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The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-20

Many of these licenses were on female le
dogs, and cost IS apiece, so that while
the total number of licenses issued was
$50 the total amount of money which
has been paid in is over 500.
If this could be kept up a little while
longer, there would be very little for a
dog tax collector to do. The city would
save the cost Of collecting the dog tax.
If the city council is real foxy. it will
postpone the consideration of the dog
tax ordinance until the next meeting,
and give the rest of the people who
owe dog tax a chance to makes5t unan-
imous.
One woman came in today and paid
on two males and two females. The
tax was $12. If she had waited, and
the proposed ordinance had been pass
ed. it would have cost her $50.
Generally. the people who come up to
pay are mad, and abuse the city for
the proposed raise in dog tax One col
ored politician who has a gang down
in the river precinct of the Second
ward, said. menacingly to the city
clerk:
Oats all right, but you fellers jes
member dat two years from now We
gets anudder chanct, and we'll see
whether you can raise up our taxes dis
year way
One man who contributed IS for the
privilege of keeping a female dog. said :
Il would gladly pay the increased
license If I could be sure that the city
would see to it that every dog without
a license is killed.
The proposed increase in the dog
tax will give an impetus to the old
scheme which some people work of
taking their dogs out in the country
when the the dog tax collector comes
around, and bringing them back after
he has finished his work for the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-20

Bakersfield. CAL April 2o-City Mar
shall T. j. Packard. who was shot in
yesterdays battle with Outlaw McKin-
ney. died this morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-20
Opportunities
In the South.

No portion of the United
States has made greater
progrnsa in the last year
or two than the South.
Northern and foreign cap
ital is rapidly invading
that section. finding prof
ita BILE investment in the
various industries and
factories that are being
rapidly developed and
built. The great influx Of
settlers is creating an in
creased demand for lands
of all kinds and prices
are gradually advancing,
as they viii for years 10
come. Work is plentiful
and poverty practically
unknown. Alabama is
supplying coal and iron
to all the world More
money can be made and
with less labor in the
raising Of small fruits
and berries and in truck
patching on the Gulf
Coast than i'm any other
state in the Union. Straw
berries from Alabama
reach northern markets
before those from the
states in the southeast.
Cattle can be raised with
great profit. there being
millions OF acres of cheap
range lands If you are
interested in the south
and its resources and de-
sire information on any
subject, address
q. A. PARKS,
General Industrial
and Immigration Agent.
Louisville & Nashville R. r.
LOUISVILLE. KY.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-20
EXTENSION of CoLoNIsT RATES
TO THE NORTH WEST AND
CALIFORNIA

EXTENSION of COLONIsT RATES
TO THE NORTH WEST AND
CALIFORNIA
The Burlington extends until June Is
the period of the greatly reduced one
way Colonisr rates to the Northwest
and to California This is a good way
to save from fifteen to twenty dollars
HOME-SEEKERs' EXCURSIONS.
Round trip tickets at one fare plus
$500 are sold on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month. to the West
and Northwest including also Montana.
Idaho. Washington, Oregon and Puget
Sound.
CHEAP ROUND TRIP TICKETS
TO CALIFORNIA
Round trip rates to California. May
Sd and May 18th to 18th. inclusive, with
Louis; $4,000 from Kansas City, 5000
from Chicago.
CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS.
Join our personally conducted through
Tourist sleeper exclusions to Califoruia.
on frequent dates during each week,
via Denver, scenic Colorado and Salt
Lake City.
MAIN TRAVELLED ROAD.
With its great trunk lines and it's
connections, the Burlington can take,
the best care of you. The map shows
how directly the Burlington's lines
reach the entire West and Northwest
region of our country.
Describe to US any one-way or circuit
trip you propose and let us advise you
the least cost and the best way 10
make It.
L. J. BRIcKER. L.w. wAKELEY.
!. L. a. SIS Main St. 0enl fass'r Agent
Kansas City. Mo. ST Louis No.
?. C. SHARON,
!. " P. A.. SIS Main St.
Kansas City Mo.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-20
GRAND OPERA HOUSE DEAL
It Has Fallen Through and Mulvane
Sued for Guarantee.

