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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAIi, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1900.
SP0RTING NEWS.
Mnggsy McGraw Leads the
League With the Stick.
lmer Flick is a Close Second
With 398 Per Cent.
THOMAS HAS 90 RUNS.
McGann and Cooley Tied For
Lead at First Base.
Joe Qainn Shows Up Best at the
Second Bag.
Brooklyn First In Fielding and
Lively Base Running.
New Tork, Aug. 13. Latest records of
the National league players, compiled
up to last Thursday, show that the bat
ters have held their own since the pub
lication of the last set two weeks ago.
More men have gained In percentage
than have lost. The leader has gone over
.400, and the number batting .300 or bet
ter Is still 34, the same as two weeks
ago.
Muggsy McGraw now leads the pro
cession in batting, with a percentage of
.404. Elmer Flick, who looks good to
win out the year's honors, is second,
with .398. Hanus Wagner is third, and
big Lajoie fourth. Jake Beckley, who
has slid down a little, la batting .332
In fourteenth place.
Roy Thomas has made 90 runs, the
largest number scored by any player.
Flick has made 135 hits, six more than
Wagner. Among the Reds Barrett,
Crawford and McBrlde continue to hang
below the .300 mark, Sam Crawford now
having an average of but .272.
Lou Criger still heads the catchers In
fielding. .Plet and Wood rank ninth
and tenth. Hawley and Tannehill lead
the pitchers in field work. Hahn is
twelfth, Scott sixteenth, Breitenstein
seventeenth, Phillips twentieth and
Newton twenty-second. McGann and
Cooley are tied for the lead among the
first basemen, Beckley coming fifth. Joe
tjulnn lias an easy lead in percentages
at second, but a comparison of his work
with that of Harry Steinfeldt shows
that Sir Joseph has accepted 241 chances
in 55 games, while Steiney got away
with 284 in six less contests. Charlie
Irwin leads the third basemen by no
less than 20 points, Steinfeldt ranking
fifth. Davis leads the shortstops, Cor
coran eighth.
Heidrick leads the center fielders,
Donovan the right fielders and Kelley
the left gardeners. The Cincinnati
squad are scattered down the column.
Philadelphia still leads in club bat
ting, with .297, not a team having a .300
average. The Reds have now tumbled
to the bottom plate, with only .265. Tet,
in odd comparison, they still lead in
total extra bases, with .495, while the
slugging Quakers are fourth, with .459.
Brooklyn leads in club fielding. On
the strength of the figures It is not hard
to see where Brooklyn holds first place.
The champions are second in team bat
ting, first in fielding and first in base
running. They have 1S7 steals to Cin
cinnati 93. Averaging these showings
the leaders are seen to easily excel all
competitors.
Hans Wagner and Elmer Flick are
srtill the heavy hitters of the league.
Wagner having 104 extra sacks to
Flick's 102. Crawford comes third, with
$5, a curious showing for a .272 point
hitter, and strongly suggesting the idea
that when Watioo Sam learns to bunch
hits of the Burkett pattern, with his
Plugging, he will be the marvel of the
age. Sheckard leads the base runners.
Jjoyle second, Barrett eleventh.
McGinnity continues to boost his rec
ord of wins. TannehSll second. Count
ing in only those pitchers who have
officiated In 15 games, Ed Scott ranks
eighth In the procession, Hahn four
teenth, Breit fifteenth and Newton
twenty-second.
REIFF RIDES IN IRELAND.
Little American Jockey is Given an
Enthusiastic Greeting.
London, Aug. 13. Johnny Reiff, the
'American jockey, crossed to Ireland and
rode two winners in the Curragh races in
County Kildare on Thursday last. The
little horseman got a tremendous- recep
tion at the track, and said to a corres
pondent: "I never knew anything like the en
thusiasm of the Irish sports. It differs
altogether from what I meet with in
Kngland. I like the Irish, and shall be
glad to come again.
"Your Jockeys, however, ride awfully
wild. They don't mean it, perhaps but
they do the most reckless riding I ever
paw.though they use splendid horseman
ship. "They tell me that no Jockey is
thought anything of .here until he has
broken pretty nearly every bona In his
body. I am not in that game." ,
AMERICAN BALLNINE IK PARIS
A. G. Spalding Will Be Catcher and
Spencer Eddy Pitcher.
