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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
JoBBERs GET CAR FARE.
Transportation Sent to All Players
Report March 25.

Wichita, Kan, March 1S.-Secre-
tary Taylor and Manager Holland
found that they had to make a big
hole in the Wichita Baseball COM
pany's bank account when they sent
out tickets to the various recruits yes
terday. They also found that the
Wichita team for 1909 will come from
various quarters of the country and
from long distances.
For instance two, sailor Roberts
and brennan, come from the other
side of the Rocky mountains. The
formers home is in Spokane and the
latter's is in Portland. Their railroad
tickets, sleeper tickets and meal tick
cts will add not a little to the spring
training expenses. Three hail from
Pennsylvania. They are Bailey, a
southpaw pitcher; Weller, who is ex-
pected to be the star of the twirling
staff, and Anderson, the shortstop pro-
cured from Des Moines in exchange
for Annis. Cole, the outfielder whose
home is in Pennsylvania, will draw
his transportation from Wisconsin
their tickets in Illinois, Middleton at
Flat Rock, wherever that is; Yates at
Chicago and Queisser at Decatur.
George Hughes, after wintering in
Springfield, Ill, writes that he and
Mrs. Hughes will leave Dubuque, Ia,
for Wichita, as soon as his trans
portation is received. Dubuque is the
Three I league city in which Hughes
DrOkG INTO the national game dS a pro-
fessional, and it is also the city in
which ne donned the matrimonial har-
ness.
Dutch Richter. who will try out
for the third base corner, comes from
Denver. Colo. and Bert Shaner will
get his transportation from Webb
City, Mo. Arthur Pennell drew a tick
ct from somewhere on the Texas
plains. The Kansas contingent in
cIudes Buck Weaver. the poultry
farmer of Manhattan. Pepper" Clark,
who is working for the Dun Mercan-
tile company in Topeka, Hainnessey
from Fredonia, Haas, from Arkansas
City, Andrews, from Arkansas City,
and Mcdowell. an Arcola, Ill. pitcher
of more or less renown, who is winter
ing right here in Wichita. Pettigrew
IS in Oklahoma.
This does not include the entire
squad but it is enough of it to show
that Wichita's bunch will come from
all over the country, and the trans
portation of it's members will be big
item in the clubs preliminary ex-
penses. It will cost about $500 to land
The bunch in Wichita. to say nothing
Of something like $25 or $50 per day
to keep them here during the training
season.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
Acquisition of charley Jones
Means Much for Denver Team.
Is an Aggressive Man and Just
the Style for a Manager.
HE WANTS BRAINY MEN
Claims That Quick Thinking
Wins the Most Games.
Doesn't Care So Much for a
Team of Good Batters.

Denver, Colo, March 1S.-Denver viii
have a fighting team this season.
The Grizzlies may not carry off the
flag right at the jump, but they are
bound to play fast, snappy ball. and
that is what the patrons of the game
demand. For Charley Jones, the newly
acquired manager, is a fighter on the
baseball field. He does not believe in
allowing the other fellow to take all the
advantages or to stand by and see UNI
pires display favoritism without regis
tering stern kicks. And more than
that he fights right UP to the time tho
last man has been retired to win, and
this year the Denver club will not be
beaten until the bats have been slowed
away in the bat bags.
With the Denver baseball fans there
IS but little to talk about but the pur-
chase of Charley Jones from the st.
Louis Browns. Charley is immensely
popular here, and he Will draw
enough money during the first week he
plays this spring to pay the local man
agement back for all the expenses OF
his purchase and his salary.
Baseball is a business" remarked
Jones yesterday. land should be con-
Quoted in businesslike way every
minute The game as it is played now
requires thought. Skill alone is not the
whole works. And it has to be quick
thinking, too.
1n6re are d WlOlc lOI VI ACAlONS
who can go to bed at night and plan
out many wonderful plays, any one of
which looks good enough to win the
ordinary close game. But the fellow
may play ball lifetime without ever
getting chance to put his ideas into
operation.
What 1 want on my team IS quick
thinkers-men who can grasp an op-
portunity instantly, and then carry 1t
out. OF course we have got to have
good feIders and fair stickers, but l
will not complain If my club averages
last in the league with the bat, if they
win the games. 1t is mighty nice to
have a man on the club who can como
10 the plate at critical moment and
line out a drive that scores the winning
run. But 1 would just as soon have
a good trick up my sleeve, that any one
of my men could work at that moment
In this case we would not have to wait
for the heavy hitter to come to bat. 1
think the general public rejoices just as
much at seeing a game won by clever
bit of work on the bases-a bit of good,
quick thinking-as to see some chap
fall against a ball at the right time.
know 1 would. Baseball is getting to
be a game where the men with brains
have the best of it. and it is getting to
be that way more and more every day
And the old game was never so Won
derfuI. so fast and full of possibilities
as il is right at this moment.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
George w. Wilson of Lawrence,
to Be Martyr at Guthrie.
Another Victim John Johnson
Comes From Same Town.
is UNIQUE CHARACTER
Had Had Expepiences in All
Parts Of the Globe.
Enlisted in the British Armv
When He Was Eleven.

