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ings. He said he could not eomplaln
of his treatment in Boston. but he Wollid
not sign a paper Il believe he would
refuse to sign a contract even II OF
fered him $4,000 CASH
There seems to be no doubt at all that
Collins has promised to go to the Amer
lean league. He Is now in Cleveland 70
talk over matters with SOmers. Hugh
Duffy has gone to the same place. Duff
fy says he believes $4,000 would not
bulge Collins just now. Duffy is angry
az the stand taken BY thinner at the
meeting and said It was entirely un-
authorized and would be repudiated by
the players.
seiee was after Dineen today. That
player got $500 last season and Seize
offered him 81 400 to go back on his word
to the American league. Hugh Dufey
has put in great work for the American
league and is very enthusiastic over the
result. From Cleveland he viii go to
Mount Clemens for a short rest previ-
Gus to the American league meeting
Ferris. the player awarded by the ma
tional board to Cincinnati and signed
by Duffy, will be turned over to the
Boston American league club.
Pitcher Nichols is very sore over the
new rules. This rule about pitchers
not being allowed to timber up after u
batter has taken his place is all wrong
ne said. Just as soon as the side in
the field Is retired the next man up at
the bat will make a sprint for the bat
terss box and the pitcher won't have a
throw to an out6elder it will be called
a ball, and even if all nine feeders are
not in their places he will be prevented
from exercising, as there is a rule say
ing that there shall be no practice on
the field between Innings
chic" Stahl may also go over to the
American league, and Tenney claims
that he has had an offer of s., 600. E,v-
erybody here ccnversant with the stu
alton asserts that it will be a war to A
finish, and Of necessity it Will be ex-
tended to other cities
President Young has written letter
to Tom Lynch Offering him a position
on the league staff Mr.. Young is anx-
iOus to secure the services of his old
umpire, even if he refuses to work on
Sundays.
Frank Dwyer is more than likely to be
Mr.. Houng's choice for the fourth place
on the STAFF. Emslie and ODay viii re-
tain their old places. There are several
good men looking for the fifth place
Mr.. Young Is supposed to make a sche-
dule this season for his umpires. The
rule worked poorly last season.
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KANSAS news.
Wichita Has Scheme to Help
It's Poor People.
Associated Charities viii Start
Pingree Patches.
DONATE GARDEN PLOTS
Col. M. NJ. Murdoch Suddenly
Taken Worse.
Veteran Editor of Eagle Feared
Cannot Recover.

Wichita, Kas-. March 4.-This week
the Associated Charities will give the
poor women of Wichita chance to
work. The plans for this movement
were discussed at the meeting yester-
day afternoon. Beginning next week.
two days a week will be set apart in
which needy women can come to the as
ISOLATION rooms in the basement of the
court house and mend old clothes. For
this they will be paid in necessities. 1t
is the plan that in the future the women
of Wichita bring their mending to the
association rooms, where it can be done
by ethose needing work. In the summer
the women will be employed in quilting.
This movement is the beginning of a
plan to establish an industrial home in
this city. Next summer those who are
dependent on the county will probably
have an opportunity to do some gard
ening. The Associated Charities will
furnish the seed to those needy persons
who desire to plant a garden, and give
such work to those who come to the
county for help.
It was reported that a woman on the
educational committee found a family
where the parents supposed the chill
dren to be in school, when they were
playing truant.
During the week the secretary of the
association, Mrs. Couch, made fourteen
calls, and gave out As garments. Two
tramps were fed by the association and
three children sent to the Helen Gould
home
During the week $3.50 was subscribed
to the work, and $21 was collected.
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SWEAT SHOPS Must GO.
Bishop Potter to Make Appeal For
the Poor of New York.

