do find out you will be sur
prised to note the difference in the dis
lance covered by sweep of the pedals
and an ordinary walking step. A wheel.
man anxious to see all the fine points of
his new wheel, which is geared to 81,
was surprised to learn that one revo-
luton OF the pedals carried him q feet
8 1-3 inches No wonder wheel is SO
popular as means of conveyance.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
FOOT BALL.

Among the foot ball players of this
city who enlisted are: Harvey, OF the Y.
NJ. c. A.; Stidham, Warren, and McNey,
Lingo and Kelley, OF the High School.
G. Q. Swain, who recently broke his
leg while playing base ball at Harvard,
went through hard foot ball campaign
last fall without sustaining bruise of
any kind.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
AMONG THE HORSEMEN.

1t has been stated that John w.
Schorr will take his horses West next
week, and Tommy Burns will return
with the stable.
"Willie' Martin left Louisville Friday
night for St. Louis, where he will ride j..
w. Schorr's Tirnemaker in the Inaugural
Handicap today.
The spring and summer meeting of St..
Louis Fair Association opened yesterday
The principal event was the Inaugural
Handicap, at a mile, in which are twelve
starters.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
MISCELLANY.

Berkeley Oval will have box-seating
capacity of ,2O7 persons.
Ben Foster, of the New York Univer-
sity half-mile runner, is organizing a
company of students who will enlist in
the army if the opportunity offers.
Tom Burke did not represent Harvard
in the dual games with Yale yesterday,
and Chadwick threw the hammer for
Yale.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15

OF the forty horses eligible to start in
the approaching Suburban Handicap,
Fleur de Lis is the only one to date to
incur penalty. By winning couple
of races on the Western circuit this
speedy -year-old mare must take Up
four pounds extra, making suburban inn
post 1O7
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY.

Baltimore at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Washington at New York.
Chicago at Cleveland.
81. Louis at Pittsburg.
Louisville at Cincinnati.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15

Batteries-Hill and PETIT; Frazier,
Ehret and Wilson. Umpires-Cushman
and Heydler
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-15
RAISE BALL SCORES.

Batteries-Orth, Wheeler ard McFar-
land; Hoffer and Clarke. Umplres-
Emslie and Andrews.
The herald., 1898-02-13
HIS BETTER HALF
Pat Garrity's Wife Puts Up Good
Eight

When officer Ben Robbins got on a
Pico street car yesterday afternoon he
was not looking for trouble, but he GER
tainly found some. Seated at the end
of the conveyance were Pat Garrity and
his wife. 1t so happened that Pat had
been imbibing and was feeling gay.
"The top of the morning to yez, yez
limping blackguard," said he to the Of
flcer. do yez want to foight?" No
time was there for a reply, for he had
already Invested himself of his coat and
made a lunge at the officers physiogno-
my. The fight was pretty one and
lasted three minutes.
At the end of the first round the officer
was sitting on the belligerent's chest.
The second brought reserve forces to
the front in the person of Mrs. Jane Doe
Clarity, whose reputation for. Scrap
ping is only equaled by that of her hus-
band Four times did the handicapped
officer throw the enraged spouse to the
ground and three times did she rise to
the occasion and renew the attack. At
the end of the fourth round Officer Rosso
and the conductor called "time," and
both Pat and his wife were presented
with a pair of handsome bracelets.
Pats language was visible in smoke all
the way up Broadway. and the officers
heaved two sighs of relief when the
fighting pair were landed behind the
bars, and Officer Robbins wended his
way to the hospital to have his dislocat-
ed thumb restored to it's original posi-
ton,
The herald., 1898-02-13
College Athletics

The Intercollegiate Athletic associa-
tion of Southern California, comprising
Pomona, Chaffey and Occidental col
leges and the University of Southern
California, yesterday decided to hold its
seventh annual field day on Saturday,
April 3Oth, at the Southern Pacific track
in Santa Monica. The business man.
ager, H. l.. Leland, was instructed to
secure the track and make all other
necessary arrangements for the meet.
Active training of the men who are to
compete in the field day has begun in
the various colleges.
The baseball team of the University of
Southern California took a rather one
sided game from the state normal
school nine yesterday afternoon on the
college diamond at West Los Angeles.
The varsity boys put up good game,
Tebbetts, the pitcher, striking out ten
men, and only allowing seven scattered
hits Score: U. S. c., 16; state normal
school. 5.