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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
DICK COOLEY TO LOUISVILLE.
The Old Topeka Player Will Manage
the Southern COlonels.

Dick Cooley will not manage the To-
cal tea mthis year, but will accept the
offer from Louisville which was made
him sometime ago. and will leave To-
peka tomorrow night for Louisville
where he will manage and captain the
louisville Colonies of the American
association during the coming season.
Louis Runkle, the inf1elder who
was purchased from Omaha a few
weeks ago. will take charge of the
team and act as captain during the
coming season. Herman Crow will
manage the team.
Several months ago Secretary
Chivington, of the Louisville team,
offered Cooley the managership of the
Co1onels. but Cooley has been holding
off for some time on account of the
prospects of getting the Topeka team
Into the Western league. His offer to
go to Louisville this season must be
accepted before tomorrow or it will no
longer be open to him. If Topeka does
not get into the Western league Cool
ey would be left out in the cold as he
has several times made the statement
that he would never manage another
team in the Western association.
Spencer Arthur Abbott will remain
with the team and play first base.
This with the present men who have
been signed will make Topeka a good
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FOUND FEW GREEN BUGS.
Canvass of Twenty Fields Made In
Mcpherson County.


Mcpherson, Kan, April 6.-The
Republican made an inspection of
twenty wheat fields lying to the east
the now famous "green bug" was to
be found here. In only two of the
fields were any to be found and there
only in very small numbers, not
enough to pay any attention to.
The green bug is really the famil-
lar plant louise that can be found al
most any time on house plants and it
is only in very favorable seasons that
1t swarms in sufficient numbers to
cause any damage to crops. Scent
lists say that in this latitude there is
little danger of them becoming nu-
merous enough to cause damage. 1t
is in the south that they are most
prevalent. In Oklahoma the pest is
becoming a serious menace and gov
eminent scientists have been examin-
ing the fields and have concluded that
the only hope is in heavy rains that
will give the plant chance and will
also give time for the green bug para
site to catch up with the bugs and
destroy them.
These scientists say that the fields
infested will take on yellow or pale
ground and gently push aside the
plant, he will soon see If they are
there in any numbers. They will
crawl slowly on the under sides of the
leaves and are from one-sixteenth to
one-f1ftieth inch long. If the plant
is shaken the bugs will fall to the
ground and can be seen better than
on the plants. They are of a green
color almost like the wheat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06

city with which 1 could not fall in
without hearing the question fully de-
bated. The immense houses of stone
or cement are many of them tenement
houses, or flats as we term them.
Well, every family, being destitute of
a back yard. hang their family wash
ing out of the front windows. 1t looks
strange to a westerner, but 1t has this
particular advantage: You can tell the
size of the family by the size of the
washing, and you can read the whole
thing as plainly as on page of printed
matter. When the census is taken all
that one needs to do is to take his
pencil and stand on the opposite side
of the street and count the size of the
washings waving najestically in the
wind.
Genoa is the reputed birthplace of
the great Christopher Columbus, and
a few miles south Is the island of
Corsica, where Napoleon Bonaparte
was born. They seem to have had
in this place an unusual number of
patriotic people who labored for the
public good. 1 infer this much from
the number Of statues have seen.
H. BUSHNELL.
March II. 1907
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
A PENITENTIARY EXHIBIT.
Several Interesting Works from Leav-
enWOrth to jamestown.


