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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
Secretary Kreipe of State Fair
Swamped.,
Letters of Inquiry and Entries
Pouring In.
WORK ON THE GROUND
They Will BE Tidied Up for the
Occasion.
Plans Which Provide for Hous-
ing the Exhibits.

With the secretary's desk loaded to
capacity already by letters of inquiry
and acceptance, entries, registrations
and applications for catalogues and
concessions the first Kansas state wide
fair Is an assured success, greater than
was dreamed possible couple of
month ago. Now comes the question
of caring for the crowds in attendance,
furnishing amusement and attractions
of interest and profit and providing
comfortable quarters for the live
stock entries and safe quarters for all
other exhibits.
Secretary Kreipe's entry book of
live stock, showing the representatives
of the choicest strains OF cattle, horses,
swine and sheep in Kansas. Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska; his record of far
mers and manufacturers from three
states who will exhibit their finest pro-
ducts, answer the question of attrac-
ton for the crowds, to say nothing of
the three great feature events of the
fair, the roping and riding congress
from Mulhall, Okla, the reunion and
sham battle of the Twentieth Kansas
and the Musical festival.
Topeka has twenty-eight hotels and
over one hundred boarding and room
ing houses to care for her visitors.
Then the fair grounds are large
enough to provide comfortable accom-
modations for any crowd of people.
The problem of providing quartcxs
for the livestock and place for all
farm, domestic and factory exhibits Is
more difficult of solution. but will be
worked out this week.
The accompanying illustration OF
the fair grounds shows the resources
the fair directors have at hand for a
successful fair. The first great essen
tial is plenty of room, and this is no,
causing the management any loss OF
sleep. The grounds embrace tract OF
80 acres and are most admirable for
a fair grounds. The site is about a
quarter Of mile by nearly half mile
square and slopes gently from the fine
grove in the north end to the race
track at the south. The race track
borders Shunganunga creek. The sta
bles and stock pavillions are all locat-
ed on the west side of the grounds
leaving the grove and a great open
space to the south covered with grass
for midway for the crowds. A finel
natural fair grounds would be hard &c
find anywhere. But this is Kansas
first state wide fair made possible
only by the spirit and progress of To-
peka business men, and there are 9
great many things to- do before the
fair grounds will be ready for the
l~opening Sept. Z. But with such site
for a fair grounds already at hand
there is no task ahead that Is at al
impossible. ''f5
Next year magnificent state and
county buildings and long rows o.
pens and stables will have wiped away
all the difficulties of big state fail
| for Topeka, Kan, but this year tenn
porary structures will have to be used
They are not so slightly or convenient
as those on the magnificent ground!
of the Illinois state fair. but they will
| answer all purposes for this year JUS
as well.
A State Journal reporter went over
| the fair grounds today and found then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
BUSY WITH VISITORS.
Time OF the President Is Well Taken
Up Today.

Oyster Bay. n. Y, Aug. 17.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will spend a consider
able portion Of his time today with
visitors, who will come to Sycamore
Hill.
His callers will be John McCullagh,
formerly chief of police of New York,
and Lindsey Dennison, a magazine
writer.
At luncheon the president viii en-
terrain Secretary of the Treasury Cor
telyou, who will come over from his
summer home at Huntington; Con-
gresham Fassett of EImyra, N. Y;
Senior Queson, a prominent Filipino,
and his interpreter, Senior Escamillo,
and Stephen H. Olin of New York. a
member of the executive committee
on International Cancellation.
Later In the day Assistant Secretary
OF the Navy Newbury and Charles
sheldon will be the guests Of the
president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
EAT ONLY LIVE SNAKES.
Cobras I'm Bronx Zoo Have Not Had q
Meal i'm Three Months.

