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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

The st. Joseph franchise in the West
ern association was today transferred
to Hutchinson, Kan. ]. D. LeBoldt and
Manager Shorty Hurlburt, who own
the team, viii continue in control
Poor attendance at st. Joseph is as
signed as the cause of the change. The
st. Joe team is now in Wichita, where
1t commenced a series of four games
today with the JObbers. LeBoldt and
Hurlburt called Shiveley into consulta-
ton on Thursday and informed him
that it would be a dead financial loss to
continue to operate the team in st. Joe.
Hutchinson had been clamoring all
winter for a franchise in the Shiveley
circuit. So Shiveley at once went to
the Reno county metropolis Within a
few minutes he had enough money
pledged to assure the teams financial
success. After completing preliminary
arrangements, he returned to Wichita
last night. where he had another confer
ence with the owners of the St. Joe
team.
It was agreed then to transfer the
team to Hutchinson It is very probable
that the team will not return to St Joe
at all again, other than to secure the
personal effects of the players. The
team is now on the road for twelve
games, and by the time these are play
ed the grounds at Hutchinson will be
IN shape to continue the playing of the
st. Joe schedule right there
Manager HurIburt said in regard 10
the transfer: 7 have spent considera-
bic money in st. Joseph with no prospect
of its return I cannot afford to put adj
ditional money into losing game.
The formal transfer of the franchise
viii be made tonight or Saturday The
change will be mere formal matter
Hutchinson is now in the Kansas State
league and has a park ready. With a
few additional arrangements it viii be
ready to become full-fedged member
Of the Shiveley circuit.
Hutchinson has a population of $4,000
people, but aboat every one Of that 49,
600 is a baseball fan The attendance
in Billy Morgan's town is good. 1t has
supported baseball in any shape, con-
dition or form. and Hurlburt and Shive-
ley believe that the change will be a de-
cided1y beneficial one
st. Joe has proven itself to be an abb
solute failure from the standpoint Of at
tendance. It was a. failure in the West
ern league for number Of successive
years and now has again proven itself
a failure in a smaller league with a
smaller salary limit and admission
fee With more than 100000 population
It should be a great ball town, but for
some fnexplicable reason it is a failure.
Just what the trouble is, would be hard
to divine The matter has been studied
out at long and at short range. but the
general consensus Of opinion leaves but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25
At the Theaters.
Star-Vaudeville.
Novelty@Naudeville.
Crawford -Stock Company.

Finest daisies in the city are for sale
at Mrs Holcraft's, S07 Kansas avenue
The local freight depots viii all be
closed next Wednesday, Memorial
Day.
Two cases of scarlet fever is the ex-
tent Of the contagious diseases. under
quarantine in the city.
The high school freshman baseball
team defeated the subfreshman team
yesterday by the score of to T.
Bernard Kelly, of Ottawa, is in To-
peka today. He will deliver the Ne
mortal Day address at Sedalia. Mo.
Superintendent Carter has announced
that commencement exercises will he
dispensed with in the country school
districts this year
The Cooleycrows are engaged in a
struggle with the Springfield team of
ball players this afternoon on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

