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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
THE h. U. TRACK MEET.
Entries and Applications Numerous
for April %

Lawrence, Kan, April 1s.-If things
keep going as they have started in re
gard to the Inter-schoIastic track meet,
which is to be held at the University Of
Kansas April %, there viii be at least
LOCO high school students and their
teachers in Lawrence on that date
Manager Plank is buried in cOrrespon-
dence from schools all over the state
which are sending in applications al
entry lists.
Reports from many of the smaller
schools say that they have strong teams
and have easily broken records made at
the meet here last year. Teams of run
ners and jumpers in out of the way
high schools are coming in full force to
get chance to work against the larger
schools. Manager Plank received a let
ter from high school with an enroll
ment of about $50 saying: we have a
weight man and a jumper who have
easily equaied your records. We want
to match these men against the Kansas
City and Topeka men"
Lawrence high school. which won the
meet last year by large margin, is
working night and day. They have the
advantage of working out Oh McCOok
field with K. Z. men. Their baseball
team is rapidly taking on excellent form
in order to show up we'll in their game
with Kansas City Manual on the morn
ing of April %.
The Missouri university baseball team
plays Kansas on the afternoon of Fri
day and Saturday, April q and %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
OLDFIELD COMING.
Worlds Greatest Autoist Will Give Ex-
hibition Saturday and Sunday.

Barney Oldfeld, one OF the worlds
greatest automobile drivers, will be IN
Topeka on Saturday and Sunday, and
try to lower the worlds half mile
record at the fair ground track a
matinee will be given each afternoon
commencing at 3 o'clock
Mr.. Oldheld is known the world
over, wherever the word 'automoblle
has ever been pronounced Today he
holds among others, four undisputed
records for two miles: three miles.
four miles and five miles. Before the
year is half under way, he hopes to
complete the whole series of figures by
also capturing the one mile record. At
the recent races at Ormond Beach,
Fla. ne was one of the heroes with
the thousands of people who gathered
there to witness the contests.
Three different machines viii be
driven in Topeka, the Peerless Green
Dragon, the Pope Toledo and the
Blue Streak. The Green Dragon is
Oldheld's faVOrite machine-the ore
behind which he has made his great
reputation.
There viii be five or six events each
afternoon. Mr.. Oldheld has another
expert driver with him and the two
will race in the attempts that will be
made to break records. Local auto
mobilists viii be interested and a race
between Topeka cars will be on the
programme.
on Saturday night an illuminated
parade about the streets of the city to
be participated i'm by Mr.. Oldhelc's
cars, and many of those owned in this
city. Will be given. This in Itself viii
be extremely pretty. Mr.. Old6eld has
given a number of such parades in
towns in which he has driven his cars,
and unstinted praise has been univer-
sally given by the newspapers.
Local mobilists are taking a great
deal of interest in Mr.. Oldhelds com
ing His representative was here To-
day and made the announcement of
the trials on Saturday and Sunday
afternoon, and the result was that the
owners and drivers of Topeka cars at
once joined in to make the event
success.
Oldheld comes here from Joplin.
where he performed on Friday and
Saturday of last week. He broke the
worlds half mile record at that place
for a half mile track.
The great autOmobilist is 4 death
dealing driver. He has a long string
of accidents attached to his list of
performances, but his fatal year was
I'm 1904 at St. Louis On August Is,
at the Worlds fair, a false start was
made in the ten mile open for the
louisiana Purchase trophy. The start
er failed with his signal. Oldfeld had
started after a competitor. who had
lead of several yards. In trying to
pass his rival on the turn, blinded and
choked by the dust and with broken
goggles, he crashed through the fence,
killing two spectators and seriously in
juring himself. Oldfield tried to pass
Webb at the three-eighths pole, and
as he neared the car in the dust went
to steer around it. He did not realize
that the fence was so close, on &C
count of the binding dust, ard
crashed INTO it, The machine was q
complete wreck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

asking Nebraska for football game,
was suggested, but he goes into active
law practice next year and does not
want the position.
Tucker, a football star of six years
ago, who is mayor, city attorney, justice
of the peace, and leading attorney of
Cawker City, was thought OF, but his
many duties put him out Of the ques-
ton.
The man who seems to be the hest
candidate offered is Wilbur B. Vincent,
captain of the Kansas football team in
1902 Mr.. Vincent is at present princi-
pal of the Washington, Kan, high
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
POULTRY GAZETTE SOLD.
Gnies Publishing Company Turn It
Over to Nebraska Men.

