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TOPEKA STATE JOTJRNA1V FRID AT EVENING, JULY 6, 1900.-
SPORTING NEWS.
Australian Billy Murphy Wants
to Figlit MeGovern.
Old Time Feather Champion
. Thinks He Is "Alive" Yet.
HAS HAD FOUR BOUTS
During Last Tear and Made a
Good Showing.
Has Sent a Challenge to Terry
For a Contest.
Sioux City, la., July 6. "Just gimme
B go with Terry MeGovern an I'll die
toappy," declares "Australian" Billy
Murphy. " 'Tisn't the purse I care for.
Let the winner take It all. These chaps
think I'm a dead 'un, but I've got a
punch up my sleeve to do for the best of
'em yet. Terry's just my style o' fight
er, y' know. He's up an' comin'. I don't
like these 'ere sprinters."
Local sports think Murphy Isn't en
tirely mistaken In his estimate of him
self. He is undoubtedly past his prime,
but his famous right swing is as dan
gerous as ever, and, if he lands neither
MeGovern nor any other fighter would
toe likely to recover inside of ten sec
onds. His friends here figure that he
would stand about one chance in three
or four against the Brooklyn . wonder
and he can undoubtedly secure plenty of
backing at those odds.
During his year's residence in Sioux
City he has had four fights. . Two of
them were with Sig Hart. One of them
was declared a draw, while in the other
Big won the decision on points. As a
.matter of fact, Sig unquestionably out
pointed his adversary on both occasions.
Jt must not be assumed, however, that
ie had really any the best of the fights.
IBoth were limited to 15 rounds and
Hart's sole hope was to keep out of the
Australian's way until the gong sound
ed for the last time. At no stage of the
Same had he any chance of landing a
knockout.
Murphy repeatedly exposed himself In
the hope of encouraging his adversary
to do likewise. But Sig was too prudent
to avail himself of these opportunities.
His method was to strike and run. and,
as a result of Murphy's contempt for his
punches, many of his blows found their
mark. Had the contest continued indef
initely the former featherweight cham
pion would certainly have worn him out
and landed a knockout.
The third of the little Australian's
toattles was with Patsy Magner.a Tank
ton, S. D., pugilist. Magner, though a
man of little more than local reputation
has won or drawn with a number of
prominent fighters. He is an exceeding
dangerous man of the rough-and-tumble
order and at the time of his contest
with Murphy outweighed the latter by
nearly 30 pounds. Billy made a punch
ing bag of him. knocked him through
the ropes twice before the middle of the
second round and would certainly have
Quickly finished him had the police not
stopped the mill on account of Its bru
tality. Murphy's last fight here was with
Larry Gleason of Chicago. Gleason was
the younger man of the two by 15 or 10
years and weighed about 130 pounds to
Murphy's 118. For two rounds he seem
ed to have the best of the fight. The
third and fourth were pretty even. In
the fifth Murphy evidently toaS his man
going. In the sixth the Chioagoan was
knocked down as fast as he could get
upon his feet. He fought gamely, but
Murphy would certainly have finished
Ihim m one or two more punches had he
not had the misfortune to break his
right arm against the side of his antag
onist's head. That ended the fight
The break proved a very bad one.
Once the bones were Improperly set and
had to be rebroken. For a long time
after this operation the arm was stiff
and it looked as if the owner would nev
er be fit for the ring again. Both
Murphy and his physician say the arm
4??3 F ood as ever- and if thJs is true
Hilly is undoubtedly a dangerous man
But he has reached a point where it is
difficult for him to make a match
iTounger fighters feel that he belongs to
the class of "has beens" and that littl,
credit is to be won by beating him. On
the other hand, he is still so stiff a
puncher that he may land a knockout
at any time. Too much is to be lost and
toP."Ie to be gained to make a mill
with him a safe proposition.
Billy's own contention is that his long
and honorable career in the ring enti
tles him to a certain amount or consid
eration. He sent a challenge to the win.
ner of the MeGovern-Dixon fight but
has received no answer as yet
DREYFUSS UP AGAINST IT.
Pittsburg President Goes After Fight
With the Press.
Pittsbutg Pa., July 6 A long -fhf
1 df,:lash oetween Bernard Dreyfuss,
the little president of the Pittsburg
ban club, and Pittsburg sporting edi
tors has come. During the game at
Exposition park Dreyfuss, in a fit of
?nKer'be?an to scold Official Scorer
i?Jl v. Gruber. sporting editor of the
Pittsburg Post, for throwing out a new
toall, when ordered to do so by Umoire
Bwartwood. The call-down was ad
ministered within sight and hearing of
many people, but Gruber followed Drey
fuss into the crowded grandstand and
within the hearing of thousands rad
the riot act to Dreyfuss. It required the
interference of W. w. Kerr, the suave
owner of the Pittsburg club, to. indue!
the angered official scorer to return, to
the newspaper box.
