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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-31
Cost $4,000 to Run salina.

City Clerk Godfrey completed his
annual report this morning and sub
mitted the document to Mayor Ander-
SON. The report shows that the total
expense of the city for the past fiscal
year was $44, 732. %. while the receipts
were about $4,000 in excess of this
amount. The city had S17,672.5S cash
on hand March Is. 1903. This year the
amount is S., 273.26. The total amount
paid out in salaries of the city officials,
Including police and firemen. is S.
1876 80. and the amount expended by the
street commissioner including the cost
of labor, S3.513. was Sc. 1871. 1t should
be said that the street commissioner
has had an exceptionally bad year by
reason of the food. which caused con-
siderable additional expense Tor repairs
in his department. The cost of light
ing the city was SO, 15343. The police
judge collected from all sources during
the year Ss,467, which is $3.9l0 in ex-
cess of the amount necessary to
pay all of the salaries of the city
officials. The interest the city received
from the banks on daily balance ac-
count is a new and interesting feature
of the report. The banks paid the city
$108.37 interest on deposits. which is
$S.37 more than needed to pay the city
treasurer's salary. The total amount
of taxes collected by the county for the
city was 49,. 000.-Salina Journal
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SPORTING NEWS.
Young Corbett Takes His De-
feat Most Bitterly.
Says He Was Robbed at Every
Turn by the Referee.
CALLS GRANEY A RAT.
Fears Britt VIII Not Give Him
a Return Match.
Tells What He VIII Do to Cali
fOrnian Next Time.
CALLS GRANEY A RAT.

Chicago. March 51-"Young Corbett, .
who viii meet Young Mowatt" in a
six-round bout here Saturday night, has
arrived here. Corbett is still very sore
over the decision rendered in his con-
test with Britt.
I am not looking for sympathy, for
Britt did not beat me-" Corbett said.
Il was robbed. double crossed, and I
hold Referee Eddie Graney strictly
accountable for it. He is a contempti-
bic rat and sold me out. All 1 ask is
a return match with Britt, but I am
afraid I shall not get it. He is still
in bed with a broken rib and badly
confused body. Anyone who saw our
fight excepting those who were in the
deal knows that I am Britt's master
and I am afraid he will refuse to give
me another fight. A man always knows
when he meets his master and Britt is
no exception to the rule.
why, they had to carry him out of
the ring when the scrap was over, while
] was just as you see me this minute
without a scratch and ready and
eager to go any number Of additional
rounds. I do not want to squeal, but
unhesitatingly say that 1 was rob
bed. It was my fight at any stage of
the game from gong to gong. And
Referee Graney knew it as we'll as l
did. But I will bide my time and if
Britt ever meets me in the ring again
III prove every word 1 have said to
you
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PEOPLE ARE PROSPEROUS.
That Is Why Number of Bankruptcy
Cases Are Few.

Frank Brown. clerk in the United States
district court, said this morning that the
number Of bankruptcy cases filed in mis-
office is rapidly decreasing each year and
assigns good times for the reason
The law went into effect In 1898 and
the decrease has been noticeable each
year since that time. This is especially
true of the voluntary assignments. Then
the new law offers two-fold advantage
to the people who have become enbar-
rassed- The expense attached to the pro-
cedure is very small and people in finan-
clal straits can easily make an assign
ment when they know that an attachment
is coming against their property. The law
is now being used more by commercial
concerns. Originally its provisions served
men who went down after the boom from
heavy Investments in. real estate. But
generally 1t seems that the better times
have TO a very large per cent decreased
the number of assignments filed in this
court -
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An Aged Soldier Dies on the
Eye Of Recognition.
Pension of 500 a Month Will
Come TrifIe Late.
VETERAN OF FIVEWARS
j. w. F. Richter, of Wyandotte
County, Has Eventful Life.
Totally Blind and Helpless When
Death Came.

