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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAL, MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 23, 1901. 8P0RTIi!GJ.El7S. The Closing Day of New Orleans Kaces Exciting. Last Events cf a Loir? Season Hun on Muddy Tracts. SIX HUN IN HANDICAP. John L. Sullivan Goes on a LiTely Spree. Old rugilist Creates Terror in Broadway Saloons. New Orleans', March, 23. Over a roud Jy track, an aftermath of a severe Btortn Saturday night, under bright skies and before a generous attendance , seven races -were run here as the final" act' in the season .of ninter racing in the Crescent City. It was an interesting climax to a long pjni tiresome season, and evea those who have found their trip successful were triad to get away. During- the summer months the oluft has planned a number cf improvements which are to be com peted before winter roils around again. The scattering of the clan, which was Stl full sway, takes the horsemen to all jarts of the country for the interval be tween the end of winter racing and the fceeinning; of the regular season. The racing furnished during' the after noon was keenly enjoyed. The uncer tain going: of course wrecked some, but those that remained in were amply suffi cient to bring good .betting and well fought contests. The opening event went to the S-to-5 favorite, Ils Golightly, and her ad mirers looked to see her gallop in. The result showed they had overrated fher Bjm, for it took a drive from the head of the home stretch to get her to the line r length, in front of Cutzy, who beat Dr Carrick. The start was poor. Har-Sly made a runaway of the second race. She r m as if. treated to a "dose" ct some sort, and the chances are her owners will be made to answer some question. At the finish she was two lengths in front of Hitholin, who was a like distance in front of Weidemann. All the money was bet on Plantain, but i:e liad no speed. The thii-d race was a steeplechase over the short course. The held was in bad shape, yet all that nn managed to get liomej without a tumble. The winner was Keidenbach. one of the outsiders. He made most of the running, and at the finish was six lengths in front of The '"w.net. who finished a like distance in front of Terry Ranger, the favorite. The ii-H for the Turf Congress handi cap dwindled down to six starters, with Hen Chance the favorite at 9 to 5. The Burdeau pair. Strangest and Eva Rice, were next in demand at 2 to 1. Linden Kali a, who was beaten off the last time out. looker! dangerous at the end of a mile, but a rush from Hen Chance in the final strides landed him the winner by a neeic. Strangest, who came from away hack, was a close third. In better hands than Callahan's he would have won. Frangible had The next thing to a good gallop in the fifth event, which was at two miie. He made ail the running and won eased up. Silver Coin beat Grey 1-v.rere twenty lengths for second money. The finish in the sixth race was the ht of the day. heads separating the frst three with The Jefferson. TheBur i.pston Route and ICing .Bermuda the placing. The closing event of the day and rr.eoring went to Ignis. He won In a. walk. I ... JOHN- L. ON A SPREE. Ex-Champion Pugilist Inaugurate a Reign of Terror on Broadway. New York, Starch 25. John L. Sulli van, former heavyweight champion of the world, waa In a fighting mood Sat urday and descended into the ligt weight class He succeeded ir get! us ::t- two eucuunters, hut his opponent in each instance was a little fellow. In Roth cases he was ejected from the Broadway saloons in, which the rows lie provoked occurred, after being well pounded by the small men he fought with For some time Sullivan has bed r: Ms good behavior, but Saturday he frurr -nderti to his old enemy. John Bar leycorn, and for a time terrorized trie patrons of every place he entered. He was loud and abusive to friends aiul FT rv reel's alike. "You are all a lot of loafers," he de clared as he entered Len Wagner's place fit Thirty-fifth and Broadway. Then he walked over to where Jam9 Thornton, the sr.rg writer, was sitting at a tabie reading a mwspaper. He denounced Mr. Thornton in violent language. Sir Thornton pmtested against the ablLse t-ei': r heaped upon him. "Oh, you 8 re r.a good." said SuHIvai. The ex-pus-ilist followed this statem nt rip with all sorts of epithets and Thorn ton grew indienant. Mr. Sullivan." he said, "you must not talk to me like that. You have no ca-se to do so .sir, nnd I protest." 