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ty ever since. He was a member of the
legislature in 1SS7-SS. being elected as
a Democrat. He also served one term
as county attorney. He was twice
Dmocratic nominee for the state SEN
ate. He was a good speaker and in
1882 he stumped the state in behalf of
The prohibition amendment to the state
constitution. Aside from being a
prominent attorney, he was a man of
marked literary attachments. He was
for many years a member of the High
land school board. He was a friend
and promoter of Highland university
and always interested in education. He
leaves one son, Joseph NJ. Seaver, who
lives north of Highland, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Ella E. Herrick and Mrs.
Jennie Jennings. both of Kansas City,
Mo.
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Comiskev CANT Have Parent.

Boston, Jan. 27.-Jimmy Collins has
arrived in town. He says about half
the Boston team have signed for next
season and he expects to sign the others
before he returns to Buffalo. He knows
their figures and anticipates no trouble
in reaching an agreement The Boston
pitchers will be the same as last year.
Doran and Criger have been signed for
catchers. Regarding a reported offer
of $4,000 by Comiskey for the release
Of Parent, Collins said: Our club is
not selling any good players like Par
emit" The team will do preliminary
work at Macon, Ga, and play four ex-
hibition games in New Orleans before
coming north to open the season in New
York.
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KANSAS news.
Baker University Enjoying I'm
usual Prosperity.
A Large Sum Annually for In
stitutiOn's Support.
HAS 1000 ENROLMENT
Ten State Methodists Prepared
to Give a Half Million.
School Well Endowed With Lab
Oratories, Libraries, Etc.

Baldwin, Kan, Jan. 27-An interest
ing story came to the surface here to-
day. Five years ago Baker university
seemed almost hopelessly in debt with
no immediate prospect but that it
would increase. But the friends of the
institution rallied and the debt was
paid in ninety days. From that time
remarkable progress has been made.
The churches in the supporting terri
tory now regularly contribute for the
current expenses a sum equal to an en-
downment of $500, 900; over $150.000 has
been added in new equipment in labora-
tories, libraries, museum, the gymnas-
jun and astronomical laboratory, the
new church and the new library build
ing to be erected at once; the total an
nual enrolment of students has in
creased from about 500 to almost 1000
this year
Recently a vigorous campaign was
outlined, looking to the further equip
nent and endowment of the university
calling for a half million dollars. AS
there are $4,000 MethOdists in the off
cial territory of Baker it was deemed
not too much to expect that, by the
right sort of effort, each church could
be persuaded to give an average of $40
per member for the endowment of
Baker. now so firmly intrenched in the
affections of the people. Conference
with pastors and leading laymen
throughout eastern Kansas led the
officials to believe the plan feasible;
it was endorsed by the board of trus-
tees and viii come up for consideration
at the annual conference in March.
The campaign is to continue through
four years, eliminating in 1903, the
hftieth anniversary of this First Col
1ege in Kansas"
But now comes the most interesting
part of the story When the campaign for
debt paying was inaugurated five years
ago assurances were given that, if the
people at large would pay the debt, mon
cy would come from other sources for
further equipment and enlargement
How generously this promise mas beel
fulfilled is indicated by the above recital
of Bakers growth. 1t is now said that
If the people at large will contribute the
half million collars for endowment as
above outlined, there are ten Kansas
Methodists who propose to duplicate tno
gifts OF the people, thus placing a mil
lion dollar endowment upon the institu-
ton. 1t has been a favOrite saying -
President AIurlin that he would II. Eer
have $1,000 people give Baker an average
OF SO each than to have a few men give
q half million. but that he wod,d much
prefer to have both methods prevail for
Bakers enrichment. These methods have
worked so successfully in the past five
years that it lends color to the story that
this is the policy outlined for the next
four years. The story is further believed
In that while President Murlin has little
TO say about it, there is air of happy
confidence in his manner when the sub
ject is mentioned in his presence.
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Snortine Notes.

