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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24
n. S. GIVLER. Pub.
Justice and Sanity.


There has been a great deal said
about the unwritten law, and it is held
by many thinking people to justify
murder which is iRdefensible- True,
life may be taken at times in sell
protection without violating divine or
human law, but for deliberate honl-
eide there is no excuse whatever. IL
is. OF course, exasperating almost be-
yond endurance to have the home
despoiled by constituencies monster
who bears the guise of man. but courts
should deal with him in c1Vlllzed
community and give him his deserved
punishment When a man takes the
law into his own hands and puts an
end. with malice aforethought, to one
of his fellow beings, he is simply a
barbarian. no matter what cause he
has for his bloody deed. The young
man who slew the supposed wronger
of his sister in this city, says the
Boston Budget, received just sen
tence, though there is sorrow that he
should have thrown away his young
manhood to become perpetual pr1s'
oner; but his punishment, though Sc
we're. was deserved and it will act as
a deterrent on other impulsive young
men of fiery southern blood, who
might be tempted to follow in his un
fortunate footsteps The case of Judge
Loving of Virginia, who was acquit
ted by jury of the crime of murder
partially, apparently, on the ground Oh
sudden insanity, and partly, no doubt
through reverence or regard for the
unwritten law, is one in which it is
widely believed strict justice was not
melted out In all probability, the
young man who was shot to death by
an irate father did not commit the
deed of which he was at first suspect
ed, but even if he did, his slayer, it
seems to us, should have paid some
penalty for his offence, and not have
gone entirely unwhipt of justice. Then
we have the story of mother and son
who confessed that they killed a
young man because he refused to wed
the daughter of one and the sister OF
the other, thereby breaking a solemn
promise that he had made. This was,
no doubt, maddening, but the provo
cation was no excuse for the homicidal
act or good moral reason for their
acQuittal. When brutes walk on two
legs the law of the land, as has been
well said, does not allow US to butcher
them, and the sooner this is realized
by those who claim the unwritten law
as a defense the sooner shall we have
a return to sanity in the treatment of
assassins.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

time with the distance posts on TIE
track There have been harness
horse drivers who were able to tell
almost to the fraction of a second
the speed at which they were driving
So 1t is with some of the jockeys
Cor slant devotion to their work has
enabled them TO gather relative ideas
of kline and motion. and it is great
aid to jockey to be able SO to rate
his horse as to have Some reserve
strength and power left for the finish.
Hea>>weights Go Abroad.
Lightweight jockeys are 50 much
more in depand in the United States
than they are abroad that it is usually
q matter of but a few years before the
poor wight gives up in despair, as he
finds that nature has insisted upon inn
posing more flesh over his skeleton
than he can possibly rid himself CT
When that happens many of the best
American jockeys go to the tracks of
foreign lands. where the weight i'm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

No department of government, GER
tainly none represented in the presi-
dents cabinet, is less open to partizan
political criticism than the department
of agriculture. Sometimes there is a
hubbub about free seeds, for which
congress and not the department is
responsible. Beyond that the COM
plants are few and the blessings are
many Secretary Wilson says that
during the fiscal year just ended the
department has made discoveries
which will benefit the American peo-
pie to the extent of millions of dollars
"a sum too vast to calculate. Some
of these discoveries are patentable,
and if the patents were held by the
discoveries would make them rich.
But all such patents, after being taken
out in the name of the inventors, are
dedicated to the United States for the
common good.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24
SETTING THE BRIDE AT EASE.
"Widder's" Sympathy Went Out to
Fellow Passenger.

A couple recently married had just
entered the train that was to bear
them to the mountains on their honey
moon, when they became aware of the
close scrutiny of them by female pas
senger, who had evidently spotted" a
bride and groom. The young wife, on
opening her handbag, let fall some
rice on the floor, and the woman
smiled. The other passengers regard
ed the couple with interest. Seeing
that the bride was every moment be-
coming more flushed and uncomfort-
able by reason of their scrutiny, the
woman in the goodness of her heart,
leaned across the carriage.
Never mind, my dear!" she said
I'm a wilder now, but by this time
next week I'll be in the same fix my
Cp1ft''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

