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The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11

that it viii take the rest of this month
and part of the next to play of. Dates
have practically been agreed upon with
Atchison, Kan, and Jefferson City, Mo.
Meyers is also negotiating with Corey
vile, Abilene, SaIina and lola kan,
Newkirk, Oklahoma City and FL Reno,
Ok, and Vinita Indian Territory
Besides the regular Blues who viii
go on the trip, Meyers has made ar
rangements with Buck Weaver, the
Milwaukee oufhelder. and Hausen,
formerly of Kansas City and Buffalo,
to accompany the team Schmidt, ar
dee, Egan and Stricklett viii do the
pitching Gettman will play at first,
Weaver second, Hulen short. Hausen
third and Gear. Miller and either
Schmidt or StrickIett the Outfeld. Five
of this team, csettman, Weaver, Strick-
lett, Gear ana Miller are from Kansas,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
SANKEY LOSES DUCK FIGHT
Evangelist Unable to Have Geese
Driven From Eastport.

EastpOrt. L. I, Sept. 11-Ira D. San
keys complaint that duck ranches were
a menace to the good health of East
port was dismissed by the town board
of BrOokhaven this afternoon.
The evangelist is the owner of much
real estate in and about Eastport He
bought the property for speculation and
ever since then Gilbert w. Raynor has
been trying to sell it. Raynor made
up his mind that because Eastport
raised ducks there was no such thing
as a land boom, and he presented a
complaint to the town board protesting
against the duck farms.
The complaint was signed by Ira D.
Sankey- The whole town was aroused
and the duck farmers to a man de-
nounced all concerned. At the meeting
Of the town board today DR.. Rogers
said that Eastport was q healthy place.
The duck farmers showed that the in
dustry was worth $100,0 600 q year to the
village. Mr. Raynor alone supported
Mr.. Sankey's complaint. The complaint
was dismissed speedily and all East
port is happy.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
GIRLS AND GOLD.
TFrom the San Francisco cam


The famous Lamore twins. Nell and
Bell, on whom Swiftwater Bill, the erst-
while Klondike millionaire, layiShed his
princely fortunes, arrived here Thurs
day night from Dawson loaded down
with gold dust and diamonds, and took
apartments at an uptown hotel.
For the last year and a half the pet
ite actresses have been in Dawson,
where they succeeded in gathering
in enough gold to line their nests for
the remainder of their days. Between
them the girls have a little over $175,-
600, and already they are making prep
arations to build a residence across the
bay.
They Indignantly deny the story tele-
graphed from Victoria a few days ago
to the effect that they We're ordered
out of Dawson for making too much
money.
''The story is made out of the whole
c1oth,'' said Miss Nellie last night Or
dered out of Dawson? Wen, I guess
not Why, I've got valuable property
in Dawson and friends enough to elect
me mayor if 1 were politician. have
been in Dawson ever since April of
last year, and during that time 1 fol-
lowed my profession at the best theater
Yes, I did make a little money up
there'' admitted the young lady, as
she arched her eyebrows and trium-
phantly tossed her fluffy head in sat
isfaction. I knew everybody in Daw-
son and made plenty Of money. What
do I intend to do now? Well haven t
made up my mind as yet. Bell and I
are thinking of building a nice resi-
| dence over across the bay. where we
can live comfortably. We do not intend
| to go back to Dawson for some time.
| NV sister Gussie, who is still there,
| will look out for my interests
1t cost the Lamore sisters nearly $500
| to have their sacks of gold carried
| across the ice to civilization
The young ladies sent their wealth
| to the mint yesterday to have it coined
| into twenty dollar pieces, and it is
needless to mention that they will
know how to use it after Uncle Sam
changes the dust into glittering gold
| pieces stamped with his official signet.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
HOW A BEAR DRINKS.
rFrom the Chicago Inter-ocean.l ]