Roller polo has broken out in Mil
waul1ee after a lapse of fifteen years.
Before Jockey Fuller turned to the turf
bs was a 0ei boy IN St Joseph no
The universities of Minnesota and Ne
braska will again meet on the. gridiron
next fall
Milwaukee will send at least seven s.
men teams to the Cleveland bowling tour
nament.
Jack Johnson. premier of the dark es
heavies, is now in the east looking for
bouts around Boston.
Johnny corbett, who brought out
Young Corbett will l.. help train l,a Britt Tor
Princeton university will hold its
eighth annual track and field sports for
the school athletics on April 80
Mike Ward of Detroit thinks he is
good enough to defeat Joe Cans at 14O
pounds. The two may meet soon in De-
troit.
Horace Butterworth former director of
athletics at Northwestern university,
Chicago, will accept a similar position at
Purdue university.
The University of Michigan has a rec
ord-breaking number of track and field
candidates this year. More than 100 boys
have come out for the teams
Young. Corbett and Jimmy Britt have
San Francisco, for their bout on March
IL Eddie Graney will be the referee.
William P. Bates, the. former Brown
fuilhack has been offered the position of
a star back and a good ball player.
The University of Wisconsin will invite
Georgetown, California, Pennsylvania,
Cornell and other universities to row at
Madison in a regatta at jubilee time.
The Western Golf associations annual
meeting will be held in Chicago on the
evening of March 1. The association now
has SO clubs in its membership.
Each of the last three years Michigan
has lost a good man from the football
team by sickness or DEATH 1t was Shorts
in 1901, Jones in 1902 and Cecil Gonding
in 1903.
Charley Mitchell, whom John L. Sulli-
van considered his greatest antagonist in
the prize ring, contemplates coming to
America with bunch of clever English
fighters.
Jockey Frankie O'Neill has been very
industrious and careful young man. He
has put his money away and will soon be-
come interested in the bank at Patch
Grove, Wis.
George Sutton, the Chicago billiardist.
and Maurice Vignaux, the French expert,
have been matched for a 5D0-point con-
test at 1S-inch balk line. The match has
been set for January 20 at Paris.
Columbia has accepted the invitation to
run against Pennsylvania In the four
mile relay race at the Athletic association
games on February 6. Princeton was
asked, but had no team for the event
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RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
A Controversy Over Girl Who Was
in an Industrial Home.

lola, Kas.. Jan. 27.-Lega1 steps We're
taken here to prevent Sheriff Richard
son from taking Clara Skinner. a 10
year-o1d girl, back to the girls reform
school at Beloit. The sheriff had the
girl at the train when her lawyer Sc
cured her signature to a petition ask
ing writ of habeas corpus. There was
q hurried teleDhOning for county OIL
GERS and the coroner to serve the writ
but in the meantime the sheriff left the
Missouri Pacific depot for the Santa Fe
depot. The girls lawyer, thinking they
had gone east on a street car to meet
the train, boarded the train with the
coroner and went to La Harpe. six
miles east of here to find that he had
been given the slip. The two hurried
back on a car and reached the Santa
Fe depot just as the passenger train
went south with the sheriff and the girl
on board. The lawyer for the girl says
the sheriff exceeded his authority and
threatens to bring contempt proceed
ings against him.
An interesting feature of the case is
that the girl asserts she has finished her
was sent for her return to her mother
here. but instead she was sent to OF
tawa, where she was employed as do
nestle. The girl disliked the work and
January Il ran away and came here.
She also charges that an effort was
made to poison her mind against her
mother, but that the latter offers her
a good home and the privilege of at
tending school, which Offer her step
father seconds. The girls mother for
merly was Mrs Mary E. Haven. OF
Lawrence, and seems to be living now
with her third husband. The sheriff
could not be seen. but it is said he
says the girl was sent to the Allen
home only on parole and that she broke
it by running away and coming here.
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NEW ORLEANS TURF TALK.
Street, Leads Winning Owners and
Phillips the Jockeys.

