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The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
Items From Ft. Scott.

Fort Scott, Oct. 23.-The state execu-
tive committee of the Y. M. c. A. re-
ported to the convention that it would
need $4,000 for the year and s., 200 of the
amount was raised on the floor of the
convention. kilograms was sent to the
state conventions in Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, and a m essage to Miss
Helen Gould, thanking her for her in
terest in the work in Kansas.
The new state executive committee is
composed of: E. H Anderson, Topeka;
E. r. Burkholder, Hillsboro; w. ]. CAL
houn, Fort Scott; S. Ditzell, Leaven-
worth; William Folks, Lawrence; J. M.
Knapp Wichita; Henry B. Lautz, To-
peka; Elsberry Martin, Wichita; c. w.
Nissley and Thomas Page, Topeka;
Thomas M. Potter, Peabody; f. A.
Potter Pittsburg; D. F. Shirk, Cotton
wood Falls; w. z. Stanley, Topeka, and
Sumner Whitson, Wellington.
Manager F. NJ. Yost, of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Oil company, which
has recently developed seven gushers in
the Beaumont oil field, announces that
his company has practically disposed of
all it's interests at Beaumont to the
Standard Oil company. The purchase
of these properties by the Standard Oil
company is in line with its ambition to
ultimately gain control of the Beau
m mont oil fields.
Saturday afternoon a stranger in the
city walked up behind Thomas Sheain,
a colored man whom he had never seen
before, and deliberately shot him in the
back, inf1icting a wound that will pro-
sassin remained on the scene of his
crime five minutes after the shot was
fired and then made a successful es-
cape.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
MscoY TO LOCATE IN LONDON.
Pugilist Says He Intends to Open
Boxing School in West End.

London, Oct. 2S.-Kid Mccoy intends
taking up his permanent residence IN
London, with a. view to opening box
ing school somewhere in the West end.
At least that's what he says.
''Parson'' Davies, who is now estab-
lished as an outside dealer in oil shares,
has been on the lookout for a suitable
location for an athletic club for months
past He will probably be an associ-
ate with Mccoy in his new venture.
Both are sanguine of a good field here
for such an enterprise.
'I am ready to fight any middle
outside London to meet them. If they
want to meet me they must come here
1 claim the English middleweight cham
pionship owing to my victory over
Creedon two years ago. He derived the
title of the championship through de-
feating Smith, so I am fully entitled OF
it, and am ready to defend it against
all comers. O'Brien's claim is nonsense
1 would guarantee to stop him in fifteen
rounds for any purse at any time"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
z. o. MADE SORRY SHOWING.
Wisconsin Men Smothered the jay
hawkers so to o.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 2S.-The Jayhawk-
ers played their fifth game and met
their second defeat of the season Satur-
day afternoon, the Wisconsin university
eleven beating them by the one-sided
score of so to O. The X. U. team was
hopelessly outplayed from start to finish
and the only consolation the Kansans
can claim is that their tandem plays
with guards and tackles back proved a
puzzle to the Badgers up to the end OF
the game.
The victory of Wisconsin was clean
cut, the team outclassing its rivals in a
knowledge of the game. Their men were
more experienced than Coach Outland'S
charges. The stars of the game for Wis
consin were Cochems and Larson. the
speedy backs. For Kansas, Elder at
quarter played good game Captain
Jenkinson put up a stubborn game.
in the back back-field- Brumage and
Louthan bucked the line in good shape
and played the game well. Dodds at
guard was stone wall and Nofsinger
and Hicks certainly put up the game of
their lives. The Kansas boys were much
lighter than the husky lads from the
Badger state, and Wisconsin showed
the effects of better training than the
Jayhawkers.
The Kansas team will remain in Mad
ison over Sunday and will be given
good work out Monday to put it in good
shape to go up against Beloit on Tues
day. None Of the players were seriously
hurt.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
FURTHER TOUR OF cREsCEUs.
Son of Robert MeGregor Going to
California and Mexico

