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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1900.
SP0RTING NEWS.
Tod Sloan Explains How It All
Happened.
Very Much Surprised at Action
of English Steward
IN REVOKING LICENSE.
Jockey Didn't Think It Wrong
' to Accept Money .
From Owner of His Mount If He
Rode Winner.
New Tork, Dec. 8. The dispatch re
ceived from Ijondon that the stewards
of th F.ntrllsh Jcx key club had Invest!
eated the eharsres asrainst Tod Sloan and
that they had found the charges true
and had informed Sloan that he ned
not apply for a license to ride, caused
considerable surprise araonj turfmen in
this ciiy. Perhaps the person who was
most surprised was Tod Sloan, wnec
he was told about the dispatch he said
the reported action of the stewards of
the English Jockey club was one of the
greatest and most unwelcome surprises
he had ever recived. He was seen at ths
Victoria hotel as he was preparing- to
tart on his journey. When asked if th
reported action of the English Jockey
club would change his plans, he said:
"It will not change my plans in the
eligrhtest. I announced soma time ago
that I would sail from this country for
England again about May 1. and I shall
Ifave this country for England at that
time if nothing unforeseen happens.
When I reach England I shall apply for
a hearing before the Jockey club and
try to secure a license to ride under the
jurisdiction of the club. Of course, the
Jockey club may not grant me a hearing
but I think I should be granted an op
portunity to make a statement to the
club in my own defense. If a hearing is
not (rranted me, and I am unable to se
cure a license to ride in England next
B?ason, .think it will then be about time
lor me to take to the woods.
"Were you charged on the English
turf with aocepting an offer of a large
sun or money from Gardner in cas
Codoman won the Cambridgeshire and
that you bet on tn race? he was asked.
"While I was riding- at Newmarket thi
stewards of that meeting called me be
fore them and asked roe if I had accept
ed an offer of a large sum of money in
case Codoman won the Cambridgeshire
and if I had bet on the race. I told
them that I had accepted the mount on
.Codoman nih the understanding that
I should receive 1.000 if the horse won
the Cambridgeshire and not one cent if
J did not succeed in getting the horse
first to the wire. I further told them
that I had received and accepted such
an offer from C. A. Mills. I declared to
them that I did not think I was violat
ing a racing rule when I accepted the of
fer, and that I had ridden in other races
on the English turf under similar con
ditions. As regards the allegation made
against me for betting. I stated to the
stewards of the Newmarket meeting
that I had not placad a bet on any ct'
my mounts or against the chances of
any horse in any race run on the Eng
lish turf since I had been granted a li
cense to ride there.
"The stewards cf the Newmarket
meeting did not take any further action
on the allegations made against me
while I was in England. When I ac
cepted the offer to ride Codoman nd?r
the conditions I have named I had not
the slightest idea that I was violating
one of the English racing rules."
"Do you think that your failure to ob
tain a contract to ride for the Prince of
Wales next season was attributable to
the charges against you?"
"No, I do not think that my statement
before the stewards of the Newmarket
meeting was in any way responsible for
the failure of my efforts to get a con
tract to ride for the Prince of Wales
next year. Of course, you know that I
did not succeed in winning on Codoman
In the Cambridgeshire. As I did not win
I did not receive one penny for bavin?
the mount on the horse. The charges
that I bet on the English turf are abso
lutely unfounded. While I was riding
in this country some years ago I was
askd by the stewards of a meeting
held at one of the local tracks if I had a
bet on my mount. I told them that 1
had. and that I did not know that I had
broken a rule in doing so. The stewards
censured me."
WHY JOHN- L. WAS SICK.
Ate Seven Chickens in Four Sours
Then Went to a Hospital.
New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Jckhn L. Sullivan has just emerged
from a hand-to-hand conflict with
death. As usual, his bulldog courage
and unconquerable belief in himself
have proved victorious.but in this strug
gle he was seconded for the first time
in his life by anxious surgeons. Most
of John L.'s friends thought that his
g-oing to the hospital was a mere inci
dent. They will be surprised to learn
that the man who for 12 years held the
championship of the world came near
to dying in the New York Polyclinic
Medical School and Hospital.
" I hud no more idea than a child,"
sail John to a reporter this evening,
"of the wonderful things these surgeons
can do with a man that's out of order.
