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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-03
KANSAS news.
A Leavenworth Church and a
Railroad Quarrel.
Methodists Bring Suit Against
the Great Western.
NOISE O SERVICE.
Third Case Filed in Court by
This Congregation.
Maple Leaf Insinuates That 1t
Is Blackmail Effort.

Leavenworth, Sept. 3.-The Methodist
church has filed a suit for $3.50 against
the Great Western Railroad company
in the clerk of the district courts office.
The petition states that in September,
1895, the Great Western leased q build
ing for a passenger depot which was
only sixty feet from the church build
ing. That they also put in a watering
crane only thirty feet from the church.
That since that time the defendant
company has stopped all it's trains at
said depot and watering crane immed-
ately under h windows of the Metho-
with public worship, which is carried ON
at said church by making loud and in
cessant noises-blowing whistles, ring
ing bells, and blowing steam.
SMOKE A NUISANCE.
The petition further alleges that the
windows in the upper assembly room
oE4Said church are just o the tops
ofthe smokestacks of the engines,
many times since August 1, 1893, foul,
noxious n noisome gases, smoke and
cinders from the engines have caused
the Sunday services to be delayed until
the engines had passed on
The petition states hat streets were
blocked thus hindering persons who go
to the church. That when little children
come to Sunday school, they are in ser
D~5 A-
and that man. children are kept from
attending Sunday school by this danger
The attendance at the church has SER
iously fallen off since August, 1898; that
on account of the decrease in attendance,
the contributions of members ave also
seriously decreased. This decrease in the
revenues of the church is estimated to
be at least five hundred dollars per
year. Besides this it is claimed the
value of the property for church pur-
poses has been greatly lessened and that
those who attend the church have been
greatly disconnected.
This is the third suit filed by the
Methodist church against the Mapl
Leaf company for damages. The first
suit was filed in August, 1896, and asked
for S12,500. The church was given a
verdict for $582.50. Another suit was in
So. 600. This suit is still pending. 1t
will be up in the September term of
the district court.
The services are often interrupted by
trains stopping near the church, ring
ing the bells and blowing their whistles.
discontinued for some time on account
of the smoke from an engine, pouring
into the open windows of the church.
The smoke was so dense in the building
at that time that the pastor could not
see his congregation.
The railroad claims the church peo-
pie are trying to force them to buy
the building used for a depot and it
claims the church wants 1t to buy this
property for a permanent location The
road also claims it offered the Metho-
dists $12, 500 for the church site.
The Maple Leaf claims the church
never modest the Burlington, which all
so runs its trains under their windows.
The Burlington has a permanent depot
across the street
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fsated ms. for I hate corbett and I al

feated me. for I hate Corbett and 1 al
SAYS HE WAS TOO HEAVY.
II think the weight at which I fought,
ITO pounds, seriously interfered with my
chances of winning" continues h kid"
for it made me too heavy, and to tell the
truth my stomach felt pretty much like a
load of pig iron
while I was protecting my ribs Cor
bett suddenly threw in q terrific left
swing full Into the pit of my stomach, and
this made me helpless. Then he began
to send both hands with terrible force to
my body. saying fercely all the time,
Now I've got you. l have you. I knew
he had, and I hated him more for laying
1t, but / was not able to protect myself.
Every blow made me weaker and ] felt
myself slipping down. Before my knees
touched the mat he hit me twice more
in the stomach, and then as quick as
lightning he struck me twice more in the
face.
Il was conscious, and I tried to get up,
but I couldn't. / know l Writhed while
I lay on the mat, but / felt myself grow
ing stronger. But When / finally sue
ceeded in reaching my feet i heard the
gong. changing and I knew that I had
lost
During the recital of his downfall Nc
Coy might easily have been taken for a
student of dramatics, so agitated did he
become and so perfectly did he relate the
incidents.
Then as he turned away he exclaimed:
But ! can beat Jim Corbett just as sure
as he beat me tonight and 1 will too, If
he ever gives me another chance"
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Whitney's Futurity Winner Won the
Flatbush Stakes.

