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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05
KAUFMAN SEEKS TITLE.
Gains Many Friends Through Victory
Over Sullivan

New York. Dec. 5.-Billy Delaney, who
trained two heavyweight champions, in
Corbett and Jeffries, thinks he has an
other coming world beaten in AL Kauf-
man of California. Delaney says that he
will challenge Tommy Burns in behalf of
Kaufman as soon as the concueror of
Gunner Moir arrives in this country But
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05

was subscribed in a few minutes. The
association has over $4,000 worth OF
buildings and improvements on the
site. The new officers elected are:
Park Morris, president; d. w. Spiker,
vice president; DR.. W. II. Richards.
secretary; J. D. Eatfn, treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05
TO IMPROVE FAIR GROUNDS.
The Lyon County Association VIII
Purchase 80 Additional Acres.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 5.-At the an
nuaI meeting of the Lyon County Fair
association it was decided to issue
$4,000 more stock and to purchase
the eighty acre tract on which the fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05
KErCHEL-THoMAs GO AT NIGHT.
Gleason Decides to Schedule Battle for
Evening of December IL.

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-Promoter Jack
Gleason has decided to hold the Ketchel-
Thomas return match at night instead of
in the afternoon, as he originally planned.
He now has a staff of ten men and cleo
tricians putting up big canvas shelter
and wiring it at the ball park, and says he
is nearly ready for the go of December L.
Thomas says that he worked too hard
for his last battle and that he was stale
when he met Ketchel He is now at
Shannon's place, near San Rafael. Teddy
Wolf and Harry Foley are his sparring
partners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05

Karl Henderson. sub 2ullback;
Ward Page, sub half; Jim Stewart,
sub quarter, Lawrence Banks sub
md; Lloyd Stahl, sub half and end;
Fleischman, sub end. and Walter
Stahl, sl1b-in-general.
With this vast array Of material to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05
IoLA'S MAIL LARGER.
Monday the Biggest Day I'm the His
tory of the PosfOffice

lola, Kan, Dec 5.-More mail. accord
ing to weight, was handled by the post
office force Monday than ever in the
history of the lola postoffice. The clerks
handled 1,452 pounds of mail.
No less important in postoffice. cir
Giles is the fact that in the month of
November this year, the receipts Of the
office amounted to Is per cent more
than the month of November 1906.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05

Garfield Goes Home.
Washington, Dec. 5.-Secretary of
the Interior Garfield has gone to
Ohio on a personal mission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05

Who is your druggists Price would
like to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-05

New Scientific Appliance, Always a Per-
feet Fit-Adjustah1e to Any Size Person
Easy, Comfortable, Never Slips. No OBJ
noxious Springs or Pads Costs Less
Than Many Common Trusses Made
for Men, women or Children.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Rock island to Get the c. & s.

New York.-Absorption OF the Chi.
cago & Alton by the Clover Leaf is not
the only change scheduled In the rail.
road map OF the West and Southwest
Negotiations for the sale OF the Col.
orado & Southern were on not long
since, but because OF the unfavorable
conditions prevailing in the financial
world the project was temporarily
abandoned.
That the Colorado & Southern will.
In the not remote future. become a
part of the Rock Island system Is ad.
mitted by gentleman who is familiar
with every step taken by the Rock Isl.
and group. He pointed out that the
Colorado & Southern was the logical
connection by which the Rock Island
might. by the building OF about 300
miles of road from its terminus at orin
Junction. Wyo,. cepcect with the Hill
roads.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Queer Case Of Elephan,lasl..

New York.-Physicians at the Kings
county hospital. Brooklyn. have tho
most remarkable case OF that rare dis.
case. elephantiasis. The patient 10
Mrs. Juliette Felt Of Brooklyn. n widow.
sixty.thTce years old. Before she was
attacked by the disease she weighed
40 pounds. She new weighs 525
pounds and is gaining daily in size. Her
skin is thick. hard and coarse. like an
elephants.
The disease first manifested itself
seven years ago. Two years later she
found she weighed 3j5 pounds. and
then in alarm she resorted to medicine
and dieting. but these measures were
of no avail. A week ago physician di
agnosed her disease as elephantlasis
An idea of the effect of the disease
may be judged from the fact that each
Of her legs are as large In circumfcr.
ence rs the body of 4 well developed
man.
The doctors do not know whether
she Will recover.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Volcano In the Aleutians.

