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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27
Ha skell VS.. Nebraska.

Lawrence, Nov 27-The Haskell In
dams continued their winning gait by
defeating Ottawa, KaS., by the score
of II to 0. Special advices say that
the Indians could have more than
doubled the score but that they are
reserving their energies for the meet
ing with Nebraska next Thursday. The
tie ahead of them, and the Nebraska
boys recognize that they have long,
hard pull before the season will end
satisfactorily. The Indians are hard,
heady players. They have many of the
most skilled men on the gridiron. Sew
eral of their players have been on the
field for years. Balm, the star right
tackle, played with Kansas two years,
went to Penns ylvania and played on the
now is with Haskell. 1t is rumored
that he will go to Minnesota next sea-
son. Redwater played with Carlisle
three seasons. Carlisle, it should be
remembered, is an eastern team of red
skins that plays Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton and Pennsylvania to a standstill
every season. Tomahawk, Archiquette
and Felix are names familiar to the
followers of both the eastern and west
football from the first whistle to the
last. Coach Booth is by no means con-
fident of the outcome. He is training
his COrnhuskar5 with greater care and
minuteneSS than for any previous bat
tie, not even excluding Minnesota and
Wisconsin. There is no doubt as to the
closing game of the season being the
best on the local gridiron- There will
be football playing from the beginning
to the very end. The redskins are
heavier than the CornhuSkerS and they
are Just as fast.
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KNOCKS OUT THREE.
"Terrible Terry" Does Some Strenu-
Gus Training For Corbett.


New York, Nov. 27.-Terry McGovern
did some strenuous training yesterday.
He convinced about $50 members of the
Terry McGovern association that he is
in perfect condition for his bout with
Corbett on Thanksgiving day, and in
cidentally gave an illustration of how
he will fight bis coming opponent. by
knocking out all three of his sparring
partners. After going through his
gymnasium work McCsovern called for
his sparring partners. Tim Kearns was
the first to face the champion. Kearns
got a smash On the jaw that put him
wabbly in the thir~ round.
Terry Lee next appeared before the
little whirlwind fighter. He, too, was
counted out in the third.
Charley Kelley is the best of Nc
Governs partners, and he has often
boasted of staying four rounds with the
champion when the latter was doing his
best Kelley began very auspiciously.
He rushed McGovern to the wall and
landed several hard blows. The sec
ond round was fast as many fights
for a purse Kelley took much punish
ment- In the final round Kelley rushed
at McGovern and the latter swung his
left flush on Kelley's jaw. Kelley
struck the floor with force enough to
rattle the glasses on a sideboard in the
dining room on the floor below. Kelley
was completely knocked out He was
carried to his corner, where McGovern
and the other two sparring partners re-
vived him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27
An lola Women Returns to Life
After Death.
Seven Hours After Mrs. Swan
Had Been Pronounced Dead
SHOWED SIGNS OF LIFE
GirlWho Entered the Room Saw
Eyelids Culver.
Physicians Worked to Restore
Animation Without Avail.

lola, Kas., Nov. 27.-Says the. Daily
Record: Seven hours after she had been
pronounced dead Mrs. Elizabeth Swan,
account of whose death was con-
tanned in yesterdays Record, gave evil
denceS of returning consciousness. One
of the girls who entered the room where
the body lay detected signs of life and
instantly gave the alarm. A doctor was
hurriedly summoned, but before he ar
rived the body was again still and
death seemed certain.
Mrs. Swan was stricken last Friday,
a week ago. She instantly lost con-
seriousness and for a week fingered be-
tween life and death. at no time thor
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. r. B. Steven
son and her daughter Hazel went to the
house to do what they could to aid the
family in preparing for the journey to
Burlington where the body was to have
been inferred. Miss Rowena Swan, the
eldest daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Swan,
happened to go into the room where her
mothers body lay, and when she saw
a movement of an eyelid screamed
Mortified she called to the persons in
the house that her mother not
dead. Mrs. Stevenson rushed into the
room and there found that the mother
was not dead. She heard a distinct
groan from the supposed corpse. Hazel
Stevenson was instantly dispatched for
a doctor. DR.. McMillen was hurriedly
there the body was again STILL He
worked with her, doing all that was
possible to restore the Pickering flame of
life if any remained, but to avail.
An hour after his arrival she was pro-
nOunced dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27
OLD SETTLERS REUNION.
Pioneers of Mitchell County Meet and
Elect officers.