New York. Aug. 1.-Two expensive
boarders have come to the Bronx park
zoo. They are a pair of king cobras
from India, which Curator Raymond
L. Ditmars says are the most deadly
of all known reptils. Those cobras eat
nothing but live snakes. They usually
eat two at a meal Live snakes cost
the zoo management $3.50 even the
most common species. So the weekly
mess bill of the king cobras would be
IS. That is if they were fed as often
as they are accustomed to eat in their
wild state.
But these king cobras have eaten
nothing since they arrived at the zoo
three months ago. Curator Ditmars
and Keeper Snyder of the reptile
house will make an effort this week to
procure live snakes for them.
The two cobras which are fasting
just now because of the lack of food
snakes are each about IL feet long.
They are the most vicious in the col
lection and are kept in a cage to them
selves. Their long fast seems to have
no effect upon them, unless 1t Is to
make them uglier than usual. In the
morning, when there are not any Wis
itors around, the keepers remove the
wooden panel in the rear of their cage.
Inside the wooden panel is heavy
wire screen, through which the cobras
can get air. The keepers pass UP and
down the corridor in the rear of the
snake cakes. The cobras lunge at them
as they pass. They strike their heads
against the wire screen, only to re-
coil and plunge again. When the
wooden panel Is placed In position,
along about noon, the cobras sulk In
the cage, looking at the visitors
through the heavy plate glass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17

Coffeyville. Horton. Troy, Hiawatha,
sabetha. Seneca. Blue Rapids. Marys-
vile. Washington, Belleville. Con-
cordia, Minneapolis. Clay Center.
Solomon, Salina and Abilene have
been visited. This week they will post
ence, Cottonwood Falls. Strong City.
Council Grove Emporia and Usage
City. Next week they will visit
Ottawa, Garrett, Paola. Osawatomie.
lola, Yates Center, Eureka, Ell Dorado,
Howard and Chanute. At all these
places there is general interest in the
state fair.
W. w. waltmire of Raymore. Mo-,
owner of the Walnut Hill herd, has
entered in AZ different classes of sheep
and hogs. He will ship a carload of
stock to the state fair.
The Hawkeye Incubator Co., of
Iowa have asked for twelve square
feet of space for an exhibit of in
cubators and washing machines.
The cattle entries will be the
heaviest in the fair, according to
Secretary Kreipe. He says that he
has stalls for 211 head of cattle and
they are all taken. He is making ar
stalls. Shorthorns and Herefords pre-
dominate in the entries.
Iowa is advertising her fffty-fourth
fair for this month. Think of it.
Kansas is advertising her first state
fair for many years. The sunfiower
state has been behind in this matter
of state exhibitions. but will make up
for lost time. A state fair for far
mers is as much of necessity for an
agricultural state as state univer-
sity for men and women.
1t is to be hoped that the CONNER
cial club and state fair directors will
decide to build a frame building at
once for the pure food exhibit for
merchants and manufacturers. Such
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17

an exhibit at the state fair would be
worth more than anything of the kind
at the mid winter exhibition and q
large number of local wholesalers and
booths in such building. The plan
is to call it the pure food building and
erect structure 75x150 feet with
space for twenty to twenty-five booths.
1t can be built In two weeks. This
structure will be permanent and will
be built so as to present a nice ap-
pearance.
Edna Beard, the famous pacing
mare with a record of 2:12A and nine
firsts in nine starts, will race at the
state. fair, Her owner is 8. S. Nc
Donald, of Columbus, Ohio.
THE Bear" the running horse that
galloped away with the Kansas derby
last year. will likely enter again this
year. His owner lives at Hot Springs,
Ark. Six noted running horses now
at Howard will take part in the races
here next month.
Gil Curry, the noted horseman, for
merly a driver on the grand circuit.
will be the starter at the state fair
races His brother, Jack Curry, was
formerly the driver of Joe Patchen.
the famous pacing stallion.
H. A. Heath and c. E. Shaffer will
attend the Iowa state fair at Des
Moines the goth of this month and
from there will go to the Nebraska
state fair at Lincoln. They Will pull
with might and main for the Kansas
state fair while on the trip.
D. o. Orr will represent Topeka
and the state fair at the Ottawa fair
to be held the first week in Septem-
Der.
Secretary Poole OF the Commercial
club has collected $1,000 OF the $1,000
state fair fund. The subscribers are
paying up promptly and cheerfully.
This is the Topeka way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
HIS arm CUT OFF.
George Nagle Carries 1t in Other
Hand on Hunt for a Doctor.