New Orleans, La, Jan. 27-Through
the victory of Port Royal in the Cotton
selling stakes on Saturday DR.. Street,
moved to the head of the class in the
list of winning owners.
Street, has been something of a wiz
ard here. His horses have shown class
of which they had not been previously
suspected. Port Royal had started only
twice at the meeting and had won his
first start, but not in company like that
he met in this race. 1t seemed no great
stretching of odds to quote such long
price as rs to l against him. Dartic-
ularly when Street, made no secret
of the fact that he expected little or
nothing from his horse in this race.
The race brought about the ratifica-
ton of the peace treaty between STREET.
and Charles Robbins, the father of the
jockey who was engaged to do the
stable riding here. When Street, sub
stituted Higgins for Robbins on the
occasion of Port ROYALS first start
Robbins senior declared war 1t was
only after the most AFFECT apologies
and promises never to offend in like
manner in the future that the elder
Robbins agreed to let his boy take up
his regular stable duties again.
Next to Street,, Sam Hildreth has
been the biggest winner of purses.
Close behind him is Charley Ellison.
H Phillips still leads the Jockeys in
the number of winning mounts. He
now has forty-one victories to his credit
and in his present form bids fair to
make his record better than that of
Fuller or Coburn. who were at the ton
of the list last year and the previous
year. w. Fisher is second on the list
but Fisher has gone back to a great
degree from the form that marked his
work in the first days of the meeting
He has twenty-eight winning mounts
to his credit. Robbins comes next with
twenty-five.
The new arrangement of employing
two regular starters on the eastern
4 fra ri nr0h9 blxr "a
| for another starter at the Memphis
meeting. It is now almost certain that
Fitzgerald will be called upon to take
up his work on the eastern tracks much
earlier than in former years. This will
prevent his officiating at Memphis
Heretofore Cassidy. who will alternate
with Fitzgerald. has done all the work
/ at Bennings and Aqueduct-
William Murray. who has been rec
commended by Fitzgerald, probably will
1 be appointed by the Memphis Jockey
club. Murray has had considerable
experience. and has already resigned
4 his position as assistant to Fitzgerald
with the idea that he will be appointed
on one or more of the western tracks.
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Patanta Issued Kansans.

Washington, Jan. 27-These patents
have been issued: Kansas-Elmer V.
Allen. Hiawatha, washing machine;
Eli NJ Clark, Sycamore, brick kiln
furnace; Alpheus M. Cox, -Haviland,
wind wheel; Thomas A. Sechler. Fort
Scott, truck ladder; Frederick G. Win
mex, Holton, wagon pole.
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Overwhelming for Roosevelt.

kansas City, Jan PA Republican
primary election held here to select
ielgates to the convention that will
choose Jackson county's delegates to
the Republican convention at Chicago,
resulted in an overwhelming indorse-
ment for the president and his admin
istration There were two contesting
delegations, one instructed for Roose-
Welt and the other uninstructed. and
the Roosevelt delegation received at
least so per cent. of the total vote
cast
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Small Fire at Newman.

Perry, Kan, Jan. 27.-The dry goods
and grocery store of E. c. CARING
house at Newman, four miles west of
Perry on the Union Pacific railroad
burned early today. The building and
it's contents were totally destroyed. The
post office and railroad and express off
ces also occupied the building. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The loss
Is about s., 600.
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Masonic Home Committee Meets.

Wichita, Kan, Jan 27.-The board Of
directors of the State Masonic home is
in session here. Only routine work was
done the first day. but during the meet
ing the board will pass upon plans for
the proposed new building and decide
whether it shall be built during the
coming year. 1t is to cost S20, 000 Plans
have been submitted by a Kansas City
architect. Among the Masons here are
Bestor G. Brown of Topeka, David B.
Fuller of Eureka, Thomas G. Fitch,
Emma W. Port and H. c. LOOMS, Win
field, Alexander A. Sharp, Larned, and
L C. PostIethwaite. Jewell
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Racing at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 27.-Long
shots had another inning at Ascot ana
but one favorite got first money. Au-
tumn Time took the first race at 10 to
l. There We're IA horses in the race
and the start was bad. ORA Bernays,
the red-hot favorite, failed to be up to
the front at any stage. Brown Study
won the 2-year-old dash from Azelina,
the favorite, covering the three fur
longs in 1864 and lowering the track
record by one-fourth of a second.
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oolumbus Attorneys Exonerated.

