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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16

struction Of a. branch of the Chicago
& North Western railroad to Epiphany
but up to his death he was never able
to interest the company sufficiently.
Even though the railroad was not
built the people were not deferred
from going to Epiphany for treatment
and for years stage line has been
in operation from Canova and Farmer,
points nearest the place, and thou
priest healer's home.
About seven years ago DR.. Kroeger
ings that today cover a large area. He
had sanatorium that is not sur
long, with an L portion fully half as
long. The building is heated with
nection. 1t was necessary to care for
the people who came in such crowds,
ed in the town, DR.. Kroeger built two
large hotels. He has also constructed
an ice-making plant and large water
tower to distribute water throughout
his buildings. Recently he purchased
an expensive printing plant to do his
own printing for he was the patentee
of remedies that are sold in all parts
of the United States, and are even
shipped to Europe. Shortly after es-
tablishing his printing Office he start
ed a newspaper which he circulated
extensively. The investment that DR..
Kroeger had at Epiphany is estimated
at $175,O0O.
1t had been his custom to treat
without any pay if patients were to
poor to reimburse him. and many ben
edictions have fallen upon him for the
generous manner in which he bestowed
his gifts. Efforts were made to have
Dr. Kroeger move his institution to
some more accessible place, but he al
way felt. that the railroad would
come to Epiphany and help his town.
His friends say that had not his bust
ness grown to such proportion SO
quickly, he would have moved from
Epiphany in the first place, but the
people came to him in such numbers
that he said he never had time to think
of moving. For year or more before
he secured two assistants he treated
all cases personally, and to give every
body an opportunity people had to go
to Epiphany two or three days in ad-
vance and register their names, take
a number and wait for their turn. Days
without number there would be from
200 to 400 persons waiting their turn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16
BERNSTEIN AND BURDICK
Will Meet Tonight For Twent,
Round Bout.

PITTSF1ELD. Mass, Dec. Icon
siderable interest is manifested in the
twenty round bout between Joe Bern
stein and Johnny Burdick which is
slated for the arena of local athletic
club tonight. Burdick and Bernstein
were matched to fight in private some
time ago, but the match fell through.
Bernstein wants to get a chance at
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett,"
and is of the opinion that he can de-
feat Burdick, which will put him in
the way to realize his ambition.
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Curry's glasses rest your eyes. Ex-
animation free; 213 South Third st.
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AS Compared

The newly sodded area of winter
rye is estimated at 96.7 per cent of
the area sown in the fall of 1903. The
condition of winter rye on December
l was 9O.1 as compared with 927 in
December /, 1908, 9S1 at the CORE
spending date in 1902 and 96.2 as COM
pared with the mean of the December
averages of the last ten years. The
following table shows for each of the
principal states the percentage of
acreage sown to winter rye this fall
as compared with that sown last year,
the average of condition on December
l of the present year and the mean
of the December averages for the last
ten years:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16
pREsIDENT ENTERS INTO YULE-
TIDE FESTIVITIES WITH
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
poosevelts Will Have Their Christ
mas Dinner at Usual Hour IN
Private Dining Room.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 16.-As
in nearly all other homes throughout
the land the principal theme of inter-
est at the White House just now
is the selection of Christmas gifts and
the preparation for the holidays The
president enters into the yuletide feS-
tivities and observances with the
same genuine and boyish enthusiasm
that marks his interest in all whole
somes sports and pleasures, and as a
result of this amiability Christmas is
always a grand good time for the
Roosevelts and the members of their
household.
During the coming week it is prob
customary pre-holiday trip to New
York to buy Christmas presents. A
large part of her purchases are made
in the capital, but as a rule she pre-
fers to select her gifts for the presi-
dent and for Miss Alice and the older
children from the larger and more
elaborate stocks to be found only in
the great emporiums on Sixth avenue
and Broadway The nature of her
gifts is always guarded with close
secrecy until Christmas morning ar
rives. The varying ages and tastes of
the children makes it necessary to
select the presents with considerable
thought and care. Miss Alice, of
course, will be the recipient of some
handsome and costly gifts, and Theo-
dore, Jr., also has reached the age to
appreciate gifts of the finer sort. He
is fond of books and also of all forms
of sport and athletics This makes
it comparatively easy to choose some
thing for him that will please. Miss
Ethel, little Quinten, Archibald and
Kismet are still of an age to enjoy
toys and playthings.
All day long on Christmas and dur
ing two or three preceding days ex-
press wagons will be driven up to
the White House with packages, most
of them from strangers These gifts
from strange hands are we'll meant,
and, when of small value, are accept
ed; when costly they are returned to
the donors with a note of thanks.
Many of the gifts that reach the White
House at Christmas time are for the
children. Nearly all of these find their
way to children's hospital in Wash
ington. They are altogether superflu-
Gus. Few young folks in all the land
are SO well supplied with toys and
other Christmas presents as the pres
ident'S offspring.
The Roosevelts will have their
Christmas dinner at the usual hour
in the evening. and only members of
the family will be present. 1t will
be eaten in the private dining room,
which is not too big for a household
the size of the presidents, and the
dish will be a huge Rhode
Island turkey
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16