The trouble began this way: I was
feeling pretty hungry one day and I
ate seven chickens inside of four hours.
Then I had some pain Inside of me. I
aid to my partner Brooklyn Jimmy
Carroll, as square a man as I ever knew
I'm a. sick man." lie sees it's a real
case of sickness, so he gets a cab and
takes me to the Polyclinic Hospital.
"I'll tell you. now, tfc-y ail thought
I was done. You know, at that, a real
good man can alwavs beat a case of
sickness. My partner's father, old Mr.
Carroll, phook hands with me and said
pood-by and good luck. His hand was
shaking like a leaf and his face was as
white as your cellar. But ' I knew
well, what's the use. of talking. You
can't kill a good man.
"At 2:30 in the afternoon I was put in
a bed in the hospital. At 9:30 the next
morning they cut me open in the side,
15 inches lonar and 11 Inches deep. No
ether or chloroform. They were afraid
of my heart. Ha: They found out af
terward my heart was as strong as
when I was 18 years old. I was a good
young fellow then. I could licit anything
that walked on two feet.
"Well, they cut me open and fixed me
P. As I'm told. I've got part of the
ekin of the tail of a kangaroo eewed in
to me, also a lot cf fiddle strings. Thev
can t say John T.. isn't full of music
now, can they? You can bet your last
dollar on this Uiere are 120 stitches in
side of me. They've put a. lot of ban
dages outside to hold me together while
the stitches are taking hold and keeping
in place.
"Four weeks and five days I was in
the hospital. It's a grep place to study
human nature, that hospital. They kept
me fiat on my back in one position:
wouldn't let me stir for fear the stitches
would part, Tkat's the hardest time
X ever put in in ail cay life. .Why, taa
soles of my feet were full of pins and
needles. But I wouldn't move. I stuck
to the rules of the game as Dr. Bodine
gave them to me. You can't kill a good
man, you know. The sickness tired me,
but it couldn't beat me. You know, I
had the doctors back of me. They know
how to handle a case of sickness.
"That hospital was a new world to me.
Now, this is no kid. They brought iiv
a young fellow 16 years old that had
never had any use of his legs since he
was born. Dr. Bodine and his men fixed
him up and put him in a plaster cast,
and in three weks he was all right.
Wouldn't you call that a miracle? This
young fellow hollering: 'Let me out! I
want to run!' And he began dashing up
ana down, tne aisle.
"There was another fellow. 24 years
old, arid they did run him up the same
way. x ten you, it s wonderful. The
hospitals of this city are great. I take
on my nat to them. You know l had
money. But it wouldn't have made any
difference if I hadn't a cent. I tell you
these hospital people are all right, fel
lows.
"They brought in another poor fellow
who was in trouble. His wife was go
ing under the knife. She was the moth
er of 12 children and she was a good
woman and a fine looker. You'd take
her for a sister of her children intsead
of the mother. The poor husband was
ail broken up and thev asked me to
put a little heart into him. 'Say,' I says
to him. 'you haven't got a 100 to 1
chance to lose that good wife of yours.
She'll beat it. now you mark my words.
she'll beat it." Well, she did beat it
too, God bless her. She came out all
right."
WALCOTT IS MATCHED.
Colored Fighter Will Attempt to De
feat Choynski and Ryan.
Chicago, Dec. S. Tom O'Rourke'a Joe
Walcott is soon to entertain Chicago
admirers of fighting. The colored fighter
will attempt to defeat Joe Choynski and
Tommy Kyan in six-round contests
which are scheduled to take place under
the-auspices of the Tattersall s Athletic
club. The Joe Choynski-Joe Walcott
match will take place on the night of
December 27. It was originally intend
ed to have the negro and Kyan measure
skill two weeks later, providing
O'Rourke's man should again be suc
cessful in disposing of Choynski. If is
now probable that Walcott will be given
a rest, while Benny Yanger and Bern
stein settle their differences on the night
of January 8. with Walcott and Ryan
two weeks later.
The most interesting of these matches
should be the meeting between Tommy
Ryan and Walcott. The latter took a
turn at following Kyan about with bold
challenges before his manager set him
on the trail of Tom Sharkey, but the
presumption was that Ryan did not
want any of the squatty one's game
when he drew the protection of the color
line about himself. Ryan has been
thinking over the advisability of a W al
cott match, ever since he landed in Chi
cago from the Pacific coast, and the
money in sight and the fact that six
rounds is not near as bad as twenty or
twentj'-five has undoubtedly influenced
Ryan in taking on the colored man.
