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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22
TIES Up BURNS FIGHT PURSE.
Detroit Man Claims the Fugilist Owed
Him Loaned Money.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 22.-Harry ia
cobs, young Detroiter, has tied up the
Tommy Burns end of the O'Brien- Burns
fight purse to satisfy a debt of $50. The
matter has just become public here
Burns came to Detroit two years ago
from Portland to fight Hugo Kelly at
the light infantry aT1nory- Sentiment
had been aroused against the bout and
the show was "bloomer'' financially.
It left Burns broke it is said
Young Jacobs. who was then conduct
ing a clothing store here, askeN for an
Introduction to Burns.
This was easily arranged, and it was
not long before Jacobs and Burns were
on good terms TWO weeks after the in
PRODUCTION Burns received a wire to go
west and prepare for a match. Being
-all-in' financially, it is said Burns APP
pealed to Jacobs for funds. and was ac-
commodated. At the same time. it is
said Burns placed himself under Jacobs
management and announced the same
through the daily press. Jacobs declares
he still has the contract. showing this
agreement.
Burns was given 500 here, Jacobs de-
clares, and two days later Jacobs says
he wired an additional $50 to Chicago.
He also asserts he bought Burns new
suit. shirts and. other tOggery- Since
then. Jacobs AYERS. Burns has failed to
correspond with him and ignores him
through Los Angeles solicitors. Jacobs
subsequently tied Up Burns money.
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FRISCO Man YICFOR.
The Lowell Pugilist's Blows
Were Without Effect.
Seconds Tossed Towel III the
Ring in Round 4.

Los Angeles. Dec. 22.-The- fight last
rikht between Al Kaufman Of San
Francisco and Geo. Gardner, of Lowell
Mass, which ended in the fourteenth
round with a victory for Kaufmann,
xzs a slow and a anlateuFish- heavy
weight contest Neither man showed
anv cleverness. Kaufman had Gard
mar all but out in the second and again
ia the eleventh round, but the latter
ability TO cover up and hold on. saved
him from a knockout Gardner ap-
reared decidedly awkward in the ring
ana his blows were slow and without
effect when landed. In the. early rounds,
ne seemed to lack confidence and
though. he showed some asgressiveness
IN the latter round he was very weary
Of tfae SAN Francisco man kauftrFIsaffsl
had a strong punch, but fought with
very little vigor. KaufTmanns weight
was 1s5 pounds and Gardner's y less
The blow which ended the fight was
q stiff right to the jaw. which rendered
Gardner helpless and caused his sec
otfds TO throw a towel into the z4hgs
Gardner was 50 weak during the last
round that he fell to the mat stAF ice
from shear Weakness and took the count
Of nine each tfrne%1o'7
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FOOTBALL RECEIPTS SMALL.
University OF Wisconsin Only Takes in
$4,3S6.2O During. Season.
Madison. WIS. Dec. .22.-The foot

Madison Wis. Dec. s22.-The foot
ball receipts of the University of Wis
consin during the season just closed
amounted to only about one-eighth of
what they have in previous years This
tremendous falling off. in receipts was
due, of course, to decreased interest
caused by the abolish of games
with the other big universities Of the
middle west and the adoption Of other
reforms.
According to a statement given by
DR.. c. P. P. Hutchins last night the
total receipts for the 1906 season We're
$4.326-20, as against $50, goo for the
preceding season. The largest receipts
from a single game this fall were from
that with the Illinois-$1, 663.70- The
next best game financially was that
with Iowa. which brought in $1r045.60.
The total disbursements for the season
were $2,675.1S.
Joe b Whitmore of Mukwonago,
Wis. has been appointed captain of the
Wisconsin university baseball team for
the coming season Owing to the fact
that there was no baseball team here
last year, and CONSEQUENTLY no old play
ers to formally elect a captain. the
athletic board was compelled to fill the
position Whitmore played on the 1908
and 1904 teams.
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IN HIS soTH YEAR.
bingham Man sprints 20 Miles One
Day, Back Next.