Cline has a toy shop on Elm street.
Prices cannot be duplicated anywhere
in town.
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Read the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16

Corner Third and Poplar SITS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-16

Orchestra music for dances, recep-
tons, etc. Phone Main 1872, Richard
Truant.
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All kinds of toys, games and holiday
near O. r. & N. depot.
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NOTICE..

I haveSbOught the stock and tools OF
shop and blacksmith shop will be un-
der one head, which l think will be
appreciated by my customers.
l have also secured the old wagon
maker, Jens Anderson, to do my wood
build new or repair old vehicles than
ever before.
w. A. WILLIAMS,
Corner Third and Poplar SITS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
KANSAS. FAIRS IN 1904.

| Following is a list of fairs to be held
and Tee edtf to Re stas
board Of agric1lture and compiled by
/ Allen County Agricultural Society,"
II. Tredway, secretary, La Harpe; Sept.
Barton County Fair Association-w. p
FEEDER. secretary; Great Bend: Sept; 1875.
Hiawath s1,, Fair Association Grown
''i Butler Hapt County Fair Association-H. NJ.
Hewins Park and Fair. Association
tchautagaga c%9gngty)sa eNt No. n Jones, sec
Clay County Fair Association-E. e
HOPES. secretary Clay Center: Sept. SO.
atoms. D. Weaver. secretary. Burling-
show Associa tion-Ws J. Wilson, secre-
ley county)--J. NJ. Henderson, secretary.
S crawford 1Ip County Agricultural Fair As
ation.Frank Mckay, secretary. Pitts
oq EifK County Sepn Agricultural Fair Associa-
| tom. F. Deal. secretary, Grenola: Sept.
Finnev County Agricultural Society-A.
H. Warner, secretary, Garden City; Aug.
]. H. Churchill, secretary, Dodge City;
Aug. 80 to Sept. l. u,o,,,.,,
Carey NJ. Porter, secretary. Ottawa; Sept.
6-1o.
Greenwood county FaT AssoclallOn-C
H. Weiser, secretary, Eureka: Sept. 1916
Anthony Fair observation-disclosures
county, Aug. 1925; H. E. Whitney. seere-
s SGgn5y SswtS5
4: Jefferson County Agricultural and Me
SON secretary. Oskaloosa; Sept. So
Henry r. Honey. secretary. Mankato;
Jefferson County Poultry and Pet Stock
socfation-Nortonville, Kan; Dec. 1928;
G. H Rhodes, judge; E. W. kaufman.
MarshsiI County Fair Association-E
Miller seeTetaTy M sriyIfea Sept nd Ms M
cbanicai Fair Assocla toni. A Floyd.
secretary, Paola; Sept; 27-S0.
Mitchell County Agricultural Assicia-
Morris County Exposition Company-M.
F. Armine, secretary, Council Grove.
Nemaha County Fair Association-W;
% N eg County Fair .Association-H.
%hsnute Fair and Improvement Associ-
alton (Neosho county)-A: E. Timpane,
secretary Chanute; avg; % to Sept z
I. B. Pemper, secretary, Ness City; Sept.
Norton County Agricultural Association
Il. V. Graham, secretary Norton; Aus
~ o 50 ere County Fair Association-E. T.
Price, secretary, Buriingame: Sept. 6-12.
county)--A. l. Sponsler, secretary. Hutch
stock Association-W. T. Brown, secre-
Riley County Agricultural Association
r. T. worboys, secretary. Riley; Aug. 81
- Rooks County Fair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Adams, secretary, Stockton; Sept. A-23.
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WESTERN LEAGUE CHANGE.
Pueblo Will Have a Team in the Cir
cult Next Year.

