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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
La Harpe Has a Vigorous School
Row Over Football.
Superintendent LIS Asked to In
tsrfere by Parents.
BAD FOR THE PUPILS.
Claim Made That They Lose In
tereSt In Their Work.
Charged That Children Are
Otherwise Mistreated.

La HaFpe, Dec. IA war is in pro-
gress here over a game of football in
volving the patrons of the schools, the
teachers, the school board and the pu-
pills. The trouble has progressed so far
that Miss Olive Knowlton, county sup
erintendent, has been asked to interfere
but when questioned in regard to the
matter, she said she would keep her
hands off. LaHarpe would soon be a
second-class city, she said, and out of
her jurisdiction and it was a matter for
the school board to settle.
Miss Knowlton expressed her opinion
of football in the schools, however. She
said: Il think football is a bad thing
in the schools, and particularly in the
graded schools. 1t is not only danger
Gus, but it interferes with the work of
the pupils. I am very strongly against
it..
The trouble at LaHarpe involves the
regular team which is taken from the
high school and the grades. AS near as
can be learned the principal of the high
school at LaHarpe, Mr.. Foster, and the
principal of graded schools, Mr.. Felter,
together with large number of the
pupils, want a football team. Also it is
understood that the school board favors
the game. On the other hand, the sup
erintendent of the schools, Mr.. kan
nard, is understood to be against the
game in the LaHarpe schools, but is
keeping quiet and taking no action
The parents of some of the pupils, how
ever, are taking the matter up very ag-
gressively. They have not forgotten the
fact that a boys leg was broken this
year and they say that the football fe-
yer has made a great difference in the
progress their children have made OF
course many of the patrons favor the
game, but they are saying little. Those
who are opposed to it, however, are en-
phaSizing their views. A delegation OF
parents called on Miss Knowlton, the
county superintendent, and tried to in
duce her to take action The parents
complain that they are unable to con-
troll their children, and that the game
has demoralized their discipline. One
boy, IA years of age, was told by his
parents, not to participate in the game,
and he told them he would play any
way.
The row in the schools at LaHarpe,
however, is not confined to football 1t
is learned that there is trouble over the
treatment accorded some children in one
of the grades. 1t seems that the chill
dren are required to march in and out
of the building. They are also required
to keep step. If they do not do it they
are taken out of line in this particular
grade, and turned over to some of the
tiation it is alleged that the children
are '.roughed.'' One mother declared
that her little girl had been handled so
roughly that her nose had bled. This
is the idea of some of the parents. 1t
may be exaggerated somewhat. The
teacher in this particular grade, it is
alleged, approved of the Imitation
The parents do not approve of it and
are mad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
successful Coyote Hunt.

One day last week Tom Coats, the
famous hunter of the regions round
about here, rode up to Will Rails
backs place with his pack OF eight
greyhounds following and bantering
him to go hunting. Now Will has
been telling ever since he landed in
this country about year ago, how
they used to go fox hunting in Illinois
and Tom was in the right mood that
day to show VIII that Kansas won't
be outclassed by any of them. So
they mounted their saddle horses and
hied away to a stubble field not far
distant where Tom suspected hunting
would be good.
They had no more than fairly en-
tered the field when up Jumped a big
coyote and a chase with hounds en-
sued. Soon this one was captured and
killed, and then the other five were
captured within a radius of a few
miles of that spot and in couple of
hOurs.--Turon Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Declares Himself in Form for
Bout With Nelson.
ssBattIing "Once Offsred$15,OO
to Lay Down at Butte.
HoK They Compare.