Mrs. Mary K. Quinton brought suit
in the district court late Saturday af-'
ternoon against John R. Mulvane for
the payment of $4,000 which Mrs. Quin-.
ton claims Mr.. Mulvane agreed to pay.
or guaranteed, toward the purchase.
price Of the Grand opera house by l..
NJ. Crawford and the amusement syn
dicate.
Mrs Quinton. through her attorneys,
Quinton & Quinton. claims that the.
deal was made Mr. Mulyane will claim.
that the deal was not consummated
and that no money was paid. The
Grand opera house IS still managed by.
the Amusement Syndicate under a.
lease.
the annual meeting Of the Mission
Valley Cemetery association will be
held on the grounds of the cemetery on
Decoration day, April o. at ! p NJ.
ISAAC N. TOWN. Secretary.
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MANY PAY UP.
Rush for Dog License Tags
Continues.

A shoe box half full Of money in the
cash drawer of the city treasurer's office
represents today's collections of dog tax
up to noon. Nearly $3.50 has been col
lected. and the probability is that this
amount will be doubled by the time the
office closes tonight.
This evening the council will probably
act upon the ordinance which has been
proposed raising the dog tax from 81 to
IS on male dogs and IS to SO on female
dogs. At the meeting Saturday the ju
dietary committee voted to recommend
namely. 50 for male dogs and 81 on fe-
males, which is certainly making It
large enough.
The rush to pay dog tax is a result
of a strong probability that the tax will
be raised.
There is going to be a fight made on
the ordinance, however The humane
society is kicking on that provision of
the ordinance which says that an un~
licensed dog shall be kept in the pound
only "A hours before being shot. They
want it raised 10 36 or As hours
A delegation of people from the Santa
Re shop district IS also planning to at
tend the meeting and protest against
any raise whatever in the price charged
for dogs. They will claim that poor
people have as good right to keep dogs
as rich. and that poor people can't at
ford to pay 50 apiece for dogs.
I'D to noon today City Clerk Scuires
had issued over 200 dog tags, half a
dozen of which were for female dogs
He has been SO busy recording dogs
that he hasn't had time to do anything
else. And it is the same way with the
city treasurer. It takes both of these
important municipal dignitaries to issue
a dog tag to the anxious owner of a pet
poodle. The owner usually drifts into
the city clerks Office first. and says:
Is this where you pay your dog
Pay your money next door at the
treasurer's office is the reply made by
the man with long black lace curtains
on his chin
So the applicant goes before the city
treasurer, tall. spare man with snowy
cording to the canine is male or female
The tall man hands out a receipt for
the money and directs the customer to
go back to the city clerk and present
his recent.
When the receiat is laid before the
city clerk he opens big ledger and
What's your name?"
he also takes down the name of the
dog, the color of its eyes. condition of its
teeth. present place of abode and a fea-
other items of information. and then
hands over the little brass check which
certlneS that one more dog is authorized
to live in Topeka during the year 1903.
Inc rush to pay dog tax did not COM
menee until last Wednesday, although
the ordinance raising the tax was first
introduced At the council meeting Of
April II by Councilman Geo Neil of the
Third ward. 1t seemed that people did
not realize that the gentleman from
the Third ward wasn't joking
But the following record shows what
has been happening since then in the
dog license business:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
TO CLOSE THE BALL PARK
Grounds of the Gotham American
League Threatened.

New York, Oct 10.-Another attempt
was made yesterday to have the
grounds of the New York American
league team destroyed by opening
streets through the property. At a
meeting in the city hall of the wash
ugton Heights local board of improve
ment, at which borough President Can
tor presided a petition of the property
owners in the neighborhood who want
the street opened. was presented. Last
spring an appeal was made to the
board to have this done, but it was de-
feated.
Former Assistant District Attorney
David Welsh who is counsel for the
property owners, obtained a reopening
of the matter. Mr.. Welsh, in his re-
marks, said he had thirty or forty affi-
davits in his possession to show that
the park during the last season was
a nuisance. He said one of his clients
is Mrs. J. Hood Wright. whose hus-
band founded hospital on Washington
Heights, and who would testify to the
disorderly. incidents she saw.
After conference among President
Cantor and Aid. Goodman, Myers and
Florence, President Cantor announced
that it was decided to adjourn the hear
ing one week. President Gordon of the
New York American says he and his
partners are prepared to prove there is
no truth in the assertion of Welsh that
there was diso-derly conduct during the
season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
The Attendance at Lawrence
University Growing.
Larger Than in 1902 When
There Was No Tuition Law.
II NEGROES ENROLLED
Among the Pupils Are One Ital-
ian and One Indian.
The Total Number Up to Date
Attending Is l,235.