The GilIies Publishing company to-
day sold the Poultry Gazette and their
entire printing plant to a Nebraska
publishing house. Mr.. @. d. Nicolas
key, until recently publisher of the
Papillion Times, will edit the paper.
Mr.. J. G. Jessup. publisher of the Clay
County Patriot, will be business man
ager. The Gazette will be published
reputation of being the greatest poul-
try center in the west. Two large in
cubator factories are located there
each annually turning out more than
twenty thousand machines.
The Poultry Gazette was established
seven years ago by the Gillies Publish
ing company, and has developed to
be one of the leading journals in that
line, having circulation of over
twenty thousand copies. It has had
much to do with the wonderful de-
velopment of the poultry industry in
the west the past few years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
TALK OF A CRENfAToRY.
Topeka Desiccating Company May
Get a Chance.

The Topeka Desiccating company
through it's attorney, John v
Abrahams, visited the office of Mayor
Davis this morning and asked him to
look over their proposed contract
with the city, action upon which has
been pending for the past three
months and secure some action at the
nearest opportunity. The mayor
promised to consider the contract and
said he would examine into it at
length.
The whole question, both of award
ing a new contract and the other plan,
of building a municipal plant, was
left on April in the hands of the
council for action after the streets
and walks committee had recon-
mended in favor of a contract being
let to the Topeka Desiceating com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
NO MORE UNTIL MAY.
Mayor Davis Won't Make His Other
Appointments Now.

Mayor Davis will make no further
appointments until the first of May.
He made this announcement this morn
ing.
At the present time the following Of
fees still remain to be appointed: Sup
erintendent of the city electric light
plant, plumbing inspector, engineer city
hall engineer electric light plant, two
firemen electric light plant, one line
man electric light plant, two members
of the plumbing board.
OF these different positions that OF
plumbing Inspector is the only one that
gives promise of 4 contest. Ed A. Cha
new the present incumbent is making
an effort to hold over and is recognized
as a competent official, while w A
WoIverton has secured some strong en-
dorsements from influential sources and
is making things look interesting Tor
his rival. CLANCY is about the only Of
ficehoIder which the Fourth ward mas
at the city building and in view or the
fast that it went for the admlnlslfa-
ton CLANCY holds that it is incumbent
upon the administration to treat Inc
ward with favor.
The plumbing board is composed of the
chairman of the board of health, Who Is
an ex-of7lcio member, journeyman
plumber and a master plumber Inc
board very seldom has anything TO 90
and only comes to the surface at TINS
time in its history -Wnen II Is I6oi gan
lied. The members are paid IS for eaeh
meeting attended.
Street Commissioner Frank SINGER
retained possession of his ONCE today
at the request of his successor, James
Ramsey. He will turn over the reins on
Thursday. Snyder has not yet decld-
cd whether he will take the ONCE OF
probation officer of the juvenile court.
He will look into the duties of the Of
fee this afternoon and try and dis
cover whether the duties will be ac-
cording to his tastes. He has offers from
two different railway companies to take
charge of construction work and viii be
able to make a decision probably BY
tomorrow
Former Food Inspector B'arnsworth
who failed to receive a reappointment
at the hands Of the mayor has at his
request still retained charge of the
! office and from present prospects VIII
act in that capacity for four or nFe
weeks. w. H. Gilhllan, who received
fbe appofntrnent, will not be able to
take charge until that time.
Vint Parkhurst, who was an appll-
canf fer the place of city engineer, Will
probably be appointed as inspector by
! city Engineer McCabe on the Meian
arca approach which is nov in process
of construction. The city council auth
Dried the city engineer to make such
an appointment when he saw Mt me
position viii pay s75 per month.
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pany and a number OF. members of the
council refused to accept the report Of
the committee. The new council will
not alter materially the sentiment
which has existed in the council.
namely, that action of the erection of
a municipal crematory should be de-
ferred for a time at least. There is
even more evidence that some of the
former strong adherents OF the mu-
nicipal ownership idea have weakened
in their stand.
Action in any event will not take
place until the next session of the
council, which comes on May I, unlesA
of course a special session of the
council is called. The matter has
been left in the hands of the council
and they viii have to act upon it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
VALUE OF MEXICAN DOLLAR.
Adoption OF Gold standard Causes an
Advance.

