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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-18
1J.oJU Plant. for Ice.

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Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, makes.
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1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich. buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you WI
grow no others, and
ALL ron But Ice POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
II you will send them 20c in postage, they
will add 10 the above a package OF the IA
nous Berliner Caulihower. TX. L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-18

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-30
A LEAvENwORTH MYSTERY.
Police Undecided Whether a Nebraska
Man Drowned Himself There.

Leavenworth, Kas., Sept. 30.-J. E.
Davis, of Plattsburg, Neb., is supposed
to have jumped from the Terminal
bridge here Thursday, and Matte
johnson, wife of Isaac Johnson, now
serving a term in the penitentiary for
a murder committed in Atchison, is
held in the city Jail for investigation
superintendent Oursler of the bridge
found a photograph in the window of
the east toll house, on which were
write nthe words:
TAKE this picture to Matte john
son and tell here that my grave is in
the bottom of the river. She will
know the rest"
The photograph is that of a woman
unknown to the police here. The
Johnson woman came here from Kan
sas City with the man supposed to
have been Davis Wednesday night.
They quarreled and he took from
grip they carried several bills and at
tempted to burn them in the street.
Most of them have been recovered by
the police. The officers think the man
may have been a criminal who feared
the woman would turn him over to
the officers, and wished to make her
believe he had drowned himself.
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IN WICHITA COURT.
October Docket Shows Sixty-three
Divorce Cases.

Wichita, Sept. 3O.-Frank ]. Ryan,
clerk of the district court, and Ernest
Hunnius, his deputy, have been busy
Tor the past week making up Ihe dock
ct for the October term of the district
court.
The docket contains 63 divorce suits
which is a record breaker During the
last term of court Judge Fitzpatrick
got tired of seeing such Il large docket
ana struck from it several divorce
suits which had been hanging fire for
many years, because the plaintiffs re-
fused TO come forward and state what
they wished done The court felt that
such a big list of petitions for divorce
was a disgrace to the country, but
since the last term of court more pc
titions for divorce have been filed than
were disposed of. 1t would seem that
the record has again been broken.
On the docket are 237 cases for the
court to dispose of which means that
the jurors will have plenty to do and
may have to remain longer than have
the juries of the past three years.
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KANSAS NEWS.
Pittsburg Ig to Soon Have a
Wireless Station.
Large Corporation to Compete
With Other Companies.
STATION 800 FEET UP.
Regular Morse Code Will Be
Used i'm Service.
Receivers and Keys Similar to
Other Telegraph Offices.

Pittsburg, Kas.. Sept. 30.-"Pitts-
burg will have a station of the wire
less telegraph system within six
months" declared James Patmor,
president of the First State bank, to-
day.
Mr.. Patmor has just returned from
St Louis, where he visited the wire
less station at the Worlds fair
grounds, and had a talk with the man
ager of the corporation which is put
ting in the stations. the DeFOrest
Wireless Telegraph Co.
The manager of the DeForest COM
pany told me- continued Mr.. Patmor,
that they were now opening stations
in Kansas City, and in Dallas, Texas,
and other points. and that they would
install station in Pittsburg- He gave
me to understand that work would
commence here within six months
Mr. PatmOr thoroughly investigated
the wireless telegraphy system, and
he soon became an enthusiast.
The wireless system is in practical
working order and messages are being
received and sent from the World 5
fair grounds. In various parts of the
country the system is in practical use,
and IL will not be long before it is in
general competition with the Western
Union Telegraph Co. in transmitting
telegraph business
In opening a station in Pittsburg
tall tower about 500 feet high will be
erected From the top of this tower
TO the base a network of wires will
be strung. The base will not be at
the ground, however, but will be about
100 feet above the ground level. Here
viii be the receiving and transmitting
Office The regular Morse code will
be used, and the receiving and trans
hitting keys are similar to those used
in regular telegraph offices.
The electric flash causes the mes
sage to be sent through the ether in
every direction, and it will strike the
wires at other stations in every direc-
ton, but will be received only by the
station called.
Tt is expected that stations will be
opened in other cities where the pat
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Rural Carriers for Kansas