Kansas City, Oct 2S.-Cresceus, the
trotting champion, was loaded into his
special express car at the union depot
just before noon yesterday and started
for Minneapolis, where he will arrive
today. Cresceus is to make an effort to
break his mile track record of 2:O2A
over the Minneapolis track this week, and
from there goes to St Louis the week
following for a brush over the St. Louis
fair grounds track.
Mr.. Ketcham also left for Minneapolis
yesterday morning. Before taking the
train he said he had spent a very pleas
ant week in Kansas City. He appreci-
ated highly the presentation of the cut
glass bucket at Convention hall Satur-
day evening, and regretted that he was
unable to respond to Mr.. L. c. Boyle's
remarks on account of the fretful humor
of the trotting king.
After the St. Louis engagement
Cresceus will continue his journey to the
Pacific coast by way of Denver and Salt
Lake, at both of which points he will
give exhibitions. From the Mormon
capital he goes on to Frisco and thence
to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Albuquer-
que, Ell Paso and the City of Mexico. Mr..
Ketcham will make the trip with the son
of Robert McGregor, and returning from
the City of Mexico he will stop at New
Orleans on the way to his home at To-
ledo. Mr.. Ketcham says that on the ar
rival of CresceuS at Toledo he will be
retired from the track to the Ketcham
farm near that city.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
DUNKARDs' LOVE FEAST.
Ceremony of Feet Washing Observed
at Kansas Citv. Kans.

Kansas City, Kas., Oct. 28-In their
little frame church building at the cor
ner of Central avenue and Boeke street,
in Kansas City, Kas., the Brethren, the
sect commonly known as Dunkards, or
more properly, Dunkers, held a love
feast and communion which began at
o'clock Saturday afternoon and con-
tinued until last night. Dunkers from
the two Kansas Citys, Argentine and
Wyandotte county, numbering about
eighty men and women, attended the
services, which were held in strict ac-
cordance with the religious beliefs of
these people
Elder c. J. Hooper, of Topeka, Off
ciated at the services, assisted by Elder
I. H. Crist. The Agape, or feast of love.
of which all partook, was a full meal
eaten Saturday evening, at which the
communion of bread and wine was
given. Before eating supper, however,
the religious rite of washing feet was
observed, in imitation of the Master,
who, on the evening before His death,
washed the feet of His disciples.
In this practice by the Dunkards of
the ceremony of feet washing, water is
poured into a basin, a brother girds
himself with a towel and washes and
wipes the barred feet of his brothers, and
in turn has his own feet washer The
women wash each others feet in the
same manner.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
SUES HER FATHER-IN-LAw.
Atchison Woman Claims Her Hus-
bands Affections Were Alienated.

Atchison, Oct. 2S.-The Mrs. Ella D.
Nevins $4,000 damage suit against her
father-in-law, William c. Nevins. on a
charge of alternating her husbands af-
fections, was begun in the district court
Saturday and the trial will probably
last two weeks. The parties live near
Arlington, this county, where they are
very prominent. The case is decidedly
novel
Jacob W. Nevins and Ella D. Hargis
were married by Rev. Father Metz
dorff, at Holton, February 13, 1901. The
groom was a few days over 21 and the
bride Is. They lived together until
April 2, when Mrs. Nevins claims that
her father-in-1aw and husband took her
against her will and placed her in
wagon and drove her to the home of her
parents, where they left her. She
charges that the defendant, William C.
Nevins, for the purpose of separating
herself and her husband, and enticing
him to become a1ienated in feeling and
affection for her and disgusted with
her a wife made certain wrongful
and malicious statements to him. These
statements are alleged to have been
against her reputation prior to her mar
riage to the effect that she did not and
never would love him: that she was
trifiing and Quarrelsome and that if he
persisted in living with her he would
diSinherit him.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
Arkansas City Items.

Arkansas City, Oct. 2s.-Saturday the
Law and Order league of Cowley copn-
ty held its first open air meeting in Snis
city, and it was largely attended by
farmers. It had been wisely advertised
an ong the farming districts, and a
large crowd came to attend. The league
is the organization in Cowley county to
fight the liquor traffic, and it is planned
to have the farmers help.
The third artificial ice company for
this city has been announced. About
two weeks ago the Arkansas City Ice
company made public its plans, and
now there is another, backed by eastern
money, both ready to begin operations
in this city in the spring. This, with the
one in operation, will be sufficient
to supply all the northern Oklahoma
towns that have no factories of their
own. The new one has contracts signed
to be in operation by April l.
Alvin McIver. of Greenwood county,
stopped in this city while on his way to
Oklahoma, and during a drunk was
robbed of $50. He secured six-shooter
and tried to regain his money, but was
arrested before he did any shooting. He
was fined in the police court. and is
now working out the fine on the city
rockpi1e.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
Detectives Had Never Suspected
Agent Weatherford.
Suddenly Left the Country and
Thieving Stopped.
SLEUTH is SHREWD
Finally Located in a Georgia
Mountain Cabin.
COnfesses and Relates How He
Obtained Mail Sack Key.