For the past eight years Gruber has
acted as official scorer in Pittsburg He
is Known as a man without enemies
One of his duties has alwavs been to
take chaw of the balls, and' oass them
out as called for by the umpire. Dur
ing the' morning game Umpire Swart
wood called for a new bail, which was
promptly thrown out by Gruber. In a
few seconds President Dreyfuss Was at
the scorer's box, evidently very angry
"Mr. Gruber, whydid you throw that
ball out? ' he questioned excitedly.
. "Because the umpire asked me" to,"
replied the custodian of the balls.
"Well, you had no right to da It.
Couldn't you see there- were already two
balls in sight down there?"
"Na I'm not supposed to count when
the umpire calls for a new ball. My
business is to obey him and no one else
in this particular line," replied Gruber,
rising from his seat.
"Don't do it again; don't give a new
fcaH when the umpire has two already,"
said Dreyfuss.
"I certainly shall give out a ball
whenever called on by the umpire and
I will consult no one," returned Gruber
to Dreyfuss, who was not in retreat
toward the grandstand. The sporting
editor followed him as soon. as he could
get out of thescorer's box, and on reach
ing him talked hard and fast and wound
up by tendering his resignation as offi
cial scorer. Mr. Kerr, who is most
friendly to Mr. Gruber, here interfered
ad smoothed matters down. Other
Pittsburg baseball writers, all friends
of Gruber, will scarcely stand for his
resignation on account, or ureyruss
burst of tcmner.
The trouble beean recently when
Dreyfuss positively refused to give any
of the. sporting editors a. pass .for
friends for July 4th games. It was
noticeable that in some of the papers
yesterday little or no mention was
made on the sporting pages of games
with Philadelphia.
Last night Dreyfuss tendered an
apology to Gruber.
PLUNGER CLEANS UP RING.
"Pittsburg Phil" Thought to Have
' Won $80,000 at Sheepshead.
New York. July 6. "Pittsburg Phil
succeeded in getting square with the
layers. He had been doing well up to
Tuesday, but this was the day when
he nearly put the ring out of business.
Some people say that Mr. Smith has re
ceived one of those auiet : tips rrom
the Jockey club that his room would
be preferred to his company such a
hint as resulted in the disappearance
of Steve L'Hommedleu but there . is
nothine known to support this view.
"Pittsburg Phil" picked up a jockey,
one William Shaw, at New Orleans last
winter. Shaw came east and mani
fested one marked ability that of sit
ting still. Beyond that he did not seem
to he much of a iockey. He has pro
gressed, and the development of his
talents culminated when he beat three
favorites today, with Kamara at 6 to
1, Charentus at 8 to 1 and Fiara at i
to 2. His employer backed all these
horses, getting some 15 to 1 for his
money about Charentus. Further than
this. Rolling Boer was backed from
fours to S to 5 In the second race.
Shaw was not on Rolling Boer, but the
colt's fall in price was attributed to
"Pittsburg Phil." It is estimated that
he must have gotten away with any
thing from $30,000 to $80,000 of the lav
era' money.
High Prices For Yearlings.
London, July 6. The late Duke of
Westminster's yearlings were sold at
auction today. A filly by Persimmons,
out of Ornament, brought 10.000 guineas.
The present Duke of Westminster
bought a brother to Flying Fox for 6,-
00. A colt by orme-K.issing jup letcn-
ed 9,100. Twelve head were sold, and
the average price was 3,608.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT PHILADELPHIA
Score by Innings:
R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 9
Philadelphia 1 0001000 13 10 2
Batteries St. Louis. Powell and Criger;
Philadelphia, Piatt and Douglas.
AT PITTSBURG.
Score by innings:
RH E
Pittsburg , 0 0002100 0-3 9 4
New York u DlHiiii: u ( i
Batteries PittsburK. Waddell. Leever
and Jiimmer; New York, Carrick and
Bowerman.
AT CINCINNATI.
Score by innings:
RH B
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 0
Brooklyn 0 0000010 12 10 0
.Batteries Cincinnati. Newton ana renz;
Brooklyn, Nops and Farrell.
AT CHICAGO.
Score by innings:
R H E
Chicago 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 8 1
Boston 0 0000000 00 7 2
Batteries Chicago. Taylor and Dona
hue; Boston, Dineen and Clements.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
Games Games Per
Won. Lost. Cent.
Brooklyn 38 21 .644
Philadelphia 34 26 .5'.7
Pittsbure: 34 8
Chicago 31 30 .&
Cincinnati 29 32 .475
Boston 27 32
St. Louis 25 32 .4:19
New York 21 37 .3ttf
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Score by innings:
RUE
Indianapolis 2 0000000 57 11 3
Detroit 0 0300100 26 U 5
Batteries IndianaDolis. Guese. Barnes.
and Powers: Detroit, Cronln and McAlis-
ter.
AT MILWAUKEE.
