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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
WILL NOT WE'D UGLY MAN.
Widow of Evansville, Ind, offered
100000 With Husband.

Evansville, Ind, March Several
months ago c. B. Gibbs, who claims to
be a millionaire living in Omaha, Neb.,
inserted an advertisement in a Chicago
matrimonial journal asking to cores
pond with some widow in middle life.
Mrs. Susie File, a widow of this city,
who has boy S years Of age. answered
and gave Gibbs an invitation to come
here and see her.
Gibbs arrived in the city yesterday.
He is crippled, having been in a rail-
road wreck several years ago and
breaking nine bones in his body. MIS-.
File was not impressed with the ap-
pearance of Gibbs and told him SO and
no amount of persuasion could induce
her to marry him and he returned today
to Omaha. Gibbs offered Mrs. File 500. :
coo providing she would become his
wife, but was refused.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

The effect of excessive smoking shown by
such symptoms as heart pains, heartburn,
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say, indescribabie feeling across my chest
Local physicians said had tobacco heart;
I quit smoking for while and took regular
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relief but the same old symptoms were still
there 4 friend of mine here recently died
of what the doctor said was valvular disease
of the heart, Knowing that his symptoms
were similar to mine felt that my time too
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
AMERICAN NOW IN SESSION.
After Long Discussion the Foul Strike
Rule Is Adopted.

New York. March THE American
league baseball magnates held their sec
ond days session at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. For nearly three hours last even
ing the ma gnates discussed the reports
of the various committees and then adj
journed.
The major portion of the session was
spent in discussing the report of the
rules committee. Rule A, relating to
foul strikes, held the magnates in q
heated deadlock for two hours. but the
report was finally adopted by split
vote. to 3, B. T. Shibe of Philadelphia.
refusing to vote. This is the rule that
caused the trouble at the joint confer
enee of the rules committees of the
American and National leagues and Ma
tional association. The American league
has always opposed the rule, but at the
conference it was outvoted, the National
association voting with the National
league Since then there has been con-
siderable talk about the American
consensus of American league opinion
is against the rule as being impracti-
cable.
Several votes were taken. and consid-
cradle speech making was INDUCED in
when the matter came up on the adop-
ton of the report of the rules committee,
consisting of Messrs. 3. F. Shibe, Phila-
delphia, Lotus, Washington, and Bruce,
Cincinnati. The Cleveland, Chicago ana
Boston magnates opposed the adoption
of the rule, and for long time the vote
was a tie. Mr.. Shibe voting with this
trio. Finally Mr.. Shibe declined to vote
and President Johnson. on a vote of
to 3, declared the rule adopted, and also
the report of the rules committee, as a
whole.
After the meeting President Killilea
of Boston said:
1.-The feeling of the American league
is against the foul strike rule, but we
passed it out of Difference to the rules
committee"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
KANSAS DA1RYmEN ADJOURN
George Littlefeld, of Parsons, Elected
President of Association.

Manhattan, March THE annual con-
vention Of the Kansas state dairymen
which convened here the past week,
closed last night Not only dairymen
from Kansas, but other states were Well
represented. The meetings were all wei
attended and great interest was shown
in the discussions brought up for the
promotion of better dairy conditions in
Kansas
S. S. Schilling, president of the Iowa
Dairy association, led some interesting
discussions this morning. At the bust
ness session, George LittlefeId. of Par
sons, was elected presidents T. A. Bor-
man. of Topeka, win hold over another
year as secretary and treasurer. and
Charles Ollie, of Ottawa was elected
assistant secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee will locate the next
convention and it is thought it Will be
held & Ottawa next year. The conven-
ton resolved to support Ed SudendorI
for the position of dairy commissioner
year. Tt also passed resolutions favor
ing a state fair and pledged themselves
to support a Kansas state fair. A. Lar
son, of Topeka carried off the Dairy
mems silver cup, as the expert butter
maker of Kansas. His exhibit scored
951a Larson held the cup last year The
convention Will add to the butter exhib-
it next year a cream exhibit and con-
test The closing session was held last
night. Professor P. c. Holden, of the
Iowa Agricultural college, delivered a
lecture on corn culture and breeding.
Music for the association was furnished
by the music department of the college,
directed by Professor A. 3. Brown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
nTideet Jookev siens.

