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The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
HARRY A. GARFIELD
SON OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT
HEADS WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
Installed as Successor of Recently De.
ceased Prof. Henry Hopkins
Turned from Law and Poll
tics to Teaching.

Boston.-For the exercises attend.
ing the induction into office of Harry
Augustus Garfield as president of Will
liams college, which took place few
days ago, the pleasant little town of
Williamstown. in western Massachu-
sets, entertained the largest crowd
in its history. Presidents Of nearly
four-score universities or colleges and
a great number of prominent educa-
tors, clergmen and statesmen, as
well as the alumni generally were
present.
Williams college has become famous
through two great names, Hopkins and
Garfield, in its III years of activity.
Mark Hopkins, who was president of
the college for sc years, was one Of
the most forceful and renowned of
modern educators. James A. Garfield.
the president of the United States,
who was shot by an assassin, was a
graduate of Williams and sent his four
sons to the college. Harry Augustus
Garfield is the oldest son, the others
graduated being James Rudolph Gar
field, the secretary Of the interior !;
Irwin Mcdowell Garfield and Abram
Garfield.
Until James A. Garfield became a
candidate for the presidency, Williams
though well known In New England
was hardly known nationally. Opened
as a school Of higher learning in 1871
1t was for many decades a modest in
stitution, obscured among New Eng
land colleges by the fame Of Harvard
and Yale, but winning notice from the
educational world by its graduates and
especially by its life under Mark Hop
kins as president. The attention
brought to it by Garfield's nomination
Tor president. his election and his
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
"P.ssl Pa.sl Passl- I Yelled.

FasSi Fdts! FaSSI reHeo.
Maude. II never did such a thing in
my life. I'd like two cards. please"
ITS too late now" butted in.
you'll have to play your hand or drop
out"
Drop out. indeed. Well, I guess
not! George Riggaby. you give me
two cards!"
Cant do it; against the rules" said
George.
Against what rules?"
"Hoyle"
who cares for Hoyle. You gime
two cards!"
And so to keep peace in the family
she was given two cards-and won
the pot.
Then Mrs. Lorrenz got mad and
wanted her ante back, all of which put
us another half hour to the bad.
If had to play hen poker very
often. Bunch, I'd have a roller rink in
my pot story.
A little later on that evening !
opened q jackpot. and everybody
dsopped out except Mrs. Lorrenz and
Pesches.
You know. 3uL-h, like Peaches.
She's the only wife I we're had, and
the only one l ever wish to have, and
70 I say It from my heart that she
plays poker like Welsh rabbit,
which is without form and full of dark
surprises.
From a social point of view
Peaches ts the best fellow that eve-
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

On the 10Th inst. the Scent passen-
ger rate went into effect on the trunk
lin of Arkansas, taking the place OF
the'2-cent rate. which was ordered by
the state Legislature in 1907.
Sign-post erecting on an extensive
scale will soon be started by the Au-
tomobile Club of California. The first
roads to be marked will be from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz and from San
Francisco to Del Monte.
The worlds champion Cubs" Chica-
COS winning baseball team, have d.
vided among themselves their share of
the receipts of the five worlds cham
pionship games played with Detroit. AS
the winning team the Chicagoans re-
ceived $27,66s.
Ralph Baker drove his White steam
er a mile in Sc 2-5 seconds on circu-
lar track at Kansas City Monday after
noon In the final heat of the free-for-
all race for the fastest mile ever wit
messed on the track. Time for five
miles, 4:52.
According to letter from Manager
Howard l.. Gillette to the Pacific Wave,
the college daily, the University of
Washington baseball team is meeting
with an unparalleled reception in its
tour of Japan, where it is playing all
the leading universities.
Governor d. s. Dickerson of Nevada
has ordered Attorney General Richard
H. Stoddard to notify the district attor-
neys Of the various counties to begin
proceedings at once against every divi-
dend paying mine in the state which
has not paid its bullion tax,
Property valued at almost $1,OO0,OO0
was destroyed in Chicago Friday by a
fire which consumed the International
Salt Company's docks, the offices of
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
and u.ty freight cars at One Hundred
al Third street and Calumet river.
Mrs. Mary M Emery of Cincinnati
has given to the Ohio Mechanics in
stitute 100000 to be used in erecting
building to be known as the Emery
auditorium and to be devoted to the
use of music. Mrs. Emery is the
widow of the late Thomas ]. Emery,
millionaire capitalist, and the gift is a
memorial to her deceased husband
The Rev. F. ]. Fielding, pastor of
Corpus Christi church, one of the larg-
est Roman Catholic congregations of
the Southside in Chicago, had a mar.
row escape with his life Sunday when
an unknown Greek or Italian fired
twice at him in the vestibule of the
church. One of the bullets grazed his
forehead. The man escaped after be
ing followed two blocks by the priest
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24

