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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-29
Totals 80.
JOPLIN.

Wichita 4, Joplin 1. Bases on balls
on George 4. Two base hit-Becker.
Three base hits-Harrington, Holland,
Young. Home run-Bayless. Double
plays-Fleming to Bankhead to Rohn,
Annis to Holland, Kelly to Annis to
Holland, F'fllman to Rohn. Hit by
pitched ball-Fillman. Struck out
BY George Z, by Young 10. Stolen
bases-Fillman, Bayless, Weaver. Left
on baseS-Wichita 6. Joplin 4. UNI
pire-Finney. Time of game-1:4O.
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Cleveland 5. Chicago O.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 29.-Cleveland
shut out Chicago to o, the visitors
hits were timely and Walsh was knock
ed out of the box.
Score by innings. R.H. z.
Cleveland -...-.....-..0 0 % II 2
Chicago -..............0 0 0 0 O 0 90 0
Batteries and Benis; Walsh,
Fiene and Sullivan.
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American League Standing.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Denver O-5. Pueblo so.


Pueblo. Aug. 2s.-Denver and Pueblo
broke even here in a double header,
each getting a shutout.
Score by innings; R-H. E.
Denver ................0 20 o 200 90 9 2
Pueblo .......:.......o 0 2 80 o TO- -S
Batteries-Adams and McDonough;
McGregor and Drill.
Second game-Score by. innings: RHE.
Denver --.---.-..--.-.---.-Z l %
Pueblo .--............-....0 Q o o 0 90
Observation-Disclosures and McDonough:
Fitzgerald and Smith.
Des Moines IA. Sioux City 10.
Des Moines, Aug. 29.-Both sides
pounded the pitcher hard, but Des
Moines had all the best of 1t.
Score by innings: RHE.
Des Moines .....-....5 24oSoo IA 10 2
Sioux City ........-..O 0 3 o 2 o 80 13 8
Batteries-Sporer, Ford and Shannon;
Engel and Shoehan.
Omaha 5. Lincoln 4.
Omaha, Aug. 2e.-Omaha won by SUI
perior playing all around.
Score by innings: R.HE
Omaha ......-........2 90 0 o s6 o
Lincoln ..-...-.........0 o o 20 OIL 1
Batteries-Thompson and Gonding;
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At the EIDorado Faces.

ElDorado. kan, Aug 2s,-The at
tendance at the second day of the fair
here was good and the racing first
class. In the 2:35 trot, Charm P was
first; Homer F. second; Grace w,
third; Baignette, fourth; Royal, fifth.
Time-2:1 Is u. 2:201z. 2:21, 2:24.
2:35 pace-Kewanee Riley, first;
Renna Nc, second; Ray Stard, third;
Ed. N fourth; Clyde Wells, fifth;
Giftline. sixth. Time-2:14A, 2:14A,
2:16A.
Three-year-old trot-Joe Bowers
first; Picket, second; Horacely; third;
Somber Ineen. fourth; McGambiel
fifth Time-2:24, 1923. 2:23H-
Three year old pace - Kawnee
Ineen, first; Ingalsbe, second; Edith
Loman, third. Time-2:14 2:1S,
2:2O.
Surena. the world champion guide
less trotter, went an exhibition mile
with running mate in 2:10 fiat, low
ering his own record quarter of a
second.
The Betting Favors Thomas.
San Francisco, Aug. 29.-Betting
fhA faIao al Gohf
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The Betting Favors Thomas
San Francisco, Aug. 29.-Betting
on the Thomas-Ketchel fight opened
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Detroit is still trying to make over
lures to Oklahoma City for Warren
Gill Gill is a good first baseman and
clouts the ball well. He is fine fell
low and all the players in the league
would like to see him go up.
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5 Dies Moines IA. Sioux civ 10.

Batteries-R.Adam and McDonoug
and Smith.
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CyYoung was to have pitched his las
game for Wichita last Sunday. He /.
still with the team however and pitch
ed yesterday against Joplin. Young 1:
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TOPEKA

- Totals .............z y %
sOlson out for interfering with fielder
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Onaha 5. Lincoln b

Batteries-Sporer, Ford and Shannon;
Engel and Shoehan.
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Omaha, Aug. 2e.-Omaha won by SUI
perior playing all around.
Score by innings. n II e
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Training Girls to Manage a Home.