New Orleans, March 7.-Walter Rob
bins, the Chicago midget jockey, has,
through his father, Charley Robbins,
signed a contract to ride during the
coming season for Jack Follansbee, the
New York millionaire horselnan. The
deal will be closed as soon IS the. pa
pers reach Mr.. Follansbee in New York.
The terms are not announced, but it is
expected the contract is an excellent
one Under the terms of the agree
ment Robbins viii not join the eastern
stable until after the close of the Mem
phis meeting, where he has agreed to
ride for his first employer. Jim Arthur
Robbins should have an excellent
chance in the east, as Mr.. Follansbee
owns such good horses at Roehampton
and Astarita.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
m'oovERN WILL BE CAREFUL
Knows He has a Hard Battle When
He Tackles Corbett.


New York. March Terrible Terry
AIcGovern, before starting west. said:
This fight said the Terror. will
last longer than the one we had at
Hartford. I am going to fight in an en-
tirely different manner. There ] went IN
slam bang, to win in a canter / thought
Corbett was the easiest kind of a mark
he might have a chance to knock me
out. Now ! know different. Corbett IS
just the kind Of a fighter to knock out
a man who viii fight him as did If
fought him again in the asne way
ne would whip me, sure.
II will fight a different fight. am
going In to win and to fight the way /
think will beat Corbett. Now I am go
ing to go back to my old careful style.
am going to cover up.
Il am going to use my crouch all
through the fight I am not going in
punch. / don't care if the fight goes
all Of the twenty rounds, or near il.
I would prefer, Of course if I got the
chance to knock him out in a few
rounds but / am not going to take any
chances with him He is too dangerous.
Fighting carefully, as have planned,
[ expect to beat him in about fifteen
rounds
When we fought at Hartford Cor
bett landed the first punch. It was a
short left hook and landed right on the
point. AS I went back I heard some~
body at the ringside say: Terry had
better go out and get his clothes on
That made me mad and ] mixed it up
like a wild man.
mo more of that for me. Next time
hear no remarks from the outside at
all. I viii be in the ring to attend to
but, even if it goes twenty rounds, you
can bet I'll win. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

glimmer Of the footnghts caught the
fancy of the girl and she forthwith
took UP show life.
Today she wears a ballroom gown in
THE ToreadorH at the Illinois She
says she likes it, but. somehow or 9TH
er, she likes to kick the long trail
ing train out of the way. If the fact
was not known, however, one would
think Miss Fraser had been used all
her life to wear ballroom gown.
Born in Ireland, raised on a ranch
in the west, talking horse with Buffalo
Bill and now forging to the front in
the theatrical world, her life has been
full of incidents. Miss Fraser is still
young-she does not tell her age, how
ever. but she is young-and Francis
Wilson predicts she viii reach the top
of the stage ladder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
LOVES TO STRIDE HORSE.
Edith Fraser, Actress, Likes the IN
tramnaled Life of the West.

Chicago, March There is more fun
in punching cows than being an act
ress, according to the views of Miss
Edith Fraser. It may be shocking, but
Miss Fraser bows low and says: Il
would rather be astride a horses back
not on a side saddle-with a buck
skin dress and leggins, than play lead
ing parts IN grand opera"
It so happens that Miss Fraser is a
good judge of both lives. For five
years she roamed the plains of Okla
homa, taking part in round-ups, and
riding fifty miles a day just to keep
in practice. One day she went to the
play, and that was in New York. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Racing at Frisco.

san Francisco, March Close fin
ishes marked the racing at Oakland.
The weather was fine and track heavy.
In the six and half furlongs handicap
Deutschland u 100 to l shot, led most
of the way and was beaten only a
head by Princess Titania, the favorite-
The Waterhouse cup at two and a
quarter miles will be the feature of
tomorrow sport Nones, Cunard. Sid
dons and Col. Ballantyne will go to
the post. Weather clear: track heavy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
al Kanaaa Since Id Wed.

Salina. March miss Mary Belle
Daily the Kansas singer who was prais-
ed by the eastern press on her return
from Germany recently, will be married
at Los Angeles, Cal, in April to Wal
lace L. Hardison, owner of the Los An
geles Herald. Harrison is an ex-Kan-
san and was one of the founders of the
First National bank here in 1881 He
left here several years ago and went to
California where he became interested
in oil lands which have made him
wealthy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Cantillon Clainns u Chance.

