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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13
81. LOUIS BALL PLAYERS.
They viii Scatter After Sundays
Game.

St Louis, Oct. 13-After SUNDAYS
game with the Cincinnati Reds the
members Of the St. Louis club with the
single exception Of Pitcher Sudhoff, will
board trains for their respective homes
and hibernate during the winter and
early spring months. Now that oliver
Tebeau has resigned as manager Jack
D'Connor has turned Pirate and Joe
Quinn has practically quit the game
Sudhoff IS the only member of the Car
dinals whose home address is ST. Louis
Mo. The cotton-topped tWirier intends
taking life easy and will give his
father occasional assistance in his gro
Gerry store in North St Louis John
Powell announces his intention of cross
ing the pond about the middle of No
vember- From here he goes to Chi
cago, where he has had two saloons
working for him all summer. He will
straighten up his business affairs and
then join a wealthy Illinois cattle ship
per and accompany him on a European
trip. Liverpool will be the destination
of Powell's friend. and the stalwart
curve-dispenser says that If he likes the
looks of the other side he will visit Lon
don, Paris and other European cities
before returning home .'Cy'' Young
goes back to the seclusion of his Ohio
homestead: Jimmy Hughey to Cold
water, Mich, and Bert Jones to Pueblo,
Colo Jones has an offer to coach the
college team at Golden. and will likely
accept it. 1t pays well and will give
the crack SOuthpaW two months valu-
able work in the early spring.
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YANaER rs. sULLTvAN.
Featherweights Will Do Battle In
Chicago Next Week.

Chicago. Oct. 1s.-The match between
Benny Yanger, the Upton Slasher,
and Tommy Sullivan. of Brooklyn. was
clinched yesterday when the eastern
featherweight's forfeit of $3.50 for weight
and appearance arrived. This match is
to be decided at the Star theater week
from last night and will be at the
featherweight limit, Id pounds. The
two boys are of the few who claim to
be featherweights and can do this
weight, and the winner viii be fair
kind of representative to pit against
anybody in the country at that figure.
Sullivan bears a bright reputation and
Yanger has never been defeated as yet.
The little local knocker-out aspires for
high honors this winter, and if success
full with Sullivan will stand ready to
meet anybody in the country for the
featherweight title. The winner Of the
Sullivan Yanger fracas and the winner
Of tOnight's battle between Young
Mowatt'' and Buddy Ryan have been
promised a match by Manager Carroll,
to take place two weeks after the former
bout.
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Football Situation at K. q
Suddenly Changes.
Petition to Team is Signed by
400 Students.
READY FOR THE WORK.
Several Members of Old Team
Will Return.
Meehan g Makes Up" Studies
and VIII Play Center.

Lawrence. kan. Oct. 13.-The football
situation at the university has taken a de-
cided change for the better and though
there was doubt whether even half OF
the men would stay with the team, and
1t was feared that the presidents agree
ment had killed football at the univer-
sity for this season tt lease. the events
that have transpired since fail to show
that there is danger OF any thing Of the
kind. and the indications now are that
the Payhawkers viii meet the Tigers on
Thanksgiving day with team that will
be prepared to uphold the former records
of Kansas uniVersitQ-
a petition was circulated among the
students yesterday, which read;
FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1901
I'VE are with you We recognize your
nisfortuntes and appreciate your difficult
grit and we believe in you
I'VE expect you 10 continue to represent
we promise you our loyal and enthusi-
astic support, whether in victory or de-
BY noon over 400 had signed the petition
and there is no doubt that almost all OF
the students viii do SO before morning
The majority OF the team were back at
the training table this noon and were
ready to begin regular practice again.
Probably one of the most effective
causes which helped to restore confidence
sSement Of iefters from several of the
old men of the last two seasons. announc-
lag their Intention of returning to the uni
team. Among those heard from was
BlOckberger of LeavenWorth. who played
tackle in 'eS, and who is reputed to be
ore of the best tackles in the west. He
weighs 1S5 pounds, an dwin add greatly
10 the strength Of the line His brother.
who is also a heavyweight, Will probably
be here in the near future and make the
team as guard
Gavin from Beloit, who played end on
the team last year, has written that he
Will be here. and will probably be played
IN his old position.
Meehan. who was unable to get on the
team on account of being conditioned in
studies. has succeeded in making up the
work. and VIII play his old position
center
Long, the Coffeyville man, who was call
ed home shortly after his entrance here
this year. VIII be in school again by the
Irst of the year. He is the man whom
Nost called the wonder of his Corey
Vile team, which he coached after the
end of the season of K L.
Clyde Alphin. the heavyweight pitcher
OF last years ball team, will also be back
and viii probably make the team.
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zee ABaoT To Be SOLD.
King of Trotters viii Be Auctioned
OF

