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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
PICKS SHARKRY TO WIN.
Sullivan Believes the Sailor Has a
Cinch-Ex-C Champion to Re

Chicago. Oct 2s.-Johr L Sullivan has
pronounced views as TO the abilities Of
James J CorbeCt- He also has some
views a to what sailor Sharkey can do
IN a roped circle with a five-Ounce nit on
each hand When q reporter asked him
night. the big fellow said
words almost in my mouth and you may
quote me as saying that think Sharkay
viii win sure unless the police interfere
which may be very likely IN the first
place COrbett never was fighter, he was
simply very lucky When he defeated me
any little man could have licked me with
just as much ease as he did Sharkey is
fighter. and takes excellent care OF him
self This alone is a great factor with a
puginst- I appreciate that fact now my
self
IF 7 had the last twenty years OF my
life 70 live over again how differently L
would go about this world continued
John L. he gave his gray mustache
fondliug curl Perhaps I should not
have more money than now. but I would
make some suckers live lower in this
world than they are now My motto has
always BEEN Be a good fellow. do right
by all, and tell one what you think about
him to his face
TN be on easy street next year I am
going 10 have q sixteen acre faru-but
siXteen-aCre one intend getting great
big armchair and lounge and say 10 my
self, Well. John old boy. YOU We been
good fellow and good fighter in your
now YOU can idle away your time and
wait for the summons in ease 1 intend
to have my own chickens cows etc, and
intend to feed them myself, too
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A SEVERE BLOW
About to Be Dealt to the Civil
Service.
President Will Soon Issue an
Ediet Removing
SIX THOUSAND PLACES
From the Classified List to
the Spells List.
Revenue and Pension Depart
ments Chiefly Affected.
SIX THOUSAND PLACES

Washington. Oct est is understood
that a presidential edict removing a
large number Of government officers
from the civil service. probably will be
promulgated before Thanksgiving day.
The order is one which has been in con-
temptation many months, having been
deferred from time to time owing to
pressure Of war business. As at present
determined upon the order will affect
upwards Of 5000 places It will include
deputy collectors of internal revenue
who are authorized to become acting
collectors, actually serving in that ca
pacity.
There are about 1000 of these depu-
ties. The largest class affected is the
corps of examining surgeons of the pen
sion bureau, of whom there are in all
understanding that it will be better to
although Secretary Bliss while under
stood to favor such action, would not
recommend it. over 5000 OF these sur
geons are stated at the civil service
commission never to have been CLASH
fed under the civil service law The or
der will clear up the apprehension
as to the actual status of the whole
corps and place them all outside
About so Office deputy marshals here
tOfore reported as classified but con-
corning whose status there has been
some doubt because of their being in
the judicial branch of the service are
expected TO be placed in the exempt
class There are other scattering posi-
lions including some of a hduciary and
confidential character, which will ag-
gregate> possibly several hundred
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COUNTESS A PICKPOCkET.
Try to Convince the Police That It is
a Case of KIeptomania-

Paris, Oct. 2S.-The friends of the
Countess de Sestehal a beautiful young
woman, belonging to a noble Servian
family who was arrested last week
pocket, are diligently seeking to obtain
her release. They have in vain sought
to convince the authorities that the
countess is suffering from aggravated
kleptOmania" The police. however, de-
clare that they have a good case, and
the lady is still under lock and key.
The officials of the various railroad
terminals in Paris have been over
whelmed of late with complaints from
travellers who were robbed Of their
pOcketboOks and more or less valuable
packages Detectives were detailed to
investigate. For several weeks their
efforts proved fruitleSs. Finally their
woman. dressed in the height of fash
ion who appeared to visit the railroad
stations with surprising frequency-They
were closely watched. and it was seen
that they seldom took a train, but US
uaIIy went as far as the ratings. as if
they expected to meet some friends
They scrutinized the car entrances for
awhile and then they would invariab bly,
mix with the crowd of arrivals.
This was the plan of operations The
companion Of the countess, who proves
to be an educated German and the dis
carded son OF a wealthy family, would
step I'D to some unsOphiStica ted victim
and ask for information about this or
that train while the countess would
deity clear out the travellers pockets
The detectives caught them in the act
and arrested them.
a search of the countess apartment
resulted in the finding Of a miniature
lection Of jewels, purses and shawl
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NEW FOE TO DRINK.
Inebriates Cured and Children Rem
dered Immune by..Inoculation-