one conclusion, namely that people of
that town simply will not 60 to ball
games.
Hurlburt tried hard to make it a pay
ing proposition He put good team
into the town. In fact, if the St Joe
team of last years Western league, and
the St. Joe team of this years Western
association team were pitted together,
it is probable that this years aggrega-
ton would be the stronger. Hurlburt's
bunch is a contender for the pennant-
It has not hit its full stride just yet,
but before the season is Is days older
s. will be going al a great clip. Hurl-
burt deserves success. st. Joe's cold
shoulder after his herculean efforts to
revive the interest there, will not deter
the gritty little fat man. He will go to
a town of less than one-hfth of st. Joe's
population, but it is dollars to dough-
nuts that the rising little town out in
Reno county will just naturally put St
Joe to shame.
Adams. a team mate of Cy Young
III, with Parsons in the Missouri Val
ley last year, will go back to the
Preachers again. He has had a try
out with the st. Louis Cardinals.
This is the way the Leavenworth
Times introduces Longley, Shiveley' s
new umpire: President Shiveley came
up to yesterdays game with corpu-
lent young person named 1onSiey IN
der his wing. Longley, 1t was soon
learned. was an umpire from Ohio
During the afternoon this gentleman
cut such high comedy capers as to
brand him at once. Mr.. Longley is not
a yellow umpire. No, that might be
misleading Truth is. he is too far
gone to be yellow. He is simply rot
ten. outrageous, stencil producing.
Mr.. Longley acts as though he had
never seen a curved ball or a drop ball
before in his life. He was equally bad
not do.
Billy Dammann went into the St.
joe wichita game on Wednesday after
Milton was Knocked out of the box in
the fifth inning. He let down St. Joe
without a run and but one hit in the
remaining four innings.
dispatch from Pittsburg says:
The next two days will probably see
the disbanding of the Pittsburg base
ball club and the end of the sport in
this city for the balance of the season.
That this will be the final outcome is
evidenced by the fact that the meeting
of the fans scheduled for the other
night failed to materialize- Tuesday
afternoon at League park the hide
pendence team opened a series of three
games and unless something is done
IN the way of organizing a stock com
pany in the next two days to take over
the local club these will probably be
the final games to be played this sea
son, as the players have been paid up
to the date and President Schiefelbein
has announced that he has nothing
more to do with the club IF Pittsburg
drops out of the Kansas State league
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25
Kentucky Home Coming

The Kentucky Society of st. Louis
has selected the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
as the Official Route from St Louis
to Louisville. Special train for he
Kentucky Society OF ST. Louis win
leave Union station, st. Louis, 10 a. m,
June 18th
Regular trains OF the SOUTHERN
RAILWAY leave st. Louis 1910 p. ID.
and 10 a. m Ask ticket agents Of west.
ern lines to see that tickets read over
SOUTHERN RAILWAY from st.
Louis to Louisville Diagrams for Pull
man reservations are now open and ap-
plications for space should be made i'm
mediateIy to
WILLIAM FLANNELLY,
Travelling Passenger agent,
Board of Trade Bldg, Kansas City. NO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25
To Fxchanee Pitcher Dineen.

washington. May 25-Arrangements
may be contaminated whereby Pitcher
Patten and Utility Fielder Stanley of
the Washington club viii be exchanged
for Pitcher Dineen Of Boston, who is
said to be very much disgruntled with
his present situation. and who refused
to sign a contract until last week. and
then only through the influence of Ban
=. Johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

NETS Are Now Satisfied, the Daily
Oklahoman hands out this redhot
bunch to its team: No one here knows
what the Nets have been up aginst on
the present trip, but the indications
point to ball playing of very rotten
character. The trip was started in good
shape at Wichita where they took three
out of four games but at st. Joseph
and Leavenworth they are permitting
the tail enders to climb. Oklahoma City
can now be safely called the cellar
champions having dropped into last
place One thing is certain. the man
agement had just as well strengthen
the team now IN order to hold the local
patronage Oklahoma City viii prove
the best baseball town in the circuit
this season for a winning team. Losers
need not apply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

another town will be taken In at once
and that the league viii in no wise
suffer as a result. President Ed Beno,
Jr., of Parsons, telegraphed yesterday
to Manager Baldwin, guaranteeing the
salaries of the players of the local club
for period of three days in order to
give the fans of this city a chance to
get together and take charge of the
team which it is not at all likely they
will do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.

Where they play tomorrow:
Topeka at Springfield
st. Joe at Wichita
Joplin at Webb City.
Leavenworth at oklahoma City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

From the st. Joe News-Press: Ham
ilton, who managed Guthrie last year,
arrived yesterday and has Joined the
St Joseph club. Hurlburt was forced
to pitch Connie Walsh again yesterday,
making his third game in four days
enough work to kill an ordinary man.
Companions arm is slowly improving
and he should be able to pitch soon.
Gilpatrick's shoulder is swathed in
bandages and it was because of a deep
seated soreness that he was unable to
pitch with effect Sunday. Craig's arm
troubled him when he last pitched
Noyes' hand is nearly well and he will
be ready to get back into the game
soon. Hurlburf has had tough luck
with his men, especially his pitchers,
upon whom success most depends. He
hopes to have the team playing win
ming ball again by its return home from
the next trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