New York, Oct. 13-For the first time
IN the history of harness racing the king
~ trotters is 70 be put up at public
auction and sold to the highest bidder
The Abbot. 2,0314, the great horse that
VIII go into the records as the fastest
frotter OF the century, is to pass under
the hammer at Madison Square garden
during the week following the National
Horse show
This surprising announcement was
made today by Ed" A Upton, of the
F'asig-Tipton company, who has just
returned from Buffalo, after making a
contract with c. J. and Harry Hamlin
10 sell fifty trotters and PAGERS from the
Namous Village Farm. G. J. Hannin
the veteran breeder of The Abbot. has
refused many tempting offers for his
champion trOtter since the campaign
opened A Boston horsenan offered SIS
900 for the gelding to drive on the road
according to reports. which was refused
Scarcely less surprising than the pro
posed sale Of The Abbot is the announce
lnent made by Mr. Upton that Lord
DERBY, z:OI, IS to be included in the Vii
Iage Farm consignment to the garden
sale Not a few good judges of horse
flesh believe the MambrinO King gelding
is a faster tfOtter than The Abbot, and
that IN a year or two he will send the
record still nearer the tWO-minute goal.
What viii The Abbot bring under
the hammer is a question that is
likely to keep -hOrsemen talking from this
highest price for which any trotter has
Yet been sold under the hammer is S51.
600. Marion was sold at private sale for
Slz5,O0o- This sum was paid for Bell
hoy. z:lS14. the full brother to the sire
OF the Abbot, about ten years ago.
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But It Cost Cotton Dealer Five
Thousand Dollars.

(~~e~~~e
New York. Oct. 19.-Gustav Eckstein,
a New York representative of a Sa-
yannah, Ga, wholesale cotton house,
and also one of the partners in it. is
trying to find out what has become of
$1,000 which he claims was in an en-
velope sent by express marked $1,000,
but said to have contained double that
sum when it was dispatched. On be-
ing opened at it's destination only $5,00O
it is declared, was forthcoming. One
day last week Mr. Eckstein went to the
Central National bank where he is a de-
positor and drew a check for $4,000
asking Cashier Young for bills of large
denomination.
He was given nine one thousand dol
lar bills and two five thousand dollar
bills Then he asked the cashier to have
them put in large envelope, as he
wanted to send the money by express.
This was done and the parcel handed
to him Then, according to the story
told by the cashier, the cotton mer-
velope $4,000. That done. he returned
it to the cashier and requested him to
forward it to Savannah along with the
rest of the bank business. The envelope
was directed to Eckstein's brother, who
is at the head of the Savannah house.
Mr.. Young took it and Mr.. Eckstein left
the bank.
At the close of business Eckstein's
package marked So 600 was taken to an
Office of the Adams Express company by
8. messenger of the bank A receipt
was issued for it as marked, and it was
forwarded together with the other pack
ages of money that had come from the
same bank.
Nothing was heard of the matter I'M
til late Tuesday night and then Gustav
Eckstein got a telegram from his
brother in Savannah saying that the
envelope had been received but it con-
tanned only $4,000. Tt is said that Gustav
Eckstein had written his brother of the
transaction and that the envelope would
contain $4,000 Mr.. Eckstein has put
the matter into the hands of his at
torney.
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STILL AFTER JEFFRIEs.
Corbett Says the Champions Talk of
Mccoy is Ridiculous.

New York, Oct. 13-James J. Corbett
has not yet given up hope of getting on
a match with Jim Jeffries and has made
another offer to the champion When
COrbett read the champions reply to his
challenge today instructing him to go
fight Mccoy again he laughed and said
that he would give the champion a
chance to show his generosity.
Later in the day the former champion
sent a telegram to the Californian stat
ing that he would fight him instead Of
Mccoy and turn over the entire receipts
to the Galveston sufferers.
1t is not money that he is after, Cor
bett says, but just a chance to meet the
big boilermaker again in the ring. The
ex-champion, in speaking of JeffrieS' an
swer. said that it was ridiculous and
that Jeffries' only object in mentioning
Mccoy was to avoid a meeting with
him
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"HOD. LAWRENCE COMING.
Topeka Man Sings Leading Tenor
Role In Frank Daniels Company.

