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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

higher raw material A still more en-
couraging sign is the greater interest
displayed by purchasers. Warm wealth.
er stimulates activity in wash goods for
quick delivery. Print cloths are irmer.
and while there is no demand for regu-
lars. odd goods are sought freely. Re-
duced output of WOrsteds has strength
ened the tone. and the recent advanced
prices for carpets have not prevented
large transactions.
There is no sign of reaction in the
footwear industry. Leather IS STEADY
at recent advances. Late salted packer
hides are active and higher, the general
range of quotations at Chicago being
materially higher Foreign dry hides
are steady. arrivals meeting with
prompt absorption.
Failures this week are 19f in the
United States. against 1872 last year;
ana IA in Canada, compared with IL a
year ago"
Bradstreet's says:
while underlying conditions havs
improved as a whole there is still room
for betterment in weather. crop and
labor matters Retail trade has been
stimulated by summer wear, but whole
sale business halts, pending further de-
Velopments affecting fall trade. Collsc-
t1ons have improved at a number of
large cities. Railway earnings are as
good as ever reported. Gross receipts
fer the first half of May indicate a IA
per cent increase over last year, while
returns for March show the significant
@A-~4 Ie-1C Vi 10 pCl JEIt III hcL Ou d LJl-
responding increase in gross.
Iron is dropping, largely because
buyers are holding off on future pur-
chases. Stocks do not accumulate, how
ever, and cons Tners are insistent for de-
liveries on old orders Much import
ance is attached to the possible action
by the leading interest as regards its
supply Of iron for the second half of the
year.
steel is firm at the west but resaIes
Of foreign steel at eastern markets lead
to an easier feeling in the market for
billets. Finished products are in good
demand, the wage scale in the tinplate
trade has been settled for another year,
and the demand for hardware IS very
active, an element of Importance In the
present state of the market.
Some of the less favorably situated
trades are lumber, which notes the ef-
feet of the building trade labor troubles:
silk man6fa curing at Paterson, which
is slack at present. and mems wear
woolens, which are still hating as re-
CARDS fall orders. Cotton manufactur-
ing is claimed to be Improbable ae
present prices. Stocks of cotton goods
in western markets have been marked
up in price"
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Gans a Welterweieht.

san Francisco, May 23.-Joe Cans ad-
mits he can't do battle at 13s pounds
ringside Today Cans in response to a
query stated that he scaled 1877 pounds
twill you fight Britt at 1873 pounds
ringside. for the championship? he
was asked Il viii not" he answered
'for the reason that can not make
that weight I suppose Britt will
claim my title?" he concluded in an in
quisitive way 'sWell. ne viii be en-
titled to it. He can make 100 pounds
at 8 o'clock or 1913 pounds. ringside. .
was the response. Cans thought a mo-
ment and then came back with the
statement that while Britt might claim
the title. nobody would recognize him
There has never been a lightweight
battle fought at 1873 pounds" he con-
tinued; even George Lavigne did not
enter the ring at that figure. The COLI
testants have always fixed weights
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KANSAS NEWS.
Jury Returns a Judgment for
SeVenty-iYe Cents.
Small Verdict for a Kansas City,
Kansas, Citizen.
WAS AN ASSAULT CASE.
Started With a Quarrel Over a
GrOcer's Bill.
It Is Not Known How Much the
Attorneys Share Is.
TAs AN ASSAULT CASE.

Kansas City, Kan. May pa jury
1n the court Of common pleas. here. yes
terday afternoon returned a verdict for
Is cents damages to the plaintiff in the
case Of Albert Martin against John
Williams
Williams is a grocer. The testimony
showed that Martin was passing the
store Of Williams on Sunday morning.
November is, last, when Williams asked
him about the payment of bill. Words
passed and blows followed and as a re-
suit Martin sued Williams for personal
injuries. Williams viii have to pay the
costs Of the case, amounting to IS or
$40. 1T was not stated how much Of
the judgment Martin viii give to his
attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

and kidney troubles. and all blood dis
eases Mr.. ]. H. Lewis, Of Denver, Colo.
one of the most prominent life insurance
men in the United States. writes as fol-
lows
After an attack Of Grip found my
bowels and kidneys seriously derange1.
AS time brought no Improvement, but
rather an increased nervous orostraticn
I was induced to make use Of Paine's
Celery Compound. Before the first bot
tie had been used found marked
Improvement and its use was discon-
tinued after I had finished the second
bottle. After doing without the Com.
pound for over a month l find myself
with the same springy step and usual
vigor as before my Illness, all the for
mer lassituae and nervous disarrange<
ment having disappeared, and difficulty
with bowels and kidneys have been corr
rected..'
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Kansas City, Kas., Phone Exohange.