Score by innings:
RHE
Milwaukee 0 0000000 00 8 1
Chicago 0 000001 0 01 6 0
Batteries -Milwaukee, Jjowlmg ana
Smith; Chicago, Katoll and Sugden.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
Games Games Per
Won. Lost. Cent
Chicago 40 26 - .606
JviuwauKee 3 M
IndianaDolis 34 28 .648
Cleveland 34 30 .&31
Minneapolis 31 34 .477
Kansas City 33 37 .471
Detroit 27 36 .429
Buffalo 24 42 ,36-1
WESTERN LEAGUE.
AT DENVER.
Score by Innings:
RHE
Denver 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 012 15 10
Pueblo S 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 313 15 3
Batteries Kane and Sullivan; Xerkes,
Parrott and Graham.
AT SIOUX CITY.
Score by innings:
R H? E
Sioux City 0 10 0 S O 4 0 8 2
St. Joseph. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 5 1
Batteries Sioux City. Parvin and Cole;
St. Joseph, Maupin and Kling.
SHORT CHANGE MEN.
Arrested For Trying to Defraud War
ren M. Crosby's Cashier.
Two men giving very appropriate po
lice court names were arrested by the
police Thursday evening. They are Gil
bert Cusser and C. W. Hooker.
Yesterday afternoon the men went In
to Warren M. Crosby's store and Cusser
presented a $20 bill to the cashier ask
ing for change. The cashier obligingly
handed out two $10 bills and Cusser
deftly secreted one of the bills and then
claimed that he had been short changed.
In order to prevent a disturbance an
other $10 was given him and the police
were notified. They were watched and
later in the day arrested. Cusser is
charged with working the old short
change game and Hooker Is held as a
suspect.
Duellists Kill Each Other.
Tuscon, Ariz., July 6. Antonio Soso
and Jose Vasquez, two prominent Mexi
can cattlemen, quarrelled over a cattle
brand in San Pedro valley and both
were killed in a fight with guns. A
feud between cowboys employed by the
two men killed has arisen and serious
trouble is feared.
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Be th ) The Kind Yoa Haw Always BonjS
The Kind Yoa Haw Always
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Bean ti st Kind Yoo Haw Always Bscgll
KANSASNE17S.
Cherry vale Trying to Locate a
Water Works Plant.- .
Find a Natural Reservoir on a
Creek Near Town.
WILL COST $5,000 OR SO
Farmers Near .Beloit Lose Much
Wheat by Fires.
Careless Boys and Sparks From
an Engine Responsible.
Cherryvale, July 6. This city is with
out water and is doing some nveiy
skirmishing to secure the much coveted
Adam s ale in necessary quantities.
A committee has been sent out to in
vestigate. They found a place on Drum
creek where they could build a dam
and make a large reservoir or water,
but owing to low banks and swift cur
rents it would be a pretty expensive un
dertaking.
The place that struck the committee
as most favorable was on Sycamore
creek, where there are high banks ana
no danger of overflow, a dam 800 feet
long would make a reservoir 800 feet
by 3,000 feet with an average depth of
seven feet. This according to the fig
ures of the committee would make
about 120.000,000 gallons, which would
last the city 450 days If it did not rain
a drop, then allow one-fourth of it for
evaporation. The proDaDie expense ai
this place would not be over ja.uuu.
BIG WHEAT FARMERS.
Miller Bros. Near Arkansas City Have
Made $100,000 in Four Years.
The Miller brothers, who operate the
101 ranch, have made $100,000 in four
years. They rent their lands of Ponca
Indians paying $10,000 a year. They
have 6,000 acres in wheat and 25 har
vesters have been running day and
night to cut the grain. About 150,000
bushels or grain will be harvested. Out
of their wheat and live stock they will
make this year $75,000 cash; last year
they made $25,000. On the ranch $40,000
was paid in wages last year, and $50,000
will be paid this season. The company,
composed of a father and four sons, is
engaged in wheat raising as a profes
sion and the members have faith that
by the end of five years more they will
have cleared $1,000,000 from the 40,000
acres they farm with such method and
exactness. Over 8,000 acres will be put
in wheat next fall. Arkansas City
Traveler.
WHEAT BURNS UP.
Farmers Near Beloit Lose Over
2,000 Bushels by Fire,
Beloit. July 6. While threshing on the
farm of William Tweed, sparks from the
engine set fire to a stack of wheat, de
stroying about 500 bushels.
Zack Huffman. Irvin Jones and Wil
liam Peden, farmers near Beloit, whose
farms adjoin, lost over 1,500 bushels of
wheat in stack and a portion not yet
cut by the carelessness of some boys
passing who were smoking. Other losses
by these men were three wagons and
two header boxes. Those who saw the
wheat burning in the fields not yet cut
say it was a thrilling scene.
Pension for Kansan.
Washington. July 6. Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original Henry H. Dale. Pratt. $8:
James H. McCormick, Garden City, $8;
waiter v. Fay, Kansas City. $8: Henry
C. Rankin, Weir City, $6.
Additional Maxon H. Lamphear.
Mound Valley, $8.
Increase John Keller. Howard. $12:
John M. Smith, National Military home.
