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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

ment. Topeka ought to pave every
street in town at the rate of $1-15.f
The heavy rains kept Sedalia and
Topeka from playing the third of their
series of three games yesterday That
means a ToTPeka-SedaIia double head
er at Topeka. and a Sedalia-Tope ka
double header at Sedalia.
The Kaw river is rising a little, but
not enough to cause need for worry.
The spring showers always cause a
lift in the water, and the height Of
the stream fiuctuates in almost exact
proportion to the amount of precipita-
ton.
Oliver p. Wilkerson will arrive in
Topeka today from Washington, d. C.,
in response to telegram from his
father. ex-Sneriff John w. Wilkerson,
announcing the serious illness of Mrs
vvflkerson at their farm nine miles
north of Topeka
Down at Kansas university and on
the Lawrence Gazette they have a
foolish notion that the state institu-
ton has a baseball team. Last Satur-
day afternoon the bunch which was
sent up here to play Washburn was
outplayed, outclassed and practically
wiped out of existence SO far as rela-
tive merits are concerned Here is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
LIFE SAVED BY A WOMAN.
Telegraph Operator Shot by Robber
and Left to Die.

St. Paul, May 17.-Reports received
here at the Northern Pacific office
from division headquarters in the west
tell how Mrs. A. ]. Barlow, wife of a
section foreman in the state of Wash
ington saved the life of q telegraph
operator, who was shot by a bandit
and then telegraphed the news to head
quarters, resulting in the capture of
the outlaw.
c. J. Ingraham, station agent at
SHoqualanlie, Wash, was about to lock
up his safe, prior to leaving his office
for the night when a bandit thrust a
neavy revolver through a pane of glass
and shot him. He then entered and
demanded IngrahaTn's keys, but the
agent refused to deliver them. The
bandit shot him again and then rified
the safe and money drawer, escaped
leaving the agent lying in pool of
blood on the floor desperately wounded.
Mrs. Barlow, wife of the section
foreman. heard the shots and although
alone and unarmed rushed from the
section house to the station and, in
stantIy realizing that Ingraham must
have medical aid sa. down at the tele-
graph key and sent an account of the
shooting to an adjacent station, and to
division headquarters. She then car
ried the wounded man to a bench and.
tearing lner skirt into bandages, stop
ped the flow of blood and rendered all
the skill first aid could have accom-
plished. Ingraham was put under a
SURGEONS care and then sent to hos
pital The man under arrest has been
identified as one Bridges and is on his
way to Jail at Seattle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

a little insane. The nomination has
been made. The people of the district
have a pretty fair idea of the opinions
of the candidate on about every issue
that has come up for years, from free
silver to street paving. His views are
in black and white and he has no m
tention of changing them unless they
are wrong. There is one special point
to them which about everybody will
concede, that at all times and under
all circumstances he is ready and will
ing to stand up for Hutchinson and
Reno county and for his friends and
neighbors. All the interests he has in
the world are in this representative
district, and if elected he viii work
for the best interests of his constituents
just as hard as he can. That's ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
A Little Accident outside the Tent.

Luis AGGAuelI OANSlQE the tent
ros, Immediately established themselves
into the graces of the audience with
probably have the best performance of
this kind on the road They are Bohe-
mians and have been at the work for
years. The Polos introduced an act
which was really marvellous. There are
many troupes on the road who feature
their casting work as it is called,
namely, the tossing of a youth from
one trapeze or bar performer to an
other The Polos throw a man of full
stature, weighing 140 pounds, with
grace and ease that is worth going far
TO see. The Delno-Garnelle troupe,
aerial bar artists are among the best
in their profession Their work on
trapeze, ladder and ring work was very
strong and feature of the show. The
Allen Sisters, late of the world-renown-
ed Nelson family, gave a unique and
excellent exhibition of acrObatic and
contortionistic work The four Nelson's
were great comiQues and their comedy
stunts gave them a barrel of attention.
Nile. Zingarella gave the audience
shivers and fright with her dangerous
ascent of a spiral globe attaining an
altitude of 20 feet, giving an exhibition
of broad workmanship in the very
peak of the canvas, while balanced on
the sphere. BrOnsOn's concert band is
a crack organization, good as furnished
by any circus Madame Marantette and
her daughter gave exhibitions of hurd-
ling with spirited horses, which was
really meritorious and of unusual order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
ELECTS IT'S OFFICERS.
ID. w. & S Railway Expects to Start
Digging in Thirty Days.