Lawrence, kan, Oct. 10-Despite the
tuition law, the attendance at the Kan
sas university is larger than at this
time last year when there was no tut
ton law.
Probably ne other state institution IN
Kansas can show the same enrolment
since the law went into effect. The total
enrolment up to date is 1926, against
1101 at the same time last year. The
Kansas Normal. which had several hun
dred more students last year than the
university, has fallen below the Law
renee SHOOT this fall. OF the 1928 now
enrolled, IA are negroes, 1 italian,
japanese, and 1 Indian. In the arts
school, which is by far the largest d.
vision of the university, there are 55s
enrolled. of which 319 are girls and 240
boys. In the senior class there are A
boys and so girls. making "a graduates
Tor this year. with few more TO come
in. In the Junior class there are more
than three girls to every boy. The total
number in this class is &c. of which only
"A are boys and IS girls. The sopho-
mores run 49 boys and 50 girls, ana the
freshman class 81 boys and Sc girls. In
1894 there was a maximum enrolment
of 691 students. In the last ten years
the attendance has increased S7.5 per
cent. From 1894 until 1898 the men in
creased from 207 to 317 but now they
have decreased to 240. This is in the
school or arts alone. Women have IN
creased in attendance in this branch of
the university since 1894 1911 per cent,
and the men only 3S.1 per cent.
The present junior class, which en-
tered school in 1901 has rs per cent
more girls than boys. The reason adj
vanced for this is the Spanish American
war. which took a number of young men
out of the high. schools and academies.
Cheoichiri Hatashita and Antonio Benz
masine are the only foreigners in the
liberal arts. The former is registered
from Tahara, Japan. and the latter from
Italy.
The school of engineering has shown
an increase this year and now mas d
total enrolment of 2S2 students over
1S4 last year. OF this number there are
only two girls. Miss Ada Wilson OF
Olathe and Miss Beth Boright from
Kansas civ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
DO NOT FEEL ENCOURAGED.
Yale Coaches Fear the Games With
| Princeton and Harvard.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 1o-Yale's foot
paH coaches today let it be known among
the candidates that the big score against
wesleyan does not indicate anything en-
courag1ngs when the approa ching games
with princeton and Harvard are also i'll
the CALCULATION. They fear Princeton more
than Harvard this year, and say they
are not satisfied that the Blue has as
much as an even chance to win either
OF those games. Acting on that theory
they put the squad through a long prac-
tice in which stress was laid on defense
against the scrubs attack
In spite of stubborn fight. the varsity
scored twice. Smith and Scott worked at
center after Roorback went out, the great
problem still being to bolster up the mid
die of the. rush line. Mcmahon, formerly
Bucknell, has Joined the squad. There
IS tax OF trying him as guard or at full
back krug Andrews. a 200-pound substi-
tute guard of two years ago, also donned
a uniform and played at guard awhile.
Thus far the schedule of games has
proved unsatisfactory, for no visiting
eleven has given Yale as good practice as
the scrubs do every day. Soper, a half
back who has dash and spirit. was tried
at quarter back, as possible understudy
for Rockwell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
The Washington WAY

The reports from Washington Indicate
that scorchers of all varieties in that
city have decided to obey the highway
speed law since the adoption by the BIZ
cycle squad of stop watches or speed
ometers. 1t is claimed that these little
instruments. which have been thorough
~ tested by the Washington police
authorities, register to within a frac-
ton of a second the time required by
a vehicle to cover a given distance.
Knowing this, the scorchers have re-
formed This method of discoura ging
speed 1awlessness is vastly prefera BILE to
that recently adopted in some parts of
the west. In Wisconsin, for example,
many of the farmers. who are ANNOYED
by whizzing cycles and motor cars car
ry double barreled guns loaded heavily
with buckshot- When one of the road
hogs" as they cali them. heaves in
sight, the gunner conceals himself be-
hind a fence or a tree and at the right
moment proceeds to pepper the flying
vehicle with the contents of his weapon.
The idea is not to puncture the driver
but rather the tire of his machine and
thus effectively cripple it.-New York
sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
ENGLISH IDEAS INJEWELS.
It Is Decreed That Certain Kinds May
Be Worn in Daytime.