Washington. April BON April l, in
ESTIMATING the value of foreign coins for
customs urposg the g sefTSst az the Of M eae
ian silver dollar for the quarter COM
mencing on that day at AZ cents for the the
month of April and 49.S cents after the
The change inAralue on May is due to
the fact that Mexico adopts the gold
standard on that date For customs PuL-
Mexican dollars, the value of such dollars
after May shall be computed as + follows s VS.:
NTaxican cold standard basis. On goods
Imported from countries other than Mex
leo. nc, the silver bullion basis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
Frisco Win Expend $4,000, 600.

Fort Worth, Tex. April BIB F.
Yoakum, before his departure for south
Texas, said that it was true that the
Frisco would expend about $50. 900. 900 in
absorbing extensions, and constructions
of new lines in Texas
He is chairman of the Frisco board
of directors. and, therefore, knows.
Among the new lines are the extern
sion Of the Trinity and Brazos. from
Cleburne to Fort Worth. and from its
southern terminal to the gulf. giving
the Colorado Southern system, recently
acquired by the Frisco, an outlet for all
of it's lines and northern connections to
the gulf via Fort Worth and Denver
Another extension is that of the Rio
Grande branch Of the Frisco to Weaver
on the Sap. thus giving the Frisco the
long-desired entrance into Antonio, by
building a seyenty-mile line
Colonel Yoakun also said the Frisco
mad actually acquired the Tennessee
Central, giving the Frisco a southeast
ern outlet to the coast He goes south
70 look over matters in connection WITH
the St Louis, Brownsville and Mexican
railway, Of which he is president lie
viii be in Texas about ten days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
VINCENT FOR MANAGER.
Captain of '92 x. Q. Football Team
Likely to Succeed Plank.

Lawrence. Kan. April 1s-The ath-
letic board is having a much harder
time than it expected in getting a man
to ill the place Of Manager U. S. G,
Plank whose resignation to take effect
June was requested by the board
few weeks ago.
The position of athletic manager is
not an easy place to fill, on account of
the attitude of the board toward ath-
letics. No man can fill the place un-
less he has a wonderful control of his
temper and an infinite amount of pa
thence. 1t is a position like that held
by some ministers some faction is al
ways against him and none is ever with
him.
The place was offered by President
Green to Sherman c.. Elliot long before
any active movement against Manager
Plank was thought OF by the other
members Of the board. Mr.. Elliot was
manager Of a football team for Kansas
back in the early Cos when there were
no rules that could not be eluded by a
smart manager. Mr. Elliot. who lives
In Lawrence. refused the place.
Manly Michaelson, the star center on
the Kansas team last year. who is ON
the athletic board and one of the party
who did not favor being undignifed by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
Go01PERs ADVISES STRIKE
Tells Bakers What to Do About 10
Hour Law.