WashingtOn. Sept. 30.-The follow
ing rural free delivery carriers have
been appointed for Kansas: Bavaria
regular, Ralph E. Terry; substitute,
Emma T. Terry. Brookville, regular
Arthur H. Missing; substitute. Peter
Johnson. Bridgeport regular Charles
A. Peterson; substitute, Rebecca Pc
terson- Ell Dorado, regular, Karl T.
Wiedemann; substitute, Otto J. Wiede-
mann. Falun, regular. Luther r.
Neyuick; substitute. August w. Ney-
uick. Halstead. regular. Alfred Hem
mant; substitute, Albert f. Baer. lie
Loup, regular, William Q. Gilbert; sub
stitute. Frank J. Gilbert. Manhattan,
CIRCULAR, William o. Hunt; substitute,
Frank w. ConweL. Mound Ridge,
regular, Phares NJ. Gibble; substitute
NJ. Gibble. Norton, regulars,
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YOST FINDS NEW MEN.
Stewart From Denver and Pierce of
PENNSYLVANIA Join.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Sept. 30.-Michigan's
first scrimmage showed up varsity tim
Der in one of the new candidates. Stew
art, the .punter from Denver university,
played right half on the second eleven
and was the only scrub to make gains
through the varsity line. Once he went
fifteen yards after he had been thrown
by varsity tacklers.
In kicking the ball he showed excellent
judgment, gaining the scrubs 40 yards by
a trick kick In defensive work he was
not so satisfactory. Only two other new
men, Schultz and Smull, were in the
Scrimmage. Schultz played right guard
for the varsity in Carriers absence and
Smull left tackle for the scrubs. Yost
completed his varsity eleven by using
four of last years men, Beechler at
tackle, Carrells at end, Ted Hammond at
center. and Depree at right half
Duncan Pierce, a strong new candidate
has Joined the squad. He played quarter
for two years at high school in Penn
sylVania
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jor Delmar and Prince Alert will try
for records today, the latter to beat the
worlds pacing record of 1884.
The surprise of the day was in the
2:07 class pace, in which Redbird, a hot
favorite, was distanced after winning
two heats and finishing a close second
in another. In the first heat Pauline G.
came with a rush at the end and won
the heat by a nose from Redbird. Red
bird won the second and third heats
handily. In the fourth heat Redbird
broke at the quarter and before Walk
er could get him going right, the entire
field had passed him.
Sphinx took his heat easily, as well
as the fifth. Pauline G. and Sphinx
the heat winners, fought it out in the
sixth heat, the latter winning by
length
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ronage will make the investment a
paying one and that Pittsburg will
soon have quicker and better tele-
graphic communication than is at
present afforded by the Western Union
company.
No wires or poles will be used by
the wireless system, and there Will
never be any breaking of communica-
ton by wires being down or poles be-
ing broken in storms. As the mes
sages will pass through the ether and
not the atmosphere, the storms Will
have no effect on sending or receiving
the messages
Mr. Patmor stated that the company
was reliable and backed by plenty of
capital. and he believed that they mean
business.
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OFFICERS ARE SELECTED.
Ffremen Enjoy Their Annual Tourna-
nent at Manhattan.

Manhattan, Kas., Sept. 30.-Despite
rainy weather, the statefiremen con-
tinued their races Thursday afternoon
with the following results: Ladder
contest, Concordia first, Wamego and
Marysville tied for second, Clay Cen
ter third; combination hook and lad
der race for banner, Marysville first,
Beloit second. Concordia and Clay
Center tied for third; wet hose con-
test, Marysville first, Clay Center sec
ond, Beloit third. The 500 yards re-
lay race was won by MarysviIle.
Officers of the state association were
elected as follows: President ]. H.
White, Manhattan; vice presidents, H.
L. Remley, Ottawa, and E. Pauley, Be
lott; secretary, Walter Puckey, Clay
Center; treasurer, c. N. Baker, Wa
mego; executive committee, William
Young of Salina, Frank Trait of juno
ton City and w. J. Bentin of Weir
Civ
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SOME FAST THRESHING.
Mitchell County Machine Makes a
Record Run.