Paris, Aug. 13. A. G. Spalding, direc
tor of sports for the American exposi
tion commission, has been trying to se
cure a baseball team from the United
States, but has failed. He Is mow busy
organizing a nine from among the
Americans here to take part In the In
ternational contest next month. Mr.
Spalding says he has found splendid ma
terial among the visiting college ath
letes, the American exhibiters, and the
employes of the American commission.
Spalding himself, formerly a crack play
er, will act as catcher, and Spencer
Eddy, second secretary of the United
States embassy, as pitcher.
COMING OF THE NEW STAR.
Taylor Follows Vardon to Mecca of
Scotch Golfers.
New Tork, Aug. 13. John H. Taylor,
the open golf champion of Great Britain,
arrived in New York on the steamship
Etrurla. He will remain In this country
several months, and it is expected that
he will engage in matches with Harry
Vardon, who was defeated by Taylor at
St. Andrews, Scotland, for the open
championship. If the men don't meet
before, they will come together in the
American open championship to be. held
at Chicago on October 6 and 7.
Taylor could not outline his plana to
day, saying that nothing definite would
e decided until he had consulted with
George- H. Cann. his partner in business
In Pittsburg. Cann is the professional of
the Pittsburg Golf club.
BLOAN BAILS FOR HOME. -
Little Jockey Coming Over on a Busi
ness Trip.
' London, Aug. 13. Tod Sloan has sail
ed for the United States on a business
trip. He intends to return at once, in
time for the Doncaster races. Ha Is
still suffering from a "bruised ear, the
result of a fall at Liverpool. Before
sailing he said: "But for the accident
I should have won the Liverpool cup.
urtnermore, I should now have bee
on the top of the list of winning mounts
ridden. As it is, my percentage of win
nings is the highest. Racing in Eng
land this year has been exceedingly
well attended, notwithstanding the
war in south Alnca." .
American jockey ship has made a deep
Impression in this country, according to
tne sportsman, mat publication savs
"Three years ago the posture of Tod
Sloan was a Joke. Now it evokes seri
ous discussion of the first principles of
scientific riding. Is it right, it is ask
ed, to sit as Sloan, Reiff .and other
American jockeys do on the withers of
the horse, he along the neck and hold
the head just a little way behind the
bit? Unquestionably this posture en
ables the jockey to avoid much of the
resistance offered by the air. It takes
an advantage that no racing cyclist
would aream or not taking."
JEFFRIES MAKES AN OFFER.
Will Meet Both Sharkey and Fitz-
simmons Before Sept. 1.
New Tork, Aug. 13. Jamea J. Jeffries
is ready to defend his title of heavy
weight champion before September 1. In
a statement issued the Californian
agrees to fight Fitzsimmons in Madison
square Oarden before September 1. Thi
is his statement:
"Being desirous of demonstrating to
tne American public that I am clearly
entitled to the title of champion heavy
weignt or tne world, I have today re
turned to my training quarters to con
tinue my work of putting myself into
condition, nooert Fitzsimmons, who
demonstrated Friday night that he
a wonderful pugilist, and. for whom
have intense admiration, has often
stated since I defeated him that he
would sacrifice anything for another
chance to regain the" championship.
When I fought him his manager forced
me to give Fitzsimmons 65 per cent of
the purse, win or lose, and in order to
obtain the chance I agreed to this un
heard of arrangement. Since that time
I have held that I was entitled to a Sim
ilar division of the purse if I agreed to
meet him again, as there can be no
question that my victory over him was
clear and decisive.
"If Fitzsimmons wil Imeet-me before
September 1 I will agree that the win
ner take all, or that the purse be di
vided, 75 per cent to the winner and 25
per cent to the loser. If he claims that
it would not be justice to Sharkey to
declare the present match off between
him and the sailor if this is Fitzsim
mons' reason for not meeting me before
September 1 I will then make this
somewhat novel proposition: I will
meet both Fitzsimmons and Sharkey
before September 1, Fitz" first, on or
about August 25, and Sharkey August
31. his proposition is made with the
view of giving Fitzsimmons the chance
he claims he wants to recover the
championship, and not to do Sharkey
any wrong by shutting him out of his
chance to battle for the title. If by
Tuesday I have received no favorable
answer from Fitzsimmons I shall dis
continue training and refuse to meet
anyone until on or about June 1, 1901
"If Fitzsimmons should beat me on
August 25 I will waive my match with
Sharkey to him, and in this way it can
be very pleasantly shown who is the
champion."
f itzsimmons has not yet made a
reply.