GFrom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.1
Dick" the Russian brown bear in
Lincoln Park. is in disgrace. Some ad-
mirer of the Bruin family pushed a Dot
tie of pure rye whisky through the bars
of Dicks" cage on Monday evening
The bear drank the. liquor. and there
was trouble the rest of the night, for
he kept all the other bears of his house
hold awake, and also those in the nat
The matter of "Dick's" fail from
grace was the subject of grave consid-
Grafton before the Lincoln Park board
yesterday. The upshot of it was a de-
cision that the bear should be ostra-
cised from the society of his mates
One of the commissioners suggested the
gold cure, but this was deemed i'm
practicable. A special cage will be
built for him, and he viii be kept in
solitary confinement and away from
temptation.
Cy De Vry, the animal keeper, says
that when Dick is sober he is good
bear, but the minute he tastes liquor
he loses control of himself and gives
full swing to his appetite. When in his
cups, Dick claws the other bears.
chews the bars of his cage, and becomes
generally disreputable. He also tries
to bite imaginary foes who, he thinks,
are surrounding him.
Three weeks ago the bear fell to
thinking about his former free and un-
trammeled life in a gypsy camp, and
resolved to change the scenery Of his
environment. He scaled a tall, iron
p1cketed fence, and led a number OF
keepers, citizens and policemen an ex-
citing chase through the flower gar
denS.
Yesterday morning, after his nightly
carousaI. Dicks nervous system was
in a shocking condition. In his delir-
ium he made a break for freedom.
Hardly had his long. broad feet begun
to dig up chunks of the gravel pathway
before lasso from the hands Of Keep
er Cy De Vry went sailing over the
head Of Bruin, and settled around his
neck. Then Park Policeman Guard
and Keeper De Vry braced them
selves at the other end Of the rope, and
the bears second trip in the open was
brought to an abrupt close.
He reared on his launches, turned
completely over, Summersault fashion.
and struck the ground on his side with
a thud. 1t was a dazed and degraded
bear that was dragged back to the pit
The animal had taken the same method
of egress as on the first occasion. when
he scaled the rock wall and ninbIy
clambered over guard of sharpened
iron bars which have appalled, genera
tions of bears not Of the gypsy variety.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
CLEVELAND A HOTEL MAN.
Ex-President Interested In a New
Enterprise at Norwallz.

NorwalH, Conn, Sept. 11.-Trenton cap
italists will build hotel here to cost
Sl,100, 900. The proposed hotel builders
form the Mohican Spring Water COM
pany, which was Incorporated in Tren-
ton yesterday. Included in the incprpOr-
ators are Frank Miller of Bridgeport and
J. Dickman Brown of Fairfield. The
other incorporators whose names are Civ
en- are James A. Williamson, Henry J.
Chaplin and Frank Clifford Dadd of Tren-
ton.
1t is the intention of the company to
construct a hotel on the knoll just beyond
the MeadoWbrook stock farm property,
where the MOhican Springs are located.
Work is to be commenced at once
Among those financially interested is
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio and Grover
Cleveland is q Stockholder.
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KILLS HIS CELLMATEs.
Terrible Deed of an Insane Man at
chihuahua, Mexico.

II PasO, Texas, Sept u--NeWs reached
here today from Chihuahua Mexico, of
the terrible deed of a lunatic there a few
days since. Last Tuesday a crazy man
created a disturbance among the people
in the plaza He attacked an American
with a heavy billet of wood, but the
American knocked down his aSsailant
with a. walking cane. The police arrived
quickly and soon overpoWered the Iunatic
and took him OF to jail. They locked him
in a large cell where fifteen other prison
ers were confined and neglected to search
for weapons. It soon developed that the
lunatic had q long knife concealed and
began slashing right and left at his un-
armed cell mates.
Two of them were killed and a third
fatally wounded before the guards could
rush in and disarm the lunatic- It is re-
ported that the insane paan viii be shot
for his crime.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
Kansas Reunions.

Following is a list of the G. A. r. re-
unions to be held this summer:
Agra-September 1915; J. D. Matte
son, president.
Arkansas City-September 12-15; R.
A Gilmer, secretary.
Marion-september 1916; Fred Lewis,
secretary.
Wichita-September 1921. R.Moore,
secretary.
Gaylord-september 1922; J. G. H.
Armistead, secretary.
Grenola-September 1921; d. M.Reid,
secretary.
Topeka state reunfon-September 26-
29.
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The Braver7 of Women.

