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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
oREscEus NoT no rRY.
Ketcham Says Lou Dillon Can Hold
Trotting Title Undisputed.

Toledo. o., Aug. 2e-'I am glad Mr.. Bill
hngs has the record and hope he viii have
had" said George Ketcham relatiye to
the lowering of the record by Lou O1Hon
at ReaSdville, Mass, Monday. 49, ..a+a-
Mr.. Keteham again reiterates the stare
ment that CresceuS will not attempt 10
lower his present, mark or go after the
new record, but viii just confine his APP
pearances to exhibition efforts. Cresceus
has had a busy season in the stud and IS
not in shape necessary for such a re-
markable task as to go the mile unoer
two minutes. Again, the tracks on which
exhibitions will be given are not the SORT
IN record breaking attempts. Mr.. hetcna am
has no idea of any race between CreSceuS
and the new record holder.
Mr.. Ketcham, who is a particular friend
OF MI Billings, the owner OF Lou Dal-
lon, upon hearing of the mares wonder
ful performance, wired Mr.. Billings tho
following message of congratulations:
i congratulate you on the wonderfui
performance OF your mare Cresceus
GEORGE II. KETCHAM."
Lou Dillon, two-minute trotter, Is q
and her sire, Sidney Dillon, was a harness
performer Of more than average aointy-
in the stud book. AS a matter of fact it
is surprising that the great Billings rec
| ord breaker has not shown some trace
side.
Lou Dillon is a faultIessly made horse.
Sne IS ABOUT OF average size, pus sno wv, .
!
cry line of her frame.
In his endeavor of years to own record
breaking horse, either style artificial loco
motion, pacing trotting, Mr.. BILLINGS,
owner of this wonderful mare, has spent
thousands of dollars. Every horse that
he could buy that show ed any traces OF
getting to the record books was boughL
by the Chicago gaSmaker-
Lou Dillon caught Mr. Billings Fancy
some time before the Fasig-Tipton sale in
Cleveland last May. He determ1nef to
buy her and was present in person at tho
sale for that purpose. He bid on her per-
sonally against several competitors and
was able to secure her at the fancy price
$12 500.
Mr.. Billings had in mind at the time
only the possibility of Lou Dillon getting
the worlds trotting mark. Others who
competed with him at the sale OF the
horse in Cleveland wished to secure her
so that they might race her in something
like SIS, 600 worth of stakes in Wh1ch she
was at that time engaged. 1t looked then
as If the marvelously speedy daughter OF
Sidney Dillon could annex at least ~ per
cent of that amount were she to be raced
understandingly over the Grand Circuit:
The first thing Mr. Billings did when the
halter of Lou Dillon was turned over to
him by the auctioneer was to cancel all
of the mares stake engagements. The
| Chicago man had but one purpose in view.
/ That was to make of Lou Dillon the first
two-minute trotter. He achieved his pur-
pose.
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WRIGHT MOVES UP.
He Will Succeed Taft as Cover
nor General of Philippines.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 26.-General Luke
E. Wright, of Memphis, Tenn, will sue
coed Judge Taft as governor general OIL
the Philippines when the latter becomes
secretary of war next January, IN sue
cession of Elihu Root.
President Roosevelt authorized the
Associated Press to make the an
nouncement that the post had been Of
fered to General Wright and that he
had accepted it.
General Wright is now a member of
the Philippines commission and vice
governor of the islands. He is a life
long Democrat.
President Roosevelt spoke in terms of
high praise of General Wright's ability
and fitness for the position of governor
general. He entertains sincere regard
for him both personally and officially.
Both the president and Secretary Root
regard General Wright as a man of
proved executive ability, his services as
a member of the Philippine commission
having been of a distinguished char
acter. During Governor Taft's extend
ed sojourn in this country General
Wright was acting governor general,
and his conduct of the Office was
source of congratulation to the admin
is.~a tio2.
General Wright is popular not only
with the Americans in the Philippines,
but also with the Filipinos. who hold
him only second in their eStima ton to
Governor Taft.
/ General Wright was born In Tennes-
see in 1S47. His father was Archibald
w Wright, chief justice of the state
supreme court, and his mother a
daughter of Admiral Raphael Semmes
of the confederate navy. General
Wright was a member of the Memphis
bar when appointed to his present post
of vice governor Of the Philippines. For
eight years he was attorney general of
! Tennessee. He was active in the relief
measures during the yellow fever
scourge of 1873. OF late he was known
politically as a Gold Democrat.
| Three of General Wright's sons saw
service in the Spanish-American war.
/ For several years he and President
Roosevelt have been close friends On
| the occasion of the presidents recent
\ tour through Tennessee General
Wright was foremost among the men
who received and entertained him.
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Races at Fort Erie.

