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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-20
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poked over by men looking for gold
rings and crosses.
. ROBERT H. KNIGHT,
g Company D. Twelfth U 5. Infantry
First Army Corps, First DIVISION
Manila, P. l.
''Inasmuch as said outrages. as far
as we know, did not occur during the
military occupation of Cuba and Porto
Rico, where the opportunities for the
same were as numerous as jE the Phil
ippine Islands, we are constrained to
believe that they spring from deplor-
able lack of military discipline, all the
more grave as the impression is abroad
that these outrages have been perpe-
trated with or by the conniVance OF
officers of the United States army.
I'VE are confident the president OF
the United States would not counte-
nance such abuses were he cogn1zant
of the same. We therefore trust that
upon receipt of this communication you
will do as you see best to correct theIl,
and thereby allay the already wide
spread and daily increasing dissatisfac-
ton with this aspect of the present oc-
cupation of the philippines
civilian M'GINNIS, D. D.,
president of the n. T. S.
1t was pointed out to a prominent
member of the Metropolitan Truth So
ciety that the rather general use OF the
words ''connivance of officers Of the
United States army" might be con-
strued as a reflection upon the regular
officers of the army, and he was asked
if proofs at hand Implicated any IeSu
lar officers. He promptly disaVoWed
such intention and admitted that the
discipline of the regular regiments was,
as a general thing, all that could be
desired. Indeed, he admitted that most
of the fragrant outrages occurred IN
such organizations as were moblllzed
al the outbreak of the war and whose
officers were unused to the discipline
of troops in the field in a hostile coun-
try.
The alleged abuses were not found to
occ111 where the regular troops had
control, and a large part of the I'M
Fortunate occurrences happened where
the officers We're unpractised
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Emporia, Sept. 2O-The following is the
programme for Emporia's Street Fair to
be held September 9th, 2Sth and 18th;
FARMERS DAY-SEPTEMBER 9TH.
1890 a. m.-Colored baby show.
HOO q. m.-FarmerS' parade with $25 prize
for the township with the best
agricultural display in the pa
200 p. m.-FTee show: acrobats, Jugglers,
trapeze artists
$3.50 pm Free Indian Corn dance, by
band of Wild Indians.
400 .. m.-Free band concert by four
1870 p. Magnificent free display of
color photography; also free
band concert and free perfor-
nance by jugglers, acrobats
and colored jubilee singers.
OLD SETTLERS DAY-SEPTEMBER %
1O:SO a. m.-tree Jugglers, acrobats, Jubi-
lee singers.
IL 80 a. m.-Free high noon band concert.
200 p. m.-Free Indian Corn Dance.
400 p. m.-Band concert and colofed jubi-
All day a special program under the
direction of the Lyon County Old Set
tiers association will occur at Soden's
Grove. Every thing will be free.
1880 D. m.-COlOre n photography display,
band concert and children's
cake walk, followed by free
Lilliputian Vaudeville show.
CARNIVAL DAY-SEPTEMBER 20
1000 a. m.-The automobile or horseless
carriage will be exhibited. It's
capabilities as a means of To-
comotion will be shown. It's
passengers will consist of
prominent ladies and gentle
men While this exhibition is
going on there will be an In
dian corn dance on CONNER
cial street, to be followed by a
band concert lasting until
noon.
100 p. m.-Flower parade headed by
Marshall's band. The automo-
bile will form one of the fea-
lures of this event.
400 D. m. to 500 p. m.-Grand concert in
the park by MarshalFs band.
500 p. m.-Masked Carnival parade. Band
concert.
10 100 D. m.-Bal MaSoue.
This automobile weighs 200 pounds and
is propelled by a double eight-horse pow
er gasoline engine. 1t is capable of speed
ing eighteen miles an hour, and will seat
four people. The machine was designed
for touring and is very strongly made, be-
ing fitted with three and one-half inch
pneumatic tires and all bearings are roll
Ter. 1t has lights for night, top and storm
front for rainy weather. In appearance it
is quite elaborate, the gearing being a
bright red and the body black, all trim
ming being of solid brass.
The programme announces that: Your
money is no good in EmpOriai Leave it at
home in the clock. Every attraction absO-
lutely free. Read the unparalleled list of
attractions offered, as free as the air you
breathe
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GLOOMY FOR YALE.
Only Four Varsity Veterans Will
Play, and the New Material
Is Very Ord nary.