Guthrie. okla, May 1.-THE Den
YER Woodward & Southwestern rail-
Vav. recently Incorporated with a cap
ftai stock of twenty million dollars to
build line from Denver, Colo to
Texarkana, Tex, passing through
Oklahoma from northwest to south
east. at directors meeting in Wood
ward today elected the following Off
GERS:
President. z. S. Virgins; vice pres
ident, c. f. Sharp; secretary, E. B.
Collins; treasurer, J. w. Magee; gen
eraI attorney, A. NJ. Apologize.
President Virgins announced that
work on the final survey begins at
once, and that dirt viii be flying
near Woodward in thirty days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Where they play Wednesday:
Topeka at Joplin.
Fort Scott at Pittsburg.
Sedalia at lola
Leavenworth at Springfield.
From the Kansas City Times: The
Topeka baseball team of the Missouri
Valley league has been given a name
by committee which was selected for
the purpose and the team in the future
viii be called the Saints" The name
was chosen because Topeka is regarded
as the holy city of the state and also
of the Missouri Valley league towns. 1t
is the only city where Sunday baseball
is not allowed and has more churches
and church members than any city OF
it's size in the world
From the Kansas City Journal: The
Topeka baseball team in the Missouri
Valley league VIII be known as The
Saints This name was adopted off,
cially. For the past three weeks a
contest has been raging for suitable
name. The one whose suggestion for
a name was adopted WIS to have a sea
son ticket. A Santa F'e mechanic pro-
posed the name The Saints because
Topeka is so sanity that it VIII not
permit Sunday baseball. Six hundred
other names were suggested, but the
c committee selected THE Saints" and
so the club will go by the name from
now on.
Morgan, Of lola, may be called a hit
ting pitcher. In a recent game his bat
ting average was 1000 He got three
hits in three times up, and one was
good for a pass to the third station
Nevada, no longer in the league, won
the pennant in 1902. The players are
scattered, but three of the old list still
in the Valley league The Nevada Post
reviews them this way Red Morton,
the crack pitcher Of that season, is
in the Eastern league playing with the
Syracuse team. Harry Cheek. the in
dustrious catcher, is playing in the
Northwestern league. He is with the
Fargo. 8. D., team. 81 Weeks and Jim
my Driscoll. who covered first and sec
ond. and whose hard work did more to
winning hofors for Nevada than any
other individual members, are both
dead Nick Kahl the star Of all third
basemen, is playing with Colorado
Springs Western Association Roy St.
John. who did ali the stunts" both
good and bad, not only at shortstop but
off of the field as well, has left the
Ieavenworth team and is now playing
out west Kid Wingert, right fielder
and the p. p" of the team, who saved
many games for our boys. is farming
near Kansas City. Hackett, center
fielder and the heavy hitter of the team,
is with the Three league. Little Red
Doehr Is playing on town lots and en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