'With th,.t Thornton rose to his feet and was about to walk away. Suliivan called him a vile name ar.d Thornton, who is slig.it, struck the big fighter In the face. Suli van seemed to be much amused at the attack. He held his head down while the little mart rained blows upon hin. The harder he hit, the more delighted s the "big fellow." Wheti Thornton had apparently worn cut Ms strength, Sullivan swung his right, landing on Thornton's jaw. knock ing him through the folding doors lead ing into a hallway and in the language cf the prize-ring, putting him out." "Warner and the attaches of the place at once came to Mr. Thornton's assistance. They grappled with Sullivan and hurr'ed him out into Broadway, bundled rum into hack and sent him on his way. Su'iivan latr visited another saloon on Br-.oadway, where he made a like att.u'i on C. J. Tracey. a well known horseman. Mr. Tracey- weighs about l.'lO pounds, bur 3te showed that he did not lack nerve He was sittlmr at table with Cecrge A.' grettl. a wealthy candy manufacturer. Mr. Al-arrefti got up to lenve as Suliiwn approach"'!, hurling forth hi3 abusive ien'inciati-n. "Don't s." admonished Tracey. "he is a has-been and won't hurt anybody." There-was a mimp and Tracey struck Sullivan several times in the face. The t itnt-r pugilist. ! ft the place and went to his saloon, where he continued his "boisterous i em cwwt rations. Finally he was irduced to go home and at midni:ht everything along Broadway had return ed to a normal state. , TO STJE DESERTINO FLAYERS. Brooklyn National League Will Go After Contract Jumpers. Philadelphia, Fa., March 25. Now hat the American league has had its ay and gone home Colonel John I. kittei-u soeka over Uie field and prepares for the nuxt move. This will be fought, out in the courts. The colonel was busy in his office preparing the articles for the legal documents that are to be pre sented to court in the hope of preventing Lajoie, Fraser and Hern hard from play ing with the American League club. While thus immersed in his iegal shafts in popped President Charles H. Ebbetts, of the Brooklyn club. When he learned what Jlogers was doing Mr. Ebbetts said: "The Brooklyn club intends to pro ceed against all the players who jumped their contracts. While we do not wish to harm any one we hoye that before the proceedings are finished tha players will reconsider their action. We have as our counsel John Montgomery Ward, who will be associated with Mr. Baldwin, his partner." Tha National League, or rather the Philadelphia end of it, wiil have as its counsel John G. Johnson, the great law yer. Johnson, it will be remembered, is the attorney who gut at least a JGO.000 fee in the great senatorial contempt case involving the Sugar Trust magnates. It was his ingenious pleading that saved Searles and Havemeyer from jail. By the way. he is also a baseball fun, and steals away to the games whenever pos sible. In discussing the suita Colonel Rogers said: "We gave Lajoie $2,400 per year, and the other neoDle promise $4.000 $3. CRM) salary and Sl.ouO for captaining the team. We were offered $13,000 for Lajoie Now, suppose we had bought Kelly for JlO.eOO, and some of those otner tancy priced people, and they had jumped, where would we be? If we had done what the American league did in arrang ing its schedule so as to make conflicting dates the press of the country would have torn us to pieces. Mack's team conflicts with us 22 games in this city. A schedule could have been arranged whereby they would not have duplicated us more than three or four games." The Phillie team is not filled up yet, but there are promises out, and a pretty good lot of players will go into the field. The loss of Lajoie, Bernhard and Fraser is a serious blow. GARRY HERRMANN SOLD. The Noted Racer Said to Have Been Purchased by S. S. Brown. Louisville, Ky., March 25. Charles Head Smith, of Chicago, the owner of Garry Herrmann, the favorite in the Kentucky and American Derbies, w as in the city today. It is strongly rumored tonight, and partly verifled by a promi nent turfman, that Smith gold the colt to S. S. Brown, the Pittsburg coal king. Smith and Brown were in consultation this afternoon In regard to the sale of the colt, and it is probable a deal was made whereby Garry Herrmann has be come the property of Brown. Irwin Goes With the Reds. Cincinnati, 'March 2r. Charley Irwin signed a contract to play with the Reds during the coming baseball season. Ho signed with the Cincinnati club because he received a substantial increase in sal ary Manager McPhee secured the name of Irwin to a contract