Seattle, Wash.-An officer OF the
revenue cutter Rush. lying at Dutch
Harbor. under date OF September ith.
writes that on September lst and End
a volcano in the Aleutian Islands
broke forth. sending tons OF ashes and
cinders over score or more OF native
villages, frightening the native Alas
kans and whites and covering the
decks of the cutter Rush with debris.
A hurricane accompanied the phe-
nomenon, and wild fowl of all kinds
were driven far out to sea. No lives
were reported lost.
The eruption occurred in the vicin-
ity OF the volcanic island of Perry.
which sprang up from the sea Il short
time after the San Francisco earth.
quake.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
TO sa,no oussssrowm cLosra.
Modern etsamshIp Expected to Cut on
Thirteen Hour In Ocean Voyage.

New York.-The great turbine
steamer Lusitauia IL expected to cut
o. thirteen hours from old time be.
tween Queenstown and New York. She
holds a record Of twenty.six knots an
hour and tho trip across the ocean at
this speed would consume 1--WE days
oDd eighteen hours time.
Such time. II made. also will wrest
the best Atlantic record from the Ger.
, rlens. now held by the Hamburg.
American steamer Deutschland.
The Lusitania and her sister ship,
the Mauretania. not yet completed,
rtand us the largest ships ever built.
Both were constructed from the same
models. The speed OF the Lusitania is
developed from four screws. run by
turbine engines Of 6s.000 horsepower.
| The number OF furnaces IL 1872. Four
tunnels. twenty.four feet In diameter
aud l55 feet high. carry on the smoke.
The Lusitania is 790 feet long.
,Ishty-cight feet broad and with her
hi,nkers filled carries 1000 tons OF
coal. Her displacement on low
/ craught is $4,000 tons and she carries
a crew OF nearly 300. The Lusitania
has accommodations for $50 first.class
passengers. 500 second.class and 100
| third-class passengers.
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Railroad. Defy Commission.

Chicago.-At general conference
beld In Chicago the Kansas railroads
decided to ignore the railroad com.
mission of that state and refuse to
obey Its order requiring two-cent
passenger rate. The decision was
unanimous and was reached after
thorough discussion OF the situation.
me Kansas roads were represented by
the general counsel and their execu-
i've ohicers In charge of traffic. 1t
vas not decided to stand pat"
through any spirit Of bravado, but upon
the ground that the worst the railroads
can get from any source, commission
or state Legislature. is a twocent rate.
ana the roads do not propose to bow
IN the Will Of the commission until le
bally compelled to do 10.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
eovernmen, Crop Report.

Washinston.-The crop reporting
BOARD of the bureau of statistics OF the
Department Of Agriculture In its report
finds as follows:
Condition Of corn on September list
was S0.2. as compared with s2.s last
month. 90.2 on September /. 1906. and
a ten-year average OF 81.
The average condition OF spring
wheat when harvested was TIL as com
pared with I9.4 last month and S3.4 for
1906 at the time Of harvesting.
The average condition OF the oats
crop when harvested was 65.5 against
75.6 last month. S1.9 on September /.
1906. and a ten-year average OF S2.6.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Historic Paeeants.
COLORADO.

Last year the town OF Warwick
England, celebrated outdoors some o.
the most interesting events in its his
tory by n pageant. in which hundreds
OF persons assumed the character and
in appropriate costume, performed the
parts OF historic personages. This
year n similar pageant took place AT
Oxford, and more lately there was an
other at Romsey. Mark Twain, who
was one OF the spectators OF the OK
ford pageant, remarked that America
which provides so many fine sights.
had never furnished anything 10 equal
that The length and richness OF Euro
pean history OF course offer atrac-
tions for such pageant which could
not be found in like abundance and
variety In America. Take, for exam
Pile. the case OF Romsey-a town so
small that comparatively few Ameri-
cans know anything about 1t; yet its
name was conferred upon IL by the
Romans, and its actual history goes
back thousand years, II was near
Romsey that William Rufus was shot
by bolt from crossbow. while hunt
ing deer in the New forest, and his
body removed in the rude cart OF n
charcoal burner. ignorant OF the dead
mans identity. In the pageant liueal
descendant OF the charcoal burner act.
ed the part OF his ancestor. and an.
other part was taken by a lineal de
scendant OF Walter Tyrrell. who is
supposed to have shot the king. But,
remarks the Youths Companion. II
such length OF history as this is lack
ing to American cities and towns,
there is nevertheless no dearth OF in
terestinE event and stirring episode |
which might well be produced in out. |
door pageants. designed. as those in
England have been, by students OF the I
local history. and produced by the
cordial cooperation OF rich and poor.
high and low. without thought OF /
money-making. II is a matter OF re- d,
gret among many students OF social
that the stage, which In
It's early days was one OF the greatest
of moral and educational forces. has
20 completely failed TO maintain its
'ower. Might not the historical pag.
ant be made TO do at least a part OF
his neglected work?
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