San Francisco, Dec. IA siesta of
q couple of hours finds a place inJimmy
Britt's daily itinerary now. The inno-
walton was suggested by Tiv Kreling-
Tiv is from the Klondike, where 1t is
the custom for some of those engaged
in mining enterprises to crawl in be-
tween the buffalo robes when the pay
dirt freezes solid" and slumber until
the spring thaw begins. As a conse-
quence Tiv understands the value OF
sleep when there is work ahead.
IF I lose this fight 1 won't be MAX
ing any excuses. I'm in better shape
than 1 ever was in my life. If this
other fellow can win from me next
Tuesday night he will beat me at my
best
This is James Edward BIRTHS sum up
of the fight situation He threw 1t out
to the public while being rubbed down
in the pavilion gymnasium. There was
more to it, however.
You know, if 1 lose don't want any
body coming around sympathizlng Win
me- he continued, his eyebrows lifting
into a smile. Ever since / was a small
boy-and that wasn't so very long ago,
either-I have Stunned sympathy. It's
not that l don't like my friends to share
my troubles, but it's that I'd a whole
lot rather be congratulated. And this
time I will be congratulated.
Il eat and drink everything / want,
but 1 do enough work to keep on the
a bottle and a half of porter before go
ing to bed, and now, just to show you
how easy the weight is, I'll step on the
scales
Suiting the action to the word, the
native son slipped down from his bunk,
and stepped on the scales The bar
leveIed at 13455. The weight for the
fight is 1872 o'clock.
Now a little dip in the surf. and I'll
be at 134 pounds said James. ''See
how easy it is ?"
Are you going into the surf today2"
asked Rafael. just a bit astonished- The
air here was wintry and the breakers
were bounding ominously against the
beach.
Sure I am answered Britt you
can't cheat me out of that
In all of his work of yesterday-in
fact. almost every day-Britt is as full
of spirits as a high-bred colt.
Ted Murphy issued this edict last
night from LarkSpur:
IF Britt will keep his boast of stand
ing and exchanging blows with Nelson,
I will wager something and give odds
that the battle does not go twenty
rounds But no matter how soon it is
over, the spectators will see a world
of fighting. because Nelson will be there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
BIG LOCOMOTIVE HERE.
Largest Road Engine Ever Built Goes
Through to Ration, N. Nj.

One of the monster Santa Fe en-
gines which was on display in the
Transportation building at the worlds
fair was taken through Topeka yes
terday. on the way to Ration, N. NJ.
The big "ten wheeler the largest in
the world, came from st. Louis to
Kansas City on the Chicago 6. Alton
road It could not be taken through
the Union station at Kansas City be-
cause of the sharp curves at the ap-
proaches A track through the Bur-
Iington yards was cleared to move it
to the Alton yards, where, delivery to
the Santa Fe was afterward made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
TO MAKE 200 MILES AN HOUR.
That Is Speed Claimed by La Roche
for His Motor Car.

New York. Dec. 17.-Three and
one-third miles a minute, or 200 miles
an hour is the rate of speed that f.
A. La Roche, of this city, claims for
his new motor car over the smooth
roadbed and iron rails of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. The railroad has all
but consented to give Mr.. La Roche
the right of way, and the dreamer of
this terrific speed says that the trip
will be made very soon.
1t is the intention of Mr.. La Roche
to remove the rubber tired wheels
from the car and in their place adjust
steel wheels like the one that Charles
J. Glidden, of this city, used on his
trip across the continent last summer.
Night time will be selected as the
proper part of the day to make the
trip, and. starting from Jersey City,
the wheels will whirl, stop watches
viii click and the race against time
such as has never before been at
tempted will begin.
The date of this run will be given
out to a select few only, as Mr.. La
Roche wants no one to know of it out
side of officials, so that the crossings
may be clear and no danger of posi-
Bile tampering with the rails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Alfalfa Is 81 a BusheI.

The Stout boys and their alfalfa
huller are doing business in this vicin-
ity. They were at George Seeley's
place Monday and went from there to
the Dickinson farm. Speaking of the
yield of seed, the boys say their jobs
so far have hulled out fairly We'll
They charge $3.50 per bushel for hull
ing. According to Hubert Weaver.
our grain dealer. the present price of
alfalfa seed is about 81 per bushel.
Mr.. Seeley had 33 bushels of seed
from 80 acres of the plant, and this is
said to be about an average yield in
this Observation-Disclosures News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
osAGE COUNTY FAIR.
Officers Elected and Dates Selected
for 1905.