has advised with her as to the placing
of some of his earnings, and she is as
happy as the boy that he has shown
good judgment and business intelli-
gence in suggesting where certain
sums could be invested to good advan-
tage- There is little reason to doubt
that his ambition to acquire for
tune by his efforts in the saddle will
be realized and realized handsomely.
Scores OF boys try every year to be-
come successful Jockeys Most of
them fail Why is it, then, that Miller
is a success? Is it because of his seat
in the saddle, his short stirrups, or
some other typical accessory to the
equipment of his mount? This ques-
ton has been asked time and again
Tom" WEIGH places little credit in
any of these details.
Advantage in Method.
Miller says he perches himself well
up on a horses neck and rides with
short stirrups because he has great
err leverage on the horses head and
can guide him more perfectly.
Il can feel the temper of the horse
through his mouth when / have stiff
rein on him over his neck said the
jockey. IF 1 were to ride in the old
fashioned English seat the horses
head would get away from me, and
the chances are that I would miss
some good opportunities in the race
to gain distance"
1t was Tod Sloan who originated
the idea of riding forward. Possibly
Miller carries it more to an extreme
than some jockeys, bat he is light,
strong and has. perfect confidence in
himself
For two years there has been
great rivalry between Miller and
Radtke. The latter has been less Sue
cessful, but is nevertheless considered
to be one of the best boys who ride
professionally in the United States.
Radtke is of different temperament
than Miller. He is somewhat fiery
little chap and rather self-willed. His
sharp replies earned him punishment
in 1906, but this year he has exer-
cised better control over himself and
fewer words of caution have had to be
administered to him. He is consid-
cred to be very clever in making
a strong finish. Like Miller, he is
possessed of much physical power in
his arms, and when a horse is firing
in the last strides of a hard-fought
race, Radtl2e fairly lifts him along as
he holds up his head and gives him
encouragement to make the three
or four final leaps that may win a
stake worth thousands of dollars.
Good Judges of Pace.
Koerner and E. Dugan are two
clever 1ightweights who are skilful in
judging pace and placing their horses
to good advantage in a field Of many
starters. Both are able to rate the
speed at which they are moving by
constant association of intervals of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

Congress having provided for an in
crease in the artillery force of the
army, "a new companies of coast
artillery are to be formed. These will
be stationed at various points along
the Atlantic, the gulf and the Pacific
Experience has shown that more men
were needed to care properly for the
big guns in our forts. The additional
companies, with the national guard
organizations. which have had very
successful tours of duty at the forts
will serve to obviate danger in case OF
an emergency. The country will have
both the guns and the men needed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

The presentation of the cross of the
Legion of Honor to the composer of
Salome," the opera which shocked
New York. will emphasize an impress
sion that the legion is getting to be q
somewhat mixed company.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

Methodist minister has protested
against the use OF the Sunday service
as practice hour for students in
shorthand. who go to church merely
to take down the sermon. 1t does
seem double offense to break the
Sabbath in church
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

Electricity continues to extend its
usefulness New Jersey has found it
The most expeditions and humane
means of putting an end to stray and
useless dogs Hitherto the dogs have
ben asphyxiated in a big gas tank.
But the society which looks after such
things finds this is cruel and by no
means infallibie- So Piainfield leads
of by substituting the electric kennel
Tor the gas receptacle BY this means
the CANNES are sent painlessly and
swiftly to death and the bow-wows
cease from spreading fear of rabies.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24
What Did She Mean7

Mrs. Armitage had a negro servant
who continually prated of a certain
Mrs. Reed for whom she formerly
worked. Weary of hearing Mrs. Reed
quoted SO often, the mistress asked one
day:
We'll, Samantha, what kind of work
did you do at Mrs. Reeds, anyway"
We'll, honey, l cooked fob huh. l
did, an l cleaned fob huh, an SWEEP
fob huh, an 1 washed huh pussonel
appea' ance. "-Lippincott's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-24

Miss a Whole Lot in Life.
In Japan kissing never occurs ex-
cept between husband and wife. Moth
ers never kiss their children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
1908 WON THE HONORS
CLASS ATHLETIC CONTESTS OF
THE G. W..

