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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-21
SPORTING NEWS.
C0rbett Cables for His Wife to
Come to England.
Denies Stories and Reiterates
His Love for Her.
HIS APPEAL SPURNED.
Declares She Has No Further
Confidence in Him.
Tells of Peculiar Ante Nuptial
Contract With Pugilist.

New York, Sept 21.-New and unex-
pected complications appeared today in
the matrimonial difficulties besetting
James J. COrbett and his wife, who are
at present separated by the broad At
1antic-
1t came in the shape of a cablegram
from London, addressed to Mrs. Corbett,
..To Vera Corbett, Toby's Saloon,
Thirty-first Street and Broadway. New
York. Stories about woman false Come
over here quick. darling VIII prove it.
Love you only Answer. JIM,
sept. Is. 1sOO."
Despite this appeal from her husband,
however, Mrs. Corbett is unrelenting-
His cable message is absurd" she
said today Il have not answered it
and win not condescend to enter into
any further parley with him. / purpose
~ did all I could to prevent his know
ing my present whereabouts knowing he
had sent additional messages to MIR.
Toby to be sure to find me and get me
TO withdraw my divorce suit But I
propose to have nothing more to do with
Mr.. Corbett and have the fullest conf
dence that I shall succeed in my suit
against him.
His excuse for leaving America and
that his departure was known to me are
on par with his other statements. They
are absolutely untrue. Why he should
have engaged his passage on a Euro
pean steamship under the assumed
name of Martin and paid for the pas
sage of another woman under the same
name, both sailing under the same alias
is beyond my comprehension.
His entreaties and protestations that
he will prove me his love make him all
the smaller in my eyes. have only con-
tempt for him and will never forgive
him.
Mrs. Corbett complains that her hus-
band has employed private detectives,
who have been shadowing her for the
last two months.
when ! married Mr.. Corbett, five
years ago." said his wife, "our under
standing was that should leave him If
he ever met defeat Since then he has
suffered defeat from F'itzsimmons Shar-
key and Jeffries. Notwithstanding which
remained with him, suffering all sorts
of Entertainments %
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sues For $4,000 worth of Land.

Hunter NJ Meriwether, of Kansas City.
has filed suit In the United States circuit
court against the Fowler Land associa-
ton, George A. Fowler, The Fowler Pack
ing company, The Angio-American Pack
ing and Provision company, Geo. Fowler,
Son &c Co. the Metropolitan Water COM
pany, and others. The suit is for the pur-
pose of quieting his title to accretions of
land which have been made on the banks
of the Missouri river below the junction
or the Kansas and Missouri rivers He
wants the court to issue a decree estab-
fishing his title, and says that it is
cIouded by the defendants, who are as
and are interfering and harassing him;
The value of the made land is placed
has cost him $4,000 in improvements and
riprap work. He claims title to 5oS feet
back of it several years ago from the
Hannibal 81 St. Joseph railroad company
The total length Of the accretions along
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OUR CHINESE POLICY.
Tt is Embodied i'm Various Notes
to the Powers.

Washington, Sept. 21.-The United States
government has decided upon its policy
relative to the Chinese situation and its
position will be communicated to the
powers this afternoon This was the Off
cia1 announcement after the meeting of
the cabinet today. Out of courtesy to the
powers, the decision of the government
will not be made public until the COM
munications embodyfng the statement of
the American position have had time to
reach those to whom they are addressed.
The statement of policy is embodied in
three communications, one to Germany IN
reply to her note announcing that the
surrender and punishment of the insti-
gators of the attack upon Pekin was
prerequisite to the opening of peace nego-
tiations ON her part: a communication to
this government to its memorandum re-
from Pekin, and a communication to the
quest, transmitted through Minister WI.
that this government Immediately en-
power Minister Conger to begin negotia-
cations had been prepared substantially
prior to the meeting of the cabinet, and
the brief period of the session, which
lasted little over an hour, is regarded
as evidence that there was no differences
of opinion as to the course to be pur-
sued. Secretary Long, Attorney General
Griggs, and Secretary Hitchcock were
present. The communications will be for
warded today, but will not be made public
until tomorrow at the earliest possibly
NOT until later.
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CAFFERY's WITHDRAWAL.
National Party Leaders to Hold q
Conference on the Subject.