clapping. They are whirlwind dancers
from the Grand Opera at Vienna, al
most unable to speak a word of Eng
lish- Their acts are full of eccentric
and odd features and made hit as
they have done at every place at which
they have appeared. Tizamura's i'm
perial japanese troupe of ten people
won the hearts Of the audience The
manager states that they are here by
the special permit of the MiSado of
Japan Like other Orientals they are
adopts in tricks Of magic jugglery and
kindred mysteries, and these always
make a hit wherever displayed. New
from their winters indoor season on
the vaudeville stage. the great Navar-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Police Sergeant Darby is building
new house in Potwin.
Dig up your watches and your
money-the circus has left town.
Mrs. NJ H. Mclaughlin, of s15
West Tenth street, is sick with
Superintendent Miller of the To-
peka high school is building a hand
some cottage in Potwin.
Judge Doster is a bit delayed this
spring, owing to the weather, in get
ting out his straw hat.
..Cider" Smith made some remarks
about rain on Sunday and Monday
and a few days thereafter
The country is saved The city
council passed a new ordinance reg
ulating areaways last night.
The commencement exercises of the
Catholic Parochial schools will be held
in the Crawford opera mousse.
Miss Emma Stevens, president of the
Rebekah Assembly, has gone to Nc
Louth to install a Rebekah lodge.
sister Mary German, teacher in the
music department at the Catholic
parochiaI schools, is sick with penu-
monia.
The Ladies society of new church
workers of the First Baptist church
will meet Wednesday at ? p. m with
Mrs. Moneypenny at 1917 Clay street.
e. T. Woods. who was awarded the
season ticket to the league pail games
for his name, 1.-THE Saints" can get
his ticket by calling at the State Jour
nal Office
There has not been a single case Of
contagious disease reported to the
health department for three days,
The epidemic of measles seems to be
over with for this year.
Miss Bertha Ensign. Washburn
graduate Of ten years ago, has re-
turned to Washburn and is taking ad-
vanced work in Greek for the purpose
Of securing the masters degree.
Henry Lee, for several years an
operator in the Western Union Office
in Topeka has been made wire chief
of the telegraph company, with head
quarters at Las Vegas, n. NJ. He has
moved his family to that city.
James Ramsey, the paving con-
tractor, said last night after the coun-
ell had let this years contracts al
$1.15 per square yard: "A man who
Will bid S1.15 has got a heap more
nerve than he has sense. Other towns
pay $3.50 for exactly the same pave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Had Griggs been out Of the game,
Washburn would have been UP in the
air The umpiring was rotten Aside
from losing track of strikes and balls,
he had much trouble in telling a ball
from a strike. With Griggs and the
umpire, K Z. was up against it
The Lawrence Gazette springs this
as a new one. Don't worry, dear"
said a young lover on the lake yester-
day to his sweetheart. Il know all
about this lake. We can touch the
bottom anywhere Yves" she muir
INJURED, but how far viii we have to
sink to do it2r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Lincoln. Neb., May las a prelimi-
nary to the Republican state conven-
ton which meets In this city tomorrow,
the Roosevelt league Of Nebraska win
hold its rally here tonight. The league
will ask that the convention instruct
it's delegates at large to the national
convention to vote for President Roose-
welt. Several of the state nominations
are settled now. Governor Mickey viii
be selected without opposition and Con-
gresham Burkett viii be nominated
for United States senator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

The trapeze tumbling and wire
work of the circus are as good as any
offered by any circus, no matter what
it's size or reputation. OF course, the
Wallace show has not the bulk
Rfnglings' shows have, but it has the
quality, and a few real good feat lures
suit an audience better than a general
sandwiching of good and mediocre or
a little worse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
TENT is CROWDED
Weather Had No Terrors for
Circus Goers.
At Both Performances All Room
Was Taken.
FEATURES NUMEROUS.
Wet Grounds Cause Several
Minor Accidents.
An Excellent Equipment OF
Emmy Clowns.
FEATURES NUMEROUS.

Four thousand people saw the Wal
lace shows on the Douthitt tract
Monday afternoon and more than
that number were present at night.
The heavy rain Of the preceding night
had made the grounds wet and water
logged, and this with the threatening
skies had much to do with keeping
down the attendance, which however
despite these pertinent factors was
very good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
SNAP SHOTS ATROME NEWS

It was an old old, old lady,
And boy that was half past three;
Was beautiful to see.
She couldn't go running and jumping.
And the boy, no more could he,
For he was a thin little fellow,
With a thin little twisted knee.
They sat in the yellow twilight.
Out under the maple tree;
And the game they played III tell you,
Just as it was told to me.
1t was hide and go seek they were play
Though you'd never haye. known it to be
With an old, old, old old lady,
And the boy with the twisted knee.
The boy would bend his face down
On his one little sound right knee,
And he'd guess where she was hiding,
In gueSses one, two, threeI
you are in the china closett'
He would cry and laugh with glee-
It wasn't the china closet,
But he still had two and three.
You arc up in papa,s bedroom.
In the chest with the queer old keyt''
And she said: You are warm and war
But you're not quite right" said she.
1T can't be the little cupboard
Where mammals things used to be
So it must be the clOthespress, gran ma -
And he found her with his three.
Then she covered her face with her fin
That were wrinlded and white and wee.
And she guessed where the boy was hid
with one and a two and three.
And they never had stirred from their
places,
Right under the maple tree
This old, old, old, old lady,
And the boy with the lame little knee
This dear. dear, dear old lady,
And the boy who was past three.
H. c. Bunner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