New York, Oct 2S.-It is now proposed
cOhoI by iuoculation- Or. Frederick W.
d Evelyn OF St Luke's hospital. San Fran
against intemperance in later life Just n
they are armed against smallpox Then,
says the theor1st, long farewell to John
DO you know" DR.. d'Evelyn said to-
be detected three months afterward?''
He did not mean the whirlwind order
leaves marks of destruction all along the
line, BUT just the ordinary kind The ef-
the scenery, but IN the blood and the
bearer has become sober
.-Degeneration,' he said sis hydra ton
This he explained meant that the ordinary
SYMPTOMS OF deSeneracy are traceable 70
hereditary or acquired alcoholism, and al
coholisn is due to the effect of alcohol
upon the water in the blood
To cure the in6briate or fOrtify child
poses to adrninister-says- indeed he has
already administered with marked success
from the blood of a horse which has been
fed upon alcohol until it has become .
7 believe" he said, that incubation
against Inebr1ety Is a duty to children
do not know how the substance use
renders children immune and cures the
ordinary topper. I only know that it does
Ordinary cases of alcoholism can be
every case can be cured But the all i'm
portant thing is TO treat children 50 thar
generaCi after generation shall be purer
until there is not only no predispositfOn 10
drink but that the evils due to drink viii
be removed
The old saying was Blood is life I
say Water is life Alcohol dehy-drates
the blood, and the man and his offspring
are no longer normal beings
In treating children. he explained. a disc
of prepared paper-fbi buIous'' paper it =
CalIed-is saturated with equisiue- The
arm OF the patient IS scratched as pre-
pararOry TO vaccination and the disc is
applied In time the paper becomes
white, showing. DR.. d Evelyn says, tha-
the eQuiSlue has been absorbed
He Instances the case of child Of 3
years in San Francisco which asked con-
JIuuOuSly for whisky This infant. he
said, was treated by him. and its thirst
was so materially abated that it asked no
more for tippIe.
7 have no patience" he said. with pro-
hibitOry enactments of any kind You
cannot stop a plague or a pesUleuce BY
merely tOrbIdd1ng IL to ravage a country
Alcoholism can be eliminated only by the
removal once and fer all OF the cause.
4 know that children may be made i'm
Uune to alcOhOl-Wil not want it and VIII
not drink it-by means of equisine- But
Just now this prepared blood acts upon
I am not one of those who believe that
men can be made good n an hour or in a
day, or IN a lifetime either. But suppose
by means of equisiue 30 per cent of alC0-
hOlic tendency IS eliminated from the
child 1t will then communicate to its
offspring increased strength, say 70 per
cent of resistance,and in this way in a few
generations every TeStige OF the vicious
tendency viii be removed
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A FISH TAIL PROPELLER.
Mr.. James S. Worces Ger of Newark
Buildire q Novel Graft

New York Oct. 2S--At little boathouse
near the Center street bridge between
Newark and Harrison. and in the latter
city. little boat IS being fitted with
novel propeller blade which works upon
the principle of the tail of q fish The IN
TeutOr is James 5 Worcester Of Newark
and he got his idea from studying rhe
motions Of fishes tails in his bathtub-
Then he made a number of models which
developed faults and enabled him TO OBJ
Tiate them and perfect the motion Of the
blades Instead of revolving as in the
ordinary propeller, these FMS. Two in num-
Der. OsCillaIe in a small radius and steer
a well a prOpeI the boat
With these blades he has turned a three
foot model and a nineteen foot boat as Il
they were on pivOCs- The blades just
wriggle and the boat goes ahead. then
they are swung out at an angle and the
boat turns abruptly Mr.. Worcester has
been working upon his scheme for three
years and Is getting aid from number
OF young WOrkiugmen who have ass0ciat-
ed themselves with him.
The boat now building is . feet long,
and the prOpelling apparatus is to be an
engine with AZ inches stroke and cyllu-
der diameter of AZ inches, with a boiler
having only As square feet OF heating sur
face The propeller viii be only s inches
wide and IS inches long The mechanism
which works II IS secret speed Of %
miles an hour is confidently expected by
everybody connected with the matter with
the exception of Mr.. Worcester, who is
too modest TO tell what he expects.
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pr1ety. However, I am convinced that
the Sullivan style Of boxing is no long
er popular, and that the man who en-
plOys it leaves himself open to criti-
cism-
No man who hopes to become
champion can afford to jeopardize his
standing with ring patrons by using IN
when you are in Rome, etc. In other
words, If you want to be a champion
pugiliSt Of the world, you must fight
like the other fellows
Since joining forces with Tom
O'ROurke have learned considera BILE
nave pract1sed them all, and now feel
that I can use them as good as any
other fellow. Whether I can or not, my
fight with Corbett will determine
think It will be decided in my favor, and
within the next eighteen months I hope
to hold the worlds heavy weight
championship
which, by the way, developed in san
F'ranciscO-Was due TO my defeat of
California bred boxers and favOrites-
Having just come out of the navy at
the time, and being an unknown, every
boxer on the coast picked me out as
cinch, but I beat them all, and then
to square themselves they accused me
up. and my reputation as being foul
fighter was established
I am in the game because like to
fight, and I am prepared to meet any
man in the world, FitzsimmOns pre-
ferred, after have defeated the ex-
champion From now on Will say
nothing about my match. but train and
be prepared when the gong calls US TO
the center Of the ring
TOM SHARKEY'
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NEW TON SHARKEY.
The Sailor Tells of the Tactics he Will
Adopt in His Fight With Corbett