New York, Sept. S.-The Flatbush
stakes at seven furlongs, next to the
Futurity in Importance, was the mag
net hat drew out the 10000 lovers of
racing to Coney island SATURDAY. after
noon. Heretofore his event has always
been noted for it's large fields, but that
afternoon only four youngsters faced
n nag, but they were enOugh as Bal
lyhoo Bey. the Futurity winner, and
Tommy Atkins locked horns, n that
was What h crowd wanted. The other
starters were Alard Schenck and Smiles,
and on form the latter seemed to be
badly outclassed. When Ballyhoo Bey
and Tommy Atkins met in the Futurity
the latter was giving the Kingston colt
fifteen pounds, but this time he had a
five pound pull in the weights, and on
the strength of it he was made an odds
on favorite. The great Tod Sloan Ia
the mount on the Futurity winner,
while Spencer, the "iceman," piloted the
son of MaSettO-QueSal.
Sloan took the outside with his mount
and when the flag fell he had a good
lead and was well in motion, but be-
fore a furlong had been covered Spencer
headed him with Tommy Atkins, and at
the quarter pole the pair were racing
like a team, while Smiles and Alard
Scheck were heads apart a half length
benhind the leaders. AT the fve-eighths
Spencer increased his lead to a half
length, but Sloan was taking things
a and was waiting for the hnal fur
long to make his rush. A furlong from
the wire Spencer began to work on
Tommy Atkins and the game son of
Masetto responded like a true thorough
bred and opened a gap, but it was short
lived, as Sloan was Tapped on him with
the son of Kingston at the paddock
gate, and from there to the wire the
pair fought it out like fiends, and as
they flashed past the wire the Futurity
winner was a head in front and was <ut
to the last ounce. Sloan had every adj
vantage at the finish, as he had Spencer
nPnndn in on the rail so that he WAS
unable to help his mount and, taking
everything into consideration, Keene's
colt was the best as the race was run.
After dismounting Spencer immedi-
ately lodged a claim of foul, but the
judges. after a lengthy consultation, re-
fused to allow it. Alard Scheck finished
third, and his race was a good one, IS
he was only a half length behind the
pair at the finish. The distance was
covered in 1:26. which is the best time
ever made in the race.
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BIG MONEY FOR coRBETT.
Made About $4,000 Out of Last Bout
kid Mccoy Cast Down.

New York, Sept. 3.-No ght in the his
tory of the prize ring has ever drawn
scientific battle between kid Mccoy and
James J. Corbett. S-eventy-hve thousand
Madison square garden and of this
amount the pugilists received 60 per cent.
the winner and the remainder to the van
pushed, but it is generally believed among
sporting men here that the purse was
split equally, each man receiving 81. 500.
If this be true Mccoy has enough to pay
him and more for the crushing blows from
Corbetts lightning fists, which beat him
to the ropes and thus curled him up in
agony upon the resined mat.
On the other hand, if Corbett received IS
per cent of the amount which was given
to the principals by the club he would
have no less a sum than 800, a fortune
a rich man forever.
OF all the men in New York today Kid"
was the most morOse. He would
sooner have been whipped by any other
pugilist in the world. There has been a
and a rivalry so intense tina it bordere
upon absolute hatred. Each knew that
the other had a following that considered
in consequence the ambition of each was
to demonstrate that he was the best.
They were recognized as the pioneers of
polite. hsticuffs and yet each had a style
master and that is why Mccoy felt to-
day as he never felt before. He recog-
nized that his downfall had been COM
plete. and that the conqueror's victory had
been correspondingly great. He admitted
he had been fairly beaten down, but at
the same time he attributed his defeat
to a lucky blow of Corbett and to the i'll
fate which has been following him of late
Il knew that I was beaten said Nc
Coy today. with a slight tremor in his
voice, when Corbett landed that first ter
rible 1eft-hand swing in my tomach Tt
took all of the wind out of me and I felt
weak. The same blow could have beaten
me even if 1t were landed by a woman or
a child. the spot On which 1t landed is so
sensitive.
1T was due to my bad luck. Why. I
have not picked a winner in a prize fight
for the past six months. and I nave hardly
beaten the races once this summer. The
only thing I feel sorry about is that fell
low COrbet beat me. I would not mind
1t so much If some other fighter had de-
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hitter was afraid he could not hold
his job, and refused The next season
he went to Evansville. On account of
having Decker for first base he was
sent to right field. and played it so
well he was ever afterward kept there
From Evansville he went to Indianap-
oils, being sold with the rest Of the
seasons, being in the pennant winning
team in 1888. The next season he was
sold to Philadelphia where he played
until his Jack gave out on him. He is
one of the few ball players who has
saved his salary, and be retired ON his
own account. He is still on the reserve
list Of the Phillies, but viii probably
never have on another Of their uni
forms
One evening during his visit he was
in a reminiscent mood 4
Speaking of pitchers" he said, John
CIarkson was the kingpin of them all.
L remember well my introduction to
him. 1t was in Detroit in 1887. Two
men were on bases and there were two
out. He sent in two strikes, as he said
I laughed at him for claiming them
strikes. He then sent a waist ball
straight over the plate. I hit the ball.
1t went 40 feet over the fence and l
trotted around h bases. When l was
feeling right I could always hit John,
but many's the time he made me bite the
dust. Rusie was always easy Tor me-
The first ball he ever pitched me was
at Indianapolis, and I don't believe 1
ever hit a ball farther 1t looked to
me as If ii went a mile high Frank
Foreman was the hardest man for me l
ever saw. One season.I only made one
hit off him from May to October, and
that one hit his chin, and I beat 1t out"
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TO FIGHT IT OUT.
Connecticut Mutual Not Ready te
Surrender in Rillmon Case.