Kansas City. Kan, May 23.-The
Home Telephone company yesterday
bought property at 713 Armstrong ave
nue. just south of Seventh street, upon
which the cOmpany's exchange building
will be erected. The lot is occupied at
present by a dwelling. The company
win take possession June L and work
win begin at once to prepare for the
new building. The lot has 48 feet front
and was sold by Joseph G. Hume for
$4,000. 1T is our intention to put the
system in both cities in operation at
the same time" said 0. c. Snyder. man
ager of the construction company mo
wires have been laid across the line as
yet but enough will have been laid to
meet the requirements of our franchise
and the exchange building win have
been finished by the time our main Of
fee in Baltimore avenue is completed.
Everything depends on the completion
of this building and we will be ready
for business as soon as it is DONE"
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AT ST. MARYs.

St Marys college won out from High
land Park by a score of ? to 1. The
game finished IN circus style st. Marys
Scoring its two runs in the last half of
the ninth It was the most sensational
finish ever seen on the local diamond
The spectators were in fever of ex-
citement and I1oell was carried in tri-
umphal procession around the parade.
Hill again made good in the box, strik-
ing out fourteen and allowing only three
hits.
Score by innings: R.H. z.
Highland Park % 0 0 0 / o. 3
Batteries-Hill and Calnan; Reilly and
Cotton. Time-1:20, Umpire-Carpenter.
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SWEEPING INJUNCTION
Issued in Connection With Cooks and
Walters Strike at K. C.

Kansas City, No, May 23.zJudge
Phillips. of the federal court. has grant
ed an Injunction to two non-union res
taurants in this city against the indus
trial council and most Of the labor or
CARNATIONS of Kansas City, restraining
them from interfering with the en-
Dloyes of the restaurants, from printing
or posting the names of customers eat
ing at the restaurants. and from doing
other things calculated to injure the
business of the plaintiff 1t is the most
sweeping injunction ever issued against
union labor in this city. and is the out
growth of the strike of the union cooks
and matters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

Lawrence, May 23.-The first of the
commencement events at the University
of Kansas occurred last evening in uni
versity hail. when Miss NIadge Boaz OF
Pittsburg, Kan, gave her pipe organ
recital as a graduate of the department
of music of the school of fine arts. The
programme was an interesting one
Miss Boaz was assisted by Mrs. G. W.
Parkhurst of Topeka, soprano, as SOLO
ist Miss Boaz bears the distinction of
being the first pipe organ graduate
since the school of music has had the
big organ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
nixon secures 1fatch.

New York. May 23.-George Dixon,
the x-featherweight champion, who is
in England at present. has decided 10
eneag in one more fight before he
starts for South Africa, where he in
tends to open a school of physical cul-
ture. His next opponent viii be George
Pailharn, the English fighter whom ne
will meet n q 10-roun1 bout at a box
ing show to be brought off at Birming-
ham, England, next Monday night
They will contest for purse of $500
and a side bet of S100. Dixon has lost
the last two fights he has fought in
ENGLAND
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AT LEAVE1I " ORTIZ
Leavenworth defeated Nevada in the
closing game of the series by a score OF
to ;. The features Of the game were
the fielding Of Persch. Leavenworth 5
center fielder, and the batting of Nc
Cornell. of Leavenworth, who made
four hits in four times up.
Score by innings: R-H.E-
Leavenworth "a 100000 00-7 s 6
Nevada 80 0 o 1 0 0 4-5 6
Batteries unty and Henry; Trimble
Price and Vanderbilt
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THE razor WAS TOO DULL.
Reason a Little River Woman Gould
Not Kill Her Husband.