Eureka Kan Oct 2S-Subpoenas have
been served on some of our c1tlzens TO
attend the federal court at Fort Scott
as witnesses in a case against J. w.
Weatherford.
The history of the case as the govern
ment has it is interesting.
About a year ago ]. w. Weatherford
night agent for the Missouri Paclhc
railroad here. For some time letters con-
tanning money and drafts had been miss
ing from the mails and no clue could be
obtained to where they disappeared
The mail clerks and all others who had
with Responsibility in the matter were
carefully watched, but nothing came OF
government, however. did not relax its
efforts.
rather, unceremoniously and from tnat
time the thieving stopped. Although he
had no key to mail sacks or r. any & autnor, l1a Or,
object of suspicion. 1t was noted that
the mail sacks brought in by the Missouri
hours during the time that Weatherford
was on duty, before being sent. south on
the drafts stolen were cashed in Georgia
Rd tnep bsg eame om and gouth
Postoffice Inspector J. L. stice went to
Georga and Alabama f dds,a He 1Gcated fmd ed
trace of Weatherford; He finally got
trace of a man giving his name as J. w.
that "a t. this is was the man and that he had
dropped the first part of his name. After
a long search he found the man with his
family located in log cabin away out
man who answered the OFFICERS knock at
the door denied that either Ford or
Weatherford lived there, but Stice. sure
of his ground, pushed open the door and
there sat the man he was looking for,
and although he had never seen him he
easily recognized him from his photo
graph.
in a rude cabin in the heart of the will
derness sat the whose guilty con-
his former prospects. The officer was
without proof of his guilt. but seating
himself by the fire, then began the bat
tie between the guilty conscience and the
trained hunter of criminals.
''Well, Joe.' said the officer, 'T have
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28

had a long hunt for you. but I have got
with me?'' said the victim, attempting to
assume innocent air.
guilt persisted the man hunter. II have
all the evidence and am convinced that
you not the instigator of the crime.
Now, all 1 want of you is to tell me
where you got the key
Caught by the shrewd lie of the in
spector and moved by the terrible strain
under which he had been for so long,
he. confessed the whole matter, giving
Stice absolute proof of well planned
conspiracy to rob the mails in a sys-
tematic manner
Weatherford had secured a key to the
mail pouches from his brother-in-law, L.
T. Denny, who was postmaster at a town
in Kentucky With this key Weatherford
had opened the mail sacks while in his
charge and had sent the drafts to his rel
atives in the south to be cashed. Among
the drafts cashed by this fence in the
Metcalf of Lawrence. Weatherford and
L. T. Denny, the Kentucky postmaster,
are in Jail at Paola and another Denny is
out bond.
Had Weatherford refused to talk it
would have probably been impossible for
the officers to have connected him with
the crime. The case will be up for trial at
the next term of the federal court at
Fort Scott.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

F. G.. Thomas and husband to d. w.
and Lottie Biggs, $3.50, lot 229-231-233,
Winfield avenue, J. w. Morris add.
Rebecca ]. Myers and husband to c..
w. Myers, $1,000. lot 455, s. n 453, Tyler
street, Gould's add.
Kittie I. Coates and husband to VIM.
J. Coates, $1,000, lots 646-64S Fillmore
street, M. & D. sub.
N. G. Kenderdine ct al to H. E. Ly-
man, $1,750, pit. of lots 177-179-181-1S3,
Third street. Cranes add.
Thos. w. Cole and wife to VIM. P.
Wilson, $3.50, pit. of s. W. u of @. e. 2S-
11-16.
Frank Cox and wife to T. w. Cole
$500, pt of e. II 28-11-16.
John Hovar ct al to Joseph Kovar,
$500, pit. of n. e. Il Bob.
D. C. Fleming and wife to Thos. A.
Widener, $500, pit. s. e. u 1-12-15.
The National White River Bank of
Bethel VT, to G. P. Gill, s125 lots 1902
2604-6-S-10, East Tenth ave-, Fairview
add.
F. Fensky and wife to VIM. H. Brown,
$3.50, lots 36-S-40, North Chandler street,
Fensky's first add.
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS.
w. B. Lawrence to G. p. Gill, 81, 1902
2604-26O6- -260s-2610, East Tenth ave-.
Fairview add.
Henry A. Ingham and wife to D. c.
Fleming, 81, pit. of s. e. II 1-12-15.
David C. Fleming and wife to Thos. A
Widener, 81, pit s.. e. II 1-12-15-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28