yesterday morn ing at Hawley's. "I was nevr formally notified that ray terms had been accept ed by Comiskey," said Irwin after he imd signed. '"I read in the papers, that my terms had been accepted, b.ut no no tification was ever sent to me." Baseball Gossip. Til ford Jones, one of the pitchers of the Cleveland team, is coaching the can didates for the state college ball in Lex ington, Ky., league, and predicts it will In time supplant the National league. He has j?ome very promising material to work on at the college. Pan Johnson laughs at the new rule of the National league by which a bat ter hit with the ball is not to be given a base, and says that malicious pitchers will hit the heavy batters purposely, the batter will resent the injury, and there will be a fight in every game. A Milwaukee dispatch says there Is more than a probability that Pink Haw ley, of Beaver Dam, will sign a Mil waukee contract, as the price offered to him by the Milwaukee management overtops the tender of the New York club, and in addition Pink prefers that end of the earth. Hawley. it is said, declared himself in favor of the Mil waukee club only a few days ago. Pitcher Schmidt, who has cast his lot with McGraw's new Orioles, says that a team could be made up of the club own ers and managers of the American league which would beat any team in its circuit or any other circuit with a little training. This is the way he makes up the team: Comiskey. first base; Man ning, second base; Collins, third base: McGraw, shortstop; McAIeer, Duffy and M.WJU.;W13-WI..ii.I... U mm uii. ...ji .IM,) 1 1 '-,- ... 'V,,, x -' ' ; ' - " - : - t . 1 - . f : v : ' .. -" . - . - - .Xlxo.'",: ' ' l v" ' ; l . ;':"-) r.vr'' ' "" """n Ill III 1 1 1IIIII1H 11 IfrT-i Tlf f Tff Tlrrim iYnilasiiawiMMiaiaiBiiMiiiMBiaiy Here is a striking picture of the world's champion showing just how the big fighter looks when delivering his faorite blow. Stalling outfielders; Mack,- catcher, and Griffith, pitcher. Manager Shettsline yesterday gave out the names of 15 players he now has un der contract to the Philadelphia club: McFarland, Douglass and Kby, catch ers: Orth, Donahue, Dunn, White, Townsend, Conn and Dugglesby, pitch ers; Delahanty, Cross, Dolan and Wol verton, inrielders; Flick, outfielder. This is the first announcement that Douglass and Wolverton have signed. Six play era are still holding out. Thomas Fra zer, Lajoie, Bernhard, Piatt and Slagle, SMALLPOX EYE11Y WHERE. Kansas No Worse Off Than Many Other States. "Kansas i3 no worse off than other states for prevalence of smallpox," re marked Dr. W. B. Swan, secretary of the state board of health, today. "Here come reports from Minnesota, which had 1.00U cases for the month of Feb ruary. Michigan does not give figures, but reforta smallpox existing in 74 townships in that state. Kansas with 1.3:15 cases on hand in. February, is pro portionate. The disease is prevalent through out other states in this section as bad as here." , The secretary found 'five cases near Grainfteld. Gove county,-whither he was called this week. Four adjacent farms about eight miles -from the village are now quarantined. "TOPEKA JOE" AGAIN. Notorious Criminal Has Once More Been Arrested. Toledo, O., March 25. Three men were brought here last night from Detroit and 'edg-d in jail on suspicion of having been Imp'icated in the West Toledo postoftice robbery. One of them is said to have beer, positively identified as the noted "Topeka Joe" who has a long criminal record. He was arrested in Portla.id, Ore., last fall for a burglary committed at Wellsville. Vs., and taken to the lat ter place, but escaped from jail and had not been heard from since until at pres ent. A large scar on the shoulder ap parently makes the Identification, com plete. , , Topeka Joe lived here about four years ago but never gave the local police iny trouble as he was watched closely. He went from here to. Chicago where lie was arrested for highway robbery. Domestic Rates to Cuba. Washington, March 25. Postmaster General Smith in accordance with the decision arrived at by the cabinet yes terday hasTssued the following order: "Postmasters are informed that on and after April 1 next the United States domestic rates of postage and classifica tion shall apply to all mail matter pass ing between the United States and Cuba. Notices of this change should be dis played in postofllce corridors and given to the public press when acceptable as a news item." Board of Trade War Ends. Chicago, March 5. It was officially announced today that the fight