Topeka Man Sings Leading Tenor
Role In Frank Daniels Company.
There is a local interest attached to
the coming engagement of Frank Dan
iels in this city. 1t is due to the appear
ance in his company of Mr.. Howard S.
Lawrence of Topeka. Mr.. Lawrence has
been a member of the Daniels company
since the beginning of last season and
he will be seen here in the leading tenor
role playing opposite to Helen Redmond
the prima donna Mr.. Lawrence was
born in Topeka and is the son Of Mrs
Sarah Schuyler Lawrence of this city.
He is we'll known here as a baseball
player, athlete, tennis player, and a
teacher and writer of music. For five
years he was with the boy choir of
Grace Cathedral and for two years was
tenor soloist in Father Hayden's Church
of the Assumption.
He was prominent in social circles and
is still an honorary member of several
of the local clubs, the mem bers of which
intend to turn out on the evening of
his appearance at the Crawford opera
house in his honor.
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mANKAro CoURs1Ne.
Next Weeks Meet Promises to Be 3
Big Affair.

Mankato, Oct 13-The entries in the
Central Coursing club meet, which will
come Off in Mankato next week, October
L. II and 49, closes Monday night. Up
to the present time there are about 100
dogs entered, which will be increased
to $50 Charles F. Horne, secretary, says
he anticipates the largest attendance
ever seen at any coursing meet in this
country. Many celebrated hounds are
arriving from North and South Dakota,
Minnesota, Colorado. California, In
diana. Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.
The most noted dog here is the great
Langley Squire, from England, who
has started twice in that country, win
ming first in a Ga dog stake, and was
runner I'D in the second event. The
Mankato Coursing club has 125 jack rab
bits, well trained for the event. Hotel
accommodations are already at a prem
ium, and many private homes have been
thrown open to visitors.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE sTANDINe.
:. Bue > Hollidav = Renedict.

Cincinnati, O.. Oct 12-CuDid put
Bug Holiday on Hymen's score card
oyer a year ago. and the secret has been
we'll kept ever since. 1t was in August,
1899, while the Reds old center fielder
was at Niagara Fails that he crossed
the river to the Canadian shore and was
there welded to Miss May c. Rich, one
of Cincinnatis popular young school
teachers, who was enjoying her vacation
at the Falls at that time. AS Miss Rich
the young Wife continued her duties all
last year at the Twentieth district school.
When the recent vacation days began
she revealed the truth to her parents,
and now it has became public.
Holiday was member of the famous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13
piles Cured Without the Knife.

itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudlng
Piles No cure. no pay. All druggists
are authorized by the manufacturers of
PazO Pile Ointment to refund the money
where il fails to cure any case of piles no
matter of how long standing. Cures or
binary cases in six days: the worst cases
in fourteen days One application gives
ease and rest Relieves itching instantly
This is a new discovery ana is the only
pile remedy sold on a positive guarantee,
no cure, no pay Price, 90 cents. II your
druggist don't keep 1t In stock send US %
cents in postage stamps and we viii for
ward same by mail. Manufactured by
Paris Medicine Co. st. Louis, No Manu-
facturers of Laxative Bromo-Quinlne and
Groves Tasteless Chill TonIc
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NERVOUS
PROS TRAITOR


is only a failure of strength
Ittakes strength to getstrength.
Get strength of stomach first.
Your stomach will then look
out for your body. SCOTS
emulsion of cod-liver oil ena-
bles your stomach to get it
from usual food; and this is
the way to restore the whole
body.
Wen send you little to try if you ike.
SCOTT & BOVINE, go Pearl street, New York
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Handv Goes to Colorado,

Phillipsburg. Oct 13.-R A Handy,
one of the successful business men of
Phillipsburg as we'll as one of her enter
prising citizens, will locate in Colorado
Springs and engage in the lumber indus
try. His modern residence and tele-
phone exchange was purchased by VIM.
Hardman, manager of the Central Lum-
Der company, of PhiIipsburg Mr.. Handy
is also one Of the prominent Democratic
politicians of Kansas.
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BROUGHT $4,000 IN GOLD.
The Seattle Arrives From Skagway
with 222 Passeng gers.