There is considerable spring chicken
about J. G. Wolverton. Of Ehngham,
in spite of the fact that he was so
years old September IA. Just to see
if he could, Mr.. Wolverton walked from
bingham to Atchison Tuesday and
walked back home again today He
left home about o'clock in the morn
ing and was at the union depot before
in the afternoon. From the depot lie
walked to the court house to pay his
taxes and then walked to the home Of
Santa Fe street. A reporter met MI
.Wolverton yesterday afternoon or
Commercial street He said his legs
were complaining some over their
treatment, but he thought they would
be ready for the return trip this morn
ing. 1t is a good 10 miles from Mr..
Wolverton's home to the Atchison IN
ion depot and he added two more miles
to his trip after he reached the depot.
Mr. Wolverton is one of the unique
characters of bingham He will have
nothing to do with a doctor and has a
poorer opinion of a lawyer than of
in the civil war, and, next to his coun-
try and his wife, thinks more of his
home town than anything else. -Four
years ago he attended the Atchison
Corn Carnival and heard the Banda
Rosa. He went home and said he
would rather hear the ladies' band at
Efingham play ten times over than thu
Banda Rosa. He was a merchant of
bingham for many years but the big
fire Of 1901 put him out of business
He is small man, but, even after ne
had reached his SEVENTEEN year, it took
a good man to throw him in free-for-
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GAS AT THE GRASS ROOTS.
Chase County Man Makes Strike While
Digging Post Hole.

1t is reported that gas gas been
struck at depth Of about three teeL
on the James Ramsey farm south OF
MT Ramsey was repairing his cor
raj fence and was making a post hole
with a bar. when the. bar struck 2; a
crevice and Mr.. Ramsey began 70 smell
gas fumes. He struck a matcn ana
70 ~ height of about six feet. He filed
the hole and called to his brother
Mart when they sopenedrthe hole and
again lighted the gas. It burned aWhlle
an Tba whole community is excited and
almost gas crazy and parties are rust
ling for gas leases in that community
Chase County Leader
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all wrestling match.-Atchison Globe.
MAS A DARING THEFT.
Two Leavenwortll Men Secure a Purse
on Prominent Street.

Leavenw orth, Kan, Dec. 22.7-One OF the
CURED in the local police annals, taking
place near the business part of town
within half block of the city jail, at
an hOue when the street was traversed
by pedestrians, took place about o'clock
at night when Sam Hamler and Burt
Rafter, two young men, sprang from
hiding place and snatched a purse from
MRS. Mary Oliver. Mrs. Oliver was ac-
confDaried' by her daughter Ethel.
The mem after securing the purse ran,
but HamleF was caught by man who
saw the attempt and brought him to the
placed him. under arrest and put him in
the city jail. a description of Rafter was
given to the police, who began looking
for him. encouraged by an offer of a
small reward by Chief Cranston. Rafter
was captured about 9:25 o'clock by Off
GERS Tite1 and Evans while on board the
Kansas City Western car bound for Kan
sas City and locked up for the night. Both
were charged with highway robbery.
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MARRIED IN SOCK FEET.
An Event CT Unusual Interest pulled
Or in TOnganoxie.

tenant house south of Frank Fairchild's
home. 1t looks almost too humble for a
wedding yet one took place there Monday
evening, that was unusual that it at
tracts more than passing attention JUS
tice Coolidge was called there to perform
the ceremony He took along Marshal
Freeman and Constable Stringfellow to
witness the ceremony that was to be per-
formed on Alex Bennett and Malssa
Logan The groom had only pair of
felt boots and he took these off to get
ready for the nuptiaI event. Before
standing up he pulled off his coat and
changed his socks. When the Justice put
on his most solemn air there stood the
groom without coat, in his stocking feet
and a pair Of brief trousers that. lacked
several inches of reaching his ankles. A
lantern with one side. of the globe badly
smoked was the only light, and one of
the officers held this w Justice
Coolidge could make a proper splice.
The groom is Reno product; the
bride halls from Kansas City.-Tonga-
nO3ie Mirror
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county. Every hill contains j school
house, ard the county is practically out
of debt It's handsome court house was
built without the issuance Of dollars
worth of bonds, and its schools are
maintained on a cash basis.
In the II. years last past. there has
not been a failure nor even d partial
failure of crops in Lyon county. Ma
have learned how to farm uuder the
climatic conditions that confront them.
Many farmers made $50 an acre on. al
falfa this year. kafir corn has become
a dry 'Wea Their crop of great value. IL
a dry August the kafir corn does lot
ripen but holds itself until a rain comes
to ,fertilize the seed. and then it takes
a new start.
Gone Is Day OF, Poor Farmer
1.-The dayxof the poor farmer. is past.
The farmer is a. business man. and he
rises or falls, according to his business
capacity. Lyon county offers the bust
ness man on the farms the best oppor-
tunities in the world.
I'm Emporia and its suburbs twelve
thousand people live, probably the most
prosperous people in this United States
taken as a whole. For Kansas is the
day, and EInporia is without a saloon,
so that every dollar that is earned in
this community is spent for something
which ADDS to the real comfort and hap
pir1ess of the world. There is no eco
homie loss through saloons or gam bling
places in this town. So in addition to its
attraction as an industrial center, En-
poria is Known all over the west as
city of beautiful homes.
'.tThe banks of this town contain over
two hundred million dollars, the year
round. and this money represents the
annual savings of the people. We are
good livers in Ernporia, our handsome
homes are comfortably arranged. The
town owns its Waterworks system and
its electric light system, and water and
light and power are furnished to the
people at cost.
No Poor Quarter of Town
$50 the man who makes the average
wages Of the town can afford every
comfort of our modern civilization.
That is why the people share the pro
duct of the labor of all the people That
is one reason why we have no very rich
men. but thousands of moderate means
That is why We have fifty miles Of stone
walks all paid for witheut a dollars
worth of saloon fines in. them That IS
why we are paving the town, paying for
it as we go, OUT Of the daily earnings OF
the people, .-.s..s
There never was time in this town
when a man could get such good wages
and so much work as now There IS q
fine healthy town spirit. The spirit OF
envy and malice is gone The peopfe
are pulling. together, and the first tnlns
the town does to a stranger is to lmbue
him with the E.Inporia spirit, Ernporla
homes are set among elm trees IN +WIde.
green lawns. and on wide paved streeltssss- els
From these homes. every day the Ha a-
piest most prosperous people n the
world come forth TO do the days work
joyfully and efficiently 1t pays to i've
in Enporia For every. dollar .ear9el
goes to buy something that is worth
having,
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Shotgun Lost at the Wire.