Columbus, Kan, Jan. 27.-The COM
mittee appointed to investigate the con-
duct of Attorneys c. A. MCNEIL and
Charles Stephens with reference to their
employment by parties charged with
violating the prohibitory liquor law, re-
ported to the entire bar yesterday after
noon. Both gentlemen were exonerated.
The bar adopted the report of the COM
mittee generating them. Their friends
are pleased at the outcome. Forty-one
members of the bar were present and
the matter was thoroughly gone over,
and the result is a complete vindication
Of Nessrs. Mcneil and Stephens.
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Death of B. a. seaver.

Highland, Kan, Jan. 27-B. A.
Seaver, one of the most prominent
members of the bar in this judicial dis
trict is dead at his home, one-half mile
north of Highland. His death was the
result of heart disease, though he had
been in failing health for the past three
years He came to Doniphan county,
Kansas, from Mount Sterling. Ky, in
1872. and has practiced law in the coun-
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lite but failed to get any of the money.
Mendon, a 3-year-old, finished strong
and won by a head from Soothsayer,
while Jockey Club was third. Atwood,
well played by stable connections, took
the seven furlongs race. Sad Sam was
regarded as a good thing in the last
race but Jane Holly, an to 1 chance,
beat him in a drive. The weather was
clear and the track fast
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Gornev and Rogers Bound over.

Paola, Kan, Jan. 27-The preliminary
hearing of Charles Gorney and Thomas
Rogers, accused of breaking into the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway sta
ton and blowing open the safe in
Louisburg, Kan, January IS, was held
before Justice I. L. Kent here. They
were bound over to the next term of
the district court in the sum of 1850
each
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rier Aristotle C. Black, substitute Olive
Black; Downs, carrier Edward Y. Han
by, substitute Frank NJ. Handy; Dwight,
carrier Frank P. Crowell, substitute
Fred P. Crowell; Harrington, carrier
Asbury c. Lower, substitute Oscar f.
Lower Michigan Valley, carrier Gail
V. Louk, substitute Linus ?. LOuk;
Osborne, carrier Elmer Dobbin, substi-
tute Charles L. Lochard; Wells, carrier
Jonathan D. Todd, substitute Harry G.
Todd; Wilsey, carrier Ora G. Otis, sub
stitute Tom c. Melvin
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RACING at New orleana.

New Orleans. Jan 27-Falkland,
which scored c1everly in the second
race, was the only winning favorite.
Stonewall, in winning the fifth race,
clipped nearly four seconds off the
track record, covering the mile and
three-quarters at 3:O1 As. The weather
was cloudy and cool, but the track was
fast.
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Defeat for Milwaukee Bowlers.

Chicago, Jan. PA picked Chicago
team defeated the Milwaukee team, wn.ch
came here to meet the AIl-Chicasos. by
e pms t gefiflng tW9 out dI II tnrea games
nc locals AMI Brown and Carroll two
Newspaper League men, were substituted.
the third game. when they went to pieces.
Sam Kind was in the best form of the
Milwaukee team, although he failed to
hold the local anchor. W. Y. Thompson,
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Funeral of Col. Weldv.

Galena, kan, Jan. 27-Colonel L. c.
Weldy was buried from Sapp's theater
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. 1t
was probably the largest funeral ever
held in this city, the large auditorium
being crowded, while many waited be-
low the stairs unable to gain an en-
trance. The uniformed rank knights of
Pythias had charge of the services.
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Destroying American Property.

San Domingo, Jan. Pit is learned
here that the insurgents are destroying
American property in Santo Domingo,
consequently the U. s. cruiser Column
bia left here for San Pedro Marcoris
to protect American interests there, the
American consul at San Pedro having
telegraphed Minister Powell advising
him of the necessity of the cruisers
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McClelland Issues a Challenge.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 27.-Before leav-
ing for Kansas City to fight kid
Herman the latter part of the week
Jack McClelland issued a sweeping
challenge to the feather weight fight
ers of the world, no one barred, not
even colored- McClelland says he has
ample backing. He is in good condi-
ton.
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Racing at Oakland.

met with disaster at Oakland. MY
Surprise was the only one to land and
she closed equal choice with Puss in
Boots. The featureAWas the mile and a
sixteenth race in which some clever
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Harvard is still a matter of doubt the
management refuses to discuss the
matter. The undergraduates, however,
are eager to play Harvard in Cam
bridge this year and in Ithaca the fol-
lowing year, thus alternating with
Princeton.
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Wastarn Postmastera.