The Sailor Tells of the Tactics he Will
Adopt in His Fight With Corbett
New York. Oct 2s-Tom Sharkey has
sent the following communication to the
Journal:
when enter the arena Of the Lenox
Athletic club on November % to do bat
tie with James J. Corbett, ring patrons
who are present viii see in me a new
Sharkey, so far as my fighting methods
greSSlve, OF what some persons have
been unkind enough TO term rough tao
tics, viii be conspicuous by their alb
sence. They are gone forever. Not be-
cause I believe them unfair, but be-
cause I am convinced that they are of
little value against men of the Corbett,
Mccoy, FitZsimmOns school of boxers.
ITO win a contest from any of the
men mentioned and earn the respect
and admiration of pugilistiC followers. it
IS absolutely essential that a boxer
should employ clean cut and scientific
the knowledge necessary to the success
fuI employment Of such tactics in a ring
contest, and think that all my ad-
mirers Will agree with me when spar
with Corbett next month
I claim people Will say that am a
new Sharkey- Ny methods heretofore
were the same as those used by John l.
Sullivan I took old Suuy as my model
when began my pugiHstic career, and
although have always come out win
ner have been denounced as a foul
and INSCRIPTIONS fighter.
In view Of my representation as d
foul fighter. it is strange that I was
never disqualified in a contest. and
when you consider that I have fought
under so many different referees. and
got the money, I must have fought
pretty near up to the standard Of pro
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CONVICT MAY BE INNOCENT.
Archbishop Corrigan Interested In q
Man Now in Sing Sing.

Sing Sing Oct 2S-AIthOugh it is not
uncommon for prisoners 70 assert that
they were convicted wrongfully Warden
Sage of Sing Sing prison IS impressed
with the claim of innocence made by
Pierce Hennessy, who is serving a term
of ten years Imprisonment. ArChDlSn-
Cd Corrigan has interested himself in
the case, and has written to Warden
Sage asking for information about Hen
messy
Hennessy's wife visited the prison to-
day, accompanied by two sisters of mer-
cy- The young woman had not seen
her husband since he shipped as a fire.
man on the steamer Beacon Light at
Belfast. about two years ago With
tears streaming down his cheeks Hen
messy told his wife how he had been sent
to Sing Sing on a false charge of high
way robbery He said that while he
was ashore one night with a fellow sea
man he was introduced to a man in a
to have a drink He drank with him
several times and left the barrOOm with
his new acquaintance
In the street two strange men attacked
his companion and knocked him down.
He attempted to aid the man assaulted
when he himself was struck over tbs
eye and severely cut. Hennessy called
a policeman He told what had hap
pened- The policeman doubted him.
and finally accused him of being impII-
Gated in the assault on his companion.
VINO had been robbed of about $50.
HenneSsy was locked up. and the man
assaulted and robbed was kept in the
house OF detention until the trial The
court assigned counsel TO defend Hen
messy. but the convict said that because
he could not raise $50 for the lawyer he
was not defended He protested his in
nOcence and asked time to communicate
with his friends in Ireland. He told the
court he had been in this country only
three weeks Hennessy said the man
who was robbed was drunk al the time
and first said he did not know who
robbed him, but when the case came up
in the court the police, he said, induced
him to swear that it was Hennessy who
committed the crime. Heunessy was
found guilty on this statement
After HenneSSy was brought from
Sing Sing he wrote to his wife in Ire
land, and the case was brought to the
attention OF Bishop Sheehan who wrote
to Archbishop COrrigan requesting him
to interest himself in the case The sis
tiers of mercy Of No. 1918 Madison ave-
nue., Manhattan, also took an interest in
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A HORRID RULE.
Austrian Telephone Girls VIII Fight
AGAINST Ugly Government Uniforms.