Beloit, Kas., Nov. 27.-The old settlers
reunion of Mitchell county was a great
success, there being large numbers of
the pioneers here from all parts of the
county. Pleasant "reminiscences We're
listened to from many of the pioneers
who located in the confines of Mitchell
county when there were more Indians
and buffaloes roaming over the prairies
than there were white people. These
annual reunions of the old settlers are
enjoyable events in the history of Nit
chelI county. The election of officers for
1902 resulted: D. A. Peasley, president;
w. Fl. Mitchell, vice president; Chas. E.
Ewing, secretary; w. c. Hoffmeister,
treasurer. An executive board of old
pioneers was chosen, as follows: j. w.
Higgins, Levi Cooper, John McCauley.
H. f. Vallette. DR.. J. K. Thompson. The
next reunion in 1902 will be held in
Beloit the first week in September of
that year.
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SELF SUSTAINING.
Department Report on Free Rural
Mail Delivery.

Washington, Nov. 27.-First Assistant
Postmaster General Johnson in his an
nua1 report says the yearly increase in
the postal revenues has resulted in the
free delivery service becoming self sus-
tanning. OF the gross postal revenues
of the United States for the past fiscal
livery cities The remaining $500 presi-
Dental postoffices yielded SIG, 063, 252,
while the 70, 495 fourth class postoffices
produced SIS, 1883.
Mr.. johnson says the fact that the
postal service in the largest cities is
practically perfect is the explanation of
why the annual percentage of in
creases in the revenues of the free de-
livery postoffices should be three times
as large as that of the fourth class Of
fees. AS rural free delivery reaches out
into the country giving equal facilities
without regard to locality, he says, it
increases the revenues at rate at
least equal to that maintained in the
free delivery cities. where during the
past five years it has averaged s per
cent At the end of the present finance
year $500 rural routes will be in sue
cessful operation, 5000 being in effect
by December 2. The latter figure rep
resents just so per cent of the appi-
cations for such service filed since its
Inauguration five years ago. The in
flexible policy is announced of hereafter
avoiding maintenance of unnecessary
postoffices and superhuous star routes
contemporaneously with rural free de-
livery routes. On July /, last, the force
of 4,3O1 rural carriers was serving g.
840,644 people at a fraction over 70
cents per capita, and on December 2,
next. 100000 of the rural population
will be enjoining free delivery.
Every establishment of a route. the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27
SAYS He WAS HYPNoT1zED.
Atchison Negro Declares He Decided
Away His Property Under Spell


Atchison, Kas, Nov. pa very curl
Gus suit has been filed in the district
court here.
old, brought suit for the recovery of
cancelling of deed to his farm now
in the possession of Pryor Dickey,
Henry c. Buchanan and Charles In
gram, all well known and Tell-to-do
negroes of the Oak Mills neighborhood.
Johnson owned a small tract of land
near Oak Mills when his wife died last
June, where he lived for a month af-
terward.
He states in his petition that at such
time he was moved by the defendants
to the home of Henry G. Buchanan
He was very i'll when taken there, and
when his sickness was over he spoke OF
going home. He was told that he had
no home, that he had decided to the de-
PENDANTS jointly. He states in his petit
ton that he has no recollection of deed
ing his farm away; that, if it exists, 1t
is of no value, as he was of weak mind
he demanded his property the defenad-
ants threatened to horsewhip him I'M
less he kept quiet; that he eluded the
defendants and came to Atchison. He
charges further that there he met Pryor
Dickey on the streets, and that he
threatened to bind him and take him
back to his home in case he sought re-
lief in the courts; that Dickey was re-
strained from doing SO by the interior
ence of friends
Johnson says that if he did sign a
deed to his farm he was hypnotized
when he did SO.
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report says is followed promptly by
steady increase in the volume of mail,
both delivered and collected.
The city free delivery service now
embraces S66 cities and towns. including
four in the new insular possessions, ali
these employing an army of 1888 UNI
formed carriers, who collect and carry
the mails two or more times each work
ing day to 81, 900, 900 persons. The total
cost per annum to the department for
this service is so cents per capita. The
gross receipts of the free delivery post
offices We're $74. 295. 1896, an increase of
over IL per cent for the year. The total
estimate for the next fiscal year for
the city free delivery service is $1S.-
745,4 50
ders in the United States, fees included
are $973,S14. The aggregate amount of
money orders issued was 1924. SIS, 6S1. an
increase of $39,0O0,0G0 for the year. In
the five years Just passed the number
of presidential postoffices has increased
% per cent; salaries of these postmas-
tiers increased IS per cent. allowances
for clerks in the first and second class
offices 10 per cent: the number of free
delivery officers 36 per cent; the num-
Der of carriers % per cent: the cost of
the free delivery service "a per cent, the
increase of gross receipts at free de-
livery offices Al per cent. and money
order business Sc per cent Among the
recommendations are:
A reduction of money order fees so as
to make the maximum 25 cents, instead
of 30 cents; Redistribution of clerks at
first and second class postoffices; an ap-
preparation of $4,000 900 for postmas-
tiers salaries: the appointment of
fourth assistant superintendent of city
delivery service to have charge of the
southern field and that at all the larger
posxsffices a supervisor of carriers" TO
havs exclusive charge of the force OF
lasAA< carriers.
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The ottawa-washburn Game.