Lawrence, Kan, March 1S-Another
Lawrence man is to be a victim in the
Oklahoma prison show at Guthrie.
George w. Wilson of 901 Connecticut
mas received letter from John P.
Connors. who has charge of the big
Snow, accepting his proposition to be-
come one of the kansas martyrs and
assuring him that the big show is sure
TO be pulled off. This means that two
OF the three victims will come from
here.
Wilson is an interesting character
and has had worlds of experience. He
says. however, that this will be one of
through and is looking forward to the
big water cure" and other tortures
with great deal of pleasure. In the
letter which Wilson received Connors
told him to be prepared to report with
John johnson the other victim from
Lawrence about the first week in April.
He also said that all the reports that
the show had been called off were un-
true.
Wilson was much pleased at hearing
that his offer to be victim has been
accepted and said he wished it would
come off right away for 800 and the
$40 a day expenses looked extremely
good to him. Wilson says he has a
pretty good idea what they are going
to hand out in their prison torture and
that it has no fears for him.
drifted into Lawrence and there have
been many of them Wilson is one of
the most unique. A little Englishman
he has been almost around the world
and had experiences without number.
Enlisting in the English army at IL as
a bugIer he began a most checkered
career. Three years later he grew tired
of the life and deserted, was caught
and spent a time in army prison at
Cape Town. He was in prison at Cape
Town when the Boer war broke out.
He was released and Joined the Red
Cross service as a nurse. He had a fine
war record and served as a, nurse until
wounded by a Lydite shell.
After recovering from this he drifted
over to America and Joined his sister
at Winnipeg, Manitoba, working in a
hospital. After scores of other expert
ences, Wilson drifted into Lawrence
with the Gentry Bros show and de-
serted it here Since then he has been
helping many of the doctors as a nurse,
his old Red Cross service standing him
in good stead. Wilson has the ere
dentials to testify to his efficient war
record.
"I am anxious for this prison show
to be pulled off, said Wilson. 1T will
be something new and certainly an
other experience. to add to the list of
things I have been through. 1t looks
like II have time there
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
TWO NEW BOOSTERS.
Pitcher and First Baseman From the
Brush Are Signed.

pes Moines, Ia, March 1S-Two
more privates have been recruited for
the Des Moines baseball team by
Secretary John F. Bryne- They will
be among the small army which re-
ports here on week from Thursday.
Their names are Dykes and Nordskog.
Dykes is q pitcher who has had
nothing but semi-professional expert
ence. He is a six-footer and is said to
possess a world of speed. Nordskog
is a first baseman. 1t is not expected
that he will displace Bill Dwyer but
see what he can do in the hopes of
trading him off for something that
Des Moines does need.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
WAS osAGE's FIRST MAYOR.
John A. Martin, Pioneer Merchant, and
Postmaster. Buried.

Usage City, Kan, March 1S.-John
A: Martin, who was buried here
mayor of Usage City, and was a
pioneer business man here. When the
town was organized he became its first
postmaster and was perhaps the only
survivor among those who drove cat
tie from the Missouri river to Califor-
mia in forty-nine. Mr.. Martin was a
member of the I. o. o. F. for more
than sixty years and is believed to
have been the oldest member of the
organization in the United States.
The funeral was conducted by that
organization. He was one of the most
conspicuous and honored citizens of
this county. He leaves a widow, a
daughter, Mabel, and son, w. s. Mar
tin.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
Headache
For Years

II keep DR.. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills on hand all the time, and
would not think of taking a
journey without them, no mat
ter how short a distance am
going. / have a sister that has
had terrible headaches for years,
and l coaxed her to try them
and they helped her so much,
she now keeps them by her all
the time. From my own exper-
fence I cannot praise them
enough"
MRS. LOU M. CHURCHILL,
63 High ST., Penacook, N. H.
Many persons have headache
after any little excitement or ex-
ertion. They cannot attend
church, lectures, entertainments,
or ride on trains without suffer
ing. Those who suffer in this
way should try DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills. They give almost
instant relief without leaving
any disagreeable after-effects, as
they do not derange the stomach
or bowels; just a pleasurable
sense of relief follows their use.
Get a package from your drug
gist. Take it according to direc-
tions, and if it does not benefit
he will return your money.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
BROWNS MAY PLAY HERE.
ST. Louis American League Team
Wants Dates in Early April.