Just a little note from the Pittsburg
Headlight on Gus Alberts. Gus Alberts.
who is managing the Bartlesville club
this season, was at the head of the To-
peka club in the Western Association
last year. AIberts is not only a good
baseball manager. but he is a player
as we'll, despite his age. Alberts for
merly played with the Pfttsburg Ma
days. He is now manager of the In
dams and plays second base for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

Adams, a team mate of Cy Young
III, with Parsons in the Missouri Val
ley last year, will go back to the
Preachers again. He has had a try
out with the st. Louis Cardinals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-25

Billy Dammann went into the St.
Joe-Wichita game on Wednesday after
Milton was Knocked out of the box in
the fifth inning. He let down St. Joe
without a run and but one hit in the
remaining four innings.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

The Wade Hampton statue at Colam-
bia, s. c., was ssnveiled in the presence
of vast throng-
Knights Templar of Mexico City ex-
pect to be represented in the triennisi
conclave at Saratoga, \. Y, next July.
The Spanish cabinet reafiirmed the de-
cision of the preceding ministry that
Spain shall participate in the jamestown
exposition
A heavy pail of smoke 20 darkened
st. Louis up to 10 a m. tie other day
that lights had TO be turned on in stores
and streets.
Five men were injured. two seriously,
by the collapse of scaffolding on the
seven-story Arnstein building now under
construction at Knoxville, Tenn.
Patrick III. keenan,. dean of the Tam
many district leaders. veteran of the old
Croker and County Democracy days i'm
New York, has retired from politics
The National Grange convention ct
Denver appointed a special committee Of
FIVE members to consider the question Of
creating life insurance system in tie
organization.
A corcner's jury exonerated Clinton c.
Clsrxe, sailor on the United States bat
tleship Indiana, from all connection with
the death of Mrs. Mary Herman, who was
found lying dead at his side in Riverside
Park. \. Y.
The coroner's jury in the case of Will
Harris. the negro who was shot to death
by posse at Asheville, N. C., after kin
ing three men. returned a verdict prs.z-
ing highly the "public-spirited citizens~
who slew the black.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Colder weather. combined with The
approach of the holidays. has greatly
stimulated retail trade at most points
and the outlook favors record break
ing Christmas trade. The car shortage
continues. though grain deliveries in
the Northwest are freer. but on the
whole the paucity of railway facilities
is seriously affecting many sections,
and In consequence some foundries I'm
the st. Louis and Cleveland districts
have been compelled to close. Manu-
facturers are busy the country over,
the pressure being so great as to cause
considerable number of plants In
work night and day. Labor still con
|tinues scarce. and wage advances are
recorded generally, hut the tendency
to aroid higher wages seems to be m
dergoing continuous expansion Money
is high in the cities where the demand
is extensive. but most interior towns
appear to be plentifuIly supplied hence
country bankers are seeking CONNER
cial Bradstreet's Mercantile
Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
1Elz EA;aIE7y
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
500 to SID; hogs, prime heavy. 500
TO $3.50; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat. No. ?. 74c to 75<: corn.
No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats, standard. &c To
33c; rye, No. ., Coo TO esc; hay, tine-
thy. $1,000 to $1,000: prairie. 5000 to
$1,000; butter. choice creamery. 24c 20
Soc; eggs. fresh. 29c TO SIC; potatoes,
30c to sc.
ndianapolis-Cattle, shipping. 500
to 500: hogs. choice heavy. $500 to
$6.45; sheep. common to prime. $3.50 ts
$3.50; wheat. No. ?. 73c to 75c: corn
No. white, 43c to 44c; oats. No >
white, 33c to 35c.
St. Louis Cattle. $50 to 500:
hogs, $4-OO. to $6-40; sheep. $3.50 to
$40; wheat. No. ?. Toe TO &c; corn,
No. 2, 42c TO 43c: oats. No. ., 33c to
BIC; rye, No. 2, Gle to CSC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 500 to $500.
hogs. S4.Oo to $3.50: sheep. $500 to
$40; wheat, No. 2. zoe to &c; corn
No. mixed. 42c to 44c; oats, No. .
mixed, 35c to :s6c; rye. No =. 70c to
nc.
DDse.-e.f-Cattle. 500 to $500: hogs.
$500 10 1912: sheep. $3.50 TO $5-OO>
wheat, No. ?. &c to 7Sc; corn, No. 3
yellow. 45c TO 45c, oats. No. 3 white,
BIC to :s6c: rye. No. ?, 6s'c to soc-
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern.
TIC to Gle: corn. No. 3. 42c to &c.
oats, standard, 33c to 35c; rye. No. !.
&c to Csc: harley. standard. SAC to Sc.
pork, mess, $15.4O-
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers
$500 to $685.: hogs, fair to choice. 500
to $500: sheep. common to good mixed.
$500 to $a75: lambs. fair to choice,
$500 to $50.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixeo. 74c to
76c; corn. No. . mixed. 42c to 43c:
oats. No. , mixed. 34c to 35c: rye, No.
2, 65c to 67c; clover seed, prime. $500
New York-Cattle. 800 to 500:
hogs. $500 to 1913: sheep. $500 20
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 7Sc to S0c:
corn, No. 2. DC TO 54c: oats. natural
white. Csc TO 39c; butter, creamery, 25c
to BIC; eggs, western. SOC to SIC.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
CHICAGO.

