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teenth round it was anyhody's fight.
The fourteenth was particularly
fierce, both fighters doing serious dam
age to the face and body. Bernstein
drew blood from Gardner's cheek and
was on the floor twice from fast work
The rapid pace continued during the
fifteenth, most of the fighting being
done during clinches with one hand free.
Referee White had to caution Bernstein
stein had all the better of the sixteenth
round, but was disqualified for fouhng
as the bell rang. He undoubtedly
transgressed, as he held and hit after
being cautioned several times by the
referee.
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New York Police Commissioners
Alter Opinions.
May Lift the Ban on Ring Con-
tests After All.
LICENSE TO BE GIVEN.
Sexton FavOrs Giving the Sea-
side Club a Renewal.
Jeffries Practically Matched to
Meet Sharkey.

New York, April 2s.-Followers Of
the ring have hopes that boxing in New
York is not dead, based upon Police
Commissioner Sections declaration to
q friend that he voted mo- upon the
application. of the Seaside Athletic
clubs application last week under a
misapprehension. He did not know, he
declared. that he was voting on the
Coney Island club, which had had a
license for months, but thought the
Seaside was new association Com
missioner Sexton said today:
IF I can have my way about it the
resolution passed by the police board
Will be rescinded. can see no reason
why licensed clubs should not he al
lowed to continue until September 1.
They viii be licensed if can have my
say about it.
Commissioner Sexton is the big man
on the board and his statement is,
therefore, given considerable weight.
Another evidence of the posi- Dility
that boxing is not yet dead is Com
missioner Hess slight faltering from the
determined stand he announced last
week. Then he said that he would not
vote for a renewal Of boxing license
under any condition. Today he de-
clined to state what he would do if a
resolution were presented to reScind
the one which denied a license to the
Coney Island club.
feels so confident that there is not a
heavyweight in the business that can
beat his big protege that he is ready
now to arrange matches with all of
them--Sharkeys Mccoy, Rubin and
FitzsimmOns.
II cannot see,'' he said today, where
one of these big fellows has a chance
of ever whipping Jeffries. I think Jef-
ries will make such short work of Jim
COrbett that he will furnish the public
with one of the greatest surprises. I'm
mediately after that fight is over !
will agree to let Jeffries fight Kid Nc
Coy the following night, Sharkey three
weeks after the sailor fights Mccoy
and Rubin three weeks after that
fight.
In regard to Fitzsimmons, will let
Jeffries fight him in August, but we
must get IS per cent. of the gross re
ceipts, which he compelled US TO give
him when jeff fought him. AS ] said
before, Jeffries is the master of all the
heaVyWeights and I expect to see him
beat Corbett in less than ten rounds.
Il would not care to take the punch
ing that COrbett will get from Jeffries
He is angry at Corbett for the an
uOuncements the latter has made fire.
Quently that he used to knock out Gef-
fries every morning before he fCorbett)
fought Fitzsimmons in Carson City"
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey are as
good as matched to meet in SIX
round bout at Tattersalls fighting
arena in Chicago. Lou Houseman wired
both Sharkey and Billy Brady Offering
them a guarantee of 20 per cent. Of the
gross receipts for a limited round bout
Brady, without hesitating a moment
wired his acceptance to Houseman
Sharkey also probably will accept the
offer, as he knows that the fighters
will receive not less than $4,000 between
them.
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Government Begins Its I'm
provements at LeaYenWOrth,
The Department Calls For Bids
on New Buildings.
A 100000 HOSPITAL.
Artillery Barracks, Stables and
Gun Sheds Also.
Officers Quarters and Homes
For the Bachelors.