The St Louis Browns want to play
in Topeka and it is likely that they
will be seen here April Z, and 3. A
Manager McAleer, who says that he
has vacant dates from April 3 to 10,
and would like to play in Topeka and
Wichita during these vacancies. The
Browns would be a good drawing card
here. Art Griggs, a Topeka boy, is
bidding high for the utility job on the
infield and will undoubtedly land
Then there is the eccentric George Ed
ward Waddell. who is a good drawing
card in himself Waddell and Criger
would undoubtedly be the battery in
one of the three games.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
MOTHER GETS THE GIRL.
Irene Soule Taken From Salina to
Grand Island Home.

Grand Island Home.
Salina, Kan, March 1S.-The moth
er of Irene Soule, the 17-year-old girl
who wanted to be a vaudeville act
ress, arrived from Grand Island, Neb.,
and took her home last night. Mrs.
Soule runs a rooming house there and
Irene has been playing the piano in
ten cent vaudeville house. There two
weeks or so ago she met one J. A.
Cole, who did a musical turn in char
acter. They left Grand Island togeth-
er and were arrested here on tele-
gram from the Nebraska sheriff. The
girl was stopped at the depot, where
she said she was on her way home
She had quarreled with Cole They
were both taken to the county Jail.
The Grand Island sheriff also came
with requisition papers to take Cole
back on charge of kidnapping, but
found that he was in the hands of dis
trict court here under writ of habeas
corpus which he had sworn to, and
could not be taken away until the fin
al hearing of that case, which cannot
be before March 80, because there is
no court here till then The sheriff
returned to Nebraska. Cole is still in
Jail here unable to give the $500 bond
required of him in the habeas corpus
matter.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
NEW MARATHON RUNNER.
Henri Saint Yves, From France, Gets
in the Game.

New York, March 1S.-The Mara
thon craze has not abated evidently,
and a new seeker after fame over the
twenty-six mile course will arrive in
New York tomorrow from France. He
is Henri Saint Yves, who hopes to ar
range a race with Longboat, or Do
rando. or perhaps Shrubb. He also
intends to enter the proposed Mara
thon derby for $4,000 which will be
held at the Polo grounds in April.
Saint Yves will be in charge of Al.
Copeland, the Princeton trainer. Cope
land says that the Frenehman has
gone over the English Olympic Mar
athon course in two hours 81 minutes
% seconds, which is 20 minutes faster
than the time made by Hayes when
the latter won the event after Doran-
do had collapsed.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
GREAT BEND LAND DEAL.
Big Medberry Ranch Was Sold for
$65,OOO.

Great Bend, Kan. March 1S.-E. S.
Medberry is here from Armington, Ill,
and has closed the sale of his ranch to
z. J. Eveleigh. The ranch is made up
of several sections and is stocked with
cattle. The consideration is $65. 900. The
land is situated on the north side of the
Cheyenne bottoms near Redwing. Mr..
Eveleigh is adding to his many acres
and Mr.. Medberry won't miss it. Mr..
Medberry's home farm in Illinois COM
prises 100 acres worth $3.50 an acre and
that won't buy it, as it is the old home
place In addition he has a few other
farms in Illinois. Mr.. Medberry was a
resident of this city a few years ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18

Wichita has lost out on the Comis-
key bouquet. Wichita gets the White
Sox regulars this season while Topeka
gets the YanniganS. Wichita natur-
ally expected the old Roman to trav-
ell with the Regulars. But he won't.
1t is announced that he will be with
the Yannigans. Hence he may be in
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Barnes of
Delphos a Happy Couple,

Delphos, Kan, March 1S.-Mr. and
Mrs. Archibald Barnes and their chill
dren are celebrating their golden we'd
ding anniversary here, said to be the
second event of this kind ever happen
ing in Delphos. Mr.. Barnes was
born in 1895, in Liverpool, England.
He was married the 18th of March,
1853, and is 73 years old. For the
last 80 years his postoffice address has
been Delphos. Seven children have
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes.
Besides there are 25 grandchildren
and one great grandchild. Relatives
were present from Oklahoma, Colo
rado and Missouri, besides those liv-
ing in Kansas. Two years ago Mr..
Barnes served the town as mayor, and
today he is as active and spry as
many are 25 years younger.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
NATIONALS TO TRAIN HERE.
Washington Yannigans Under Tom
Hughes Will Arrive Next Week.