It is only q very few years ago that
it was considered bad taste for women
in English society to wear jewelry in
the day time Now it is fashionable to
wear not only diamonds and pearls
with afternoon costumes, but also a
variety of other gems. The craze for
barbaric jewelry was perhaps account
able for this departure in the arst in
stance.
At any rate, at any society function
nowadays full-dresS day costume is
not complete without a diamond chain
or pearl collar, while brooches, pend
ants and trinketS of turquoise. sap
phires. rubies or emeralds in cOniunc-
ton with the dainty jeWeled watch and
popular paste or turquoise buttons are
always to be seen. Even for morning
wear the simple skirt has diamond or
pearl links and studs.
Jeweled hatDins are popular wedding
gifts. Jeweled waist belts and hanging
purses are also much in vogue. while
the long picture earrings (Which have
been in fashion barely one season. are
often seen in the daytime as well as at
evening Darties.
Turquoises of every conceivable size
and irregularity and pearls of all
shapes have been the fashion for some
time past.
Zealand stone which. as an adjunct to
the barbaric pearl so much in favor. is
charming wear.
Apart from its lovely coloring-a deli
cate, transparent shade of green-it is
supposed to be lucky stone as we'll
and this to the superstitious-n minded is
a welcome change from the also
lucky but rather OVerdone turquoise.
Another new stone is of the Ioveliest
rose-pink tint. transparent, yet with
the cloudy softness of the opal. This
stone, which forms a becoming finish
to an afterI DON costume, is worn as
necklace pendant, brooch or earrings.
and is as yet but little known to the
fashionable world.-London Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
Murder TriaI At Atchison.

Atchison, Oct. 1O.-Theodore McKim,
charged with the rffuroler of Nicholas
Reirich. an Atchison sa1oonkeeper, on
the night of June IS, was arraigned for
trial in the district court He pleaded
not guilty. and saidshe had been unable
to procure counsel. 4aadge Hudson there
upon appointed aTr~att0rney for him,
and the trial will be commenced today.
McKim has about recovered from the
bullet wounds he received in a battle
with the police. follawing the shooting
of Reirich and walked into court on
crutches. The trial OF Ike Johnson, also
charged with the crime, viii follow that
of McKim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
SPORTING NEWS.
Haskell Had Hard Contest at
Dallas Friday.
Only a Lucky Fluke Permitted
Falls to Score.
THE RESULT WAS 6TO Q
Both Teams Played q Great
Defensive Game.
A Large Crowd Was Out and
Cheered the Players.

Dallas, Tex. Oct. 10.-The Indians
from the Haskell school at Lawrence,
Kan, put another scalp at their belt
Friday afternoon by taking the game
from the Texas university eleven at the
state fair grounds. The score was to
0. Falls, the quarter of the Indians,
got lucky f1uke chance at a time when
everybody believed the game was going
to end in tie of nothing to nothing,
and making the best of the situation,
secured the only score to the credit of
the contest. The game started at
O'Clock, in the presence of 5000 specta-
tors.
Texas kicked off. but the Indians did
not profit by the play. A siege of back
and forth kicking characterized nearly
the entire twenty-five minutes devoted
to the first half. Both teams put up
strong defensive play. The friends of
the Texans declare it was the best de-
fensive game the university men nave
ever played. Practically no distance
had been gained by either side when the
first half was over, although just as
a good place kick for goal
After about ten minutes of the twenty
allowed for the second half had expired
the ball was kicked to Texas. Frazier
attempted to block the ball, and In fact
did block it. but it took an erratic glance
from the Texas man to a side line
Fallls got possession of the pigskin at
the twenty-yard line, easily slipping
through the Texas ranks. made a touch
down and kicked an easy goal Score.
Haskell. s: Texas. 0.
The remainder of the game was
strongly defensive by each team. The
contest ended with the ball in Texas
possession on the Indians thirty-yard
fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
DROPSY
Are Your Eyes Puffy? We are
the Sole Agents for the Only
Thing Known That Cures the
Kidney Diseases that Cause
Dropsy, viz: FuIton's Compound.