JOLLY JIMMY WILLIAMS.
Pittsburg's Star Third Baseman Has
Joined the Benedicts.
Pittsburg-, Dec. 8. Jimmy Williams,
the star third baseman of the Pittsburg
club, and Nanny May Smith, of 527 Stur
geon street, Allegheny, were married by
Rev. Nevin Woodside, pastor of the Re
formed Presbyterian church, today. An
effort had been made to keep the wed
ding quiet until the happy young couple
could have started on thajr journey to
night, but the affair leaked out and a
large crowd of their friends were at the
railroad station to give them a noisy
send-off. They go to Denver to visit
Jimmy's parents. Recently Jimmy had
an operation performed on his leg, from
which a piece of broken bone was taken.
PELL LEADS TIGERS AGAIN.
Princeton Re-elects Old Captain Con
trary to His Own Wishes.
Princeton, N. J., Dec. 8. At a meetir.g
last night of the men who represented
Princeton in the game against Yale this
fall Williamson Pell of Brooklyn was re
elected captain of the football team for
next season. Pell was loath to accept
the responsibility again, fearing that it
would interfere with his playing, but he
was finally prevailed upon by the mem
bers of the team to accept the honor for
a second time.
CHAMPION AT WORK.
Jeffries Begins Training For Hia Go
With Ruhlin.
New York, Dec. 8 Jim Jeffries is
keeping himself in good shape these
days. He goes through a regular course
of light work daily so as to fit himself
for harder work when the proper time
arrives. The champion's two matches
with Ruhlin and Sharkey are months
off, but Jeffries says it take9 time to get
in tne ngnt condition and there's noth
ing like being ready to jump in at hard
work any time. Part of Jeffries' work
is a six-round bout every morning with
hia sparring partner. Jack McCormack.
RECORD IS BROKEN.
One Thousand Weanlings Entered in
Kentucky Futurity.
Lexington, Ky.. Dec. 8. The S20 000
Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1900. the
siar siise or me Kentucky Breeders
association and the American trotting
turf, closed second payments with, over
l.ooo weanlings entered, breaking the
previous record of 923 in 1S93, also held
by this association.'" ,
Tod Sloan in Chicago.
Chicago. Dec. S. James Tod Sloan, ac
companied by a retinue of servants, ax
rived from New York Friday afternoon
and was driven to the Auditorium An
nex. Sloan professed to worry little
over Thursday's reported action of the
English racing- stewards, declaring- that
ne wouia De persona non grata if he
applied for a jockey's license next sea
son. He declares that he yet expects
to ride in England. Failing in this he
will return to his humble starting place
in America or perchance try his for
tunes in France. Sloan will remain in
the city until next Tuesday, when he
will pay a day's visit to his old home at
Kukomo, Ind., returning in time for the
tJans-McCfOvern fight next Thursday
nisht, proceeding to the Pacific coast.
where he hopes to accept a few mounts.
Kentucky Futurity Second Payments.
Lexington. Ky.. Dec. 8. Secretary
Horace Wilson of the Kentucky Trot
tins Horse Breeders' association reports
ahat the number of second payments in
the Kentucky Futurity, $20,000, for foals
of 1900, was greater than ever before.
the best previous number. S23. havinir
been received in 1S93. This year's total
wiu reach 1,100 or over.
Harry Varden at Denver.
Denver. Colo.. Dec. 8. Harry Varden.
of England, world's champion golf
piayer, was defeated in an exhibition
game at Overland links by Walter Fair
banks, of Denver, todav. Fairbanks
played with a handicaD of one-half to
a hole and won by a score of four up
ana Utfe to go.
(AflSASJIEWS.
The Bast of Lonisa M. Alcott
Unveiled at Lawrence.
Sculptor Frank Edwin Elwell
Present at Exercises.
"LAURIE" ALSO THERE
Alfred Whitman Was Represent
ed in ''Little Women."
Belonged to the Same CIubThat
Alcott Girls Did.
Lawrence, Dec. 8. The bust of Louisa
M. Alcott presented to the University of
Kansas by the New York sculptor,
Frank Edwin Klwe'.l, was unveiled in ths
chapel of the university Friday.