New York, Sept. GA meeting of
those interested in the National (third
ticket party movement will be held to-
day in the office of Everett v. Abbott,
to decide what steps shall be taken in
view of the withdrawal of the Third
party's presidential candidate, Senator
Caffery, of Louisiana. The committee
on notification, whose members are r.
A. Widenmann, A. B. Farquhar of York,
Pa, and Louis A. Delacroix of North
Carolina, will make its formal report at
this meeting.
Senator Caffery has been in sympathy
with the new party movement ever since
its beginning. He knew at the time of
the New York. convention that his was
the only name that would be presented
to the delegates as a presidential candi-
date, and the nomination was made
with at least his tacit consent. Cir
cumstances which have arisen since the
him to decline, and he notified the
committee.
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CHICAGO MAN : WONDER.
Member of Columbia Foot ball Team
Proves q Surprise.

New Haven, Conn, Sept 21.-George
F. Sanford, the former Yale center rush
who is now coaching the Columbia foot
ball team at Branford Point discovered
a new drop kicker. Sanford believes he
has found a wonder. The player is Ash
ley, a novice from Chicago. This after
noon Sanford had Ashley dropping goals
~ missed one. Ashley comes from Chi
cago and had never played football I'M
til he came to Rranford.
Sanford lined his men up for the first
time and began to teach them tricks and
signals. The only veterans in the make
up were Wright at center and La Prince
at end rush, all the rest were new play
ers. who were shifted from place to
place. The event of the day was the
drop kicking of Ashley, which was
great surprise under the trying condi-
tons
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RIDIcULEs CoRBETT STORY.
DR.. Ordway Laughs Over Prospective
Purchase of National Sporting Club.

New York, Sept. 21.-The report comes
from England that James J. =Corbett
contemplates the purchase of the Ma
tiona1 Sporting club of London, with the
object of conducting it on the same basis
as American boxing clubs When that
announcement was brought to the at
tentfon of DIR. A P. Ordway, American
representative of the club, he smiled
broadly and said:
That Is a most absurd and ridiculous
report Corbett has as much chance of
buying the National Sporting club as I
have to purchase the Standard Oil COM
pany The club is not as some seem to
suppose, merely a boxing organization;
it is a social as well as an athletic as
sociation, and its membership of 1880
is largely made up of the nobility. Lord
Lonsdale is the president of the club,
and the directorate is composed of dukes
and earls.
In addition to the boxing rooms,
there are splendid cafes fine billiard
parlors, great Conservatives and one of
the finest theaters in London. The box
ing contests form but single feature Of
a varied programme of entertainment.
1T is very exclusive and a stranger
could no more get in than he could the
Union League club of New York. The
question of money never enters into con-
sideration. The club is conducted sole
" for the entertainment of its members,
all of whom win be highly amused at
the talk Of an American prize fighter
purchasing the plant. Mr.. Corbett is
talking at random
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Good Shooting &C Hutchinson.

Hutchinson. Kas., Sept. Alan invita-
ton shoot. given by IL. O. Hudson and
Billy Allen, was held in this city Thurs
day: Shooters were here from Marion.
Peabody. Florence, Herington, w hfte c tv.
Larned and Stafford. There were four
guaranteed events, comprising fifty b rdE
SIS apiece, with fine gold pen valued at
Sc added to the winner of the aggregate
scores It was a high class shooting. as
fine as has been held In this part Of the
state this year. The three high guns were
e. W. Arnold Of Larned, first. AZ cut of
SO birds: W. Il. Van Curran of Hutchin-
son. got second. with IS out of SOL and
Billy Allen. also Of Hutchinson, third.
with q out Of 50- among the Visitors
Of Florence. l. A. Debts of Heringtnn. FL.
Hollingsworth Of Herington- s. p jerks
OF White City, John Hampton of Florence
Charles NASH Of Peabody, Nj. ;. Gillian
of Florence. Grant Hicks of Stfford, and
#. A. Darlington of Lyons.
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CLEVELAND HORSE WON.
John A McKerron Took Challenge
Cup in STRAIGHT Heats.