Burlingame, Kas., Dec. 1.-THE
directors of the Usage County Fair
association met in annual session and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, j. P. Bolton; vice president, Ed
ward Riddle; secretary, f. T. Price;
treasurer, L. T. Price: member of ex-
ecutive board, ]. McPhillaney. c. ].
Wilbur was elected member to repre-
sent the association at the state board
of agriculture meeting.
The track has been plowed up for
the winter, and in the spring will be
regarded. The officers expect to have
record track next year. equal to To-
peka- The record last year was
broken by Jim Underwood, 2:16 Il.
The fair for 1905 will be held from
September to s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Bad Coin at Parsons.

Parsons, Kan, Dec. 17.-Once more
Parsons has been victimized by a gang
of counterfeiters. The first time it
was recognized that the bad money
was being circulated was when a GER
tain man gave it to officer Williamson
of the Katy secret service department
and his trained fingers instantly de-
tected it. OF course he received the
money from the hands of an innocent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
She Lost Her Suit.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 17.-After
being out just twenty minutes the jury
in the $4,000 damage suit of Mrs.
Sarah Gish versus the Kansas City
Leavenworth road for injuries she al
legged she received by being showed
from a Fifth avenue car by a con-
ductor, returned to the court room
with the verdict finding that the
plaintiff was not entitled to any dam
ages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Kane Nom ON Gri11o,s staff.

South Bend. Ind, Dec. 17.-Steve
Kane, the star umpire of the Central
league last season. has been appointed
by President J. Ed Grillo to a position
on the staff of umpires for the Amer
lean association. Kane is from Louis
vile and is an old-time ball player.
He was popular in the Central league
last year because early in the season
he gave the players to understand that
when he said ANYTHING he meant it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Belmont After Derby.

New York, Dec. 17-August Bel
mont, chairman of the Eastern Jockey
club, will endeavor to win the Eng
lish Derby next year with the Amer
ican-bred colt, Lord Hastings. The
has been cabled to the Newmarket
authorities. Cabled directions were
also dispatched to George Watson,
who is engaged in handling and
training some yearlings and 2-year-
olds owned by Mr.. Belmont, to pre-
pare Lord Hastings for the event.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
To Lay a Gas Pipe Line.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. IA. B.
Havens of Leavenworth, who has gas
holdings and leases in Wyandotte
county, filed with County Clerk Me
haus a petition to be presented to the
board of county commissioners asking
the Recommendations City road for
a period of twenty-five years The
pipe line is to be laid as near as pos
Sible to the fence line along the road
and to be completed within eighteen
months from January, 1906.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
ABOLISH TRAIN BARBER SHOPS
Union Pacific Has Discontinued This
Service ON Overland Limited.

The Union Pacific has abolished the
barber shop from it's Overland Limited
trains. It is said that patrons of the
trains did not take kindly to allowing
a barber to shave them while the train
was moving along at from 40 to so
miles an hour, and that while such
thing was possible and offered no
danger to patrons, the BARRIERS were
not natroniZed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is nervous
ness sleeplessness, or stomach upsets
Electric Bitters will quickly dismember
the troublesome causes. 1t never fails to
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particularly and all the usual attending
aches vanish under its searching and
thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is
only soc, and that is returned If it don't
give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by
Arnold Drug Co., 81 n. Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

to knock out Britt Or beat him as soon
as he cam He has always fought on the
square, and not because he has not had
a chance to do otherwise. 1t is. not
generally known that we were offered
$4,000 to lay down to Herrera in Butte,
but we refused point blank. We can
not be hired to lay down and we are not
sorry for being on the square That's
the way the Nelson camp feels about
it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Jeff's Father Sails TO sydney.

