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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-09


and the Winfield officers. who followed
the pair and confronted them in the
room.
Here occurred the words of Mrs. Raj
ston which caused the suit Assistant
County Attorney Cunningham listened
to their stories and decided that no
crime had been committed in Cowley
county and no arrests were made.
DR.. Ralston says that Mrs. Ralston
has made him a great deal of trouble
since their marriage, following and
nagging him to the limit of endur-
ance- He says she began divorce pro-
ceedings once before and afterWard
dismissed them He says there is not
a word of truth in the statement that
Mrs Ralston has any letters he ever
wrote to Miss Plummer. He says the
whole story from beginning to end is
false. except that part OF it which took
place under the eyes of the officers in
Winfield.
Miss Plummer says she met the
doctor at Geuda Springs when she was
taking trea tment for rheumatism, and
that ne was her physician. The only
times she ever met him was in pro-
fessional capacity. She did not know
he was married until Mrs. Ralston told
her SO. and she told Mrs. Ralston that
she did not love the man and would
have nothing more to do with him.
She went to Winfield to visit friends.
DR.. RalstOn has often been in Arkan-
sas CITY, and is well known here.
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SUIT oVER or LAND.
A Valuable Farm Near Independence
in Litigation.

Independence, Kan, Dec. 9-The Re
porter says: The papers were filed in dis
trict court here for suit that promises
to be a big one. 1t is entitled Charles T.
Behrens, John A Behrens, Anna L. Por-
ter and Matte A. Jones VS.. William
O'Keefe. A. B. Wicher and the Plymouth
Oil company.
The suit involves the O'Keefe eighty
acre tract three and a half miles SOUTH
west of town, of little value year or two
ago, but now of great value, it is
right in the heart Of a well developed oil
field and has two or three oil wells on it
The land formerly belonged to John H
Behrens, who died insolvent at Plymouth
Qnd9 some years ago. In due course Of
law the land was sold by his administers
tor and was purchased in 1896 by William
O'Keefe of Plymouth, who afterwards
also purchased all of the interest of the
widow. which under the Kansas laws, is
one-half.
Mr.. O'Keefe recently organized the
Plymouth Oil company which proceeded
to develop the land and thereupon the
four children of Mr.. and Mrs. Behrens
bring suit to recover their claims on some
irregularities in the proceedings.
o. P. Ergehbright filed suit for tile
heirs and as J. B. ziegler has been at
tending to Mr.. O'Keefe's business, he will
look after the defense. As the. present
and prospective value of the land is very
great the suit is one of interest.
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FOOTBALL AT HARVARD.
Athletic Committee Answers Faculty
of Arts and Science.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec 9.-The ath-
letic committee of Harvard university,
which was asked by the faculty OF arts
and science to report whether the blg
college football contests should be dis
continued, reported today that such &C
ton is not advisable at present The
report says in part:
The question was discussed by the
general committee and also a conference
was arranged between prominent foot
ball coaches and former members or the
football team and the committee itself
A full and frank discussion followed. in
which were stated the objections to the
game which had been made at the
meeting of the faculty.
The consensus of opinion was, to the
effect that the game had improved IN
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DO NOT WEAR A LONG FACE.
1t Is a Great Handicap In All Business
and Social Relations.