Leavenworth, Kan, April 6.-The ex-
hibit from the United States peniten-
tiary to be sent to the Jamestown. Va,
exposition some time this month Is
nearly rea iy. The two stone vases
which Tom A. Rating, a prisoner, has
been working on for some time, were
finished yesterday and shortly after
wards photographed by Record Clerk
M. w. McCiaughry. The two vases
We're carved out of solid stone, and it
took Rating several months to finish
them up in such a manner that other
prisoners could complete the work.
Besides the stone vases, which are
curiosities in themselves, the local
federal prison will be represented by
shoes, harness, clothes, hats, books,
desks, book cases and other articles
manufactured by prisoners. The differ
ent exhibits will be shipped to James,
town and they will be placed in a
room reserved for the different feder-
al penal institutions, those at Atlanta,
Ga, McNcil's island and other places.
Hating, the man who made the vases,
was the real leader in the mutiny of
November Z, 1901, in which 26 prisoners
made their escape and Guard J. b.
Waldrupe and one convict were shot
and killed. Rating was received at the
prison October &c, 1900, from Chicka-
sha I. t., to serve five years for
larceny of a horse. He will finish his
five year sentence October IA, this year,
when he will Immediately start upon
his life sentence fer being implicated
in the conspiracy with other prisoners,
all sentenced to serve life sentences.
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Kansas City, April 6.-The above
message was received by DR.. D. NJ.
Shively, president of the Western as
ISOLATION of baseball clubs, late Fri
day. Shively had wired Hermann ask
ing him whether or not the National
commission would award the Topeka
franchise to the Western association at
the commissions meeting in Cincinnati
today. In the New York meeting re-
ferred to in Hermann'S telegram the
commission decided that it had nothing
TO do with the matter and recommend
ed that the National board take up
the matter. Secretary Farrell of the
National board has stated that the
board could do nothing in the case.
Therefore Topeka will be in the West
ern association this season.
Tho fight between the Western
league and the Western aSsO citation
for the possession of the Topeka base
ball franchise is ended. Shively has
won. Perhaps next year the Western
league will be able to get the National
agreement changed so that it will be
possible for a minor league to draft
a town from a league of lower class
ever, this season Topeka players will
not get to play in the large cities.
President O'Neill of the Western
league has no chance to get the club
this year.
DR. Shiveiy announced last night the
umpires who will officiate in the west
ern associa ton this summer. They are
z. A. Eckman and William Guthrie
of Chicago; Java Verschure of Hol-
land, Mich. and Mike Jacobs. The
Chicago men were signed on the rec
ommendaticn of Brick" Owens. the
former American aSso citation umpire.
Verschure was suggested by Wander
hill of the Joplin club. Jacobs UNI
pired in the Western association last
season. He played third base for
Charley Nichols team here in 1902.
A schedule meeting of the Shively
league will be held at Wichita Wednes-
day. The list of games will probably
be released for week from tomorrow.
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BAD FOR THE FARMERS.
Those in Norton County Buy $4,000
Worth of Illegal Patent Rights.

Norton, Kan, April 6.-Last year a
man came to Norton from Abilene,
Kan, and sold $4,000 worth of patent
rights to the farmers in Norton county
which today are not worth thirty
cents.
1t is a question whether or not the
agent can be prosecuted as he sold his
patent under the guarantee that it
was pending or applied for Then
out comes another man who claims to
own the patent He puts in an ap-
pearance and orders all users of this
patent cement post from making any
more of them as it is an infringement
upon the rights granted him by Uncle
Sam.
chased about six thousand dollars of
these rights from an Abilene concern
and the inventor or owner of the pat
ent is now going after them for dam
ages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
WHEAT NEEDS RAIN.
There Are Also a Few Green Bugs In
the Lyon County Fields.

Emporia, Kan, April County
Commissioner James Clemmer, of
Elmendaro township, says that the
green bugs which are reported to be
damaging the wheat in Texas and
Oklahoma have appeared in his neigh
borhood. Mr.. Clemmer says on first
sight the bugs are taken for chfnoh
bugs, but on closer inspection they are
found to be much smaller and Of a
different color.
County Treasurer Elect j. J. Morris,
who has $50 acres in wheat, south
east of town, said that he had not no
ticed the bug in the fields around EN-
poria, and neither had he noticed any
yellow spots in the fields which the
bugs are said to cause.
The wheat over the county is said
to be in good condition, with the ex-
ception of the late wheat which Is
badly in need of rain. The early
wheat is up from six to eight inches,
and can go without rain for sometime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
TEACHERS AT HoLToN.
Select New Officers and the Next
Meeting Place.