the WASHINGTON American league Yam
nigans will arrive in Topeka next
Wednesday and will spend the re-
mainder OF the week training on the
Topeka grounds. The Yannigans are
in charge of Tom Hughes the veteran
pitcher who was in charge of the
Washington aggregation which was
seen here last season. The Washing
ton Yannigans will play the Topeka
team Saturday and Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday the regular Washington
team under the leadership of Joe
Cantfllon will be here and will oppose
the Cooleysox at the local park
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
THEY FORGOT THE BABY.
Parents Escaping From
Fire Allow Infant to Perish.

Coffeyville, March 18.-The infant
child of Robert Morehead, 903 West
Fourth street. died last night when the
Morehead home was burned. The fire
was caused by ignition from an over
heated stove. The family slept down
stairs. but in their rush from the
building the baby was forgotten. The
several other children in the famlly
escaned safely. When finally carried
from the house the baby was dead.
The blaze occurred at IL o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
APPOINT NEW FIRE CHIEF.
SaIina Secures Fred Brodbeck of Chi
cago Suburb.

Salina, Kan, March 1S.-At its ex-
ecutive session last night the city
council appointed Fred Brodbeck OF
Hawthorne, ILL.,, g. suburb of Chicago,
as fire chief and T. p. Anderson of Sa-
lima as driver. The appointments will
be temporary until April 1, when they
will be made permanent by an ordin-
ance Until that time the volunteer
fire department will be in force, but
sometime ago they resigned, their
resignation to take effect April 1. Last
night the council accepted their resig-
nations.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
CoRBEIT WANTS TO FIGHT.
Challenges Either Jeffrfes or johnson
to 4 Bout.

Wheeling, w. Va, March 1S.-
James J. Corbett last night issued a
second challenge for a fight with
either Jeffries or Johnson. In it he
says:
ST am tired of seeing this fellow
johnson going with his chest out and
nobody seems inclined to fight him
$50 1 take the right that any man
has and hereby challenge Jas. j. JEFF
fries and Jack Johnson to box me
any number of rounds or to a finish in
any club in the world
'.I will forward from INDIANAPOLIS
tomorrow a check for $1,000 to AL
my good faith"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
TRAIN RAN TOO FAST.
Coroner's Jury Fixes Blame for Chap
man Mans Death

Chapman. March 1S.-The coro-
ners inquest has been held over the
body of Jonathan Dobbins who was
killed by the Union Pacific train Mon
day afternoon. The jury found that
the deceased was Killed by train
running about Is miles an hour. The
ordinances of the city limit the rate
through the city to six miles an hour.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev Il. NJ. Hardy and many
friends attended. Burial was in the
Chapman cemetery
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM.
Jerry Botl1in Says He Has No Inten-
ton of Leaving Kansas.

Winfield, Kan, March 1S.-J. d.
Botkin, who was defeated for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket last
fall, denies the statement that he is
planning to move to Oklahoma.
"If should ever have to leave Kan
sas," he said, oklahoma would be
my choice of a residence as 1 like the
state and like the people. But that
I would go there in order to enter pol
itics because it is a Democratic state
is without foundation. have never
felt at any time that my election to
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
DELPHos WANTS WATERwoRKs.
VIII Hold an Election to Decide on
Issuance of $4,000 Bonds.

Delphos, Kan, March 1S.-An ac-
tive interest is being taken by the
Delphos people to secure waterworks
and an electric lighting plant this
year. A mass meeting of her citizens
and business men was held to talk
the matter over, and it was found the
town was practically unanimous for
the enterprise. The next move will be
the circulation of a petition calling for
an election to vote $4,000 in bonds
for the waterworks and electric lights.
The plant appears to be a sure thing.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
WAS HE THROWN FROM TRAIN?
Florence Produce Dealer Will Ask
Santa Fe for Damages.

Florence, March 1s.-E. P. Ray.
wealthy Winfield produce dealer was
thrown bodily from passenger trim No.
g. one mile west of this city Wednesday
afternoon. His face and hands were
completely skinned and part of the
flesh removed by the ballast. Other
produce dealers are said to have been
on the train and it is declared to be evil
dent that murder was intended. The
Santa Fe crew will be asked to explain
why the car door was not locked be-
tween stations as Ray will put in a big
claim for damages.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
THREE MEN WE'RE INJURED.
Premature Explosion Took Place at
Rock Quarry Near EIDoradO.