Under most unfavorabfe conditions the
track athletes of the George Washington
University competed at Van Ness Park
yesterday afternoon for the college class
SUPREMACY To the class of 'OS went the
honors of the day, with the class below 1t
second. The freshmen finished third, thus
beating out the seniors. A small number
of spectators braved the chilly wind and
witnessed the contests.
The athletes found that the cold weather
and the hard wind kept their muscles from
doing their best and the running track,
although 1t has recently undergone re-
pairs, was soft and slow.
Capt Lorando appears prominently in
the list of men who ran toward the front
in several events; and in the half-mile and
honors, he seemed at the finish able to win
had he tried. Whiting, 90. also appeared
strong in several events.
The first race Of the day. the 1OO-yard
run, developed in the final head a pretty
contest between Cunning and Whiting but
Cunning gained IN the last twenty-five
yards and won by yard. A large num-
Der of entries faced the starter for the half
mile event; and the race proved interesting
for that reason. At the finish Gill and
Lorando were running side by side, GIN
working hard and few inches ahead,
Lorando striding easily.
The two-mile event developed contest
between Fleming and Gill. Each in turn
set the pace until the last quarter of
and neck But finally Gill began to tire,
and Fleming passed him and won by twenty
yards.
The mile was one of the best races of the
afternoon. Wenderoth who won the event,
was next to the last in the initial lap.
Slowly he began to gain and pushed his
way ahead into third position at the be-
ginning of the last lap While the others
were keeping the same pace, he suddenly
passed them and took the lead Lorando
was running easily, and finished a few
inches behind Wenderoth. The other con-
tests were not unusual.
The summary of results follows:
1OO-yard run-First heat won by Whiting; Ruth
erford second. Second heat won by Cunning:
Sas u.s. e. w. whiting Co. second L. Ruther
ford 'Os third Time, O.lO25.
Half-mile run-WOn by w. ID. Gill, OS: :. Il.
Lorando 'oS, second; W. Birney, 90, third. Time,
Iorando' os: second; j. NJ Cunning, 10 third:
D. GIN, os, second; J. R. Fehr. 90 third. Time,
A. Cunning. 'os. second. Time. l.iS. AH"0 TO- .
;, one-mils run by F; F. Wenderoth, 'os: $.
consolat,on. 22o yard dash--won by J. Miller,
third. Time O.2e 40. w.
y hr nousb o fs
inches.
Pole Saultawon by 7; s,errett, os; L: W Whit
SON. 90. tied for third place. Height 10 feet.
Shot-put-Won by +. Wright 'O3; I. A. Eichel-
berner. 10, second; R. Senior, or third Dis.
lance, "a feet inches.
Curtis. 'Os, second: E. c. Johnson, 'Os third
Height. feet inches.
The officials for the meet were: Referee E. c.
senior t Moore and Dean W PSps S's s!aer T.
Baer; announcer, Samuel Turnbull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
The Worst Type of All.

Neither will that still more malignant
type of rooter who has got it in for the
whole team. This boy belongs to the I-told-
you-so's. Didn't he know all along that
the team would never make good? Sure he
did. He knew-or more often knowed-t.
The teams bunch of insists, and that's all
there Is to it. The team isn't meant. It's
a joblot. Play ball? Ha. ha! ha! Why,
that bunch couldn't play tiddledywinks
with a team from the Old Ladies' Home.
Same old gag! Lots OF promises, and
nothin dom,
This type Of rooter is as a matter Of fact
the most hopeless and utterly discouraging
type of the whole fitout. He is the chief
pessimiSt of all the groundlings. He jeers
and boots uproariously every time anybody
on the home club makes mistake. Wowee!
There they go again. Going up. He hopes
that every team that comes along'll wallop
EN-. Yes, he wants to see 'em walloped-
and then this malignant type OF waloper
looks around defianty. for he is a pugna-
cious cuss and he doesn't care who hears
him say it, and he'd like to anybody
knock the chiff off his shoulder! The
teams gang of NUTS. and that's all
there Is to it. Here. he's been digging up his
good coin all these years just to see lot
of boobs and hicks rare and gyrate around.
etc. etc.
There are several other well-known types
of rOoters, but We observed in the top line
of this story that We're going to be
brief and we're going to keep our word
Anyhow, it's the one grand. good thing
that these specified types are in the i'm
mense. preponderating and overwhelming
minority. The tremendously major number
of rooters kindly. benevolent, allow
ancem making. hopeful. sympathetic bully
good chaps with what our old mate Shake
SDeare calls the good gravieS Of help
fulness III them-and so here's to them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