After a few remarks by Prof. Carruth,
Mr. Alfred Whitman of this city gave a
very interesting talk on the life of MiS3
Alcott, as he knew her. Mr. Whitman
was a member of the Concord Dramatic
union.a dramatic club which had among
its members the three Alcott girls Lon
isa. Anna and May and it was partly
through their association in this club
that Mr. Whitman became an intimate
friend of Miss Alcott.
He told many reminiscences of the Al
cotts and read one of Miss Alcott's let
ters received by him.
Mr. Elwell then presented the bust to
the university, and it was unveiled. Mr.
Elwell spoke of his early life, when he
was a pupil of Miss May Alcott, in a
small school at Concord, and in speak
ing of the Influence which Miss Louisa
Alcott, had over his career, he said:
''.Miss Alcott was so much my friend and
had so much to do in forming my char
acter that I would indeed have been un
grateful, if, when the opportunity was
given. I had failed to honor her mem
ory. Therefore, when the opportunity
has come in an invitation to furnish the
library of Kansas university with a bust
of Miss Alcott I am pleased to present
to you this bust."
JProf. E. M. Hopkins of the department
of English accepted the bust in behalf
of the university. He spoke of the life
of Miss Alcott and read from one of her
letters to Air. Whitman, in which she
apologized for having used his character
as that of "Laurie" in her works.
SENATOR PLUMB'S REGIMENT
Holds Its Annual Reunion at Em
poria With Eating and Speeches.
Emporia, Dec. 8. The survivors of
Colonel Plumb's regiment, Eleventh
Kansas, held their eleventh annual re
union in commemoration of the battle of
Prairie Grove here Friday. The attend
ance was the largest in years, some of
the members coming long distances to
be present. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Fred W.
Hirth, president; B. F. Parker, vice
president; J. A. Newell, secretary and
treasurer.
The Rev. J. C. McAfee of Topeka, who
was an officer, gave an Interesting re
view of the war services of the regi
ment. After the address George John
son, a member of the Nineteenth Iowa,
read a descriptive letter of the battle
of Prairie Grove. The Nineteenth Iowa
was at this battle and after the battle
was over Mr. Johnson wrote home a let
ter describing the fight. The letter was
printed and Mr. Johnson preserved the
one which he read. In the afternoon an
elegant banquet was tendered the vet
erans, at which Misses Ruth and Caro
line Plumb, daughters of the former
colonel, were guests of honor.
J. R. BURTON PRESIDENT.
Abilene Statesman Honored by Auc
tioneers' Association.
Emporia, Dec. 8. At the annual meet
ing of the State Association of Auc
tioneers held here the following officers
ror tne ensuing year were elected: J. R.
Burton. Abilene, president; C. Post, Sa
una, treasurer; L. S. Kent, Hutchinson.
secretary; R. E. Clanahan, sergeant-at-
arms. The time of the annual conven
tion has been changed to June, when a
three days session will be held June 3,
4 and 5 at Topeka.
JAIL REPAIRS NEEDED.
Winfield Structure la Badly Decayed
and Will Not Hold Prisoners.
Winfield. Dec. 8. The Cowlev eountv lail
is in poor condition. The lower part of
the old building- will not hold a tramp
wno wants to escape tne rocK pile lr ne
ha-s the energy to exercise himself by
working over time. The woodwork is rot
ten and the brick walls are thin. With a
penknife or some similar instrument a
prisoner can soon work his way out. The
upstairs part contains tne steel cells but
even these are antiquated and areal live
up-to-date student of the wavs that are
dark would look with scorn on these bars.
If they were all that stood between him
and freedom. Like everything else the
best is the cheapest and Cowlev countv's
bastile should be overhauled.
LIVERY BARN BURNS.
Several Horses and Much Feed Con
sumed at Howard.
Howard. Kan.. Dec. S. The large livery
barn belonging to Enoch Hale was totally
destroyed by fire here. All the vehicles.
harness and store ot feed were destroyed
and several horses were consumed.
Hale had no insurance. One of the fin
est teams in the barn, belonging to Dr.
Every Exertion a Task
Every Care a Burden
There is failure of the strength to
do and the power to endure ; there is
weakness all over " that Is persistent
and constant.