San Francisco, Dec. 17.-Rev. Alexis
C. Jeffries, the father of the cham
pion heavyweight pugilist of the
world, sailed on the steamer Ventura
for Auckland and Sydne-- to preach
the gospel to the benighted inhabi-
tants of the antipodes. He is accom-
panied by Rev. James Suter, Mrs.
Suter and Deacon John Crow, all of
the Christian or the Church of the
Disciples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
Kid MCCOY Starts Training.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 17.-Kd
Mccoy has started training in earnest
for his battle with Twin Sullivan.
There are plenty of husky lads to
try out his speed and his training
thwacking of padded mitts and the
thump of good lads hitting the floor,
for the Kid likes to try his strength
and assure himself that he still has
the punch"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

Shakespearean drama. His mother.
rustic much against her better 5udg-
ment went to that ungodly place-a
playhouse. All went well till Polonius
Excellent WELL replied Hamlet.
you are a fishmonger."
That was enough for the mother.
She arose and shouldered her way out,
exclaiming loudly, Let me get out! let
me get out! knew they'd insult our
IackIp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
SIoan's Home Is Sold.

New York. Dec. 1.-THE home of
Tod Sloan, the jockey, on the north
east corner of East Twelfth street and
Avenue U, Sheepshead Bay, was sold
at public auction at the Real Estate
exchange by Auctioneer Smith, under
foreclosure proceedings instituted by
the Title Guarantee and Trust COM
pany. The place was bought by
Alderman Fred Lundy, for S455O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

party. Postmaster Taft's attention
was called to the coin when he took
the days receipts to the bank and two
dollars were handed back to him.
They had been received some time
during the day by one of the clerks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if il
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

Greatest tonic and strength producing
remedy ever offered suffering humanity
Cures indigestion; constipation, headache,
stomach disorders. That's what Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Gatlln
Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to
cure you in 6 to IA days. soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17
THE STORY TELLERs.
Jokes and Sayings of the Players OF
the Stage.

Paula Edwardes, the bright, par
ticular star of "Winsome Winnie, -
tells an amusing story in the course
of an interview published in the
Louisville Herald. The narrative in
stances the acumen and enterprise of
the genus widow.
81 was sitting on the veranda of a
summer hotel says Miss Edwardes,
when / observed a little boy, whose
mother was close by chatting with a
young man. What's your name?' the
child asked.
1.-THE young man told him.
is you married?'
No, l am not was the reply.
1.-The little fellow paused moment.
and then, turning to his mother, in
quired: Mamma, what else did you
tell me to ask him 2 -
Jefferson de Angels received the
other day letter written on the sta
tionery of a big plumbing house in
Chicago and reading as follows:
"Mr. Jefferson De Angelis.-Dear
Sir: Are you a relative of Pat de
Angels or Winifred de Angels. buried
in Calvary cemetery, ISL? Gould
Whereabouts? Or are you in a posi-
ton to give US a deed of their prop
erty? The object we are seeking is
some relative of theirs and we cannot
find any. We are informed that Mrs.
the early '70s and never returned. She
must have died there. If you could
give the writer any information on this
subject it would be greatly appre-
ciated."
Mr.. de Angels reply was brief. 1t
read: For the sake and reputation of
the De Angels family, don't care to
commit myself as to the whereabouts
of the people you inquire of. 1t is bad
enough to be bothered with live dead
heads
The worries of the playhouse would
appear to be universal. The other day
a gentleman in Portland, Ore, mailed
the appended wall of protest to the
daily paper:
From the selfish woman who rattles
her programme at the Quietest mo-
ment of the play; from the insuffer-
able bore who explains the plot to his
companion loud enough to disturb all
in his vicinity; from the ass who tells
how much better this identical play or
him at the "Haymow." in Manistee,
Mich, the last time he was east CD;
from the boor who laughs fmmoder-
ately in your ear every time the COM
edian crooks his finger. as at least one
boor did when Frank Daniels was here
last; from the lobster who occupies
half of your seat as well as his own;
from the imbecile women who start
putting their things on in the middle of
the last act. and from the brute who
breathes a, whisky laden breath into
your face. Also from the .get-your-
money's-worth f1end, who insists on
encoring everything on the list. From
these and some other theater nuisances
that wot of. Good Lord deliver US
A. A. C.
According to an English actress
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-17