between the Chicago board of trade and the telegraph companies over the distribu tion of market quotations has been set tled. An effort will be made by the company to resume the service, which was discontinued several months ago, on Monday next. ( Gift For Columbia University. New York, March 3. The trustees of Teachers" college of Columbia university announce the receipt of a gift of $100, 000 for the erection and equipment of a free school In the neighborhood of the college. The names of the donors are withheld. Cut His Throat at the Door. Newport, Tenn., March 25. Hugh Noe, a telegraph lineman, was killed about midnight by a member of a party which attacked the house in which he boarded. The attackers stoned the house, and Noe went to the door, where he was met by an unknown man, who cut his throat from ear to ear. Oregon's Pan-American Exhibit Portland, Ore., March 25. Seven car loads of timber, agricultural and horti cultural products for the exhibit at the Pan-American exiK-zsition will be started east Monday." At Baker City three car loads of miners will be taken on, and five cars of miscellaneous products will complete the exhibit, making fifteen car- loaus. in all. JEFFRIES IN A CROUCH. KANSAS". KE17S. Clyde's City Treasurer Charged With Embezzlement. A. J. Patterson Said to Be Short 5,000 of Town Funds. HE IS UNDER ARREST. Reported as Paying Ronds That Were Not Paid. Cemetery Association Loses Sev eral Hundred Dollars; Clyde, Kaa, March 25. There isn't a dollar in. the Clyde city treasury, and the cutting off of the revenue by reason of Mrs. Nation's followers closing- the joints has caused a sensation seldom witnessed here before. City Treasurer A. J. Patterson, who has held the office since 1896, was arrest ed on a warrant for embezzlement of the Clyde city funds to the amount of about $5,000, as shown by an expert's account, and after a preliminary examination he was bound over to the April term of the Cloud county district court in the sum of $2,000, which bail has been furnished. Two years ago the city authorities di rected Treasurer Patterson to pay from the city funds in his hands a bond of the city for $1,000, and since that time he was authorized to pay three other bonds of $1,000 each. The treasurer re ported the payment of each of these bonds, charged them up on his account as treasurer, and published his quarterly reports showing such bonds paid. Re cently upon the determination of the city authorities to refund the balance of the bonds at a lower rate of interest an in vestigation showed that none of the bonds had been paid. The city treasurer is so close-mouthed that he refuses to divulge the where abouts of the missing city funds. He has been a pushing young business man of Clyde for many years, and this large deficiency in her finances has caused universal comment. Among the funds missing is said to be $700 or $800 belong ing to the Clyde Cemetery association. The county attorney will be assisted by C. W. Vandermark and Theo. Lang in the pros'ecution, while ex-Judge F. W. Sturgis and W. S. Cannon will conduct the defense. IS IT BREACH OF CONTRACT P Two Suits For Damages Filed Aggre gating $29,000. Kansas City, . Kas., March 25. Two suits for damages for alleged breach of contract have been filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas in this city. In the first case the Thomas Fuel and Ice company sues the York Manu facturing company for '. $4,000, charging that the defendant company failed to instali a plant for petitioner as agreed. The second suit for $25,000 damages. Is that of Helen M. Thomas vs. Herbert H. Clark. She claims that on November 17. lSf8. she entered Irto an agreement with Mr. Clark to form a company for the manufacture of vulcanite rubber roofing. The company was to be capital ized at $30,000. She was ito put up $8, 300, the defendant was to raise the rest of the funds. The agreement was to have been in force the first day of Janu ary, 1S99, but the defendant has not yet indicated any intention to fulfill his part of it, the plaintiff claims. DIDN'T KNOW SMALLPOX A Saline County Township Called It a Rash. Salina. Kas., March 25. It has Just been discovered that the people of Pleasant Valley township. Saline county, ten miles northwest of Salina, have gone through an epidemic cf smallpox the last winter without knowing it. A large per cent, of the community has had the disease. It was called a rash. No one was very ill, and a physician was not summoned, although all the victims broke out, as is usual In mild ca"5es