New York, April 1s-At the annual
meeting of the Squill club, Samuel
Gompers, in an address touched upon
the decision OF the United States su-
prelne court on the ten hour bakery
When asked, Are the bakers to sub
nit2" he said:
Il tell YOU what I would do-Pd
strike and strike hard until I got the
ten hour day.
when it becomes necessary IN the
manufacture of the staff of life to make
the baker work longer than ten hours
a day, then it is time to pause and ask
whittier are We drifting?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

Lansing. Mich, April 19-Governor
Warner has declared that he would not
hermit any pugiIistic contests in Miehi-
gan for large purses during his term as
governor. The statement was inspired
BY a report which reached the governor
to the effect that fight promoters were
manning a fstic battle in Kalamazoo
between two pugfIists of national repu-
tation for a purse Of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

The A. o. o. ". free entertainment
thursday night viii omen at o'clock
with grand overture on the new pipe
organ followed by the address of well
come by Mayor Davis. The state Of
fieers of both the A. o. u. ". and D.
of H. viii be here. Also Steinberg' s
orchestra and other good musia-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
LARGEST SINGLE LIFE POLICY.
The Mutual Life Breaks Record for
Michigan.

Detroit. Mich, April 1s.-The larg-
est single life policy ever written on
am Individual in the state of Michigan,
namely one for 100000, has just
been issued BY The Mutual I Llte IN
Hamilton carhartt. the well known
manufacturer and art connoisseur of
Detroit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
Red AND BLACK


Gait Ont, April 19-J. H. stoddard.
the veteran actor, who was stricken
with nervous prostration here some
time ago and who it was thought would
die. is steadily improving. He will be
removed to his home in New Jersey in
a week or ten days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
80 Hnren Coo Renublican.

New Haven, Conn, April 19.-After
the Iiveliest municipal campaign in
New Haven in many years, Mayor Jno.
p Studley. Republican, was elected to
ofica for the third time and his party
Won nearly all the other offices in city
hail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
DOwTE CLOSES DEAL.
Holds an Option on 100000 Acres in
Mexico.

Mexico City. April 19.--John Alexander
Dovrie of Chicago has closed negotiR lions
and obtained options on tract Of mil Az
mas where he proposes to found a new
Zion City. Dowie and party are now en-
route to Chicago for Easter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
Goes to Carnegie Institute.

chicago, April 19.-ProIessOF JONI = !:
Jameson. head of the depar tment OF
history at the University of Chicago,
rs 80. resiened to accept the post of di-
rector rect Of the bureau of historical re-
search in the Carnegie institution
washington, D. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

If fIlss the arteries with rich. red blood;
Makes new flesh and healthy men and
z1o1aen Thatts what HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. IS cents. Tea or
Tablefs. Gatlin Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

Cruiser Maryland IN Commission
Newport News, Va, April 19,-The
armored cruiser Maryland has been
placed in commission at the ship
yard
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

MdISdEel SIuYVe-
SAINT Rutherford, member of one of
New Yorks "old families" and, with
her fortune united to his own, the
young couple were enabled TO live at
ease and entertain handsomely when
Mr.. White in 1883 was sent to Vienna
as secretary of legation, although the
salary paid Mr.. White by Uncle Sam
was a small one. A year later he was
appointed second secretary of legation
at London and in 1856 was advanced
to the first secretaryship, which he has
held until now with the exception of
the four years of President Cleveland's
second administration.
Mr.. Whites popularity with his Eng
fish cousins once caused him some en-
barrassment. A London paper which
desired to flatter him wound up full
some paragraph with the remark, "Mr.
White has resided in London for so
long a period as to have lost many
American characteristics" This, from
the standpoint of it's author, was
compliment, but the remark is said TO
have occasioned the secretary, who is
usually of excellent temper, a very bad
humored half hour.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25
SiCkening ShiVerinu Fits

of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters. This
is pure, tonic medicine of especial
benefit in malaria, for itexerts a true
curative influence on the disease,
driving it entirely out of the system.
1t is much to be preferred to Quinine,
having none of this drugs bad after
effects. E. S. Bunday of Henrietta,
Tex, writes "My brother was very
low with malarial fever and iaundlce,
till he took Electric Bitters, which
saved his life." At Slayton & San
ders' drug store price soc, guaran-
teed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