fefhaps one OF the oldest suits ris-
ing from the anguish of a crushed
neart is one brought by lifted young
man for damages in St Louis. not
against the tickle fair one, but against
railroad company. The employees
oil the company used him roughly
While on an excursion. and his sweet.
heart who was along. resented his lack
OF bravery in not resenting this treat.
ment by dissolving their engagement,
but he has managed deftly to convey
delicate rebuke TO the fair hero-wor.
shiper by fixing the damages of her
loss at only 5000.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

Dr. Charles McCutcheon of Tacoma
has long felt that the woods of the
Puget sound district are too silent and
need the joyous songs of birds to en-.
nance their beauty A year ago he
bought number of skylarks in Eng.
land and liberated them in Washing.
ton They have thrived and multiplied
much TO the pleasure of everyone. and
now he is going to make similar eI-
periment with other kinds of birds.
1t is a good work and one which de.
serves to be crowned with success.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
wan,ed-A-P -Pds]

urbana, Ill.--W,Iu
Young men, with g.
the 'saltpe'er sQuas,, III
This ad attracts, NJ NJ
the University Of VI
week. A "poi!soI, ,s,
will be maintained ~, ~
tirate the effect o. n
serya,Ive Of meal; h
Packers Associate
bills. The s'ale le..,,ap)
of The experiment ,,,i
'' TWO we large houses s ,,|
for the squad. u. iae II
subjected to stree ,a y,
not be allowed 70 III >
but will receive, e, 4,
free. The health, Ia.
part particulars aNras,.a,,ss Of 'si e.
given the cuIea annIil h1
Completed. co All nsN
the university j
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Zoolosy's New Service.

Instead OF going 10 geology and
physical geography to throw light on
zoology. DIR. Scharff OF Dublin has re-
Sersed the process. In n paper read
TO the zoologists In Boston he proceed.
ed from the general principle that the
distribution OF animals now living on
the earth tells the story OF the forma.
uon and changes OF continents. The
fact that certain fauna are common to
widely separated regions. such as
Japan and the United States. points to
time when Asia was connected with
North America by land bridge near
bering Strait. II is furthermore prob
able that the widely differing species
OF eastern and western America prove
that these regions were once separat.
ed by water. This theory is a striking
example Of the constructive imacfna.
aon in science Moreover. 1t is op-
posed 10 the hypothesis Of Darwin
and Wallace. who held that insular an.
imal life had an accidental origin. Dr..
Scharhs theory really takes us no
farther back, says the New York Post
than Darwin did to the origin of spe
cies and the beginnings Of life in the
great process OF evolution. Men O,
science are baffled by 1t az before
and with Dubois-Raymond repeat their
isnoramus, ignorabimus.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

Inc curious assertion is made by a
London correspondent of a New York
paper that as King Edward grows old.
er his Teutonic accent grows more
<ntteral. and It has become dinicuit
for those who see him only occasional
" to undsrseanAs MS speech. The
hAgs father was a German prince
and IT is matter of course that he
should be ~ familiar with The Ger.
0an = with the Enslish language,
bst 4 vould sssm that after life.
~ spsSR y HnsiAnA Ais spsech
n - - G1on = foeoorm -
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Third DefaIeasIon In 81. MONTH.

New Orleans. La.-A 100000 short
nge has been discovered In the nc
counts OF the state tax commissioner
NJ this city and the police arc search
ing Tor Charles e. Letten, a clerk In
me once. who 10 charged with the de-
ielcation. This In the third defaica-
lion In six months 10 the Louisiana
TAX department. The two previous
snortAgss totaled nearly e1O0, ,o0o.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
democratic w''s

Denver-Plannla,uu' lau ii
nemocratic women ! sI
ir h,e,,rr order to give e,aa,ss :
~ ~ tn the next Denlo,,'a, s'.',
IN. IN ''n presidency, ~. nrga I
+, 'ro romlnent memoels,, eIaoss,'
ton au'D club Of Den,,sitt' M Z
Fu Ruth Bryan Lea,siu, avn, !
club, are endessVtlhs1 ~ he q
to be know, ~ sse,s.
democratic AaS ,AsIr ~
u-e broad IN ,se .ns'' ~
intention Of .ta tne e,t,i.1
cat all over ne elssss
lIanCh W ,,,opko
IN tn, the formallas.,,,,.s,
in Informally dlssss,'J sss,s'
The club meI,os'Ii, iaou Ii,ts]
pct.on has III =. h elp
ne as oths, tys,,s st i ,'i . n
!Aavitt.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
CIR Ennrattnn nf
8nys
BY a. II. CILKES.
He,am,ster Dui~ich CoIIrse. Ensl,nd.