Training Girls to Manage Home.
A novel experiment in training girls
to manage a home is to be made in
London if the Education Committee
Of the London County Council adopted
a scheme which has been submitted TO
them. The aim is to make the girls
proficient in the domestic duties they
would have to perform as the wives of
artisans earning from 2Ss to f3
week. In addition to washing, cook
ing and cleaning and the general man
agement Of the home on a systematic
basis, they would be taught how ITO
shop in the most economical way. At
the beginning of each week a certain
sum would be set aside for rent. rates.
clothing, insurance, travelling expenses
and for providing a fund for "a rainy
day." The remainder would be avail
able for food and any little luxuries
that might be possible.
In order that the training may be
sary that the time occupied in attend
ing to baby in most homes should not
be overlooked in the program of the
experimental home. 1t is proposed
each week, therefore, to undertake the
care of child belonging to a working
class family in the neighborhood, and
in this way the girls would gain fur
Their valuable experience. Every piece
Of furniture and every utensil would
have the price paid for it marked on
it, so that the girls might have an
idea of how much each article can be
bought for.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
The Roupell Mystery
A II S n q anv lie

them. Madame was emphatic that she
would, for some of the worst of them
were her best customers" she remarked
laughing.
Il am in the door and window bust
ness" replied the man with the bag. sig
nifcantIy
L thought you were not in a straight
line when l first saw you" said the cook.
Your hands amt rough enough, and you
look altogether. too fat. Workmen don't
live as you've lived"
Oh they feed US we'll enough where
I've just come from replied the work
man: and he kept his eyes steadily fixed
on madam's face. I've just spent five
years in the prisons of Toulon-why,
what's the matter. madame? You never
had anyone there, did you-no friend of
yours?"
But madame was deadly white and
clutching spasmodicaIIy at the greasy
counter.
1t is nothing" she gasped at length.
1T is the heat-it isl am not well.
Monsieur will call again. l hope he will
be a good customer. We have many like
him"
And I'm all right, you know" said
the man with the bag. The police can't
touch me, for I've served my time"
He slung his bag over his shoulder,
picked up his parcels, and wishing the
pair good night, passed out on to the
nearly deserted street. with the hang-dog
look of a man who had been hunted often,
and dreaded to be hunted again. He
trudged on to the top of the Rue Ban
quiere, and gained broader thorough
fare. Immediately around the corner
there was a cab in waiting. The man
with the bag entered it, and raising The
trap door in the roof, said to the sleepy
driver:
Home And as he ratified along on
the pavement. he said to himself: Men
dotti was right. The woman is undoubt-
eddy Madame La Seur. OF course she
would change her name when she mar
ried again. How she blanched when |
spoke of Toulon. And another thing I'm
sure of: she never bought that house and
lot she owns by cutting up buildings in
Belleville She must be watched and
followed night and day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

A window which has been sub
scribed for entirely by women bearing
the name of Mary has been completed
in Bulvan church, Essex, England. The
rector received shilling contributions
from women of that name in all parts
of the world.
The last census report shows steady
decrease in the number Of female pris-
oners. In 1880 women formed 8.5 per
cent of prisoners, in 1890 7.8 per cent
and in 1904 5.5 per cent. The decrease
was general in the whole country,
which is certainly something of COM
fort.
The king of Siam has a bodyguard
of 400 female soldiers. At the age
Of Is they enter the royal service and
remain in it till they are %. Then
they are passed into the reserve. The
weapon Of these Amazons is the lance,
and they are splendidly trained in the
use of It,
The Rev c. A. Eaton, the pastor
of the Baptist church at Cleveland, O.,
declares that homeless couples in love
have the same right to pleasant court
ship as those more fortunately stu
ated, and he has provided and fur
nished a church parlor where the
young people can meet under super
vision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
New Skyscrnper Limit.

