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The Washington times., 1905-01-28

NEXT WEDNESDAY
Date for Wrestling Match
Set at Last.
POSTPONED MANY TIMES
Row Seems Sure to Take Place-Gal-
lagher After Spaulding for Pre-
liminary and Posts Forfeit.
POSTPONED MANY II

Harvey Tyrren and Rob Roy Naclzey
have at last obtained a hall and named
the day for their wrestling bout
The scene of the match viii be Con-
cordia Hall. Sixth and f Streets north
west. and the affair Will be pulled of
next Wednesday night. In addition 70
the main bout there viii be two or three
fast preliminaries
This match will settle, 70 some extent.
a long dispute about the merits of the
two men, MacSey undertakes 10 throw
Tyrreli twice IN an hour, and If TyrreII
should happen to gain fall in that
time. then Maekey agrees 70 throw his
man third time This is a difficult
undertaking for Mackey, as there are
many VINO believe that he could not
defeat Harvey in a straight bout, much
less in a handicap
Postponed by Injury.
The men signed articles for a similar
bout two months ago, but Tyrren injured
his hand and the match called off Three
weeks ago they got together again and
agreed to wrestle in thirty days, with
the result that they are to meet on
Wednesday Both boys have kept in
good condition by wrestling and boxing
and they should furnish an excellent
show.
One Of the preIiminaries will probably
be a match between Waiter Gallagher
and Jack SDaulding- Manager Nau bis
posted a forfeit with The Times for the
appearance OF Gallagher, who has been
after Spauldings scalp for many moons
The go between these boys should prove
IS interesting as the star bout Each
has a large following OF friends willing
! 10 back him, and there viii probably be
some lively speculation over the out
come
The Washington times., 1905-01-28
GIVEN A RECEPTION.

The Young Mems Club Of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church rendered a re-
,o,+ior, last night 10 DR. r d Power
nasfor of the church, in honor of his
fiffv-fonrth birthday. DR.. Power has
been pastor Of this chureh Tor nearly
TO congratulate him on his continued
The Washington times., 1905-01-28
SACRIFICE

Clara-I don't see why you liked that
group picture of our society 1t wasn't
particularly good of you.
Isabelle know 1t, but it was so per
fectIy horrid of that conceited Miss
Gushing-Detroit Free Pres
The Washington times., 1905-01-28
ROBBED Of ESTATE.
SAYS LAURA b|GGAR
Sues to Gust Bennett Adj
ministratOrS.
AYERS 100000 MISsPENT
Demands Accounting and Seeks to Set
Aside Settlement Made
Under Stress.
AYERS 100000 MlSSPENT

FREEHOLD, N J., Jan 2S-Declaring
that as administrators of the estate of
Henry Bennett they have wasted. en-
bezzled aud misapplied'' the funds,
Laura Biggar has applied to the courts
here for the removal of Peter McNulty
and James Piatt.
The hearing in the matter has been
set for February 3. and the lawyers for
Miss Bigger predict that some sensa-
tional evidence viii be introduced
Million-Dollar Property.
Miss Biggar contends that the estate
is worth more than a million dollars,
bur that because of the acts of those
who handled it the value has decreased.
She alleges that a conspiracy was formed
10 deprive her of her share.
When Henry NJ Bennett died. in 1902
he left a Will bequeathtnS GO per cent
OF his wealth to Miss Biggar. 1t was
also wf:led that 81 900 should be given
TO her within ten days after Bennett $
death. that she should receive Bennett 5
diamonds ana JeWeiry, valued al so;"y ~
and that she should receive the rentals
from a house in New York city
Bennett's wealth consisted OF real es-
tate and some bonds The Bl1ou Ihea-
ter in Pittsburg, WAS the most EaIuSlpie
asset, being worth more than SSte'VVo-
In her affidavit the plaintiff says that
the administrators have never made an
accounting of the income from the
Pittsburg and New York properties.
She declares she did not get the dia-
monds until a year following Bennett
death The 81, coo was net turned over
/ until 397 days had elapsed
In connection with this, she charges
| that while she was Ill and almost PENN
| less Peter McNultY. one of the admin
! istrators. and r. NJ. Quick, who was
| manager of The BIjou Theater, went e
| her and proposed to buy her interest III
| the estate for $24O,OoO-
| Miss Riggar AYERS that she was leo &c
] believe that the estate WIS 'hSo oa fe H.
| that there would be contests, ana sne
| was almost forced TO acceee 10 t1t
| terms 1t was then she says, Inat IHt
| 81 Oss1 was given to bind the bargain. anC
/ this was the money that she shoule
have got more than a year before
Estate Wasted.
The declaration is made that the ad-
illustrators have Illegally spent about
| $500. 900 of the funds. Gulick ana Nc
| Nulty. she alleges, took out $4,000 on
/ notes which, they said. they heic
| against Bennett; that they also gave
t So 60 to certain OF the Bennett heirs
| which Miss Biggar says, was IN Viola
/ zion of the terms of the viii which cui
! off those who should contest ii. She
also AYERS that thousands of dollars
I were spent by the administrators &c
| prosecute her in the courts.
! THE attorneys for Miss Biggar are
/ Charles c. Kendrick, who was convicted
! of conspiracy in one of the suits grow
! ing on. of the contest. and Kendall u
| Stockley, of Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1905-01-28
ST. PAUL'S SINKING
FAR OUT Of PLUMB
Historic London Cathedral
in Dangerous Condition.
WHOLE CITY THREATENED
Other Buildings, Including Bank of
England, Endangered by
Tunneling.