Fifth avenue, and after the fifth bet
she felt wealthy enough to go there
in a cab.
Soon came the awful awakening,
and she had to put the dress back in
the store.
l don't think Mrs. Lorrenz will ever
quite recover from the shock
She will be a saddened woman all
her life unless a rich relative dies
somewhere and leaves her seven dol.
lars.
And to make matters more like a
life insurance investigation, about ten
minutes later George Riggaby stung
Uncle Gregory for s575, which caused
uncle to go up in the air
After bouncing between the floor
and the ceiling for five minutes he
had an internal fit, which nearly be-
came epidemic all over his system.
And thus it happened Bunch, that
these two members in good standing
in the ancient order of the Com
panions of the Cold Feet had to sit
there all evening and play them close,
trying to get their money back, which
they didn t..
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
Bunch, but once in while they grind
out something worth while
Play poker if you must, Bunch, but
always keep your rubbers on.
This goes for the neck as well as
the feet.
Yours to the finish,
JOHN.
Copyright, 1908. by q. w. Dillingham; Coz
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
JOHN HENP1
ON
WOMEN
AND
POKER
BY GEO. v. HOBART. rHueH mHueH.y

drew cards, but judged solely on hee
skill as a pokerine she is what the
ancient Greeks would call Patricia
Bolivar.
Well, anyway, Bunch, to make a
long story lose its cunning, Peaches
waved farewell after losing four dol
lars, which was all in the family any
way; but Mrs. Lorrenz bit her lip and
trailed
Yes, sir, she traled with ell tho
danger signals set until she had sent
seven of her good dollars to the Bad
Lands, then she called me
When ! laid down -four typewriters
she called me again-but I'd hate to
tell you what.
Never before, Bunch, in the history
of the game did one woman get mad
in so many different places at the
| same time.
You see, Bunch, she had four deuces
all the time, and after the first bet
she began to buy new dress
After the second bet she selected
the trimmings.
| After the third bet she changed the
material and took something more ex-
pensive.
After the fourth bet she decided to
pick out an imported dressmaker on
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
GENERAL NEWS.

Reports have reached Berlin of
frighful massacres in Armenia by
Turkish troops.
A new popular edition of the letters
of Queen Victoria will be issued by
the London Times.
The Christian Science Publishing
Society will establish daily paper in
Boston to be known as the Christian
Science Monitor.
A fortune of 100000 awaits the re-
turn of Daniel B Russell of Melrose,
Massachusetts,, who has been missing
since 1886. He is son of Daniel Rus
Asell. who died January 23, 1907.
The National American Woman Suf-
Page Association, in session at Buff
falo, resolved to continue asking Con
gress for the Sixteenth amendment to
the federal constitution, giving woman
a vote.
The burning of the grain elevators
of the Boston & Maine and Canadian
loss of $500 900, was due to an explos-
ion Of dust. All the eye witnesses were
killed instantly.
The Colonnade,the most costly and
substantial building on the Chautau
qua assembly grounds at jamestown.
New York, was burned Monday; also
TaylOr's printing office, including the
entire November Of the Chautauquan.
LOSS about $4,000.
In a paper read last week at the an
nual convention at Louisville of the
Mississippi Valley Medical Associa-
tion. DR.. T. D. Crothers, superintend-
ent of the Walnut Lodge Hospital,
Hartford, Connecticut, contended that
inebriety was far more fatal disease
than consumption and was more wide
ly spread. He asserted that alcohol
ism is physical and not q moral
problem and is the special province
Of the medical profession.
The entire lower deck of the steam
er City Of Savannah, which has been
chartered by the Automobile Club of
America to carry passengers from New
York to Savannah for the Grand Prize
race. will be converted into an i'm
mense floating garage. Packing space
for thirty cars has been arranged and
racks will be provided to prevent cars
running amuck In case Of heavy seas.
twenty-five thousand gallons Of oil
win be. sprinkled on the fourteen miles
Of state and county roads included in
tho. circuit Tor the Vanderbilt automo-
bile cup race ON Long Island.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24