Buffalo, Aug 26-The track was
heavy at Fort Erie, but favorites won
a good share of the purses. Albula
won the feature event, a dash OF SIX
and a half furlongs. Summary:
First Race furlongs. DR.. Stucky,
to 5, won; Navigator, 10 to 1, second;
Helen Tarwater, c to l, third. Time
lbs.
Second Races furlongs, Jim Ferrin,
Greque, 10 to 1, third. Time, 1:05H.
Third Race-61z furlongs Abula, to
5, won; Little Boy, 5 to 1, second; Ben
mora, 2 to 1. third. Time, LIS.
Fourth Race-6 furlongs- Aratoma, 5
to l, won; Hot 20 to l, second; Tax
man, to 1. third Time, lis.
Fifth race-1 lie miles. Autolight, 5
to ., won; Flora Willoughby, Is to l,
second; Ink to- 5, third. Time 1:5212-
Sixth race-1 mile. Lansdowne, s to
5. won; Briers, to 1, second; Clifton
Boy to l, third. Time, 1:4515.
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AFTER scHAEFER's LAURELs.
George Sutton Challenges the Cham
pion BiIliardist to Match.

Chicago, Aug 26.-George Sutton is
out with a challenge to play Jake
Schaefer for the championship of the
world.
L had planned to go to Paris next
month to play in an academy there -
said Schaefer today, but, as I have ten
days left to think over Sutton's chal-
lenge, L am going to take the time. If
1 decide to play the challenger I will
postpone my trip.
Being the champion, have the right
to dictate most of the terms. and if the
match is played 1 would choose Chicago
in preference to New York. 1 am not
in practice now, not having hit a ball
since left Paris. but two weeks would
put me in shape again."
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KANSAS NEWS.
Fort ScOtt's Hopes for More Gas
Dashed to Earth.
Government and State GeOIo-
gists Report.
STRATA NEAR SURFACE
DR.. Adams and Prof. HawOrth
Unite in Opinion.
Not Enough for Factories and
Homes Both.
STRATA NEAR SURFACE

Fort Scott, Aug. 2s.-The Tribune
says:
DR.. Adams Of the government geo
logical department and Prof. Haworth,
the state geologist, met in Fort Scott
today to compare notes of their sur
veys. They were seen at the Goodlan-
der this afternoon by a reporter and
said they could offer Fort Scott no
hope of striking gas in paying guam
titles. DR.. Adams advised that we go
ahead and use what we have.
Prof Haworth has party of stu
dents in camp two miles west of Fort
Scott making a geological survey Of
what is called the Fort Scott quad
rangle. DR.. Adams is working on the
same kind of a job in the lola quad
rangle. Technically, he is making an
economical report on the Kansas gas
and oil field. The result of the work
of these two gentlemen will be the
publication. soon, of a geological map,
which. while it will be very useful,
Will not indicate that Fort Scott is
within the possibilities of natural gas
in largely paying quantities.
The lola quadrangle joins the Fort
Scott quadrangle a few miles this side
of Bronson and the east boundary of
the Fort Scott quadrangle extends sew
eral miles over into missouri BOtn
the gentlemen insist that gas has never
been discovered in this field below
the Mississippi lime rock, and they
both agree that that stratum is too near
the surface here for it to be possible
that gas can be found here with suffi-
Client pressure for commercial pur-
poses. They would apparently IKE
90 make to US the startlingly pleasant
exposure that there is a possibility of
US being in the gas district, but they
say this is beyond possibility. They
don't figure theoretically any longer.
They figure from facts, they say. The
Afississippian lime stone is found here
not deeper than 500 feet and often at
a less depth and that is too near the
surface.
DR.. Adams says we have gas enough
here for private use. He thinks a fair
proportion of wells sunk will devel-
op enough gas to supply several fam
lilies or perhaps a factory and he says
the people should go to using it for
those purposes. 1t seems remarkable
to him that as much gas as the Mill
burn well produces has been allowed to
go to waste all these years.
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winter Meet for Hot Springs.

st. Louis, Aug. 26.-At conference OF
the persons interested in the Hot
Springs, Ark, race track here, arrange
ments were practically completed for the
winter meeting, which will open the first
week in January and continue until the
opening at Little Rock in March.
Joseph A. Murphy was selected as
presiding judge, Mrs. Mary Cassidy as
starter
The association will tender the West
ern Jockey Club at it's October meet
ing a bond sufficient to cover the entire
amount of the purses for the winter
meeting.
The plant will be complete by Decem-
Der l. The racing stewards will be
John M Oracle. G. Lacy Crawford,
Charles Gates, Sydney c. Love and
Robert Aull, with a professional stew
ard yet to be selected as chairman.
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AN OLD WILL FOUND
Two Arkansas City Girls Ignorant of
Their Fortune Eight Years.