San -1F7ran cisco, Dec 22.-An the
sharpshooters thought theyFsaw a good
thing at Emeryville and all fell hard
to Shotgun ia the Butterflies handicap,
Notwithstanding the fact that the big
sprinter carried 126 pounds. Shotgun
faltered in the stretch after cutting out
the race and Iisaro, after a long drive
beat the firing leader by less than a
length. Shotgun closed at 9 to 90
Two long shots scored. James NJ,
3-year-old- maiden from the jennings
string, landed the opening event at 2 0.
to II with the favorite. Prince Nap,
second. and thes100. to l. chance, aBogo7
hama. third. On the fifth San Re mo,
as good as 60.sto J.. downed Picl1away,
The pacemaker, in the last few strides.
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HAs MADH 4 HoNIE RUN.


n
Grapd Island. Neh.. Dec Erred
Glade, of this dif9 ri eehsr ,for the ST
Louis Browns, vas married sat Wood
Husband. formerly aof this city
It is said by members Of his family
here that. Glade VII quit the game and
go intos the milling business, in which
his father and two brothers are already
engaged.
Fred Glade has%stated to his team
mates thatshe-s would stop playing ball.
when he. became a Benedict and, &C
cording to reports, his bride eXacted tina [.
promise from him before she would con-
sent to the nuptials Glade would be
missed by the Browns, but it is equally
true that, the. loss of a salary OF SO. 600 a
year for six months service would cause
him q loss relatively as great as his club
would experience He has -four mill in
terests in Nebraska, but these have been
proftably conducted by other members
Of his family, While Fred was earning
$500 a month as a pitcher.
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A New Kansas Railway Projected

Garden City, Kan. Dec. 22--r,s
Garden City. Trinidad & northeastern
is the name of a new railroad com
pany in which Garden City men are
interested. 1t is projected through
Garden City to the northeast. The oh
jective point is Hays City, Ellis o..
some point on the Union Pacific. The
arrangements are being made bv car
den City men. who have applied for
the necessary papers to secure a char
ter for the road. The incorporafora
are r. P. Davie, D. r. Menke. I n
McBeth, George w. Ffnnup q
Miller, ]. V. Killion. w. M. Kinnison
and George T. Inge.
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An ocean Motor Boat Race.