The vital functions are impaired.
food does not nourish, and the whole
system is run dovn.
A medicine that strengthens the
stomach, perfects digestion, invigor
ates and tones is needed.
What Hood's Saraaparilla did for Mr. L. B.
Garland. Shady. Taaa.. it kas dona for others.
Sha took it when she waa all run down with
out appetite, losinr flaaa. and unable to do
bar work. It restored her appatite. ineraaaad
her weight, and made bar well and atroaff.
This la ber own unsolicited statement
Promises to cure and keeps the prom
is. The earlier treatment Is begun
the better begin it today.
4 All Topekans
have never heard of
J a big discount on
t
B. F. Strong, was among the burned
horses. , ,,
In 1881 Howard was visited by a similar
disaster, when the Cannon bam burned,
with all contents. At that lira the pro
prietor's son lost his life and eighteen
horses were burned.
Pensions for Kansans.
Washington, Dec. 8. Pensions have been
granted to Kansans as follows:
Original Edward McConnell. National
Military home, Leavenworth, $8; Quintus
S. Selp, Kansas City. G.
Increase Mathias Holmes, Chetopa. $10;
rxiniel Shornber, Walton, $17: Albert Wall,
National Military home, Leavenworth. $8;
ravid Shirk, Abilene, 1$4; Allen McNea!,
Cecil, 17.
Reissue John Critchfield, Oatville, $17.
Original widows, etc. Nancy A. Forcum,
Coffevville. SS: Maria Conawav. mother.
Atchison, $12; Jennie C. Powell, Belleville,
Special act. rv'ov. Zi. Henrietta cooper,
Burlington, $S; Sobrinah H. Pistole, Nick
erson, 12.
Fine Pipe Organ Ordered.
Wichita. Dec 8. The Reformed church
has closed a deal with Thos. Shaw for a.
J1.5U0 pipe organ, which is to be shipped
from the factory of builders at Chicago
at once. The organ will be placed in the
church without delay ana win prooauiy
be first heard on Christmas morning.
There are at present three pipe organs
In Wichita. The churches having them
are the first M. E. church, the Episcopal
and the Pro-Cathedral. The one at the
Reformed church, of which Kev. Bruce
Griffith is pastor, will be the fourth pip
organ in "Wichita.
Child Is Smothered to Death.
Wichita. Dec. 8. A. H. Simmons and
wife upon awakening this morning
found their intant child smothered De
tween them in the bed. The mother is
almost distracted, as it waa ber only
child. ' ,
"Will Succeed Dr. Fischer.
Manhattan. Kan., Dec. 8. The regents
of the State Agricultural college have
lnd.. to the chair or veterinary science
mad vacant by the resignation of Dr.
Paul Fischer. Dr. Butler begins bis work
.December 14.
CENTURY BALL MEETING.
Chairman Crane Calls Workers To
gether For Final Arrangements.
Georee.W. Crane, chairman of the
executive committee of the Century ball,
has called a meeting' of the executive
board and the chairmen of the various
committees for next Monday evening,
at the Commercial club rooms.
Details will be discussed, and the final
arrangements for the ball will be made.
C0HING DRAMATIC EVENTS.
'Knobs o Tennessee," Hal Keid's
latest play, which gave a matine at
the Crawford this afternoon, will give
a second performance tonight. It ia a
play without a mortgage on the old
farm, without a woman's injured honor
without a risque situation just a pure
American play, with well defined pathos
and comedy, full of the odd characters
that inhabit the rootnuia or the Uenne-
see mountains.
Follow the crowd to the Quit business
clothing sale. 420 Kansas avenue.
THE LITTLE SICKNESSES
Which Grow Into Big Ones.
A little cold In the head is a trifle, but
if neglected and it bangs on from week
to week and gets into the throat and
lungs it ia no longer a trifle. It is then
no longer a slight cold but the begin
ning of chronic catarrh.
Do not make the mistake or thinking
you have no catarrh because the head
and nose appear to be clear. If there is
cough, tickling in the throat, hoarseness
or a sense of oppression in the chest you
have throat and bronchial catarrh. Tf
he appetite is poor, nausea, gagging and
disgust for food, especially in the morn
ing,, you have catarrh of the stomach.
The surest and safest treatment for
every form of catarrh is an internal
remedy which acts especially on the
blood and mucous membranes.