WAGERS ON THE FIGHT.
About $300,000 Changed Hands-
John L.'s Friends Bet on Fitz.
New York. A us-. 13. It Is estimated that
about J3)0,u00 changed hands throughout
the country on the result or the KHzslm-mons-Ruhlin
fight. Of this sum about
SlOO.OiO was waaered in New York city
Up the state the betting fraternity put
out bets amounting to about $50,000. while
tne remainder of the XoOO.OoO was divided
among tne Dig clues or. tne west and
south.
Even money was the rule at the ring
side. It changed from 10 to 8 in favor of
Fitzsimmons earlier in the day. A great
fleal or the money bet was placed by men
from out of town. Most of these visitors
favored Ruhlin, and. it was this that re
duced the odds asrainst him.
The largest bet recorded was that of
Danny Duffy of New Orleans, son of the
late Col. Patrick Duffy. He put up J2.600
on nroimmons against zw on tunnn
by a man of the name of Wilson from
Boston. "Brooklyn" Jimmy Carroll held
the stakes.
Most of John L. Sullivan's friends wag
ered their money on Fitzsimmons. The
Providence delegation stopped at his place.
Among those In the delegation were Mike
Keiiiy, tsarney i-'agan, mm Buckley, Kd
dle Bohan, Pat Burns. Joe Brown. Fred
Wlnship and Jim Daly. Most of the
sports asked Sullivan for his opinion, and
he said:
"I have placed J200 even on Bob twice
ana win try and dispose or ia.WO more at
tne garden, l think he will do the trick
quite handily."
This made most of Sullivan's friends
back the Comishman. Sullivan acted as
stakeholder and his safe held about $8,01-0
in wagers.
Wakely bet $1,000 even with a Chicago
friend of Kitz and offered to back Lankv
Bob the same way again, but found no
takers. Sam Fitzpatrick was more for
tunate and located a customer for a big
commission on Kuhlln, getting It) to 8 for
his money..
At Corbett's Johnny Consldine held these
Dels: Manny Chappelle, $ou0 even on Ruh
lin, with J. N orris of San Francisco; M".
Lawrence, 200 to 1750 that Fitzsimmons
wins in three rounds, with Morris
Schleiser of Baltimore: John B. Thomp
son of Cincinnati. $1,000 even that Fitz
simmons would win, with "Sommer" Lo
gan, of Louisville. K y. warren Lewis
placed $1,000 even on Ruhlin with J. Smiles
of Rochester.
NELSON WINS AGAIN.
Defeats Archie McEachern, of Canada,
in Thirty Mile Paced Race.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 13. Johnny Nel
son of Chicago defeated Archie McBach
ern of Canada in a. thirty-mile motor
paced bicycle race at the "Voodside park
track. Nelson broke every record from
one to thirty miles, with the exception
of those of one, two and twenty-five miles.
Much of the interest In the race was
lost owing to the accident to McKaehern's
wheel, which precluded any possibility of
his winning. The saddle of his bicycle
broke in the last lap of the second mile.
In securing: a new wheel he lost one and
one-half laps and was able to recover only
me nan lap. rseison s time lor tne thirty
miles was 48:02 2-5. The previous record
was 50:20 2-5, held by Elkea.
CRESCEUS WON EASILY.
Had Little Trouble in Beating Tommy
Britton in Straight Heats.
Chicago, Aug. 13. Before a slim crowd
Saturday afternoon at the Washington
park race track, Cresceus demonstrated
nis claim to the title ot the fastest trot
ting stailion in the country bv beatinar
Tommy Britton in straight heats. A
slight rain made the track lightning fast
and in the first heat a local record was
broken. Cresceus reeling off the mile In
2:(Hi1-s- The next heat was a second slower.
Cresceus simply played with the Chicago
horse, beating him as far as he wanted to.
rue 2:2a trot was won in straigrnt beats
by Mr. Middlemay.
c K. . Biiitnes trotted nis wonderful
little mare Lucille to wagon and lowered
her record of 2:09i half a second, mak
ing the distajice in 2:0i4. the fastest ama
teur record heretofore being 2:0S1i. The
mare was naced bv a runner, driven by
George West, and was loudly cheered for
her performance.