Boston. Mass Sept. 21.-In the first
frotting of the Challenge Cup race for
trotters driven to wagon by amateurs.
the Cleveland representative, john A.
Acker'ron, won in straight heats Time
2:10 and 2:11. He was superbly driven
by his owner, the noted whip h K
Devereux. and, though the track was
bad from the rain and there were four
teen scores before the first heat, he trot-
ted the two fastest heats ever made by
any trotter In a wagon race and the
fastest single heat ever made by a
stallion to wagon.
The winner is a 5-year-o1d by Nutwood
Wilkes dam by Direct, and under the
conditions of the cup race he will retain
the trophy until some trotter shall go
to Cleveland and win 1t away.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Reuben A. Scott viii
be held from his home, 1926 Buchanan
street, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Burial win be in the Topeka cemetery.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs H. ".
Felt. of 507 West Tenth avenue. died
this morning. The funeral will be held
Saturday.
The funeral over the body of the in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hoeck,
Of 5O7 Jefferson street, who died in Ar
kansas City, was held at their home
this afternoon. The burial was in the
Topeka cemetery.
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horse.
Like the wise men of old, the wonder
full American trainer w iShard, who
makes selling platers beat the best
horses in England, is accused of all
manner of evil things. The stories that
he injects secret and powerful drugs
into the veins of his horses have been
freely circulated among the credulous
Englishmen. Since the Wishard victories
at Doncaster last week they tell how one
race, being driven mad by this wonder
full drug. But intelligent Englishmen
give full credit to American training and
riding methods, and some of the best
spOrtsmen here hope that more English
owners win follow the example of Lord
William Beresford, who employs Ameri-
can trainers and jockeys.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.


Wakarusa, Sept 21.-Auburn defeated
Carbondale, the champions of Usage
county, by a score, of IS to A, at Walxa-
rusa- Auburn played all around Carbon
dale, and hatted O'Donnell out of the
box in the sixth inning. Henderson
pitched a splendid game striking out nine
men. and was given magnificent support.
Auburn would like to get a chance at
some of the other clubs of Usage county.
Score by innings:
GaTDlndatG ..--o q T.
Batteries-Auburn, Henderson and Hen
derson; Carbonate, O'Donnell, Gibbs and
Loman-
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AN ABSOLUTE DENIAL.
Official Says There Has Beer
No Advance in Wages

Philadelphia. Sept Alan absolute de-
NAL was made today by General Manager
Henderson that the Philadelphia g. Read
ing had increased its wages to the mine
employees ten per cent The report, said
he was evidently due to the company
increasing its working hours from IL to 3.
This Means said Mr.. Henderson, that
the men are making really about 20 per
cent more money, but there Is no change
in the rate of wages except that the men
are working longer hours and consequent
~ are making more money The rate,
however, remains the same"
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DAY OF SUCCESS FOR RE1FFs.
Chicago Stable, Too, Finds Favor in
England ishard is Accused.

London, Sept. 21.-Today was a red
letter day for the Reiff boys Little
Johnny rode five winners at the Birning-
ham meeting and was placed in the only
other race he rode during the day. Les
ter won three races at Lingaeld, and
they were pitted against the best jockeys
in England. John A. Drake of Chicago
won the principal race at both meetings
and his stable row has n record OF ten
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New York. Sept. 21.-Billy Brady an
nounces today that Jeffrfes will fight
Rubin if Fitz does not accept chance
against the champion.
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Hutchinson 8: saIina Q.

Hutchinson, Kas.. Sept. 21.-Sa1ina and
Hutchinson played a great game of ball
here. The score was to In favor or
Hutchinson. Salina had three errors
charged up and Hutchinson four. Five
hits each were all that was made. The
battery was: Salina, Owens and Davis;
Hutchinson. Rolin and Moore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-21
New outfelder for Chicaeo.

