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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

season the complexion of the National
race is different. New York, Chicago
and Cincinnati already have a thumb
and a couple of fingers in the pie. If
New York's pitchers last the team
should win the pennant, with Cincin-
natl second and Chicago and Pittsburg
fighting for third place. Cincinnati has
a shade the better of her rivals so far
as pitchers are concerned, but the Reds
batting is not equal to that of New
York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
The American LEAGUE.

In the American league Jimmy Col
Inns three ring Boston aggregation are
"all to the lilacs." Jimmy has a Stran-
gle hold on the pennant that three
dozen Terrible Turks could not break.
His team is working like well oiled ma
chinery, and the ticket Office has had to
have a counting machine installed in
order to keep track of the mazuma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
New York Nationals, Pitchers.

If Dummy Taylor was not such an
in-and- outer the New Yorl1s could
safely put up a new pole to carry the
pennant. Their two best pitchers, Nc
Ginnity and Mathewson, good as they
are, cannot be expected to carry the
team on their shoulders Wiltse, Nc
Graw's latest acquisition, may develop
into a star twirler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
A New Record In the Quarter.

His latest achievement. however, was
at the Brookline Swimming club meet
in March, when he established new fig
ures for the quarter, going the distance
in sos.
The lad is improving daily, and the
coaches anticipate his charging his
onslaught on the records as he grows
older and stronger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
Popular and Unassuminq.

Daniels is one of the most popular
swimmers that ever donned a racing
suit He is clean limbed, freckle
faced young athlete with a smile that
wins friends wherever he goes. He
never boasts of his own ability and is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
The Chicago Americans.

Chicago and New York will give Bos-
ton a rub" if any teams do. Comis-
keys White Stockings have in store a
few tricks that they may cut loose at
any moment. The new captain man.
ager is a success in every way, and
Callahan is showing an improvement in
his pitching now that managerial du-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
The Climax.

But the climax was still to come. In
the middle of February Daniels shat
tered every indoor swimming record
from $50 to 800 yards. Two weeks lat
er at the duel meet of the Brookline
(Mass.) Swimming club and the N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
SUCCESS ON THE STAGE.

UNLESS you have acquired a box Of
fee value there is little to go by in the
managers Office" says Eleanor Frank
lin. "It is usually a case of physical
fitness. A manager wants a fine look
ing leading man to play the fascinating
hero, and-irony of fate-you may be
able to make love like a Claude Mel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

VT is interesting to note the large
Il number of outfielders in the ma
N jor leagues who were once pitch
ers. On one team-the Cincinnati
Nationals-every man in the outfield
was once a pitcher. Cy Seymour in
center field. Donlin in left and Dolan
in right have all had experience in the
box and gravitated to the gardens, just
as scores of others have done.
1t seems only natural that pitcher
should become an outfielder when he
ceases to be useful as a twirler- Dur
ing the pennant. races it is the custom
of many managers to play their pitch
ers in the field when regular men are
laid up through accident or illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
HARRIS PITCHERS.

President Hart of the Chicago Ma
tionals announces that he will carry six
pitchers this year. He has only that
number under contract now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
Turf
Comment
d a S e b all
Talk

Then, again, during morning practice
when a group of men are catching flies
the pitchers generally join them and
reap the benefit of the instruction Civ
en- the other players.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
NINE. REJANE IN "LA MoNTAN.
SIER.D

Nine. Rejane. who is to tour the
United States next season. has been
appearing in Paris of late in La Mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

always ready to acknowledge that 9TH
er swimmers have chance to defeat
him, whether they have or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

No outfelder in the National game is
better known than "Sandow' Mertes,
who covers left garden for Johnny Nc
Graw's New York Nationals. His great
muscular development has won him the
title "Sandow." Mertes is a brilliant
batsman. His drives have the speed of
cannon balls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
BY FREDERICK R. TooMes.