Leavenwortn, $8; Charles Chenault.Wa
mego, $8; Robert W. McCoskey. Lan
sing, $8; Wm.H.Chadwick, Corning, $10;
John S. Cupp, Elm City, $10; special act
June 20, Joshua Mitchell. Seneca, $50.
original wiaows, etc. l,ucy A. Puti
fer, Castleton. $S; special accd. June 16.
Amanda Scoggins, Lovewell, $8.
w ar with Spain (original). Wm Ml.
Osawatomie, $S.
Injured in a Runaway.
Clay Center. July 6. While a daugh
ter and son of William Rundle, a farm
er living about six miles north of town,
were attending the Fourth of July cele-
Dration nere, tneir horse became un
manageable and in try-ins to subdue
him the bridle or bit broke. The young
man Jumped out, the horse ran away
and when turning a corner the young
lady jumped and in alighting broke her
leg. Physicians were called and the
limb may have to be amputated.
NOW A DEMOCRAT.
Webster Davis Renounces Alle
giance to Former Idols.
Kansas City, July 6. Webster Davis,
standing for the first time in the course
of his political life' upon a Democratic
rostrum, was the center of a dramatic
scene in the Democratic convention yes
terday afternoon as he bade a formal
farewell to the party that has nursed his
political fortunes and in solemn tones de
clared:
'I stand upon this platform and shall
support William Jennings Bryan."
In dramatic style and with all the force
and magnetism of a fine orator, Mr. Davis
began his address:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con
vention:
I appreciate verv hltrhlv th honor con
ferred upon me by inviting me to say a
few words at this time, and I shall not
detain you but a moment. I have been
honored highly by another cartv than this
in the past. I have served that party well
aim nave renoerea services as good as tne
honor I received and the account Is bal
anced now. (Great applause and cheer
ing.) Lite, numan lire, is hut a narrow span
between two great unknown eternities,
and life is too short for a man to sacri
fice his principles or his love of country
for money or for office in this republic.
(Enthusiastic applause and cheering.) I
have never yet read or heard a platform
that was so intensely American as the
platform read here in this convention.
(Continued applause and cheering.) Old
conditions have passed away, old ques
tions have passed and gone, many of
them, and new questions are now before
the American people.
I care not a snap of my finger for par
ty or private criticism. I care nothing
for office, for I gave up one voluntarily
better than you can give me Hgreat ap
plause ana cneer,ng, ana tne man or
newspaper that makes the statement that
I was forced to leave the administration
against my will, absolutely, unqualifiedly
and maliciously lies. (Thunderous ap
plause and cheering.) i
I love liberty. I love equality of rights,
and I love justice, and when the party
that I belong to has been too cowardly to
take a stand for liberty, to represent gov
ernment aerainst British aristocracy and
monarchy, I leave it and leave it for good.
(Wild and enthusiastic applause an
cheering.)
In every part of Europe and Africa the
charge is made by the British press and
the British officials that there is a secret
alliance between this country and Great
Britain to the effect that in case of any
foreign nation attempting to Intervene In
behalf of the poor Boers that this republic
will stand by Great Britain with its army
and its navy. (Cries of -"No, "no.") I
have yet to hear of the administration
denying that report. I defended the ad
ministration in every address I made in
behalf of the Boers since my unfortunate
visit to that country for me, I say un
fortunate, financially and politically but
I say now I will never defend it again
because it has not taken the chance at its
national convention to tell the American
people that we are for liberty and repub
lican forms of government. (Great ap
plause.) Liberty! We all love the splendid word
the sweetest word that ever blossomed
upon the tongue of man, and as one great
Republican senator said in the United
States senate, it has come to pass that
we must whisper the word liberty in
Washington.
Is it a fact that liberty is to become ob
solete in the American lexicon? Is it a
fact that this great republic must chain
Itself to the chariot wheels of the British
empire In Its mad race for land and gold?
I sympathize with people struggling for
liberty everywhere. I sympathize with
them as they struggled for liberty in every
country. And when the war broke out
with Spain, we said then that it was not
a war for conquest, not for glory, but for
carrying liberty to people who were cry
ing for help at our feet. (Great applause.)
And the boys marched up from the
Northland whose fathers once marched
in tattered blue, with the song their fath
ers loved. "My Country, "Tis of Thee,"
and the boys came from the Southland,
they whose fathers once marched in rag
ged gray, to the music of "Way Down
South in Dixie" (applause), and they fol
lowed the men who at once led the North
ern and Southern armies down to Cuba
and into other lands, and into the islands
of the sea. They marched under one flag
in behalf of one country to the music of
one splendid melody, as they felt in their
hearts the music that inspired the men in
the days gone by:
"In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was
born across the sea,
As he died to make men holy, let us die
to make men free."