Business generally exhibits no loss ar
strength. although the period has AZ
rived when falling off in new de-
mands is natural That the volume Of
production and distribution sustaiDs
an unprecedented aggregate is affirmed
by continued gains in freight earnings
and by total of bank exchanges this
week establishing higher record than
any heretofore. Eastern demand for
accommodation is responsible for the
prevailing firm discount rate. but the
return of currency from the. interior
soon may make easier conditions in
money. 1t is noted that local offerings
Of commercial paper have moderated,
indicating that financial requirements
are mainly provided for until the turn
Of the year.
Some heavy consumers find il more
difficult to obtain necessary supplies
and difficulties in transportation have
extended, making deliveries within
reasonable time almost Impossible
Railroad efforts to relieve the conges-
ton are handicapped by the severe
weather in some sections. yet ii is seen
that new equipment is coming forward
more extensively and tends 70 make
the outlook less discouraging TO ship
pers.
Retail activity is much stimulated
by the presence of many visitors and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

In a street duel with pistols between
two negroes in Leavenworth, Kan, James
Ssnders, coal miner, was fatally wound
Cd and Richard Nichols. negro deputy
sheriff, and Thomas Gray, also a negro,
we're dangerously hurt. Nichols and San
ders quarreled over . card game.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Constant fear that he would make q
mistake that would cause a wreck and
death to many drove James Oliver Page,
day foreman in the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad yards in Cincinnati, to blow his
brains out.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Fire burned out three buildings in
the Wholesale dry goods section Of
Montreal, Que. The total loss Is $780,
900. The losses were distributed
among nine firms. totally burned out,
and half dozen with parr,si loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Furniture F.esery De.sr.ysa.

The buildings and contents of the
Kendallville Furniture Company, near
Peru. Ind. were destroyed by fire, caus-
ing loss of $4,000. Benjamin Jones
the night Waterman who discovered
the flames, was seriously ini,sred by
falling debris. One hundred men are
thrown out of employment. The plant
was formerly located at Kendallville.
and was located at a suburb. called
Oakdale, just outside the fire limits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

After a daring attempt to rob the
J. ". Brinkman Company bank. of
Great Bend, Kas.. single-handed, a man
who gave his name as George A. Lewis
of Kansas City, was surrounded and
captured. Bud Westfall, driver for
the Wells Fargo Express Company.
was killed by a shot fired by one of
the pursuers. He later admitted his
name was Joseph s. Kerns, of Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Robbers are believed to have MUIR
dered Miss Sarah Wiley. lifelong in
valid, and then set her home on fire to
hide their crime! The house was
burned and the woman's body incin-
Grated. Miss Wiley was % years old,
and lived with her mother near New
Bedford, Ohio. She met death while
her mother was in Cambridge. Neigh
bors say they saw Two men drive
away from the house shortly before
the flames broke out
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