Was grandly shown by Mrs John Dow
ling of Butler, Pa, in a three years
struggle with a malignant stomach
trouble that caused distressing attacks Of
nausea and indigestion. All remedies
failed to relieve her until she tried Elec-
tric Bitters- After taking it two months,
she wrote. tsI am now wholly cured and
can eat anything. It is truly a grand
tonic for the whole system as gained
in weight and feel much stronger since
using IT. 1t aids digestion. cures dyspep-
sia, improves appetite, gives new life Only
soc. Guaranteed WaggOner's drug store,
7S1 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

The Reds won both games Sunday. The
first was called in the seventh to allow
Cleveland to catch a train Louisville
should have been shut out in the second
game. Crawford, the new fielder, made a
splendid impression.
Score by innings:
Cincinnati .......-.......0 5 10
Cleveland ....-.---...---0 O.
Batteries-Cincinnatf, Friske and Peitz;
Cleveland. COllidOWer and McAllister.
Second game
Score by innings:
Cincinnati ..........0 "-S
Louisville .........-.2 O II
Observation-Disclosures HawIey and Wood,
Louisville, Cunningham and thinner.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
BLUES TO MAKE A TOUR.
The Westerners on the Kansas City
Team to Barnstorm the Mis-
souri, Valley

Kansas City. Sept. 11.-Immediately
after the Blues close their Western
league season at Buffalo all those who
live in the west will return to Kansas
City and from here they will start some
time next week for a trip through
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
Charley Meyers will manage the ag-
gregation and he is busy now making
arrangements for a series Of games
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
Chovnski,s Trainine Point.

West Baden, Ind, Sept. n.-Joe
Choynski and wife We're among the ar
rivals at this place this morning. Joe
was a little weary from travel and con-
tented himself today with taking gun
and going to the hills on a hunt. He be-
gan using the mineral waters today
and tomorrow will fall in line with
earnest work training. He is looking
fine and is ready for the ring on short
nOficR
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
Golf at Baltimore.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE entries for
the open golf championship of America,
to be held at Baltimore, beginning
September IA, under the auspices of the
United States Golf association, were
made public today. The list comprises
seventy-eight players and includes the
following: R. Steedman Patrick, A.
Smith, G. F. Braid, Kansas City Coun-
try club. Kansas City, Mo; Robert
Braid, Fairmount Golf club, Kansas
City. No
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
sharkev Is All Q. x.

New York, Sept. 1.--Tom O'Rourke,
manager of Tom SharKey, is indignant
over the story that the sailors fight
with Jeffries. October %, viii be post
pone6, owing to an injury to the form
er's foot While it is true that the
sailor cut one of his feet on a piece OF
glass while training some time ago, the
cut has since healed. At the present
time Sharkey is in the best of health,
and is rounding to in good shape for
his important battle.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
INDIANAPOLIS WINS.

Beats the MlnneapOIlS 4eaLH OuI : O4
the Western League Pennant
Minneapolis, Sept. lit is all over
now The fight which the Western
league clubs have been making to keep
the pennant out of the hands of John T.
Brush's syndicate ball club is ended
and the flag, after remaining for one
year in Kansas City will go back to
Indianapolis The Minneapolis team
made a gallant struggle for a long time
but its chance to win the champion
ship is gone before the closing day of
the season. By winning two games
from Milwaukee Saturday, while Min
neapOlis lost one to Detroit, the HooS-
iers settled the matter for all time.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
CURE

of all disorders of the Stomach. LIVER.
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Dis
eases, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Con-
stipation, Costiveness, Indigestion BIZ
iOusnesS, Fever. Infiamuna ton of the Bow
els, Piles and all derangements Of the IN
ternal Nfscera- PERFECT DIGESTION
will be accomplished by taking RAD
WAYS PILLS.
Price 25cts. per box. Sold by all drug
gists. or sent by mail on receipt Of price
RADWAY & co. s. Elm street, New
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
WESTERN LEAGUE.