~HE national amateur swimming
championship contests will be
held in St Louis in August in
Creve Occur lake Unless the
calculations of leading aquatic critics
go amiss. the star of the meeting will
be c. NJ. Daniels of New York, whose
sensational exploits during the past
winter Gin tank contests. of course)
have been the talk of the easter swim
ming fraternity
Daniels has lowered several amateur
records of comparatively long standing
and is now training industriously for
the summer campaign.
Daniels and Brewer.
At St Louis Daniels will meet Brew
err the Pacific coast star, who is now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

c. NJ. Daniels of New York. better
known as Danny" is the future cham
pion of American amateur swimmers.
Daniels has made several sensationally
fast records. and it is probable that at
the contests at the St Louis exposition
for national titles he viii win every
race In which he completes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

A. c. he demonstrated his versatility
by negotiating fifty yards in % seconds
fat and 100 yards in 1904 As.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
IA MARL OWE, WHO WILL BE A CO-STAR WITH E. H..
S0THERN NEXT SEASON.

will
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
POLITICAL POKER.
Questions of Great Moment Deter mined by the Game in the
 State of Kansas.

Topeka is much agitated over revela- tions of draw poker in high places, and nothing could better show than this up- roar what inroads the civilization of the east is making on the life of the bound less prairies. Once upon time, states the Kansas City Journal, draw poker was to Kansas what bridge whist is to the parlors of the fashionable. It was prac- tised as an art, pastime, a profession. No one thought then of concealing his play of the game, but, rather, it was a subject of pride and boasting. Indeed, it was more than game, for it served at times in the adjudication of the most serious problems ofstate or government.
 At present the law of Kansas recog- nizes the game of chance known as "drawing lots" as the proper means of deciding all ties in elections, but form erly draw poker was resorted to as a more orderly means of compromising. For example, in one of the western coun- ties, when two amiable gentlemen tied for the office of representative they played a game of 'freeze-out" to de- I6IUUluG WHICH ClJOy atnC OlliSO, Again, not so many years ago, when the senate committee on congressional ap- portionment came to deadlock over the divers plans for dividing the state into congress districts, the members ad- journed to a room in the Copeland, took each a generous stack of chips and played to finish. Under the terms of this historical game the committeeman who lost his chips withdrew himself and his apportionment plan from further consideration; and when the game was reduced to two gentlemen, the one who froze the other out fixed the plan of ap- portionment, which stands with little change as the plan of to-day.
 Volumes could be written of poker in- cidents in Kansas. Once a well known congressman, who by the way, has reap peared in Kansas politics, had to meet the charge made by some overprudish people that he was addicted to the game of poker. He appealed to his political associates to help him out. The one who came most energetically to his recuse was Capt. Bill Hackney, the Winfield statesman. T am in a positionto state, certified the doughty captain, that MT. Blank is less addicted to the game than any man I ever played with"
 More elaborate but quite as effective was the defense once made by Steve Os- born, ex-speaker of the Kansas house. Some 12 years ago Steve was running for reelection to the office of district judge in western Kansas. The pops got out a handbill accusing him of being poker player and circulated it widely.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
Joke on the Professor.

Once upon time Prof. Wilson, of Edinburgh, wrote on the blackboard in his laboratory:
 Prof. Wilson informs his students that he has this day been appointed hon. orary physician to the queen"
 Tn the course of the morning he had occasion to leave the room, and found on his return that student had added to the announcement the words:
 God save the queen. Gateway.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL.
Comfortable Fittings of Railway Cars for the Benefit of Sub-
 urban Passengers.