Folton. Kan, April 6.-The Northeast
Kansas Teachers association last night
elected there officers for the ensuing
year: President, M. E. Pearson, super
intendent of the schools of Kansas City;
vice president, G. w. Good of Hiawa-
tina, superintendent of Brown county;
treasurer, S. c. Neder of Holton; sec
rotary, Miss M. s.. McCurdy of Seneca.
The executive committee is G. w. Ken
drick Of Leavenworth, N. T. Veatch
of Atchison and George E. Rose of
Rosedale. The association decided to
hold it's meeting next at Leavenworth.
The programme Friday consisted of
addresses by L. D. Whittemore of To-
peka, M. E. Parson and Miss Edna
Hanna of Kansas City, Kan; Miss
Jessie Dongan OF Seneca, Frank p.
Smith of Lawrence, Prof. w. H. john
son of the Kansas university, A. G.
Andrews of Hiawatha, NJ. G. Kirkpat-
rick of Frankfort, w. H. Rockefeller of
Holton, N. T. Veatch of Atchison. DIR.
E. B. Bryan of Franklin, Ind; DR.. ].
w. Carr of Dayton, o.. State Superin-
tendent z. T. Fairchild, DR.. L. H. Muir
lin Of Baker university, John MacDon-
aid of Topeka and Judge Ben B. Lind
sey of Denver.
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FoRTY-sIx DIVORCE CASES.
District Court at Independence Has
a Busy Dav

Independence, Kan, April 6.-Thurs-
day was divorce day in the district
court. All of the civil and criminal
business yet pending has been set for
ward on the docket and will go over
to the May term. Saturday Judge
Flannelly will sentence the persons
having been convicted during this term
of court.
large attendance of women, larger than
for come time past. Only a few were
the plaintiffs in the divorce cases, for
only a few parties were ready for
trial. There were 46 cases called
The allegations ranged from sensa-
tional charges of faithlessness to the
plain old proposition of desertion or
abandonment. The plaintiffs and de-
PENDANTS hail from all parts of the
county, most of them having lived in
this county but a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06

team and capable of running away
with any other team in the Western
association and a team which would be
on par with almost any of the
Western league teams.
In talking with a State Journal re-
porter last night, Cooley said: 81 hate
to leave Topeka but this matter has
been dragging along too long already
and it is time 1 should be doing some
! thing. The Louisville management
has made me a good offer and 1 will
be able to get along with them in
good shape. I have told Doc Shively
that ! would never manage another
team in his league, and I am going to
live up to my promise. Louisville has
very kindly decided to wait until to-
morrow for an answer to their offer
and in view of the unsettled state of
affairs I feel that I ought to go.
will still retain my interests in the To-
cal team and will do everything I can
to help the team along. 1 always liked
Topeka and have strived to do every
thing I could to bring a winning team
to the town and in leaving now, I be-
lieve I am leaving Topeka one of the
best and fastest teams in the west.
I look for the White Sox to give a
good account of themselves this sea-
son.
"Runkle will make the team a good
captain and I am glad to leave the
charge of the team in his hands. He
is a good ball player, gentleman in
the ms and outs of baseball as well as
the best of them. I think the fans
will like him too. He is a good man
for the place.
when get to Louisville Twill
have my hands full. They have
large number of men signed up but
as yet they have had scarcely any
workout and it will be a big job to
get them in shape for the opening of
the American association season
which occurs April 18th. There may
be some men who will not be fast
enough for Louisville whom 1 will
turn over to Topeka. I hope to have
a good team in Louisville and al
though they will be handicapped at
the start from a lack of practice, the
team will not be left at the starting
point and will finish better than they
did last season."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
WILL BE HIGHLANDER's CHIEF.
F. j. Farrell to Assume the Presidency
of Gotham Ball Club

New York, April 6.-Under the new
order of things in the Greater New
York baseball club of the American
league, which will go into effect at the
opening of the championship season,
Frank j. Farrell, the principal owner
of the club. will assume the office of
president. Joseph Gordon, who has
been the chief executive of the organ
ization ever since the club came into
existence in 1903, has made arrange
ments for an extended trip abroad
during the summer and for that rea-
son would be unable to properly at
tend to the duties required of the posi-
ton. Mr.. Gordon, however, Will be-
come the vice president of the club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
HUFF NOT TO BOSTON.
President John I. Taylor Still Looking
fOc Manager.