Arkansas City. Kas., Aug. 26.-Malla
and Josephine Bjerke of this city have
just learned that they are heirs to valu-
able property which has been theirs for
eight years, but without their know
ledge.
In 1889 Ole Bjerke died, having lived
here for a number of years with his
nieces, Malta and Josephine. He was in
comfortable circumstances but his
nieces and no other person here knew
that he possessed valuable property.
Before moving to Arkansas City Bjerlxe
had lived in Emporia, where he had left
a will dated 1882. The probate judge
Of Lyon county learned of the where
about of the nieces and forwarded the
will to them. 1t has just been offered
for probate in the Cowley county court.
This was eight years after the death
of Bjerl<e and the will. which leaves all
Of his property to his two nieces came
as a surprise to them. 1t consists of
some very valuable property in Emporia
and Topeka. All of this property by
the terms Of the will, reverts equally
to the two nieces, but in case one of
them marries it would all go to the
other.
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OTTAWA GIRL A GUEST.
Saw Yacht Race from Deck of Lip
toms Boat.

When the first of the international
yacht races was pulled off, on Thurs
day OF last week. a former resident Of
Ottawa was on the Yacht Erin as the
special guest OF Sir Thomas Upton to
see the race. The party who enjoyed
this privilege was Miss Effie Giffen. who
viii be remembered by many Ottawa
people.
Miss Giffen is now in charge of the
department for the blind in the con-
gressional' library at Washington. She
has held this position for a number of
years, and is regarded as one of the
most experienced Librarians in this Pc
culiar class Of work in the country.
Sir Thomas was being shown around
the. capital during the first of last
week, and in the course of his investi-
cations he was taken into the congress
sional library. Miss Glffen, upon being
presented, expressed a courteous wish
for Sir Thomas good fortune in the
races. Sir Thomas was so pleased with
the expression of good will that he
offered to send Miss Giffen one of his
Shamrock pins If she would wear it,
which she agreed to do. The pin was
presented the next day, and with it
came an invitation to view the race
from the yacht Erin, from which Sir
Thomas himself watches the boats.
Miss Giffen, of course, accepted the in
vitation.
Miss Giffen is the niece of Mrs. II. j.
Smith, OF Ottawa.-Ottawa Herald.
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SPORTING NEWS.
The Haskell Institute Football
Schedule Is Out.
Shows a Number of Important
Games for the Season.
PLAY AT CHICAGO NOV. Z
Hernstein Of Michigan Univer-
sity Will Act as Coach.
Team Not as Heavy as Last
Year But More Speedy.
Alfred Dubois Will Act as Cap
tain for 1908.

Lawrence, Kas., Aug. 26.-The sched-
ule for the Haskell institute football
season is out. and is as follows:
Sept. 26, Colorado college, at Colorado
Springs.
Oct 5, University Medics. at Kansas
Cit=.
Oct. 9, Texas university. at Dallas
Oct. II. Nebraska university. at Lin
coin. Neh.
Oct "a, Kansas university, at Law
rence.
Oct 81, Missouri university, al Kan
sas CITY.
Nov. Z, Chicago university, at Chicago.
Nov IA, Creighton college. at Omaha.
Nov. 26, Denver university, at Denver.
This is probably the heaviest sched
ule that has ever been made out for
any team in the west. The Haskell
team is the first team to have the honor
of being invited to play in Chicago
against the Chicago university team.
Mr.. bernstein, of Michigan university,
has been employed as coach, and will
begin work September 1. Mr.. Hern-
according to the statement of Mr..
Yost, the greatest coach in America,
Mr.. Hernstein is one of the very best
men that ever played on the Michigan
team. He played in the position of end
and halfback for four years. Great
things are expected of him.
The team will not be as heavy as it
was last year, but it will be speedy and
daring. Almost every man on the team
viii be noted for his daring qualities.
The outlook at present is excellent for
a satisfactory season in every respect
The captain of the team this year is
Alfred Dubois, who is one of the great
tackles of last years team.
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HAD a $1,000 BILL.
More of Mrs. Van Herche's Money
Was Found Near Olathe.