Leavenworth, April 2S.-Active work
towards beginning the long hoped-for
improvements at Fort Leavenworth is
now in progress and in a short time,
contractors will be busy constructing
new hospital, stables, barracks, officers
quarters and other government build
ings at the post.
Captain Mccarthy, constructing quar-
termaster will be in charge Of the work
at Fort Leavenworth. and when he ar
rives he will bring the plans and spec
ifications with him. From what little
information the post authorities have
received, the new 100000 hospital will be
erected on the plot of ground, west of
the Catholic church. The artillery bar
racks, stables and gun sheds, will be
erected in the immediate vicinity of
the West End parade, where there is
plenty of room for new buildings.
The new bachelor quarters, it is pro-
posed to build opposite the present
bachelor quarters, Schofeld hall, on Nc
Clelland avenue. It is not known at
Fort LeaVenworth where the eight dou-
Bile sets of officers quarters will be To-
Gated, but it is presumed that Thomas
and Mcpherson halls, on the main pa
rade, will be torn down and the frame
buildings on West End avenue, will al
so be removed and on their present sites
the new buildings will be erected. 1t is
may be erected on a different site and
in the immediate future other new
buildings may take the place of these
buildings that have outlived their use
fulness.
The two new cavalry stables win be
| erected north of the present cavalry
stables. With the new cavalry stables
there will be sufficient room at Fort
Leavenworth to accommodate a full
! squadron of four troops of cavalry OF
/ the present strength 10S men.
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Dangers from the Cold and BIustery
Spring.
[Trom the New York Herald

TFrom the New York Herald
1.-The present fall of temperature over
q large area of country, and the proba-
bility OF its continuance for some time,
IS very likely to affect the public health
by the increase of all such troubles as
commence with the Ordinary cold" In
this connection we cannot lose sight
of the fact that grip is still prevailing,
and although 1t has been on the wane
there is a threat in the present cold
wave of a revival of the former maIig-
nancy of the scourge.
I'VE can hardly congratulate our
selves that the danger from pneumonia
is likely to be less with the incoming
and inclement spring than it was in
the months gone by. It goes without
the saying. then, that we cannot take
too many precautions"
DR.. Humphreys Specific Severity
seven Cs7TO restores the checked cir
culation indicated by a sudden chilli,
the first sign of taking Cold: starts the
blood coursing through the veins and so
breaks up" the Cold. Manual OF all
diseases, especially about children, sent
free.
For sale by all druggists, or sent on
receipt Of price, 25c and $1.O0. Hum
phreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co.. cor.
Nuliam and John streets, New York.
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RESULT OF BANK FAILURE.
Excelsior Water Mills of Burlington
to Wind UP Its Affairs.

Burlington, Kas., April 28.-Proceed-
ings in bankruptcy have been begun
against the Excelsior Water mills of
this city, as one result of the Cross
bank failure at EmpoTia- The creditors
met today and agreed upon W. H.
Wyckoff as trustee for the property till
the matter is finally settled.
Mr.. Wyckoff is vice president and
manager of the company, and viii
Martindale, president. Those present
were: I. E. Lambert, representing Nor
ton AIbaugh, receiver of the First Ma
tional hank of Emporia, and the Cen
tral National Bank of Topeka; W. w.
Miller, for the Usage County bank of
Usage City; L. r. Wright, for Mrs.
Elizabeth Holderman, of Emporia; w.
o. Waymire, for the Madison and
Eureka banks, and ]. I. Wolfe, for the
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THE ART OF SPEAKING.
Kansas Teachers of Elocution Meet in
Convention at Emporia-

Emporia, April 2S.-The Kansas State
Evolutionary association held it's first
annual meeting Friday afternoon at the
state normal. John Madden, secretary
of the board of regents, delivered an
address of welcome. The Rev. F.. j.
Sander talked on the subject of First
Steps in Public Speaking" and Presi-
dent A. R. Taylor of the state normal
gave a discourse on Psychology and
Expression A musical number, LA
Fontaine," was rendered by Miss Edith
Wilkinson of Emporia.
The programme was very bright. Per-
sons of note from out of town appearing
on the programme were: State Superin-
tendent Frank Nelson from Lindsborg;
George w. Hoss, head department of
oratory of the Southwestern School of
Oratory, Wichita; o. B. Whitaker of the
Kansas Christian college at Lincoln; r.
E. Pattison Kline of Ottawa;B. F. Hen
messy, Central Normal college of Great
BEND
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SALMON DESERT PENOBSCOT
The King of Fishes Scarcer Than Ever
This Spring in the Maine River.