Dear Bunch: Say. Bunch, l don't
ing poker, anyway-that is most
women.
There are few cheerful exceptions,
of course.
Take Monday evening for example
George Riggaby dealt, and | being
next, passed.
Then we waited while Maude said
to Peaches, "Oh! yes, l think
bodice trimmed with moire antique
and with white chiffon over the cor
sage is perfectly stunning, but l want
to get a house dress of green silk with
lace insertion-oh. did you see Mrs.
Wilson's new automobile coat? If she
isn't perfect fright; well. l hope"
Pass, Pass! Pass!" l yelled.
Then Mrs. Lorrenz. paying no at
tention to us, unburdened herself to
Peaches And do you know, our new
cook lost one of my handsome silver
spoons that's been in our family for
generations, and l didn't dare say any
leave. and l know what trouble had
last time finding cook. But hand
some silver spoon
What do you do?" I shrieked at
Peaches, who sat next to me.
What do l do? What do you
mean? What do ! do!"
do you pass, or do you open it?"
"Oh! l pass. You needn't yell so,
I'm sure. Do you know, Mrs. Lorrenz,
the same thing happened to us, only
ours was fork; yes, silver fork,
one OF a set that Aunt Martha gave us
for a wedding present. and don't you
know, when"
Then all of sudden Maude yelled.
"Oh, l open it. No, I don't-I thought
had an ace-darnaluck!"
Wherclpon Mrs. Lorrenz laid her
hand down and began to count her
chips, declaring that a white one was
missing.
After looking over the table and un,
der the table and on the mantelpiece
and all around the room, she finally
found the white chip under the hand
she had laid down.
When peace was restored George
Riggaby said, "I'll open it for ten!
Whereupon Mrs. Lorrenz screamed
mo. you won't. I'll open it for five!
But you said you passed"
Il didn't"
| Pardon, me, l thought you did,"
Pardon, me, / thought didn't"
"Cards?" asked George, resignedly.
"Gi'me three" l said.
Three said Peaches. mo, two
no, three-wait minute! Cline on
no. wait that's diamond. Give mi
two-no, no; give me three cards"
That's the way with me- sait
Maude to Peaches; Il get so confused
sometimes | remember one evening
we were all playing over at our house
and the baby
"Cards?" screamed George.
Maude gave him whitening glance
and Mrs. Lorrenz said, "One card
please!"
George gave his mother-in-law tn
card, took three himself and laid tn
deck down.
We'll, I'd like to know where m
two cards are?" inquired Maud
scathingly.
"Well, l thought you stood pat,
said George.
STOOD pat; the ideal" snappe
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
BILL SAW HIS CHANGE.

Copyright. 1908. by C.. w. Dillingham; Co.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-24
Practical Illustration.

Stubb-Who is that in the next yard.
Martha?
Mrs. Stubb-Why, that is Brown and
his young wife beating the carpet in
unison.
Mr.. Stubb-Ah. see. Two hearts
that beat as one, eh!-Chicago Dairy
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
AN ALMENA INDUSTRY.
Thousands of Sheep Eat Up the
Alfalfa Of the Farmers.