Colorado Springs, Col. July Esd. J..
Finkelstein of this city has closed a
deal whereby he assumed control in the
Milwaukee Western league baseball
franchise held this season in Pueblo.
Col. Pueblo did not have a regularly
organized team in the Western league
circuit.
Finkelstein paid $4,000 for the fran
chise. The stock is divided into 5000
shares at SO per share. The directors
for the first year have not yet been
decided upon. Mr.. Finkelstein will be
president of the Pueblo Athletic asso-
citation, the name of the company hold
ing the franchise. This action will
place another Colorado team in the
Western league circuit for next year
and there will also be another team to
be made up in the west in the league
in order to bring the circuit up to eight
cities. The eighth city has not been
decided upon. Pueblo is already base
ball crazy over next years prospects
and there is no doubt that a team in
that city will be a paying proposition.
The new owner, who is a prominent
business and club man of this city, re-
turned from Pueblo and is more than
favorably impressed with the outlook.
He has already a number of star ball
players in line for his team and they
will be managed by a National league
player, whose name will be given out
at a later date.
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Appearance of Miss Sutton In
terests Tennis Players.
Chicago Enthusiasts Watch Her
Practice Work Closely.
SHE HAS MANS SKILL.
Uses Swing of Her Arm to Give
Ball the Momentum.
Is Decidedly Fast on Her Feet
and Quick Thinker.

Chicago. July 2S-Having heard SO
much about Miss May Sutton and her
remarkable tennis playing, local follow
ers of the game were interested In the
appearance of the Californian in the
preliminary round for the western wo-
mems tennis championship at the Ken
wood Country club, Miss Julie AshcraIt
being her first opponent
Those who have watched the national
champion in practice say that MISS
sutton has all the. characteristics of a
man in her play. She hits the ball
even better than did Miss Pound. a for
mer western champion, noted Tor her
strong strokes, but instead of throwing
the force and weight OF her WHO'S s,S 1 oGiIs
into the stroke. as Miss Pound old, MISS
Sutton uses only the swing OF ner arm
to give the ball momentum In TINS
Nvav she never loses control OF her Iool
work and is always to be tout no foiie,v
the ball around and get set IN the rlsht
place to return it, is the best feature TO
her playing, critics declare She Is al
ways ready to meet the ball ana she
generally gets in position, with very
Her drives are strong and decidedly
accurate and it is seldom ~ th sba 5 5ns
developed a phenomenal smash, which
she uses with manliSe strength. All OF
her strokes are as strong as most men
PLAYERS. In comparison with her rivals
esDeciaIly Miss McAteer and Miss Nee
" she far outshines them in the
strength of her strokes She is mueh
stronger physically
Though decidedly fast on her feet anu
a quick thinker, Miss Sutton is calm
cool deliberate and steady player
throughout. In recent practice matches
with Kreigh Collins, Cyrus Garnett ana
Walter Bingham she has frequently re-
turned the ball across the net as many
as 20 times without losing out IN the
final placing IT,.
Miss Sutton does not wear spiked
shoes as is customary among all ths
other players here in the west. Instead
she plays in common, everyday, rup-
ber-soled tennis slippers She says she
has always been used to them ana th;lt
she likes them far better than the splk-
ed shoes -.
She is however, an excellent golI play
err proficient in basketball and a good
swimmer She is, in fact, one or the
best alI-around woman athletes IN the
country.
This is her sixth year at tennis she
began playing when she was IL years
old Her Improvement was so rapid m
this one season, however, that she m
duced her parents to permit her TO en-
ter tournament competition the follo%-
ing year. She won match after match
ana finally the championship of the Pa
cffic coast Since then her game mas
become better year after year. she is
TODAY without a peer in the country
among the women players, the majority
of the Kenwood stars do not hesitate
to say.
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Racing at New York.

New York. July 2S.-Voladay, IA
vorite, won the Holiday stakes for 2
year-olds, the feature of the card at
Brighton Beach. Brush Up and Gold
Ten made the running to the stretch.
where Voladay went to the front and
won by two and a half lengths from
Gold Ten. Brush Up finished third.
The handicap, a mile and a furlong,
resulted in a close finish. Possession
won by a short head from Rosetint.
c. Alnwyck, owner of Atwood, WIN
ner of the third race. claimed Duke
of Kendall out of the same race. The
entire stable will be sold at auction
at Brighton Beach tomorrow. Re-
liable, the great weight carrier, is the
star of the lot.
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RYAN AFTER FITz.
viii Meet LanIzy Bob at the Middle
weight Limit.