For the fourth time the eleven from
the Baptist college at Ottawa and the
Washburn college football team will
meet on the gridiron at Topeka Thanks
giving afternoon. The kick off will be
at three O'Clock and will be made by
Governor w. Z. Stanley.
Both teams are confident of winning.
Captain Gill, of the Washburn eleven
has had his men on the field for heavy
practice every afternoon since the game
with the Medics. The Washburn team
throughout the season has depended
upon quick playing and team work for
their gains. Their playing has been for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-27

had been filed against his farm. He
said that August a man named Mitch
ell, of Oklahoma, drugged him and got
him to sign articles of agreement to
transfer his farm for $4,000. Mitchell
gave Mr.. Grim a bogus check Sor the
money, which he afterward tore up in
the presence of Mr.. Grim. He then Of
fered to relinquish the articles for $780,
Mr. Grim would not pay it. Mr.. Jack
son told Mr.. Grim that Mitchell was in
some time ago and attempted to have
the agreement recorded but as it had
not been acknowledged he would not
record it. Grim will have Mitchell ar
rested.
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Games For THANKSGIVING.

Following is a schedule for Thanks
giving day games over the country:
Kansas and Missouri, at Kansas City;
Haskell Indians and Nebraska, at Lin
coin; Wisconsin and Chicago, at Chi
cago; Drake and Grinnell at Des
Moines; Minnesota and Illinois, on IL
linois field; De PAW and Indiana, at
Bloomington; Iowa and Michigan at
Chicago; Beloit and I<nox, at Gales
burg; Northwestern and purdue. at La
fayette; Notre Dame and South Bend,
at South Bend; Cornell and Pennsylva-
mia, at Philadelphia: Dartmouth and
Brown, at Providence.
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Failnra at Buffalo.

Yates Center, Kas., Nov. 27.-Attorney
S. c. Holmes, of this city, assisted by
Keene & Gates, of Fort Scott has filed
involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy
against G. w. Colaw, of Buffalo, Kas.
Deputy United States Marshal Mooney,
accompanied by MIR. Holmes, served the
papers upon MIR. Colaw today and took
charge of his stock, Mr.. Holmes having
to be interesting, as he has been max
ing giltedged reports until a few weeks
ago. Liabilities, $4,000; assets about
S., 900.
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1901
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outcome of the
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A HUMAN OSTRICH.
Kansas Reformatory Officials Find a
Queer Freak.

Hutchinson, Kas., Nov. 27-William
Ready sent to the reformatory here
from Leavenworth was seen to crush
a water tumbler today and devour the
broken glass before the guards could
reach him. The reformatory physician
was called and Ready explained to him
that he had no intention of commit
ting suicide. Ready turns out to be a
professional human ostrich" He ate
broken glass with a circus for several
months, and appears to enjoy eating
fragments of broken bottles.
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resulted as follows :
TO BET ON coRBErT.
:" Diamond LOU" of Denver, Has $15,.
600 to Place Against McGovern.