Major Taylor Wins Close Race.
New Bedford. Mass.. Aug. 13. The mid
summer meet ot the Massachusetts divi
sion of the League of American Wheel
men came to a close Saturday. The most
exciting event was the mile national pro
fessional, which Major Tavlor won after
iio-viiiK luugni out to tne nnisn every ritrjti
he rode in, and especially the semi-finals,
when J. A. Is'ewhouse of Buffalo pushed
him faster than anv mile has been ridden
without motor pace on this track. The
mile was made in 1 :56 2-5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT CTTTCArsn
Hard and timely hitting gave Pittsburg
mi easy victory. Beaumont nit tne sec
ond ball pitched for a homer, and every
man on the team excepting Ritchev found
Griffith for one or more hits. Tannehill
was a little easy in the second and third,
but was hit safely only twice after then.
Attendance, 8,000.
Score by Innings :
Chicago 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 02
Pittsborg 1 2002010 06
AT ST. LOUIS.
Brooklyn got to Jones in the ninth and
won out in a fighting finish. Jones pitched
in good form until this time.
Score bv innings:
St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 02
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
Games Games Per
. . Won. Lost.. Cent
Brooklyn ... 65 32 . 632
Pittsburg 49 41 .544
Philadelphia .... 47 40 '. .54J
Chicago 44 4S .4:5
Boston 43 45 - 4M)
St. Louis 33 47 .445
Cincinnati 39 60 - .438
New York 34 49 . 40?
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
It took ten innings for Detroit to win
the first game, while the second one, after
being Interrupted three times by rain,
was finally won by the Detroit club
through a batting rally in the sixth in
ning. Foreman had held Detroit down
without a hit up to that time, but the
wet ball caused him to lose control. Ker
win pitched the last two innings and was
hit hard in the eighth. HZlberfeld's long
and timely hits were the feature of the
second game, aside from circus catches
by Casey, Harley and Bierbauer.
First game:
Deiroit 1 00000000 12
Buffiilo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01
Second game:
Det roit 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 7
Buffalo 10U10000 02
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Only one game was played yesterday,
the second being called in the third in
ning on account of darkness. The first
games was a walkover for the visitors,
.who outtielded the home team at every
-point. When the second game was called
Chicago had one run, while Denzer had
just succeeded la retirng the home team
on strikes.
Score by innings:
Minneapolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Chicago 0 1010004 39
AT MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee won both games from Kan
sas City, shutting out the Blues in the
lirst contest, while twelve innings were
required to win the second by a score of
2 to 1. Sensational fielding marked both
fames and merited the appreciation of
000 people. Waldron. Burke. Ketchum,
Smith, Cotighlin, Clingman and Schaefer
shone in tit-lding. while Anderson, Rett-
fer. Ketchum, Waldron, Clingman and
ungan led in batting.
First game:
Milwaukee 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Second game:
Milwaukee 0 1000000000 12
Kansas City 0 0000010000 01
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
Games Games Per
Won. Lost Cent.
Chicago E6 3 .615
Milwaukee 65 45 .645
Indianapolis 50 44 .6.C
Detroit 63 4 7 . 5a0
Cleveland 47 4S .495
Kansas City 48 54 .471
Buffalo 43 ES .42J
Minneapolis 43 59 .416
WESTERN LEAGUE.
AT SIOUX CITT.
Score bv inninas:
HUE
Sioux City S 8 10 111 11
Des Motnes 1 00203 5
Batteries McDonald and Cote: McFar-
land and lioluuan.
AT PUEBLO.
Score bv lnniuGrs:
Tt H H
Pueblo 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 10 10
Omaha 000042000 6 9
Batteries Parrott. Whiteridee and Gra-
nam; coons, Aewmyer, .freeiaaa ana XjO
man.
AT DENVER.
Score bv innines:
HH E
Denver 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 14 8
St. Joseph 0 0110000 13 7
Batteries Schmidt and Buelow. Gibson
and Kilng.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
, Games Games Per
Won. Lost. Cent
Denver 51
33 .6 1
St. Joseph 45
Des Moines 39
Omaha 40
41 .525
SS .51-3
44 .478
41 .47
47 .414
Sioux City 35
Pueblo 34
Eskridge, 20; Auburn, 8.