New York March 4-The executive
committee Of the Brotherhood OF Tailors
decided last night to ask Bishop Potter.
President Samuel Cfompers OF the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. Prof Felix
Adler, Henry White, general secretary
Of the United Garment Workers OF
America, and other prominent citizens.
to head a movement Of two hundred
thousand East side men. women and
children for the abolition Of the sweating
It was decided to call a big mass
meeting to be addressed by leading citi-
zens of all classes at which the legis-
lature will be asked to adopt amend
ments to the factory inspection law
which viii bring about the complete alb
clifton OF the sweating system in this
city.
The members of the committee we're
instructed by the officers of the brother
hood last night to call a convention Of
delegates for the purpose of taking sim
liar action for the abolition Of the sweat
Boston, Baltimore. Rochester Cincinnati,
Syracuse. St Louis and Utica.
A. meeting Of the garment workers
further action in the movement started
by the brotherhood tailOrs. The council
has jurisdiction over forty thousand
clothing workers in Greater New York
1.-THE greatest movement for the aboii-
ton of the sweating system ever known
in this country has now been started"
said Henry Wachsman. leader Of the
brotherhood of taflors. 1.-THE United
Garment Workers of America have de-
cfded to back US up in this movement
1t will receive powerful starting i'm
petus in this city and then spread an
over the country in all large clothing
centers where strong organ izations OF
clothing workers exist.
Through this movement we shall be
able to avoid a big strike Of 10000 cloth
ing workers in this city, which would
cause great suffering and misery among
two hundred thousand Eass side men.
women and children"
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TURNER IS IN VERMONT.
Police of Montpelier Refuse to Arrest
Cashier of LaCygne Bank.

Boston, March 4.-The Vermont police
refuse to arrest George s. Turner, cash
Ter OF the Citizens bank of La Cygne,
Kan. who is in Montpelier. Vermont.
Mr.. Turner was for many years a res
ident Of Montpelier, a clerk in the store
of A. L. Carlton Mr.. Turner after
ward went to Kansas, married the Wild
ow Of his former Montpelier employer
and some years ago organized the Cit
liens bank at LaCygne. Mr.. Turner
arrived in Montpelier on Wednesday.
where his wife has been residing for
several months past She is now in a
delicate condition Of health.
Mr.. Turner states that the bank was
unfortunate IN 1893, making some losses
in the financial disturbances OF that
year. Its capital is $4,000, and himself
and wife hold a majority of the stock.
Mr. Turner says there are no ifregL-
larities in the bank mana cement. He
claims that the disturbance arises from
local political and other causes. He had
no idea or intimation that the institu
ton would be closed, and he says it is
his purpose to return as soon as tie
condition Of Mrs. Turner win permit
J. l.. Tuttle, chief of police of Mont
pelier has received kilograms from la
Cygne and Mound City, requesting him
to arrest Mr.. Turner on certain charges.
but the officer has not felt warranted
to act on these requests, which have
lacked the proper credit or authority.
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CAPTURES AcANNIBAL.
Naval Governor of Tutuila Will Try
to Reform a Depraved Savage.

Washington. March 4.-Commander
Tilley, the naval governor Of Iutuiia.
reports to the navy department under
date of Auckland February I. that as
act of humanity. he has added cannt-
bal to the crew on the u. S. $. Aberenda-
He gives an interesting narrative Of how
ne came to give succor and shelter to the
stranger. Il have the honor" says Com
mander Tilley. Ito report that have EN-
board the Abardena for perfection Sol
ONION island native who was found ~
the woods Of Tutuila where he had been
a fugitive for more than - years. The
man is a savage. IS very black and does
not speak any language which any one
on board the Aberenda can understand
Through an Interpreter at Apia 1
learned from him that he was brought
from the Solomon islands to work on the
German plantation in Jpola a long time
ago; he was badly treated and that he
with his two companions ran away ana
got over to the Tutuila on raft There
they fled to the woods and remained az
outcasts. The two companions are deaa.
The statement of the manager Of the
German plantation is that these mcit
ran away over y years ago and that he
does not want this man returned.
The Samoan natives assert that this
man has killed some Of their people. but
I hardly believe this, although he may
have done so when he was hard pushed
by them. At any rate the Samoans were
trying to kill him and I took him on
board ship to save his life. His people
are cannibals and he does not wish ID
return home for fear that after his long
absence he has been forgotten and VIII
be killed and eaten. He is very indus
triOus and useful on board ship, doirE
willingly all kinds Of mental work. I
have issued a ration to him and recon-
mend that he be allowed to remain on
some vessel Of the navy until he can
take care of himself -
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CAN'T EvADE IT.
Positive Proof From Topeka Can't be
Brushed Lightly Aside

