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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
ARE TOO FEW TEACHERS.
Wichita Complains of Shortage of
Pedagogues.

Wichita, Kas., March 4.-For the first
time in the history of Wichita there is
a famine of teachers in the public
schools. There is at present one va
cancy III the regular list and there are
no substitutes to fill the place. Should
three or four of the regular teachers
become suddenly i'll or be compelled to
quit for any reason there is a posi-
bility that their grades might have tc
be closed for want of an instructor.
DR. Horror, member of the board
of education said last night, when
questioned concerning the shortage of
tea, hers in the public schools:
Yes. We lack one teacher to COM
plete the regular list. and as there are
no substitutes we are compelled to use
the normal girls to do the work; in fact,
there is a normal girl filing the pres
ent vacancy in the regular list. AL
though these girls do work that is en-
tirely satisfactory, it would be best to
have all vacancies filed by regular
teachers.
There was one death and two resig-
nations among this years teachers,
and as there was no. substitute list this
year, We are short one. This is the first
time in several years past that there has
been no substitutes AS usual thing.
this list is a long one, but for some rea-
son was exhausted in the early part of
the year. Whenever there is sickness
in the list of regular teachers it neces-
states the calling on one of the normal
girls to fill the vacancy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
THEY FLED FOR SAFETY.
Fire at Hill City Causes Inhabitants
to Cross the River

Hill City, Kan, March 4.-During the
prevalence of a terrific gale of wind a
prairie fire swept down from the north
late Wednesday and wrought great
havoc In this city. The Jail, lumber
yard and many dwellings on the north
side of the town were burned. On the
south side of the city only one dwell
ing was lost but more than a dozen
barns, with contents, were consumed.
Ira Conner, living just north of town.
lost house and barn, all the contents
of the dwelling were burned and four
horses and several head of cattle were
burned. Mr.. Conner was working in a
field short distance from the house
and seeing the fire swoop down on his
home ran to the rescue of his wife and
baby; upon his arrival he found the
dwelling in flames and his wife lying
unconscious on the floor. He drew her
and the baby TO a place of safety and
both are recovered.
A team of fine horses belonging to
John Brown were burned with the sta
BILE in which they were tied. The
greater part of the women and children
of the city were hastily loaded into
wagons and taken to the south side of
! the river for safety and during their
ride in two cases the clothing of the
women caught fire from embers borne
by the gale.
The wires are all down and the city
has no Geographic communication with
the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
JEFFR1Es AND MUNRoE SIGN
Champion and the Miner Agree to
Fight in Frisco in May.

New York, March 4-Champion James
J. Jeffries and Jack Munroe have been
formally matched to meet before the
Yosemite Athlete club of San Francisco
some time during the last week of next
May. The purse hung up by the club
is $4,000. The club and each of the
fighters put up a forfeit of 5000 each.
Ed Graney is to referee.
Delaney signed for JeffrieS and Harry
Pollock, a New York newspaper man,
represented Munroe. Delaney insisted
on the big forfeit to prevent Munroe
sidestepping the fight. The trainer likes
May 80 and that may be the date Sc
lected for the match.
Munroe will be allowed surgical band
ages. The fight will be set for twenty
rounds and straight Marquis of Queens
berry rules will govern. The two fight
ers divide the purse So and 35 per cent,
which should net the miner a good sum
win or lose. 9t
Jeffries will train at Hardin Springs
and will finish his exhibitions about
April 1. Munroe will start training
about that time also.
''Munroe," said one man today, will
have two months of real training for
this Jeffries fight. A clever coach like
Mccoy or Ryan viii work wonders with
him. If he stands the work and pans
out look for him to develop enough to
give Jeffries a good hard fight. 1t will
take Jeffries quite a few rounds to
break him down, and in the meantime
Jeffries will be receiving some stiff
punches himself from a 190-pounder.
Munroe should be the heaviest man JEFF
fries has met, If the miner is right"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
M'aRAw's HIGH HOPES.
Thinks New York Will Run Pittsbure
Hard in the National.