Olathe, Kan, Aug. 26.-Three thou
sand nine hundred and twenty dollars
more were brought here by Ramsey
Coenen of Shawnee and deposited in
the First National bank as the result
of a search at the home of Mrs. Lucy
Van Herche, who was found dead at
her home last Saturday.
This money was all in currency in
twelve separate rolls and was found in
tin can in the ground under the stair
way. Among this was one one-thou-
sand dollar bill. More than $3,000 it
is thought, is hidden about the prem
ises. as $1,000 currency was the amount
that made up her hustle, lost recently,
but afterwards found. Fifteen hundred
and seventy-eight dollars in gold was
deposited last Saturday. Marks on the
walls and on the doors and window
casing gave a clew to the hidden
treasure.
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Baseball Gossip.

Billy Lush is playing WonderIul Dall 1or
Detroit.
Umpire O'Day says doubleheaderS VIII
kill the game.
Willie Keller has apparently regained
his batting eye.
Sam Lever is being knocked out very
Harry White won five straight until he
faced the Athletics.
Pitcher Frank Corridor Joined the Chi
cago team in Boston.
The extent of Ralph Orthwein's holdiigs
in the st. Louis club is only 5000.
Actor Waddell can sympathize with Ac-
tor Corbett. He KNOWS how it feels.
Pitcher Doheny mas been permitted by
Manager Clarke to rejoin the Pirates
Manager McAleer claims that the st.
Louis club will break even on the sea-
son.
Outfelder o'Neill of DuTy's Milwaukee
club has been secured by the Boston
club.
Boston, hitting hard and covering third
finely.
Terry Turner will probably supplant
Gochnaur with the Cleveland next sea-
son.
While Dummy Taylor can't talk or
hear, yet he has been benched three times
for kicking.
Dexter got back in the harness last
week. Charlie has been badly missed by
the Bostons.
The one great handicap that the Gin
cinnati Reds carry is their bad judgment
on the bases.
St Louis is negotiating with the Mil
waukee Western league club for Third
Baseman Cockman-
Pitcher White of the White Sox is doing
as good work in the box as any twirler
in the country
Fultz is again laid up with a sprained
knee and there is no telling when he will
be able to play again.
Umpires Connolly and O'Laughlin were
paired for the first time in their career
last week at Cleveland.
Robinson is now playing right field for
Washington. He has done a lot of shift
ing round this season.
Iajoie again leads all of the batsmen
with 339-a small average for a leader,
thanks to the foul strike rule.
The Cincinnati writer's claim that the
foul strike rule is killing the batting and
taking the life out of the game.
1t is said that McGraw wants Deerfooi
Barclay from st. Louis. Barclay has per-
formed poorly this season.
President johnson believes that Boston
men will also beat out the Athletics.
Green of the White Sox has made three
home runs all of which were made in the
first two games of the season at st. Louis
Cleveland writer's are blaming Hickman
/ for Gochnaurs errors, asserting that Carr
or Davis would get throws that Charlie
misses.
! Comiskey's team is the only one in the
| land which can make an elaborate color
display, as both Green and White are on
/ the nine
| Comiskey has come to terms with Third
| Baseman Gus Dundon of Denver who was
assigned to Chicago by the Cincinnati
peace treaty.
President Potter of the Phillies denies
stories that are being circulated that q
change in the management Of the club /:
to be instituted.
Manager Fred Clarke says there are nc
temperance clauses in the Pittsburg con
tracts He doesn't believe in them as
preventives of dissipation
| With Manager Fred Clarke back in har-
ness and Eddie Doheny working again
the Pirate fans are looking on the bright
side of things once more.
| Wagner is the real leader of the Ma.
! tional league batsmen, with .349, although
Kennedy is the actual leader, with 1865 fol
| fifteen games.
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SHERIDAN COUNTY CROPS.
First Estimate of Small Grain Yield
Too Low.

To the Editor Of the State Journal:
Some time ago We sent you for publ
cation an estimate of probable yield Of
small grain for Sheridan county Now
that many have thTeshed We wish to
raise our average yield to % bushels. We
estimated Il heretofore at IS bushels. This
will give us a total harvest of 1550.o00
bushels of wheat and rye; $4,000 bushels
of barley and oats. Few fields going less
than 20 bushels, while the greater number
crowds 80 bushels, some fields running
into 40 bushels. and two fields so far re-
corded averaged as bushels, one field of
barley went 70 bushels, oats s. Only a
limited number have yet threshed- Re
specially yours. NJ c. Inflow.
N. B.-Corn looks excellent, many fields
in hard roasting ears.
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Refused to Have a Doctor.

