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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

Our illustration Is from the
importing establishment III
the only man that ships Stall
lions by Special Train load;
from a man that sells more
stations individually than
any other five importers Ia
America; from an importer Of
Stations that leads and others
follow; q business man that
does business ON business
principles. He believes In
giving the buyers the middle
men'sprOfits, allc0mmissiOns,
and pays no high priced
Con statesmen for slick"
work. He handles only first
class horses of real merit and
Gilt Edge breeding or the
largest size, big bone, and
best quality. Such Is Frank
lams, st. Paul, Nebraska.
Ialns Sopin (44536) Black
Perchsron A Years Old
VT 1910 lbs
A smooth, thick stallion Of
even proportions, an extra
ordinary individual of hne
merit, OF fine form; q Stallion
OF fine finish, a "SensationRl
mover: In fact, a real Kansas
cyclone in motion. He lisa
real draiter In every sense OF
the word. One OF those
'wide-as-a. wagon" sort; a
real Low Down Dutehman,'
with two good ends and q
middle; with everything thnt
goes to make d first-clASs
drafter. He Is only q fair
sample OF 100 Stations now
III Iams barns, reserved tor
spring trade. He Is making
a horse show every day that
Is worth going 100 miles to
see. He Is selling these Black
Diamonds" at zoe on the dol
lar, compared to those that
are being sold to Stock Com
panies. He guarantees til sell
you a much better stallion for
$1,000 and 81, 800 than are sold
to these Stock Companies
for $500 to 5000. Every
one OF these Stations
must positively be sold BY
June fst. He has barns full
OF big bargains. Ii you Will
visit Iams and inspect his
horses, you will see that he
Is a hot advertiser but that
his horses are much better
than he advertises and better
than the pictures In his great
catalog, and that half Of the
good things regarding Iauls
and his horses, have not been
told, and If you can pay cash
or give a bankable note, You
will sure do business before
you leave him. 4 visit To his
place will show you more
first class Stations than are
owned by any one man In
America. II will show You
his mode and manner OF feed
ing, breeding and taking
care of his horses and Is one
OF the best educators to any
man In the stock business.
for a little money that you
could invest. Visit Iams the
horse man, or II you cannot
write for the greatest horse
catalog in America.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
Ierry okIa.

We know q man with flya children
anu nine horses. and although be does
NOT know the birthday of a sinkla
child. he can tell the exact date of
birth az each Of his niue horses.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

are the boundaries of the world, or il
there is anything outside of those
boundaries, it is not worth consider
ing.
Our courts are farces in more ways
than one. The trial of the hoy BAN
dts Of Chicago after each one o.
them had confessed to one or more
murders, cost the city 100000, and
there is one more of them to try yet.
The war news this week has been as
follows: The Japanese have taken
Port Arthur. The Japanese have not
taken Port Arthur. There was fight
on the river Yalu and the Russians
captured 1900 Japanese. There was
no fight on the Yalu river at all. The
guns on the sunken Russian battle
ships Reizvizan and Czarovitch have
been taken off and mounted on the
shore batteries. No guns have been
removed from the Reizvizan and Gar
oyitch. The Russian gunboat Skori
was sunk by floating mine near the
mouth of the harbor off Port Arthur
left there by the Japanese. The SkCri
was not sunk and all on board are
well. No damage was done to Port
Arthur by the frequent naval bonn
bardments. Port Arthur was set on
lire, several of the land forts were
blown up, 365 persons were killed and
several Russian officers committed sui
eide after enduring the stress Of the
awful conditions for several days.
there was naval fight off Dalney.
There was no naval fight off Dalney.
The sound OF guns was caused by tar
get practice by the japanese. The
latest news is to the effect that the
whole Japanese feet has been bonn
harding Port Arthur again ard no
contradiction Of the statement has
been sent. The above is a full sum-
mary OF all the news Of the Asiatic
war received during the week.
Coltelyou, he of the many car
rlages, servants in livery and gold |
mounted harness, is going to investl-
gate the meat trust He says there
VIII be no public examination of wit
nesses and that he scorns to stoop 10 |
detective work. The meat trust will
continue to grow fat under such i'll
vestigators as Cortelyou.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
The kingly preroxstiys