houses but useful trade And warfare business
who mistakes the likely regard
schools who has knowledge of the
what and end, this
thing dangerous The able and brilliant
dangerous he is All his excellence only
does when he takes upon himself which competent
form
The aim which, believe, schoomae generally
selves, default of better simply
Greek French, German Latin
teach them play cricket football them
sight business enable business
pondence what called English
speak public authority get their own living
simply shrink from responsibility TO hold their
own IN every KIND of temptation The
gle benefit little aim which eve we all
nave different from OF these taken ng but implies them ALL
is beyond them ALL and superior to hema all.
Perhaps people think vague an aim but
think that such thought NAV be described with
much precision The qualities which make uhfuness clean
ness courage public spirit kindness with understanding qukenei in
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Worked Al ~

Active work has bsz
summer In ooss'snaf
rying canals on he Vs1
number Of DenTG ai
the development 4
present. and. altho.n 4
been made for i a
evolved Itself into IA
affair. W. E. GOltss1
president and naiH
hcimer. ,reasure';; F.z
lor, local manager; M
tor: Milton Smith N
among those preset j
This water Is 10 ~
to stockholders q u n
voIr & Irrigation Cd.HI
yer company nov ~
ditch, formerly oEiA NJ
Rals,on & Church pin9
Community ditch, Nina]
chain OF eight oiss
mcrly owned by TIE -
a. Reservoir ConaH
acres OF land, iO'nde r
Denver Land Conail !
nearly all being a.
nished with water 10
nifty system. y
The entire couniI =
Greeley, through y
which has heretofore y
irrigated and caltivi'a
10, year or two Be a
rigation and calti',ms
enterprise backed SI
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

Many people will say
that the theater is for rec
reation and amusement,
and the entire dismissal
OF any mental effort on
the part of the audience.
1t is of course all of that,
and there are many Tenn
pies of I'hespis filed with
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

\ main point with re.
gard TO doing anything
intelligently is that the
docr should have a right
aim. In warfare the aim
is not to have smart uni
forms or well-fed sol
diers, but TO beat the en-
cmy; and in business
not to have smart count
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Url1r Missintt
nf tl1r play
By ETHEL RARRYnoRE.

song where such diversions offered But surely
the drama and big question affecting great class Of the
people the world houd surely t
who take the theater
The foies xd nnst o. the times the ens. and
tooaa When they skilful hendd their o Sheri
dams aRvalsv did bu1sing oathsr.cli1 nvnsr,r
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
TAN5ll
GE1sl
BIGGEST IaalsAn.j
r'oH IN wss,
orSvu /
IMMENSE AluI
MILLIONS OF aAll~1
TO BE STORED ,uol
INTO vi

psn'er'-rhs In, u
turned on the srsa,su
which when bull, hs1
one of the bIsye., Ira
the world. and ,r,.s,sl
acres righ, a, Ds,,s,l
Ienness into a h,. q
wheat, corn, oats "
Ties The Knorlu.a,l
'lon Company Of Dad
tract to strip the .,,o
"''''hee and 70 etc;s
days for work o. Ah
The next iuraas !
excavation work as
core wall six iest /, ~
center Of the si,s, ,rss
other, nearly one ,lis
wall will rise -four Il
face OF the gruu,a iaI
The STANDBY lihv
built by the Dears i
tion Company, tackss
+ A. Neresheinsr II. 4
ColoradOans, ltkss
above rich sola Il. I
and will have 4. 1
being the oaly i=az
force gold and eoal III
out Of bushes. M
land made a hart. .sa
the courts agalns d 3
pnny.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
WIN os The llrnIe

Topeka. Kan.-dovsrnor Hoch statsa,
O. oelng infurmsd N III Sasloa a ~
sailto1oe s!n CAlcAQa II 1eol11nH q "
s. J! i;|'
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TO MAX. ~