The crowd at this noint broke out into a '
demonstration, yelling and waving flags
and hats, and it was some little time be
fore order was restored. The speaker at
tempted several times to go on, but was
forced to wait some little time. He fin
ally proceeded as follows:
Up until that point the war was right,
but when we passed beyond that point
the administration went too far. But It
was another indication of following in the
footsteps of Great Britain, when our flag
rose over the flag of the rotten Spanish
monarchy the American republic could
not resist the temptation then of follow
ing in the footsteps of Great Britain and
It thirsted for land and gold, and that is
where the mistake was made. We should
have stopped at the end of the Spanish
victory, when we brought liberty to the
people who were ground to death under
the heel of Spanish tyranny. We do love
liberty. The masses of the American peo
ple stand for the blessed idea of liberty,
justice and equality of rights, and I dare
say today, if it were possible to get the
news over the British cable to the Boer
farmers in the two South African repub
lics, that these representatives of six or
seven million American voters send a
word of sympathy to them, many a Boer
would shout for joy In the hills of the
Transvaal. Grander struggle for liberty
was never made in all the. world history
than tha struirele beintr made by the Re
publicans and Democrats in South Africa.
Let us sympathize with them, -and I am
glad that you have taken this action to
day, and at the polls in November follow
it up. Let American principles ever live.
Let tnem go on ana on tor years iu coma
a a an Institution to eenerations yet un
born. Liberty, love of country, one flag.
one country, one spienaiq. aesuny aione.
I stand UDon this platform and support
William Jennings Bryan.
BRYAN IS PLEASED.
Gives Out a Statement After News of
Nomination is Received.
Lincoln. Neb., Jury 6. There was no
marked demonstration at the Bryan
residence when the news of the nomina
tion came. Mr. Bryan was reclining on
a lounge in the parlor with only the
family present when state senator tai
bot, in the telegraph room above, shout
ed: "You're nominated, old man."
Then Mr. Talbott came hurriendly
down stairs, and Mr. Bryan reaching
for the bulletins, reamrked jokingly:
Talbott, this is terribly sudden."
Nearby neighbors came in to extend
congratulations and others called up
the nominee by 'phone.
Late at night Mr. Bryan repeated
what he had said so many times before.
that he was unable to say whether or
not he would go to Kansas City.
State Senator Talbott, who has here
tofore affiliated with the Republicans,
gave out a statement saying He would
vote for Bryan.
When asked for a statement, after his
nomination, Mr. Bryan gave out the fol
lowing: 'I am very much gratified to learn of
the adoption of a platform which . Is
clear and explicit on every question.
'The controversy over the silver plank
was not a controversy between men who
differed In principles, but rather a dif
ference of opinion as to the best method
of stating the question.
If we only had Democrats to deal
with, a simple reaffirmation would have
been sufficient, but we have to deal with
the Republicans as well as Democrats
and some of the Republicans would mis
construe our purpose and endeavor to
twist it into an evasion or abandonment
of the silver question.
'Our appeal is to the patriotism and
conscience of the people, and we must
take them Into our confidence If we ex
pect them to have confidence in us. Our
platform deals honestly and fearlessly
with every question before the public
and since we have nothing to explain we
can spend all our time in assaults upon
Republican policies. The industrial
trusts have alarmed, many who were not
with us in our fight against the money
trust In ls'Jb. We shall not disappoint
them; we shall not cease our efforts un
til every private monopoly is destroyed.
Imperialism appeals to many as the
most dangerous of the evils now menac
ing our country. It involves not only a
change in our ideas of government, but
a return to the militarism of the old
world. No matter how many differ as
to the relative importance of the ques
tion now before the country, every one
must recognize that an economic evil
can be corrected more easily than one
which attacks the foundations of gov
ernment. If we adhere to the principle that
government is a thing made by the people
for themselves, the people can In time
remedy every wrong, but if that doc
trine is once surrendered the people are
powerless to redress any grievances. The
six and one-half millions who supported
the Chicago platform in 1SS6 stand like
a solid wall against the trusts and
against imperialism. If 10 per cent of
those who by voting the Republican
ticket brought the present dangers up
on the country will join with us this
nation will once more become the cham
pion of liberty and an inspiration to the
oppressed everywhere."
Best Prescription For Malaria.
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure
no pay. .race, aoc.
20.00
Cincinnati and Return via the Santa
Fe.
Tickets on sale July 10, 11 and 32.
Good leaving Cincinnati as late as Au
gust 10. Account international conven
tion Baptist Xoungf People a Union.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Adjustment of Santa Fe Oper
ators' Grievances Finished.
Members of the General Com
mittee Eeturn Home.
SOME CONCESSIONS.
Officials Agreed to Salary In
crease in Many Instances.
Adjustment Probably Ends All
Differences For Some Time.
The members of the general grievance
committee of the Order of Railway Tel
egraphers have returned to their homes
after finishing the work of adjustment
with the Santa Fe officials. The new
schedule of rules and wages, as agreed
to by General Superintendent Resseguie
and Superintendent of Telegraph Sholes
will be published.