Some newspaper attention has lately been attracted to the s'club cars" by which little groups of wealthy New York and Chicago business men increase the comfort of the daily trips between their suburban homes and their city offices, states Youths Companion.
 Each car is in effect club house on wheels. Most of the gorgeous fittings of the ordinary cars are removed, and simp- Ter and more tasteful decorations are substituted for them. Movable wicker chairs replace the fixed seats. Electric fans cool the air in summer. There are dressing rooms, libraries, experiments for the women, in short, everything which can contribute to the comfort of the travellers.
 The cars are open only to members of the group which hires them, but they represent merely the climax of con- stant improvement in travel, both by water and by rail.
 At the other end of the scale we see the steerage accommodations of the ocean steamships. Persons who are familiar only with the horrible conditions for which "a steerage passage" used to stand would be astonished if they were to visit
 modern liner. More room, more light, more privacy, better food, better sleep ing and sanitary accommodations and an abundance of water, both for drinking and for bathing, are now possible even to the poor immigrant. The steerage passage of to-day is a more comfortable
 zf h,p cabin passage ten years ago. First cabin accommodations have improved correspondingly One of the newest vessels has between 40 and 50 suites of rooms, each provided with it's private bath.
 What is most needed now is a substitu- tion of wicker or leather seats for the unsanitary plush so dear to American car builders and album makers, and greater seating capacity in street cars.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
Atmosphere as Mirror.

There is one place where man sees a reflection of himself as big as he fancies himself in his dreams. It is on the Brocken, mountain in Prussia, where the vapors of the atmosphere act as a great concave mirror, magnifying the image thousands of times.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
. TaiIors in London.

Tn 1861 there were in London 37,000 tailors; in 1871. 3S,0O0; in 1881. 4O,3OO; in 1891, 52,300, and in 1901, 80,074.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
Women in the Trades.

In Worcester there are 703 women who make needles and 1.044 female nail- uskera
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
Commercial P n g

Four different grades of Fine Linen and Bond Papers for Letter and Note Heads, ru1ed and unru1ed, all excellent type writer papers. Also Good Grades of Flat papers for Letter and Note Heads. Well Finished xxx Rag Envelopes and cheaper grades. A complete Inc of Statements, Bill Heads, Round and Square Cornered Cards, etc.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26
Memphis To-

Amarillo, Houston, Galveston, Cor pus Christi, San Antonio Kerrville, Brownwood, Brady, San Angelo, Rock port, and all intermediates, $500 one way, $13.00 Round trip.
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-26

And First Class Workmen, we guaran tee our work to be neat and modern Best of all, 1t p1eases the customer.
The National tribune., 1904-08-11

drews raiders who captured the engine
General which was in turn recaptured
a short time later by the Confederates.
He was also one of the Federal bridge
burners who destroyed so many bridges
throughout East Tennessee.
'Of the - raiders captured on the
General eight were cOurt-martaled and
sentenced to be hanged, and Brown was
one of this number.
The sentences came so near being car
ried out that Brown had mounted the scat
fold and even the moose had been placed
around his neck when, on account of his
extreme youth, he was granted pardon.
This had been secured through the inter-
ventiOn of his mother and the Influence of
Col. John Macklin, of the Confederate
army. He was then placed in Jail at
Knoxville, where he remained for some
time. In that Jail he shared cell with
Col. w. &. Brownlow, then Military Gov
ernor of Tennessee"
The Perrysbnrs Ohio Journal very in
dignantly resents this and after presenting
the record says:
"By the record of the Pension Office it
will be seen that no such person as John
'. Brown was among the Raiders, and
that the only Brown mentioned is Wilson
w. Brown. whom we know as a resident
Of the village Of Perrysburg, and that John
A. Wilson, who was the fireman, was long
resident Of this place. whose death oc-
CURED only few months since"
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

deal will draw his check for some irriga-
tion stocks or bonds in the most truStful
and c0ntiding manner-paying for an in
ve>tment regarding which he knows abso-
utely nothing. can find out nothing. and
which is as problematical in its returns
as the verieSt wild cat nliIle. Other people
make personal investigation. They go over
the land to he reclaimed: they sec the
splendid crops growing on other lands
which have been reclaimed. and having
Investigated they confidently invest. even
though Il tract of $4,000 res is to be re
claimed with n water supply insufficient
for 5000 acres. | am mentioning these
figures advisedly. There are instances to-
day where irrigation shares are being sold
for land containing absolutely no water
supply at all. and which can never be ir
rigated. but will always remain a desert
The meaneSt and most contemptible
class of sales are where the promoters hold
ont the allurng picture to the poor man
of family. that he is. by his small regular
contributions buying home for himself
IL little home to which he can go in his
older age. and by reason of the bountiful
crops due to irri CATION. support himself
and his family. Thousands of people i'll
the United States are making such contri-
buttons which they might as well throw
into rat hole"
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
FIG. 1.-THE TIN WATER TELESCOPE.
FIG. 2.-THE WOODEN WATER TELESCOPE