noIitan Golf Associat ton That the efforts
OF the committee entirely LABOR Oh
love is appreciated by golfers tnroughou.
the country. but local enthusiasts couid NOT
restrain an expression OF surprise lua'
Travers and Travis should be rated strohe
more skillful than either Egan or Byers.
Byers Is the present amateur champion
and in 1902 after defeating both travis
and Egan, was runner-up TO Louis 1ane.
the year following he was runner-up "
w J. Travis. He has more than once won
both the open and amateur champlo on
of western Pennsylvania. am In lgo9, AT
Fox Hill. with 71-75152. led the field IN
the qualifying round of the metropolitan
championship. In last years meetins ioi
the METROPOLITAN title, after defeating
Travis he was runner-up to Travers. ana
lie duplicated his victory over travis ps
defeating the latter in the seml-fnal OF the
amateur championship. o
E.gan held the amateur title in 1904 at
Baltusrol, and in 1875 at Wheaton IN the
BaItusrol meeting he won the goid meoai
in the qualifying round with four strokes
to spare from Travis, who was secoho' ',io
seven strokes to spare from IraVers. " ~
was third In the qualifying rouhu a.
Wheaton Egan tied for third place WIN
" G Fownes jr: Travis tied for elghth
place with Warren r. Wood, While lraEe i.
tied for sixteenth place with F. X Martih
of Canada and c. B. Macdonald. ~
Last year at Englewood Egan was oe,-
feated on the twentieth green py ";
Lyon. After that he did not lose match
and in the competition for the olympic cup
on the Glen Echo links, at ST. Louis
tahlished a record of 149. He also c[eeteu
new figures at the Homewood hnks-.4 ~.
one round and 15l for two rounos ~ ~,
the Hinsdale links and 50 for the Exmoor
Country Club links. In addition, Esan mas
more than once won the western ahateo.
championship. and in the national open ias'
year easily led the amateurs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
DECISION HELD UP.
It Looks as Though johnson Was
Blocking the Stahl Case.

The Stahl case still hangs fire. and it
looks from this end of the line as though
President Johnson was holding up the
whole proceedings. Manager Cantillon
telegraphed to President Hermann of the
national commission asking If anything
had been done in the matter. Mr.. Herr
mann replied that he had asked his col
leagues to hurry up the decision in the
case. AS Mr.. johnson is the only colleague
who has anything to do with the matter
it would appear that he is blocking the
whole proceedings and robbing the Wash
tngton club of valuable asset.
Manager Cantillon is anxious to have
Stahl's standing settled, as he wants to
pull off a trade which may come up at
any time. President Johnsons attitude Is
most mystfying. as he has always claimed
to be a great friend of the Washington
club. but the steps he has taken in the
Stahl case would lead one to believe de-
cdediy the contrary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