Springfield, Mass, Sept 21-President
C IT. Shean of the Springfield baseball
team received an offer today from the
Chicago National League club for Harry
Dolan, the left-handed right fielder.
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the harbor line, which was established
by the war department. is 1,546 feet, and
If the lines bounding the plaintiffs land
were extended they would include 703 feet
of made land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-21

Springfield is offered $3.50 down, with
$3.50 more if Dolan's work is satisfactory.
The offer win be accepted and Dolan
will Join Chicago at Cincinnati.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT BOSTON.

Score by innings:
Boston ....0 1 0 O 0 0 SIS 3
Philadelphia -. % O10102 5
Batteries-LeWis and Sullivan; Ortiz and
Mcfarland.
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ENGINEER ROBERTS WINS.
Railroad Pays HIM $4,000 For Black
listing Him.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Sept. 21.-The new
management of the ST. Joseph & Grand
Island railway has compromised the
damage suit brought against W. P.
Robinson and A. c. Hinckley, former
general manager and master mechanic.
by A. G. Roberts, a discharged engineer,
who claimed to have been blaclzlisted.
Roberts sued for $4,000 and was given
s., 600 and a service letter which re-
moves the ban and makes 1t possible for
him TO secure employment The case
was tried three times, resulting each
time in a hung jury.
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AT NEW YORK.
Score by INNINGS:
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ALL WERE POSTPONED.
City Classes Are Continued in Districi
Court

Court.
The four city cases appealed from the
police court and called for trial in the
district court this morning were all
continued on account of various excuses
advanced by the lawyers for the de-
PENDANTS
Lawyer Thomas sent doctors certifi-
cate to show that he was sick and un-
able to look after the interests of Rosa
Grant and Mary Davis to be tried for
running a diSorderly house. Lawyer
Janison presented a doctors certificate
to show that James Reeds health would
not permit him to stand trial for vag-
rancy. He also filed aff1davits from two
witnesses in the Loui Charowhas case
that they could not be present. The court
postponed the cases as the proper ex-
euses. according to law. had been made.
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AT PITTSBURG.
Score by innings:
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Cincinnati, Sept 21.-In a freight
wreck ON the Queen and Crescent route
at Sadieville, KY, today. four tramps
were killed and four badly injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-21

The city council will meet tonight.
The question of the location of the fire
bell will be considered.
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Brooklyn ..O0o0002 O00-2
New York .--.......o 0 0 0 0 O 2 0 Is 10
Batteries-Kitson and Mcclure; Taylor
and Bowerman.
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Best Prescriptio

Best Prescription For Malaria,
Chills and Fever is a bottle OF Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteIess form No cure
mo pay. Price. Soc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01

such immense crowds to hear him as
BRYAN has had in Indians, Illinois, Ohio
and New York. These outpourings of
the people bespeak their sympathy.
They mean victory for William Jen-
nings Bryan. But what shall be the
voice of North Carolina? The Repub-
llcan leaders have been devising means
to give our electoral vote to Mckinley.
They think that our people are apathet-
ic. They belieye us over-con6dent.
They count on light vote. They ex-
pect that Bryan men will not go to the
polls, and they hope to gain the victo-
ry through our negligence. And there
is danger in this emergency.
rescue. appeal to every Bryan man
to come to the rescue.e I appeal to
every citizen who wants to see Bryan
and Stevenson elected to bestir himself.
In particular I appeal to every work
ing Democrat, who did such splendid
work last summer, to aid once more In
making supreme effort. I appeal to
the Democratic press, the most poten-
tial political power. l appeal to the
committeeman, the party workers and
the clubs. None of these have ever
failed the party In the past. Last sum-
mer they covered themselves with
glory. To-day the party and the
country call them once more to the
!! post of duty, and commit to them the
banner of Democracy, believing that
they will again secure the victory. 1t
is the call of patriotism, and l know
that this appeal will not be in vain,
but that every Bryan man possible will
be brought to the polls, and that every
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01
SOUND SENSE FROM MR.. STEELE.
SOLID REASONS WHY ROUNDLAP BALES
ARE WORTH MORE THAN
SQUARE BALES.