New Haven, Conn. Sept. 2O.-When the
thirty candidates for the Yale football
eleven who ordered to report here
line up on the Yale field the absence of
veteran players will be the striking 1ea-
ture for the first practice Yale viii lose
twice as many of her last year 5 players
as either Harvard or Princeton, and this
fact, added to the unfortunate state Of
affairs arising from Yale's disastrous
games with Harvard and Princeton makes
Yale's football leaders feel that they have
the hardest task or any OF the big
colleges in trying to round out winning
team.
Yale has lost by graduation the fol-
lowing players: Guard, Marshall: tackle,
Capt. Chamberlain: half-backs, Durston,
Gilmore and Corwin. Rev. Mr.. Cutten,
the central rush. announces that his pas
nue. Baptist church of this city, viii not
allow him to play this fall Morris Ely.
quarterback, was injured so badly in the
Harvard game last fall that his parents
have forbidden him to play again 1t IS
the general opinion, too, that Sbllman,
tackle, and Hubbell, end, played their po-
sitiOns so poorly last fall that new men
must be developed this fall
The loss or unaVailability of the above
players leaves only the following candi-
dates who were on the team last year:
Guard Gordon Brown; fullback, Captain
Malcolm Mcbride; half-back, Dudley. and
end rush, Coy. OF even the last two
named players it is not sure whether Coy
will be fast enough to hold his position
the coming year, or whether Dudley
the Harvard game viii allow him to play
az
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SPORTING NEWS.
Jimmy Michael, CycIist, to For
sake the Turf.
Famous EEWeIsh Rarebit' to
Ride a Wheel Again.
TO GO IN TRAINING.
Wonderful Little Rider Expects
to at Once
Regain His Old Title of King of
Pace Followers.
TO GO IN TRAINING.

New York, Sept. 2O.-Jimmy Michael
who is undoubtedly the most remarkable
cyclist that ever followed pacemaldng
machine, has decided to return to the
racing path. This news viii be hailed
with delight by all lovers of the sport a
little more than year ago the welsh
Rarebit' got the horse fever. He was
carried away by the idea that a fortune
was to be made as 2 jockey and an own
er of thorOughbreds, served short ap-
premiership as a jockey and invested
good portion of his hard-earned money,
won by years of phenomenal racing on
the cycle path, in buying horses. But
trouble eliminated in the courts recently,
where he appeared as the N4cIln1 o.,
queer horse deal After that ne decluel
once and for all that the horse business
was not in his line.
The Midget, who is now a resident of
Long Island, will positively enter into
get TO work with all his Old-tlTne ent1uS-
iasn and prepare for a winter of indoor
racing. Michael, who was not beaten out
OF the field when he retired, but LETT II
with flying cOlOrs, IS considered TO nave
an excellent chance to regain his place
as the king of the pace-followers. When
he rode a bicycle there was certainly no
one who could follow human pace as fast
he. He had a record OF never having
been shaken by quint or SeXtuplet or
any machine propelled by man.
In his preparatory work he viii ia Ike an
occasional spin at Manhattan Beach be
hind the motorcycles, several OF which
will be at his command. and lovers of the
sport look for wonderful records by the
Midget back of the internal machines.
hIichaels absence from the path has done
cycle racing great amount of harm this
season, for Michael as a champion never
really had a successor His popularity
did not depend 50 much upon his wonder
full ability a rider. His personality
and physique made him the ma gnet which
drew thousands. He is still young and his
wear of rest viii have done him a great
raTr1 1TnTn OT
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points. His average is 416, Burkett's
is 413, and Keeler's is 393
Champion Keeler's figures are about
the same as his standing at this time
last year, but Delehanty and Rurkett
are much in advance.
Burkett is making a splendid bid to
regain the hOnOrs Keeler took from
him two years ago. While he finished
among the leaders last year, he was
at no time a rival of Keller. Grady
leads the Giants batters with a per-
centage of 337.
Delehanty has an able rival so far is
heavy smuggling is concerned in big
Buck Freeman of the Senators. AS a
home run getter Freeman has no rivals.
Up to date he has scored the phe-
nOmenal number of seventeen four
sackers. He has made 1O1 extra bases.
Tom DAILY leads the Brooklyns in
heavy hitting. He has a record of 20
two baggers, u three baggers and five
homers.
There is not a single New York hitter
good enough in this particular to rank
among the first twenty-five. Williams,
of Pittsburg, is second, and Wagner, Of
Louisville, fourth.
Pitching percentages to date give
promises to lead the league. Out of
twentysix games he has only lost four
His percentage is S46.
Young Howell, of Baltimore, comes
next with an average of 1872 Dunn, of
Brooklyn. who led in the early part of
the season, is now fourth. Kennedy is
eighth and McJames twentieth. Gettig
leads the Giants and is thirtysecond on
the list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-20
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
The Information Contained IN This
Citizens Statement is Inva1u-
able to Topeka People.