Some of the boys working with the
Troutman and Booker machine recent
~ resolved that they would try and
find out just what amount of work n
big threshing machine with a large and
energetic crew of pitchers was cana
bic OF performing, and all hands BENG
willing and ready for the test, a spec
ial effort was made on a job of bound
wheat stacks on the Patton farm in
Logan township. Eight pitchers were
employed getting the grain to the ma
chine, the business of four of them be-
ing to turn the heads of the bundles
in a straight line with the cylinder. BY
this means so bushels of grain were
run into wagon in exactly eight min
utes, or at the rate of 6L bushels per
minute. Speed was kept going on the
whole 41S1R bushels of wheat that was
in the job to be threshed, and though
1t involved setting three times, the
work was completed in 142 minutes,
giving a rate throughout of a very
small fraction under three bushels to
the minute.
Altogether Messrs. Troutman and
Booker threshed $4,000 bushels this sea-
son, which they did in 3S1s days, run
ming through their machine 1000 BUSH
els on several afternoons, their biggest
days work being 1900 bushels. They
last week they got into a portion of
the territory that suffered from the eff
fects of hail, which lowered their aver
age considerably.
Their plant consists of a 25 horse
power Reeves engine, with one of their
mammoth cylinder separators.-Beloit
Call
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Good Scores at Concordia.

Concordia, Kas., Sept 30.-The sec
ond and closing day at the Interstate
associations trap shooting tournament
was for the most part in a drizzling
rain. There We're twelve events with
a total of 200 targets. The high pro-
fessional scores for the day were: w.
H. Heer, 1876; G. w. Spencer, 191; T.
A. Marshall, 100. The high amateur
was z. W. Arnold, with 1888. On the
two days Heer was high gun with $50
out of 400. Spencer second. with 376,
and Marshall third with 372. NJ. F.
Kempton, a young farmer of this
county, made the remarkable record
for a new amateur of fifty straight
targets.
Another feature of the shoot was the
work of George Maxwell, postmaster
at HolStein, Neb., who has but one
arm and yet made a record of $50
in two DAYS.
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Was a Winfield Pioneer.

Winfield, Kas., Sept. 30.-Joseph
McCloy, who died here yesterday, was
one of the delegates who attended the
convention at Jackson, Mich, in 1854
when the Republican party was or
ganized. He was a lawyer and lived
in Detroit. After the civil war, Mr.
McCloy went to Jackson, Miss. and
established the National Republican
and later owned a half interest in the
Nicksburg Times In 1870 he was the
Republican nominee for lieutenant
governor of Mississippi with General
Dent, General Grants brother-in-law
on the reconstruction platform and
was defeated. He was United States
marshal of Mississippi ten years and
came west in 1880. He was II years
old
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BRICK FOR CHANUTE.
Plant to Be Put i'm That Will Employ
Large Force.

Chanute. Kan, Sept. S0.-A. L.
Blatchly of Whitehall. ILL.,, represent
ing himself and other Illinois parties,
has made the first payment on the old
Lindsay farm, owned by the Allen
Kennedy syndicate, and within the
next sixty days a company which is
now in process of organization will
begin the construction of a brick plant
on the land.
1t is the intention of Messrs. Blatch-
ley and Lemon to complete the organi-
cation of the company at once and in
stall a plant with u capacity of 100, 600
brick per day. 1t will require force
of fifty men to operate d plant of this
size. Later on the company will in
crease the capacity of the plant, and
before the expiration of eighteen
months from the time of its installa-
ton it will probably be turning out
quarter million brick daily and en-
ploying from 100 to $50 men.
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PLAY No Post-season Games.

Philadelphia, Sept. SO.-At the sug-
gestion of President Hermann, Man
ager Kelley asked members of the Gin
cinnati team their will regarding a
post-season series of games with the
Cleveland team. Without a dissent
the Reds declared against the series,
so the team will disband Immediately
after the ST. Louis games of October
8. Mr.. Hermann offered the players
SO per cent of the clubs share. but the
players decided that there would be
nothing in the game for them if they
were given the entire receipts. A vote
of thanks was rendered Mr.. Herr
mann.
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RAINS OVER KANSAS.
Heavy Downpour Is General in the
Western Portion.