It is now we'll known that dropsy is not in
itself disease but is commonly a symptom OF
Bright's Disease or Diabetes. Hence, up to the
discovery of the Fulton Compounds, dropsy was
sncurable 1t is now, however. durable in nearly
nine tenths Of all cases. Here is an interesting
recovery. to which we refer by permission.
Mrs. Peter Goyheneix of s2s Fillmore street,
San Francisco, became alarmingly dropsical.
Her physician had finally to tap her every few
days She was tapped nearly forty times and
grew worse from day to day. The physician
finally told her husband that she had Bright's
Disease Of the Kidneys, that it was in an ad-
vanced chronic state and beyond medical aid.
Her heart also gave her the usual trouble and
she was in such serious condition the relatives
were sent for. They put her on Fulton S Com
pound. 1t STAYED on her stomach, the first
thing that had done so for a week. The second
rrovement was then gradual until her recovery
was complete. This case was examined into
by representatives of the San Francisco Star
and the Overland Monthly, and the genuineness
in their columns.
Mrs Thomas Christo1 of 1875 Twenty seventh
street, San Francisco. was also swollen with
drepsy. as result of chronic Bright's Disease.
TO more than seventy-fiye pounds beyond her
normal weight, and had to be moved in sheets
and was close to deaths door although she had
pounds Three weeks showed Improvement
and in six months she was well, and permits
this reference.
the chronic kidney disease that Is behind dropsy
and that is Fulton's Compound. The Renal
Compound for Brights and Kidney diseases, 81;
washington street, San Francisco sole com
Founders. Send for pamphlet. We are the sole
agents for this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
Stories Revived About Rvan.

New York, Oct. 10.-There was a re-
port today that John j. Ryan, the get
rich-quick man. had been warned on
the eastern turf by the stewards to the
Jockey club for completely in an alIeg-
ed ringing case at Fort Erie two yea, s
ago. When George F. Censidine. who is
Ryans bookrnaker in the local betting
ring, was asked about the matter. he
became indignant. and declared that the
story was fabrication. "Ryan will be
back mere in a couple of days. said
Considine, "ard will occupy the old
stand.'' Turfmen insist, however, that
k Ryan comes back he viii be quietly
informed that he is not wanted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
ON LEXINGTON TRACKS.
Caspian Won Pennsylvania Stakes in
Three Heats.

Lexington, KY, Oct. 10.-Six thou
sand people braved the biting west
wind to see Caspian. an Ohio horse and
second faycrite in the betting, win the
fifteenth Pennsylvania, $4,000. The
best time was 2:0915. Hawthorne, the
favorite in last years pooling, made a
poor showing. The weather seemed to
be against her.
Caspian is the horse of which it had
been said that he could not go more
than two heats. but he went three Fri
day afternoon and won the first and
third with ease. Kent, which took sec
ond money, was purchased from Dick
Donley, of Wichita, Kan, by E. E.
Smathers for 81. 800 lust before the sec
ond heat and made strong bid for
first place in this heat.
The feature of the day outside of the
Pennsylvania was the new worlds rec
ord. made by Dan r.. for PAGER, a
mile to a wagon. Dan r. went the sec
ond heat in 2:04%. There were but two
entries for the free-for-all pace for
amateur drivers. G. K. G. Billings
drove Greenline and H. K. Devereux
drove Dan r. in the first heat
In the first heat Dan r. broke before
reaching the quarter pole and Green
line forged ahead a hundred yards. AT
the quarter stretch Dan R. made up
good distance, but was still tralhng
three lengths behind. A hundred yards
from the wire he caught Greenline, and,
in a driving finish, beat him out by a
neck in 2:1515. going the last quarter
in 291h seconds. In the next heat Dan
R. led from start to finish and went
the mile in 2:04az, beating his competi-
tor by several lengths.
Morrie won the 2:13 class trotting
purse, $1,000. in three heats. allowing
one heat to go to the favorite, Grey
Gem. Great Spirit took the 2:25 class
trotting purse, $1,000, in straight heats:
Dan R. clipped a full second on
Edith VS. record to wagon of 2:O5sz,
made at Memphis last October. Time by
quarters was: Quarter, O:32%; half,
1:04; quarters, 1:341s; mile, 2:O4S4.
Directum Miller, favorite. won the
2:1s class pacing purse, $1,000, in two
straight heats. Track fast.