LONDON. Jan. B.-From time TO time
alarming statements have been made
about the condition of St PauPs Cathe-
dral.
These have frequently been denied by
the cathedral authorities. but the ex-
perts remain insistent Now, It is de-
clared. the danger has become serious,
and urgently calls for investigation.
The foundations are said TO be sinking
as natural and inevitable consequence
of the pumping which accompanies the
work of driving the various tunnels that
have been constructed and others which
are stilI in progress in its immediate vi
entity
The experts go further still This in
cessant tunneling which is proceeding
in all parts of London is undermining
the metropolis The Bank of England
and several other buildings have had
TO be supported by underpinning
From time to time since the first of
the tunnelings of the last year or so
were undertaken ominOus assures have
been discovered in the fabric of st.
PauTs. These are especially noticeable
in the stonework of the southern tran
sept, where one wall in particular has
receded some inches from the perpendic-
ular.
Imminent Danger.
That far greater danger is imminent,
however, is the deliberate opinion of ex-
perts who have conducted an examina-
ton within the last few days.
The cross and ball which surmount the
dome are now stated to be three feet
out of perpendicular This is the con-
clusion arrived at by Frederick Hoyen-
den, secretary of the London Institution,
after spending two years in finding a
plunnb-Iine among the adjacent build
ings in order to gauge the deviation.
Mr.. HoVenden asserts that the cross
and bail must be at least three feet out
of plumb
IF the Nelson column were as much
out of the perpendicular" he says lit
would soon be in the street. and for
nelings which are necessarily going on
around tit
All London Threatened.
How do the various borrowings cause
these subsidences and consequent dan
ger to London buildings?
In the case of st. Pauls, which is
built upon a foundation OF pot-earth,
under which is Il bed of water-bearing
gravel and sand, and beneath which,
again. is the London clay, the danger
has been caused by the gravel bed sink
ing owing 10 its moisture being with
drawn.
The moisture in the gravel bed has
been drawn off by pumping for the va
- also by percolation through u
The Washington times., 1905-01-28
BETTER HOUSING
AND FAIRGROUNDS
Subjects Discussed by Mr..
Quincy, of Boston.
IN CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Meeting Under Auspices of Associated
Charities Largely Attended-Urge
Congress to Act.
IN CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH

The movement for public Fairgrounds
and better housing conditions in Wash
ington took a step forward last evening
when a large audience gathered in Cal
vary Baptist Church to listen to adj
dresses on the two subjects by some
of the leaders in the campaign both here
and in other cities.
The success of the meeting was at
tested by the generous response made to
the appeal of the Associated Charities
committees for financial assistance and
also for volunteers to help on the play
grounds in the coming spring and sum-
mer. A training class for such volun-
teers is to be formed, and many en-
rolled themselves last night
Urge Cangress to Act.
a resolution was adopted unanimously
urging Congress. III the light of the evil
dent need of improved housing condi-
lions and the expressed opinions OF
President Roosevelt and others on the
subject, to pass the pending bill pro-
viding for the condemnation of unsanl-
tary houses. The resolution also IN
Guided a plea for the required appro-
priation of So 00e for public Fairgrounds
Mr. Justice brewer presided during
the evening. A number of well-knoWn
citizens. including Commissioners Mac
fariand and Biddle, were seated on the
platform. The address of the evening
was made by Josiah Quincy, formerly
mayor of Boston.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Quincy's adj
dress John B. Seeman, jr-, made an ap-
neal for aid in the work and he was
followed by Secretary Charles F. Wei
Ter. who spoke entertainingly of work
in Washington sIums, Illustrating his
remarks with stereopticon views
Justice Brewer Speaks.
Justice Brewer In his Introductory re-
marks, spoke partly as follows: We
speak of the renaissance of art and OF
letters We might call the present age
the renaissance of the good samaritan.
The most blessed thing for d child Is
country life. The influences that en-
circle a boy are the fingers that write
the destinies of the man Nature Is
kind to the little ones. But child can
not locate its own life.
THE child in the city must meet linn
itations One of these limitations is the
lack of a place to play off the streets.
The great mass OF city people have ne
grounds about their houses. On the
streets grow certain influences from
which the good samaritan must watch
and keep the children. A child will
pIay-the child who will not play might
lust as well leave the world. for he gives
no promise of usefulness in it,
e-As to housing conditions-the most
costly penalty we pay for our crowded
city life is to have families herded
close together in buildings where tbs
light is poor. fresh air is scanty, anc
sunlight almost unknown. The SAM
tary conditions are not observed
Cleanliness is next to godliness. a ban
OF soap is means of grace But II
these buildings the landlord sees only
the silver dollar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
oueer Reauests Of shoppers.

A clerk in a bookstore tells of some
of the queer requests of women:
There is one woman who comes in
here frequently to look over the paper
backed novels, and after she has select
ed what she wants in the cheapest sort
of reading matter she gives US an order
to have them bound for her in expensive
volumes She explained to me one day
that her husband did not approve of
her reading paperbacks, but that ne did
not know the difference if they We're
well bound He simply thinks that all
trash is paper backed she said.
MANY persons purchase dummies to
fiji IN their libraries, and still another
woman insists on buying all the books
she can discover that are bound in the
tones of red or maroon. 1t seems her
library is done in red, and she wants
the color scheme carried out regardless. -
Farm and Fireside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02

There We're but few of US in the pas
senger coach as the train left Indian
apolis, and opposite me sat a woman
about forty years of age. from her
temperance fanatic and a person who
would scorn the slightest favor at the
hands of a fellow traveller Great was
my surprise, therefore, at the end of
a couple of hours, when she leaned for
ward and Queried:
Young man, might / ask if you have
any peppermint essance in your grip?"
I replied that / was sorry I hadn't,
and she resumed her bolt upright posi-
ton and nothing further was said for
a quarter of an hour. Then she kindly
asked:
Young man, do you carry the means
to make a glass of lemonade when you
travel?''
T. I didn't I was sorry for her sake
that l didn't, but as a matter of fact
was just as well, and another fifteen
minutes passed. Then she sweetly said:
Young man, do you carry a bottle of
milk or cold tea %
Never, ma am
You do not carry any sort of bot
tle?''
''WelI-er-you know
young man." she continued as she
looked me straight in the eye, is it
wine or whisky"
Wine, ma'am.
And I've sat here nearly three hours
and you haven't offered me anyi Come
over and let's have nip!'
AS I sat down beside her she said l
might call her Aunt Polly, and that her
severe expression was the result of soft
| corns; and during the afternoon she
beat me twelve games of eucfre, and
said she'd adopt me if she hadn't three
boys already, and all older than vas
NJ Quad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
A BIG COAL DEAL.
b. S. Abbott Purchases lis Acres
Near Pittsburg for $4,000.

Pittsburg, Sept. 2-B. S. Abbott, the well
known Weir City coal man, closed the deal
last evening. by which he purchases lis
acres of coal land north of Pittsburg. on
land is purchased from w. L. Miller of
the Miller Bros Coal Co., of Mulberry.
The purchase price is $4,000.
The land lies at the south edge of Coal
vale and the Frisco railroad passes
through the center of the land. Mr.. Abb
bott purchases outright the west 80 acres
of the tract and gets the coal rights under
the other 50 acres, the surface being re-
served.
1t is stated that Mr. Abbott will begin
work at once on the shaft and will open
a large and modern mine
operating one mine at Weir, the Jack
Rabbit mine. 1t was reported some time
to the newly organized ]. r. Grove Coal
merger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
LOST OVER s5 POUNDS.
Judge POIIock's Party Returns Some
what Reduced in Flesh.