AT SALIVA
A heavy rain storm swept over this
| part of the state, two inches OF rain
! falling in this city. Reports received
here from points along the Union Pa
! cific west show that heavy rains Tell
along that line as far as the Colorado
line Mcpherson and LindSbOrg re-
port heavy rains, as do also Marquette
and other points on the Missouri Pa
cifie. Reports from Lincoln and other
points on the Lincoln branch show
heavy rains as far west as Hill City.
The rain will place the ground in ex-
cellent condition for fall seeding, al
though it will delay threshing for
AT EMPORIA-
The heaviest rain since last July fell
here last evening. The day was OPP
pressively hot and cloudy. A light rain
fell here Wednesday night. 1t did
wonders for the late crops but both
cred politics. Z. w. Hoch, w. E. STAN
ley, ]. w. Robinson and r. B. Welch
were here, opening the Lyon county
Republican campaign. In spite of the
ram, crowds greeted the speakers at
both afternoon and night sessions.
AT NESS CITY.
Ness county was visited by a soak
ing rain. The county fair which is
now in progress was spoiled by the
rain as the roads and race track are
AT KINSLEY.
This section of Kansas had a good
rain Wednesday afternoon, and about
midnight a steady rain commenced to
fall and continued for ten hours
which places the ground in fine con-
dition for sowing wheat.
AT STERLING.
Rain began falling here Wednesday
afternoon and by Thursday morning
- inches had fallen, which will put
the wheat in fine condition. Early
wheat is coming up well and this rain
will give Il a good start Farmers are
stfiI sowing wheat. There Will be
large acreage.
AT PRATT.
a much needed soaking rain fell in
this county It was very timely be-
cause of seeding.
AT ATCHISON.
Rain fell Thursday along the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines in northern Kansas
to Lenora, the western terminus The
hot weather of last week has been OF
great value to corn.
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Nebraslka Giant ait Yale.

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 3o.-Cotton. a
giant from the University. of Nebraska,
was the prime factor in the failure of
the varsity to score during the afternoon.
He broke up attacks as Henelfnger used
to- He was lined up at left tackle on the
scrubs, facing Captain Hogan of the reg
ulars, who had an interesting contest as
long as the Nebraskan could stand the
pace Cotton did not come to Yale to
play football, but Mike Murphy picked
him out of the crowd and pressed him
into service. AS he has played on another
university eleven, he will not be eligible
for the Yale team this fall.
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Racing at New York.

New York, Sept. 30-DoIIy Spank
er, the to 10 favorite, easily won
the Ocean View handicap at one mile
and a sixteenth, at Gravesend. Leo
midas made the running to the stretch,
followed by Dolly Spanker, who took
command in the stretch and won by
five lengths. Mineola beat Leonidas a
head for the place.
The distance of the second race
ought to have been one mile and a
furlong, but through an error it was
printed on the program as one mile
and a sixteenth and run at that dis
lance.
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Younger Sister IIhere E,irst

Winfield, Kan, Sept. 30.-There was
a surprise in store for the parents of
Myrtle Efner of oxford, when they
came to the probate judges Office in
Winfield to secure a license for her
sister to marry Wiley Hornbeck of
Uda1. They found Myrtle, who is only
Il years old, had been married earlier
in the day to John w. Lynn of Seely
making affidavit that she was 10. The
astounded parents had no alternative
but to forgive their daughters actions
which they promised to do when they
reach ed home.
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Charles F. Fetz, William Walden, w.
c. Evans; substitutes, Edward T.
Barnes, c. F. Walden. John c. Evans.
New Cambria, regular, Oliver NJ. Rea-
soner; substitute, James v. Donmeyer.
Ottawa. regular, Orlando L. Blicken-
staff; substitute, Martha Blickenstan.
Pomona, regular, Robert j. Dick; sub
stitute, John E. Dick. Princeton, reg
ular, Earl r. Smith; substitute, Clay
ton E. Peck. Walton, regular, John
NJ Sisco; substitute, Charles N. Sisco.
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Racing at PaoIa.

Paola, Kas.. Sept 30.-Ten thous-
and people attended the Miami coun-
ty fair Thursday. Black Patchen was
first in the 2:30 pace. Ella G. sec
ond, Scrock third and College Boy
fourth. Best time, 2:2O.
In the free-for-all pace Tony w.
won first money, Tomsl1y second and
Black Ace third. Best time, 2:17h
In the running race Game Warden
won the mile dash, Gene Ferris the
half-mile, and Lady Walkover the
quarter.
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American Association Meeting.