Washington, Jan. 27.--These postmas-
tiers have been appointed:
Arkansas-Bledsoe, Lee county, Frank
0. Love, vice Newton l. Lee, dead
Indian Territory-Lenapah, Cherokee
nation, John E. White, vice William E.
Twichell, removed.
Kansas-Aetna, Barber county, David
Gray, vice w. S. Richardson, removed.
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oldest New Hampshire Woman Dead

New York, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Katherine
Kendall Steele. the oldest woman in
New HAMPSHIRE and cousin of Presi-
dent Franklin Pierce is dead at her
home. Lvndesboro. N. H. She was 103
years old. One of the events of her life
was her meeting with Lafayette at
Concord in 1924.
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presence, and saying also that other
foreign countries We're imperiled. The
government is unable to afford Drotec-
ton. Certain American sugar estates
at San Pedro are considered to be espe-
cially threatened, as they are some dis
lance from the town and without pro-
lection.
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10 cure a cold in One DE-

Take LaXdlIVe BrOno (Ufnine tabIers AN
druggists refund money If it fails to cure.
E. w Groves signature on each box. 25c-
Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema, or other torturing skin dis
eases No need for it. Doan.s ONT
ment cures. Can't harm the most DELI
cate skin. At any drug store. so cents.
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Cornell and Columbia Date Fixed.

Ithaca. n. Y, Jan. 27.-The Cornell
and Columbia football teams VIII meet
this year in New York city on Novern-
Der II. 1t is also understood the
Princeton team will this year come to
Ithaca October %. Whether Cornell
will succeed in arranging game with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-20
TOWN.. IOWA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1901

no objections to such combinJ n,
providing the national board had5 W
er to makes the rates. Dolliver t. ght
that bill of that kind could be pass
ed in congress. 1t doesn't matter if
the roads do combine said Robinson
afterwards. If the commission has the
power to fix the rates."
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, has
been invited to come into Iowa to
speak for the republican ticket. 1t IS
related here that it is all a mistake
about Spooner being the prime i'm
stigator of the Wisconsin bolt, and he
is really much misrepresented in this
matter. The story told is that Sena-
tor Spooner did not want to bolt, but
wanted the convention to stand by the
republican governor after he had been
nominated He did not want to go to
the national convention as bolter.
Just then he was called to Milwaukee
and into the office of the manager OF
the leading railroad of Wisconsin and
told that he must join with Quarles
and Cook and Schofield in the bolt
from the convention. He must either
do this or suffer defeat at the hands
Of those who had kept him in office.
Accordingly he decided that he would
join the boilers, but 1T was reluctant
ly done. He and Governor LaFollette
are said to be not on speaking terms
at all. If LaFollette wins the election
and has the legislature back of him it
is believed he will certainly go to the
senate himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-20
Rns HITS LIBRARY BOARD.
Writes Sarcastic Letter Regardin
Council Bluffs Boards Action.

Writes Sarcastic Letter Regarding
Council Bluffs Boards Action.
,pecial to Times Republican
Council Bluffs, Oct. 20.-In reply to
he action of the Council Bluffs demo-
ratio public library board in refusing
20 buy copy of Jacob Riis' Theodore
Roosevelt, the Citizen" for the library,
.lairning that the book was partisan,
Ir. Riis has written to the editor of
he Dansk Folktidende, local Danish
,aper, a letter in which he says in
oart:
New York, Oct. 17.-Will you kind
ly give my regards to the democrats on
your library board, who learn from
The newspapers, threw out my book on
Roosevelt, for fear it would help elect
Roosevelt. No help is needed to do
hat, but if any We're needed they have
given him, and incidentally the book
i, very able lift.
"All thru the east Roosevelt's
friends are laughing at them and the
Parker champions are grinding their
teeth. It was only yesterday that Mr..
Yryan administered his left handler to
the ticket in Nebraska, and here comes
vol1r library board in the same busi-
aess.
more power to their elbows I pre-
sumo it must be with the elbows they
nick out books for their library unless
they do it with their hoofs Most truly
yours, ]. A. R1lS."