Such a remedy is the new catarrh
cure, sold everywhere by druggists un
der name, of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, a
medicine in pleasant, convenient tablet
form and containing all the best and lat
est specifics for catarrh, whether loca
ted in nose, throat, bronchial tubes or
stomach.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are composed
of Sanguinaria, Guaiacol, Red Gum and
similar antiseptics which destroy the
germs of catarrh in the blood, and no
one who suffers from any form of
catarrh and haa seen the uselessness of
sprays, douches, and powders will ever
go back to them after once trying so
convenient, pleasant and harmless a
remedy as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, and
one which gives relief in so short a
time.
Even in eases where catarrh has
effected the senses of smell and hearing,
these tablets accomplish a cure because
the blood being cleansed of catarrh
germs, the mucous surfaces of the nose
and throat no longer clog up the res
piratory passages witn catarrhal se
cretions. All druggists sell full-sized treatments
of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for the nom
inal price of 50 cents, and the regular
daily use of them will effectually cure
this troublesome and. dangerous dis
mm
know the meaning of
Morrison's Annual
Silverware.
CIIURCIIWILL ACT
Suggests That Mutual Lire
Stock Insurance Laws
Be Repealed by the Forthcoming
Legislature.
PLAN IMPRACTICABLE.
Superintendent of Insurance
Thinks Reform Also Needed
In the Present System of Mutual
Hail Insurance.
Mr. Church Thinks Policy Hold
ers Deserve Protection.
W. V. Church, superintendent of in
surance, will ask the forthcoming leg
islature to repeal the law providing for
the organization of mutual live stock
insurance companies.
Mr. Church will also ask that the law
providing for the organization of mu
tual hail companies be repealed, or so
amended that the insured will be given
protection against loaa of insurance be
cause of the inability of the cumpany to
pay its claims.
The department has experienced great
difficulty with the live stock companies.
The law providing for their organiza
tion was passed eeveral years ago. It
specifies that no more than $2,000 in
surance shall be issued to one individual.
The insurance runs on stock against
fire, lightning, tornadoes, cyclones, wind
storms, and all casualties and disease.
Any number of individuals may secure
a charter and authority to do business,
after first obtaining applications for in
surance amounting to $25,000.
The premiums are collected by an as
sessment equal to one and one-half per
cent, of the value of the animal in
sured. Any surplus in excess of the
amount necessary to pay losses, accord
ing to the statute, may be invested in
mortgages or bonds or real estate val
ued at 50 per cent, more than the amount
of the loan or bond. There ia no record
of a surplus, but many complain that
settlements can not be obtained.
It has been found, by the experience
of men in connection with these asso
ciations, that they are the subjects of
constant and frequent fraud. Dis
eased cattle are insured and efforts
made to collect losses. There is no ex
amination of a risk and everything goes.
Spavined and crippled horses have been
Iusured. Worthless and castoff cattle
have been purchased by stockholders of
these companies through insurance pol
icies. Fraud has been very general in
connection with this class of business,
and complants against companies are
r.tore numerous in the department corre
spondence than the complaints against
all other classes or business combined,
excepting the mutual bail insurance
companies.
"My experience in th department,"
said Mr. Church, discussing his proposed
recommendations, "indicates to me,
beyond any question, that the mutual
live stock insurance association idea is
by no means practicable.
"Every mail, almost, brings com
plaints against this one or that one.
Various reasons are alleged as the basis
of the complaint, but there seems to be
no deviation from the general opinion
of those who complain that the plan un
der which these companies operate is
not what it should be. I shall recom
mend that the law providing for their
organization- be repealed.
"First Because there are so many
frauds committed in connection with
them, and th further fact that there
cems to be a general disposition on the
part of those seeking insurance in such
organizations to take advantage of the
stockholders, while in some instances the
conditions are reversed.
"Second Owing to the great trouble
which is constantly arising in connec
tion with tha management, and the fre
ouent failura to pay losses, due no doubt
to lack of money, but this should be
remedied or the business abandoned.
"Third The organizations have no
capital stock and no guarantee fund."
Mr. Church also says that the same
criticisms may be directed against the
mutual hall companies.
"The law permitting the organization
of these companies should be either re
pealed or amended in important par
ticulars. "These mutual hall companies have no
capital stock and no guarantee fund.