Huff, athletic director of the Univer-
sfty of Illinois and coach of its famous
baseball team. will not leave his
classic surroundings to become man
baseball club. President John I. Tay-
Tor gave out this information at the
close of a conference with the local
baseball expert, the second conference
the pair had since Mr.. Taylor'S ar
rival. There was a lengthy talk last
night and a brief one this morning.
Taylor and Huff talked a few min
utes, after which the Bostonian gave
it out that there was nothing doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
county Fair at CofevvilIe.

Coffeyville, Kan, April 6.-The board
of directors of the fair met and decided
to have a fair, to be held during the
track meet on August 1916. 1t is their
intention to give the best exhibition
ever held in the southeast part of the
state, and they will give premiums that
will make it worth while for those that
go to the expense of making exhibits.
Premiums will be given to the best live
stock, vegetables, and grain, and also
the best bread maker butter maker
and several other premiums that will
interest the ladies.
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St. Marys ii, St. IPauI g.

st. Marys, Kan, April 6.-The ST. Paul
American association second team was
treated to a big surprise at the hands
of the local college team Friday after
noon and were beaten by a score Of IL
to 6. The air was chilly and it was
showed up in good form and by SUI
perior class of clean baseball walked
bad day for baseball, but the collegians
away with the honors of the contest
IL to 6. Bakule's pitching and the work
of Coach Quigley and w. Walsh were
the features of the days performance.
Ratteries-St. Marys, Bakule and
Groverau; St. Paul, Craig, Moran, Moore
and WiIdoo. Umpire, Moss
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Pittsburg 6. Hutchinson 8.

Hutchinson, Kan, April 6.-The open
ing game with Pittsburg here was
screaming farce, Without brothers were
tried out as battery for the Salt Pack
ers and it was only by great fielding by
the others that the score was not high
er. OF the four errors the catcher made
three.
Score by innings: r. n E.
Hutchinson ..........0 90 2 o 30 % 3
Batteries-Wilhoit and Wilhoit; Atch-
inson and Reed.
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Had 20 Cases of Measles.

Leavenworth, April 6.-The birth
rate for the past month was little
higher than ordinarily; but otherwise
the report of the health department
shows no deviation from the usual
healthful condition of the city. Sew
enty new cases of measules were re-
ported, but all of these were discharg-
ed and outside of, this contagion the
city experienced no epidemic.
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A Big Marked for Gravel.

r. S. Jay, who owns eleven acres of
land near the Rinker ford, marketed
S4oe crop of gravel last year from the
river running through his land, and
he expects to sell about half that
much gravel again this season. The
gravel last year was used in the Sixth
avenue paving. Mr.. Jay received 10
cents a load for it. Haskins & Ram
sey are figuring with Mr.. Jay on using
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06

The mortgage on
your home ought to be
paid. How much have
you paid on it this
year? Stop at 115
West 9th street and
let the secretary of
the Shawnee Building
& Loan association
explain how to pay it
off in small monthly
payments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06
Nationals Won at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, April 6.-The Philadel-
phia Nationals won their third straight
game from the local Americans in the
annual spring series.
Score by innings: r. II F..
Americans ........-..0 0 o 0 o 0 22 3
Batteries-Sparks and Jacklitsch;
Vickers and Schreck. Umpires-Con-
nelly and Emslie.
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A Few Bugs m Barton County.

Great Bend, Kan, April 6.-Some
wheat fields in this section of the
county are infested with the green
bugs. I. Poison, living west of town,
today brought. in some of the little
bugs. Mr.. Poison, stated that he had
examined several fields close by his
home and that there was but one that
was clean of the pest
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Reports from wichita indicate tina

Reports from Wichita indicate that
Atty Wilson, formerly right fielder of
the Oklahoma City team who was
traded to Wichita in exchange for Bill
Rapps will play with Joplin this sea-
son. Since the wichita management
has found that it was able to secure
BaylesS from Detroit they will no
longer need the services of Wilson,
whom they will proba bly, give to Arm
strong to keep him from contesting
the return of Bayless to Wichita.
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Deatil or Ja1nes HAN.