New York March 4.-The baseball
season will open in a little more than
six weeks, and the clubs are practical
ly ready, as far as players are concern
ed. Muggsy McGraw, manager of the
New York Nationals, thinks he will
have a team on the field which will
give Pittsburg a much harder rub than
last season. Changes have been few,
the chief one being the securing of
Dahlen for Shortstop.
Several new players have been added
to the pitching staff, among them be-
ing Wiltse, Nops, and Minnehan, all of
whom have good records, and Van
HaltrenS place in the field will prob
ably be taken by Mccormick, from the
Eastern league, while Dunn and Devlin
will be capable substitutes.
Many changes have been made by
Manager HanlOn in the Brooklyn team,
and twentythree players will report to
him at Columbia, s. c., in about three
weeks. The dispute over Frank Dillon
has been settled in Hanlons favor, and
Dillon will probably take Doyle's place
at first base.
Chicago, apparently, will be repre-
scented by practically the same team as
last year, strengthened by some highly
tried new material. One of the changes
will be among the catchers, O'NeiH of
ST. Louis having been engaged to assist
King, but the latter will do most of
the work. OF last years team, Meme
fee, who was released, and Harley,
Williams, and Raud. who were ex
changed with Toronto for Briggs, will
be missed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Bennett Secures Dominick.

Memphis March Announcement
has been made that George C. Bennett
the local turfman, has engaged Jockey
Eddie Dominick. and this means that
the well known boy will pilot Little
Scout in his great effort to land the
Montgomery handicap stakes and cup.
Dominick once made ride on Abe
Frank which cost Mr. Bennett and
hundreds of others a pile of money,
when the colt threw the boy and raced
around the Chicago track three times,
which exhausted him and made him
unfit for racing that day after hum
dreds of thousands of dollars had been
bet on him. But Mr.. Bennett attached
no Importance to the ugly rumors
which were circulated to the effect that
Dominick had purposely fallen from
Abe Frank. and his present employ
ment demonstrates his confidence in
the boy. In addition to plotting Little
Scout, Dominick will be called upon to
ride several other important races for
Mr. Bennett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
The Waste of Oil in Southeast
Fields Complained OF.
4 COffeyviIIe Manufacturer Is
Working Against 1t.
Is CRIMINAL NEGLECT.
Gas Belt Towns Must Soon Pay
Some Attention.
Fund Being Raised to Employ
Inspectors at Once.

CoHeyville, Kan, March 4.-The Jour
nal says:
J. E. McCulloch, president of the Mar
ion Fruit Jar & Bottle company, who,
with his wife and daughter, has been
spending the past week in COheyville
on a visit Of inspection to the factory
here, wifi leave this evening for his
home at Marion, Ind.
Mr. 1NoCunoch reports the plant here
going in very good shape and is very
well pie ased with the way things are
progressing.
While INere Mr.. McCulloch has spent
a large part of his time on missionary
work in connection with the CONNER
cial club officials in raising fund
among the manufacturers and other in
terested par ties to employ a gas in
Spector with all assistants necessary
to stop the needless waste of gas
throughout the entire Kansas gas belt.
Mr.. McCuIlo cll states they have sent
an expert thro ughout the field to thor
Oughly investigate this matter, and he
reports there is at least 20,000,0 600 feet
of gas per day going up in the air in
the Bolton oil istrict alone, and fully
that much more going to waste in the
other parts of the Kansas gas field.
What do you think of that? Forty
million feet of gus per day being vast
ed; Don't we nee d some gas inspectors?
And don't we nee q Them DadI
There is a good gas waste law al
ready on the STATUTE books in Kansas,
but the state doe not furnish a gas
inspector to see that the law is en-
forced as it should. Therefore the
present effort is to- raise a. fund of at
least $1,000 to $6.OO0 to employ these
inspectors at once. Coffeyville's sub
scription to this fund is already up to
g, 600, but the committee has not yet
had time to see all they had hoped to.
1t is earnestly requested that all who
feel an interest in this matter win see
W. II. Shepard, secretary Of the Com
fnercia1 club, in regard to it at once.
This is a matter that is Of vital in
terest to all.
It is expected that all of the towns
in the Kansas gas belt will help with
this matter and cooperate and work
together on this. But CoffeyVille has
started the matter and must not fail to
do her full sbsre.
Mr. McCulloch reports that this waste
of gas is already becoming advertised
IN the east :. will amount TO more
than many people realize to advertise
the Kansas gas belt and help bring
more factories, If it can be shown that
the Kansas gas belt really intends tc
stop this waste of the gas besides pre-
serving the life blood of the fact0 'sas
already located in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
THE WAR
IN THE EAST
West, North and South That stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets are Waging Against
All Forms of Stomach Trouble,
Can Only End One Way.
pyspepsia WIN be Driven OF the Earth.