All that is necessary to make wooden
water telescope is a long wooden box,
piece of glass for one end and some
paint and putty for making the seams wa
tertight. Fix the glass in one end of the
box, and leave the other open to look
through.
A tin water telescope is more conve-
nient than the wooden one, but more diff
cult to make. The principal essential for
this is a circular piece of glass for the
large end. a funnel shaped tin horn will
do for the rest. Solder in the glass at the
large end and the telescope is made. Sink
ers consisting Of strips of lead should be
soldered on or near the bottom to coun-
teract the buoyancy of the air contained in
the watertight funnel and helps to sub
merge the big end. The inside Of the fun
mel should be painted black to prevent the
light from being reflected on the bright
surface of the tin. If difficulty is found
in obtaining a circular piece of glass, the
bottom may be made square and square
glass used. TO picnic parties the water
telescope is Of great amusement, reveal
ing numerous odd sights i'm the water
which many have never seen before.
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
THE SEPTEMBER MANUVERS.
Military Operations on the Plains of Man
assas.

Military Operations on the Plains of Man
Sept. 5 will be the beginning of the
manuvers of the Regular Army and the
National Guard of several States on the
plains of Manassas. There will be two
large camps. and one small one. Camp
No. /, on Bull Run, will contain about
one-half of the army, and Camp No. ?,
on Broad Run. near Thoroughfare Gap, the
other half while Camp No. 3. near Gaines
vile, will be the Headquarters of Gen.
Corbin.
A great many veterans want to attend
these manuvers, and COmrade u. W..
G. Round, of Manassas, Va, who has been
active in the matter of securing the ground
for the manuvers, will gladly act as bu-
reau of information for all comrades.
While great many can be accommodat ted
at the hotels in Manassas and other towns
along the railroad, very many more can
be taken care of at the farmhouses scat
tered over the field of operations. The
rates will be from ST to So. The hotels
will probably charge about So day. and
good farmhouses about 50. As it will be
more difficult to get sleeping accommoda-
tions than food. it may be we'll for those
who can to take along tents and cots,
relying on getting their meals at near by
farmhouses. Comrade Round will also try
to secure horses for those who want to
follow up the manuverS. 1t is expected
that those who desire horses will bring
their own equipments.
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
WAR in The ORIENT.
The Russians Again Deeated-Kmopatn in Great DangerR
ported japanese RepuIse at Port Arthur.
PORT ARTHUR.



anese.
There is very much confusion in the re-
ports from Port Arthur, hut it seems that
the Japanese made Il determined attack
on the works ut the same time that Gen.
Oku attacked Kuropatkin. and were re
pulsed with heavy loss. Most of the re-
ports come from refugees who are now
permitted to leave the place, but have to
pay an eXorbitant price for junks. They
all agree in stating that the japanese were
repuSed and that their loss was very Sc
we're. Many of them put ii ut 10000. They
all also say that the Japanese. however.
are pressing close to the Russian works.
A report sent ont by the Russian Con-
sui at Chee Foo states that n general at
tack began Saturday. July 30. with the
Japanese in immense force. There were
two days of Il bOmbardment of unprece-
dented violence. The Japanese, at the
time of sending this dispatch. the Consul
adds. had everywhere been repulsed with
great loss. The Japanese casualties pos
sibly reached 10000, but the Russian losses
were insignificant.
The Consul further reports that the
Russians have an abundance of ammun.
ton. The telegram does not mention ma
val operations, but it is considered possible
that the Russian warShips participated in
Shelling the besiegers from the sea.
junk was picked up near Chce-foo
Aug. ) by the steamship WuchOw. 1t car
ried seven men, four women, and boy,
who had left Port Arthur the day before.
They reported that the fighting north of
the city of Port Arthur occurred at Wolf
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
AT PORT ARTHUR.
Probability That the Japanese Have Sus-
tanned Severe Repulses, but Are Gaining
Grouud