Arkansas City. Kan, Aug. 26.-Mrs.
Maggie Badlards death. which occur
red here Tuesday, is the subject of con-
siderable discussion. She had been sick
for two weeks with peritonitis but re-
fused to have a physician called until
Saturday She was a follower of DOwie
and several times in the last week heal
ers have been here.
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WITH HIS SKULL CRUSHED.
A Farmer Found Dead in His Fee d
Lot Near Olathe.

Olathe, Kan. Aug. 2s.-John Miller.
farmer about 80 years old, living six
miles northwest of this city, was found
Head in a feed lot near his homs this
morning with his throat cut and his
skull crushed. His wife reports that
some person called him at about 8
o'clock last night Miller said to her
no was going out to the feed lot About
5 o'clock this morning she went to the
neighbors and reported he had not re-
turned and search followed. She said
be had about $40 when he left the house
but only a dollar and a half was found
on him. An investigation is in prog
ress.
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Atchison Tennis Tourney.

Atchison, Kas., Aug. 26.-The first
open tournament of the Missouri Valley
Tennis association, organized in Kansas
City last year, will open in Atchison to-
day. There are sixty-three entries,
twenty-nine being out of town players.
This exceeds the number of entries at
the big tournament held here two years
ago. The entry list includes nearly all
the crack PLAYERS of the Middle West.
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Indiana & ohio Excursions.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will on September 1-3-15 and October s,
sell tickets at one and one-third fare
for the round trip to Cincinnati, Column
bus Dayton, Toledo, Sandusky. SPRING
field, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Lafayette,
Indianapolis and all intermediate
points in Ohio and Indiana, also Louis
| Vile. Ky. For further information ap-
ply to Geo. w. Lincoln, T. p. A., Z
West 9th street. Kansas City, Mo-
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MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE.


It required ten innings to enable Sedalia
to defeat Springfield. The contest was
the fastest. prettiest and most exciting
game ever seen on the local diamond. It
was a pitchers battle throughout, Red
Morton and Gates dividing honors equally.
The latter, however. had the best of the
argument on account of the errorless
support he received. The game abounded
in brilliant plays by both teams.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Sedalia ...... 80 o 0 0 o IL 6 0
Springfield .....-.0 0 0 o 90 900 6 8
Batteries-Cates and Schrant; Morton
and Schmidt.
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Murder Hearing At Atchiaon.

Atehison, Kan, Aug. 2s.--Ike johnson
and Theodore McKim of Kansas City,
accused of the murder of Nick Beirich, a
saloon keeper, on the night of June is,
while they were attempting to hold him
up, were bound over to the district court
without bail johnson has employed a
Kansas City criminal lawyer and will
make a fight to be acquitted 1t is be-
heved that Johnson will assert he was not
in the hold up and that he received his
injuries elsewhere. The two policemen
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ArERIcAN LEAGIIE sTANpINc.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


Pittsburg won two games from Philadel-
phia by good stick work. The second
game was called at the end of the sixth
inning owing to darkness.
Score by innings R.H. r:
Philadelphia .-.-.4 0 0 -
Pittsburg ...... $50 2 90 % II
Enthusiastically, Roth and Doom;
Doheny and Phelps.
Second game-Score by innings: R-H: E:
Phila delphfa - .......0 0 o 0 90 6 2
Pittsburg 49,. ...-........3 OIL 1 0-6 s 0
Batteries-Frazer and Doom; Winham
and Smith.
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AT COLUMBUS.

Columbus defeated Minneapolis by su-
perior batting. Berger pitched splendid
game for the locals and besides secured
three hits in three times at bat. Attend
ance, S36.
Score by innings: R-H. E.
" D
MINNEAPOLIS 80. 20 OIL o 1-2
Batteries-Berger and Fox; Thomas and
Yeager.
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Duffy Defeats Matthews.

Port Huron, Mich, Aug. 26.-Martin
Duffy of Chicago scored over Matte
Matthews last night in a ten round
bout which went to the limit, and re-
tains the light welter weight champion
ship of the world.
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AMER1cAN ASSOCIATION.
AT LOUISVILLE,

Louisville easily defeated Kansas City
today by the score of 8 to 0. The Colonies
outplayed the Blues at every point and
Gears team had little chance to score.
Score by innings: r, Fl. p:
Louisville 80. 0O26001*-9 9 o
Kansas City ....-.....0 0 0 o. 20 90 4
Batteries-Durham and Grady; Walker
and White.