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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
JOHN l.. AS REFEREE.
Both Fighters Were Knocked 0ut-First
In Got Decision,

There were four in the party, includ-
Ing John l.. Sullivan and Brooklyn jim
my Carroll, and the conversation
turned to od-time fistic encounters.
John l., was In good spirits, and one
Of the party asked the ex-champion for
story.
Ever heard Of fight once refereed
at Harry Hilps years ago." replied
John L., clearing his throat. ITS n
peach. No? Well IN those days the
game was all to the good. There were
plenty of corners, all anxious TO get a
crack at me. | don't exactly remember
who the fellow was. but | think he was
an Englishman, who had come from
over the pond expressly TO put the
gloves on with me. He was husky
looking guy, with big muscles, and had
the reputation of being a killer In his
own country. That Is, he had beaut
of right hand that could cure all
kinds of insomnia with Just one dig II
IL landed on the right spot.
"Well, everything was arranged for
us to meet. | was feeling fine that
night, and | was ready to give that
duck all the fighting he wanted Some
how the English pug got cold feet and
wouldn't go on. All the persuasion in
the world had no effect, and he iluked.
/ was so sore that | made up my mind
to knock his block of, even II | did not
do II IN the regular old-fashloned way.
"The guy showed up all right He
came TO the place and made grand
stand play that he was in no shape to
meet me. He said he wanted time to
train, but was ready to show what he
could do II a substitute could be had.
Well, | thought II over and said to
Harry Hill 10 let him have n chance
So another big man, fellow about the
Engllshman's own weight, was pitted
against the mug from over the sea-
They were to have II out for four
rounds. | promised to meet the Eng
lishman II he showed any kind Of form.
The crowd was bit sore because the
Briton refused to meet me, but l
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

squared matters by consenting 10 act
as referee.
In the first round the EnglIshman
started rough-house tactics and had
his man on the go. In the second II
was the other way, but the foreigner
was gritty and stood the waloping fine,
The third was a hummer. They
punched each other all over the ring.
The Engishman was foored twice, but
got up gamely and hung on till the
end of the round. l took & Kind of lik-
ing TO him for his courage, but in my
heart ! wished his opponent would eat
him up.
"The fourth started off with jump,
with the foreigner having all the bet
ter of II. He nailed his opponent with
both hands. and II was q clnch that |
would be forced to give him the decis-
ion, While the scrap was at It's height
! wished something would happen so
that | could give the local man the
fight. And something did happen
Quicker than II takes 10 tell II both
went down from right-hand counters
| started 10 count 'em out, hoping the
local guy would get up In time. He
didn't move muscle: neither did the
Brltisher. The ten seconds were up
and both were dead TO the world.
II was In a fix, and In my mind
was figuring what TO do, Fifteen min.
utes passed and neither fighter showed
any signs of coming to. Well, | was
puzzled, and"
What did you do? What did you
do?"
what did / do?" returned the big
fellow, with a grin, why, | gave the
decision to the fellow who got up first
It wasn't the English mug ether
Carroll said that two battles with
similar endings occurred which are now
fistic history. one was between Frank
Bosworth and Danny Killen OF Phila-
delphia, and the other between Jack
Files and Tommy Chanler at Chicago.
"And how did the referee decide in
those scraps" Carroll was asked.
Just as John j., did. The first man
who scrambled to his feet prepared to
continue was the winner
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

hundredfold In my estimation. | have
had much business with ball players,
and seldom indeed have met one who
was not willing 10 sing his own praises
with such a good excuse as Lajoie had
on that evening. He might well have
said
"'Well, ] was lucky enough to clout
one over their heads In the outteld,
or I was lucky enough to stab a liner
over second and scratch out double
play I'm the last half OF the eleventh.
but even this appealed to the big fell
low as Dragging. II was we made
run in the eleventh. and we were lucky
enough TO get a double play for La
joie,
so I think, as / said before. that
he Is not only great ball player but
also great man, Sports do not de-
VelOp many of his kind
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
park nor keep anyone away either way