In the opinion of Ernest Flagg, archi-
tect of the new Singer building at New
York, the tower of which is the highest
building in the world for occupation, the
probable limit of height for these build
ings in New York City will be 1000 feet,
with tower 100 feet square. or nearly
400 feet higher than the Singer building.
Differing with the president of the New
York fire underwriters, who recently
warned the public that there was danger
of a great conhagration in the upper
stories of the tall buildings beyond the
reach of existing fre-hghting apparatus,
Mr. Flagg says that the only limit Is
financial practicability. He insists that
buildings of the type Of the Singer are the
safest as regards a roof-top confiagration,
because of the space about the tower,
which occupies only one-sixth of the lot
space. Were all the skyscrapers con-
structed with the same proportion of
space around the upper stories, he argues,
the danger of a destructive fire in that
upper region would be reduced to a mini
mum Another point of limitation to
which Mr.. Flagg calls attention is the ele-
vator service. He says one-haul eieva-
tors can be constructed to cover 1000
feet, but beyond that probably cannot be
made effective. Those in the Singer
building are Of a new type, known as
traction elevators, with the weight at the
bottom and the motor at the top. They
will make the forty-story trip in a little
less than one minute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
The Clothes Tree.

An article of furniture too seldom
used is the clothes tree" resembling
the posts of our grandmother's four
post bedstead. 1t stands on three feet
and has half a dozen prongs or hooks.
AS it takes up so little floor space and
holds so many garments it is an in
valuable article. In a small hall or
vestibule it takes the place of the
hatrack, and in a larger hall it COM
plements the table on which mems hats
are laid. For the necessary airing of
ones clothes over night it is prefer
able to chairs, as it can so easily be
set out Of the sleeping room. In the
bathroom it is especially convenient.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Sd { ISIUVIIUH
stands alone.
Turning Waste to Use.

Swimming a river for a living may be
said to be one of the most striking ex-
amples of the utilization of waste This
Is done in Paris. There is one indi-
vidual, at least, in the French capital
who makes it his daily business to skim
the Seine. He is out at early morning
in an old fiat-bottomed boat, armed
with a Swimming pan. With this he
skins off the surface of the river the
grease which collects there during the
night, and which he dsposes of to
soap factory. Generally he makes 4
quarter or SO by his mornings work,
which enables him to live.
In Paris also there are a number of
people who make a living out of waste
corks, which they fish from the Seine.
They collect on the river bank at day
break, each with a short pole, at the
end of which is a small improvised net.
They set to work to gather in the float
ing corks, subsequently, selling them to
the cork merchants in the neighbor.
hood
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Mrs. Besant Against Moral Code.

In her address before the twenty-first
annual convention of the American sec
ton of the Philosophical Society a Chi
cago, Mrs. Annie Besant. the new world
president of the organization, took pro-
nounced stand against the adoption of
fixed moral code, and against the imposi-
ton of penalties by the society for any
individual action. She held that Tho
osophists are at one in their desire to
raise the moral tone of society, and they
differ only as to whether their ideas
should be enforced by penalties. For her.
SELF she would stand for the affirmation
of their ideals and for efforts to live up
to them. She said: Il appeal to the I'M
folding divinity in man, and not to the
beggarly elements of coercire laws: |
gladly affirm my brotherhood with the
lowest as | reverently hope to be ac-
cepted as brother by the highest" She
said further that none of the great re-
ligiOns had a penalty enforcing its COM
mandments by exclusion, but, on the con-
trary, they regarded it as primary duty
to try to improve their evil-doers. She
thought the Theosophical Society would
not wish to copy the example of those
churches which employ heresy trials and
communications. Such a code would
be the denial of brotherhood In illustrat-
ing her point of view in one of her talks,
Mrs. Besant used the personality of John
ID. Rockefeller as an example, saying that
in his next incarnation he would probably
reappear as highly developed and per-
fected individual; in fact, almost an
angel. She explained that he would prob
ably retain all OF bis capacity for doing
things, and slough OF the baser motives
and aims actuating his present career.
The society voted by a large majority
against the proposed code.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Interesting News Items.