Chicago, Aug. IA remarkable
exhibition of grit and nerve was wit
messed today when George Maggie, %
years of age. carrying his left arm,
which had been severed by a railway
train staggered up to policeman and
then tainted after telling his story.
Maggie had carried the grewsome
bundle of mangled flesh for two blocks
in an effort to find a physicians Of
flee. He had attempted to board a
passing freight train but had slipped
on the wet rungs of the ladder and
fallen beneath the trucks. He was
taken to a hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17

price of diamonds unless 1t is an ad-
vance after the return OF normal con-
ditions.
The stocks of pearls, rubies.
sapphires and emeralds was small
when the depression struck the Maiden
Lane trade, Mr.. Nissen said, and there
had been no addition to the supplies
since then so that with the revival IN
buying dealers are likely soon to be
pressed to meet the demand.
A significant indication of the turn
in affairs is furnished by the presence
In antwerp and Amsterdam, the prin-
cipal European diamond manufactur-
ing centers, of American buyers, who
had not been there for months. While
Mr.. Nissen was abroad, cable mes
sages were sent to Kimberley, South
Africa, giving notice that American
buyers we're again visiting the Euro
pean cities, and bonfires were lighted
in the South African city's streets to
mark the rejoicing of the people. The
Kimberley mines are still shut down
but are expected to reopen when tho
depression passes away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
MRS. CARUSO ELOPES.
Wife of the Noted Tenor FIees With a
Younger Man.

Trieste. Aug. IA dispatch from
Florence to the II Piccolo tells of the
elopement of Signora Caruso, wife OF
Enrico Caruso. the opera singer.
According to the published account,
she fed to England with young man.
who is described as a friend of the
house"
1t is added that Signor Caruso is
heartbroken, and has expressed him
self as willing to pardon his wife and
receive her to his home again, if she
returns penitent.
Signora Caruso, it is asserted, took
with her, in her flight, all of her jew
els and a large sum of money, taken
from her husbands safe.
Caruso, explained in London that his
wife did not elope. as reported, but was
told by him to go and be gone, because
he had discovered she had fallen be-
low his expectations" and could not
appreciate him. In France she met, he
said, a man ION her own level, whose
name the world did not know"
"Not the Real One; Oh, Mercy. NO!"
New York, Aug. 17.-Reports were
received in this city from London that
the woman known in the English capt.
tai, as we'll las in Paris and Italy, as
the. wife of Enrico Caruso, an opera
singer, has eloped and that the tenor
seems not at all disturbed over the
matter. In fact, the report states, he
is quoted as declaring that she failed
to appreciate his artistic pre-eminence.
According to Camille Cianfarra. of
the italian Herald. the woman known
as i" Mrs. Enrico Caruso" is not the
wife of the singer, but is Gilda
Giacchetti. who has herself sung in
opera. Her husband, it is said,
Is a composer. and she first met Caruso
while singing in the Theater Argen-
tina. in Rome, ten years ago. Since
then, Mr.. Cianfarra says. the tenor has
spent much money upon the woman,
including buying her a villa near Flor
ence. where she spent greater part of
her time.
When the italian first came to this
country and sang at the Metropolitan.
he introduced many to his wife, but
for the last two seasons he has come
to this country alone.
Soon after the now celebrated monkey
house incident In this city 1t was re-
ported that the singer and his wife had
become estranged. Before leaving for
Europe this spring Caruso told his
friends that his wife and he would soon
have settled all their differences and
that he would be glad when his marital
troubles were at an end. According to
the London report the woman eloped
with chauffeur after a quarrel with
the tenor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
PROSPERITY CLINCHED.
Trade Revival Announced by Dealers
in Precious Stones.

New York, Aug. IA revival in the
tewelry trade has begun, dealers say.
It has already been a subject of COM
ment among men In this business that
they are the first to feel a depression
and about the last to get a benefit of
prosperity when 1t returns. This be-
Ing so because they sell articles of lux
ury chiefly.
Ludwig Nissen, one of the oldest of
the dealers in precious stones, says
that for eight months the wholesale
dealers practically sold nothing but
that within a short time the retail
dealers had started to make purchases,
replenishing stock that in many cases
had been reduced to a minimum be-
cause of the caution and timidity that
have prevailed.
Mr.. Nissen returned several days ago
from Europe, where he went especially
to investigate the condition of the dia-
mond and pearl market. He thinks
there will be no change in the official
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
VIII. HORN DROWNED
Reported He Was Formerly an In
structof In X. U.

Monte Rio. Cal. Aug. 17.-william
H. Horn. a resident Of San Francisco,
while swimming in the Russian river
near here yesterday was drowned in
the sight of number of people who
were unable to aid him as he sank
without warning in the middle of the
stream. He is said to have been the
son Of wealthy citizen of Stafford,
Kan, and formerly was an instructor
in the University of Kansas at Law
renee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-17
Fol FOR t eH4AR aRa'

The entire inner portion Of our bodies is covered with soft delicate lining
vital from the blood So circulation this
impurities poisons this diseased
SaIr cleansing the blood of all impurities poions Then
charge ceases headaches relieved and symptom disappears Car being
medic free
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
DEBUT OF JACK LONG.