The late conference between the Santa
Fe officials and the grievance committee
of the O. R. T. probably ends all differ
ences between the company and the op
erators for some time at least.Each sta
tion along the line of the Santa Fe pro
per from Chicago to Purcell, El Paso
and Albuquerque, was -taken up sepa
rately, and any adjustment made that
was deemed necessary. In many in
stances increases in salary were grant
ed, and in some cases salaries were re
duced. The increases, however, will
amount to but a small sum annually.
The difference between the operators
and the Santa Fe company at one time
threatened to become serious. The
grievance committee came to Topeka
with a demand for increases amounting
to a horizontal advance of about 15 per
cent and a number of concessions in
rules. When these demands were turn
ed down abruptly by the Topeka offi
cials, talk of a strike was indulged in,
but fortunately this did not come to
pass and the differences have now been
adjusted.
OTTAWA MEN AT WORK HERE.
Oar Repairers Laid Off in Ottawa Find
Work in Topeka.
Word has been received here from To
peka that 15 of the car repairers laid off
from duty here some time ago can have
positions at the Topeka shops if they
wish to go there. It Is probable that the
men will go next week. A number of
repair men have already gone to Topeka
and have secured jobs. The wages paid
there are $2.25. The men made $2 here.
Ottawa Republican.
It is true that several men from Ot
tawa have taken positions in the shops
in this city. The wages paid in many
instances probably amount to $2.25 per
day. The men in Ottawa work by the
day while those in Topeka are paid by
the piece. It is to be seen, therefore,
that the men are paid Just what they
are worth. It is possible that a few
receive even more than $2.25 per day.
WIVES OF RAIL ROAD MEN.
Two Prominent .Ladies Who Have
Histrionic Ambitions.
The New Tork Mirror of last week
contained an announcement of the ap
pearance Mrs. A. S. Greig, wife of the
general manager of the El Paso &
Northeastern railroad, as a performer
at Keith's vaudeville house in that city.
The announcement establishes rather a
peculiar coincidence when considered
with the fact that the wife of the audi
tor of the same road was formerly on
the stage.
Mr. H. A. Conner Is auditor of the El
Paso & Northeastern road, and Mrs.
Conner was formerly Miss Marguerite
Binford of this city. Several years ago
Miss Binford appeared in New York as
"Carrie Flagg," the standard bearer, in
the original production of Hoyt's "A
Milk White Flag," and made such a
"hit" that likenesses of her in her stage
costume were distributed broadcast
through New Tork as advertising mat
ter. Miss Binford quit the stage to be
married, but when here two years ago
declared that she would gladly resume
stage life if it was not for her husband's
opposition.
THE REDS WON.
Defeated Valley Falls in
Close
Game.
The Santa Fe Reds were victorious in
the ball game played with the Valley
Falls team by a score of 11 to 8. This
when the Valley Falls team was assist
ed by a battery from Atchison, which
was secured for the occasion, and Gep
hart, one of the Washburn players.
The game was easy from the start.
Much dissatisfaction was manifested
with the decisions of the umpire. He
repeatedly made decisions unfair to the
Reds.
The score by Innings follow
Reds 0 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 011
Valley Fall 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 08
This is the way they played:
Valley
Reds. Positions. Falls.
Bair ..........Catcher ........ Meyers
Sherman ..Pitcher ........ Quigg
Baughman.. 1st base Hoff
Gardiner 2d base Gephart
Shannon 3d base Lewis
Wakle ........shortstop ..Murray
Sullivan left field Legler
Larkins center field ......Newman
Miller right field Simons
Umpire Gephart.
FROM WELLINGTON.
Fireman Walt Amick and family left
last night for Hennessey on a visit to
Mr. Amice's parents.
Brakeman Frank Irland is laying off
on account of sickness. Joe Bailey is
taking his place.
Relief Agent Ingham has returned
from Argonia where he has been for a
month relieving the Santa Fe agent.
Fireman Hentzel was sent to Hutch
inson to take the second side on the
through passenger put on between
Hutchinson and Blackwell.
It was reported here some time ago
that Fireman Ernest Bowden, formerly
of thi3 city, had his leg cut off in a
street car accident and died In Kansas
City. A letter received from his wife
states that it must have been some oth
er person of the same name. Her hus
band has not been hurt, and is working
In a hardware Btore in Kansas City.
SANTA FE LOCALS.
Engineer Charles Sharp and Fireman
Ed Connelly are layin goff to attend the
Kansas City convention.
George Britenall, wiper at the round
house was sent out as fireman yesterday
on account or a scarcity or help.
Engineer Tom Jones has reported for
work.
Fireman Sam Ash Is representing two
men during the month of July. He dou
bles the road, every day on 115 and 116
and 108 and 105. r
Wrilliam Robinson, of Argentine, who
has recently returned from Raton was
sent out to fire an engine yesterday.'
Harry Snyder of the machine shop is
laying off.
Peji sketches of McKinley and Bryan
adorn the walls of the railroad T. M. C.
A. reading room. -
J. H. Taylor of the car shop is laying
off.