Almena, March 17.|This territory
hasn't an alfalfa mill but it has a way
of getting rid of it's alfalfa hay that
returns good profits to the dealers
Sheep are fed here each season to the
number Of $4,000 to 10000.
The alfalfa instead of being converted
into meal worth $40 a ton, Is changed
into the choicest mutton worth Sc to
81 per hundred. Instead of taking the
best hay at a good price and leaving
the poor on the farmers hands the
Almena alfalfa mill takes a farmers
entire crop, tops, butts and all at a
good price.
The alfalfa mill closed down here
for the season last week when the
Standard Meat and Live Stock COM
pany shipped out IA cars of sheep, the
last of this years feeding, to the Kan
sas City market
Although light year the Standard
company paid out just $4,000 for feed
and labor. Their sheep ate 700 tons Of
alfalfa and $4,000 bushels Of corn. The
Wilson boys probably fed as much to
their two lots which is not a bad show
ing for an off year.
The Standard company usually feeds
more than 1000 tons of alfalfa and has
paid as much as $S5, 900 in a single sea-
son, for feed and labor at their AL
nena yards. On an average they have
paid out about $4,000 q year here for
the past Is years. total of more than
$4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Burlington & Northwestern I'm
dertake Big Task.
START WORK APRIL /.
Present Low Traffic Presents
Chance to Improve Terminals.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Although the depression which is so
keenly felt throughout the country at
the present time is affecting the earn
lngs or the railroads in such a marked
manner, there will be large amount
OF money spent in railroad con-
struction within the next few months,
There will be a dearth of new lines
started but the work of improving the
terminal facilities of the different roads
VIII be undertaken by many roads TIL,
present lull in traffic is affording the
roads an excellent chance to improve
their facilities for handling the traffic
at the terminal points. Apropos of
these conditions the Burlington and
Northwestern lines. have already an
nounced a big project for the improve
ment of their yards in Chicago.
On April 1, the Northwestern and the
Burlington roads will begin the task of
eleVatIng one of the largest and the
busiest freight yards in Chicago. at an
expense of more than $4,000, 900. The
yards are known as the Wood street
yards, through which between 5000 and
1000 cars of freight are handled daily
for all points in the United States and
Canada and for export. Elevation
work through Austin by the North
western will bring the total expendi-
ture to nearly $3,50000O.
ton work, on which nearly 1000 men
will be employed, is one Of the most
important yet undertaken. In connec-
ton with it the longest subway in the
city will be built on Robey street. The
subway will be 1900 feet long and will
cost approximately $500, 600. In addition
to this there are to be subways at Lin
coin street, Western avenue and Rock
well street. and viaduct over the Pen-
handle tracks. The, freight yards ex-
tend from Western avenue to Wood
street and from Fourteenth to Egh-
teenth streets, and each road owns
about an equal yard space.
The Northwestern's portion of the
yards contain a total of eighty one
tracks. The BurHngton's yard space
contains about f1fty-five tracks, having
a mileage Of thirty miles. The entire
yards are to be elevated between six
and ten feet, and to do this will re-
quire more than 100000 yards of dirt.
An arrangement Of the work has been
made which, 1t is said, will scarcely in
terrupt traffic, except possibly during
the busiest portion of the day. While
the yards are being elevated they will
be reconstructed under the most mod
ern and improved methods and new
freight houses will be constructed by
both companies. stss-
About the same time the Northwest
ern will resume work on the elevation
of the main line tracks through Austin,
a distance of about two miles, between
Forty-sixth avenue and Austin avenue.
There are thirteen subways to be built.
Up to date the Northwestern has ele-
waited tracks along thirty-one miles of
right of way necessitating the raising
Of 1874 miles of track This has resulted
in the elimination of 154 grade crossings
on this road alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
POOR SPECTACLE,
Too Much Clinching in the Kelly
Papke Ten Round Go.
The Spring Valley Lad Was Eas-
lily the Best Fighter.
WON ALL BUT SECOND.
In the Fourth Round Scarcely a
Free Blow Was Given.
Last POrtiOnOf the ROut Chicago
Lad Was Sprinting.
WON ALL BUT SECOND.

Milwaukee, March 17.-Billy Papke
of Spring Valley, Ills, was awarded
the decision over Hugo Kelly Of Chi
cago in a ten round bout at the
Hppodrome last night. Repeated
clinches marred the fight spectacle,
but by his victory Papke now con-
siders himself entitled to fight Stanley
Ketchell for the middleweight cham
pionship. Aside from the clinches the
combat was fun of Sfe and replete
with savage exchange at close range.
Papke easily had the better of the
opening round through his knock
down which followed a hard right to
Keily's jaw. The Chicago man was
up quickly and they finished the
round by some hard fighting in the
clinches.
Kelly got in some body punches in
the second round and had slight ad-
vantage.
In the fourth scarcely a free blow
was delivered. Papke came at his
man fercely in the sixth and in the
lively infighting which ensued had the
advantage. Kelly was suffering from
a bad cut over his left eye at the end
of the round and was losing blood. In
tho seventh Papke continued to carry
the fight to Kelly and also in the
eighth, chasing him around the ring.
Papke had the ninth by a good mar
gin. He staggered Kelly early in the
round with a right to the jaw and
then chased his man around the ring
coming into clincheS occasionally
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
FOR SAVANNAH ROAD RACE.
Nineteen High Grade Cars Entered for
Thursdays Contest.