Mcpherson, May 2s.-Nrs. ]. Miller of
Little River attempted a murder and
then suicide Friday. The attempt was
unsuccessful owing to a dull razor.
Awaking early Friday and while Mr.
Miller was still asleep, she cut MI
Miller across the throat, making an
ugly cash, but not cutting deep enough
to prove fatal. Mr.. Miller jumped from
bed. AS he confronted his wife she
tried to cut her own throat. when Mr..
Miller seized her. When Mrs Miller
was asked for her reasons for commit
ting the deed she stated that she was
tired of living and wanted to die and
wanted her husband to go with her, and
so attempted to kill him first, intending
then to take her own life.
Mrs. Miller is a woman of about 81
years of age. The family consists of
themselves and six small children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

Neodesha, May 23.-The heaviest rain
this season fell here Friday. All the
creeks and rivers are up and much
damage is feared. Yesterday evening
in Chetopa township. ten miles north
east of Neodesha, Mrs Maggie Wright
aged SIS years, was drowned in a small
stream in the road. She and her hus-
band were returning home from town
when they drove into the stream and
were washed away. The body then
hoated on down the stream about a mile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

ton Mr.. Hopkins has persuaded a
great many farmers to try the expert
ment of raising sugar beets and he has
visited every one that has a trial patch
planted. All the farmers have to do now
is follow his instructions and they will
get good results il this country is suit
ed to sugar beet raising He viii be
back here again on his own account in
June or July and will go to see how the
crop is growing.-EmpOria Gazette.
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o,Keafa So for Britt.

New York. May 23.-Everything
seems to be favorable for the 6ght be-
tween Jimmy Britt, the white light
weight champion and Jack O'Keefe. Of
Chicago. The Broadway A. c. of Butte,
Mont, where the fight is scheduled to
come off. has received O'Keefe's sigma
ture to the articles. Britt viii leave that
city Just as soon as the club posts q
forfeit to show good faith. The men
are scheduled to meet on June ID for 20
ROUNDS.
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Racing at CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati, May 23.-The first steeple-
chase of the meeting was run at La
tonia and resulted in the suspension Of
Jockey Matter, who rode Mike Rice,
one of the betting choices. While APP
parently the boy did his best to win,
Judge Price did not think the horse raa
uD to his California form and set down
the Jockey Indefinitely. The race was
won by Mrs. Grammar. Only one favor
ite won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

Today the Business Mems association
settled with Herbert Hopkins, the su-
gar beet expert from Colorado and paid
him $3.50 for his services. The Business
Mems association feel that this $3.50 was
invested to better advantage than any
money ever spent before by the associa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
nfcPhsrson CoIlege oommeneement-

Mcpherson. Kas. May 23-This IS
commencement week at Mcpherson col
lege and an interesting programme has
been carried out every day. There are
in all 81 graduates Of the institution this
year. This includes those from the
commercial department. Commence
ment exercises were held Friday morn
ing. The main addresses We're deliv-
cred by Rev. c. S. Nusbaum, of Ottawa.
and E w. Hoch. of Marion.
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New worlds Running Record.

London, May 2s.-Alf Shrubb on the
London Athletic club grounds ran three
miles in Il minutes IT 3-5 seconds, beat
ing the worlds record by nearly twenty
seconds.
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Racing at st. Louis.

st. Louis, May 2s.-Lady Strathmore,
after a brief drive down the stretch,
won the fourth race at mile and a. six
teenth the feature Of today's card at
the fair grounds She trailed to the
head Of the stretch then came on and
challenged Master and won going away.
Deutschland. at I to 2, had his hands
full beating Bas Dor IN the third.
Track good.
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Ball Team Has pisbanded.

Oklahoma city, May 23-The Okla
hona City baseball team disbanded to-
day and some of the players will try for
positions in the Missouri Valley league.
If a new league is organized here to-
morrow. Oklahoma City will get a new
team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

Wallace saved the game for st. Louis
by q sensational catch Of a liner in the
ninth inning Two men were on bases at
the time with but one out and the double
play resulting from the catch retired the
side. Attendance, 3 900.
Score by innings: RHF
St. Louis ......-....-.1 1900 IS y ?
Boston ...--- ..-..--...O 0 0OO220 8
Batteries-Sievers and Sugden; Winters
and Smith
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CIRCUS Trains in Railroad wreck.