Vienna Oct. 2s--There are ominous
murmurings and whisperings in the VI
emma central office of the government teIa-
phone service All the phone girls threaten
70 strike on account of an arbitrary rule
introduced by the telephone department
The new measure provides that all en-
ployes- soon as they arrive at the office
shall remove their street dresses and DuE
on uniforms furnished by the s-Ovarnnn emit
In addition to this the girls are compelled
to take or their shoes and substitute slip
pers for them.
The Threatened sedition of the girls IS
due to what they call the lack of taste of
the man who selected the material and
fashion OF the dress It is made Of cheap
stuff similar to that used for dust clOaks.
and dark in color while the narrow sleeves
are made ugly by yellow stripes in tmi-
tatiOn Of the national cOIOrs.
The officials say that the new order was
necessary. as the dust clingiug 10 the
dresses OF the telephone girls when they
arrive at work finds its way into the in
struments and brings about a disturbance
IN the service.
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SHE MUST PAY DAMAGES.
Niece of Lewis Ginter, Cigarette Mag
nate, Sued For Causing a House
keepers Discharge.

Richmond, va, oct 2S-The jury in the
law and equity court has returned a YER
qlct, against MISS Grace Aren[s OF New
Mrs Laura Dowden of this city.
Miss ArentS is niece of the late Lewis
Ginter, cigarette magnate- She often spent
much time with him in his palatial resi-
dence here, which he WiIIed to her at his
death
Mrs Dowden was Mr. enters house
keeper. and she claims that before his
death he discharged her upon complaint
of Miss Arents, who accused her OF steal
ing jewels
Miss Arents testified in her own defense
saying she was not responsible for Mrs
DOWden'S discharge The suit was for
$500, but the jury gave her only 81. 900.
Eleven Of the twelve men favored giving
her $1,000. One held out against award
ing her any damage and the compromise
verdict was agreed upon
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MAN AND WOMAN FIGHT.
Jealous Quarrel Leads to Bloody Con-
test on a St Louis Street

St Louis, Oct. 28.-A man and woman
fought with knives in the open street at
Twelfth and Morgan streets at $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon The con-
testants were James Dove. aged 70
years. and Miss Mildred Mason The
duel grew out Of a jealous quarrel and
was witnessed by hundreds OF persons
passing the place on their way home
from downtown Had not two police Of
fcers arrived on the scene in time and
parted the fighters, one or both undoubt-
edIy would have been killed As 1t was
both were SpIashed with blood from
head to foot when the police interfered.
Dove was wounded in the neck face
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NO PLACE FOR CAMPS.
Few Soldiers Can Be Provided for at
Honolulu.

washington. Oct. 2s.-The report OF
General Merriam, commanding the ae -
09r+manf of the Pacific regarding the
Faculties for a camp at Honolulu, has
been received at the war department
It is not favorable, as ne mas the
o-oII1d on the higher levels is covered
with rocks. while the IowIands and VAL
Ievs are swampy, the lands being used
chiefly for rice cultivation There ara
no good drill grounds ana ne ADVISES
aS fav troOps as possible be sent to
Honolulu Camps cannot be established
to anv advantage and it Will be neces-
sary to construct barracks Tor troops
stationed there.
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GOES TO GRAND JURY.
Mrs Botkin's Case Comes Up for In
vestigation.