Leavenworth, Sept. 3.-The Connecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance company has
filed application for a stay of execution
in the federal court, but, at the sugges-
ton of Judge Hook, the application will
be made to Federal Judge Thayer to be
liked later.
The application was made by Attor-
neys Barker and Green, representing
the insurance company, and is to stay
the sale of the lands in this county at
tached to satisfy the judgment in the
Hillmon case. The attorneys intimated
that the life insurance company intends
to fight the case all the harder since
judgment was rendered against it and
the execution levied.
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THEY BEAN 4 N
Masked Men Club Station Agents
Wife and Steal Money.

Goodland, Kas., Sept. 3.-The wife Of
W. J. Young, station agent of the
Island at Kanorado, was held up by
three masked men Saturday night. but
as the daily remittance to the general
offices had been made. the robbers OBJ
tanned very little money. When the rob-
berry occurred Mr.. Young was at the
lodge, and his wife, offering resistance
by throwing a sealing iron, which
hoored one Of the robbers, was struck
on the head with a revolver, knocking
her down, when she was bound and
gagged
When Mr.. Young returned he notified
the Goodland authorities of the rob-
berry. The blow received by Mrs
Young caused ~concussio of the brain,
and she is in a serious condition
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WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
FOR FIFTEEN INNINGS.
Sioux City and Denver Played Ball
Without Scoring a Run.

Sioux City. Ia. Sept. Sioux City and
Denver Saturday played a game that
broke all records of the Western league
for this season.. For fifteen innings they
struggled in vain to score, and the game
was called after three hours play, with the
score nothing to nothing. enabling Denver
to catch a train. Throughout the teams
played remarkable ball. only two errors
being made. The ball was batted freely.
but the fielding was of a brilliant order
all of the time, and again and again hits
were spoiled by fast work.
Score by Innings: III
Sioux city. o 90 o 90 100000 90 2 /
Denver % o 0 0 0 0 90 90 0 0 0 90 I .
Acknowledgement and Cote; Schmidt
and Sullivan.
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Free Delivery Extended.

Washington. Sept. 3.-Rural free de-
livery service will be established on Sep
TENDER Is as follows in Kansas: Hia-
watha, Brown county, one carrier; length
of route, twenty-four miles; population
served, 500; carrier. Harvey J. Seburn.
Jewell, Jewell county, additional service,
three carriers; length of route, seventy
nine miles; population served, 1888;
carriers, James H. Knarr, Benjamin w.
Partch and David J.. Matter. Newton,
Harvey county, one carrier; length of
route, twenty-five miles,; population
served, 765; carrier, Charles NJ. Dart
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LIGHT is NEEDED.
The City Scales at Present q Menace
to Safety.

The city will be obliged to have a
light placed over the city scales to pre-
vent accidents. The scales are about
a foot above the street paving and on
a dark night may serious trouble
to vehicles. Saturday night Mr.. Rice,
of Potwin, who was driving with his
family, struck the scales and almost
overturned the buggy. The shafts and
harness were broken and the family
was thrown from the buggy but no IN
iured. The scales were raised in order
to keep the water from obi them
A gas Jet or a light of any kind at the
scales viii prevent further accidents.
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STORY
Of How @Big Sam" Thompson Earned
Fame as a Diamond Luminary.