teen of whom are members of the Bap-
tist church, and eight are citizens of
Holton not connected with the church.
The directors are:
J. d. S. Riggs, Ottawa; A. d. Walker.
Holton; Albert Sarbach, Holton; w. w.
Naylor. Hoiton; Charles Morris, Holton,
C. ID. Logan, Holton; Case Broderick,
Holton; John @. Myers, Holton; Sidney
Hayden, Holton; F. E. VanBuskirk,
Holton; A. J. Seabold, Holton; j. q.
Schleimann. Holton: J. r. Conner, Atch-
ison; E. H. Lovett, Ottawa; w. R.
Wood, Ottawa; E. b. Meredith, Kansas
City, Kas.; ]. N. Kidd, Horton; L. E.
Chase, Padonia; p. w. Crannell, To-
peka; J. G. Smith, Topeka; w. e.
Hutchinson, Topeka IS. S.. Hagerman,
Phillipsburg; ]. C. Tyler, Great Bend;
J. w. Howie, EIiawatha.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
TO RAISE PRIoE OF WHEAT.
Plan For Farmers to Refrain From
Planting For Year.

Independence, Oct. 2S.-B. H. Giger,
of this place, who is a large wheat rails
er, is the originator of a plan to raise
the price of wheat next year, which is
meeting with approval on every hand.
His plan is to get the farmers to en-
ter into a contract not to SOW an acre
of wheat in 1902 except just enough for
seed the following year. 1t is proposed
to begin right away and organize every
county by townships. AS each farmer
signs the contract he will be required
to pay 81, which is to be expended in
advancing the work until the whole
wheat belt of the country will be put in
some other crop next year The ques-
ton of such a combination was first
suggested at the recent state meeting
of the Anti-Horse Thief association and
was enthusiastically received. Inc same
plan was resorted to a few years ago
to raise the price of horses and was
very successful.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
High School
HASKELL AND MINNESOTA.
Indians Not in Best of Condition For
the Big Game.

Lawrence, Kan. Oct. 2s.-Football
practice at Haskell has been interfered
with a great deal the past week on ac-
count of the fact that several of the
men have not fully recovered from the
effects of the Kirksville game. There is
no doubt but that the men will all be in
the game by next Saturday, when the
Haskell Minnesota game will be played
at Minneapolis Dugan had one of the
bones in his forearm splintered, and
Dubois had his left ankle dislocated, but
both are getting along so nicely that
they will be in fairly good shape for the
big game. The team will leave Law
renee Thursday, and will be accompanied
by several of their Lawrence friends and
hackers. Carl, HhszelPs center, who
formerly played that position with Min
nesota, believes that his team will win.
and he is in a position to judge very
accurately as to the relative merits of
the two teams. The thing most to be
feared by the Indians is the line bucks
of the northerners. If the Indian line
can break I'D these plays it is thought
that the ends and halves will make it
very hard for the Gophers to make
much ground on wide end runs.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
FOR BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Purse of $4,000 and Diamond Trophy
to Be Played For in New York.

New York, Oct 2S.-With an offer OF
a purse of $4,000 the Brunswick-Balke-
Collender company today announced
that it will give a billiard tournament,
open to the world, at Madison Square
garden concert hall during the week
beginning December g The object of
the tournament is to settle the dispute
as to who is champion, that title prac
tical1y having died with Frank G. Ives.
Ives won the emblem from George Slos-
son in 1897.
Under the conditions given out the
coming tournament will be 1S-incn
balk-line, one shot in. This is the style
under which the last champion contests
four years ago were played Each game
will be of 400 points. to be played on a
regulation 3 by 10 table, according to
established rules.
An entrance fee of $3.50 from each
contestant will be required, in addition
to which the company offers a purse of
$4,000 in cash, all of which, together
with the net box Office receipts, will be
distributed in prizes.
Not more than six players will be al
lowed to compete. In case there are
more than that number of entries those
experts who have never yet taken part
in championship tournament must en-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
NIGHT SCHOOL OF Y. M. c. A.

The Business course Is free to all
members of the Association
The studies are: bookkeeping. Ele-
mentary and Advanced, Arithmetic.
Elementary and Business. Practical
Grammar and Letter Writing. Spelling
and Punctuation.
Professors E. H. Roudebush and c. y.
Van Horn have been engaged as teach
ers for this year, and are thoroughly
equipped by long experience as teachers
in Business colleges to help men to the
very best advantage.
Each student will receive personal at
tention and those who complete the
course will be awarded the Internation-
al certificate.
For further information call at the
Association office on East Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
SPORTING NEWS.
Jeffries Carries Long Odds on
Coming Fight.
VIII Be Overwhelming Favorite
in Frisco Contest.
INTEREST is LACKING.
Public Doesn't Seem to Care
Whether They Meet.
Champion Makes a Stake Out Of
Oil Land.