Chicago, Sept 3O.-At a special
meeting here Thursday of the mag
mates of the American Baseball as
ISOLATION the pennant for 1904 was Of
ficially awarded to the st. Paul club.
Although the session lasted several
hours nothing but routine business
was transacted. President Grillo who
presided at the meeting said that the
season just closed was the most pros
porous in the history of the associa-
ton and no change in the makeup of
the league for next year was contem-
n1afod
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT ST. LOUIS.

By winning one game of the double
header the Philadelphia American
league team won the seasons series
with st. Louis by a score of II games
to 10. Murphy won the first contest for
Philadelphia by knocking the ball into
the left field bleachers for a home run
in the seventh inning.
First game-Score by innings: RHE
st. Louis ..............0 0 0 10000 2
Philadelphia 80 900 01o0- OIL o
observation-disclosures and Sugden; Wad-
dell and Schreck.
Second game-Seore by innings: RHE
St. Louis ...-..........0 o 02 IL SO 10
Philadelphia - 0 0 DO 90 o. 0
Batteries-Glade and Sugden; Henley
and NoOnan.
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New Hall for Coneyville.

Cofeyville. Kas.. Sept. 30.-In the
presence of a large crowd the corner
stone of the new $4,000 city hall was
laid by the local lodge of Masons
The grand master, Thomas G. Fitch of
Wichita, officiated and the Rev. Ber-
nard Kelly, pastor of the Meth odist
church, made an address.
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Racing at Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 3O.-With a track as
sticky as a quagrnire, Big Ben, carry
ing top weight, made a good field look
cheap in the third and feature event at
Worth. The winner was pulled up al
most to a walk at the end and finished
two lengths in the lead. Katie Pow
ers barely got up in time to capture
second place from Nanny Hodges. Big
Ben was the only favorite to win. Two
second choices and three long shots
captured the other events.
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NO CONCESSION TO COLORADO.
Judge Ashbaugh Fighting for Entire
Arkansas Valley Rights.

Wichita, Kans-, Sept. 3O.-Judge S.
S Ashbaugh, attorney for Kansas in
the Kansas-Colorado case, pronounces
the story of the cession of a part of
Kansas to Colorado as simply absurd
and ridiculous He states the case
does not concern 100 miles in Kansas
alone but 800 miles. and he is fighting
for the entire Arkansas river valley
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Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 30.-Spectators
at the Harvard practice saw ten minutes
of fierce football. If the crimson varsity
plays this fall as the candidates did yes
terday there will be something doing
The hard work done by the varsity
and second elevens, but their second
scrimmage was the real thing, Herman be-
ing a star. He directed his team well and,
in spite of fierce opposition. sent the ball
along for good gains. Hurley, Nichols
and Guild played finely for the varsity.
Brill, a tackle, was the only addition to
the squad
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Racing at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Sept. 3O.-The largest
crowd of the meeting attended the
Grand circuit racing at Oakley park
here Thursday.
Major Delmar was carded to go
against the worlds trotting record of
2:02A, but did not make the attempt
on account of a strong wind, which
was blowing during the aEternooa. Ma
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little can be predicted of the game.
In the game last Saturday with EN-
poria the local boys showed them
selves lacking in endurance and very
little practice has been done since
then. On the contrary the Indians
have a great many of their old men
this year and are expected to be in
much better shape than the locals.
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Racing at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 3O.-Gascon, at z to
TO- was the only winning favorite at
Delmar park. Wellington cut across
the field from the outside in the fifth
race and caused a jam at the first
turn. The horse finished second, but
was disqualified. Track fair.
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w. IT. Soden Improves.

w T. Soden was on the street today.
Mr. Soden has been on a summer visit to
Boulder, Col, for several weeks and
reached home yesterday evening. He was
up town today and appears to have been
much benefited by his Colorado trip
Emporia Gazette.
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Gus Gardiner Defeated.

ST. Louis, Sept. 3o.-George Memsic
of Chicago was given the decision over
Gus Gardiner of Chicago at the end
of the 15-round bout here last night