New Haven, May 1.-Jack Long, whom the. New England leaguers found so easy in the practice games,
 made a surprising debut for the sea son into the Connecticut league. It
 was a most trying performance for the former Whaler and Pastor made lit far more trying when he railroad Eed a lightning drive into the local |twirlers1 delicate section, rashly called the stomach, sending Jack
 down and out for the count. Long feebly tossed the ball in the direc-
 ton of Kane, who again deld down first base, but the throw went wild
 and Pastor flew to second. After re-
 yivingE Long again led the attack
 against the priceless nine from Meri- den and got away with a victory. Z. Halligan, hailing from the Silver
 city, possessed qualities which should
 have won for him the game. On
 paper it would not seem possible for
 New Haven, having made .hree er-
 TOTS to their opponents none and
 being outhit 6. to 4, to win the game, ou% oh tIle 4NcW IldgSH hits and when they were made will show the why and the wherefore. Three of the four hits were two-bag- gers and the other was home run. One of Sherwood's errors was an error of judgment and caused little trouble. The Kid, thinking there was, a man on first in the seventh, threw Halligan's grounder to sec ond, allowing the pitcher to get to base free of charge. The score:
 New Haven OOOO O1O2~-3 4 8 Meriden .. 10000 0O1 @ 6 0
 Batteries s-Long and Griffin; Hal ligan and Bridges. .. ..s
 Two base hits, Pastor, Haywood, Griffin, Sherwood; three base hit, Soffel; home run, Haywood; sacri- flee hits, Brennan 2, Cote, Havel; stolen bases, Barbour, Sherwood ?; left on bases, New Haven 5, Meriden 10; bases on balls, off Long 5, off Halligan 4 bases on errors, Meriden 3; hit by pitcher, Griffin, Soffel, Bar bour; struck out, by Long 1, by Hal ligan ?; passed ball. Griffin; time, 2h Sm; umpire, Rorty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
SELECTION OF TEAM MANAGERS
Yale Man Complains of System in
 Vogue at New Haven.

New Haven, April 30.-Deelarint
 that the present system of selecting
 managers for the various athletic
 teams of Yale was absolutely unfair
 and that 1t was time that some othel
 qualification should be demanded oi
 a candidate for such a position than that he be member of the academic department and popular wi.h his classmates. a senior in the academic department in the Yale News yester- day morning outlined a new plan oi campaign which has caused consider able comment among the various ath. letes and those backing college sports.
 After reviewing briefly some of the qualifications required of students tc fill minor positions in the college world, he turned to the subject of may rgers as follows: "He,e We find DO sns requiring the utmost skin ei j and judgment anl carrying V them more prestige than almosi ak. Other position in college life he. ing occupied by mon having but tho single requisite Of being popular in their class in single department oil the university; here we find a man doing work of vital importance to the whole university. man handling the money of every man in the university managing a team to which the whole university is eligible, yet he must bt a member of a single department otl the university before he himself is eligible to fill the position"
 Does the fact that a man chose Academic instead of Shen or the Law school or the Medical department atl the place in which he shau attain that great boon of being called a Yalsl man give him worth anJ position aud prestige above other men in all de- partments7 What sound argument is t0 bs found that such an admittedly unjust state Of affairs be allowed.
 The plan advocated by this critic of fsls's present policy is that can. didates for assistants in the different athletic dspartmentA thus doing away with the present corps of hired clerks Nozking under the eyes Of Walter Camp. Ysleis athletic adviser. and the managers of the four msjor sports according to his plan the men doins Ihe best work and showing the uosf zptituds for managerial positions 'ouid be easily sorted out and then rotst for by the university. StuEents n slI espsrtmenfs would bs elHrfbIel sn1sr tks prcpossd pikn-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