Milwaukee, March Manager Can
tillon of the Milwaukee American AS
ISOLATION baseball team has put in
claim for First Baseman George La
Chance of last years Boston Ameri-
cans. He also claims Outhelder Tom
my Dowd, who last season was captain
and manager of New York State
League club, and who for this season
has the franchise for the Holyoke,
Mass club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
a Guaranteed Cure for piIas-

itching. blind, bleeding and protruding
pies NO cure no pay All druggists are
authorized by the manufacturers Of Pazo
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
NORMAL oRAroR1oAL CONTEST
E. B. Mathew Winner at the En-
poria Meeting.

Emporia, March THE annual ora
toricaI contest was held at the state
normal here last night The first prize
of $40 was won by Ernest B. Mathew.
the subject being 1.-The Nations Sacri-
fee" Clyde ". Miller won the second
prize, $40. on 1.-The Creative mind
Other contestants were Albert I.
Decker on "St. Paul" and Fred A
Taylor on "Gustavus Adolphus,'
The winning GRAFTON. "The Nations
Sacrifice was a eu1ogy Of John Brown
and was one of the most brilliant eff
forts in oratory ever made at the nor
NAL. Two of the Judges gave it a
grade of 9s. The winner, Mr.. Mathew,
VIII represent Kansas at the Interstate
contest at Normal, Illinois, in May.
The judges on delivery were G. B.
Griffith of Fort Scott, Judge VIM.
Thomson, of Bur1ingame and Prof.
w A. McKeever. of the State Agricul-
tural college
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

Semply send me this coupon or write me a pos
tai card, stating which book you need I win
bottles DR.. Shoop's Restorative. You may take
it month at my risk. If it succeeds, the cost
is $3.50. IF it fails I win pay the druggist
myself. And your mere word shall decide It.
That offer itself is the best evidence of merit
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Sends a Wireless Message.

Atehison. Kan. March THE Rev.
Father Leo of st. Benedict's monas-
terry here has made q thorough test of
wireless biography and found it to be
a success A wireless apparatus was
placed in room at one end of the
monastery and messages were success
fully sent through heavy walls to a
receiver in the opposite end OF the
monastery half a block distant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
pouble Birthdav pinner.

Galena, March 7.-Dr. Charles F. HEX
man and Mrs. G. c. Afonlux jointly eele-
brated their forty-eighth birthday an
niverssry by giving a big dinner at the
home Of 6. G. Monlux. Friday. Their
first similar celebration was q years
ago at the age of u, respectively, and
each anniversary since that time has
been observed likewise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
ArnoId,a Horaea Sold.

New Orleans, March THE horses
belonging to the racing stable of ]. J.
Arnold were sold at public auction
Friday by the sheriff and receiver to
satisfy claims against the firm. Those
bringing $500 or more were: Flintloelz,
81. 800; Ben Lear. 1926; Terra Incog-
nito, $3.50; Blanco, $50; Light Hunt,
$500 The horses, nine in number, sold
for 81 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
onera House for Cuba.

Cuba, Kas, March 7.-Traver Bros.
of this place are negotiating with the
Cuba people for the erection of a city
hall and opera house block, at a cost Of
about $500. The building will be of
stone. 40x100 feet. A good deal of the
preliminary work has already been done.
and much Of the stone has been
trimmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

coal or salt. The business men are sub
scribing literally having raised over
$1,000 already. George Gregg, who first
suggested the Clyde watermelon carni-
val, has the subscription papers, and so
far has met with encouraging success.
Application for charter will be made
at once. Indications are favorable for
both coal and OIL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Make BIG Bowling Score.

Chicago, March THE world bowling
here last night by the Empires of Chi
cago, who scored LISP points. The new
mark was made IN regular schedule
game in the Chicago league The for
Tner record was La, made in Chicago
q few weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Mcchesney Now at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, March 7.-McChes-
ney, recently purchased from Durnell
& Herr by E. Z. Smathers, has arrived
from New Orleans. McChesney is a
favorfte for the Montgomery handicap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

Mcdonald ten rounds. Abe is giving
away lots OF weight to Toy, but he has
no fear of the result, as he believes he
outc1asses him. Both Forbes and
Yanger wanted to take part in this
chow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Card for Mcdonnell Benefit.