Benton Harbor, Mich, July rs
Tommy Ryan, the middleweight cham
pion of the world, spending the sum-
mer on his fruit farm near this city,
has issued a sweeping challenge to
Robert Fitzsimmons for six or
twenty round bout at the middle
weight limit Ryan said:
''Fitz has demonstrated that he is
just as good as ever and that his bum
hands no longer bother him. will
agree to meet the Cornishman in a
bout for the worlds championship.
F'itz has claimed all along that he
could make the middleweight limit.
Now let him come forward and ac-
cept my challenge"
Ryan is in splendid shape at the
present time and maintains system
of training at his fruit farm.
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tons in trying to knock McGovern out
and the latter from the awful punish
ment he was receiving.
Round 6-Both boys came up quick
~ and Neil drove his left to the wind.
They clinched and Neil looked over
McGovern's shoulder and said to Ter
ry, the latter'S brother: Hes a hard
kid. Terry" When they broke away,
Neil rushed McGovern across the ring
and landed left and right to jaw. Nc
Govern got in good right to the wind
and left to ear, but Neil only shook
his head and rushed in with a. terrible
right to the wind. McGoVern's hands
dropped to his waist and Neil sent a
stiff left to the jaw. Neil had Nc
on to avoid punishment as the gong
sounded. ~ ' e. A7 = - Y s.'s'F = -
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WONDERFUL RECORD.
OF a One-Armed School Teacher
Pitcher in Iowa.

An Eldora tIowa) correspondent IN
the Chicago Record-Herald says:
w. r. stephens, the one-armed
baseball player and school teacher OF
Ellsworth, Iowa, has during the past
three years made a record for himself
on the diamond. Stephens has only
one arm. but that does not hinder him
from giving a twirl to the ball which
makes him the important part of a
battery whenever he plays He bios
somed as a baseball player at Cornell
college. at Mt Vernon, Iowa; in 1902.
Since leaving college he has developed
his remarkable ability, which has
made him sought after as pitcher
from all over Iowa In 1902 he
pitched p games ond won 90 of them.
In 1903 he officiated on the slab in
81 games and lost 5. The record of
Stephens this year has been very good
thus far, and as he will play a great
many more games this season it prom
Uses to make him all the more of a
phenomenon. AT a twelve-inning game
played in this city last September be-
fore 49, 900 people this one-armed
marvel struck out IS men, made four
safe hits-one two-bagger and three
singles-and stole base twice. He had
six chances on ground balls and &C
cepted all of them without a hitch.
At Clarion this year he struck out
II men, made three safe hits-a three
Dagger, two-bagger and single-stole
second twice and made three of Clar-
ions five scores. He played six other
games for Clarion, winning all of
them. Stephens is a schoolteacher by
profession and plays baseball for a
diversion. He was born at Lehigh,
by a shotgun accident, when he was 8
years of age His strong arm is twice
the size of an ordinary arm. At the
Bricelyn (Minn.) carnival last fall
them but two safe hits. Stephens got
two three-baggers himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
seIsnos DESTROYS Rats and MIoe.

Many readers Of this paper have been
greatly annoyed the last month or so with
an unusual number of rats and mice, or
both. Traps have been of no avail in
Kidding them of these pests. We are glad
TO tell them that science has discovered a
means of driving rats and mice from the
house to die. This is Stearns Electric Rat
and Roach Paste. Its sale has been re-
rnarkabIe. and it never fails. If you cannot
get the Paste of your dealer. write direct to
the Stearns' Electric Paste Co.. Tribune
Building. Chicago. Ill. and il will be sent
to you express prepaid on receipt of price.
It IS easy to use, and rids the house of rats,
mice. cockroaches. etc. Small size, 25c:
Hotel size. eight times the quantity, 81. 90. 30
Sold by RowIey s. Snow.
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ThieImauzto Portland.

Cincinnati, July 28-The national base
ball commission today handed down a
decision that Player John Thielman.
now with Portland, in the Pacific Coast
league, belongs to that club. The ST.
Louis National league club had pro-
tested against Thielman's playing with
Portland, asserting that he signed a
contract with st. Louis, but the COM
mission decided that he signed a con-
tract with Portland prior to his sign
ing with st. Louis.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDING
CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE.
AT COUNCIL GROVE.