Cripples, but victors.
 That stop of Bastian's was a peach.
 Cooney Rice should be played in the outfield, if he is going 10 be re- tained.
 Little Singleton saved the day in the eighth, when he scooped up Boucher's drive ran to second and then sent the ball to Lachanee for the double play.
 Hurry Up" Wilkinson will not stay long in this league as an um- pire. The fans and the players will make life miserable for him before he has seen many days of Connecti- cut base ball. .-r
 Frank Fitzpatrick will get back in the game to-day and that will mean good strong infeld- His i'm jury was not so severe as feared. He was on the coaching line yesterday.
 Dan O'Neil must have said a few things to Drohan after that seventh inning slaughter yesterday Pretty tough to have the game salted away and have Hartford run away with it salt and all.
 DoWd says he will keep Frank Burke and Jack Tighe says he won't and there. y0u are. 1t doesn't make any difference to US who gets him. but fair play Is fair play and the national commission vill have to de- eide it
 Arthur Romer. who vas one of Wsterburys discsrds did good work in the box yesterday for ifOlvoks. With any kind of hitting DeHind him he might have pulled out a victory. bat BiIl Rogers vss on 70 bis job too.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
BATTED OUT A VICTORY.

Springfield, Mass, May 1.-When Springfield apparently had the game clinched, Hartford went after Dro- han in the seventh and drove him from the box, scoring four times in the inning and taking lead of one run which was held to the finish. The score was to 2. In the sev- enth hit by 0'Leary was followed by Standards error on Evans and Wallace then drove home run over right field fence. This tied the score and the other run came on Van Zandt's sacrifice fly which followed an error by Fitzhenry and a hit by Connery. Wallace gave grand ex- hfbition of hitting. The score:
 R.H.E. Hartford 10000 O400-5111 Springfield 100000 0-41O3
 Batteries--Evans and OrLeary; Drohan, Jenette and Connor.
 Sacrifice hits, Swayne, Van Zant: stolen bases, Gardner, Connery. Mc- Connor 2, Yale 2. Rising ?, Luby, Waite, Fitzhenry; two base hits, Wallace, McAndrews 2. Stank- ard, Rising: home run, Wallace: bases on balls, off Evans 4, of Dro- han 2, off Jerrette 9; left on bases, Hartford II, Springfield g; bases on errors, Hartford 2; struck out, by Evans 6, by Drohan 2. by Jerrette 2: hits, of Drohan g in 61s innings, onn Jerrette in 2h innings; double play. Stankard and Fitz- henry; wild pitch. Evans: time, 2:15; umpire, Kennedy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
WRESTLING
THE EX-CHAMP
 WANTS A MATCH
Big French Wrestler May Tackle Jenkins More Mat News
 Of Interest

Tom Jenkins, ex-champion wres tier of America, is about to don hi war togs again. He is all stirred III at the bold def of the Frenchman Caseaux, who has challenged Jen kins to a mixed contest of Graeco Roman and catch-as-catch-can wres ting. Jenkins has not wrestled 1T public in long while, but has been keeping in good shape and says he is ready at days notice to tackle the best man in the game,
 Caseaux, who is conceded to be one of the best men in France, has been wrestling all corners in Canada and the west and has won all matches in which he has entered, but has never appeared in the east and is very anxious to show New Workers what grappler he is. The managers of both men will meet to- day to try and arrange the match, and as both men are willing to wres- tie the details should be speedily fixed. ..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
DowD,s SIDE OF IT.
Hartford Manager Says He Will Hold
 Burke.

Manager Tom Dowd of the Hart ford base ball team asserts with great certainty that HolyoEe win not be able to block the deal by which he is to get the services cf Frank Burke. Dowd claims that the offer of Providence to turn Burke over to him was a natural sequence of hIs recommendation Of the player when Providence drafted him. He argnes that when Hugh Dudy decided Burke wouldn't do for Providence. the logical thing was to ask the man Who thought % we'll Of him if he wanted him. When that deal vas stopped by the recognized right of Holyoke to have first chance at Burke. Manager Dovd claims the Paper city team had a chance to get the sIuggsr back by paying for him on the draft
 He claims HOlyoke v0uIdnt do this. while ou the other band Hog- yoke claims 70 have proof that It of- fered Providence the na5ney for Burke and sas turned doeH Burke is expected to report Ia Hartford thss week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
ROGERS FOR ENGLAND.

Yankee Rogers of Fitchburg, is a cateh-as-catch-can wrestler who plans an English invasion. Rogers has signed a contract for IA weeks in English music halls, opening i'll London in August, where he will meet all corners. Rogers has three matches in the west booked for next month and then plans tour to the maritime provinces before sailing for the other side.