joying life in Kansas City. Cs3es is
pitching at present in the NJ Y. leSgue
for Leavenworth. Torrie, the pitcher
who worked hard all the time and die
much to improve the morality of the
team, is filing pulpit and is a preach
er Of recognized ability
The Topeka team will not be back
home until next Monday at which time
a series will be opened with Pittsburg,
and after the Miners are gone. lola
Will be here for three games
lola Daily Register. Of the league
breaks up this year It viii be Sedaiia
and Fort Scott that will do it. sedalia
is indecent and Fort Scott incapable
Fort Scott has at one time this sea
son been ahead of the game Ehat
happened. at Leavenworth last week
the hoodoo was about to vanish. But
in the next inning Leavenworth ran
in six runs.
Here is the last joke. The Fort
Scott papers are saying that Jake
Rene will likely be ousted as man
ager OF the club at that place and that
Armstrong Of Topeka viii succeed
him Army is nailed down just a
little too tight in the hearts of the
Topeka fans to go to Hornadayviile
nothing. The big Topeka catcher
could do it, but he won't
The central labor union has re-
moved the boycott from the Sedalia
baseball club The action was taken
originally because one Of the supposed
owners was running a non-union res
taurant.
Good-natured hint to Topeka base
ball reporters. Don't find fault with
the state Journals enterprise. That
is why this paper has more than
double the local circulation of all
other Topeka daily papers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
wELCOafIs THE SANTA FE.
People of Oakland Make a Demon
stration in Honor of First Train.

Oakland, CAL, May 1.-THE arrival
of the first Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe overland train here today was made
the occasion Of an enthusiastic demon
straticn which was participated in by
the commercial organiza tions of the
city and thousands of citizens. A bril-
liant parade was one of the leading fea-
lures of the Celebrate One of the
addresses of welcome was made by
United States Senator George c. Per
kins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Indigestion,
Constipation.
Dyspepsia and
Weak Kidneys
are foes to good
health. Cure
them at once
by taking the
p lit ers. It
never fails even
in the most
severe cases.
Doctors G n
dorse It. Try
a bottle. It is
also unequaled
as a proven
tive of
Malaria, Fever
and Agues
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Church, see a New York man has
discovered a new object in the sky
Flatbush-s' Gracious! Can it be the
lid Ply onl1ers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

The Topeka team viii not be back
home until next Monday at which time
a series will be opened with Pittsburg,
and after the Miners are gone. lola
will be here for three games
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

lola Daily Register. IF the league
breaks up this year It viii be Sedaila
and Fort Scott that will do il. sedalia
is indecent and Fort Scott incapable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

1t was an old, old, old lady,
And boy that was half past three;
And the way that they played together
Was beautiful to see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17

Morgan, Of lola, may be called a hit
ting pitcher. In a recent game his bat
ting average was 1000. He got three
hits in three times up, and one was
good for pass to the third station
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22

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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22
DIVORCED WIFE
ALLEGES FRAUD
Woman in Austria Claims a
Share of the Big Estate
Left by Wolf Fleisher