lOl lNoNN' Japan DIS
victor, DR.. White thinks, could afford
to make the first move in the direction
of peace.
While President White was minister
to Germany he received many queer
letters. One day letter came from an
old woman who resided in the western
part of the United States. In it she in
closed some small pieces of linen, with
this novel comment:
1--WE are going to give fair in our
church. and am making an autograph
quilt. | want you to get me the auto
graphs of the emperor, the empress and
the crown prince and tell them all to be
very careful not to write too near the
edge of the squares, as a seam has to
be allowed for putting them together"
John Mitchell, the labor leader, be.
came interested in economic questions
at very early age. He was born at
Braidwood, ILL.,, in 1869. His mother
died when he was two years of age
and his father who was a miner, was
killed in shaft when John was four,
The orphaned boy was sent to school
until he was ten and then put to work
on farm. At thirteen be went to
work in coal mine. He has been
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

members he was not as we'll known as
he is to most Boston people and, hay.
ing arrived late at the dinner had but
a few minutes conversation with the
chairman before being called upon to
speak. His Introduction was some
thing like this;
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, ]
have the pleasure Of presenting to you
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

connected with or
ganiZed labor since
he was sixteen. He
was elected presi-
dent of the United
Mine Workers i'll
1899 and has been
several times re-
elected. One of his
grea test achieve
ments as a labor
leader was the con-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25
Famous Folk
Who Are
In the News
N NDREW D. WHITE has had

"A NDREW d. WHITE has had a
IVA remarkable career as an edu-
a Gator and diplomat, and now
he is rounding out his active
and useful life as a member of The
Hague arbitration tribunal. He was
chairman of the American delegation
to the peace conference at The Hague
lnd in the course Of his many years Of
diplomatic service has often exerted
his influence in behalf of international
peace. Mr.. White says that the time
is ripe for peace negotiations between
Japan and Russia and urges that the
principle of ''seconding nations" as
be used with advantage in an effort to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

this was most I'M
expected. President
Hall has a great
reputation as a stu
dent of psychology
and philosophy and
has written much
on these subjects.
Psychology" is a
long word for some
people. The Bos-
ton Herald relates
that Pr~aid~"% 4an
was once the guest
l.. ,-hA.,,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

Clih liiG w III. Ills
idea is that France
should act as a sec
ond for Russia and
the United States
should assume such
a position with re-
spect to Japan.
France and the
United States could
then approach each
other and, on con-
sultation with their
principals, attempt
to discover grounds
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

Platt has been bank
president, railroad
president and for a
quarter of a cen
fury the head of the
United States En-
press company.
About four years
ago the senate COM
mittee on finance
was discussing the
question of abolish
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

us a. ICNClluG luA
Oh express money orders. The mem
bCrs of the committee We're not famil-
lar with express money order business.
and Mr.. Plat offered to enlighten
them. Accordingly he excused himself
for moment and went to a neighbor-
Ing office of his company, where he
found young clerk, of whom lie de
manded an express order for the sum
of cents. The boy was astonished at
the Smallness of the amount.
Yes Senator Plat repeated. 81
want money order for cents. | am
the president of the company"
The agent appeared, and Senator
Plat got his order, and in due time
the members of the committee were en-
ligltoned as to the express money or
der business.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

ca and Europe and
began the study Of
law, but determined
that he was not cut
out for practice be-
fore the bar and
therefore devoted
himself to interna-
tional law with the
view of a diplomatic
career.
In 1879 he married
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

Lord ROsebery, eX-premier of Great
Britain. is always amusing as an after
dinner speaker, Here is story of his
about a gentleman who was travelling
in America. Reaching a town in the
southern states where there had been a
desperate fracas between the whites
and blacks, the former armed with
shotguns, the latter with their usual
weapons, razors, he went into a colored
BARRIERS shop for a shave.
Say, John, your razor's very bluntr'
lie observed.
Yves. sah," answered the man. 81
was out last night, sab, with the boys"
In illustration of Lord Rosebery's
ready wit it is related that he was
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-25

Henry White, secretary of the Amer.
lean embassy at London, who is said
to be slated for a more important dip
lomatic post, has sometimes been call
ed the most popular foreigner in Eng
land. Born in Baltimore and belong
ing to a family of wealth, Mr.. White
Copyright. 1904 by received a liberal
Purdy, Boston. education in Ameri-