P. J. Graber.'J. C. Graber and Chas.
Link of the coach department are lay
ing off.
R. P. C. Sanderson and Rendall Cong
don, the new foreman of the blacksmith
shop, spent the Fourth in Ft. Madison.
HIS WORKIS DONE
Noble L. Prentis Stricken With
Paralysis.
There is little Hope That He
Will Recover.
Burlington, la., July 6. A special
from Laharp says that Noble Prentis
of the Kansas City Star was stricken
with paralysis while visiting his sister
there and is not "expected to recover.
Noble Prentis was a thorough Kan
san. He came to Topeka from Illinois
in ib'j. He secured a position at once
on the Daily State Record and from
that time was identified with Kansas
newspaper work.
The following sketch of Noble Prentis
was written by D. W. Wilder, an inti
mate friend and ex-state officer who
now lives in Kansas City:
"The man who has been a Kansas edi
tor during the boom period is a man
who believed In Kansas all over, all the
time, and all the way through. Noble
renus is sucn a man. He has been
"here a quarter of a century. He has
edited tne Record and Commonwealth,
in Topeka; the Journal, in Lawrence;
the Union, in Junction City; the Cham
pion, in Atchison; the Republican, in
Newton, and never did better work than
he has been doing as an editor of the
NOBLE PRENTIS.
Kansas City Star. He has written a
thousand articles entitled 'Vote the
Bonds.' He has helped build hundreds
of school houses, churches, academies,
colleges, railroads.
"Every man, woman, event or inci
dent that could be reported he has re
ported. He has edited the telegraphic
copy, supplied one-quarter of the words
and making all of the heads. And he
has done this with more wit and humor,
more varieties of happy illustrations,
than any other Kansas editor. He has
always had Kansas on top, In prose and
verse, in song and story, and has turn
ed on the stream of wit and wisdom ev
ery day and night during 15 years of
boom.
"Prentis has more knowledge that Is
available for newspaper use now, at
noon, or now, at midnight than any
editor I have ever known. He remem
bers it or knows where to find It, and
find It quick.
"He was born in Illinois, of New Eng
land parents, ha3 lived in both localities,
and is a Yankee and a western man in
one. He was a soldier, and knows the
south. He has traveled a gooC deal In
his own country, has tieen In Old Mex
ico and In Europe. He has read num
berless books and newspapers and has
a marvelous memory. He reads French,
knows French history well, and United
States history in a way that seems like
perfection. He has written four or five
books on travel, all bright, pleasant, en
tertaining. "One of the peculiar facts about Pren
tis Is this: He can talk to anybody.
The man spoken to by Prentis don't
get mad and refuse to answer, but
laughs and goes to talking with him.
And so Prentis travels, meeting in
teresting men and learning more and
more all the time. On the Cunarder
when he was two days out the passen
gers all knew Prentis; had heard some
good stories; and they called him the
"Kansas man." And when he wrote
about the trip in "The Kansan Abroad"
he got orders for the book from all sorts
of places and countries.
"The boom is over, our boom B7-87
and the boys who lived and wrote in
such high, radiant hopes will soon be
over also. Kansas had its beginning in
our day. The boys who follow ua will
see It all peopled, and will complete the
great work that began forty years ago.
In the new set that follows us there
will be no better editor than Noble
Prentis, but there 'will be more than
one man like him, and they will hunt
him up' in the library of the State His
torical society. There, in the rooms
where Prentis spent so many happy
hours they will find him, will laugh
with him, re-print him, and say of him:
'This printer, soldier and editor was
honored pioneer of our beloved state; ;
we 11 keep his memory green.'
"CUTS NO ICE."
So Says Dare Mul vane of Dem
ocratic 16 to 1.
Republican National Committee
man is Tery Sanguine.
David W. Mulvane, the youthful na
tional committeeman of the Republican
party In Kansas, who predicts that the
national Republican ticket will carry
in Kansas next November by a larger
majority than was given the state
ticket two years ago, says the Demo
crats have made themselves ridiculous
in Kansas City this week by discussing
whether or not to simply reaffirm the
Chicago platform "or" put in the plat
form a specific declaration for silver.
"It seems a funny proceeding," said
Mr. Mulvane today. "Those who want
ed a specific declaration in the platform
appear to have had the idea that unless
such a declaration was made the peo-
STANLETSPEAKS
Tells Swedish Independent Club
He Admires Sweden.
Recounts Deeds .of Heroes of
That Nation.
HE REPRESENTS ALL.
Says That is What He Has
Tried to Do.
Frank Nelson Plunges at Once
Into Politics.
The Scandinavian Independent club,
an organization which seems to be po
litical In its objects with a tendency
toward the Republican side of the po
litical fence, held a meeting in the old
court house last night to listen to ad
dresses by Governor Stanley and Frank
Nelson. The meeting was opened by a
song from the Scandinavian Glee club,
which sang in their native tongue. The
music was all right, but the governor
was in the same position, the average
citizen is when he attends grand opera.