Leavenworth, Kan, April 6.-James
Hall, 30 years old, died at the Soldiers
home Friday. Mr.. Hall was a mem
milltsry company. at the beginning of
the civil war His final discharge as a
soldier was signed by President Lin
coin personally Mr.. Hall lived in Leav-
enworth more than 40 years. He was a
business man In the early DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06

Columbus, o., April 6.-The Columbus
American association team shut out the
Cincinnati Nationals.
Score by innings: r. II. E;
Cincinnati ............O 0 0 . . w Z
Batteries-Upp, Geyer and Blue; Ken
nedy, Chappelle and Haas.
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McGovern Leaves the sanitariun.

Stamford, Conn, April 6.-Terry
McGovern, the former champion prize
fighter, who was brought to a sani-
tarium here December 8, will leave
the institution today. Dr. Gavin, who
attended McGovern. states he is now
in good health.
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Giants Back to Gotham.

New York, April 6.-John McGraw
and his National league baseball team
arrived today and went to the Polo
grounds for an hour of practice. The
team has just completed the trip to
Los Angeles, where they got into play
Ing condition for the coming season.
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Wichita 10. Denver 8.

Wichita, Kan. April 6.-Wichita best
ed Tebeau's Denver Grizzlies in a slow
game at Association park. 1t was prac-
tically a standof until the sixth and sew
enth innings, when Mallory. Denver's
Indian pitcher blew up. Bohannon, for
Denver, got a home run and Bayless,
for Wichita, bagged a three-b base hit.
The same teams will play this after
noon.
Score by innings: RH F.
wichita. .....e'...oo 22o42O"- u 8
Denver ..............1 0 0 0 l 2 p 6 10 4
Batteries-Dick, Speer, Hedricks and
Bayles; Ingram, Mallory, Graves and
Zalusky.
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Knox 4. Missouri o.

Columbus, Mo-, April 6.-For the
first time in three years the Missouri
students saw the Tigers defeated Fri
day on Rollins field. Knox college
turned the trick and shut the Missouri
team out by a score of 4 to o.
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BASEBALL GOSSIP.

Jack Forester returned to Topeka
with the team last night and is look
ing better than he ever did before. He
has been with the Detroit team all
season and has been trained down to
midseason form. In the recent games
in which he has worked he has done
well and will undoubtedly prove to be
one of the best right handed men in
the league this season.
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Sd Ionis Nationals 5. Americans

ST. Louis, April 6.-The local National
league team defeated the Americans 5
to in the fifth of the seven game ser
les to decide the city championship. The
game now stand three to two in favor
of the Nationals.
Score by innings: X. II. e
Americans ......-....O Q o y = ~ D
Nationals .............0 o o 0 Is o
Batteries-Howell and Stephens; Kar-
ger and Marshall.
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The Oklahoma City papers on We'd
nesday were filled with stories of For
roster signing up with the Nets and
would report before the end of the
present week. Wichita also had him
signed up but neither the Nets nor
the Rabbits could get him. He has
come to his old love, Topeka
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Harry Womack, who played with
Guthrie two years ago and who has
been playing in the practice games
with the Oklahoma City team, will
play with Coffeyville in the Kansas
state league this season.
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Leavenworth, Kan. April Cen
eral Charles B. Hall. Major Lansing
Beach, instructor in engineering. and
Captain ]. e. Normoyle, constructing
today to inspect an oil and asphalt
paving at that place. If it proves sat
isfactory similar paving will be put
down at the post.
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racer on the national bicycle circuit
and afterward a promoter of moto;
paced races, is dead after a long i'll
ness.
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A deal is how pending whereby
Cecil Bankhead, who played with Jop-
lin most of last season, will again play
with the Miners. BanIChead was last
winter traded to Oklahoma City for
Jack Root. However, the deal now
pending is for the sale of Bankhead
to Joplin and this will probably be
cOnSummated.
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Piles Cured In 8 to- II Days.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure
any case of itching, blind. bleeding or pro-
truding piles in TO II days or money re-
funded. Soc.