Kansas City, Kan, March S1.-On the
very eve of receiving a pension from the
United States government, for which he
had been striving for six years, j. +. W.
Richter, veteran of five different wars,
died suddenly of heart failure at IL
o'clock yesterday morning in this city
Richter had been totally blind for %
years as the result of a bullet wound
received in the battle of Gettysburg
during the Civil war Fifteen years of
this time he spent at the National Mill
tary home at Leavenworth and for the
past six years had lived with the fam
lily of Mr.. Stewart in this city. AL
though he had been i'll about week his
condition was nottconsidered really crit
icaI until within a few moments OF his
death.
Richter was born in Germany nearly
so years ago. AT an early age ne en-
listed in the army and fought through
the latter part of the Franco-PruSslan
war. Later he fought in another war
as German soldier, end after peace
was restored went to France. Thefe ne
applied for admission to the army, but
failed to find employment in his line
He then went to England, Joined the
army and was sent to India, where he
took part in two separate wars.
Richter, already a veteran In point OF
service, came to America in 1850, and in
a very short time enlisted in the Union
army, and served through the entire re-
bellion, most of the time under General
Hancock. Just before enlisting, how
ever he married the daughter of Vir-
ginia farmer. His bride, in order to be
near her husband. went with the army
through all of its meanders as a laun-
dress. She died Immediately after the
restoration of peace, and Richter was
left a physical wreck. as a result OF
numerous injuries, and without living
relative on this side of the Atlantic.
Then, to add to his already helpless es-
tate, he lost his eyesight.
Congressman J. D. Bowersock took
his case up at Washington, and last
Friday Richter was notified that the
matter had been passed upon and that
in the future he would receive 800 a
month. Had he lived he would have
drawn this amount some time in April.
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TOO MUCH CHLOROFORM
Causes the Death of a British Cap
tain's Wife.

New York March 31.-Mrs. Write
late of the British army, was found
dead in her apartment in West 111th
street last night. Her death is supposed
to have resulted from chloroform pois-
oning. According to the statement of
her maid and of her husband, Mrs. Fish
obtained bottle of chloroforrn liniment
in the afternoon and retired to her
room She had been in the habit of
using the liniment for an affection of
the ear Captain Fish achieved notoriety
lately through the accusation he made
against a woman for the larceny of an
$4,000 necklace, property of his wife
After an investigation the coroner said
he believed death was due to heart fail
ure brought on by the inhaling of the
fumes of the chlorofOrm
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Higher Rank for chapIains.

Washington. March 31.-President
Roosevelt and Representative Hull.
chairman of military affairs committee
of the house. have discussed a bill
which provides a higher rank for the
army chaplain in which the president is
interested. 1t is urged that sufficient
provision is not made in the present law
for rewarding any army chaplains for
meritorious services. During the Span
ish-American war several chaplains
were recommended for gallant services
but it was impossible to give them the
reward. The war department favors
legislation to increase the rank and pay
of chaplains who were recommended
for gallant service but it was impossible
to give them the reward.
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FIRE FROM LIVE WIRE
Badly Damages the Cooper Building
in Denver.

Denver, Colo. March 31-A fire start
ed on the eighth floor of the Cooper
building, one of the largest office
buildings in the city, last night, and
for time threatened to spread and
eighth floor the firemen succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze, but not with
out causing a. considerable damage by
water. The heaviest damage falls upon
the Colorado & Southern. whose main
office occupied nearly the entire eighth
floor. The records of the company were
greatly damaged, and especially those
of the engineering department The
fire was caused by live electric wire
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winner of the aaston -stakea.

Memphis, Tenn, March 31.-The Gas
ton Hotel stakes for 2-year-olds, by
far the Oldest fixture for youngsters
IN the west. was given its twentieth
renewal at Montgomery park Wednss-
day afternoon, and it was won by c..
r. Ellison's Esher-Ellangowan colt.
John Smulski, who was named for the
Chicago city attorney. Half a length
back of the winner was the Scheftel
and May colt, Pendragon and third
money was credited to Edward Corri-
gan's Loonam. About the Ellison quar-
tiers there was no attempt to disguise
the fact that John Smulsk had work.
ed fast enough to lead his owner 10
believe that he would give a good ae-
count of himself even with what was
represented to be a field of fast young
sters and those who had imbibed the
Ellison confidence took advantage of
the opportunities at 10 to / that were
offered
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To Plant Thousands of Trees.

Last week we quoted an article from
the Russell Reformer saying that Mr..
Knyder of Pfeifer, Ellis county, would
set out a large acreage of trees. Con-
rad Kruger called our attention to the
item on Tuesday, and said he was the
person referred to. For some time he
has been in correspondence with the
government experiment stations. and
he has finally concluded to plant 1200
evergreen trees of the Scotch. jack,
yellow and bun pine varieties, 1000 cot
tonwoods and 1000 Usage orange trees.
Mr.. Krueger's ranch is on the creek
bottoms and he will have very little
trouble in making them grow.-Hays
Republican.
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GOOD Crowds at the Mesaiah.