The nation Il rapidly approaching
the onesman power under the strenu.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

distinguished citizen of Indiana
VINO has failed for three or four weeks
10 get his Independent Git was mailed
all right from this of1ice) writes
There is no way that can find out
anything here and | am very anxious
70 hear. | have heard yery little
about what vas done at st. Louis. for
little or nothing is published in the
daily papers" That gentleman is in
the same state of ignorance of tens of
thousands Of populists all over the
country who do not get The Indepen-
dent. An earnest and most persistent
eHort should be made to get inforna-
lion OF the great populist movement
into the hands Of the people.
&SScSScG
10 get some OF those fellows down
in New York to think" a little. sup
pose some one down there asks them
which is the heavier: pound of lead
or a pound of feathers. Then after
they have come to a conclusion on
that point, ask them which is worth
the more, dollars worth of gold or
a dollars worth of potatoes. If they
can conquer such problems as that
then they might be asked how do we
arrive at the value of % $40 grains Of
gold, $40 fine?
&sSSS&&
DIR. William G. Anderson. director
of the gymnasium at Yale university.
seems to be verging very close upon
the doctrines taught by Mrs. Eddy He
says that muscles can be trained to
perform ordinary gymnastic feats by
the person merely thinking of the
movements"
SSS&SSSS
Congress, on account of the pluto-
Gratis, did not dare to pass a service
pension bill, so the administration
had the commissioner OF pensions
make ruling that all veterans over
t2 years Of age shall receive pen
sion varying from So 10 $i2 a month.
The republican majority in congress
II about as eowardly and sneakinp q
body OF men as ever got together
They have had service pension bills
before them for many terms and never
dared to pass one because The eastern
plutocrats objected. Plato6rass don
care anything about old soldiers ex-
cept 10 set their votes.
$4,000
Henry Harrington, who Il Hearst's
emisaary In Ohio, approached Tom
johnson and asked his assistance in
getting Hearst delegates. Johnson nat.
N and positively refused 10 back the
Hearst boom In any manner whatever
Harrington declared that ho would net
Hearst delegates In Medina county In
spite " Tom Johnson.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

are the boundaries of the world, or ii
there is anything outside of those
boundaries, it is not worth consider
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
TO 1ND1cr LIQUOR SELLERS.
Circuit Court at Wichita May Get
After Z. G. Dealers.

Wichita, Kan. March 15.-The chief
interest in the March term of the Unit
ed States district and circuit courts,
which opened here today. is in the
probable indictment of more Kansas
City, Mo-, wholesale liquor dealers for
violation of Kansas prohibitory laws.
At the September session several were
indicted.
The contention was that their prac-
tice of shipping liquors to Kansas
towns, usually to fictitious persons, and
afterwards selling the package to other
people through the agent of the express
company, was in violation of the pro-
hibitory law, since the liquor was not
sold and shipped according to an order,
but was sold in Kansas.
The case of S. d. Pollock, ex-assist-
ant postmaster at Arkansas City ard
member of the last state legislature,
was continued for the term. Pollock
is accused of appropriating government
funds while he had charge of the money
order department of the Arkansas City
DOStOffice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
wind Kills Hessian Fly.

Dr. Patton's man who lives on his
place west of Arkansas City was in
town today and he tells of the great
good the wind of Wednesday did for
his wheat field. Others from that part
of the country corroborate the story
and saw that since the storm they
have seen nothing of those little pests
the Hessian flies. 1t will be remem
hered that the storm was preceded by
g. few warm days and these Matched
cut the Hessian flies. These young ones
were unable to fly very far at a time
when Wednesdays wind struck them,
and it killed nearly all. The rain that
followed completed the work, and a
thorough examination of the fields
since has failed to show any flies. This
is a good report, and it is to be hoped
that the results will be I'D TO the ex-
pectations of the farmers.-Arkansas
City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
STRONG TEAM FOR GIANTS.
George Davis While in Chicago Tells
of New York's Baseball Prospects.