New York, Dec. '22.LThe proposed motor
boat race from Miami. Fla. TO Nassau,
n. F., is practically arranged. Sir William
Gray-NNilson, governor, of 4 the Bahamas,
has taken a keen interest in the race.
The United States arrangements are in
the hands of Mayor John SewellE of
Miami, and a citizens committee. The
proposed course which is 100 statute
miles. leads from Miami across the gulf
stream, and thence across the Bahama
banks The date of the race is February
s. and the navy department has prom
ised that a suitable vessel will be avail
able for duty as escort to the tiny feet.
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games of the season. He came TO Ann
Arbor late this fall. as he remained in
Dakota Wheatfelds earning money to pay
for his college course
Maggie 9Iasonin won his M in 1895
in the 2-to-1 game with Chicago. No
speedier man than Maggie has ever
been seen here with the possible excep-
ton OF HestoR. In lodging and straight
away work he is of the Ecxersau type.
He is thin. well knit and hard to tackle.
but in spite of his weight this year was
a sIrong tackler, proving himself an equal
TO HOlenbeck and Dan Blake He is a
junior lit and the general opinion is that
he viii make a good captain.
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AFTER MONTHS OF WORK.
Tools Lost in z Summer County Pros
meet Well Recovered.
Alrlzansas eity. Kan. Dec. -22..Afte

ea,-s,-esI months of constant work, the
tools which have been lost IN the pros
meet we'll of the Sumner Gas, Oil q
Mineral company have been gotten out.
AS the last bit Of evidence 10 prove
fha+ vilIainv had been resorted to IN an
efort -il5'- discourage the men behind
the the company mi thirty feet of rope was
the wen, making the task OF getlng
the tools out of extreme qlIil s.I !s.ras
ana the traces Of oil coming UP in the ,s
biieket gave rise to a report hat OIL
rad been struck. There was also a
rl1Inor current on the street TINS morn
ing that gas has been struck
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FoRESIAN Seeks DAMAGES.
II. c. Gardiner Thinks the Beating
Received Was Worth $2,O15-

Clay Center, Kan, Dec 22.-H- G.
Gardiner. Rock Island section foreman
at 5T9--ol1ohfo7 has brought suit against
Charles NJ Hane for s2,015 damages
for assault The trouble arose in the
first place over the damages due Mr.
Hane for some land OF which had been
burned over by fault of~the railroad.
M uane contended that but for the
report Of the section foreman he would
have received more compensation for
his loss, and that what he did receive
did .not cover his loss. From this dis
cussion arose q quarrel, and MI. Car
diner claims that Mr.. Hane wrongfuliy,
unIawft,llv and maliciously beat and
assulted- him. The alleged damages
are tented as follows: For assault,
$1,000; for physicians services, $l5'
for mental anguish and bodily suIner-
inc $500: for disfiguratfon and result
ing Humiliation. $500.
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The Canadian Easy for Lewis.

Montreals Deci Flu four rounds Of
what was to have been a 1fteen-round
weight, Knocked oft Jack Beansey. a IDEAL
fighter. at the Riverside "A. G Thee fight
between Lewis and Tom Carroll, but
the latter failed to show up and Beansey
was named ms substitute ct the start
Lewis started in with jabs. and after fol-
lowing his opponentsaround4t the ring drop
ned him with 4 short right swins to the
law He then let up on the. Canadian for
two rounds but sailed in again IN the.
fourth and after flooring Beansey with
LETT On tile jaw Lewis ended the affair
with q knockout with the right mitt.
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Chicago, Dec. 22-Tony Caponi has
been matched to meet Mike Donovan Of
Rochester, N. Y.,tin a twelveSround con-
test. early next month. The Battle is to
take place before the same club that
Kelly knocked Barry out at Rochester.
No definite date has as yet been decided
upon, although it is expected the go Will
be pulled off early next month. The
men have signed articles to weige~ in al
1873 pounds at 3 o'clock. The. winner CT
the fight probably will be matched to
meet Hugo Kelly before the same or
ganization a few weeks later.
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nor 4 PRoHIBTTIoN TOWN.
Temperance Workers Surprised at
Their WicllitG Reception.

Wichita, Kan. Dec. 22.-John
Marshall. of winfield, met with the
committee OF thirteen business men
and preachers who will lay plans for
the proposed campaign against Wich-
ita jointists yesterday. He expressed
himself as not altogether pleased with
the outlook He said he found little
sentiment against the lack OF law en-
forcement in this city. He said he was
surprised to see that the meeting
Wednesday afternoon was a frost and
expressed himself 40 being disgusted.
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Lnmley's saIary Increased.

New York Dec. 22-Harry Lumsley
quthelder and hard hitter Of the Brook
Ign National league ball club. has been
rewarded for his work of last year
President Ebbets has increased his sal
ary $500 for the coming season, which
was responsible for sLumley signing his
contract and forwarding it back to the
club as quickly as he did. Lumley is the
highest paid player on the. team, and it
is said his salary Will be. close to 1000
for next season. Tim Jordan, 1T is
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ON CHARGE OF FORGERY.
Parsons Man said to Have Signed An
other Mems Name as Indorser.