Railway fremen on all eastern lines
will demand an increase in wages in the
near future. 1t will be refused by the
companies, officials say.
In Springfield, Ohio. George F. Niuffer,
former member OF the board OF public SER
vice. was sentenced to one year in the
penitertiary for padding payrolls.
Policeman Anton Bachman was shot
and killed by Peter Clarity, a plumber,
in Cincinnati. Clarity. it is said. was
intoxicated and fired apparently without
provocation.
Judge Barnes Of Chicago has postponed
until Nov. the execution of Herman
Billek, convicted of the murder Of Mary
Vrzal and sentenced to hang on Oct. II.
The stay was granted so Billeks attor-
ney could prepare the record Of the case
for an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Railway Commissioner Williams. after
inspecting the Missouri Pacific tracks in
Nebraska, has pronounced the roadbed
unsafe. He urges that passenger trains
be restricted to twenty-five miles an hour,
freight trains to twenty, and heavy freight
trains to fifteen miles. He wants a gaso-
line velocipede to examine the roadbeds
OF railways in the State.
The Central Federated Union at New
York has. received an appeal from Presi-
dent Gompers Of the American Federation
Of Labor which has been sent to all the
affiliated unions asking them TO request
all political candidates in the present cam
paign to commit themselves openly as to
government by injunction.
Two broken arms. one man believed to
be seriously injured internally. one man
with an ear nearly torn of and dozens of
others that have injuries of minor ma
ture. resulted from one of the briefest
but most spirited flag rushes in the his
tory of Ohio Wesleyan university. which
occurred in Delaware. ohio, and ended
in victory for the freshmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

certain, you say. Ii was some young lady
Of the household going to meet her lover"
1T was nothing OF the kind. 1t was
Madame CoIbert-Remplin. going to meet
MADAME Mechant nee La Seur. vino has
learned some secret of hers and is trading
upon it to her own advantage.
Impossible ~
1T is a fact / can understand now
how Madame Mechant is able to become
property owner by selling meat pud-
dings in the Rue Banquiere. She is
blackmaiIer | myself heard money pass
between them. The chink of gold pieces.
1t is a sound which l cannot be deceived
H."
D'Auburon knew the almost marvellous
gift which his friend had received from
nature in the matter of hearing. No stag
in the forest could catch a slighter
sound than his highly trained and e1-
quisite organ.
You are probably correct" he said.
Were you able to CLEAN any particulars
of their secret?"
II was Tot The interview was very
brief. and what little conversation there
was was carried on in very low tone.
In fact, only once or twice did | catch
a broken sentence. Once they spoke
louder than usual Madame Mechant
was threatening the bankers wife; and
Madame Colbert-R emplin was begging the
other not to expose her"
'She has her thoroughly in her power"
asked D'Auburon.
Undoubtedly, and that her secret is
in some way connected with Philip Ora
ham. l feel convinced"
Why"
There was one other sentence l heard,
If you have no mercy for me, do not
ruin my child At least respect the feel
ings of his unhappy mother
ITO be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Prairie Schooner on Broadway.

New York City recently witnessed the
novel spectacle of an old-fashioned prairie
schooner drawn by a yoke of oxen pass
ing down Broadway. This outfit was the
property of Ezra Meeker, who had come
all the way from Puyallup in the State
of Washington. traversing the old Oregon
trail. over which he went to the Pacific
coast in 1896, from his home in Ohio.
Mr.. Meeker's purpose in making the trip
east is to arouse public sentiment in ia
vor of a bill which he Will have intro
duced in Congress at its next session. to
build a permanent concrete road along the
route of the old trail in commcmoration
of the pioneers who constituted the adj
vance guard to the West. J. is his in
tention TO go to Oyster Bay to see the
President. and will afterwards proceed to
Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Wallpaper Hints.

d When papering a room remember
that large patterns and dark colors
will make it appear smaller, while a
plain or striped paper of light hue
will give an effect of increased size.
White, cream, yellow and light blue
increase the apparent brilliancy of the
light; red, dark green and blue and
brown make the apartment seem dark
err than it really is. Avoid green, if
possible; the arsenic it contains is dan
gerous. Always avoid fantastic and
highly colored patterns, both for their
vulgarity and for the impression they
make upon nervous persons and in
yalidS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