The reader is forced to acknowledge
that convincing proof in his own city is
prominently ahead Of endorsements
from anywhere else in our republic.
Read this.
Mr.. N. H. Wolff. Of 1177 North Kan
sas avenue merchant tailor 429 Kansas
avenue. says: II suffered from back
ache for over a year. It started with a
tired feeling across the 1oins and finally
became a constant aching. had very
severe attack in 1899, and thought some
times my back would break I could not
rest in any one position and there was
a kidney weakness. the secretions be-
Ing highly colored and irregular. went
to Rowley & Shows drug store and pro-
cured box They relieved me Of the
kidney weakness and the pain in my
back disappeared. There has since been
no return of the trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo, n. z, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's. and take
no substitute.
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10 ENJoIN AND SUE PLAYERS.
Ned Hanlon Says National League
Will Go Into Court

Baltimore. March Manager HanIon
has declared that the National League
had prepared against the jumping Of its
star players TO the American League.
and would not only secure injunctions
but sue such individual play ers as had
anything to make a suit worth while
bringing. Manager Hanlon said:
We expect to enjoin every player
who has been working under a national
agreement contract who jumps to the
American League, and we need not wait
until April Is to do it either. have con-
suited an eminent judge OF Brooklyn,
ana he assured me that such an injuT1c-
ton would be granted. after having
carefully studied the contract National
League players signed last year
This viii be attempted in other states
included in the National League circuit
and the result win be that not man
among the Jumpers can play with the
Americans until the decision issues from
the courts. No matter who wins the
legal fight is bound to drag along until
the entire coming season has elapsed
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KELLER SIGNS A CONTRACT
Brooklyn's Star One of the First to
Come to Clubs Terms.

New York, March 4.-Willie Keller Of
the Brooklyn baseball club is the first
member Of either of the local teams to
sign the new league contract for the
season OF 1901 Keller is a member of
the Players Protective association, and
in spite of fattering offers would not
sign until the players embargo had
been raised. President EbbetS an
Keeler's signature to a contract. 1t is
thought Willie, like other National
league stars, has been tempted by the
American league club owners. As he
announced at the league meeting that
he would not sign until the Brooklyn
clubs contract suited him in every way.
it is probable that keeler is to receive
an ample increase in salary.
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Clarke was selected to establish a team
in Baltimore. It is believed that the
failure of the National league to back
UP the American association caused
Clarke's detection.
Clarke's engagement to Washington is
taken to mean that the Players asso-
citation will pay no attention to the
pledge made by "Chief'' Zimmer that
the players would stand by the Ma
tional league if their demands were
granted. Clarke is treasurer of the
Players Protective association. While
he Is not supposed to be yet at liberty
to sign a contract and may not have
done SO, it is assured that he has
pledged himself to Washington It is
not believed that Boston will make any
fight to hold Clarke unless the Collins
affair stirs up a general engagement
with the American league
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MAY LOSE MCCOY.
The Pugilist May Make England His
Home in the Future

New York, March THAT restless soul
of the pugilistic arena, Kid Mccoy, VIII
again shake the dust of Gotham from
his feet He has engaged passage on
the kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, which
sails for England next Tuesday Nc
Coy only Just arrived from abroad, and
was seen again on the Rialto last Mon
day for the first time. 1t was said at
the time that he had come back to see
If there was anything doing with Charles
Mitchell.
AS usual Mccoy challenged all the
famous heavyweights and then sub
sided into obscurity-
1t is possible that his welcome home
lacked the warmth he had expected, and
he became ruff1ed in consequence
1t IS even rumored that, like William
Waldorf Astor, he may renOdnce his al
Iegiance to a country that fails to ap-
preciate him. Among his friends Nc
Coy is known as the globe trotter."
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GOT ON WRONG TRAIN.
Mrs. Nation Made a Mistake at
Galesburg.