park nor keep anyone away, either way
ii Is decided,
Now. / will tell you how judge the
Importance OF matters of this KIND. III
the fans ask me about matter TINE
and time again, then | come 10 lne
conclusion that II amounts TO some
thing. | am stopped 20 times a DAY by
enthusiasts and asked about the keds
and the new players, but no one ever
asks me what Will be done WIN the
foul strike rule That puts me wise
that no one cares q continental, ana
don't blame them What difference does
IL make? For my part, ! don't care
to see any fouls made, but whether
foul counts strike or not cuts no iig-
ure: there will be just as many FOULS
made.
"The fellow who started the story
that this rule may cause a renewal OF
war between the National and Ameri-
can leagues should lose no time hay.
ing his head examined. Those baseball
magnates have not always displayed
the best judgment when their best in
terests were at stake, but there isn't
a chance to get them tangled up again
simply because one wants n foul TO
be strike. ! think the best way to
settle II would be to appoint RUDE
Waddell as a committee of one and let
his decision be final"
II consider Napoleon Lajoie not only
the greatest ball player in the business.
but great man as well, says well
known baseball manager.
tom McCarey and | were returning
from our eastern trip OF last summer
the time was Aug g. think, and we
were In Chicago, At that time the
Cleveland club and Comlskey's men
were battling hard for second place
honors, and these seemed 20 be about
even That night, Mac and | were
standing in the lobby OF the Auditorium
hotel when Lajoie came up, He knew
both, as did Joss and Bernhard, Wlr
were with him. the three having been
on the coast with all-star teams. |
questioned Ilajoie little about the
pennant race and got him interested by
asking him how the days game came
out will never forget his answer
"'Well. they gave up n pretty hard
fight, but we made run in the elev-
enth, and were lucky enough to get
double play in the last half when they
had men on second and third, so We
beat them
Next morning. McCarey and ] were
looking through the paper when he
said
jim what do you think OF that fell
low? and handed me the sporting page
with a large picture Of Lajoie on 1t
and long story about how he made
a home run In the eleventh inning, win
ming the game, and then In the last
half tied Il up by stabblng a liner just
over second base with his ungloved
right hand. and completed a double
play by jumping on the bag, the run
ner having already crossed the plate
II always had a high opinion OF La
joIe, but that incident raised him n
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

fell on buzzsaw and both OF his
fell o ma bi2zsaw and both OF his
hands were cut on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
DR.. HARPER STRICKEN.
Head of University of Chicago
Has Appendicitis.

Chicago, Feb. 9-President William
Rainey Harper of the University of Chi
cago is suffering with an attack of APP
pendicitis at his home at Fifty-ninth
street and Lexington avenue. Announce
ment of the serious nature of the all
ment was made last night and was a
surprise to all of his friends.
Callers at the residence Friday and
Saturday were not admitted to DR.. Har-
per's room on account of "a slight cold''
which caused indisposition, and were
assured that the illness was entirely
harmless in its nature. Late last night
three physicians and two trained nurses
surrounded DR.. Harper and a public
statement was made revealing the real
cause of the illness.
Drs. A. D. Bevan, Charles P. Small
and Joseph Caps issued the following
statement in regard to DR.. Harper's
condition:
DIR. Harper is suffering from an at
tack of appendicitis. His condition is
not so serious as to give grounds for
grave fears" - 'esf
Exposure to the. cold last Thursday
night is given as the cause of the dis
ease, and although appendicitis did not
develop at once, the physicians issued
surfing them that their president was
resting easily and that his temperature
did not indicate any more serious de-
velopmentS A crowd of interested stu
dents surrounded the residence when the
truth became known, but on receiving
the assurance that there was no cause
for alarm they left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
New Santa Fe Fence at Albuquerque
Causes a Fight.

One Of the minor consequences of
putting the high board fence about the
Santa Fe shop yards is evidenced by
the following from the Albuquerque
Journal:
1.-THE new high board fence has been
completed around the Santa Fe shops
in this city and yesterday a guard was
placed at the entrance. Men who carry
their dinners to the shops are forced
to remain inside of the fence and the
others are of course allowed to go out.
An employee of the shops with his
dinner bucket in his hand attempted
to pass out at the gate yesterday at
noon. The guard stopped him and the
employe grew obStreperOus and some
what abusive. The guard tried to argue
the matter, but the man got in a fight
ing position and the guard saw some
thing must be done. He landed and the
other went to mother earth. He came
up town and wanted to have the guard
arrested and was willing to swear out
a warrant charging assault and bat
terry. The judge before whom he want
him that the guard had the best of the
case and the warrant was not issued.
TT will probably take a few days to
educate the employees of the shops. The
new rules are somewhat strenuous.
but when one considers the amount OF
material that is daily carried away by
providers at the different shops of the
Santa Fe, it is hard to blame the COM
pany for establishing rigid rules and
living up to them to the letter. Those,
other than employees, must now OBJ
tain a pass before they will be allowed
to visit the shops"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
IS IT IN THE CITY?
Question About Four Blocks on East
Side.