Danville, Ill, Sept. Samuel l.
Thompson, Familiarity known as big
Sam" who was for years the right
nelder for the Detroit and PHILADELPHIA
National league baseball clubS, has been
at his old home here the past week at
the bedside of his father. Although
Sam is probably out of the game for
good on account of a lame back, he
still a lively &nterest in the sport
ana mas many good stories to tell of
his experiences. He began playing ball
in the local team in 1888, his position
being hrSt base. Pop" was
the pitcher and Jerry O'Brien at the
receiving end OF the battery, and the
club won the amateur championship of
this part of the state Sam was the
home-run hitter of the team, and some
81 the balls he batted out of the lot
have never been found, and in one in
stance the game had to be called in
the seventh inning because he had
nocked all three balls provided for the
days play into the creek, and no more
could be bought nearer than Indian
apolis
Toward the close of the season-in
fact, one Of the last games-Dan
with his then crack team to annihilate
the anvil Browns Dan thought il
was easy and sent Murphy into the
box He lasted an inning, and Dam
vile made four runs and goose-egged
the OLeary bunch. The next inning
Callahan served a few from the pitch
ers box. but hen he had faced four
men one had crossed the plate and the
bases were full. Big Sam" took his
place in the batter's box, and the first
ball up was 50 much to his liking h
he hit is 50 far over PeItz's head that
the left fielder refused to go after IL.
With the score 8 to 0 against his team,
oLeary then sent tPeek-a-Boo" Veach,
his best pitcher. into the box. He was
II hne form, and managed to hold the
Browns down to seven runs in the re-
naming innings Indianapolis won the
game IS to 16. but it took their best
work TO do it. and the Indianapolis
sports went home dead broke on bets
that the score would be 2 to l in favor
of Indianapolis.
Sans work in this game caused
OfLearg 20 try to sign him. but the big
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MICHAEL BEAT NELSON.
The Midget Racer Regained Middle
Distance Cycling Championship.

Philadelphia. Sept. 3.@Jimmy Michael
Saturday regained the middle distance
cycling championship by defeating
Johnny Nelson in a twenty-five mile
motor paced race on the Woodside park
track. Michael finished about a quarter
Of a mile ahead of Nelson in 1915, break
ing the worlds record of 39:45, made by
Nelson on the same track about two
weeks ago. Nelson's time for the TWEEN
ty-hve miles was 39:31 3-5. Nelson led
at the finish of the first mile, but was
soon passed by Michael, who finished
the second mile in 2.44 As. Up to the
thirteenth mile the riders did not dis
play much speed, but Michael lowered
the previous best record for thirteen
miles, 20.10 4-5, held by Nelson, crossing
the tape in 20:O4 3-5. He also made a
new record for fifteen miles, 23:O3, low
ering Nelson's previous record of 1921.
All records from twenty to twenty-five
miles We're lowered by Michael.
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RECEIPTS.
They We're $76, 777.7 re an Increase 0
$4,000 Over q Year Ago.

Leavenworth. Kas, Sept 3.-The rev
enue collections for the district Of Kan
sas for the month of August were S76-
777.79, an increase of more than $4,000
over August, 1899, but a decrease of over
$50, 600 from July. This great decrease
is caused by the falling of in special
tax collections, which are made in adj
vance at the beginning of the fiscal
year. The sources from which h rev.
enue was collected are: Lists, s., 150.50;
beer stamps. $2,173.75; spirit stamps,
S515.35; cigar and cigarette stamps, So
1913; tobacco stamps, $363.67; special
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The New Fort Scott monitor.

Fort Scott, Sept. 3.-The Fort t
Daily Monitor is to be issued under a
reorganized company. twill be known
as the Monitor Publishing company. and
the capital is SIS, 900, divided into 600
shares of $25 EACH. The stock is distrib-
uted as follows: Charles Fredericks.
]. N. Manning, is shares; Grant Horna-
day, SO shares; f. G. Raney, 81 shares;
c. J.. Cissna. 26 shares; Geo. W. Combs.
jr., 2 shares; Mrs. D.. e. Bishop, 26
shares. All Of the stockholders reside
at Fort Scott except Mrs. Bishop, and
she lives at Fulton.
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smelter MAKING Biz Addition.