When a resident of Topeka whose
statement appears below, who has no
monetary or other interest in the article
which he endorses, who is anxious to do
his acquaintance and fellow residents
a good turn, who publishes in this paper
his experience with Doan's kinney Pills
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ReadviIle Races.

Readvil1e. Mass, Sept. 2O-The second
day of the New England trotting horse
breeders meeting was again perfect as
far as weather and track conditions are
concerned, but the crowd was smaller.
The feature of the afternoon was the
PIP class trot, with nine starters. The
horses got away for the first time very
well, except Georgiana, who left her
feet when the word was given and
barely saved herself from the flag. She
started away for a race in the second
heat. Success led all the way around
until within 100 yards of the wire, when
he went into the air, and Georgiana
and Timbrel, who were fighting it out,
closely following, won out in the order
named. In the third heat Timbre1 and
Paddy D. were even to the three-quar-
ter post, slightly in the lead of the rest.
The finish was one of the kind where
an inch counts, Georgiana and Niger
Jack coming first and second The
fourth heat was fully as exciting,
Queechy disputing place with Georgi-
ana this time, but Niger Jack closed
in a good second to Georgiana
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WILL FORCE FITz TO FIGHT.
Mccoy Win Post Forfeit and Issue
a Challenge.

IF'rom the New York Journal
Mr.. Robert FitzSimmOn's excuses FOR re-
fusing to fight me are ridiculous in the
extreme. He pretendS to ignore my chal-
lenge on the ground that had an OPP
portunity to fight him before he fought
Jeffries, and, having overlooked that
chance. I am not entitled to any further
consideration. I venture to say that had
I fought Mr.. Fitzsimmons at that time,
myself and not he would have been jeff
ries' opponent in the late championship
encounter.
am not on the eve of retiring. as he
pretends to be, and am confident that
have a few good fights in me yet. In one
of these I hope to demonstrate that am
the peer of any middle weight in the
world, and the ambition of my life is to
fight for that title. Mr. FitzsimmOns is
advertising himself as the only undefeat-
ed and legitimate holder of the middle
weight championship. I seriously ques-
ton his ability to scale 15S pounds and if
he can stand ready to make a match at
that weight. If he can not, then he is
assuming title which does not rightfully
belong to him, and which in all fairness
he should reinquish to whomever is
legitimately qualified to defend it.
I shall post a forfeit with any reputable
stakeholder and issue a bonadde chal-
lenge to fight Mr.. Fitzsimmons for the
middle weight championship of the world.
CHARLES (kID) MCCOY.
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''15O-Dound champion Of the world
o'DoNNELL WAS EASY.
Knocked Out by Kid Mccoy In the
Sixth Round.