According to an English actress
there was once a fishmonger in a pro-
yinciaI town who had a Mt of stage
mania, so he studied and went to the
Sheffield theater stage to play in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-14
FOUR SCORE FOUR.
Jason LOthrop Celebrated His Eighty
fourth Birthday in This City
Today.
A VETERAN COUNTY OFFICIAL.

Jason Lothrop, Jr., one of the best
known of the early pioneer settlers of
the city kept open house today in hon.
or of his eighty-fourth birthday, and
many of the survivors of those early
days called on Mr.. Lothrop to offer
congratulations on the event. The
passing years have not been hard on
Mr.. Lothrop and after his Busy life he
is still almost as hale as any man in
the city, and he was able to be at his
Office today and ready to take up any
work that came along. Few men IL
the county are better known than
Jason Lothrop. For more than fifty
years he held the Office of county sur
veyor and his maps of the county will
undoubtedly be regarded as an author
ity for all time.
Mr.. Lothrop was son of the late
Jason Lothrop one OF the pioneer min
listers of Wisconsin. He was born in
Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y, on
Jan. Is, 1920. When he was fourteen
years of age he took to the lakes for a
livelihood. Five years later a steam
er landed him at Southport where his
father had settled two years earlier,
and since that time he has been res
ident of the city.
Mr.. Lothrop was always a student
and while sailing about the lakes he
mastered the business of surveyor.
When he arrived in Kenosha at the
age of nineteen years he was an ex-
pert and few years later he was APP
pointed as government surveyor of Ra-
cine County. This was before Wis.
consin territory was admitted to the
Union and Mr.. Lothrop was sent to all
parts of the territory to assist in lay
ing out the roads and settling ques.
tons in regard to the divisions of land.
Many of the old stakes set by Mr..
Lothrop in the early forties still stand
as landmarks of the days gone by.
From 1874 until 1901 Mr.. Lothrop, with
the exception of two years, held the
Office of county surveyor for Kenosha
county or as an assistant to that ofic-
ial. He could have continued in Office
until his death but he declined to ac-
cept another nomination.
Mr.. Lothrop knows Kenosha county
and her people like book and there is
no man in Southern Wisconsin who is
better posted on the counties ia this
section.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-14
A NEW YEARS WEDDING.

At St. James Church Thursday
morning, Jan. z, occurred one of the
social events of the season when Lii
liam Rachel Murray, daughter of Mrs.
John Murray of this city, became the
bride of Charles Francis Martelle Of
Chicago. The wedding was q very
pretty one, the church being decorated
in honor of the event with palms and
flowers. A large crowd of friends
witnessed the ceremony, Father Roche
officiating.
The bride was attired in travelling
suit of tan broadcloth and carried a
shower boquet of brides roses, and the
groom wore the conventional black.
Miss Laura Murray, twin sister Of
the bride, acted as maid of honor and
was attired in becoming suit of blue
broadcloth, while Mr.. Arthur Martelle,
a brother of the groom, was best man.
The ushers we're Louis Murray and
Frank Reilly Of this city and Albert
Burdette of Chicago.
The bride and groom are two Of Ke-
nosna>s Oest known young people and
they start out in life with the best
wishes of host of friends.
An all day reception was held at the
home of the BRIDES mother on Dayton
Street, after which they left on an
evening train for Chicago, where re-
ception awaited them at the home of
the groom. They received many USE
full and beautiful presents.
Among the out of town guests were
the groom's father, brother and sister,
Mrs. Willis and Albert Burdette Of
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kerwin
of Silver Lake; Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bohr,
Mr.. D. Murphy and Rose and Chas.
Murphy, of Brighton.