San Francisco, March THE San
Francisco club has fixed up its card
for the Mcconnell benefit March Is by
signing Eddie Toy and Abe Attel to go
twenty rounds at 12s pounds, stMissis-
sippi" and Monte Attel six rounds, and
Tooth Pick Kelly and sMuldoon'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
Atchison Flour for London.

Atchison. March IA local milling
company received yesterday a single or
der from a merchant in London for 1000
barrels OF -four for export. The expor-
tation OF -four by Atchison mills has
been rapidly Increasing for several
Years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
What Proof e You wan ?

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

Clyde. Kas., March THE Clyde De-
Veloping company is q new enterprise,
Tor the purpose Of drilling for gas, oil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
When the Grand ClimacteriC
Period OF a W0man's Life
Arrives
Paine'sCelery
Compound
Takes Her Safely Into After-Life
Free From the Ailments and
Dangers Common to Her Sex.

Change Of life which usually comes
on between the age of forty and fifty,
is to thousands OF women a time of ser
ious constitutional disturbances The
danger time is made known by irregu-
lariIies, stomach arrangements, head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
WILL COST $4,000.
New Ice and Cold Storage Plant Is
Under Wav


Work is under way on the foundation for
the new ice and cold storage house which
Vincent Kaczynslzi, ". L. Diel-ey and 9th
ers are to erect at the northeast corner Of
First and Jackson streets this spring. The
row company has been formed by a con-
stiidation oil the Topeka ice men who pro
rose 10 cut considerable figure in the stOr-
age business in Topeka from now on. The
alst estimate Of cost fer the building was
5000 but il is anticipated that its COM
pietion viii require considerable more.
1e building viii be ready for use hy
On Thursday evening of this week it is
eSDectetl thar The bids on The new Baptist
-imr agc several bids on The construction
5. err exs alineG but rejected because all
were tee nigh II TINS second lIlStallineuI
Of bids results in the letting of the con-
tract work viii be commenced on the
church building as soon after as is prac-
cnurch IS s4e6o5. including finishing and
f.lrnfsh4nar The church has been at work
raising money for the building for the
past three or four years and expects to see
It's new building completed within the next
The only other church building so far
known to be planned for Topeka this year
is the Central church addition, the estl-
mate for Which Is ABOUT Siz,5tV ! ne KEY
Charles NJ. Sheldon's church has been one
Of the talked of things for two years or
more ana at the last annual meeting
vote TO build was carried without oppo-
There have been a number of bitches in
the plans fer the new Masonic building
which is proposed to be built next TO the
AuditoriuIr on Eighth and Quincy streets.
and it is not unlikely that there will he
several months further delay about getting
at the work. It has been agreed to put
Up q $4,000 structure but the differences
over the plans have prevented the begin
ming Of the work 1t is stated that unless
the Topeka Masons get together and put
ND a suitable office building for the &C.
commOda ton of the state officers mere,
these officials viii be moved TO Wichite.
together with the Official headquarters. at
the next annual meeting W lcnlta olIeFS
strong Inducements for the removal Work
is now in progress on the Railroad y NJ
c. A. building on East Fourth street rms
is to cost SOC. eea
Among the projected buildings upon
which work may or may not be com
menced this year are several school build
ings. including the proposed manual train
ing high school. The erection OF these de-
perds entirely upon the results of the city
election If the school bonds carry there
win be lot of work for the builders from
this source
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FEELING SAFE.
People About GreenviIIe, Mss.
Well Protected.

Greenviile. Miss. March 1.-THE river
here last night stood within one foot Of the
1897 mark. but wit ha few more days Of
sunshine and enough men to work on the
levees. the people protected by the long
line of earthworks, can feel safe from
overflow this year.
John Atkins. who has the work in charEe
at Huntington leyee, says that IL he can
get enough men the levees there can be
made to hold two more feet of water.
Should a break occur at this point g
would prove a most disastrous one, for
the great body of water il is holding would
food the whole country south and nh
GreenVille full of water in spite Of the
protection OF the levee around the city,
The water OF this point. where a force IS
at work sacking. stands on the govern r1euE
gauge n feet above the high water mark
From that point to Greenville the leYee
is in strong Condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
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