The man who looks as if he had lost
his last friend is in no danger of being
crushed by the jam of new ones unless
he cheers up" People are not going
out of their way nowadays to associate
with the man of mournful and melan-
choly appearance. They are afraid he
will tell them his troubles and they steer
clear of him as they all have plenty of
their own.
The most universal cause of the for
lorn and hopeless appearance today is
dyspepsia 1t units a man for every
duty of life and causes him to become
respondent and gloomy and necessarily
his looks do not belle his feelings. He
appears cast down and detected and be-
comes a burden to himself and human
ity in general.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
dyspeptic's certain relief. They do the
work that his stomach is unable to do
and by relieving that organ of its bur-
dens, permit it to regain its health and
strength and again become active and
useful in its functions. They contain
all the essential ingredients that enter
into the digestive fluids and secretions
of the stomach and they actually take
up the work and do it just as a healthy,
sound stomach would.
BY this means a man can go right
ahead with his work and eat enough to
keep him in proper working condition.
His system is not deprived OF its neces-
sary nourishment as 1t is in the case OF
the starvation cure" or the employ
ment of some of the first class chicken
foods now on the market. Starvation,
even if it were good thing, could not
be continued long enough to effect a
cure, for a disordered and wornout
stomach is not going to become strong
and healthy in two or three days.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act nat
urally because they contain natural di-
gestives. The principal component parts
are aseptic pepsin, malt diastase and
other ingredients with like properties
| that do the work regardless of the con-
dition of the stomach. There is no I'M
natural or violent disturbance of the
digestive organs as the result of their
action. In fact. the existence of the
stomach is entirely forgotten as soon as
/ they have had time to begin their oper-
atoms. They also possess very cura-
| tive and healing properties and assist
the stomach in getting well, while re
| lieving it of it's work. They perform tbs
| duties of both nurse and physician
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are fol
sale by all druggists at SO cents boz
and there is very little danger of an.
| druggist trying to sell you something
| else in it's place that is Just as good
They are so well established and have
done so much good in the world tina
| their name has become a household
| word: so the usual warning, .Accep
no substitute" is unnecessary in tn
case Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
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DIR. Shops
RHEUMATIC CURE
Costs Nothing If 1t Fails.

Any honest person who suffers from
rheumatism is welcome to this offer. For
years I searched everywhere to find a
specific for rheumatism For nearly 20
years worked to this end. At last, in
Germany, my search was rewarded. /
found a costly chemical that did not dis
appoint me as other rheumatic prescrip-
tons had disappointed physicians every
where.
I do not mean that DR.. Shops Rheu-
matte Cure can turn bony joints into flesh
again. That Is impossible. But it will
drive from the blood the poison that
causes pain and swelling and then that
Is the end of rheumatism. 1 know this so
well that I will furnish for a full month
my rheumatic cure on trial. I can not
cure all cases within a month. It would
be unreasonable to expect that. But most
cases will yield within 80 days. This trial
treatment will convince you that DR..
Shops Rheumatic Cure is a power
against rheumatism-a potent force
against disease that is Irresistible
Ny offer is made to convince you of my
faith. Ny faith is but the outcome of ex-
perience-of actual knowledge. 1 know
what 1t can do. And I know this so we'll
that I will furnish my remedy on trial
Simply write me a postal for my book on
rheumatism 1 will then arrange with a
druggist in your vicinity that you can
secure six bottles of DR.. Shoop's Rheu-
take II a full month on trial If If sue
ceeds the cost to you is $3.50. If IL fails
the loss is mine and mine alone. 1t viii
be left entirely to you. 1 mean that ex.
actly. If you say the trial is not satisfac.
tory don't expect a penny from you.
have no samples. Any mere sample
that can affect chronic rheumatism mus
be drugged to the verge OF danger. I US,
no such drugs for it is dangerous to tax,
Them You must get the disease out O.
the blood. My remedy does that even il
the most difficult, obstinate cases. It hai
cured the oldest cases that I q M
in all of my experience. in all of my 200
tests, I never found another remedy tina
would cure one chronic case in ten.
Write me and Will send you the book
Try my remedy for a month. for il can
harm you anyway. If it fails the loss Il
mine.
Address Dr. Shoop, Box 729, Racine, Wis
Mild cases not chronic are often cures
by one OF two bottles. At all druggists.
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HANLoN AND CoRRErr
Will Furnish the Next Contest Be-
tween Little Men at Frisco.