The first move toward getting the
estate of Wolf Fleisher for the woman
in Krakau, Austria, who claims to be
the widow of the deceased hatmaker,
was made yesterday by Attorney Ar
thur II. Barendt. He filed a suit to
set aside the divorce obtained by
Fleisher from his second wife in 1876
and for an injunction TO prevent the
third widow, Esther Fleisher, from
disposing of the S250,000 estate until
the rights of the contestant are deter
mined.
The action is entitled Riffke Gluck-
lich Fleischer against Esther FIeisher,
as administrative; Bernard Fleisher,
Rose Bush, Miriam Levy and Cecilia
Fleisher Bernard is the son of the
first wife, divorced, and Mrs. Bush and
Mrs. Levy are daughters of a dead
child of the first Mrs Fleisher.
In the complaint it is first stated
that the deceased was also known as
Adolf FIeischer. He married the con-
testant on February IL, 1867, and died
intestate on April 21 of this year. The
Austrian claimant says that the en-
tire estate of $250.000 is community
property and therefore hers.
on December 2, 1875, Fleisher COM
menced suit in the Third District
Court for divorce on the ground of
desertion, alleging that his wife had
left him in 1868. On January 7, 1876,
in support of petition for publica-
ton of summons he made an affidavit
that she was living at "Cricer, empire
of Austria" On April "a the case was
heard before a referee and three days
later the decree was granted. The
only witnesses were Fleisher and May
Tuily. They testified that Mrs.
Fleisher deserted in 1870, a variance
Of two years from the statement in the
complaint
In basin the charge OF fraud and
perjury it is contended that Fleisher
knew there was no such town in Aus
tria as 'Cricer," and that his wife was
at Krakau. Still he mailed the sum-
mons to Cficer. 1t is declared that
he designedly arranged for the publi-
cation of the summons and sent the
alleged notice through the mails in
order to prevent it from reaching his
wife.
The complaint then AYERS that Flei-
sher, in 1870, advised his wife to go
to her old home for her health. He
gave her 5000 for the trip and when
she got there she had only $50 left
She made demands for enough to re-
turn TO San Francisco, but he sent
only small sums, not exceeding 500
in all. and at the end of seven years
ceased his correspondence. The wife
states it is her belief that he was
tired of her and took this means of
getting rid of her. He is characterized
as having been a licntious and profit
gate man. On September 4 last the
news of his death reached Krakau.
but the wife did not learn that she
had been divorced until October 5.
In support of the action for an in
junction it is stated that Esther Flei-
sher is in possession of $50. .566 of per-
sonal property belonging to the estate,
which is more than enough to pay
the debts. She has, it is said, agreed
to purchase the claims of Bernard
Fleisher and Mrs. Bush and Mrs.
Levy, when she would have the entire
estate under her control.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22
JURY HEARS OPENING STATEMENT
OF COUNSEL FOR THE PROPONENTS
MRS. PHILLIPS IS NOT SPARED

identified the instrument shown him
and the jurors were allowed 10 scrutin-
iZe Photographic copies of IT, The Wit
ness related incidents Of the visit of the
testatTiX to his Office on april %, 1904,
to have him attest her signature. His
brother. Arthur s. Watson, was in the
office and when his name was suggest
ed for the other witness she acquiesced
at once. Watson proceeded:
called her attention to the fact that wit
nesses were unnecessary. inasmUCh IL was
holographic viii. but she said she preferred
TO have it witnessed.
After the viii was executed we engaged in
general conversation and Miss Dol0eer sx-
affairs 50 she could leave for Europe Con-
corning the testament. she said she had fol-
lowed her father Will in making her own and
had not consulted an attorney.
a week or two later the witness met
Miss DOlbeer at social gathering. AT
no time did her manner seem strange
or unusual. Miss Dolbeer was just
herself" was Watson'S answer.
Was she rational or irrational when
she executed her will?"
"She was perfectly rational; her mind
was perfectly sound"
Then came the determined effort OF
Hiram Johnson TO break down the tes-
timony Of Watson. 1t was a brilliant
effort, but did not avail with much ad-
vantage. Watson admitted frankly
that he did not read the will before he
witnessed it and that he thought his
wife had been named as a beneficiary.
He understood she was so favored in
Miss DOlbeer's first will. He also ad-
mitted that he urged Ray Sherman and
Fred Moody. who are now NOT IN SYM
pathy with Miss Warren, that the fam
lily should stand together ana uphold
the will. But he could not be shaken
as to the material points Of his testi-
mOny.
While her husband was on the stand
Mrs. Watson left the courtroom, becom-
ing nervous over the hot fire Of con-
testant's counsel in the cross -examina-
tion.
The cross-examination viii be re-
sumed this morning.
On application Of the attorneys for
the proponents OF the Dolbeer viii,
Judge COffey yesterday ordered a COM
mission issued TO David Sullivan OF
Chicago 10 take the depOsitions OF Mrs
Lena E Thompson. also Of Gale, Per-
cival and James Thompson. whose evil
dence is said TO be necessary to the
case.