dyspepsia Will Do DT1Veu VI tuo 6aEtu.
The great and effective work of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is no longer
confined to America. They are being
usednnow all over the world, Cor their
fame has spread throughout foreign
countries and they cure dyspepsia in all
lands and all climates just as well as
they do at home. In fact, surroundings
and conditions never interfere with the
successful work of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets, not even the conditions of the
stomach itself They go ahead in their
own natural way regardless of the
stomach and digest the food that the
bad stomach cannot digest and permit
that organ to do just as it pleases, rest
up, take a vacation, get well or what
not The stomach, however, always
nothing else to do That's what stom-
achs always have done and will con-
tinue to do when they have the oppor-
tunity.
A prominent Detroit physician says:
II prescribe Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
for all cases of stomach trouble 1 have
tried many prescriptions, including a
number of my own, but find nothing
that gives such universal relief as this
remedy. They are natural, harmless
and thoroughly effective in their work,
and while I have a natural antipathy
to patent medicines, I do not hesitate
to prescribe and recommend Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets on all occasions
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale
by all druggists at fifty cents a box.
They are so well known and their popu-
larity is so great that a druggist would
as soon think Of being out of alcohol
or quinine. The above testimonial of
the physician is no exception. In fact
physicians are prescribing them all over
the land and If your own doctor is real
honest with you he will tell you frankly
that there is nothing on earth so good
for dyspepsia as Stuarts dyspepsia
Tablets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04

Council Grove, Kas., March 4.-Rev.
Tawren Armsby. one Of the oldest and
best known Congregational ministers
of the west, died suddenly here. aged
So. He was chaplain of the Eighth
Minnesota volunteer regiment that saw
a greater variety Of service and coun-
try than any regiment in the civil war,
fighting the Sioux in Montana and the
northwest before going to the Gulf and
Atlantic. He was pastor of the Con-
gregational church of this city for
abolss thirty years, and also chaplain
of the G. A. R. post. and was a great
favorite with the soldiers of Kansas
and the west. and the idol of all who
knew him. He died of old age. He
had worked and exercised out doors the
day before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
THE mELRosE FARM.
Sinclair and Nashville Associates
Enter the Breeding Business.

Nashville, Tenn, March A big
deal has been contaminated whereby
Edward Sinclair. local turfman. be-
comes owner of the Melrose farm. two
miles from Nashville on the Nolens-
vile pike. and in the future the eS-
Establishment will be used for the breed
ing of thoroughbred horses. The farm
was purchased from Major John S.
Bransford, the consideration being $45,
600.
Besides a beautiful residence on the
farm there are many paddOckS and
meadows, besides a training track one
quarter of mile in length. and many
stables. Mr.. Sinclair will stock the
place with brood mares, and in the flu
ture will devote much of his time to
the raising of fine horses. Walter o..
Farmer, secretary of the Highland
Park Jockey club, is associated with
Mr.. Sinclair in the enterprise. Adjoin-
ing MelroSe is Edenwald farm, Mr..
Farmers establishment, and it is likely
that the two farms will be consolidated
and run as one establishment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Racing at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, March "A perfect day,
a crowd of 1000 and a dozen books to
handle the money of the betting public
describes the conditions at Ascot park.
Five favorites and 8 to second choice
were first to the wire, and there were
long lines behind the books after each
race. There were a number of sensa-
tional finishes. In the one mile handicap
Waswift was a favorite, opening at 7
to 10 and going to the post at l to 2.
Columbia Girl forced him to stretch his
neck all the way down the last quarter,
and 1894 was hung up when Waswift
poked his nose in front on the wire
Weather clear; track fast.
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than so feet until after sunset, when
the last of the sand and dust clouds
passed. Reports We're received here of
several freight cars being unroofed by
the gale and numerous small buildings
and fences were blown down. Trains
on both the Santa F'e and Rock Island
were seriously delayed, some of the
passenger trains losing as much as
three hours in the struggle with the
storm.
The thermometer dropped to zero
during the night and the change from
the summer weather which has pre-
vailed throughout this section all win
ter, rendered it decidedly uncomforta-
Bile and caught many families with a
scanty fuel supply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
LYME ASKS FOR A LICENSE
Crack Jockey Wants to Ride OF
Western Tracks This Year.