Argentine, Kas- Sept. 3,-The smelter
has begun the erection of a
big four-story copper refinery. All the
copper handled at this plant will ave
to pass through this building. Eight
new tanks will replace the old ones and
they will reach from the bottom to the
top of the structure. Copper has re-
gently become one of the most impor-
tant outputs of the plant, owing to the
constant rise in its market value.
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Killed His Brother.

Hutchinson, Sept. 3.-Edward Payne
was accidentally shot and instantly kill
ed here Saturday afternoon. His bro
they John, aged 1S years, was taking
the loads from a revolver when his fin
ger slipped from the hammer and dis
charged the load into the stomach of his
younger brother, killing him instantly.
The dead boy was 16 years old
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Killed by a Train.

Salina, Sept. 3.-John w. Hussey, a
well to do farmer, "a years old, we
killed Saturday by a Union Pacific train.
sever miles northwest Of Salina- He was
attempting the feat, remarkable for a
man of his years, of walking to Salina-
He was on a sidetrack when a train
whistled mir him, and thinking he
was on the wrong track he stepped
across to the other just in time to be
struck by the train. His wife was on
the train which killed him.
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BAD FOR HORSES.
Many Fall at Fourth and Kansas
Avenues.

Those who know say that at least
a hundred horses have fallen at the
corner of Fourth Kansas
Two horses have been so badly injured
by the fall that they were killed, and
a great number of shafts have been
broker. The cause is the street car
track, which turns there to go to the
Santa Fe depot. The tracks are worn
moot and are kept creased in order
that the cars can make the turn easily.
Two horses fell there Sunday and more
accidents are only prevented because
most of the drivers in town watch for
the place and avoid it.
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BETHANY OPENS SEPT. 4.
Lindsborg School to Begin Fall Term
With Large Attendance.

Lindsborg, Sept. S-The academic year
at Bethany opens the morning of the
4th of September. Tuesday will be
given to examinations, etc. Work begins
on Wednesday morning. The public
opening exercises will take place in the
chapel on the evening OF the 7th. The
first reception will be held on the even
ing of the 11th- DR.. Carlbert has return
ed from the east. The Ladies hall is
overcrowded; not a place is vacant, but
the college authorities are renting rooms
in the city.
h attendance promises to be very
large.
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Saturdav BAH Games.

NATIONAL A
Chicago, 2-6: Cincinnati, La.
Pittsburg. 2; St. Louis. l.
Brooklyn, 5: Philadelphia, 2.
Boston, 10: New York. 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Minneapolis. s: Detroit. 4.
Cleveland. 4: Kansas City, 4.
Chicago, 3-3; Buffalo, 10.
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wellington's Jubilee Queen.

Wellington, Sept. 3--The voting con-
test for queen of the Sumner county
Jubilee resulted in the selection of Miss
Edn Sippy of Belle Plaine. More than
5000 votes were cast. Miss Margaret
and Miss Mabel Klein re-
ceived the second and third largest num-
Der of votes respectively.
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LITTLE MISS BALLYHoo BEY.
W. G. Whitney Purchases a Half Sis
ter of the Futuritv Winner.

Lexington, KY. Sept. 3.-W. c. Whit
ney is negotiating for The purchase of
a half sister to his Futurity winner,
Ballyhoo Bey. 1t is a fine looking hlly
by Kingston. out of Ballyhoo, owned by
J. w. Forsythe. The deal is practically
closed. Whitney, it is reported, hasten
ed to get an option on the hlly for fear
that John Madden might repeat the
COUP by which he secured the dam of
the Futurity winner and the sucking
by her side, full brother to Ballyhoo
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BEGIN WORK SEPT. 10.
Water Works Experts to Commence
Examination.

John A. Cole. of Chicago, is the hy-
draul engineer who has been selected
by the water company to estimate the
value of the water plant. Mr.. Cole viii
meet w. w Follett. the engineer chosen
by the city. and they will begin work
on September TO. Mr.. ONeil of the
water company says he does not know
Mr.. Cole but says he was highly recon-
mended to the n he was
chosen on that account.