of smallpox. This week Dr. J. W. Jenny was summoned there and found a case of smallpox. He made an investigation. There are three or four cases in the township at present, but no quarantine was established, as nearly everybody has ' -". i 1 had it. There have been several cases of smallpox in Salina recently, and Pleasant Valley people have been afraid to come to town for fear of catching It. . SIDEY GROWING BETTER. Atchison Dentist May Recover Tom Lane Makes a Statement. Atchison, March 25. Tom Lane, who assaulted and badly Injured Dr. Hugh F. Sidey, has made a statement to the effect that he got hold of a letter written by Dr. Sidey and sent to his wife in Den ver asking her to come to Atchison. He sent this letter to his father, requesting that the pair be watched. When he call ed at Sidey's office, Sidey said Mrs. Lane was not there; that he did not know t,t r. Lane says he pushed into the office and found her in an inner room, clad in a nightgown. H. D. Zimmerman, who was in the store below, says he heard Lane call his wife a terrible name. In the tight that followed. Lane says Sidey at tempted to shoot him. .Lane was releas ed on $5,000 bonds. His hearing comes up on the 30th of this month. Dr. Sidey, the injured man, has recov ered consciousness and some hope is en tertained for his recovery. Pensions For Kansans. Washington, J. C. have been granted March 25. Pensions to Kansans as fol- lows: Increase John H. Marvin. Redfield, $S; Jonas S. Kaynor. Oswego. $12: Thomas T. Prattler. Meriden. $s: John W. Hanson, M-dine. $?: Stratton Blakewav, Summer field, $12: Philander Chilson, Topeka. $10; Peter W. Jury, Humboldt, $1-1 ; Tolman -Hooker. Wichita, $17; Henry L. Williams, Atchi.son, J : tleorge R. Shannon. Conner Springs. $.: Andrew Osborn. Virgil, $8; William H. Shelihammer, Gaiena, $!'; Amos P. Tugele, Rock, $17; Lorenzo Xetz ler. Wichita, $!2: James A Gano. Troy. $S; Charles H. Man us. Alden, tl'H special, March 12, Joseph Gepnart, Yates Center, f t i S-iiiiiiH'3 EwaaugaaV EuttalS That's the way it. begins. Little things disturb you. You are irritable, restless and worry over trifles. Your heart jumps ' and palpitates, at every sudden noise, you can't concentrate your mind on your work, your memory fails and you do not sleep well at night. " In the morning you feel weak and exhausted, with no appe tite for food and no ambition for exertion of any kind. Nervous prostration has no terrors for those who use . , w.. t a -" fcJ It stops the nervousness, soothes the irritation, quickens the pulse, stimulates diges tion,'induces refrpr.hing sleep and infuses snap, energy and vigor into the whole system. Soli by all druggists on a guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, lei. $12; special act. March 12, Madison Me Collister. Wichita, $30. Reissue Hiram W. Marst Winfleld. 117 Reissue and increase William W. .Smith. National Miiitarv home. Leavenworth. Original, widows, etc. Special act. March jioza vveoD, Augusta, a; juza Ger ard, Cherryvale, $S. Additional James T. Tnuneman Moodv- Vllle. S8: William A. Williams. Canev. IS: James E. Beckum, La Cygne. $S; Cornel ius iummings, Holton, $li!; Augustus K. Kai uwt. Toronto, s; jjavia n . iieal, jn max, $13. Renewal and Increase Jacob. C. Law son, Maize, $12. Increase John T. Thomnsnn. Tola. 112 Charles E. Adams. Garnett. IS: Iouia Sanders, National Military home, Leaven- wortn, Sfs: tieorge n. Stoner, Whiting, .s; Daniel Swan. Galena. 8: John Kvans. Thompsonville. $17; Jacob Adloff, Hiawa- tna, iz: Charles vv. i'ool, ArKansas city. : Ausnn M. Sanderson, Lyndon, $17; William Parris, National Military home, Leavenworth. $10: ADoleton K. Barker. Topeka, $8: Peter Magers. Sarcoxie, $10; John A. Hewins. Wathena, $&; Lorenzo xj. mess, -trait, tu. Girl Seeks to Change Father's Will. Port Scott, Kas., March 25. In the dis trict court here Hettie Albian, a 17-year- 01a girl, has brought suit to set aside th will pf her late foster father, Samuel Albain, whom she alleges left an estate of about $50,000. Under the will the estate goes to the widow and a son by adoption. Nelson Albain, who until re cently was second waited in the South ern hotel at St. Louis. He would ulti mately get all the property. -Miss Al bain alleges that undue influence was used over her father in his last days to have him disinherit her. Tlfl? will was made a few hours before his death. Kansas City, Ka., Registration. Kansas City, Kas., March 25. The books for the registration of voters closed after two weeks of the hardest work the commissioner of