Chicago, March 4.-Lucien A. Lyme, who
rode Wyeth to victory in the 1909 Ameri-
can Derby and who has been under con-
tract to James R. Keene at $4,000 year,
has applied to the Western Jockey club
for license to ride in the spring meet
ings on tracks under it's jurisdiction.
While it is expected Lyme will confine
his riding to Memphis and st. Louis, go
ing east for the summer meetings, he
may be seen in Chicago again during the
season. Lyme has Just returned from Eu-
rope. where ne was r1qlng Tor keene pc
There is another year or two to run on
his contract and Lyme has entered suit
against Keene for his salary Lyme will
probably make special trip abroad to
ride Croker's C1onmen at EPSON Downs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
BowLERs TO HAVE a TOURNEY
Teams from Over the State Will Com
pete for Prizes.

Abilene, Kas.. March 4.-The Abilene
Bowling club has arranged for a bowl
ing tournament to be held here March
Is between teams from Topeka. Man
and Abilene. Each team will be COM
posed Of five men, and it is intended to
make the tournament the largest and
best ever held in the state. One hun
bred dollars will be offered in prizes, as
follows: First prize, $40: second prize,
$50; third prize, $40: fourth prize. $40.
Chris Forney is secretary of the Abb
lene club.
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Racing at Hot Springs.

Hot Springs, March 4.-The Schorr
entry. Hadrian and Charles's Aunt, set
a local record for short priced favorftes
in the feature event Quoted at to TO-
they were passed along by the public
The stable finished one, two in a canter,
Tom Shelly getting the last place in the
money.
Although John J. Ryan made threats
to again make an effort to open his
pool room for the San Francisco races.
he has shown no effort to force the is
sue. He had a conference with Mayor
Belden and the mayor told him In plain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
WHEAT NEEDS RAIN.
Crop Will Be q Failure Unless Mois-
fure Comes Soon.

Dodge City, March 4.-"Unless rain or
snow falls in the wheat belt of Kan
sas in less than two weeks the wheat
crop will be a total loss, and even II
we were to get the much needed mois-
ture today the crop would hardly pay
for the cutting and threshing of it, "
said one of the big wheat growers of
western Kansas today.
No moisture to speak of has fallen in
the wheat belt for months and farmers
and grain men have about given up all
hopes for q crop or even small frac-
ton of a crop this year. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Sporting Notes.

Jimmy Callahan was not pleased with
the showing of the White Sox last year
his first season as a managerial would
be glad to turn the task over to another.
but his friends are many and loyal, and
they are predicting letter things in 1904,
when the team will have much stronger
infield than during the past season.
Manager Barrow Of the Detroits Is
out. He will not permit the players to
take their wives with them on the train
ing trip. And the women folk are hop
ping mad
Cincinnati claims to have one of the
tallest pitchers in the country. They
league batters, and he would feel small.
anyway, after they finished with him.
The undertaken and palIbearers for the
Washington club will not be announced
until Ban Johnson gets ready.
The Boston Nationals have put another
bean in the pot. They signed Joe Bean
last week.
1t is feared that all communication with
Butler, Pa, has been cut off. Rube Wad-
dell has not been heard from for three
days.
Baseball managers, just to show the
players they do not want to part with
them, are going to cut their salaries SO
they can afford to keep them.
If Ban johnson was compelled to see
the Senators play all season, he would
not blame Washington people for not
rushing UP to the bargain counter.
Catcher Kittredge is singing the praises
of some of the young men on the Holy
Cross baseball team. Kittredge should he
I6tIlluQSO tudl the Sel1dtO1S COulu use d
few of these stars to advantage.
Jim O'Rourke claims he has been play
ing baseball since 1873. He has a son play
ing with him on the Bridgeport team,
which he owns and it is suspected that
the elder O'Rourke will hold on until a
grandson takes his place.
Louis Criger of the Boston Americans
and Pat Moran of the Boston Nationals
have refused to sign contracts. Both
claim ingratitude on the part of the club
owners. Moran ba1ks on a cut of salary,
and Criger claims he was to get a bonus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
BUYS Half interest in Hello.