san Franc SEQ, Oct. 2s-The grand jury
has taken up the Botkin case The
matter was formally presented TO the
grand iIlrv by Assistant District At
toruey Hosner, who presented the cyl
dence in the hands of Chief of Ponce
Lees and Detective McVey. The hear
ing was Immediately begun II an IN
dictment be found it will be for the
murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning. The
finding of a true bill viii necessarily
bring the matter into the local courts
for trial. now that the superior court
has held that Mrs BOtkin cannot be Ia
ken from the confines of California
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could not find her marriage certificate

could not find her marriage certificats
today.
The police think the Leonard girl and
Octive teIegraphed the money they stole
to New York. Soon after the robbery
the pair were seen in a telegraph Of
fee
Norwich, Conn, Oct 2s-There ara
two doctors. Each calls himself Clarence
Wayne Jr. Both are mulattoes. both
have white wives. both travel with ser
wants, both undertaken to perform
any miracle that the residents OF the
town would pay for.
The DR.. Wayne, or Leon, and his wife
arrested today at New Haven, arrived
one of the best apartments in the Wau-
regan House They both dressed ele-
gantly and had several servants.
Wayne's business as a clairvoyant
and healer was enormous John ShOIes.
a Preston farmer. paid him $500 for a
course of treatment In all the people
here paid him 81, 500. Arthur Howard.
who lives on Mechanic street. gave to
the seer a check on the Thames Ma
tional bank for $500. but stopped the
payment.
received a note from one Of his female
patients His wife wife got hold Of the
note and there was a stormy and 5eai-
Gus scene in the hotel corridor Mrs
Wayne. it is said, attempted to stab her
husband The hotel officials ordered out
the pair and they left town.
On thursday the OLner COlOred doctor
(Wayne) arrived. He had a white wife
and servants, too. Rooms at the Waure-
gan House was refused him and he
went to the Columbian hotel He
claimed the Marlborough hotel as his
New York home and declared he is
the original DR.. Wayne" He did not
take up the patients the first DR.. Wayne
left, but got new ones. He received a
dispatch this morning and hurried1y left
the Columbian hotel His wife and ser
wants are still there
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MISS GOULD LEADS.
Heads Procession at Opening of Won
e1's Law Glass in New York.

New York Oct 27.-AIiss Helen Could,
in cap and gown, headed the procession OF
officials at the opening of the women
law class Of the New York university TO-
day She was attired in a blue academ-
zeal siIkeu gown, with a slight facing OF
purple on the hood The cap was the reg
ulatiOn mortar board
With Miss Gould walked DR.. Clarence
D. Ashley dean OF the faculty of law
while behind them were Mrs John p.
Mum. escorted by Prof Isaac Franklin
Russell Mrs Mum and Miss Gould were
present as president and vice president OF
the Women's Legal Education society.
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and arms. The woman was cut across
the breast. left wrist and abdomen, and
the blood freely flowed from her
wounds. Dr. Helwig dressed the injur-
les Of the two at the city dispensary and
Dove and the woman were then for
warded to the city hospital as prisoners
The physicians say that both will pro-
baby recover.
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snreckels on 81 q.

San Francisco. Oct. 2S.-At a meeting
Of the Hawaiian Sugar and Commercial
company held today the old board OF
directors was replaced by a new set OF
officials as follows H P. Baldwin,
president. J 3. Castle, W NJ AIexan-
der. Albert Meyer and E NJ Walsh, di-
rectors- G. N. ROlph was appointed
secretary.
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You are making a great mistake in
not sending for a 10 cent size of Ely's
Cream Balm. It is a specific for catarrh
and cold IN the head We mail it. or
the so cent size. Druggists all keep it.
Ely Brothers, So Warren Street, New
York
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great extent loss of hearing
BY the use of Ely's Cream Balm drop
ping Of mucus has ceased, voice and
hearing having greatly Improved.
". Davidson. Atty at Law. Monmouth.
III.
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ed programme, was Herbert's American
Fantasy" but as soon as this was finished
the band started The Star Spangled Ban
ner," the united singers took it up. and
one by one the vast audience Joined in
until the volume Of sound was SO great
that the autumn leaves from the trees fell
ia shoMers on The heads Of the sinEeEs.
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KANSANS ARE OFF.
Two BattaIiOns of the goth Sail
For Manila.

san Francisco, Oct. 28.-The United
States transport steamer Indiana sailed
yesterday afternoon for Manila, having
on board the First and Second battal-
ions of the Kansas regiment, under
command of Colonel Funston The
men are not in the least crowded and
the voyage Will be veritable pleasure
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