Auburn. Aue. 13. Eskridee beat th
home team here Sunday by a score of
20 to 8.
Kskridge 2 0 4 2 1 0 9 2 20
Auburn 2 01012200 S
Batteries Eskridire. Cawkins and Moss-
man; Auburn, .Henderson ana ienaerson.
Saturday Ball Games,
NATIONAL LEAGUm.
Pittsburg, 5; Boston, 1.
New York, 1: Cincinnati. 0.
. St. Louis, 8; Brooklyn, 1.
Philadelphia. 2: Chicago, o.
AMESICAN LEAGUE,
Detroit, 2-5; Buffalo, 1-4.
Chicago, 5; Minneapolis, 1.
Cleveland, 4-6; Indianapolis, 2-4.
Milwaukee, 5; Kansas City, i.
Baseball Notes.
Since Hanlon has brought Gus
W eyhing into the Superba fold he had
that famous old athletics battery.
W eyhing and Cross. Lave was a catcher
In those days, and if need be he could
go behind the bat now. Wouldn't it Jar
some of the old-timers to read the
names of Weyhing and: Cross on the
score boards as a battery once more?
Brooklyn is the first club to win dou
ble figures in a series with 11 victories
over Cincinnati in 13 games played.
President Soden, of the Boston club.
has gone to Yarmouth for a little rest.
It is doubtful if Catcher Warner, of
New York, ever plays ball again. Such
is the opinion of the surgeons of the J.
Hood Wright hospital, who attended
him after his accident. His left elbow
was fractured, pieces of bone protruding
through the flesh. "This is one of tne
kind of injuries that seldom heal right,"
said the surgeon. Meanwhile New York
is looking for a catcher.
Tim Donohue is the league s comed
ian. Some people say he Is a pocket
edition of Arlie Latham. Tim has his
own views on every subject, and doesn't
care whether they agree with other peo
ple s or not. The other day Tim was
discussing baseball in general with a
friend, when the latter mentioned the
fact that he thought Brooklyn had the
best chance In the league for the pen
nant. "Perhaps so," said Tim, "but they
won't earn it. They've won half of their
games unfairly. That fellow McGin
nity isn't a genuine sportsman. He
uses underhand tactics." And Tim
walked dejectedly away. Brooklyn
Times.
Wonderfully well preserved Is that vet
eran of veterans. Jack Chapman. It was
only last season that he kept the Con
necticut league Intact by taking hold of
Norwich. But for the fact that he was
prevailed upon to accept an excellent
business proposition, he would be in the
harness today.
McGraw scored 13 runs in five games of
the last eastern triD of his cluh. In 40
games he made 64 hits, with 71 totals, and
stole 13 bases.
KANSASNEWS. .
Captain Albright Talks of the
Citizens of China.
Tisited Hong Kong and Canton
While at Luzon.
SAW NO SOLDIERS THEN
Declares the Lower Classes Are
Great Cowards.
Turns Christian to "Work" the
-. ' ' Missionary.
Leavenworth, Aug. 13. Apropos of
the interest in the Chinese war and the
mystery surrounding the flowery king
dom and the land of the firecracker,
Captain W. S. Albright of the Twentieth
Kansas, tells some Interesting facts
concerning a part of China which he
visited during his trip from the Philip
pines back to the states.
"We touched at Hong' Kong first on
our homeward trip," said the captain,
"but we did not stay there long. That
you know, is an English city almost,
and the trade and commerce of the
place Is almost all foreign. Many of the
buildings are after the English style
of architecture, large brick and atone
and many Chinese speak English. Of
course, much of the town has the ap
pearance and is a Chinese city for the
Chinese are there in great numbers but
it is an English port and English guns
of terrible effect frown down upon the
city from all sides. The city is sur
rounded on every side except the bay
by masked batteries of the latest ord
nance and it is doubtful in my mind
if any fleet that could be sailed into
the harbor could take the qity.
"The shops in the city are nearly all
Chinese and the most of the keepers
speak English.
"WTe went from Hong Kong to Can
ton which is seventy miles up the river.
This is a real Chinese town and here
you see tha coolies and the low class of
the Chinese in great numbers. We pass
ed through the floating part of the city,
which consists of houses built on flat
boats much like the barges used by
Commodore Dresser; 300,000 live in this
manner.