Denver, Nov. 27.-Louis Marbarsky
night for New York, to be present at
the Corbett fight. He will bet from ST.
900 to $15, 600 on the Denver lad.
Bob Armstrong also left for the east
last night to be in Corbett's corner
Thursday. Armstrong is anxious to get
a match with Denver Ed Martin. He
says that Rubin is rank gutter.
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Off For the PhiIippin es.

Salina, Kas.. Nov. 27.-Eight young
KansanS will leave here today for San
Francisco, where they will join an in
fantry regiment for service in the Phil
ippines. The following is the list:
Frank D. Sein, John L. Schwartz, Will
liam N. Amspaugh, of Abilene; William
f. Shannon, Salina; Frank Osterman,
Assaria; Grant A. Beach, Waldo and
Lephia A. Aten, Gypsum City.
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Independent Phones Success.

Salina, Kas, Nov 27-The Salina
Telephone company, one of the first in
dependent telephone companies in the
state, has purchased the Sylvan Grove
telephone exchange and toll line system
and will begin Immediately to complete
the toll line from Waldo west to Plain
vile. 1t is thought that the line will be
completed by the first of the year. The
Salina Telephone company has lines ex-
tending in every direction out of Salina,
and before long hopes to have direct
connections with Kansas City.
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the most part around the ends Mehl
and Anderson, the plucky halves, have
demonstrated the fact that weight is not
absolutely necessary for a successful
half. The Washburn line is compare
lively light but there will not be a de-
cided difference in weight between the
Washburn and Ottawa lines.
Captain Evans, of the Baptists is just
as confident of winning. His team ex-
poets to make the gains by line buck
ing and going through the Washburn
center and tackles. The yellow sweater
ed players from Ottawa have the ability
to around the ends in magnificent style
but with Cave and Anderson Wash
burn boasts of two ends who are q ble
to break up strong interference and
Ottawa will probably be content with
line bucling.
Ottawa boasts of four star players in
Evans, Baughman, King and ShiraS.
King is one of the fastest halves and
best ground gamers that Kansas has
produced He was easily the star in the
game here last year and was notice
able on account of the striped sweater
he wore. Shiras, at quarter, is small
but he is always in the game and han
dies the bail in an excellent manner.
In all the games the four stars for OF
tawa have put up an almost perfect
Interference for each other. 1t will be
Interesting to see what Cave and An
derson do with the end plays
With good weather the capacity of
the bleachers and the carriage space on
the Washburn field will be tested The
field is in excellent condition and Man
ager Huron has made arrangements to
have guards who will keep the crowd
off the field.
Washburn has scored two victories
against Ottawa and there has been one
tie game In 1898 Washburn scored II
and Ottawa H. In 1899 Washburn won
by IL to 0 and in 1900 by the score of
is to 0. The Ottawa team is confident
of the first victory against the blue
The teams will line UP as follows:
Washburn. Position Ottawa
G. Anderson left end Evans (Capt.)
Ashbaugh.- left tackle. .Baughman
Steele --...------ left guard. Kennedy
Richie center Newell
Dadisman- right guard. Kearns
Cunningham right tackle. Cunningham
Cave right end .Trueblood
Worseley. quarter Shiras
Mehl- left half Garter
p Anderson. fright half King
Gill (Capt.) full back. jackson
The Kansas and Missouri Game.
For the eleventh time the Missouri
university and Kansas university
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Grand jury For Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, has., Nov. 27.-The Civic
Purity league of this city petitioned
Judge Simons today to call a grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs
and the violation of the liquor law. The
petition is signed by about $50 taxpay-
ers. Under the law 400 signatures are
necessary. and when they are obtained
for
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Salt in Saline County.