New York.....ISs!l (.
ss:'s$s;ss. =: I'm sS$s;s.s & 81. :; 9.
,ds Who has !u.,,se
months vaea. va., yics
the movemss ~ ~
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20


practice reached There short cut to T
be attained by dgen study and practice ana "e
mentioned the unge months may have
devoted might first sight tend to deter apants from learn
ing reality is because the time devoted to cor
style and position plays such important part IN the subsequent
stages that given profaby spent and returns onrod
interest o the conscientious student.
all and position with and without the foil have
been mastered with the right hand the should be practed with the
left
All fencing displays preceded by what known the Grand
simply exhibition Of all the positions and movements
and defense respectively by the opponents but with the foil
oneself this being
the adversary and showing that evil intent meant The
therefore, able realize the beauty of the
of the Of fencing after which the friendly opponents
proceed TO a trial skill between themselves play
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
By MARY cLIfTON-HADDAN
u, rnsiI.h Sxordswoman.

The art of fencing of late years has made eNi"o''
ordinary progress, not only amongst the Lords oil
tion" but amongst our own seN
1t is not only particularly healthful recreation"
but one tending largely to beaufy the form ana s'''
an elegant carriage and department, and II taken Il"
moderation TO aid even those OF weakly eonst'u'Ur
whilst for such as lead sedcntary lives it affords valuable
results 1t has moreover the advantage of not reqHlr
ing any companion in its study as all the prel"'''
practices and positions be acquired alone, and pro-
fcssona assistance may be dispensed with for some
months until such progress has been made that the aer
sacs of fencing are reached when such assistance will
become necessary
Now it goes without saying that one must walk
before one can run so it is necessary first of all to thor
oughlv acquire the preliminary positions and move
mcnts and the better this is DONE in the first instance
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

al uectohs, ana most of all IN the direction of that
Unseen Power which rules ALL these qualities to-
gether with healthy body, schoolmasters to
be those at the production of which we should aim.
And since there is difference the nature of hu
man beings, the methods which employ in producing
them should be those suited to the nature of each boy
We should not, for instance, scold willing boy nor
compliment conceited boy teach poetical boy
nothing but stimulate the imagination of one who loves
TO deal only with that which admits of accurate meas
uFement We wish to give to every boy that teaching
which Will best bring out his good qualtiesthat which
will best make him real man.
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JUST \ FREE FOR ALL FIGHT.
The Prendergast Family Was CeIe-
brating Last Night. -

A grand free-for-all fight i'm the
bottoms last night, resulted in the
arrest of Asa Prendergast, one of the
belligerents. and the rapid getaway of
several others who had taken part in
the disturbance. Prendergast had a
shotgun, which he desired to use on
ono spec Cunningham Fred Coop
er and wife took out a stack and sat
in the. game. NO one seemed to know
what the fight was about, but every
one wanted to fight one person.
Knives rocks and boards were used
freely, but no one injured. The row
was pulled off at the home of Prender-
CAST, at 126 North Jefferson street, or
at least that is where the police broke
1t up. 1t seemed to have been a con-
tinuous performance, with the scenes
shifting rapidly from one house to an
other. The fighters would get out and
throw rocks at the enemy a while,
then become confused and begin
throwing rocks at each other or them
selves. After putting the spec Cum
ningham contingent to fight, the
Prendergast outfit, father and sons,
began fighting among themselves The
police caught Asa Prendergast and his
shotgun, and the others eloped.
All persons mixed up in this dis
turbance have been in it before. Last
year Cunningham shot the trowsers
off of one of the Prendergasts with
shotgun. s-. --- x, s-,-
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wan s.
-AND---
MlSCELLAN EOUS
ADVERTISEMENTS |
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

National Life Insurance Co. to G. j.
Coleman, lot Is Kansas ave. north. 81 200
the E. Y of the n. E. Z 22-10-is. ...' 5000
l. B: Brown and wife to A. Korb,
lot 229 and N. u 231 Lincoln ST.,
Hornes add. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ), 900
A Knudson to o. c. Knudson, part
of the S. w. II 2S-13-17. ...........-. :. 500
E. Palm and husband to w. J. Rich
enbacker lots 15S and the N. II of
I6O Lane ST. 90
5. E. Ornore to w. NJ Miller lots 10
and z Western ave, Douthitt Place 100
c. S. Elliott and wire to M Paisley.
lots 81, 81, 60 and w. " 90 Crane ST.,
Pleasant Valley add. -................ 525
d. Paisley and wife to c.. o. Kraft,
lots 50 and 80 Lawrence St, Nets
ker'S I'd add. Observation-Disclosures. $50
]. Thomas to NJ E Rist, lot 2OS EN-
NETT st. Heery's add. ......:........ $50