Bucksport, Me-. April 2s-The catch of
salmon in the Penobscot river weirs has
fallen off greatly within the past two
years, so that a number of fishermen who
have relied upon their summers work to
tide them through the long winter have
abandoned their privileges and are
planting wide areas to land crops to
make up for the deficit from the sea.
Thirty years ago when the United States
established a salmon hatchery on Craig's
Brook in the town of Orland, very few
salmon came into the river. Choice cuts
sold for 81 a pound early in the season
and never went below 30 cents. c. G. At
kins who has been in charge of the sta
ton since its construction caused salmon
fry to be planted in the cold streams and
lakes along the Penobscot watershed, and
in less than ten years the poorest family
could afford salmon on its table. For ten
years succeeding 1876 a number of weirs
at the head of Verona and in Penobscot
NarrOws had an average catch of ten sal
mon at every tide. The fish were big and
fat. In spite of the low prices which pre-
vailed on account of bringing In cases of
canned calmon from Oregon and Alaska
the weir owners made money and were in
a fair way to get rich when the up-river
pulp mills began to pollute the water and
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AT MINNEAPOLIS.
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of the rules committee. The meeting
viii be held in New York today. The
chief changes in the rules that will be
considered by the committee, are as fol-.
lows.
A rule to prevent coaches and players
coaching from the side lines. The senti-
ment on this point seems to be that
only the elevens should be allowed with
in the gridiron Enclosure. The next
most important change that may be
made viii be in reference to scoring.
Some of the colleges want the value of
a goal from the field decreased. Finally,
some of the colleges want new rule in
regard to the privilege of giving up the
ball or giving twenty yards to retain
possession of the ball.
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AT BUFFALO.
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/ from going beyond the

discourage the fish from going beyond the
mouth of the river.
The value of the salmon caught in the
weirs in the summer of 1880 was esti-
mated at SIS, 900. Five years later, 1t had
risen to $40, 600. Then the catch diMin-
ished rapidly, so that it was no more than
IS 900 in 1885 and hardly s., 900 in 1893. This
year the outlook is very gloomy. In
former years from twenty 20 thirty sal
mon were taken with hook and line at the
pool above Bangor before the middle of
April, and a half dozen men made good
wages setting nets between Bangor and
Hampton: Though the first salmon taken
by fly fishing was caught on April l, the
record of the pool up to April. Is of this
year was only two fish for the season.
The men who owned nets put them out
and watched them closely for a fortnight
without getting anything more valuable
than a few conger eels. Then they hired
out in the saWmills and hung their nets
up to dry. The WeirS on the shores OF
Bucksport, Prospect, Stockton, Verona
and Searsport have Jared little better
Far down the river at the foot OF Br1ga-
dier's Island a few salmon have been
caught but the weirs that have made
the river famous for half a century take
nothing but alewfves, sculpfns and houn-
derS.
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Lee a Kansas PLAYER.

Kansas City baseball fans are crazy
over the splendid pitching of Lee, who
was with different Kansas clubs last
year, and a funny thing is that Kansas
City imagines it discovered Lee. AS a
matter of fact, Lee was a pitcher from
the day he held Atchison down to two
hits at Forest park last summer. At
the same time ElWood Eyler, now with
Denver, was pitching equally good ball
for Atchison, but if anybody ventured
the assertion that these men We're good
enough for the leagues he was hooted
at by Kansas City people.-Atchison
Globe
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DEPENDS ON A WAR CLAIM
IF It's Allowed K. U. Will Get $780,
900 Gymnasium.

Lawrence, April 2S-In all proba bility
Kansas university will receive a sum of
money approximating $4,000 within the
next year.
The. story of this goes back to the
early sos when Lawrence was settle
sas a free state. About that time the
Free State hotel was burned. The own
er put in a claim to congress for $4,000
damages He afterward transferred the
claim to the University of Kansas. This
claim is now in the senate and the
prospects are that it will pass. 1t passed
the house last year. If the university
gets this money Chancellor Snow has
promised that it shall be used for the
building of a new gymnasium.
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His Excellenoy Works Well

Lexington, Ky. April 2s-A factor in
the kentucky Derby which has not
been counted on is the good colt His
Excelleney, in the stable of T. c. Nc
Dowen, at Ashland. The Mcdowell
horses will be shipped to Churchill
Downs Monday. The string consists of
Battan and Villa V His ExceIency
has been kept somewhat in the dark
but the statement has become public
here that he has gone a mile AMI an
eighth in one second better time than
has either of the candidates at Louis
vile.
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IoLA,s ENGINEER.
Man Selected to Prospect For Water
and Test the Flow.

lola, April 2s.-The city council has
selected the city engineer who shall
look after the waterworks and electric
light plants The firm of Burns e. Nc
Donnell, of Kansas City, were engaged.
Mr.. Mcdonnell is the young man who
has been here personally looking after
the contract He will ship his tools here
at the city's expense, and for s12 a day
do the prospecting for water, sink holes,
test flow and make an exact calcula-
ton of the underhows and the quality
and quantity of the water. This done
he will draw plans and specifications
and remain here in person and supeFin-
tend the construction of the plant
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AT PHILADELPHIA.
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TO SING Ar HUTCHINSON.
Sterling Will Be Well Represented at
the Jubilee.