"Canton is a walled city, but a large
part of the population lives without, the
wall. On the vessel going up to Canton
I met a lady missionary who had been
in that country fifteen years. She said
the missionaries were doing good work
there but the captain of the vessel who
overheard her remarks said to me after
ward;
' 'Ask a Chinese convert what - he is
doing and he will reply, "Me workee
Jesus."
"He tells exactly the truth," said the
captain, "and when he can no longer
work the missionary he quits being a
Christian. -
"I went Into many of the temples
while in Canton. There are over, five
hundred of them in the city and some
very unique ones. We were forced to
take oft our shoes when we went inside.
Buildings in Canton are not over two
or three stories high as nearly all Chi
nese buildings are and the shops are
kept only on the ground floor. The main
street of Canton is only four and a half
feet wide and paved with large flag
stones. The sun never strikes the pave
ment on account of the overhanging
buildings.
"The Chinese of the lower class are
arrant cowards. They are easily fright
ened and if you strike one he will go
away crying. I saw no soldiers in Chi
na and the police they have go unarm
ed. These iolice in their rounds at
night carry a bell which they ring to
frighten burglars and marauders away.
I believe I did see two guns while in
Canton. They are short, cannon-like
firearms which looked like they might
be such as boya here use on Fourth of
July, but I saw no modern guns.
"There Is all the difference in the
world between Japanese and the Chi
nese. The Japs are more like the Eng
lish. They cannot be bluffed and they
are quick to comprehend. The Chinese
are the reverse and are slow and phleg
matic. The Chinese become more like
IMPERIAL JOSS HOUSE
At Pekin, Where Emperor Kwang St Worships.
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This Is the first photograph published in any American newspaper of the
Imnerlal Joss House in Pekin's Innermost Forbidden City, where Emperor
Tfwknir Su if he has not already been murdered by order of the Dowager Em
press prays daily for the. deliverance of his dynasty from the brutality of
the Boxers. The Chinese Emperor is a good young man, but he is not conspic
uous for dominant characteristics. . 1
the Japanese when they learn to speak
English. The English speaking Chinese
that I saw were bright and intelligent
and were very quick." -
ETTNSTON TO STAY.
JTo Return Some Until the "Country
is Pacified," Writes the Xansan.
Leavenworth. Kas Aug. 13. A letter
has been received here by D. R. Anthony,
jr., from Gen. Frederick Funston, In
which the aeneral states that he has re
considered his intention of returning home
and that he will remain in the Philippines
until the country is pacified. General
Funston tells of some late fighting with
the insurgents and comments on the
criticism of his having hanged some ban
dits, we speaks nigmy or captain s.oen
ler, a regular army officer on his staff.
Captain Koehler is a brother of Lieut. T.
Ij. Koehler. whom the bandits waylaid
and killed recently. General Funston's
letter savs in part:
"I had thought of coming home, but
have gotten so fully occupied in the work
here that I am going to stay with it. We
spend most of our time looking after the
public roads' and bridges and protecting
the people from robber bands, ana occa
sionally chasing a small bunch of Insur
gents.
"Captain Koehler, with his troop of cav
alry, has been with me lor some montns.
We have scouted over this province of
Nueva Eclja together for-weeks and have
had several tlgnts wltn insurgent Danas.
I have recommended Jvoenier tor promo
tion for gallantry in the fight at Papayo,
on June 14. Koehler is a fine officer and
likes to work, which, I regret, cannot be
said of everyone here. He was with me
when I hantred a brace of bandits last
March, which I see has aroused the ire of
the copperhead press at home.
WOODMEN AT OBERLIN.
Two Days Log Roiling: With Elabor
ate Ceremonies.
Oberlln. Ausr. 13. Preoaratlons are com
plete for the great log rolling association
carnival and picnic in Oberlin August 15
and 16. The district comprises the Mod
ern Woodmen of America and their aux
iliary, the Royal Neighbors, of the coun
ties of Decatur. Norton. Phillips. Gra
ham and Sheridan. The attendance of
members of these two orders and their
friends will reach in the thousands. Gov
ernor Stanley and Bank Commissioner
John Breidenthal. fusion nominee for gov
ernor, have accepted invitations to be
present. Dr. John B. Dykes, Populist
nominee for congress in the Sixth district,
and Congressman Reeder will be here, to
gether witn otner local ana state speaa-
ers. Mrs. E. D. Wait, of Nebraska, su-
6preme oracle of the Royal Neighbors, and
Miss Ada R. Borin, of Stockton, deputy
supreme oracle, will also be present and
make addresses.