elections' office has known. The registration this spring is a record breaker. Approxi mately 11,250 men have registered and about 6.200 women, a total of 17,400. This is more than 3,000 in exeess of the number registered two years ago, and It is likely that a careful count of the registration will show 200 or 300 names not included in the present estimate. One Ticket at Abilene. Abilene, Kaa, March 23. The tem perance ticket nominated Wednesday night was not filed. J. B. Warfield, can didate for mayor, and other candidates refused the nominations. The Repub lican ticket has no opposition except Democratic candidates named on nomi nation papers, as follows: M. H. Halott, for treasurer; A. Lightner and T. Han bagen, for council. The registration is the lightest in years, 752 men and 217 women. I Registration at Leavenworth. Leavenworth, March 23. When the registration books closed, 9,275 voters had placed their names on the registra tion list for the coming election. This is within 46 votes of the largest registra tion in the history of the city. The rec ord was broken last year. An effort was made to break this record, but one bad day during the week interfered with the expectations of the workers. At least one-half of the persons registered are women. i Lyons Without a Ticket Lyons, March 25. On the eve of clos ing the nominations for city officers in Lyons, nearly all the old officials, includ ing Mayor C. F. Foley and Councilmen J. A. Blair, E. K. Miller, Thomas West wood and Jesse Ainsworth.who had been renominated by petition, declined to serve, and this morning the citizens are without a ticket to vote for at the com ing election. , Man's Body Found m the Missouri Atchison, March 25. The body of a white man apparently about 40 years of age was found in the shallow' waters of the Kansas side of the Missouri river. The coroner hasi taken charge of the re mains and an inquest will be held, as the circumstances surrounding the man s death are queer. Thinks He Has Found Gold. Salina, March 23. G. E. Holmberger, a farmer living near Smolan, .ten miles southwest of here, claims to have dis covered eold while digging a well on his farm some time ago. He sent a specimen to a Kansas City assayer ana today re celved word that it contained both gold and silver, but whether in paying quan tities Is not known. ' Rural Routes For Clyde. Clyde, March 25 On or about the mid dle of April Clyde will have three rural mail routes, which have been secured throueh the efforts of our postmaster, S. H. Knapp. He also succeeded in hav ing three old soldiers appointed carriers. The Clyde jjostofrice is an up-to-date office for the accommodation of its patrons. Mr. Knapp was a fortunate selection for postmaster of so large and growing town- as Clyde. , To Move to Seattle. Washington, March 25. Our town will lose one of her best citizens and business men In the removal of L J. Sprengle to Seattle. He grew up here: served as county treasurer and for several years has actively engaged in the real estate business. For some time he edited and published the ablest Populist newspaper ever printed in Washington county.: Bishop Walden Makes Appointment Eureka, Kaa., March. 25. The principal feature of the M. E. conference was the appointment of the Rev. J. D. Smith as financial secretary of Baker university. This appointment was made at the ex press request of the conference, which 1 1 1 1 'J aWiaat C-1 ttM aai "cr g&y l.j - Bishop Walden thought proper to. honor. The bishop gave his lecture on Africa, which has been delivered in several European countries. . ; Found Dead in Bed. Sabetha, March 25. Nahan Jones, one of the most prominent lawyers in this section, was found dead in bed Saturday by his family. Heart disease was th cause. Mr. Jones was city attorney cf this place and returned Thursday even ing from the county seat, where he had been defending this city in a damage suit brought by Mrs. Cober" against tie city for $5,500. Boy Thrown From a Horse. Independence, March 25. Roy Park hurst, the 12 year old son of W. W. Parkhurst, was seriously hurt yesterday. He was riding a horse when the animal lost its footing and fell, throwing the b y on the brick pavement. lis reeovary is regarded as doubtful. Aged Methodist Minister Dead. Washington, Kan., March 23. Rev. William Long, a weil known Methodist minister, in service in this county for many years, died here suddenly this morning, aged 8S. He was a member of the Southern Indiana conference. Registration Seavy at Salina. . Salina, March 25. The registration