Chicago, March 15-George Davis,
while in the city yesterday on his way
to join the White Stockings at Marlin
Springs. discussed the New York base
ball situation.
THE National league has all the best
of the situation in New York" said
Davis, and the Giants will have to play
mighty bad ball this season not to draw
just as well as they did last year. 1t is
hard to break off the habit of Gotham
fans of going to the Polo grounds, and
especially when the transportation IA
cilities are so bad to the new American
league park. There is very little danger
of the Giants drawing less than they did
last year, though as they will have a
better team there than they did last
season.
'IcGraw has picked up a wonder in
this new pitcher, Ames, and l think that
he will be as great a drawing card as
Rusle ever was or Mathewson is Ames
has everything that a pitcher should
have-speed, control and all kinds of
curves. He is a husky young fellow
with a good head on him and is so
speedy that in a practice game last fall,
while pitching to Bowerman. one of his
hot ones got through the big catchers
glove and put him out of it for several
days. They had to carry BoWerman to
a hospital and the doctors there said
that cannon ball could not have done
much more damage than Ames' swift
ball had.
This addition of Ames to the pitching
staff will give McGraw three whirlwind
Observation-Disclosures and McGinnity be-
ing the other two. Other National
league teams will have a time beating
those three pitchers this year. Bill
Dahlen will strengthen that infield. Nc
Cormick and Devlin are two youngsters
who will handle themselves pretty WELL
too, I think Mccormick led the East
ern league last summer and 1 have
never seen a player that has led that
league fall down when he came into the
big league.
"Grif is going to have a great team
in New York, too. there is no mistake
about that. But the transportation
facilities for getting to the American
league park are bad and the under
ground will not get up that far this
year.
Il am not in. very good condition to
play ball, but [ think that it will not
take me long to be as good as 1 ever
was. My arm is all right and 1 can
whip the ball across to first as fast and
as accurate as ever I played some last
year, but, of course, could not say that
l was in good playing condition, all the
time I used to go UP to the grounds
every morning to practice with the men
and attended every game in the after
noon when they were at home 1 am
glad to get back into the game again
and shall play my best bah for Comis-
kew this year,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
Ellis County Russians.

A story has been running through the
newspapers to the effect that hundreds of
the Russian settlers in Ellis county had
rushed to the district court for their nat
uraIization papers in fear that they
would be compelled to return to Russia
for Service in the Russian army. The
story was pure invention.In the first place
nearly every Russian in Ellis county took
out his naturalization papers years ago.
The adult male portion of the colony have
and they have made Ellis county the
banner Democratic county of Kansas
ever since the election of Cleveland
AS a second proposition. the Russians of
Ellis county would not be subject to ser
vice in the Russian army even Il they
had not become American citizens. more
than a century and a half ago the Rus
sian government induced large colonies of
Germans to settle in Russia IN order to
teach the semi-wild men of that country
the arts of agriculture. The treaty under
which these Germans went to Russia pro
vided that up to the end of a certain per-
iod expiring about thirty years ago, they
would be exempt from all military SER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
HILL CITY WOMEN.
Are Numerous in a Professional Way
and Credit to the Town.


Hill City Kas, March 15.-Lfeuten-
ant Governor Hanna lives in Hill City.
He likes a rustling. busy town. He is
the town from having large number
Of rustling women. If there is another
town in all the confines of northwest
Kansas which has so many rustling
women let them say so. In this class
worthy mention is made of DIR. Lottie
r. Ffndley, physician and surgeon;
Mrs. Ida M. Harwi who has been adj
mitted to practice before the courts:
Olive M. Kackley. present register of
deeds, also talented musician and elo-
cutionist: Mrs. Lucy J. Wilson, prin-
cipal of the Hill City schools, one of
the popular primary teachers of north
west Kansas, and former deputy coun-
ty treasurer; Ellen F. Keleher. abb
stractor. and for three terms register
of deeds: F'loy NJ. Hartman. present
efficient superintendent of schools of
Graham county; Matte j. Worcester,
former superintendent of schools, now
assistant teacher of English at the
Dezelle, instructor on piano and music
Geo. W. Jones, the noted colored at
torney, music teacher. school teacher.
and expert stenographer: Mrs. Bessie
Meyer, present deputy county clerk;
Miss Amanda Brown. ex-deputy treas
urer; Mrs. E. E. Brant, present deputy
treasurer Besides there have been
three ladies of the town on the school
board. There are dozen or more of
the Hill City ladies teaching school in
the town and various schools in Gra-
ham county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15