Variety camp, of Oberlln, has offered
tne following prizes:
Baseball tournament First prize, J150;
second, a; tnird, 130.
Band contest First prize, $50; second,
135: third. 25.
Firemen's tournament First prize, J25;
second, J15.
Foresters' drill First prize, $25; second,
$20: third, $15.
Best M. W. A window decoration First
prize, $10; second, $7.50; third, $5.
Largest Woodmen delegation First
prize, $10; second, $5.
TRAIN OF CATTLE
Averaging 1,600 Founds Per Steer,
Leaves Barnes for Liverpool.
Barnes, Aug. 13. Twenty-eight carloads
of cattle, of which 815 head belonged to
M. Solt & Sons, and 90 head belonging to
S. P. solt, were shipped from Barnes to
Glasgow, Scotland. The Missouri Pacific
hauled them to St. Joseph, the B. & M. to
Chicago and the Nickel Plate will haul
them to Boston, where they will take the
steamer, tt is saia tnis is tne pest tin
round and largest bunch of cattle ever
Hipped out or .Kansas. x ney were tea
Drinoinftllv on alfalfa hay and cornmeai.
and when they were loaded on the cars
averasred 1,600 pounds. The owners took
with them two cars of ground feed and
one car of hay. The following persons
from Barnes accompanied the cattle: L.
C. Solt, C. J. Solt, 8. P. Solt. Monroe Solt,
E. II. Potter. A. Seaton. E. F. McGurk.
J. G. Noll, Wm. F. Lees and James Pifer.
CLEVER NEGRO PORTER.
Charged With Unlawfully Securing
$96 of His Employer.
Leavenworth. Kas.. Aut. 13. John Raw
lins, a negro porter, lately employed at
Cleverdon Bros.' drug store, is under ar
rest on suspicion of having robbed the
store Friday night of $96. Entrance was
effected through a window, the bars over
which had been loosened until they could
easily be oushed aside.
Rawlins stoutly denies knowing any-
thine of the loss of the money, but as
only he, Mr. Cleverdon and the clerk knew
of Its nidlng place, ana as itawnns naa
ordered a new suit of clothes and prom
ised to pay for them Saturday night, the
police think they have conclusive evidence
against mm. x ne money was uiuut.ii un
der the prescription counter, and after
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getting it the bursrlar immediately depart
ed. disturbing nothing else. Rawlins lives
on West Chestnut street,- and is known
about town as "Fiddler."
OLD SOLDIERS' REUNION.
Will Hold a Fou Days Gathering at
Frankfort This Week.
Frankfort, Ang.13. The reunion of old
soldiers of Marshall and adjoining coun
ties commmences here Tuesday, August
14, and continues four days. The first
day will be veterans day. who will be
addressed by W. H. Smith of Marysville,
ana otners.
E. C. Little speaks August 15.
Women's Relief corps day will be
Thursday, at which Belle C; Harris of
.Emporia, will be the speaker.
congressman Calderhead.ex-Congress-
man Vincent, Department Commander
Martin, Governor Stanley, J. W. Breid
enthal and many other speakers, both
state ana local, win De present.
.present appearances indicate the reun
ion will be a big success. D. B. Walkers
president, and L. V. McKee, secretary of
tne association, predict a masrnlflcent
success ana an unusual large attendance
or oia army ooya.
CONVENTION OE SMITHS.
Patriotic Family Will Raise a Flag at
Newton, August 17.
Newton, Aug. 13. On Friday, August
xi, mere is to be a flag raising on the
iarm oi jonn tsmitn. or Harvey county
to which a number of leading: Kansas
orators nave wen invited.
Patriotism." savs the Newton Re
publican, "is a marked characteristic of
the Smith family. Mr. Smith himself
is a veteran of the civil war, and his
wife had four brothers in the Union
army, one of whom was killed and an
other wounded. And the pair now have
four sons faithfully serving in the Phil
ippines.
Pensions For Eansans.
Washington. Auer. 13. Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original Franklin Teariner. fawker
city, $6; Tuglman A. H. Adams, Laton,
$8; John J. McCormick, National Mili
tary Home, Leavenworth. $S.