loouy. also finished outside the money.
I'm the lead until the sixteenth pole, where
ROYAL Breeze came up with a rush and
won at the wire. Fantastic, his stable mate.
finishing third The weather was clear and
the track fast.
Summarizes:
First race mile and a sixteeuth-McAllister ~
U'ickens, to I. won: Quagga. 93 lBilacl, 10 =
Time ~ Sam Taylor. Rlacklock. Mayor Jonh
s.,n Conjuress Leader, Knight Of Rhodes. MIN
gira Corlcn Rusk, Merry Pioneer. Arno ana QUICK
Rich also ran.
second race steeplcchase. handicap, short course
pr Heard. 1874 NicClurej. to ;, won: Lights
ont. 49, Noureb. even. second: epernelds; 40
Boyle. to /. third Time. 2.51 SO Jim boze-
Third race. four frlongs. the Ladies stakes
Black Mary. 10 u. Leel ) to = won; SaineSn nv
Walkcr, 100 to J. third. Time, o IS 10 Lady
FlrtIra Bitterly Whisk Broom. Rose Daily ana
Ruhyvick also ran. ,,.
Fourth six furongs. the Orleans hHhaissapI
Royal Breeze. 90 ttau-cD to won; K"nihI Moo,
III IT, Lee. To =. second Fantastic. Vi uI1H-
en-, : To . third Time. lis 80. Devout Colo
quy ard Quinn Brady also ran iii; ra,oo,
Fifth race. mile and sixteenth, seling-i eleS-
rnpher luG lIgginsl. Is to :, Won; Hustled, lei
a. Leo, = to ;. second; Jehane. 1oo g. Roland,
II 10 l. third Time. rs %. Horse kadIsh' bit
Hand. Frank Flesher. Ientason. Bon MOI, fite
AlqTm Waterfall Bill Carter, King Brush ana
Ida Arruee also ran. -
sixth race mile and half. selling Noel
lnr, Is to :. second, Adbel 113 williams. - TO
l. third. Time. 2.36 10 Eta NJ. Enverite,
Gamestcr. sanction Lady Ellison, Sincerity Belle,
Dr. Young and Del@stTome also ran.
81, euth race. six furlongs. selling Warner girls
Will IIT j. Leel, 3 TO z. Won; Spider Web, ITO
uI. FnvI. ~ to !. second: No Quarter. 'S rick
ton. Sagapanak. Ber,mont Knight of Ivanhoe Dry
Dollar and King Esta also ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
1aNpH1ER PUZZLED HARVARD.
Cambridge Defeated by Midshipmen In
Well-Played Game.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS. Md. April 13-The mid
shipmen played one Of the best games thiS
afternoon in the history of base ball al the
Naval Academy, and won from Harvard Dy
a score of 3 to 2 in six innings The cam
bridge men found a complete puzzle In
I,anphier. the Navy pitcher, and were able
to make only one hit, a single. by Simons.
The Navy scored the winning run IN the
sixth inning on singles by Stiles, Jones ana
Harris, and Briggs error In failing to cover
first on Bacon's infield grounder.
The Navy scored two of its runs in the
erst inning. Ducey was hit and took sec
ond on Purnell's out, from McCaii 10
Briggs Lange fouled to Briggs anu Dusey
reached third before Briggs couio re S,iIaa.
and get the ball over. He scored on Sties
slashine hit to right field. Bacon hit saie-
". and Simons overthrow first base, Sties
scoring. .,., ;,,,o
Harvard scored twice in the third inning
without hit Currier got base on oalis
and stole second. Brennan struck out anu
Leonard was hit. Currier and Leoharu exc
cuted a double steal. and poth sSoi S Ill az
Jones' failure to get rather Dad paii
thrown in by Lanphier Briggs struck OUT
and Mccall was thrown out at second AFTER
drawing a base. ,. NJ
LAFAYETTE defeated the midshipmen at
ha Sc ball here this afternoon by a score VI
O TO y The game took place after the hiu
shinmen had trimmed Harvard In a SIX
inning game to the tune OF 10 f.s anu na wv
visitors took kindly to all three OF the Nd.
pitchers including Lanphier, whom the
cambridge boys had found a hard puzzle
Van Auken started to pitch Tor the navy
hnt retired in favor of Lanphier. who gave
way in turn to Meade after four innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
WHITE PERCH RUNNING.
Fine Catch Made by Patent Bureau
officials.

White perch have begun to run In the
Potomac This important information was
gained few days ago by several hardened
anglers of the patent office who braved the
cold weathe, and prospects Of snow and
stood for several hours on the rocks just
below Little Falls feeding angle worms
to the eager fishes. In the party were
Chick Clerk Charles NJ Irelan and William
w Mortimer and Capt. j. c. Wheate, two
other officials of the office, all famous for
success with the rod and the willy game
Since the discovery and the story OF the
catch-it was five doZens-of these three
Izaak Waltons have become known
throughout the patent office, others have
grown Jealous and 1t is stated on poor
authority that everybody Is going out today
TO try to Guido them.
Great pride is being exhibited by these
three over their performance They are
said to be particularly anxious. however
lest somebody might inadvertently take
their fish story with a pinch of salt. The
story is OF tish, they declare, but not
''fiShy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
A STRING OF VICTORIES.
Auspicious Beginning of the Bloom
incdale Club

The Boomingdale Athletic Club has be-
gun the season with four straight victories.
and has good schedule for the coming
week. 1t will play the Eastern High
School, the Army and Navy Preparatory
team, meet Emerson Institute, the Rhode
Island Avenue Church team. the Bethany
Baptist Sunday School Club. the Reservoir
Heights, Tanglewoods, Warwicks, and
more than ten different Baltimore teams in
series of three games each.
Manager Morley has more than two
good men for each position: in fact
So many have applied for trial on the
team that the management Is in quandary
as TO what method TO pursue For pitchers
the Bloomingdaies will have Meek. the star
al last year: Walsh, Morley. Moon I'm
haugh. Travers, Hawkins and Klopfer.
while Fegan and Nichols will alternate be-
hind the bat The infie.d will consist of
Turner, first base; Buckley. second base
tOuoVer. shortstop: HamInett, third base
and the outtield will be made lIp of Mars
DIN, Eichelberger. Busey and Lewis Avery
Holland and Norris Will be used as the
season advances. and at present will be on
tie substitute list.
Thomas White, one of the best known
and most universally liked players on the
Bloomingdale team, will be out of the game
for the rest of the season. he broke his
r:SHt wrist in a collision on Rhode Island
avenue while skating recently.