vice, and that they could then elect to
emigrate or remain in Russia and become
full-hedged Russian subjects Large num-
bers of them elected to migrate, many
going to Brazil, and more to the United
States.
The Russians of Ellis county are Ro-
man Catholics and they were permitted
under their agreement with Russia to
hold and practice their religion despite
the fact that the Greek church is the
state church of the Russian empire. The
Mennonites of southwest Kansas are also
from Russia, and they are descendants of
German colonists who went TO Russia un-
der the same terms the Catholic GEE
mans whose descendants live in Ellis
county. 1t is well known that the creed
of the MennOniteS prohibits war or SER
vice in the army. That they lived in Rus
STA so long and maintained this creed IS
due to the exemption from military SER
vice which was guaranteed by the car
to their forefathers. They TOO. had the
right to emigrate at the expiration of the
treaty period. And, under the terms of
the agreement they could claim the pro-
lection of the German government were
they not citizens of the United States and
thus made free from all demands made
by Russia.-E1lis County News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
FOR AN $4,000 SCHOOL HOUSE
Hill City Residents Are Preparing to
Vote on the Question.

Hill City, March 15.-Petitions are be-
ing circulated here calling an election
to vote $4,000 for the erection of a
school house to take the place of the
one which burned recently. The petit
lions are being generally signed. The
Graham county high school proposition
is also being agitated, a special act
having been passed by the last legisla-
ture providing for the erection and
maintenance of a county high school
in Hill City, and efforts are being made
to effect a consolidation of the city
schools and the high school interests.
Should the proposition of consolidation
carry a high school building costing
from $4,000 to $4,000 will be erected.
M. ]. Creighton, manager of the Boston
cash store is one of the most perSe-
vering and active workers for the well
fare of Hill City and Graham county
in rebuilding the new school house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
Racing at New Orleans.

New Orleans, March 1.-THE opening
of the New Louisiana Jockey club S
spring meeting was disastrous TO the
favorites. F'rontenac being the only
one to finish in front. The defeat of
Viperine in the Crescent stake. for
which she was a hot favorite at to
20, was the heaviest upset of the day.
Dixie Lad. the second choice, was at
Z to 1, and the others at a larger price.
The slow track seriously affected by
yesterdays rain did not suit the Nor
ris filly. and her usual speed was lack
ing. Deleva. at Ii to 1 in the betting.
led from end to end. winning easy by
three lengths. The race was worth
5000. J. ]. McCafferty has signed
Jockey Livingston for the coming year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
SPORTING NEWS.
Mccoy Sticks Up $4,000 to
Force Fitz to Fight Him.
Kid Is in Earnest and Wants to
Prove He Is Able.
BORIS CLAIM is NO GOOD
COnsidine Raises Considerable
Fuss Over the Matter.
Intimates That the Cornishman
Couldn't Make 1853 Pounds.