Lindsborg, Kan, March 31.-About
two thouss nd people heard the con-
certs here Wednesday, Special trains
came over the Missouri Pacific from
Utica, Great Bend and Council Grove;
over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe from Emporia and Macksville, and
over the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cific from Pratt. The concerts were up
to the usual high standard of excel
lence and were heard by enthusiastic
audiences. On Good Friday special
trains will be run from Dodge City,
Scott City and Independence. The
largest crowd of the season is expected
that day.
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TURNS Up ALIVE
After Life Insurance Had Been Col
lected by Heirs.

New York, March 3l.-Lawyer Max
Josephc, whose disappearance from his
Office two years ago baffied the police,
is said by his father to be alive and
well in Australia, though he was long
ago given up and insurance on his life
collected.
Josephs had an office in Wall street
and lived in Brooklyn with his wife and
child. Two years ago Mrs. Josephs re-
ceived a note from him saying he had
been called to Mount Vernon on bust
ness. Another letter from that place
the following day said he had been de-
tanned. Since then until now no trace
of him has been found.
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Strike Appears Certain.

Des Moines, March 31-The SUBJ
committee appointed by the Iowa
miners to consider the strike situation
agreed to disagree and will so report
The present contract with the opera
tors expires today and with no other
agreement a general shutting down is
inevitable. There are about million
tons of coal in storage, while the rail-
road have a considerable supply The
miners have from $4,000 to $50, 900 in
their strike fund, enough to last about
six weeks. Thirteen thousand five
hundred miners will go out.
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a Good word for Garden city.

Wednesday, the 18TH Garden City was
26 years old An old settlers reunion
should be had some time during the sum
mer or fall for the benefit of the boys and
very little of the early history of their
town or country. To tell them that TWEEN
ty-one years ago Garden City numbered
but a few houses, the farthest north be-
ing the c. J. Jones property, where Mr.
Bon-Durant now lives. Stafford addition.
and the Worrel farm considered away out
in the country, the eastern part of town
made up of a few small frame buildings
scattered over the two blocks east of CEN
trail Main street-Main street being proud
to stretch itself from the depot to what
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Figures.

We have in our files today
997letters fromterritory en-
bracing II states, written by
grateful patients who have
been finally cured of Piles.
When DR.. Caldwell's
(Laxative) Syrup Pepsin
was formulated it was not
with the intent that it would
in any way prove effective
as a Pile Cure, but as the
remedy became more gen
orally known and used its
superior merit as a remedy
for Piles became so certain
ly apparent that we were
led to add to our guarantee
as a cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Sick Headache
and Stomach Trouble, the
dlsagreeable and serious
ailment of Piles.
To those suffering from
any form of Piles we say.
Try DR.. Caldwell's { Laxa-
tive) Syrup Pepsin; read
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Prizes for Junction CitY Shoot.

agement of the Kansas Sportsmeu's
tournament, that will be held here
May 3-6, has added a gold watch charm
set with diamonds to the list of prizes
that will be put up at that event. The
charm goes to the winner of the state
amateur championship in the live bird
events on May 6. The addition of this
prize brings the value of the special
prizes up to about $500. Besides, the
cash prizes of added money will be
close to S400 Prominent marksmen
from many of the western states have
made arrangements to attend this
shoot F. Gilbert. who holds the
championship of the United States,
will also be at the shoot.
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Electric Lamp Trust Formed.

Pittsburg, March 31.-The Post says:
The organization of new electric
lamp combine under the domination of
the General Electric company, it is
learned from reliable authority was
accomplished in New York today and
a marked change will take place in
the future of operations of this bust
ness. Prices for electric lamps are 10
be Increased at the rate of two cents
per lamp at once, and but two grades
are to be provided for the trade.
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Oklahoma Prohibitionists Nominate

Guthrie, Okla, March 31.-The Prohi-
bition party of Oklahoma has held its
convention here and nominated Charles
E. Brown of Cherokee for delegate to
congress- w A Humphrey and E. w.
Tates of Guthrie and J. M. Monroe of
Oklahoma City and S. S. Shields of Sew
ard delegates to national convention at
INDIANAPOLIS
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a Negro Candidate for President.

East St. Louis, ILL.,, March 31.-W. T.
Scott. a negro, has announced that
preparations have been completed for
a national convention for the nominal
ton of a negro candidate for president.
The convention will be held in st. Louis
July G. the date set for the national
Democratic convention. The name of
the new party is the National Civil Lib
eral party, and platform will be
adopted which, Scott says, will call for
government ownership of transportation
facilities and a pension list for former
slaves
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Proper Treatment for Pneumonia.