Sterling, April 2s.-Sterling will be
well represented this year in the Kansas
musical jubilee to be held in Hutchinson
May Is to Is inclusive.
A ladies chorus of twenty voices will
enter the class G chorus. The piece re-
quired Spring Song" from Mendelssohn.
The second, selected by the chorus is
Annie Laurie arranged by Dudley
Bucl). Those composing the chorus are:
First sopranos. Vida Spencer, May
belle Sleeth, Helen Quigley, Mrs. U. L.
Means, Ursula Snyder and Helen Coyle;
second sopranos, Mrs. AL Kern, Mrs
Alec Thomson, Eula Spencer, Nola
Woleslagel and Marie Smiley; first al
tos, Maude Mustard. Jessie Coyle, Anna
McKirahan, Sarah Squire, Kate Seward
and Lottie Sandt; second altos, Isabelle
Hawley, Ernestine Pollard and Mabel
Carson.
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DISPUTE AT MANHATTAN.
Ball Game Between z. U. and Agri-
cultural Team Ends in Row.

Manhatton, April 2s.-The ball game
between the teams of the Lawrence uni
versity and Agricultural college ended
in a row here yesterday afternoon in
Moore, a member of the Lawrence team,
acted as umpire and his decisions were
unsatisfactory to the home team. The
game was given to K. u, score 9 to O.
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CHANUrE GAS PLANT.
Owned by the City and is Making
Money Rapidly.

Chanute, April 2s.-The city of Cha
mute has paid on its gas plant since the
first of the year So, 700 of which ST.
OS5. "a was interest This money was
taken from the earnings OF the plant,
but does not include the total earning,
as there have been over $1,000 additional
expense Connecting the dips to the
city wells used 81, 900. The plant cost
the city $62, 500, so the Indebtedness has
been cut down to $5S, SS5.S4 in less than
four months.
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CAPTURED IN ARIZONA

VIM. Van Orman Will Be Returned to
Burlington to Stand Trial.
Burlington, April 2S.-Deputy Sheriff
Joe Grennan has gone to Arizona to
bring back VIM. Van Orman, who is
wanted here for the robbery of the Bank
of Waver1y, January 81, 1893, and the
murder of A. P. Ingleman, who was
killed by the robbers in their attempt to
escape.
Van Orman and FTenk Lewis We're
captured after a hard chase in which
most of the men in the north part of
this county Joined. Lewis was con-
victed of the murder and sent to the
pen for life, but Governor Leedy after
wards committed his sentence to ten
years. Van Orman, assisted by friends
on the outside, broke out of the county
Jail here February Is following his ar
rest and has just been located at Pres
colt, where he is now under arrest.
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BASEBALL AT ST. MARY's.
University Reds Win the Game by q
Score of 6 to ..

st. Marys, Kan. April 2S.-The rival
teams of the Kansas university and st.
Mary's college met here before a large
crowd. From the start the K. U. boys
had the game we'll in hand. The feature
was the pitching of Moore, who famed
IL batters.
In the ninth inning, Moore broke a
finger and retired from the game.
Score by innings:
Kansas University. 2 0 2 0 0 O-6
St. Mary's .....-.....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P
Batteries-Kansas University, Morgan
and Moore; st. Mary's, McNally and
Tierney.
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Comiskey Signs Walter Brodie.

Chicago, April 2S.-Walter Brodie, the
well known outfield who played with
the Baltimores last year. and who is
undoubtedly one of the fastest men in
the business today, signed a contract
with Comiskey yesterday. Brodie is now
in Baltimore. He will start for the
west at once and join the white stock
ings in Milwaukee. The acquisition of
Brodie viii give Chicago's new ball
team a magnificent outffeId
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WOMEN MOST SUCCESSFUL
Salvation Army Finds That They Are
Best Collectors.