Mr. Nelson had the best of it, for he
could understand the words. The club
afterward sang a song in English, the
theme being that everybody would vote
for Stanley. It was one of those cam
paign songs which are written with the
name of the candidate in blank so that
it can be inserted to fit any occasion,
and candidate.
Governor Stanley was introduced by
the chairman, who remarked that the
state had been given a good, clean ad
ministration, and should again elect
the same officers. In his remarks Gov
ernor Stanley said: "I have tried to do
what the chairman says I have done
I have tried to represent not one party,
but all the people of the great state of
Kansas, and have done what I think
is to their best interests." He thanked
the club for its invitation, and then
went on to speak of his great admira
tion of the Swedish nation. "During
my boyhood," he said, "I took a great
Interest In the history of Sweden and
its people. I followed its story back and
read of the struggle of the people who
were striving for better government,
better civilization and better institu
tions in 1500 when Gustavus first laid
the foundation for that wonderful coun
try as Washington did for ours." He
eulogized Gustavus Adolphus and
Charles XII, and spoke of Jennie Llnd,
Nelson and Capt. Ericsson of the Mon
itor; in fact, he called up about all the
citizens of Sweden who had got into
history, including Dr. Swensson and
Frank Nelson. He paid a high com
pliment to the Scandinavians when he
said that a glance at the police court
records would show that emigrants
from their country gave less trouble
than those from any nation on earth,
and attributed their good citizenship to
their ancestry.
The governor did not get into poll
tics until toward the close of his speech
when he said: "I want to ask you aa
men from a country which has pro
duced such men as Gustavus Adolphus
and Charles XII, Do you think those
men would, permit their country's flag
to be hauled down where it had been
raised in the cause of liberty "' He
closed with an appeal to the Scandi
navians to uphold the glory of the coun
try of their adoption.
Mr. Frank Nelson did not hesitate
to bring in politics. He began by say
ing: "As I came into this hall I saw
the stars and stripes before me, and as
I looked to the right and left I saw the
same emblem. I looked behind me and
again saw the nation's flag and, and
this reminded me of a remark I heard
a gentleman make today. He said:
'The sun never sets on Uncla Sam now,
and no nation of the world can set on
him, either.' " He continued with en
comiums of the stars and stripes, say
ing that It was "the emblem of liberty,
and always would be, whether flying
over this country or the Islands which
had fallen Into our hands by the chances
of war." He stated that the war with
China was not for spoils or the acquire
ment of territory, but was a war of
education against barbarism, and added
that the United States was now a world
power and would have to meet and
solve the problems of the world. He
closed by saying that the duty of all
good citizens who shared In the inheri
tance of the great country was to en
large and protect that which had been
given us.
pie of the country would refuse to be
lieve the party; that is, that the people
wouldn't believe they meant 16 to 1 in
the event the Chicago platform was
simply reaffirmed. I can't figure out
how reaffirmation of the Chicago plat
form could mean anything but 1$ to 1
strong, but apparently the Democrats
at Kansas City had a different tneory.
"Personally I don't think 16 to 1 will t
cut any Ice in the campaign this year.
I believe the nomination of Charles A.
lOWIlC WUU1U I i i t C t, UlC llt-RCt o . " i -
in Kansas, but not because he repre
sents definitely the 16 to 1 element.
The fact that there are more Populists
in Kansas than Democrats, and many
Silver Republicans, would make his
choice under the circumstances par
ticularly a good move as far- as Kansas
is concerned."
Mr. Mulvane says he has no doubt
that it will be- possible to arrange with
the national Republican committee to
secure Governor Theodcre Roosevelt for
a week in Kansas duritig the campaign,
"We will make an effort to have him
here the week of the G. A. R. reunion
at Hutchinson,' which 18 the last week
of September,1 but If we can't get him
then other arrangements-will be made.
Governor Roosevelt will probably be in
the west for some time. The Tact that
the Twentieth Kansas reunion is to be
held at the same time as the G. A. R.
reunion, with people from every portion
of the state present as a result, is our
reason for particularly desiring the
presence of Governor Roosevelt at that
time."
MRS. CASTLE WILL DIE.
Eldorado Woman Whose Throat Was
Cut Cannot Live.
El Dorado. Kan., July . Mrs. Olin
Castle, whose throat was cut with a
razor by Miss Jessie Morrison a week
ago, will probably die. The crime was
committed through mad jealousy. Mrs,
Castle lingered between life and. death,
but yesterday she began to sink. Last
night she summoned relatives and
friends to her side and wrote she was
going to die, and was ready. To Jessie
Morrison, who inflicted the wound, she
wrote this message: "I forgive you;
the Lord will forgive you If you ask
Him." She distributed her keepsakes
to the loved ones and told them who she
wanted to sing at the funeral.
After the crime Miss Morrison was
arrested, charged with assault with in
tent to kill, and was released on $5,000
bond. In the event that Mrs. Castle
dies the charge will be changed to mur
der in the first degree, and Miss Morri
son will be rearrested.