Parsons, Kan, Dec. 22.-Harry Bird
was arrested here on a warrant sworn
out from Judge SCOTS court, charging
him with forgery on a promissory note
made last March to W. P. Talbot, ST.,
and charging that he signed the name
of A. S. Bird as indorser. He was
bound over for trial on January Sth
on a bond of $500.
The facts as stated in the bill of
particulars say that Harry Bird gave
a mortgage note to W. p. Talbot Sr.,
on March 5th. 1905. for $50 in pay
ment of a bay horse which had been
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Chicago, Dec. 22-"Tex'' Richard Of
Goldheld, New, who promoted the Cans
Nelson. finish. fight, arrived il town
from New York yesterday morning and
left last night for Nevada. Rickasd
sprung a surprise OH the local sports
by stating there was no truth in the
stories sent out from the east regarding
his offering S50,0o0 for a fight between
jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. and thar
he had received word from JEFF sig
nifying his willingness to exchange
MaHops with the big black
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a Christmaa Dlnner for snn

Argentine. Kan, Dec. 22.-The con.
gregations of the Mennonite missions
at 701 Pacific avenue, and at S33
Strong avenue, Argentine, are prepar-
ing TO serve Christmas dinner to 500
poor persons next Wednesday. The
supplies are being sent by the congre-
cations in the eastern part of Kansas
and Western Missouri
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Christmas and New Years HoI,da-
RateS-Sa0fa Ea

Tickets on sale without regard to
& S. F. Ry., also to points on oonnecff,1.,
lines in the following states: ArJ<a n s-s.s
Colorado. Indian Territory Kar~as'
Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska. New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma r.,
as end Wisconsin at rate OF one -.
one-third fare for the round trip. Ticl--
cts on sale December 20, u. %. 2s. - o.
20, 80 81 and January l. Final limit - -
turning January z. 1907. T. l. King
Agent -
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New Orleans. Dec. 22.-Ffve favorites
Won a. CITY pax Pa me seven furlongs
fifth event, was declared off because Of
the number Of horses withdrawn, and
a seven furlongs race was substituted
Jockey J.. Russell was suspended for
six racing days for foul riding on Muf-
fms in the fourth race. There is some
doubt whether this Suspension will ap-
ply during the next two weeks, while
the races are transferred to the fair
grounds
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NO sUNDaYAIsAs !
Deposed Manager kelley Plans Deep
Revenge.

St. Paul Mimi Dec 92.-AIike ,keli ey.
former rnanagers of the St Paul baseball
team and later owner OF the Minneapolis
cifb Of the American association. is as
ISOLATED with a PLAN tor revenge himself
for his expulsion from the association.
HIS design IS to- have. Sunday baseball
in. the twin cities3 a bsOfately prohibited
IIe has the backing Of powerful politicians
end expects to bring this consumma7.
* more than haaf the attendance at
esr3es in these cities is at the Sunday
piavs KELLEY. figures it out that with
Sunday games abolished the association
would be so crippled financially that it
nlEht have to abandon the twin cities.
He is said to have other designs for the
embarrassment Of the association.
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RUINED 7osYoUNG APPLE TREES
About the NIeanest Man in Kansas
Lives Ct Kingman.

Kingman, Kan. Dec. 22-The mean
est man in Kansas evidently lives down
somewhere in the southeastern part Of
the county. Some time ago he went
into neighbours orchard and girdled
about 20 3-year-old apple and other
varieties of fruit trees, and then. .it5
make sure that the trees would be to-
tally ruined he broke each tree down
to the ground
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DfAGOFFIN FOR MICHIGAN.
star HaIrbacIz Is Elected Captain by
wolverine PLAYERS.

Ann. Arbor. Afch.. Dec Paul c.. Ma
go1fin. star half back, of Washington. D
C.. has been elected captain of. the NIfchi-
gan football team for-tle- season soft19oz
The election was not unanimous, but the
selection was made on the hrst- ballot
O%riuE to the fact thst C'antain Curtis is
still conhned TO his room by his broken
leg. which IS now in = plastsrz cast. the
election was held at the Phi Delta Theta
house. 0Iagofffn was Ad7chtgan's sole star
in the back field in- the KaeHnsylyania,
game and also played Wei IN other big