tween Little Men at Frisco.
San Francisco, Dec. 9.-Little men
will furnish d contest here on Decem-
Der 20. and the best little men in the
land are on the card to do the mill
ing" They are Young Corbett (Wil-
out of Denver and licked Terry Nc
Govern. of Brooklyn, twice, and Eddie
Hanlon. the California boy, who first
took draw and then. after great
combat. a decision from Benny Yam
ger. the ''Tipton Slasher," of Chicago.
The bows had 20 rounds of trouble
before, with Hanlon having just a
shady shade on the champion. The
referee said draw at the time, but
afterward stated that he would have
ruled in favor of the native son but
for the fact that the featherweight
championship would have been stripped
from Corbett had judgment been
The boxers are on the card to come
together in the Mechanics pavilion, the
place where San Francisco holds all of
its important fights. They have agreed
to weigh 120 pounds at o'clock on the
day of their engagement. Both lads
ought to meet this notch without
hurting themselves. but of the two the
process of reducing will fall the harder
on the Coloradoan. He generally man.
ages to stick on fat when at leisure.
and in training is always a little wor-
ried until he sees the scales and gets
past the weighing-in ceremony. 1t is
admitted on all sides that the cham
pion was not in the best of shape in
the ring with HanIon the last time,
and so he narrowly escaped defeat. 1t
was only a magnificent show of boxing
generalshiD and an admira BILE ability
to stay with the game that saved the
Denver boy a beating. Had Hanlon
known how good he Hanlon) was on
that night the chances are that the
coming fun would have been the Gold
en- Westerner defending the champion
ship and Corbett inside the ropes try
ing to recover lost prestige.
This trip Corbett will be tuned up to
the minute, and he will need to be, too,
for the younger lad is a whole stack
better than he was before and will
exchange .wallops with thousand per
cent. more confidence. Besides carry
ing two fists, which are always con-
cealing the knockout drops, Corbett
wears a very wise head. 1t is pretty
safe guessing that he about figures that
he is up against the hardest job he
has yet tackled, and that he will be as
good as he can get on the night OF the
contest IS as sure as four aces.
Hanlon is quiet little man who
has very little to say for publication.
He was turning his "three per- over
TO his parents until. he whipped a
couple that were considered good ones
and was forced to realize that there
was money in his punches.
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A NEW JOB FOR FITz.
Rumor That sLanky Bob" Is to Train
Minnesota Eleven.

st. Paul Mimi. Dec. Bob Fitzsim-
mons, trainer of the Minnesota football
team, is the proposition of the Mimi
esota athletic authorities. A member
of the football squad asserts that
''Lanky Bob has been in correspond
ence with the Gopher management. Ac-
cording to this information RED Rob-
ert'' has offered to undertake the task
of conditioning Gopher athletes for $3,-
600 per year.
While positive confirmation cannot
be obtained, the fact that the Mimi
esota authorities have been dickering
with "Fitz" cannot be denied. Fitz-
simmons is comparatively ignorant of
football training and might find it
tougher task than he anticipated to
keep thirty young fellows in condition
for a hard game three months in each
year. If the deal is closed it is pre-
sumed "Fitz" will also be boxing in
structor at the state university during
the college year.
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Corbett Rounding Into Condition.

San Francisco, Dec. 9.-Harry Tuthill
is pleased with the appearance of
Young Corbett. He says Corbett is in
much better condition than when he
was here before. you don't see fat on
him now, do your" said Harry. "He
has fought SO often lately he has
Kept in good condition, and he won t
need much work to get in shape for
Hanlon. I think the work will be light
for few days. Corbett goes on the
road every morning, sometimes through
the park, and when it is not too cold
he runs along the beach Corbett did
his first boxing today. When asked
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MAHER IS YET IRISH.
Gets New Knockout When After
Naturalization Papers.

Philadelphia, Dec. 9.-Peter Maher,
pugilist, had a run in with United States
Commissioner Craig and got all the
worst of it. The battle was over the
question whether Peter should have
naturalization papers.
How is a president elected?'' asked
the commissioner.
Peter countered. by a great ma
jority," he replied.
do you lenow any good about the
constitution? If so, tell me-
MY constitution is excellent re-
sponded Peter, with a smile. Il am as
fit as a fiddle
The bout ended with a knockout for
Peter and he will remain Irish. His
application was rejected.
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New Players for Milwaukee,.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 9.-Four new
players, all of them said to be able to
deliver the goods, have been signed by
Manager Joe Cantillon of the Milwau-
are Percy Buckwater of Kansas and
William K. Hoster of the New York
State league. Third Baseman Hankey
of the Decatur team in the three-I
league and Pitcher Bateman of the
Texas league. Manager Cantillon ar
rived in Milwaukee today to confer
with President Havenor- and also to
start the money press on its tour of
turning out advance funds for bah
nIaverS
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JOE CANS DEFEATED.
Sam Langford Easily outpoints Him
at Boston.