Mrs Nation made an amusing mis-
take at Galesburg on her return to
Kansas from Peoria, which has just
reached Topeka. With a Santa F'e pass
she made the mistake of boarding a
Burlington train. The conductor. de
spite protests, put her off at Abingdon,
where she was obliged to wait in the
sation until q late morning train re-
turned to GalesbGrg. She then made
bold attempt to get on the Burlington
fast mail. which was just about to leave,
but was pulled back. A dray just then
passing was stopped and she was placed
aboard The Santa Fe mail train was
due and to reach the station the dray-
man forced his horses to a fast run.
Citizens were delighted at the sight Of
the unique vehicle whizzing along. with
Mrs Nation holding tightly to the high
seat She c1a1nbored aboard the Santa
Fe train without a second to spare.
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MANNING GETS TWO.
Jimmie 5lagle and Pitcher Carrick to
Play in Washington.

Washington. March TN addition to
signing Catcher s'Bill' Clarke Of the
Boston National League club, it is stated
on good authority that Manager Man
ming Of the Washington American
League team has added several other
former major league men to his roster.
One OF these is Jimmy" SlagIe. who
last season played center for PhiladeI-
phia- Another IS Pitcher William Car
rick who pitched great ball for the New
York club last year under discourag fng
circumstances. 1t is believed the latter
was signed for Washington at the last
Chicago meeting Of the American lea que
Slagle is said to have cast his for
tunes with the Washington club as the
result Of Manning's visit to Philadelphia
meeting
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PLOT TO KILL.
Conspiracy Against the King Of Italy
Is Discovered.

New York, March A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro says:
The police have arrested here two Ital-
ians. Gercirra and Donati. who sent a let
ter to the king of Italy announcing that
a conspiracy had been formed to take
his life.
Both prisoners denied at first that they
knew anything about the letter, but the
chief OF police pressed them until they
confessed.
They said that a man named Iavec-
cf1ia, who has sailed for MoHtevideo
with the object of embarkfDg there for
Genoa, had planned to put dynamite be-
meath the Qufrinal and explode the pal
ace. The Brazilian authorities immedi-
ately cabIed to Rome and Genoa Tie
CHIEF Of police Of Genoa replied that La
vecchia had been arrested.
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ECZEMAS
IT0H IS TORTURE

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
INC blood cofning in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
hamnation little Pust11iar eruptions form
and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales Of sometimes the skin is
hard. dry and fsstRed Eczema in any
form IS tormenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and Burning at times are
almost unbearable the acid burning
humor seems to ooze cut and set the skin
on Ere Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains In the blood
i viii keep the skin irIitated.
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STAR ron BAN JOHNSON.
Pitcher Clark Griffith to Captain Chi
cago American Team.

Chicago, March CLARK c Griffith
one of the greatest pitchers the national
game mas ever known viii wear uni
form Of the Chicago American league
baseball team this season. Griffith. it
IS stated on the very best authority. has
already signed an agreement to act as
may act as manager Of the team while
it Is on the road.
This is one Of the most sensational
pieces of news that has come out of all
printed about the desertion Of some Of
the players who are under reserve to
the National league teams 1t takes
from the Chicago National league teara
rs star pitcher and throws to the Com
lskey aggregation a corresponding
amount OF strength, both from a play
ing and box Office point of view. for
rev performers Of the diamond are more
popular than the clever young man who
mas held his own for years with some
Of the greatest batsmen in the world.
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sloan aolng to Eneland.

Kohomo. Ind. March 4-Tod Sloan ex-
pressed his plans for the future in let
ter to his foster parents here. He has
engaged passage to return to London
March 8 and will visit his old home
here en- route from California to New
York early next week. Tod. who will
take a stable of runners of his own
to ride on the British tracks and will put
his horses in the running whether he is
permitted to ride or not. He expects to
return TO America in the summer and
do most Of his riding here during the
season. In America Tod will ride his
own horses. He will race his stable at
the Chicago tracks.
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oLARKE auIrs BOSTON.
Engages to Manage WashingtonTeam
Of American League.