Herfngton and Council Grove played
tory for Council Grove, by the scores of
to o and to q The features of the
first game were the pitching of Allen,
who let down the strong Harrington
team with only two scratch hits, and
struck out ten men,
First game-Score by innings:
Council Grove .--.-.---..-O 0V VI
Aer1nStOn --.-------..-V U " v v ~
Batteries-Allen and Nichols; Wilson
and Brandt.
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No More Racing at Union Park

ST. Louis, July 28.-Today will be the
last day of racing at the Union Jockey
club for the season of 1904. The auditor
statement last night. He refused the
bookmakers licenses for any addition
al time, and without these suave men
of the chalk and pencil the racing game
at Union could not continue. This will
be a bitter disappointment to a large
number of horsemen who are now at
Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28

cleared, however. and the 5000 per-
sons in attendance saw three favor
ties finish first and Lou Dillon break
the track record of ZOOS by one sec
ond. Lou Dillon made the first quar-
ter in 0:30A, the half in 1901 and the
three-quarters7 in 1:5z r. M1llard
Saunders drove in place of Lou Dill
Ions owner, c.. X. C. Billings.
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AT PHILADELPHIA.
AT WASHINGTON,

Honors were even in the double head
er between Washington and Cleveland,
the locals winning the first, while the
second went to the visitors.
First game-Score by innings: R.H.E.
Washington 49,. .....1 O 0 0 "-3
Cleveland 80. 800 0 2 20 o. 4 4
/ Batteries-Payton and Clark; Dona-
hue and Bemis.
Second game-Score by innings: R.H.E.
Cleveland -. 800 0 o 10 5 OF Ii 0
Batteries and Kittredge;
Bernhard and Abbott.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
AT SIOUX CITY,

A home run by Bremen in the tert-h
won the game for Sioux City. In the
beginning of the ninth inning Lucia
threw a ball at Umpire Keefe and was
ordered out of the game. Sioux City
took a batting streak and tied the score.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Sioux City ............o 0Ooo21-3
Denver $500. INDOOR 100000 0
Batteries-Jarrott and Anderson;
Kenna, Lucia and Brown.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ATT

Pittsburg made only one hit up to the
eighth, when three hits and an error
gave them the only chance they had
during the game to win.
Score by innings: H. E.
PittSburg ...... ......0 0 o o.
St. Louis .....--..-..-.1 0 FL 0-5 10 l
Batteries-Lync1n and Carisch; o'Neil
and Grady.
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AT OMAHA.

Captain Webster, of the ST. Joseph
team, was sent to the bench for ques-
tioning a decision. Maupin relieved him
and made two errors, which, with three
singles, netted the home team three
runs and the game in the first inning.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
ST. Joseph ............0 0 o 900 IL 5
Batteries - Sanders and Gonding;
Chinn and Mcconnell. 3ISs
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Detroii

Detroit. Mich. July 2s.-Rain
threatened seriously to interfere with
the third days grand circuit racing
at the Crosse Pointe track. The first
event was delayed half an hour and
then the programme was started with
a drizzling rain falling. The weather
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Betting on Friday Night's Bout.

San Francisco. July 2s.-Twenty-
FIVE thousand dollars has been bet
here in two days on the result of the
Hanlon-Nelson battle next Friday
night With their fight but a day Off.
Eddie Hanlon and Battling Nelson.
two of the ruggedest 130-pound boys
in the pugilistic business, are in the
best kind of shape. Despite the fact
that Hanlon is local boy. his back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
GARDEN CITY TOOK TWO.
Defeated Wellington at Baseball in
Both Games.

Garden City, Kas., July 2S.-In a
series of two games with the yelling
ton baseball team which ended last
evening Garden City clinched her
claims to baseball honors by taking
both games with comparative ease.
The score in the first game was 4 to
1, and the second 9 to 6.
Following is the detailed score for
the first game: a.
The SCORE:
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT BOSTON

Boston defeated Chicago in an excel
lent ten inning game.
Score by innings: R.H. E
Boston ~ U y U v U v L Il
Chicago ..-..--.-.....,0 00001 OIL
Batteries-Young and Criger; Smith
and Mcfarland.