closed here with a total of 2.3S1 persor3 registered, 1.511 males and 820 females. This is a slight increase for the mule registration and a decrease of 176 in the female registration over two years ago. Atchison Has Big Registration. Atchison, Kas.. March 25. The regis tration this spring is 5.2S2, the largest in the history of Atchison. GROUND FOR SYMPATHY. ("From the Washington Star. "Sometimes," said the sympathetic man, "I feel sorry for the noble red man, who must -tand by and see all his glories swept In to the past." F.roncho Bob looked at him In surprise, and then answered: 'Well. mister, you'll excuse me for men. tionln' it, but I'm feelin' downright sym pathetic toward you. There isn't nobody on earth that I feel sorrier for than any. body who doesn't know better than to bs sorry fcr Injuns." New Western League Schedule. St. Joseph, Mo., March 25. President Hickey has rejected the schedule of games for the Western league sent out by Chase of Des Moines, and has com menced work on a new one to be an nounced in ten days. $4,000 a Week. Victoria, B. C, March 25. The steam er Cottage City arrived from the north late last night with 34 passengers. She brings news of a rich find on Slate creek and Miller gulch in the Chesta china district. Four thousand in gold was taken out in a week on Miller gulch. Threat to Kidnap His Daughter. Elwood, ' Ind., March 25. R. L. Lee- son, jr., a prominent citizen, has received a letter in which the writer threatens to kidnap his 14-year-old daughter un less a snecifled sum of money Is forth coming. Mr. Leeson has turned the let ter over to the autnorittes. Big Deal In Coal Land. Meyersdale, Pa., March 23. Baltimore and New York capitalists have just closed a deal involving the transfer of 25,000 acres of coal land in Somerset county, the purchase price being $279,000. To Build a Large Steel Plant Pittsburg. March 25. The Crucible Steel company has purchased a large tract of territory at Monessen, near hear, and will erect a large steel plant, giving employment to 5,000 men. LOCAL MENTION. Assistant County Attorney Hungate is a floater and a duck shooter. Satur day he floated seven or eight miles on the river and killed a 13 and one quarter pound goose near Grantville. The police arrested Frank Christ, G. C. Chesney and James Inman on the charge of selling liquor and maintaining a nuisance Saturday evening. All the men gave bond and were released. Seven boys, aged about 12 years, were arrested last night on the charge of dis turbing the peace. The officer who ar rested them said they had been throwing mud at the Methodist church in Park dale. The boys deny the charge and will have their trial this afternoon. Two Indians were before the police court this morning charged with being drunk. They were fined $3 each. One of them, an old man, reached down in the recesses of his clothing and pulled out a roll of bills which the police had over looked in their search when he was lock ed up. He paid his fine, but refused to put up for the other one, a young man. and the young man Is now doing time on the rock pile. It tickles the Palate Churchill Ha vana Cigar. G ASTORIA Tor Infants and Children. Tha Kind Yea Kav3 Always Es'JgM Bears the Signature of i "I was a sufferer for many months from , nervous disorders that, seriously affe5led my health and peace of mind. I was very irritable and restless, and sruf-' fered a great deal from palpitation of the heart and sleeplessness. A friend induced me to try Dr. Miles' Nervine, and I was so much relieved by the first bottle that I continued its use and in a few weeks in health was completely restored" Mrs. Sarah Hepler, Winfield, Kan, w if. v (tiliiir'oi?wn:i THE BEST PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS Run via th GREAT ROClOsLArJD ROUTE Leave Toneka via Scenic Route throueh Colorado and l:th WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Via Southern Route through Oklahoma and Texas EVERY WEDNESDAY. Eor inf. rmation and Tourist Dictionary address E. W. Thompson. A. O. K. A f peka, Kas. CI PF Of contracting Sickness. If you use Pure Mafer That's the kind fur nished by tha TopekaWaterCe. TB LEPHOKB 122. 625 Qaincy Street. SMOKE KLAUERS GOLD DUG. BUY THE GCnUIIII- '0 nirrrinQ y suu ... MAjrrFACTtrnra bt ... CALIFORNIA JFK1 SYRUP CO. TV XOTE T f E SAMP,. SEATS ITOW SEIXIZJO U. S. MARINE BAND Lieut Wen. H. Santelmann, Conductor. AUDITORIUM, f'enay Eva. t.;;l I Direct from the White lion so by permission of President McKinley. 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