Atchison, April 28.-The Salvation
Army is expecting women officers in a
few days. Lately men officers have
been in charge of the work in Atchison,
and they find it almost impossible to
keep up expenses. The army depends
largely on donations, and people Will
not contribute money to men.
A few days ago. the captain and his
lieutenant worked all day trying to
raise eight dollars needed to pay GER
tain expenses. They failed, and two
women of the army started out and
raised the money in a couple of hours.
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Hines Joins Des Moines Team.

Rockford, Ill, April 28.-"Hunkey'
Hines, manager of the former Rockford
baseball club and second baseman in
the Western League, left today for Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa, where he will join
Beldenhill, manager of the new Des
Moines club. where Hines will play eth
er shortstop or second base.
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I. o. o. F. Celebration.

Burlington. Kas., April 28.-The
eighty-f1rst anniversary of the advent
of Odd Fellowship in America was Gel
ebrated here. In the afternoon an ad-
dress was delivered by the Rev. Bas-
com Robbins, Phi. d. In the evening an
elaborate banquet was served to the
members and invited guests. Frank
Fochel, of LIE Roy, who has given his
time freely to drilling the local team,
was presented with a beautiful gold
headed cane.
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MURDER CASE FROM KINGMAN
Geo. Hewes, Charged With Killing
Robt. Roman, to be Tried at
Wichita.

Wichita, April 2S-An important muir
der case has been transferred to this
county from Kingman county, which
will be tried at the next term Of dis
trict court
1t is the case against George I5ewes,
for the killing of Robert Roman in King
man county, July 80, 1898. The case
was tried once in Kingman county. and
resulted in hung jury. Then Judge
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NOTED CASE CLOSED.
Kansas City, KS, Collects 81, 4se Back
Taxes From Union Pacific Road.

Kansas City, April 2S.-The receipts
for payment of S61, 4S9. So from the Union
Pacific railroad to the city have bean
signed by County Clerk Holcomb, bring
ing the famous case to a close.
The board of education win receive
about 5000, which will enable it to
prolong the scfnol term The balance
of the SCI, 4S9. SO will go to the city. So
the famous Union Pacific tax contro-
versy, which has made two round trips
to the highest tribunal of the United
States, is closed.
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Storm at Atchison.

Atehison. April 2S-There was cloud
burst north of Falls City which washed
out six hundred feet of Missouri Pacific
track. Missouri Pacific trains We're tied
up all day Friday. A good deal of hail
fell in the western part of Atchison
county, damaging fruit and breaking
out window lights in farm houses The
hail was especially severe in the vicini-
ty of Potter, Good Intent and Round
Prairie.
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Biz Graduating Class.

students of the city high school gradu-
ated last night. This is the largest
graduating class in the history of the
city. Thirty-two Of the students are
girls
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sharkev's Horse Won.

Chicago, April 28.-Tom Sharkey had
the pleasure for the first time this week
of seeing one of his string of race
horses win. Hesper runs in the name
of Dry Dollar" Sullivan. but is under
stood to belong to the fighter. Hesper's
price was to ., but there is no report
of Sharkey having made a plunge
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NEW TRACK RECORD BY 1LL1NI
Siler Runs q Mile in ALL 2-5-Other
Promising Athletes.

Champaign, Ill, April 28.-Dr. Shell is
working the track men hard and several
of the men are showing up surprisingly
well. Siler ran the mile in practice yes
terday in 4:41 rs, lowering the uni
versity record two seconds. Read and
Ketzel did the distance in less than 1850.
Cayou equaled the college record of
% AS in the 22o-yard dash. Rowland,
a new man, did the quarter in So 3-5,
in tennis shoes.
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Married at salina.

Salina, Kas., April 2S.-The marriage
of Miss Anderson of Beverly to Mr..
Arthur Stanley of Lincoln county was
solemnized Friday by Rev. Caldwell at
his home, 210 South Fourth street. Mr.
Stanley is Lincoln county's representa-
tive in the state legislature.
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struck by Lightning.

lister, while driving cattle near here
Friday was truck by lightning and was
unconscious for some time. It is
thought he will recover The horse he
was riding was instantly killed.