Baltimore. March 4-Catcher Bill
clarke. Of the Boston National league
team. has signed to captain the wash
lngton. team 81 the American league.
The acquisition Of Clarke Is the third
from the Boston team practically COM
Eietso oy the American league Hugh
Duffy is already engaged to MILWAUKEE.
ana Jimmy Collins is pledged to Cleve-
land
Until the announcement was made
that Clarke would look after Afanniusyss
Washington aggregation there was not
the slightest inttuaa.tion that the Boston
player had leanings toward the Anerf-
can league In fact he was supposed
TO be very much pro-national. When
the American association was proposed
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Rootlegger Arreated.

Independence, Kas., March 4-Oliver
Anderson. Of Cherryvale, was arrested
Saturday by order of the county at
torney, charged on two counts with vio-
lating the prohibitory law by bootleg
ging. His case viii be tried in the dis
trict court here next Thursday. It is
reported that considerable Bookkeeping
has been going on since the closing Of
the joints three weeks ago by County
Attorney Dana, but Anderson is the only
one who has been arrested for it.
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Embezzlement Charged.

Wichita, March 4.-Ohfcials of the
Wells Fargo Express company here say
that the local Office is the loser by $500,
which has been embezzled by a dishon-
est employee. Suspicion rests upon Chas
Foulks, formerly of Topeka, who has
been for some time an employee of the
company here. Foulks left here a few
days ago. presumably for San Antonio.
Tex, and the police think they win be
able to locate him.
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New oratorieal Society," ofacers.

Ottawa, March 4.-The following Of
ficers were elected by the Kansas Ora
tcrical association: President, A. Kali
ser, Atchison; vice president, r. W. r.
win, Emporia; secretary and treasurer.
@. Banta of Ottawa and c. NJ. Leech of
Topeka were chosen delegates to the in
terstate meeting. to be held at Des
Moines May 2. Winfield was selected as
the next place OF meeting.
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ONCE MAYOR OF GREAT BEND.
Misfortune Overtakes A. ]. Buckland
and He Finds solace in Poison.

Great Bend, March A. J. Buck.
land, a resident of this city for 20 years,
committed suicide here by swallowing
carbolic acid He was So years Of &c
and has been respondent for some time
because of reverses of fortune. He came
to Great Bend in 1872 from Buffalo. N
Y, and during the earlier days was
prominent in business and politics, serv-
ing as mayor at one time. He leaves a
wife and seven children. His Oldest son,
E. G. auckland, residing in Providence,
r. +, is chief attorney for the New
York, Hartford & New Haven railway
A letter left by the dead man to ais
brother shows the suicide to have been
carefully planned
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Jack Root to be a PLAY Actor

Chicago. March Jack Root, cham
pion niddleweight of the west will be
the principal attraction at variety en-
tertainment and ball to be given by the
Twentieth Century Athletic club at Tur-
ner hall, Ashland avenue and Eigh-
teenth street, tonight. Root win en-
deavor to show the spectators how a
pugilist fits himself for batrle by going
through the regular training stunts in
company with his sparring partner, Jack
Steiner. He will wind up the entertain
ment by punching the bag. Moving
pictures of the Cans McGovcrn fight viii
also be shown
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Atchison. Kas.. March 4.-Charles A.
Backus died Sunday of blood poisoning,
contracted while caring for his sister,
Clara Backus who died here two weeks
ago Of blood poisoning. During his sis
ter's illness Backus was constantly with
her. and it was while dressing a car
buncle upon her hand that the blood
poisoning fnoculated in a sore on his
hand. On the day Of his sisters funeral
the disease had such a grip upon him
that he was unable to attend her fu-
neral. and he grew worse rapidly, until
death released him.
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Eureka, March Aired Wood was
arrested Saturday on a charge Of sell
ing intoxicating liquor He refused to
plead guilty and his trial win be at the
April term of the district court. Wood
has a district court record surpassed by
few in the state, though he has never
been charged with anything worse than
selling wet goods. Wood has been
known to be arrested as much as four
times in one day.