An undated dispatch from Lieut.. Gen
Stoessel to the Gar says:
Il am happy to report that the troops
repulsed all the japanese attacks of July
26. q, and 2S with enormous losses
''The garrison's enthusiasm was extra
ordinary.
THE fleet assisted i'm the defense by
bombarding the Japanese flank.
Our losses during the three days were
about LOO men and 40 officers killed or
wounded.
According to statements Of Chinese
and prisoners, the japanese lost as many
as 10000.
'Their losses were so great that the en-
envy has not had time to remove the dead
and wounded"
The Chinese say that a fierce battle
was fought on the land side of Port
Arthur Aug. >. The japanese are reported
To have been repulsed with great loss. the
killed alone being estimated at 10000 while
the Russians lost about 900.
Unofficial reports have reached Toxic
that the japanese have captured command
ing positions north and northeast of Port
Arthur at distances of 5000 to $500
meters from the main line of defenses.
The National tribune., 1904-08-11

Hill and was sanguinary, resulting in the
repulse of the japanese. This hill is sit
uated near the railroad, and eight trains
were kept busy bringing the wounded sol
diers into the city. The wounded men from
the east forts reached Port Arthur in all
kinds of vehicles. many, however, coming
afoot, dragging shattered limbs.
The Russians unite in declaring that the
fortress will never fall, but they expect
that scarcely a building will be left in the
city, where now there is scarcely a whole
pane of glass. The Wuchow confirms the
statement that the fighting abated during
the night of July %, but had not com
pletely subsided when the refugees left.
The Russian fleet from it's anchorage
shelled the advancing japanese after re-
turning from what seems to have been a
accommodating manuver.
The National tribune., 1904-08-11
WESTERN IRRIGATION.
The Government Taking an Active Interest
Warning Against Humbug Schemes.

Three hundred engineers, surveyors and
helpers in the Irrigation Reclamation Ser
vice are out i'll the field, studying and plan
ming for irrigation pro ojects in the Great
west. Some lew are experimenting the
actual construction of huge dams and
canals Mr.. Newell himself, the head of
the Service, has just returned to Wash
ington from a somewhat extensive West
ern trip. He reports great interest
throughout the West in the big works pro-
posed by the Government. but sounds a
note OF warning against numerous schemes
and frauds which are being foisted upon
various localities as a result OF the great
interest aroused through National Irriga-
ton activities.
There are many instances Of honest
effective and legitimate irrigation works."
he SAID, where the settlers themselves
or their capital to some extent, have gone
in AMI built the works. owning or controll-
ing them along with the reclaimed land;
but do not know of any Of the big private
irrigation schemes which are what might
be called legitimate development enter
prises. They are exploited probably more
| for selling stock and bonds than for wa
terlnS land. Irrigation development can
be compared TO mining development. The
| two are quite similar in their methods of
| finance. The gold or the copper mine, or
the oil well which is really proven good
thing, Is taken up and operated by its own
ers. 1t is made into n close corporation
proposition in every case. If, on the other
hand, the supply of metal or oil is profile
matical, then it is made an attractive
stock and bond scheme. with glittering
letterheads and artistically printed circu-
lars, and other peoples money in large
quantities is solicited. Attempt is being
made to float very questionable irrigation
schemes all over the West.
1T is singular. too" said Mr.. Newell,
show many men of ordinary hard business
sense will go into these wildcat things
A successful grocer. for instance, who, if
he were investing his money in the gro
cery business, would find ont every detail
and every in and out of the new business,
and would make q close and advantageous