New York. March 4.-Hello, one Of
the most promising 3-year-old colts of
the season, will race in Newton Ben
nington's colors this year. The tall
plunger. who has cleared a fortune on
the turf in ten years. has bought a
half interest in the colt from Fred Bur-
lew for $1,000. and will race him in his
colors. There are not many better
looking colts in training than Hello.
When a yearling he gave promise of
great things, but went amiss and failed
to show to advantage early in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
The whitney Stables to Continue.

New York, March 4.-Harry Payne
Whitney will continue practically in
tact the racing stable of his father, ac-
cording to the Tribune The thorough
breds probably will, until the usual
period of mourning shall have passed,
be entered in the name of Frank R.
Hitchcock This. it is understood. was
the desire expressed by Mr.. Whitney
during his last illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Girls Refuse to PLAY in Boomers.

Lexington, KY. March 4.-The bas-
ket ball game between the girls team
of State college and Jessamine Female
institute. scheduled for next Saturday,
college team refused to play in bloom
ers and would not permit the Nicholas
vile girls to wear that style of cos
tune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco, March 4.-Favorfte fol-
lowers had a disastrous session at Oak
land today, as only one first choice
landed in front. and that was in the
last race. Dungannon and Amasa were
two supposed good things" that failed
to win. They were both plunged on.
Dungannon finished second to LAGOON
but Amasa failed to get any of the
money in his race. Weather cloudy;
track slow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Cowley County Finances.

In the month of February the county
treasurer paid into the various funds,
state. city and others, the sum of S222,-
724.S9. Tuesday there was paid in $500
on account of fines collected by JUS
tees Of the peace. Winfield justices
paid in 5000. The other 500 was the
fine in the case against Ben Mayes, of
Arkansas City. in Justice Parman's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Sinclair Buys a Breeding Farm.

Nashville, March ed Sinclair the
noted capitalist and turfman, today
purchased from Major John S. Brans-
ford the farm Melrose, located just be-
yond Cumberland park, for the purpose
of establishing a nursery for the breed
ing of blooded horses. The price paid
was S45 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
language that any attenpt to violate

language that any attempt to violate
the closing order would mean disaster.
Mayor Belden is reported as saying:
Mr.. Ryan, there are trains leaving
Hot Springs every few hours during the
day and night. People who come here
and violate our laws are placed aboard
of them and sent out of town. The
same thing may happen to you if you
attempt to open your pool room.''
There was no further argument and
everything indicates that the matter is
now permanently settled. Tom Kearney
and Russell Baber, who are running un-
der yearly license, are the only ones
in a position to fight the mayors order
This they have refused to do and are
making books at the tracks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Dickinson County Now Drv.

Abilene, Kas., March 4.-The deter
mined action taken by the Law and
Order league of Dickinson county in
closing the joints of Abilene has had
its effect on the entire county The
jointists of Solomon and Chapman have
closed their places and shipped their
goods out. The county is practically
dry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
Leavenworth Police Collections.

collections of the police department for
the month of February. 1904, were 49,
227 80. For the same month in last
year the collections amounted to $5,Te7.
The increase in collections for the one
ton IS $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
AYoung Girl Kidnapped.

Moore is in search of John w. Law
renee and Miss Louie Minard, uncle
and niece. Lawrence is charged with
kidnapping the girl, who is under II
years of age and who is the daughter
of E G. Minard, an old and wealthy
settler of the county. Lawrence is 4S
years old, and came here recently from
Iowa, where he has family. He is a
brother of the girls mother.