Restoration and reissue Mason Ross.
aeaa, jacieae, ?12.
Increase Thomas Dalrvmnle. Minne
apolis, $12; Abilah E. Kiner.- Emnoria.
$10: Washington Pierce, Cedarvale, $10.
. Special, July 27 Original widows, etc..
irieis.j iary n. iiiuott, mother. Ster
ling, $25.
Circus Day at Great Bend.
Great Bend. Kan.; Ane-. 13 Burton
county celebrated the close of her enor
mous wheat harvest here Saturday by
Lurnmir out en masse Tor tne niir Knre-
paugh & Sells Bros.' show. Special trains
were run from neighboring towns and
Great Bend entertained the largest crowd
ever seen nere.
Kansas Pastor Drowned.
St. Joseph. Mo.. Ausr. 13. Rev. Mr. Perrv
Round, pastor of the First Baptist church
of Elwood, Kas., was drowned today while
bathing in the Missouri river. The Mod
ern Woodmen, of which order the pastor
was a member, have offered a reward of
$50 for recovery of the body.
Woman Found in the River.
Atchison. Kas., Auk. 13. The bodv of a
woman supposed to be that of Mrs. James
Galloway, who secretly disappeared from
Wathena, was found in th Missouri river
above here Saturday night.
ELECTRICAL STORM.
Passes Over New York Doing
Great Damage.
New Tork, Aug. 13. Latest reports of
the big electrical storm which passed over
this section yesterday show that the havoc
wrought by the lightning and wind was
unusually severe.
K. Benner, a bicyclist, was Instantly
Kiiiea dv a ooit ot mrntnina Tlurinir tne
storm while standing in the doorway of
ine nenjamm Bros. Darning pavilion on
tne snore of u-reat South bay near Bay
Shore, L. I.
Thomas Bunn. IS vears old. waji killed
by lightning as he stood beneath a giant
oak tree, where he had sought shelter
from the storm, near Jamaica, L I.
In Jersey Citv the eale tore off 40 feet
of the roof of St. Paul's German Evangel
ical Lutheran church and knocked down
part of the rear wall.
A trolley car of the North Jersey 8treet
Railway company was struck by light
ning in Orange. N. J., and the car was
enveloped in flames. In the rush to escape
five persons were injured, two of them se
riously. Mary Lombard, six years old.
of Orange, sustained severe scalp wounds
and Injuries about the body. Mr. Kohler of
Newark was hurt about the head and in
jured internally.
At Bloomtield. N. J., a circus tent was
blown down.
At Elizabeth liehtnlne struck a tank In
the Bourne-Schrymzer oil yards on Front
street and a big blaze resulted.
At Hackensack. N. J., the wind stripped
limbs from trees. A score of trees were
hit by liahtning and torn to pieces. Un
rooted trees mark the course of the storm
In Hoboken. About 200 yards of the fence
incloslnir St. Georire'a cricket arounds was
also blown down and the gospel tent In a
vacant lot was ripped Into shreds and
thrown across the street.
The training quarters of Joe Bernstein.
the pugilist. In tills city, were struck by
ligntning. .virs. 5ernstem was Knocked
unconcious by the bolt and did not re
cover her senses for more than 20 minutes.
When the lightning struck the house
Bernstein and Jimmy Michael, the cyclist.
were puncning tne Dag in a room adjoin
Ing tnat in wnicli Airs.
iriemsteln was.
The punching
the liehtnlnsr. b
apparatus was ruined hv
tne ligntning, out Dotn Alien aei. ana iern
stela escaped Injury.
BRYAN'S SUNDAY.
"Went to Church and Then
Took
- Luncheon at a HoteL-
Chicago, Aug, 13. William J. Bryan
spent Sunday very quietly. Ire the
morning he attended the Emanuel Bap
tist church, a fact which had. not been
announced beforehand, so that the con
gregation was no larger than usual. Mr.
Bryan was -recognized, however, and
was greeted by a number of people af
ter the sermon. After church Mr. Bryan
drove to the Chicago Beach hotel,
where he took lunch with Senator and
Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Towne and General Joseph Wheeler.
The afternoon was devoted to rest and
some necessary letter writing. Mr.
Bryan will probably leave for Lincoln
next Wednesday or Thursday.
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Every lady In Topeka Is invited to
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nue, Tuesday, August 14. Free.
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