New York. March 15.-'Money talks, -
they say.
Granted this is true. the $1,000 check
with which Johnny Considine has back
ed Kid McCoy's challenge of Fitzsim-
mons, has this to say:
"Considine thinks Mccoy the great
est fighter of his weight and inches in
the world"
Johnny says the Kid is the worlds
middleweight champion"
"Old Man Robert Fitzsimmons has
kept his press agent busy lately circu-
lating a report that the middleweight
title is slowed away in the Kangaroo
strong box in the old homestead at
Bensonhurst.'
This report has raised a terrible heat
under Johnny's collar"
.'F'itz middleweight championl" he
says: Why, that old fossil couldn't do
the middleweight limit, 15S pounds, if
he cut leg off. And if he can Mccoy
viii knock his block into the next
street"
This is not exactly classical, but
am here to demonstrate that it bears
the merit of truth, for right there and
then the Considine fountain pen got
busy and I was pushed out into the
cold. heartless world
My mission on earth is to live up to
the adage, money talks and holler
up or shuts up and I'm going to holler
until I get black in the face"
That's a pretty busy check consider
ing its youth, and now it's through
spouting I'll get in a few remarks my
self.
Answer this:
Who is middleweight champion of
the world?
Ask Bob FitsimmOns.
Ask Kid. Mccoy.
Ask Tommy Ryan.
Each and every one of the trio of
wind-jammers will flash a warranted.
copper-riveted title to the middleweight
honors.
Fitz says he can do the weight. If
he can he is certainly a strong candi-
date.
Ryan coins many a dollar by lacking
the middleweight title to his three
sheets.
Mccoy has cleaned up" for Mr.Ryan
q couple of times. and now that his
Kidlets has rounded back to his old
time form. certainly shows he has faith
in his ability to hang it on Fitz by
sending a $1,000 forfeit along with his
challenge to Ruby Robert"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco, March 15-Fine wealth
er prevailed at Oakland, but the track
was muddy. Close finishes marked
three of the races. The last event, at
six and a half fur1ongs, for 3-year-
olds, aroused the most excitement, when
Sailor Knot and Celebrant fought it cut
all through the final furlong, and Daily
landed Sailor Knot first by a nose.
Solanus, the favorite, was a close third.
DR.. Leggo, a 15 to l shot, proved a sur
prise by taking the 2-year-old race,
beating Bill Short a neck. Bob Ragon,
the favorite, stopped badly, Galanthus
was much the best in the fifth and won
handily from Mr.. Farnum, % to 1
chance. In addition to winning the p
year -old race, Charles McCafferty took
a purse with Chickadee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
STATE TEACHERS TO MEET.
A Conference to Be Held in Lawrence
April Is and 10.

Lawrence. Kas.. March ia con-
ference of high school principals city
superintendent and teachers of Kan
sas will be, held at the University of
Kansas, April Is and 16. The conference
is called to consider the mutual inter-
ests of the university, the accredited
high schools and the public school sys-
tenn of Kansas in general.
An interesting programme is being
arranged for the meeting. Opportunity
will be given to visit the university
classes and see the work done Friday.
and museums, laboratories and libraries
will be thrown open and inspected
Saturday. An address will be made
by Prof G. w. Myers. of the school OF
education of the University of Chicago,
Friday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
Milwaukee, wants YOUNG corbett.

MILWAUKEE,, March 1.-THE Milwaukee,
Athletic club is trying to effect original
plans for the services of Young Cor
bett in the arena of it's house at an
early date, his opponent to be Charley
Neary. As outlined by an officer of the
club in this city, the plan is to ask
each member of the organization to put
up an assessment of a least S. the
entire amount to go toward making
up a purse of $1,000 for the battle It
appears that enough of the members
of the Milwaukee club have agreed TO
do this to insure the biggest part of
the purse, and the club sent a teie-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
oklahoma. kansas League.

Oklahoma City, Ok, March 15.-Man
ayers Flaherty and Rogers of the Ok
lahoma City baseball team in the
Southwestern league. and Ted Sullivan
have returned from Kansas, where they
made arrangements for the opening of
the league season and the final Selec
ton of the cities that will make up the
league. The towns in Kansas will be
Hutchinson. Wichita and Winfield and
in Oklahoma, Enid, Guthrie and Okla
homa City, making a six-club league.
The season will be opened at Oklahoma
City on May 1 and 40 games will be
DlaVed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15

his team and played five innings-the
first game of the season. Minehan shut
out the opposing side without a hit or
run, and caused some of the ablest
Giants to open their eyes in astonish-
nent. The boy is only nineteen years
old, quiet, unassuming, and rather
bashful except when he gets in the box,
when he is a regular Comanche Indian.
The old men tried in vain to rattle him,
but in spite of the fact that he had
been at sea four days and was i'll most
of the time, the boy had all kinds of
speed and tricky curves. He showed
splendid control, and handles an in
shoot with the best of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15
Fire Guard Did the Work.

Russell, Kan, March 15.-The only
farmer in the track of the prairie fire
which recently swept over Russell
county who escaped is w. A. Marsh.
Mr.. Marsh had been the laughing stock
Of the neighborhood for months, be-
cause early last fall he plowed a fire
guard forty feet wide around his house.
barn, sheds and stacks. This fire guard,
the largest ever seen in the county
stopped the fire and his property, with
the exception of a few fences, escaped
destruction. His neighbors in a strip
of country eight miles long and four
wide lost thousands of dollars worth of
property.