A little IS lawsuit to determine the
right of James Dwyer and his wife to
keep hogs inside the city limits may
result in an important decision affect
ing about four city blocks, which it is
claimed were never legally taken into
the city corporation.
The four blocks are located between
Third and Fourth streets and between
Lawrence and Lafayette. They have
never been plated into city lots. The
law provides that no unplatted tract of
more than five acres can be taken into
the city unless surrounded by city
property. In 1882 when the city de-
cided to take in the Dwyer tract it was
not surrounded by the city. and COM
prised about seven acres of land. So
the council worked a little scheme. 1t
passed one ordinance taking in two
acres off one end of the tract, and then
passed another ordinance taking in the
rest. Each tract was less than five
acres.
to this way of doing things until James
Dwyer was arrested last year for keep
ing hogs inside the city limits. He was
tried in police court and fined. His de-
Tense was that his place was not in the
city, though he admitted that he had
been paying city taxes and voting at
city elections
Dwyer appealed his case to the dis
trict court. and his attorney. H. c.
Root, says that he is going to make
hard fight to have the land legally
declared not a part of the city of To-
peka
The city attorney and Mr.. Root will
probably agree upon the facts in the
case. A proposed form of agreement
has been submitted to the city attorney
by Mr.. Root
The city has a defense to Mr.. Roots
contention which it thinks will hold
good in court. 1t claims that at the
time Mr.. Dwyer was taken into the
city no protest was made against the
city's action. The law says mo IN
plated territory of over five acres shall
be taken in against the protest of the
owner thereof" Mr.. Root says that
Mr. Dwyer never consented but the
city insists that no formal protest was
made, as is necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

W. A. Kimball, Joint agent for the Kan
sas City inspection bureau, was a recent
visitor in Topeka.
H. U. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, has returned from short bus
mess trip to the headquarters of the road
E. L. Mooney, chief clerk to W. J. Hea-
| ~, freight auditor for the Santa Fe, was
| in Kansas City Monday on business for
the company.
| T. J. Clark, travelling passenger agent
for the Rock Island. has been appointed
district passenger agent with headquar-
tiers in Chicago.
Ernest Hewitt, employed as a clerk in
the Santa Fe ticket auditing department,
was unable to be at work Monday on ac-
count of sickness
Arthur W. Sherer. an employee of the
Santa Fe ticket auditing department, has
returned to work in that office after a
protracted illness.
| Charles W. McCord, a clerk in the San
sent from work in that office this week
on account of sickness.
William Alvey has been appointed divis-
ion accountant of the Beaumont division
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, with
headquarters at Beaumont, Tex.
! Bert Maxwell, a clerk in the office of
the auditor of disbursements of the San
ia Fe, was absent from work Monday on
account of sickness. Mr. Maxwell has u
! severe case of the grip.
A De Bernhard, superintendent of the
| Missouri Pacific, with headquarters at
| Osawatomie, Kan, left Topeka Sunday
after a short Visit with local railroad Of
| hclalS. 1t IS not thought that MI. DE
| Bernhardt' s visit here was significant of
any change in the service on this branch
of his road.
According to the report of the burning
| of the Santa Fe depot at Florence, which
was received at the general offices of that
road in this city, the loss to the road is
about 81, 600. 1t is probable that the citi-
zenS of Florence will have to rest con-
tents with a box car for few months, or
at least until another depot can be built.
W. P. Matchette, contracting freight
and passenger agent for the Santa Fe
railroad, has been appointed successor to
| w. R. Brown as travelling freight and
| passenger agent, with headquarters at FL
Matchette as contracting freight and pas
| senger agent at Ell PaSo.
The death of Frank Tisdale, joint round
! house foreman for the Santa F'e and Rock
Island at Atchison. was shock to many
Topeka people Mr.. Tisdale was well
known in Topeka and had many friends
here, although he has made his home in
AtchiSon for the past ten years. Several
of his railroad friends in Topeka will
probably go to Atchison to attend his
| funeral.
| Fe roadmasters start on their annual pill
grimage of sporting ties" They are re-
quired to walk over their division every
| spring and examine and mark the ties
| which need replacing during the year
/ They carry iron marker called a
| 'spotter," with which they stamp all de-
| fective ties. An estimate is then made of
the number of ties needed on the division
| for the year and when they are delivered
| the section men distribute them along
the track, taking out the spotted" ties
| and replacing them with the new ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
sary arrangements for his Transports