Boston, Dec 9-Sam Langford, a col
ored pugilist from Cambridge, last night
defeated Joe Cans of Baltimore, the
lightweight champion of the world, in
a 15-round bout at the Criterion Ath-
letic club in this city. Although Lang
ford won the decision. he was not
awarded the world lightweight cham
pionship, as he was two pounds over
weight. Langford became aggressive in
the fourth round, and in his blocking
and footwork outclassed Cans.
In the last eight rounds he had prac-
tically all of the honors. He landed
many hard blows, while Cans seldom
found the Cambridge man.
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Racing at New Orleans

New Orleans, Dec. -9.-Four favorites,
two of which were. odds-on in the bet
ting. won at Crescent City track The
defeat of Big Ben and RainIand, both
heavily backed at short prices, helped
to even up the score for the books
The racing was tame. After the second
race a light shower fell. and for the
remainder of the day the track was
slippery and slow. Two carloads of
horses arrived from Bennings and three
more are on the way.
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Items from Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Kas., Dec. 9.-Roy
Payne, a young man living east of
MINNEAPOLIS. had the misfortune to
lose portion of his left foot by the
accidental discharge of his shotgun.
Mr. A. ]. Cleveland, of the Mime
apolis foundry, has taken a partner.
Mr.. Grim Thompson is the man. Mr..
Thompson has moved his family to this
city and become a citizen.
J. c. Cline, formerly editor of the
ottawa County Index, has changed his
line of business and is running a sec
ond-hand store. He has bought the
stock of goods of Frank White, and
now has his sign out, secondhand
stOra''
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Kansas Rural Carriers.

washington Dec. 9.-These rural
carriers have been appointed: Kansas
-Dorrance. regular, Samuel Joy; SUBJ
stitute, Frederick d. Joy. Lucas, reg
ular, Andrew J. Francis; substitute,
Carl Francis. Smith Center. regular,
George B. Morgan; substitute Frank L.
Morgan. Waldo, regular, Ernest s.
Pangburn; substitute, Elmer ]. Pang-
burn. Oberlin, regular, Jerry Cook:
substitute, Charles D. Cook. Junction
City. regular, Freeman H. Parkerson;
substitute, Frank Jennings
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many of it's features in recent years,
that the feeling between opposing
teams, and particularly between Har-
ward and Yale, was of a friendly nature
and that an effort should be made to
modify certain apparently Objectionable
features.
THE committee ventures to express
the opinion that the game of football is
only one of many distractions in COL
legt life and that there is no evidence
that its abolition would necessarily turn
the attention of students to more seri-
Gus purSlIitS"
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WAS THIS MAN MURDERED P
@. n. Willes, Farmer, mysteriously
Missing from Junction City.

Junction City, Kan, Dec. "a cane
and gloves belonging to c. H. Willes, a
farmer living in the southern part of
this county, were found on the Smoky
Hill river bridge south of here Tuesday.
Willes left town late Monday in a bug
gy for his home. The horse went home
but nothing has been seen of Mr.. Willes
since he left. Tracks on the bridge in
Dictated that Mr.. Willes had a fight with
two or more persons. His cane was
broken in two pieces and on the handle
there was a blood stain.
The authorities think the man was
the victim of thugs who robbed him and
then threw his body into the river.
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Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco, Dec. s.-The sport of
Oakland was marked by another dis
qualification. E. M. Brattain, favorite
for the fifth race, beat Martimas a
neck, but he interfered with him near
the finish and the claim of foul made
by Otis was allowed. The judges placed
E. M. Brattain last. Weather fine;
track fast.
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Grange Meeting in Arkansas City.

Arkansas City, Kan, Dec. The thirty
second annual meeting of the Kansas
State Grange opened in Arkansas City
with a large attendance of delegates
from all parts of the state. E. w. West
gate, master Of the State Grange, de-
Iivered his annual address at the morn
ing session. The meeting will last three
days and the visitors will be entertain
ed by the city. They will be taken out
to the Chilocco Indian schools this
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Rano County Fair

Hutchinson, Kan, Dec. 9.-The Gen.
trail Kansas Fair association, which or
ganization gave a fair this year, held
the annual meeting Tuesday and elected
H. S. Thompson as president, and A.
L. Sponsler secretary.
The capital stock was increased to 800.
shares and a stock dividend of 100 per
cent declared
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New Oil Find at carlton.