New York. Sept. 2O-Kid Mccoy had
little difficulty in getting away with
steve O'Donnell in the arena of the
Broadway Athletic club last night. De-
spite O'DOnnelFs advantage of height.
reach and weight. Mccoy went to him
gradually, without taking any careless
liberties, and soon had his big adversary
in trouble.
O'Donnen never landed a good blow on
MCCOY, WhIle the Kid was gaining ground
IN each succeeding round. His left was
and O'Donne1 was puzzled He staggered
frequently and in the sixth round went
down from a left swing He remained
down as long as the rules allowed. Nc
Coy went after him with swinging let's
and rights and soon 1OOred him with an
Other hard left swing, from the effects of
Whlch ne was unable TO recover until
counted out Steve had to be assisted to
his feet by the referee while Mccoy walk
ed to his corner smiling and without a
mark.
The betting was opened at to l on
10 to I, with very few takers.
IN the opening rounds there was not
much heavy hitting. Mccoy drew blood
the third 100 to 20 was offered on the Kid
with no takers Mccoy was on the ag-
greSsive and played heavily for the body
Inc sixth and last round was as follows:
Round 6-McCoy opened with left and
right swings to the jaw, tBen he stag
gered Steve to the ropes with a left on
the Jaw. Two left jabs to the body made
O'DOnnell stagger. He came to the cen
ter and the Kid sent him reeling around
the ring with left and rights. O'DOnneIl
Went down from a left swing and took
as soon as he arose and landed on him at
will. O'Donnell was bleeding profusely
from the nose and mouth and was grOg-
gy. Mccoy finally put him down with a
counted out. Time of round, 2 minutes
and As seconds.
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eial streets Crock Island exhibit) at and
The Meriden band will play beneath the
Santa Fe statue, King Corn at and 8
= Pryor's band will play at the stand on
Commercial street, between Seventh and
Eighth at p. m, and the Fail City band
The RuIo band will play from The BY
ram balcony at 2 p m, and the Greenleat
A complete vaudeville show will be
given free at McInteer's hall at and
they are absolutely free. This entertain
ment is provided by the Corn Carnival
committee and there viii be no charge Of
any kind.
At Fifth and Commercial streets. a bat
will be pulled off every half hour from II
a. m, until II p. m The feature was pro-
vided BY the Royal Insurance company
L. Errhardt & Co. will give a minstrel
street, afternoon and evening Of Thurs
The rooms of the Atchison Business col
lege, in the top story Of the Atchison
National bank building win be thrown
open for women and children only. The
Atchison National bank building is at the
corner of Sixth and Commercial streets.
Lavatories and retiring rooms
The basement of the First National
bank building will be thrown open for
women and children Retiring rooms and
TIE Baptist church. corner Ninth street
ana Kansas avenue, will be thrown open
for visitors. Lavatories and retiring rooms
and parcels checked free Plenty Of
chairs.
The Methodist church at the corner OF
Fifth and Kansas avenue, will be thrown
open for visitors. Retiring rooms and
parcels checked free. Plenty of Ice water
The Congregational church. Fourth
street and Kansas avenue, viii be open
for visitors.
When you hear the curfew whistle about
or p. m, or at noon, it will mean one
of two things: Look to the west and you
will see a balloon passing over the city
If you see no balloon. the curfew whistle
will mean that AtchisOn has won a ball
game from the Kansas City Blues.
The. flower parade Will start promptly
at 4 O'Clock. from the corner Of Fourth
street and Kansas avenue It will move
west on Kansas avenue to Eighth. thence
to Comm ercial and down Commercial and
back, passing The Byram and the union
depot.
The fireworks display on Thursday viii
take place on Commercial street. at the
intersection of Ninth at S:45 p m
The Corn Carnival train viii leave To-
peka- over the Santa Fe at $50 in the
morning.
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RYAN CHALLENGES MCCOY.
Asks For a Match For the Middle
weight Championship.