Wichita, Kan. March 1S.-In a pre-
mature explosion in the Frazier rock
quarry near Ell Dorado, H. Croonk, the
foreman, negro and a Mexican en-
ployed in the quarry were seriously in
jured. Croonk's eyes were blown out
and part of his face blown away. 1t is
not believed he will live. The negro
is also believed to have been injured,
fatally. The Mexican's injuries are not
so serious.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
DEATH FROM PIN SCRATCH.
Blood Poisoning Resulted From the
Infected Wound.

Chanute, March 1S.-Mrs. r. c.
Jones, whose serious illness was caus-
ed by blood poisoning from the
scratch of a pin, is dead
Mrs. Jones scratched her finger on
pin while sweeping Friday of last
week. The scratch was a slight one,
but it was very painful from the first
hurting her so much in a short time
that she came to the city the day she
received the hurt and consulted a
physician.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
WAS KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Underbrush Discharged Gun, Sending
Bullet Through Heart.

Wichita, Kan, March 1S.-Shirley
Smith of Augusta, was instantly killed
while out hunting on the Walnut river,
by being shot through the heart with
his own gun. He was lying in wait for
some ducks and the gun lay on the
bank near him. In tearing down some
underbrush, dead limb of a tree fell
on the gun discharging it. The charge
entered his breast, almost tearing his
heart out.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
oliver Is FormaIIy EIected

Harrisburg. Pa, March 1S.-The Penn
sylvania legislature has formally de-
clared George Tener Oliver of Pitts
burg, elected to the United States sem
ate to fill the unexpired term of Phil
ander c. Knox. Mr.. Oliver will be sworn
until March 4 1911
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
OLD swEBTHEARTs WED.
Had Known Each Other for Quarter
of Century.

Denver, March 1S.-With the mar
riage here of w. S. Evans of Nicker-
son, Kan, so years old, and Mrs. Ev-
cline Feller, So years old, a romance
begun over quarter of a century
ago was eliminated. The pair were
schoolmates in Kansas and later
sweethearts but fate separated them
and when they met here unexpectedly
a month ago it was the first either
knew of the others whereabouts. The
old love was rekindled. Each had
married and both were widowed. They
have not decided whether to remain
here or go back to Kansas, the scene
of their childhood days.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
SHARON SPRINGS TRAGEDY.
Joseph Peugh Commite Suicide AFTER
Trying to Kill Wife and Brother.

Sharon, Springs, Kan, March 1S.-
Joseph Peugh, restaurant keeper at
tempted to kill his wife and protner
here and then committed suicide. He
called his wife and two children up
stairs in his house and attacked them
with a knife His brother hearing the
cries. rushed to the rescue ana Peush
then cI1t his own throat He came
here from Grinnell, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
TO GIVE UP MUCH WORK.
Hartman Finally Decides to Retire as
Much as Possible.

Los Angeles, March 1S.-E. H. Har-
riman said that his physicians were
strongly advising him to give up all
active participation in business affairs
for a time and that he had decided
to follow their advice to the greatest
extent possible. He said that it was
Impossible for him to give up his work
entirely but that he was reducing his
activities to the minimum as fast as
possible.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18

The following players have been
ordered to report at Junction CITY.
May IA, 1909, for a tryout on the To-
cal team: John Burton, Cleveland, O.;
A b. Hubbard, Austin, Tex; H. Gef-
Lincoln, Neb.; F. Wilson, Pittsburg
Kan; H. E. Nichols, Winfield, Kan. !;
r. Clark, Coffeyville, Kan; A. Streat-
or, Clyde, Kan; r. H. Pattyson. Free
donia, Kan; NJ. Agnew Smith Center
KAN; H. Mcdonald, Milford, Kan.
NJ. NJ. Campbell, Fredonia, Kan.
Jimmy Cravens, a former Tope-
ka player, will pitch for Lyons in the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
KANSAS WINE MAKERS QUIT.
Doniphan Industry Removes to St
Joseph.

Troy. Kan, March 1S.-The drastic
prohibition law passed by the recent
legislature has stopped an industry,
which has been carried on in Doniphan
county 35 years at the little town of
Doninhan. Brenner Bros. have manu-
factured thousands of barrels of wine
and applejack there. Nicholas Brenner
bos taken the remainder of his stock to
ST Joseph Mo-, to dispose of 1T.