Eureka, Kas., May 23.-Gentry Bros
circus, which was billed for Eureka
Friday, was in a wreck at Yates Center
and was unable to i'll its date. The
show train backed into a bunch of stock
cars in the Yates Center yards, and five
cars were in the smashup. No one was
hurt The show passed through here at
noon TODAY en- route to FL Dorado.
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AT PHILADELPHIA.

A base on balls followed by seven sim
giles on Frazer in the fifth inning gave
Chicago more than enough runs to win to-
days game from Philadelphia.
Score by innings: RH-E
Chicago -. 30 o00700018 ID 1
Philadelphia -. .....0 0 0 zoos 81 o. 10 !
Wicker and King; Frazer
and thinner.
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Mutual Policy Holders to Meet.

Kansas City. Kan. May pa meet
ing Of the policy holders of the Kansas
Mutual Life Insurance company viii be
held Tuesday evening in the Mercantile
club rooms to decide what course will
be pursued at the gene4al meering OF
the stockholders to be held at Topeka
June L There are about $50 policy
holders of the company in this city.
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Emporia, May 23.-NIiss Phelps, an in
structor of the state normal school was
bitten by a cat and is suffering greatly
from the wound. Miss Phelps, with the
cat, was sitting on the porch. when
dog frightened the cat and il bit Miss
Phelps in the face. The doctor in at
tendance fears blood poison is setting
A.
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The visitors again won in a game in
which there was excellent playing at every
point.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
st. Joseph 100 e20o0O1-s 10 2
Omaha -.----..-O 0 0 0 IL
Batteries-Deihl and Mcconnell; Milton
and Creighton
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WESTERN LEAGUE srAND1Nc.
Kansas Ban Games.

The College Hill baseball team shut
out the Riley, Kas., team, score Is to O.,
at Athletic park
Batteries-Riley, Brandenberry and
Stone; College Hill, Caldwell and Cum
ninghan
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In spite Of the fact that St Paul
earned both of its runs and outbatted
Columbus two to one the latter won.
Attendance. 1901
Score by innings:
St Paul ..............0 q O002 o 0 %
Columbus -......0 0 0 0 1 0 o 0-5
Batteries-Stewart and Sullivan: Nc
Maxim and S7ox.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

Ellsworth won from the Cooper col
lege team by a score of ? to 0. The col
lege team played fast ball. but was un-
able TO score on the professionals. The
worth's two. Hans made the star play
Of the day by a difficult fly catch. Bat
teries-Cooper. Caldwell and Haas; Els
worth, Jamison and Seigle.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
WEsTFRN LEAGUE.

Des Noines' terrific batting won the
game. The locals batted two men out of
the box and hammered a third hard At
tendance, 700.
Score by innings: R.H-E-
Kansas City ...-.....0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-3
Des 1oines ---...-...4 0 5 AT 20
Batteries-Cushman and Foil; Halla,
Smith, Weeks and Messitt.
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lola won an easy victory from Joplin.
Both Morton and Killalay were effec-
tive. but the latter had the best of the
argument. striking out eight men.
Score by innings: RH.E.
lola 49,. 40 0 o 30oo10-4 3
Joplin 49,. 100 0 1 0 0 0 OIL 5 3
Batteries-Killalay and Armstrong:
Morton and Stouer
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AT PITTSBURG.

Pittsburg slightly retrieved its fallen
fortunes and forged to the front in a
game with Sedalia.
Score by innings: R~H.E.
Pittsburg :. ..210O1 Ola u
Sedalia -. 80 / 40 0 2 o. z 5
Batteries-Schamel, sStenson and Dun;
Gates, Lawtner and Scrant.
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AZ COLORADO sPRINGs.

Up to the seventh inning Milwaukee had
the locals beaten, but Mcpherson weaken
ed and ragged support allowed the locals to
win the game.
Score by innings: R.H.E
Milwaukee ..-..1O2 1905 Is s
Colorado Springs 20 DOL 2 2 *-1 10 3
Observation-Disclosures, Vallendorf and
Lucia; Jones, Curtis and Doran-
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AMERIcAN- AssocIATIoN- srANDINa.
LEAGUE.