Owing to Sullivan's going to Boston
Grand Rapids had to put amateur in
to catch With the best work ever put up
in the field they pulled out winner of
both games. Attendance 2,500
Score by innings:
Grand Rapids ....o1oO1OOOO1 II /
st. Paul -.........0 OO1 0OO-2 5
Batteries - Risley and Rademacher;
Fisher and Spies.
Second game:
Score by innings: -
ST. Paul ...............1 0 0 IL 5 !
zer and Spies.
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WESTERN LEAGUE sTANDIN
ATCHIsON. q; FOSTERS, q

Atchison, Kan, Sept 1i-Wfthout even
taking, the game seriously, the Atehison1
Kansas City Sunday afternoon by a score
of Z to 0. The score by innings was as
follows:
Atehison ...........022 12o0s-7
Fosters ......-......0 0 %
Batteries-Atchison, Chamberlain and
Loman; Fosters, Newham and kuran.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
ATCHISON COIN CARNIVAL

September 21, 1899
Tickets on sale at Santa F'e stations
September 20 and p, limited to Sep
tember p, at one fare for round trip.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
DadWay'S
ID Pills

Purely vegetable mild and reliable
Regulate the Liver and Digestive organs
The safest and best medicine in the worlc
for the
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11
Editors Awful Plight.

F. NJ. Higgins, Editor Seneca Qlis..) }
that. no doctor or remedy helped until he
tried Bucklen-s Arnica Saive, the best in
cured him. Infallible for Piles. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25c- Waggonerss drug
store 731 Kansas avenue.
l. S. Woolverton, Prescription drug
gist now at 704 Kan. Ave, opposite old
place.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-11

AT DETROIT.
Score by innings:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-26
General Lawton's Letter.
(From the New York SUM-


4 T THE DINNER of the New
~ England society Friday night
4 " the Hon. John Barrett, for
merly United States minis
ter to Siam. read this letter written to
him byt General Lawton in November:
II would to God that the truth of this
whole Philippine situation could be
known by every one in America as l
knowIit. If the real history, inspird-
ton and conditions of this insurrec-
tion, and the influences, local and eX-
ternal, that now encourage the enemy,
as well as the actual possibilities of
these islands and peoples and their re-
latiOns to this great East, could be
understood at home, we woulF hear no
more talk of unjust shooting of gov
ernment' into the Fjlipinos, or of haul
ing down our flag inNthe Philippines.
If the so-called anti-imperialists would
| honestly ascertain the truth on the
ground and not in distant America,
they, whom Itbeleve to be honest men
misinformed, would be convinced of the
error of their statements and con-
clusions and of the unfortunate effect
of their publication here. If ! am
shot by Filipino bullet it might as
we'll come from one of my own men,
because l know from observations con-
firmed by captured prisoners that the
continuance of fighting is chiefly due to
reports that are sent out from Amer
! lea"
This may be regarded as the last
| message of General Lawton to his
! countrymen. He fell in a war pre-
| longed by the American sympathizers
with 'he insurrection. Their inspira-
! tiOn directed the bullet that took him
from his country in his prime Of
strength. A war is indeed accursed in
which the enemies of America find
their chief announcement and support
I among sO-called Americans. BY Gen
/ eral Lawton's own charge his blood is
/ upon their heads. If they are |"honest
/ men misinformed," they will now
/ humbly own their awful error and
/ cease to hold up the hands of the }reb-
= els.
| This letter from LawtOn is one more
| blow, and'a terrible blow, coming from
| his dead hand, against the fosterers Of
! the insurrection, How can they hold
their heads up after it? Il would 20
/ God that the TRUTH of this whole Phil
! ippine situation could he known by
every one in America as / know it,"
The majority OF the American people
take Lawton's word for 1t. They be-
lieve that "the continuance of lighting
is chiefly due to reports that are sent
out from America" What will they
think of those, If thers are still those,
who do not give up the work of in
citing the Tagals, gulling them by lying
tales Of American sympathy?
Even from his grave General Law
ton serves his country. His letter shells
the American Mestizoes from their last
position. Henceforth they must run
and skulk like Aguinaldo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-26
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