Chanute, Kan, Dec. Sword has been
received from carlton by Mr.. Detwiler
that IS feet of oil sand had been struck
in the carlton Oil company's well on the
Harry Brown farm just north of Earl :
ton. The well is said to have made a good
showing of oil.
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Equal sufragists in Abilene.

Abilene, Kas., Dec. 9.-The state equal
suffrage convention opened two
days session here last evening. Miss
Helen Kimber presided and presented
the presidents address. Mrs. Kate APP
plington, of Council Grove, spoke on
Legislative Halls" Only few dele
gates from outside of the city were
present.
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Patents issued Kansans.

Washington, Dec. s-These patents
have been issued; Kansas F.
Boas, Colby. jewel setter; Samuel Bre-
dahl, Powha ttan. pillow handle; Charles
ment for grain binders; Benjamin H.
O1dfield, Leavenworth, vehicle tongue
support; james l. Stamper, Meade,
combined rein holder and guide.
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nard; vice president, Dora Brown; sec
rotary, c. M. Porter; assistant secre-
tary, J. E. Shinn; treasurer, B. C. Nc
Question. The association decided to CO.
operate with the Ottawa Chautauqua
assembly on formers day next year.
The last fair cleared nearly $1,000.
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dislocate a mans jaw. Or. a blow
with sufficient forca could undoubtedly
affect his neck or disable him in many
other ways. knocked out both Fftz-
simmons and Corbett in their first bat
tie with me. But in each they We're
pretty far gone when landed the
knockout, and it did not require a very
forcible blow to do the trick.
JAMES J. JEFF'RIES.'
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Implement Dealers in winfield.

Wichita, Kas., Dec. 9.-The Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma Hardware and
Implement Dealers association met
here Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Baum
stark, of Harper, presided.
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A FLOOD SUIT FILED.
Beloit Merchants Say the q. P. Did
Not Deliver a Shipment.

Beloit. Kas.. Dec. s.-McCaI Bros. &
Linville's department store has filed
suit in Judge G.. B. Scanland's court for
$21O against the Union Pacific railway
company for goods shipped during the
June foods. The consignment is said
never to have reached the store of the
MA infiffs
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Yanaer pafeats Murphv.

Chicago, Dec. 9-Benny Yanger of
Chicago knocked out Hughey, Murphy
in the third round of a six round go
here last night Murphy put up poor
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GOOD Job in the Philinninaa.

]. M. Ellis of NortonviIle has an i'm
portant position in the supervisors Of
pine islands. He is superintendent Of
bridges and buildings over most of the is
of Nortonville. Originally he enlisted -
private in the army.-Atchison Globe.
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New 1oo-Rarral Wall.

Arkansas City, Kan. Dec. 9.-An oil
company of this city received word
a 100-barrel well has been brought in
by them.
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Kansas Rural Routas.

Washington, Dec. 9.-These rural
routes have been ordered established
January Is: Kansas-Dillon, Dickinson
county one route; area covered, q
square miles; population, 416. Hope,
Dickinson county, two routes; area COW
cred, SO square miles; population, 816.
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want Suspended Pupils restored.

ottawa, Kan, Dec. 9.-Mandamus ac-
ton has been filed in the district court
to compel the Ottawa board of educa-
ton to reinstate Fred W. Brinkerhoff in
the ottawa high school. Brinkerhon
and five others were recently suspended
for characterization.
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peath Of aKing,, solomon.

mon, an aged negro who has lived here
since the '70s, was killed in the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe yards here
Tuesday by the caboose of a freight
train.
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Football at Winfield.

Winfield, Kan, Dec 9.-The Winfield
Reds and Ell Dorado football team play
ed here Tuesday. the Reds winning by
score of s to o.
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what Corbett weighs Tuthill said he
was or pounds over his ring weight
now and there was no worry at all
about his getting down to the stipulated
figure, 12S pounds.