A number of sampans. small harf or
boats belonging to the Japanese
cruiser Ichitose, were caught in a
squall at Toxic while returning from
trip A number of the boats were
overturned and sixty men were
drowned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Terre Haute Bargain Store Burned.
Fire Quilted the East End Ban gajn
store en- Wabash avenue at Terre
Haute, Ind, causing loss of $4,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13

Business Section Wiped Out.
The entire business section of San
The losses aggregate 100000, partial
" insured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Three Illinois Banks Close.

Banks at Macomb, Colchester and Bar
dolph, ILL.,, owned by G. V. Chandler, the
business and political leader of McDon-
ough county, have been closed owing near
H. 100000, principally to farmers and
miners
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Grand Jury Accuses Companies.

Grand Jury Accuses Companies.
The Union Pacific railroad, Union Pa
ci6c Coal Company, Oregon Short Line
and officials of the latter two companies
are accused of fraud and subornation Of
perjury in connection with alleged land
thefts in indictments voted by the federal
grand jury in Salt Lake Ci.y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Alaska.

Alaska's needs have been partially met,
hut there must be a complete reorganization
of the governmental system, as / have be-
fore indicated to you. ] ask your especial
attention to this. Our fellow citizens who
dwell on the shores of Puget Sound With
Characteristic energy are arranging to hold
In Seattle yae Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.

Teregraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Hawaii.

The needs OF Hawaii are peculiar: every
aid should be given the islands, and our
efforts should be unceasing to develop them
freeholders, not of great planters with
coolie-tilled estates. Situated as this ter
ritory is, in the middle of the Pacific, there
are duties imposed upon this small COM
munity which do not fail In like degree or
manner upon any other American commu-
nifty. This warrants our treating it differ
entity from the way in which we treat terri
tories contiguous to or surrounded by sis
ter territories or other States, and 5ustifies
the setting aside of a portion of our rev.
enues to be expended for educational and
Internal imnroyeuents therein.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
The Army and Navy.

do not ask that we continue to increase
our navy. i ask merely that IL be main
tanned at its present strength; and this can
be done only IL we replace the obsolete and
outworn ships ny rev and good ones, the
equals of any afioat in any navy. TO stop
building ships for one year means that Tor
that year the navy goes back instead OF
forward. In both the army and the navy
there is urgent need that everything los-
slble should be done to maintain tie high
est standard for the personnel, alsAe as re-
CARDS the officers and the enlisted men. For
years prior to the Spanish war the secre-
taries of war were praised chiefly IL they
practiced economy; which economy, espe-
cially in connection with the quartcrmaster,
commissary, and medical departments, was
directly responsible for M - @b" rs
management that occurred tue VT Eli
and parenthetically be il observed that
the very people who clamored for the mis-
directed economy In the first place were
foremost to denounce the mismanagement.
loss, and suffering which were primarily
due to this same misdirec.ed economy and
to the lack of preparation il involved. The
The readiness and efficiency of both the
army and navy in dealing with the recent
sudden crisis in Cuba illustrate afresh their
value to the nation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
Porto Rico.

American citizenship should be conferred
ON the Citizens of Porto Rico. The harbor
Of San Juan In Porto Rico should be
dredged and improved. The expenses OF the
Federal court of Porto Rico should be
met ete from the Federal treasury. The admin
istration of the affairs of Porto Rico, to-
gether with those Of the Philippines Ha-
wall, and our other insular possessions,
department; by preference the department
of state or the department of war.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13
united Slater senator Shot.

Trolley Car Goes Down Embankment.
A car of the East Liverpool Traction
and Light Company was derailed at
the approach to the Jethro trestle in
the west end of East Liverpool. Ohio.
and plunged over a twenty -hve-foot
en.bankment. One man was killed
and all of the passengers were in
jured. Several, it is thought, vii, die.
The car was bound from Wellsville to
East Liverpool, and was carrying
many passengers. The man killed was
James Vale, a stationary engineer. 65
years old, of Wellsville.