Pneumonia is too dangerous a disease
for anyone to attempt to doctor himself
although he may have the proper reme-
dies at hand. A physician should always
be. called. 1t should be borne in mind
however. that pneumonia always results
from a cold or from an attack of the grip.
Remedy the threatened attack of pneu-
monfa may be Warded of. This remedy
Is also used Ky physicians in the treat
ment of pneumonia with the best results
DR.. w. ]. Smith of Sanders. Ala, who is
selling Chamberlain Cough Remedy and
prescribing it in my practice for the past
six years. I use 1t in cases of pneumonia
and have always gotten the best results. .
Sold by all druggists.
Everybody reads the State Journal
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Jehries to BEGIN Training.

New York. March 91.-Jim Jeffries
will leave this city next week, accom-
panied by his manager, Billy Delaney;
Joe Kennedy. his sparring partner, and
Kid Eagan, for the west, where he will
start training for his fight with Jack
Munroe. He will probably train at Los
Angeles. Delaney expected to meet
Harry Pollok. Munroe's manager, to-
day. to post forfeits for the fight. but
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LABOR TO PROTEST.
Big Petition Against the Situation in
Colorado.

Cleveland O., March 30.-At last nights
meeting of the United Trades and Labor
Council, representing all the labor unions
of this city, movement was begun to
States. to be sent to the president and
congress- protesting against the presence
of troops in the mining districts of Col
orado 1t is expected when the matter
comes to the federal authorities four hum
dred thousand names will be attached to
1 he r5etitiOn
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a hummer Wheat Crop.

sydney, N S w, March S1-The
work of harvesting this years wheat
crop is nearly completed and the gov
eminent estimates places the yield at
n ooa o00 bushels above the best pre-
Vious record. Seventeen million bushels
are now available for export.
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McGovern Talka SILL.

New York, March 31.-Terry McGov-
ern said today that he won $500 on
Britts victory over Young Corbett. 81
didn't think Corbett had a chance
against Britt" declared the former
fezthe~weight champion, but after
reading the accounts of the fight I am
convinced that Corbett was robbed of
the decision. The worst he should
have received was a draw
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81 Loud III: oklahoma citv 4.

Oklahoma City, Ok. March 31.-The
first baseball game of the season was
played at Colcord park Wednesday af-
ternoon by the st. Louis Browns and
Oklahoma City. The Browns won by
a score of II to f. The Oklahoma City
boys have had but two days practice
and made several errors in the fourth
inning. The game. however, was much
better than the score indicates and was
witnessed by a crowd of 1900 fans.
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Suicide at Manhattan.

Manhattan, Kan, March. BE. w.
Holland, 20 years old. committed sui
eide here by shooting himself with a
revolver. He had been living with his
18-year-old daughter, who is attending
college He was in poor health. He
left a farewell note to his daughter
telling where to find his money.
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Strikes Gas at Garnett.

Garnett, March 31.-A good gas we'll
was struck here. The we'll is located
about mile southeast of Garnett. The
gas flow was first noticed at about 400
feet and as the drillers advanced the
flow grew stronger until 500 feet was
reached, when it commenced to cave
in.
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Rich Child Dies.

Kansas City March 31.-Raphael So
den, the 6-year-old son of the late Pat
rick Soden, the millionaire railroad
builder, is dead of the grip. The boy
was in actual possession of an estate
valued at 500, 900 and had an income of
$500 a month This estate will go to
his brother Henry, s years old.
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Hiah water at carbondale.

There was considerable excitement
here for a while yesterday afternoon
after the hard rain. Berry creek was
on a rampage and rose until the water
touched the bridge on Main street.
This is the highest it has been for
several years. 1t was necessary for
some to turn their stock loose to keep
it from droWning-The Carbondalian.
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berry and sentenced to 10 years impris-
onment, of which they have served all
but about nine months. These pardons
are granted on the earnest request of
the governor of New Mexico, the war
den of the prison and the district at
torney and trial judge because of the
unusually good conduct of the prisoners
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Deserter Gets Two and a Half Years

Junction City, March 31-Private ".
G. Smoke, of the Sixth infantry band.
ed here several weeks ago for desertion
from the army, has been tried by a
general court martial at Fort Riley,
and has been sentenced to prison for
two years and a half. He probably
will serve his time in the prison at