Chicago. March n.-Advices from sa-
vannah report the entry of a Stearns car
in the 360-mile race next Thursday, near
that city, and of fourth Apperson which
was. nominated for the high-powered car
race to be run the day previous This
makes a total of nineteen actual entries
to date. A considerable number of other
manufacturers have signified their inten-
ton of making entry.
The entries so far total as follows:
For event 1, at $50 m1les-Two Apper-
sons, two Isottas, one American, one
Acme, one Lozier, one Stearns.
For event (runabout class, at $50 miles
Two Thomas-Detroits, one Apperson.
one Pennsylvania, one Premier,
For event 8, at $50 miles (high power
class)-One Hotchkiss, one Stearns. one
Thomas Flyer, one Benz, one Mathewson,
one Apperson.
1t will be noted that there are eight
entries for the first or long distance event,
five for the small car event and six for
the high powered car event.
In addition, it is said that the Studebak-
er car, now on it's way to Savannah, will
be placed in one of the races if it arrives
Renault and Flat agencies are now in Sa--
vannah Investigating road and general
conditions with : view of entering. while
a number of northern manufacturers are
still undecided on the subject. Among
them are the Mora and Gearless compa.-
MES. The latter, in a wire to Savannah
yesterday, stated that the company was
trying to locate the Gearless Grey
hound" which had been used as a pilot
car for the New York-Paris racers out
of Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
CUT OF s3o,oo0,0oo.
Committee Slashes the Estimate of tllf,
War Department.

Washington, March f7.-The fortifl-
cations bill carrying a total approprf-
alton Of $S,210,611 instead of the $685.
443, 945 asked for by the war depart
ment, has been reported to the house
committee on appropriations by Chair
man Smith Of the subcommittee on
Notifications. The subcommittee felt
aside from other considerations that
to recommend an appropriation of
thirty-eight millions for FORTH
cations at this time would be an ac-
ton which might be very reasonably
construed by Japan as an official de-
claration that the United States was
preparing against a war with that ma
ton. The amount recommended by the
committee is larger than any which
has been annually appropriated since
the Spanish-American war. The cut
ting down Of the departments esti-
mates by $50. 23S, 1874 means, among
other things, that the committee has
recommend nothing for continental
United States and has appropriated
mainly for the Hawaiian and Philip
pine islands. The committee has turn
ed down entirely the departments pro-
posa1 for the Fertilization of Manila
harbor by the construction and forti-
fcation Of an artificial island and moth
ing is carried for Subig bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
sWIFTEsr AUTOS TO RACE.
f. E. SANKEY'S Steam Flyer and De-
wars IL Cylinder Maxwell.

New York, March Disbursements
have been completed for a match race be-
tween what are believed to be the two
fastest automobiles in the world, F. 3.
Stanley's steam flyer, which at present
holds the Sir Thomas Dewar world 8
championship trophy. and the twelve CYL
inder Maxwell racer
The pair will come together at Atlantic
City of Cape May this spring provided
those beaches are deemed safe for the
high speed the cars will run at, and, if
not, the contest will take place at the
next tournament on the Ormond-Daytona
course in Florida. 1t was agreed at the
meeting that the race for the trophy be
held over a course to be selected by W. J.
Morgan, representing the trustees.
1t was agreed that the two cars going
together at speed of possibly 125 miles
an hour offered unlimited chances for an
accident, and negotiations will be opened
with Sir Thomas Dewar with a view to
obtaining the consent of the trustees to
change the deed of gift SO as to permit
the disposition Of the cup to be decided
by time trials.
The contest is open to others, and it is
understood that Louis Ross, with steam
car of his own construction, may be a
contestant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
WASHBURN AND x. o.
The Topeka College Ball Team Will
0par, the CoaSOu March Ok

The Washburn baseball team will
open their season at Lawrence a week
from Wednesday when they will play
the Kansas university team. The final
practice work of the team will be
made this week.
New uniforms of gray with a blue
''W," blue caps and blue and white
sox have been received and will be
given to the players as soon as they
have received suits up to date are:
Captain Dunaway, second base !;
White, shortstop; M. McCampbell,
pitcher; A. McCampbell, outfeld;
Lonberg. pitcher; Snyder, catcher;
Robb, first base; and Boles, third
base.
Efforts were made this morning to
arrange a game with the Topeka team
for next Saturday but it failed.