For every million inhabitants in Russia
there are only ten newspapers and Jour-
mails of all sorts
one thousand vessels cross the Allan
tic ocean regularly each month and some
of them twice month
From criminal statistics a German So
ciologist has deduCed that property
rights of all kinds are respected more
generally by the married than by the
single
During the exposition in Paris next
year there will be ninety-two omnibus
lines and l,OO vehicles, performing 25OOO
journeys day and capable of trans
porting l,02S,00O passengers.
An ingenious person residing in Little
Rock, Ark, has patented an inhatablo
boat. One gets into it, sits down, fast
ems a sheet Of rubber about his waist
and blows the thing up. This done,
nothing can sink it.
When a man enters the United States
service as a second Lieutenant of marines
he must eXpend more than one-third of
his first years salary for uniforms. A
second lieutenant gets $500 "A year, and
the regulation wardrobe required costs
5000.
The average taxation i'm the United
States is about SIS per head. The taxes I'm
France are $lL4S per head; in England,
SlOSl; in Holland sS,5S; in Austria, $S.dH;
in Denmark, S6,64; in Germany, S5,S9 and
in Belgium, $3.50.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-26
SOME CURRENT VERSE.
Put UP the Sword.

| have sung of the soldiers glory
As / never shall sing again;
/ have gazed on the shambles CORY,
| have smeled of the slaughter-pen.
There is blood I'm the ink-well clotted.
There are stains on the laurel leaf,
And the pages of Fame are blotted
With the tears of needless grief.
The bird is Slaughtered for fashion,
And the beast is killed for sport;
And never the word compassion
Is whispered at Moloch's court.
For the parent seal in the water
Is slain, and her child must die,
That some sister CT wife or daughter
Her beauty may beautify.
And the merciful thought we smother
For such is the way of man
As we murder the useless mother
For the "uEbOrn astrakhan'
But the season of rest comes never
For the rarest sport of all;
VIII His patience endure forever
Who noteth a sparrows fall?
When the volleys of hell are sweeping
The sea and the battle plain,
Do you think that our God is sleeping
And never to wake again?
When hunger and ravonOus fever
Are staying the wasted frame,
Shall we worship the red deceiver,
The devil that men call Fame?
We may swing the censer to cover
The odor of blOOd--in vain;
God asks us, over and over:
"Where is thy brother, Cain?"
James Jeffrey Roche, in Century for
December
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-26
To Rudyard Kipling.

Prophet of Drawn and bravery!
Bard of the lighting man,
You have made Us kneel to a God of
Steel,
And to fear His ChurChs ban;
You have taught the song that the bull
let sings
The knell and the crowning ode of kings /;
The ne'er-denied appeal.
Prophet of brain and handcraft!
Bard of our grim machines!
You have made us dream of a God Of
Steam,
And have shown what His worship
means;
In the clankng rod and the whirring
wheel,
A life and a soul your songs reveal,
And power and might supreme.
Bard of the East and mystery!
Singer of those who bow
To the earthen clods which they call
their gods,
And with God-like fees cndow;
You have shown that these heed not the
suppliant's plea,
Nor the prayers of the priest and devotee,
Nor the vestals futile vow.
Singer we ask what we cannot learn
From our wise men and our schools;
viii our offered slain from our gods OBJ
tain
But the old reward of fools?
VIII our man-made gods be like their
kind,
If ye bow to clod Gf clay enshrined.
We will pray our prayers in vain?
w. C. L., in the Bookman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-26
The Old Hunting Coat.

a thing of stiff canvas, dirt spotted and
torn;
soiled corduroy collar; huge pockets
that tote
The game; and its fabric is crumpled
and worn;
Yet memories cling to the old hunting
coat.
Its color of tan with the ground smooth
ly blends
And frlghts not the timid and sha.p-
sighted game;
By delicate thread its lone button sus-
pends,
Untouched by the hand of the unseeiny
dame.
On the sleeve light feather seems des-
tined TO stay;
The scent of burnt powder around it
doth cling;
And its pockets conceal but a motley
array
OF pipe and tobacco, shells, matches
and string.
And many a night it has pilowed the
head
That rested in peace meath a shelter
ing tent
That on some streams banks, tree-pro-
tected, was spread,
Where few hut Dame Natures wild
creatures e'er went.
All, if it could speak! 1t would eagerly
tell
OF long, breathless chase through the
thicket and thorns
In pursuit of the elk that fought nobly
and well,
But whose antlers the old hunting coat
now adO!nS