Judge J. C. Pollock, Mrs. Pollock, Miss
Lucille Pollock, Miss Gertrude Mulvane
and w. P. Hackney of Winfield, return
ed today from their summers outing on
Moon River, Canada.
The entire party shows the effect of
the healthful climate which perVades
that northern territory. Miss Lucille
Pollock, who was not feeling well when
she left here at the beginning of the
summer, has improved much and is in
very good health. Judge Pollock has
gained in weight also. Mr.. Hackney,
who was much over the limit prescribed
by the doctor books, has decreased his
surplus weight over 80 pounds. Henry
billiard. the bailiff of the court, who
has served as the private body guard
for every federal judge in the last de-
cade, was also with the party. He too
trained of about IS pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
FROM HoCH TO FOLK.
Kansas Governor VIII Ask Missouri's
Governor for Return of Bartender.

One of Governor Hoch's assistant at
torney generals seems to be doing bust
ness with a vengeance E. D. Mikesell,
of Neodesha, who was appointed to en-
force the prohibitory law in Wilson
county. this morning, filed a requisition
with the governor for Frank Smolarek,
who is wanted for selling liquor on 81
different counts.
Smolarek is said to be tending bar in
Joplin, and the requisition will have to
go 10 Governor Folk of Missouri.
Smolarek was arrested by Sheriff J. w.
Timmons, of Wilson county, at the time
of the raid on his joint. But under pre-
tense of going into a closet, the jointist
escaped, and the sheriff lost him in the
darkness. The evidence against Smo-
larek was obtained at an inquisition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
WHO GETS RIeHr OF wAY2
The Labor Unions Parade or the
-Forepaugh Circus Pageant.

When Greek meets Greek then
comes a glorious test of arms; when
Irishmen meet. 0rangemen, on St.
Patrick's day, there is a bloody fight
and when the Topeka White Sox meet
another team they generally meet
defeat.
But the question is what happens
when a parade of laboring men in all
their dignity as representatives of
honest toll meets circus parade :?
This will occur in Topeka on Monday
when the monster Labor day parade
runs across the parade of the Sells
Forepaugh show. Both are sched-
uied for the morning. To be sure, the
labor parade starts at $50 and
O'Clock and circus parades are pro-
verbally late, but it is hardly prob
able that they will not meet. What
question that is bothering the labor
ing men not a little.
You Ncan bet we will keep the
right of way" said one of the leaders
in charge of the labor parade when
he was asked about the matter today.
I'VE certainly have more right to the
streets of our city than has a circus
and we propose to maintain those
rights. If the circus parade runs into
US it will have to wait until we pass
by and if we run into it, why I sup
pose we will have to watch it go by.
we certainly will not mingle with the
elephants, camels and other beasts
nor will we march to the music of
the circus bands. We will be on the
streets first and I guess we will not
be disturbed
Conditions may so work out that
the circus parade will be coming up
Kansas avenue, while the labor pa
rade is going down or vice versa. One
will have to take each side of the
street and the spectacle will certainly
be interesting if not a trif1e 1udierous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Sharp Practice.

E. R. Thoams, at the Indian Harbor
Yacht club, was commissioning a mo-
tor boat captain who had been jock
eyed out of a race.
"Btween the Swift and the Dart, y
said Mr.. Thomas, you were pretty
badly done. You were the victim of
sharp practice. You remind me of a
colored man who lay ill of fever.
This coIored man was treated for
a time by one doctor, and then an
other doctor, for some reason, came
and took the first ones place.
1.-The second physician made a
thorough examination of the patient
At the end he said:
"'Did the other doctor take your
temperature
"Ah dunno, sah,' the patient an
swered. All amt missed nothin' but
NAH watch as yet Los Angeles
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
a NOVEL RAT nEsrpnvnp

Probably the most wonderful way of
Tetting rid Of rats and mice is the dis
covery of a Chicago man who has in
Venseo a Faste that is greedily devour-
ed by rats, mice, cockroaches and all
vermin.
The Stems Electric Rat and Roach
Paste, as il is called, contains a peculiar
cneInacai thaG created a burning sensa-
ton when swallowed, and drives the
rats and mice who eat it outside of the
house in search of water The Paste is
sure death. and gives universal salts
faction.
paid on receipt of price. Stearns' Flee
tFic Paste Co., Chicago, III. Small size
IS cts. hotel size, eight times the guam
tity, 6-o0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02

Washington, Sept, 2-The war depart
ment has just received the annual re-
port of Brigadier General Theodore J.
Whit, U. S. A., upon the military af-
fairs of the Northern division. The gen
eral in this report repeats the COM
plants about the many saloons which
are always to be found around the
posts. over which the military autheri-
ties have no control whatever, and il
s. stated that saloons in connection with
the canteen or post exchange, run by
some responsible person under fixed
gules, would be a great advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
BUSINESS FAILING OFF.
Fewer Liquor Sales Reported by Drug
gists for August Than July.