The visitors were defeated in a hard
fought battle lasting eleven innings.
Score by innings. RH.E
Chicago ~. 30 $1,000 0001-2 .
New York 100 90 0O010O-1 2
Batteries-Patterson and Mcfarland:
Chesbro and O'Connor.
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AMERIcAN LEAGuE srANp1Na
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


Owing to witness. Lovett was relieved
in the second inning by Souders, who
pitched well up to the eighth inning. when
he forced in two runs with bases on balls
Attendance, 400.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
St. Louis -.......-.....0 0 0 0 I 0 0 OIL 5 4
New York ...........-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 IS 5 4
Batteries-Lovett, souders and ONeil;
Taylor and Warner.
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Fort Scott took the second game from
Springfield in the ninth inning The
battle was hard fought and full of brill
liant plays Bevis making some sensa-
tional catches in left field.
Score by innings R.HE
Fort Scott "a 0 0 0 0 0 IL 4
Springfield 20 0 0 0 0 60 3 0
Batteries-craig and Cheek: Baxter
and Wood.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.


Minneapolis took the last game of the
series from Toledo here Attendance.
LOO.
Score by innings: RHE
Minneapolis .....4 O000oo 81 II
Toledo 2 0 0 0 o. 8 1
Batteries-Thomas and Yeager; Girls
tail and Butler.
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Boston went to pieces in the ninth. Gin
game.
Score by innings: R.H z.
Boston no O3O0 O1OOA s 9
Cincinnati $500. 80 ? 0 ? 0 20 As 10 2
-Malarzey. Piatt and Moran
Ewing and Bergen.
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Paramount beat the State Normal il
a fast game. Frantz of Paramount go
two home runs observation-disclosures anC
Custer.
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Hart pitched and Peoria's hitting won
the game.
Score by innings: R.H-E.
Denver II z Q o o y q 20 . 5
Peoria $780,. -.-.......0 001120 1-6 Il 5
Batteries-Whitridge and Latimer: Hart
and Wilson.
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A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching. blind. bleeding or protuding
piles. Your druggist viii refund your mon
ey If pAZO OINTMENT fails to curt you.
so cents.
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Pittsburg won from Brooklyn. the visit
orS batting Jones freely.
Score by innings: R.H z
Brooklyn .-..+..--...3o1OO1O 1905 4
Pittsburg $500. ......2 2O11 1 LIP is 1
Batteries-Jones, Ritter and Ahern; Do
herty and Phelps.
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Louisville easily won the game from
the home team. Game closed at sew
snth inning
Score nv innings d II 7,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-29
BLOW ALMOST
KILLED BERNTH
ACCIDENT IN BREWERY RE-
SUITS IN $4,000 SUIT.
Court Will Have to Decide Whether
Blow Did That Much Injury
Coachman Sues Former Employer
as Result of the Prank of a Dog.

Is it worth $4,000 to be hit by a
barrel of beer?
This is a question which the court
will determine when the case Of Carl
W. Bernth against the Minneapolis
Brewing company comes up for trial.
According to the complaint filed to-
day, Bernth while employed in the
barrel room Of the brewing company s
plant, was seriously injured about the
legs by violent contact with a barrel
Of beer. An unskilled employe,
named Jacob "Doe," had rolled il
toward him and it slipped from the
unrepaired ways and did the COM
plainant damage, he says amounting
to at least $3.50.
Joseph Wheeler, coachraan, wants
$1,000 damages for injuries sus'
tanned while in the employ of John I
Stimmel, alleging that a vicious dos
kept by Mr.. Stimmel frightened the
Stimmel horses, causing the coach
man serious injuries.
A. Fl. Opsahl, the well known pho
tographer, claims damages to the
amount Of $1,000 from the Minreap
oils street railway company. The
complaint states that he was ru1
down by one Of the company's cars or
Washington avenue, near NicOllet, be.
cause the cars were running at an lille
gal rate Of speed when passing eacl
| other. Mr.. Opsahl was attempting
to cross the tracks on his bicycle.