San Francisco, Oct. 2S.-Jim Jeffries
promises to be an overwhelming favor
lte in the coming championship battle
His admirers Will have to give long
odds, possibly 500 to $3.50. On account
of the frequency of winners on the
short end Rubin will have considerable
support. 1t frequently happens that the
public makes the wrong favorite. John
L. Sullivan was the false choice over
Corbett, but there was a reason for It
The people who did not pay close atten-
ton to ring affairs labored under the
misapprehension that Sullivan was as
good as he had always BEEN But the
scrutiny of the records of champions
will show that no man has ever done
very much after an absence of three
years from the roped arena OF course,
this argument does not apply either to
Jeffries or Rubin. Both. should be as
good, if not better, than at any time OF
their careers.
The great favoritism of Jeffries is due
to the fact that he is present champion
and has never yet suffered defeat, and
last that he has a better record than
Rubin, has defeated more good men.
The champion is an extrem ely cautious
fighter, which is another reason for his
being such a strong betting choice over
Rubin. Jeffries is several thousand
dollars to the good as the result of
compromise OF MS OIL suit at Grass VAL
ley The champion got into oil prStty
deeply a couple of years ago, and abo}lt
that time the papers used to say that
''Jeff'' was a millionaire through his oil
investments. But he wasn't He, with
John c. Yoakum, his partner, recently
began suit to quiet the title to land
claimed by the Thirty-six Oil company.
A compromise has been effected, where
by Jeffries and Yoakum get $4,000 in
nonassessable and dividend-paying
stock in a close corporation. which
means big money for Jeffries.
Up to date those who are most inter-
ested in the big fight between Jim JEFF
fries and Gus Rubin have had no rea-
son for believing that the S. r. o.
sign will have to be put out that night.
Strange as it may seem. there is less
interest displayed in the big event than
there was in the numerous contests be-
tween smaller lights of the fistic world
which have taken place here. For some
reason or other the public doesn't seem
to care whether the two big men ever
come together, nor which will be de-
clared the victor when they do clash
Even the local papers are not falling
over each other in their efforts to get
something in type about the two scrap
pers, who are now in training.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28

ture of today's card was the free for all
pace, best two in three heats, and it was
in this event that Prince Alert, by
Crown Prince, and driven by Curry,
made two worlds records In the first
heat the horse paced the fastest half
mile ever made by gelding, passing
the pole in :591l- In the second heat he
established a worlds record for geld
ings, completing the circuit in 2:00%.
Riley B. was a. consistent second in both
heats, while Anaconda paced an indif-
ferent race, securing third money.
The Abbot, driven by Geers. attempt
ed to lower his record of 2:03H today,
but failed The time by quarters was
:31A, 1:O2A, 1:33, 2:04%.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
FOR LOVE OF HIS SISTER.
Young Farmers Act of Martyrdom
MAY Send Him to Prison.

Caney, Kas., Oct. 28.-Hiram Warren,
a young farm hand living near here, is
likely to go to the penitentiary through
love for his sister. She was a Red
Cross nurse, but contracted consump-
ton and was discharged, and she
wanted to go to FL Paso. but the fam
lily did not have the means, nor could
they borrow the money. Young War
ren as a last resort, it is alleged, forged
a check on the Caney Valley bank and
signed the Caney Grain companyS
name, by M. G. Jones' This, it is SAID,
he took to Coffeyville and cashed it at
the First National bank for $13670.
When it came for payment the forgery
was discovered and Warren's arrest fol-
lowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-28
Saturdays Football Games.

AT Madison-Wisconsin, so; Kansas,
o.
At West Point-Williams, o; West
Point, Is.
At Princeton-Princeton, 6; Lafayette
0.
At Annapolis-Pennsylvan State
college, II; Naval Cadets, 6.
At Ithaca-Cornell, %; Oberlin, O.
At Cambridge-Harvard, 20; Carlisle
Indians, O.
At Chicago-Pennsylvan IL; Chi
cago, o.
At Ann Arbor-Michigan. 12S; Buffalo,
At Minneap eapolis-Minnesota, 16; Iowa,
At Portland-Dartmouth 35; Bowdoin,
6.
At Des Moines-Drake, "a; Missouri
o.
KANSAS GAMES
At Washington-Was Washington, IL; Cliff
ton, 5.
At Lawrence-Kansas City High
school, AZ; Lawrence High school, 0.
At Leavenworth-Leaven 5:
Kansas City, Kan, 2.
At hapman-Chapman, 5; Abilene, o.
At Wichita-Lewis Academy, IS; Chill
loccO Indians. 6,