Magill. They were brought back to Gin
ton on requisition papers issued by Gov.
Deneen, and secured change of venue to
Decatur.
In the trial the State charged that Ma
gill and Miss Graham by their conduct
had driven Mrs. Magill to suicide and
were therefore guilty of murder. The de-
tense introduced letters written by Mrs.
Magill shortly before her death, in which
she complained of ''unbearable headaches
and constant ''nagging" of her husbands
relatives. Witnesses also testified that
Mrs. Magill had often talked of commit
ting suicide.
In letter to her husband. written the
day before her DEATH Mrs. Magill asked
him to marry Faye Graham in case any
thing should happen to her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Honesty of Women.

Statistics compiled by American
guarantee companies show that, as re-
CARDS honesty, women are superior to
men. Women in America are employed
IN business as extensively as men, and
yet the record shows that almost every
embezzler and defaulter was a man.
There are more women cashiers than
men. The department stores and
places of almost every kind employ
women to handle their receipts and
give change, yet there are 100 cases of
men cashiers stealing where there is
one Of woman taking her employers
money, strange as it may seem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

take. This can be avoided by the use
Of the scissors, patented by a New Jer-
sey man. The upper blade is. pointed
as usual. The lower blade is longer
and is provided with guard in the
form Of projection, which is located
beyond the line of contact of the blades.
The projection is not sharpened, but
is rounded on top, and extends beyond
the end of the other blade. To cut
away the cloth the blunt end of the
scissors is inserted beneath the cloth.
The cloth can be cut away without dan
ger of fnjuring the lace, the projection
not interfering with the cutting quail
ties of the scissors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
War Until End of Time.

In a recent address in the army chapel
on Governors Island. Bishop Henry G..
Potter expressed the belief that while the
objects of The Hague conference were
very beautiful, they were only a dream.
He called the armies Of the world the POI
lice of the world. contending that their
existence was as necessary to the safety
of the globe as was the existence of the
police to the safety of man in his home
at night He did not BELIEVES that peace
would ever prevail. for said he: Until
the last day of the earth there will be
armies and there viii be wars"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
MAGiLLS SET FREE.
Judge at Decatur Declares Murder
Is Not Proven.

Judge at Decatur Declares Murder
Is Not Proven.
Fred I'll. Magill and his young wife,
Faye Graham Magill. are not guilty of
the murder of Mrs. Pet Candy Magill
at Clinton. ILL.,, last May. So declared
the jury in the case at Decatur, acting
under instructions of Judge Cochran.
who said that, while the State had
proved beyond a doubt the death of the
first Mrs. Magill. it had failed to show
that a murder had been committed
This being the case, the jury was or
dered to bring in a verdict of not
guilty.
On May 81 Mrs. Pet Magill was found
dead in her home at Clinton, ILL.,, and a
post-mortem examination held six weeks
after her death showed that she had been
suffocated by chloroform.
On July } in Denver. Colo. Fred Ma
gill and Miss Faye Graham, a syoung
woman who had been a close friend of the
family, were married.
Four days later in San Diego, CAL,
Magill and his second wife were arrested
on a charge of numbering the first Mrs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

the accompanying cut. The trimming
OF this youthful and attractive model
consisted of field flowers, such as pop
pies, black and white daisies, wild
roses, etc. Grayish green grasses of
fcathery texture formed the body Of
the wreath, and were arranged to fall
around the hat over the brim. Black
velvet ribbon was tied about the crown
and fell in loops and ends over the
deep brim at the back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

gainful occupations, but thirty-two out
Of every 100 foreign-born women are SO
engaged, and the percentage is lncreas-
ing. In an investigation of several
thousand unmarried immigrant WON
EN-, and married immigrant women
without children, who had arrived
within three years, fully 90 per cent
were found at work or looking for
work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Wisdom for Mothers.

Mothers should learn to govern
themselves before they attempt to gov
ern their children. They should not
say in their children's hearing things
they should not like to hear their chill
dren say. They should never correct
a child when they are angry. They
should remember that children will
learn politeneSs and kindness and gen.
tleness a thousand times better from
their mothers example than from
years of precept