The law should be wiped off the statute
book or amended so the officers of hail
companies would be required to put up
a bond for the faithful discharge of
their duties. '
"They should also be required to put
up a good and sufficient bond for the
protection of the policy holders. I think
these hail companies should be com
pelled to deposit with the state treas
urer 10 or 15 per cent, of their pre
mium receipts, to be turned to the credit
of the guarantee fund also.
"I do not believe this could bo ac
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DECEMBER 10th to
the above announcement. To those who X
Silverware Sale, we will
complished in connection with the live
stock companies. The plan Is deficient
in nearly every particular, and I think
efforts to continue the present system
should be discouraged. It might be
possible to meet the deficiencies of the
hail companies, but I believe nothing
can be done with the present law to
insure protection in the live stock in
surance plans.
TO BRIDGE THE KAW.
Farmers "Will Ask For New
Structure Near Sugar Mill.
A movement has been inaugurated to
secure a bridge over the Kansas river
north of the West Sixth street roaa,
r.ear the old sugar mill. A petition,
which is receiving many signers, is be
ing circulated, and it will be presented
to the legislature this winter. A bill
authorizing Menoken and Mission town
ships to vote bonds for the construc
tion of the bridge will also be presented.
The Toneka Commercial club has been
asked to lend its influence in favor of
this movement.
E. Hansford, of Mission township, a
supporter of the project, who is circu
lating one of the petitions, said:
"The bridge is desired for a number
of reasons. First, it w-ould be of great
advantage to Topeka for the reason that
it would make a direct road to the river
valley out Sixth street.
"Second, the farmers from those town
ships named could reach Topekrf by
from three to five miles less travel.
"Third, it will make a direct road to
Martin's Hill, and when this land is con
verted into a public park and the road
is macadamized there will of necessity
be a bridge at this point."
MEYERS AT WORK.
Reconsiders Determination to
Resign the Place.
Murray Myers, a Wichita property
owner and politician, has decided to ac
cept the position of steward at the To
peka asylum at a salary of $60 per
month. He has been Installed and is at
work. '
Mr. Myers came to Topeka the first of
the week, but was not pleased with the
outlook, and returned home- expecting
to decline the place -to which he had
been elected by the state board of chari
ties. However, Mr. Myers reconsidered
this determination and returned to To
peka -,Fterday. He has filed his offi
cial bond and is now the steward of the
institution.
MACADAM ROAD STOPS.
Weather Prevent Work and Com
mittee Is Short on Funds.
One mile of the macadam road from
Washburn college to Heabrook has been
completed. This much of the road is
practically paid for but the subscrip
tions fall short of the amount necessary
to pay for the work to Seabrook. The
committee feels that it will not be diffi
cult to raise the required amount.
No more work will be done until
spring. The machinery which Is being
used, through the courtesy of tin east
ern factory, will be kept until the work
is completed, when in all probability it
will be purchased in this county.
A Most Delicate Apparatus.
One of the most delicate pieces of ap
paratus is that used for counting thi
number of cells In the blood. Modieal
scholars tell ua that in a minute drop
of blood no larger than the head of a
pin there are from tkree to four million
of these red cells. In health there are a
certain number in a certain amount of
blood: while in certain diseases, as
anemia, this number is greatly deficient,
causing pale cheeks, white lips, trans
parent ears, and great debility. This
delicate apparatus has proven over and
over again that Scott's Emulsion in
creases these red corpuscles faster thsn
any other known preparation, thus cur
ing or preventing the many diseases
and conditions caused by thin, poor
blood.
Sullivan Defeats Rysn.
Chicago, Dec. 8. Tommy Sullivan, of
Brooklyn, obtained the decision over
Billy Ryan, of Syracuse, last night at
the Illinois Athletic club, after six
rounds of slow and uninteresting fight
ing. A Guaranteed Cure for Files.
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Files. ,No cure, no pay. All druggists
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where it fails to cure any case of plies
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guarantee, no cure no pay. Price 50c.
If your druggist don't keep it in stock
send us 50c in postage stamps and we
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W. T. LiWLtii, FroprHtur.
SloQulncy Street.
New rubbr-tlred risrw.
Wanted Horses to board.
Call 'phone 170 for Hacks at one-half
regular rates.
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Topeka Transfer Go.
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