New York. Sept. 2O.-Tommy Ryan
has been trying for some time to get
a match with Mccoy at the middle
weight limit, but for reasons of his
own Mccoy refused to meet him. This
time Ryan expects a match, as the fol-
lowing letter will show:
ITO Charles (Kid) Mccoy:
Your various challenges to Robert
FitzsimmOns not having been accepted
by him, 1 desire to call your attention
to the fact that you have offered me
next chance, and as I am ready to ac-
cept your proposals and fight you for
middleweight championship I should
like to hear from you, naming time of
meeting. A claimant for the middle
weight championship should weigh 1874
pounds at the ringside, and that is
what I should expect you to do. The
COney Island club has offered me 81, 900
for this match, but I am willing that
the highest bidder secure it, and I ex-
pect to train with James J. Jeffries, so
L should suggest that our contest takes
place the night before or after the
Sharkey-J effries match
THOMAS RYAN
'15O-Dound champion of the world"
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Gravesend Races

New York, Sept. 2O-Two stakes were
on the card at Gravesend, the Kings
Highway hurdle handicap and the Sea
Breeze. Only three horses accepted
the conditions in each. The hurdle race
degenerated into a farce. Ben Elder
was at prohibitive odds, and had a
practical walkover as he won by about
half a mile. Merlin refused at every
to get over them all at last and finished
second, as Life Guard, the only other
starter, fell at the hurdle in front of
the grand stand Toluca was an odds
on favorite for the Sea Breeze stakes.
with Alpen second choice. Alpen took
the race at the fall of the flag and was
never headed, winning eased up by two
lengths from Hurricane
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Harlem Races.

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-Tuesday's racing
at Harlem was good. bad and indiffer-
ent. The track was deep with mud.
Twenty maiden 2-year-olds foundered
nine-sixteenths of a mile in the first
event and F1ourineu II. came home a
handy winner. Barrier and Nokomo
were ruled out of the second race as
outlaws, because they have raced over
tracks IN violation OF the rules. Four
We're LETT TO start and Jack Bradley
was installed as favorite The last
race was desperate one. Kings
Highway, MelO and Tappan finished
in a bunch, after a fierce drive. and
Kings Highway won. Weather clear;
track heavy.
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CORN CARNIVAL.
Complete Programme as Announced
by Atch son Committee.

Following is the programme for the
Atchison Corn Carnival tomorrow;
Turner Garden-Marshall : band Of To-
Sen at > n m PLENTY of seats. YOung's
hand viii play at the same place at 7:3O
D. m. and Pryor's band at 9 p: m -
Other Band Concerts-Young' band Will
play at 2 p. m, from the stand IN front OF
RIish Mize & Silliman's, Fourth and
Commercial. The HiaWatha band viii
play from the stand at Sixth and Com
Inerciai. The Hiawatha band will play
from the same stand at D. m.
The Effingham band viii play at the
stand AT sixth and Commercial streets at
The Rock Island band Of Horton will
NAV AT the stand at Fourth and CONNER
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FOR A coURsINa MEET
Abilene Sports Have a Plan on Foot
to Organize.

Abilene, Sept. 20.-Owners of eoursing
hounds and a number of coursing enthus-
lasts have plan on foot to organize the
Abilene Coursing association. The organ
ization win probably be effected this
a state coursing meet here sometime in
October.
The organizers of the association were
out with their subscription paper last
week and received much encouragement
besides subscriptions for more than half
the amount required to hold a state meet
here. About $l25 will be needed.
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TRACEY 10 MEET SMITH
Will Appear at the Lenox
AthIatic Club Octohar 10Th.

Chicago, Sept. 20.-Tom Tracey received
word from the east yesterday that ar
rangement have been completed by the
LenOX Athletic club of which Tom
O'Rourke is manager, for q meeting be
tween Tracey and Mysterious" Billy
Smith. The conditions call for 146 pounds
at the ringside. The date set is October
10. and Tracey Will endeavOr to get per-
mission to train at the Harlem race track.
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racing was the two-m1Ie race. sixth on
the card. Patton rode a brilliant race
on Acrobat, trailing the field to the
last half mile, when he went to the
front and won pulled up. George Hen
drie bought Pharaoh at the auction
sale in the morning and won him out
in the afternoon