The druggists have made their reg
ular monthly statement to Probate
Judge Hayden.
A comparison of the sales of last
month with the sales of the correspond
ing month last year would on the face
indicate that there is very small amount
of liquor being consumed in the city at
this time. In the month of July last
year 1927 sales were reported while the
sales as reported for July, 1905 amount
to only 2,519, practically only one-fourth
as many as were reported for the same
month last year. In August of last
year S,749 sales were reported to the
probate judge while for last month only
], 404 sales were reported. showing a
falling off OF los sales over last month
and a decrease of $685. sales over the
corresponding month of last year.
The following are the sales for the
months of July and August. 1905:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
MISS FELLOWS INJURED
victim of street Car and Automobile
Collision.

Kansas City. Sept. "A street car
struck and overturned a large automo-
bile containing half a dozen sightseer-
ers in the downtown district today, and
all were more or less hurt, The in
5ured, whose hurts consisted of bruises
and shocks, were j. McFadden, wife
and children of st. Paul; Miss Fay Tay-
Tor of Denver, and Miss Florence Fell
lows of Kansas City.
1t is supposed that the Miss Florence
Fellows referred to in the dispatch is
the daughter of ex-Mayor Charles A.
Fellows of Topeka, who is now 1v-
Ing at the Brunswick hotel in Kansas
City 1t is known that a Miss Fay
Taylor, of Denver, is visiting Miss Fell
Ln1Irs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Reopens an Old Case.

Kansas City, Sept. 2.-The motion of
F. G. Bonfils of Denver asking the
court to set aside, alleging that it was
irregular the final report of H. NJ.
Holden, assignee of the Kansas City
Safe Deposit bank, which failed in 1893,
was granted today. This means that
Mr.. Bonf1ls' attorneys may nov file ex-
ceptions to the report and bring about
reopening of the whole matter, and
this they will do, it is said, at once.
When the bank failed Mr., Bonfiis had
$27, 900 on deposit He lost all except
thirteen per cent of this amount
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
CLAIM A SAVING OF ss41.s1.
Officers of Health Departments Deny
Charge of Extravaganza.

The officials of the city health depart
ment take umbrage at the statement of
DR.. Ryder that the department is not be-
ing conducted along the lines of strictest
economy They claim that the statement
that they are as lax in their expenditures
as the former administration does them an
injustice.
In support of their contention they have
made a comparative statement of the ex-
penses for 1904 and 1905 for the months of
May, June, July and August. According
to these figures they have succeeded in
saving $941.31 over the corresponding ex-
penditureS of 1904
BY months the a..r,er,d itiLre fnlIn1..s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Quarantine Order Revoked.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Secretary Will
son has made an order revoking in part
the rule of the department issued last
May in which a quarantine was estab-
lished against various western states on
account of the presence of the infec-
uous disease of scabies among the cat
tie of those states. The secretary
revocation applies to the states of Ore
gon and Washington, to the eastern
part of Kansas, the western part of
Oklahoma and parts of Texas, Okla
homa, Wyoming and New Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Like Finding Money.

Finding health is like finding money-so
cola Ge eore t5rdt or e ce sfi
ton. better act promptly like w. c. Bar
Der of Sandy Level, Va. He says: Il had
terrible chest trouble, caused by smoke
and coal dust on my lungs; but, after find
ing no relief in other remedies,I was cured
by DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and C0lds.'' Greatest
sale of any cough or lung medicine in the
world. At Arnold Drug Co, 81 N Kan
bottle free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Are You Engaged?

a fer marriage many quarreIs can be
avoided by keeping their digestions in
q Brown of Bennettsville, S. c., says:
For years my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with torpid
liver until she lost her strength and Wig
ar and became mere wreck of her former
self Then she tried Electric Bttters which
helped her at once ana nnahy mace neF
healthy" Arnold Drug Co., 81 North
Kansas ave, sells and guarantees thems
aft SOC bottle.