sary arrangements for his transporta-
ton to Japan.
Three years in the United States
army spoiled me for civil life, guess"
said Mr.. Rheinstrom today. sI am
restless; 1 can't stand it being tied up
at a desk all day; 1 want something
more strenuous. My parents live in
Philadelphia, but I have lived in the
the east again. The west is my kind of
a country. l went first to Cincinnati,
and thence to St. Louis. After that 1
enlisted in the regulars. My battery
was stationed at San Antonio, Texas,
and did not get into the Spanish war,
though we were three times ordered to
pack up to move.
During my experience as private
in the army 7 made some friends who
1 think will help me to some sort of
connection with the japanese army II
it lies in their power. Some people who
want to get into the Japanese army are
starting out for Japan without any
preliminary preparation. That isn't the
way to do. They may get into the Jap
army as Drivates, but if / am to be
a private 1 had rather be a private in
the U S. army. 1 want to get some
sore of official connection with the Jap
anese army, either a commission or
some position with the engineering
corps. I am a draughtsman by profess
sion. There is nothing doing in the
draughting business out here, so 1 had
to take the first job that came along.
and it happened to be one up at the
Santa Ee Offices"
why do YOU enlist with the laps
instead of with the Russians?" was
asked of Mr. Rheinstrom.
Because the soldiers in the Russian
army are nothing but slaves" said Mr..
Rheinstrom. positively. 81 believe that
the Japs will whip them. We had q. fell
low in the Seventeenth battery who
had served in the Russian army, and
deserted because he had a little spark
of manhood in him and wouldn't stand
it to be treated like slave. The Rus
slams have to simply drive their soldiers
into action; the Japs are always anx-
ious to fight, just like our own boys. I
have talked to soldiers who were mixed
up in the Chinese affair. and they say
that the Japanese soldiers We're i'm
mensely superior to the Russians. If
Japan gets anything like an equal
chance she will Win and want to be
there to help
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09

Master Mechanic Resigned a Week
Ago Now Reinstated.

Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. "A couple of
important changes in the official per-
sonnet Of the Frisco in this city were
made today. T. F. Underwood, who
resigned his position as master me-
chanic of this place a week ago to ac-
cept the position of superintendent Of
motive power and machinery of the
Missouri Mining & Lumber company at
Grandin, Mo-, has decided to return to
Fort Scott and his old position is held
open to him. The other change is that
of W. L. Shaner, who resigned his posi-
ton as chief dispatched of the northern
division to accept one of the regular dis
patchers tricks. He is to be succeeded
by S. H. Charles of Fort Smith, and he
arrived in the city this morning to ia
miliarize himself with the work. The
change will be made tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
SWAN IS BUSTED.
Loses the Contract for Santa Fe's
Brass Work

It is announced James Swan who has
charge of all of the brass work at the
Santa Fe shops has been ousted by the
company and the contract has been let
to a Chicago firm.
Mr.. Swan and his sons have had
charge of this part of the Santa Fe's
work for about twenty-five years. Every
March Mr.. Swan has had his contract
renewed and has done the Santa Fe's
brass work, hiring his own men and
machinery This was expected this
year, but it seems that the Santa Fe's
general purchasing agent in Chicago
had different plans. He has notified Mr..
Swan that the contract has been given
to a Chicago firm and that hereafter the
Santa F'e will have no need of his SER
vices.
1t is not known whether the Santa Fe
will move their brass foundry to Chi
cago or whether the work will continue
to be done here. The name of the new
head of the brass foundry is not given
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
Thousands Of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.

WOMEN suffer untold misery because
the nature of their disease is not al
ways correctly understood; in many
cases when doctoring. they are led to
believe that womb trouble or female
weakness of some sort is responsible
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
EXTEND USE OF OIL BURNERS
Santa Fe May Abandon Coal West of
Albuquerque.

there is no official statement to the
effect, it is said on very reliable auth
ority that the Santa Fe will extend the
use of oil burners on the coast lines to
Albuquerque within the year. This, if
carried out, would necessitate material
change in the equipment of the shops
here, the establishment of oil tanks for
storage and other changes and i'm
provements. The oil burners are now
in use as far east as Winslow and
have been found successful in every
way both from the point of hauling
power and economy. Great storage
tanks have been built at many sta
lions and all engines west of Seligman
are now oil burners. If made at all,
the extension to this city is not likely
for some time to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09
GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
President Ripley Will Play Golf at
Santa Barbara.

Los Angeles. Cal, Feb. 9.-President
Ripley has advised Santa Fe headquar-
tiers of his intention to make his annual
winter pilgrimage to southern California
February 10. As usual ne will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Ripley and other
members of his family, and the destina-
ton of the party will be Santa Barbara
The head of the Santa Fe makes prac-
tice of making his yearly vacations in
winter, and Santa Barbara is his Mecca
for several weeks at this season. He is
devoted to golf, and while resting he
manages to do a lot of hard work, keep
ing in constant touch with the big rail-
way system, of which he is the executive
head, through Santa Fe headquarters in
Los Angeles. When he has time Mr.. Rip
ley takes a run to this city to dispose of
matters that need attention from here.