Salina, Kas., Nov. 27.-J. Nebold, a
farmer living in the south part of the
county, while drilling a we'll recently
struck salt at a depth of 800 feet. He
drilled seven feet into the vein. He
was advised to go deeper but felt that
he was unable to bear the additional
expense. The salt is said to be of a
very superior quality. 1t is probable
that the matter will be Investigated
further
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elevens will meet on the field at Kan
Kansas City Thanksgiving afternoon
to battle for football honors-
Both the teams are weak and have
been defeated by teams from much
smaller colleges but that fact takes
none of the interest away from the an
nual game. In the past ten years the
Missouri Tiger has had his tail twisted
seven times. Twice the Jayhawkers
have been defeated and a year ago the
contest resulted in a tie. The record of
the past ten games is as follows:
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Kansas City and Return $500 Santa

Thanksgiving day football, Kansas
and Missouri Good attractions at all
theaters. Tickets on sale November
%, good returning November 20. Six
trains a day each way. Fast mail
leaves Kansas City 2:2o a. m. for those
that desire to attend theaters.
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Topeka High School at Beloit.

The Topeka High school will play the
Beloit High school tomorrow afternoon
The Topeka team has made record
this season of IS points to her adversaries'
g. The team from the high school has not
lost game and played but one tie. The
Topeka players are fast and have excel
lent team worse The Beloit team has done
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Yale's Big Football Receipts

New Haven, Conn, Nov 27-Yale's
receipts for the football season, it is
said, are likely to prove the largest
ever taken. From the games with Har-
ward and Princeton about $4,000 was
realized. Receipts from the minor games
will bring the total up to about $4,000
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the fact that the tigers were defeated
by the Texas eleven IL to and Kansas
won from the same team by the same
score Such comparisons do not always
prove theories in football for Ottawa
defeated K. u by the score of 16 to 5
and Ottawa and Missouri played a tie
game of to g. The record of the Mis-
souri, games for the season is as fol-
lows:
Missouri 6; Kirksville %.
Missouri o; Simpson college 10.
Missouri o; Drake "a
Missouri 6; Ottawa s.
Missouri 0; Nebraska 81.
Missouri o; Texas IL
Missouri 0; Haskell 10.
The teams will line I'D tomorrow af-
ternoon probably as follows:
The Missouri men-Coe, center; Ellis
or Hoff, right guard ;Landon or F'rasier,
left guard; Washer or Jesse, right
tackle; Gordon or Anamosa, left tackle;
McCaslin, right end; Perry or L Ander-
son, left end; Birney or Houx quarter;
Hogan, right half; Playter or L. NJ
Anderson, left half: Forester or Hail.
fullback.
The Kansas line up-Hess center:
Louthan. right guard; Brumage, right
tackle; Ellis, right end Dodds. left
guard; Brown and Allphin, left tackle;
BLK. Left end Elder. quarter: Jenkin-
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This season the Kansas eleven has
suffered four defeats won three games
and played two tie games. The greatest
surprise was when the Jayhawkers de-
feated the bone doctors at Kirksville
by the score of II to 6. AS Kirlsville
defeated the Missouri eleven % to the
Kansans are confident of a victory over
the tigers. The record of the Kansas
games for the season is as follows:
Kansas 8; Ottawa 16.
Kansas Sc; State Normal 10.
Kansas II; KirksviIle g.
Kansas 0; Washburn 0.
Kansas o: Wisconsin so.
Kansas 0; Beloit O.
Kansas 5; Haskell IS.
Kansas 3; Nebraska 20.
Kansas u; Texas 0.
Another line on the playing of the two
teams which looks ill for Missouri is
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The Medic-Atchison Contest.

The Topeka Medics will play a return
game with the Htchison Athletic associa-
ton football team at Atchison tomorrow
afternoon. Earlier in the season the To-
peka doctors defeated the A. A. A. team
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$1,000.

Chicago and Return via Rock Island
Route
Tickets on sale Dec. LIST to Sd: limited
for return Dec. 2th-
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The Topeka High school expects to put
a team into the field next season that will
play outside the high school class With
the exception of two men the players will
all be in the school next year The team
has had difficulty in securing games with
high school teams and next season will
take on some stronger teams
The teams will line up at Beloit as fol-
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STOTTS WON ALL.
Carried OFF Honors at the Gun Club
Shoot

The Topeka Gun club shoot Tuesday
was not well attended, but some interest
contests at % singles each and one at 10
pairs. of doubles. E. Stotts won all the
mo -11a
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CLAIMS He WAS DRUGaED.
Story of How a Sumner County Man
Nearly Lost His Farm.

Wellington, Nov. 27.-Daniel Grim, OF
Bluff township, visited Register Jack
son to learn if articles of agreement