Seattle. Wash. Oct 13-The steamship
C,itv of Seattle has arrived from Skag-
WTav with 2s2 passengers and $750, 600 in
treasure of the latter $49S 900 was con-
signed to the Selby Smelling works Of
san Fra cisco and the remainder to local
hanks and private parties The strike on
the ChfIlat river is characterized as some
thing good While as vet bed rock has
NOT been reached the entire district shows
The Seattle left Skagwav on October s
and at that time ice was already forming
in many of the streams enptying into the
Yukon. 1T is expected that navigation
will close October 20, or Whereabouts
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Father of joplin Dead.

Joplin, Mo-. Oct 13.-Patrick Murphy,
the father of Joplin" is dead at his
home here. He was born in ireland in
1889 and came to America in 1870 During
the civil war he was a government
freighter and later became interested in
Colorado mining He was the first set
tier in Rhas is now Joplin.
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Rev. sam Jones Breaks pown.

Chicago, Oct IA special to the
Chronicle from Atlanta, Ga, says: Rev.
Sam P. Jones, the famous evangelist, is
broken down in health, having COM
PEELED to cancel all his dates for lectures
in South Carolina and Mississippi His
physician has forbidden him from in
dulging in public speaking for some
time.
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Must Do Something.

Copenhagen, Oct 12.-Replying to a
question in the Folhething today rela-
tive to the sale of the Danish West IN
dies to the United States, the premier,
H E. Hoerring, said all agreed that
some changes must be effected with re-
spect to the islands and he hoped to
soon furnish the necessary explanations
and give his views on the subject
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AN ENCLOSED MEET.
The Abilene Coursing Meet to Be
Held October 1926.

Held October 1925.
Abilene, Oct. 12-The first enclosed
coursing meet to be held in Dickinson
county viii occur October %, "a and %.
in the Dady pasture, west OF the GEM
etery.
Two stakes, one for all-age dogs. open
to any; one puppy stake, whelped since
January / 1899. Entrance fee in all
age stage, IS. and $3.50 in puppy stakes:
The entrance money and $3.50 additional
will be divided by the winners, and the
dog winning one course gets entrance
fee back.
Dogs will be here from Colorado
Springs. st. Louis, Minneapolis, South
Dakota, Nebraska and Oklahoma, be-
sides from al parts of Kansas
A. l. Weston, of Manitou, Colo, will
act as judge.
iacl<ra hbifS
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ARE NOW DIVORCED.
American League Decides TO Cut
Loose From Major ORGANIZATION.

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-The magnates of the
american Baseball league at their meet
4ng here yesterday took a decided step
in the direction of independence from
the National league by declaring they
would no longer couRtenance the farm
ing system now in vogue between the
major and minor leagues The baseball
leaders decided that henceforth no
American league player win be farmed
60 a minor club, and no National league
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

CHICAGO, 6: PITTSBURG, 10.
Pittsburg. Pa, Oct 1S-Pittsburg's inter
state battery mot old enough to vOte)
saved the team from defeat. Poole went
in in the third inning, after four hits and
five runs had been made, and held the
addition he knocked out home run and
a. three Dagger, scoring the runs that won
the game. .'Jigs'' Donohue played like
veteran behind the bat. Attendance 1000
Score.
Pittsburg ..................3 0 OIL 3 0 so
BROOKLYN AGAIN DEFEATED.
Brooklyn. n. ", Oct 13.-Yesterday's
game wound up the league season at
Washington park. New York won by hit
ting Yeager's delivery hard in the first
two and last innings. Carrick was a mys-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13

For sprains. swelling and lameness there
is nothing so good as Chamberlains Pain
Balm. Try it. For sale by all druggists.
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COLORADO FLYER.

Via @Great Rock Island Route"
Leaves Topeka $40 p. m, arriving
Colorado Springs 1926, Denver HOO
ocloclE next a m
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out but for errors behind him. The game
was called at the end of the eighth in
ming on account of darkness. Attendance,
LOCO Score
New York s.......-..-..-....2 O q 4-9
Brooklyn .-...-...............01 1 0 Ia
PHILADELPHIA, 5; BOSTON, 4.
Philadelphia Pa, Oct. 1S.-Philadelphta
defeated Boston by better fielding. The
visitors played a poorer game than is in
dicated by the error column Attendance,
623 The score.
Philadelphia ...-.-..-.-...-2 20
Boston --.-.-.-....-...-....-2 O 0 0 Il
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A BRIGHT IDEA