Mr.. J. H. w. Steele, Secretary
of the Texas Standard Bale Com
press Association, in letter written to
the West Times, June 80, says: "Let
me say plain word to the plain people ::
For the same reason that you pay
more for a good coat than you would
for ragged and sleezy one, so will
the English and German spinner
pay you more for neat, dense, well-oover-
ed bale than he will for what is left of an
unsightly bag, which has lost half its
value by wet, waste, pilfery and dirt"
For exactly this reason spinners pay
more for Roundup than for square
bales of any size whatever. It is pre-
cisely because Roundup bales are "neat,
dense, we'll covered" protected against
fire, moisture, waste, theft and damage,
that they are worth more to spinners
than an "unsightly" square "bag which
has lost half it's value by wet, waste.
piIfery and dirt" It is precisely for
this reason, also, and because of the
savings made in the wrapping, hand
ling and shipment of Roundup bales
that buyers are able to and do pay for
them premium above the value OF
square bales sufficient to pay the bal
ing charge and leave the owner asub-
stantlal profit besides.
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WINTERVILLE NEWS.

Correspondence to the Commonwealth.
WINTERv1LLE, N. G. Oct. 3Oth, 1900.
Why is it the A. G. Cox Mig Co.
are so busily employed and their wag-
ons, drays, cart wheels, cart saddles
back bands and cotton planters find
such ready sale? For the simple reason
their work is all first class and the
material used by tn m
is their own sele o n
and of the very best. Every day al
most, new names are added to their
list of patrons and gratifying letters OF
appreciation from all denote the high
standard their work has attained.
The Neuse Association closed its
second annual session Thursday to meet
next year at Kinston. The session was
very agreeable as we'll as profitable and
all who were present, before leaving,
expressed themselves as highly pleased
with the results. There was nothing
to mar the occasion and 1t was with
much regret our people babe the Wis
itors goodbye. Many friendships were
formed and the pleasant intercourse
exchanged will long be remembered
and that that they may be rupeated If
wished by all.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-01
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the lar
gest sale OF any medicine in the civ
ilized world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought OF using any,
thing else for Indigestion or bilious
ness. Doctors were scarce and they new
or heard OF Appendicitis, Nervous Pros
tration or Heart failure, etc. They
used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop the fermentation OF
undigested food, regulate the action of
the liver, stimulate the nervous and
organic action of the system, and that
Is all they took when feeling bad with
the headaches and other aches, You
only need few doses of Green's Aug
ust Flower, in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there is nothing serious
the matter with you. For sale By E.
r. Whitehead & Co.
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A VILLAGE BLACKSMITH saw
ED HIS LITTLE SONS
LIFE,

Mr.. H. H. Black, the welI-known
village blacksmith at Grahamville, Sui
Ivan Co., N. Y. says: "Our little son,
five years old has always been sub
ject to Group, and SO bad have the at
tacks been that we feared many times
that he would die. We have had the
doctor and used many medicines, but
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy is now
our sole reliance. 1t seems to dissolve
the tough mucus and by giving frequet
doses when the croupy symptoms APP
pear we have found that the dreaded
Group Is cured before it gets
setted." There is no danger in giving
this remedy for it contains no cpinlum
or other Injurious drug and may be
given as confidently to babe as to an
adult. For sale by E. T. Withheld &
Co., DRUGGISTS,
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This picture is the trade mari Of
SCOIorS EMULSION, and is OF,
every bottle of SCOI"r'S 1:MUI.-
SION in tile World, which ROW
amounts to many millions yearly.
This great business has grown to
such vast proportions,
Ersf;-Because the proprietors
have always been most careful i'll
selecting the various ingredients
used i'll its composition, namely:
the finest Cod Liver Oil, and tie
purest Hypophosphites.
Second:-Because they have Sc
skillfully combined the va::::oc::.:
Ingredients that the best ros5itle
results are obtained by its Use.
Third:-Because it has made SO
many sickly, delicate children
strong and healthy, given health
and rosy cheeks to so many PALE:
anaemic girls, and healed the lungs
and restored to full health. SO many
thousands in the first stages CT
Consumption.
If you have not tried it. send for free sample,
its asreesele taste VII sps2Eise c Eor;
so x.s and I ;I.eo; ali druggists.