Holiday was a member of the famous
Goldsby's Giants of Topeka.
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pecting, but he has proved to be a
tenderfoot and wants to go back, so
have bought him out and he sails to-
morrow.
| wouldn't advise married man to
sacrifice anything to come here. bu. a
young man. especially one without a
business or profession, is foolish to stay
in the states as the chances are much
better for making stake here
Well, | haven't visited Siberia vet
but may do so some time. as all [ have
to do is to step across Boring straight,
about $50 miles. and get some of the
Cars gold Cape Nome is about l2o
miles north of St. Michaels and Nome
City, right on a point of land on the
coast. We are about $500 miles north
of San Francisco. so you see I am a
little way from home. Well l must
close for this time. My regards to all
inquiring friends.
JOHN X. SEWELL
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J. r. BENSLEY DEAD.

From the Chicago Times-H Herald we
CLEAN the following death notice Of
John Russell Bensley. He was the
eldest brother of l.. X. Bensley, for
merly of this place. Perhaps many of
our older subscribers remember him as
he used to visit Denison quite fire.
quently.
John Russell Bensley died at his
residence, 1929 Ellis avenue. yesterday
morning, aged 81. Mr.. Bensley was at
one time prominent member of the
Board of Trade. being president of that
body in 1876. He was born in Spring.
field, N. y, in 1888. ard began life as
a clerk in general store in his native
town, moving to Illinois in 1857. In
the following year he established him
self in Chicago, founding the firm of
Bensley Brothers, which continued in
business for over thirty years. In his
long connection with the Board of
Trade Mr.. Bensley occupied nearly
49, Nf4'N|S SciiHCNbCu WIN UIit
ton His connection with the famous
McGeogh, Everingham & Co lard cor
ner gave him greatreputation in bus
mess circles. The firm lad failed for
over s6,oOo,oo0, spreading disaster
throughout the trade. Mr.. Bensley
was appointed receiver, and in thirty
two days had realized sufficient sum
on the assets to pay Off $4,000, 900 of the
secured debts and 80 per cent of the
unsecured, thus averting serious
panic. Previous to moving to his late
residence Mr.. Bensley lived in HYDE
Park, and was for two years president
OF the town board there. He was also
one OF Mayor Swift's appolntees on the
board of education, and was a member
OF the Union League and Oakland
clubs at the time of his death. He had
retired from business for abont nine
years. He is survived by widow and
two children, a son and daughter
services were held at the late
residence July Z. Interment will be at
Mount Hope. Chicago Times Herald.
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"NOT A LITTLE BIT. .

DR.. McWilliams. of Charter Oak.
was in Sioux City the other day and
was interviewed by a Journal reporter.
In the course of his remarks he is
quoted as saying:
Crawford county sound money dem
ocrats don't like the democratic plat
form a little bit. The fellows who
voted for Mckinley four years ago be-
cause they COUNT stand the free sill
verism of Bryan have for year or
more lived in the hope that their party
would cast aside l6 to /, and they ex-
pected to get fully back into democra-
cy's ranks. Now they feel sore because
organs paramount influence still man
aged to keep Is to ! up at the front.
They do not take it good naturedly.
and many of them feel prompted to
vote for sound money again this fall, as
they did four years ago.
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NORMAL INSTITUTE,
Convenes August 6, With Ex
cellent Corps of Instructors.
VIC. VAN NESS IN CHARGE
Assisted by c. F. Garrett, H. II. Hahn,
j. l.. Rose, p. NJ. Hcrsom and Miss
Ida Craft, Instructors of Ability.

The Crawford County Normal In
stltute for 1900 will convene on Mon
day, August s, and every arrangement
toward making tia grand success is
being perfected. We have been very
fortunate in securing the following ex-
celleat corps of instructors:
Conductor, w. G. Van Ness, who
will teach Philosophy, Grammar and
Music
Assistants
G. f. Garrett. of Charter Oak. Alge-
bra and Arithmetic
Fl. II. Hahn, of Mapleton, Physical
Geography and History.
j. L. Rose, of Des Moines, Didactics
and Economics.
p. M. Hersom. of Manila. Civics,
Geography and Physiology
Miss Ida Craft, of Denison, Methods.
We feel confident that we have Sc
cured the best instructors possible and
ask hearty cooperation of all teach
ers in making this one of the best in
stitutes held in the county. 1t is re-
quested that teachers enroll on Friday
and Saturday preceding the institute.
A G MYERS,
County superintendent