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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-17
Constipation

Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and produces biliouSneSS torpid liver indi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-30
Large Tire Concern VIII Con-
troll Ten of Them.
Tour the National Circuit in
Palace Cars.
INTERESTED.
Vast Crowds Attending the Ball
Games.
New York and Louisville Tied
for Last Place.

Chicago, April sO.-It is learned that
a large local tire manufacturing con
Germ will control ten of the most promi-
nent professional teams Of the circuit
this season.
1t is also stated that another tire
firm will Introduce a novelty in the
way of two specially constructed pal
ace cars that viii follow the circuit
with it's array Of amateur and pro
fessionaI riders. The equipment viii
consist of a dining and a sleeping car
Arrangements are being perfected to
house twenty racing men. A New
York newspaper, it is stated, viii share
part of the expense with the tire con
Germ, and bicycle manufacturer Of
Syracuse will be called upon to con-
tribute his quota to the carrying out
of the project
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

Chicago. April 3O.-Wheat had evil
IDENTIFY recovered this morning from the
scare caused by the big Argentine crop
estimates the denials of these reports
and rather favorable cables. which had
not entirely responded to the drop in
this market, creating somewhat firm
er feeling at the opening. Initial prices
for July We're irregular, being H@2se
over yesterdays close at 635s068szc.
After the first rush of buying orders
the market became dull and eased off,
but later as the reports of continued
rains in the northwest came in, re-
ports of consequent bad condition Of
the ground, July advanced sharply to
644sc.
Corn was heavy and dull, but steady
in sympathy with wheat. July opened
1sc higher at 3O9sc and advanced slight
~ as wheat went up Oats were also
quiet but steady, July opening un-
changed at 1910 and huctuating but
little. Business in both corn and oats
was mostly in changing.
Provisions showed small recessiOns,
due to the weak livestock market. July
pork 21zc lower at sS.221z; July lard PIC
lower at $3.50; ribs opened unchanged
at $4171z and declined to $4.15.
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NarIzet Gossip.

New York: Four ports cleared wheat
and -four 274.749 bushels.
Chicago. A private cable from Paris
this morning says that prospects are
favorable for a very large crop on ac-
count of the fine weather that has pre-
vailed.
New York: Exporters took here To-
600 No. Northern to arrive next week.
PIC over May F. O. B. ahOat and $4,000
cash ungraded spring Soc. Also $4,000
at Boston. $4,000 corn and As, 600 at OUT
ports.
Chicago: Frost in northern Kansas
and California
Minneapolis 1913 cars, last year 100
cars; Duluth 157 cars, last year III cars.
New York. Little Foreign buying OF
wheat.
Price Current- "Unimportant chan
ges in crop prospects. Week generally
favorable. Some central localities still
lacking needed moisture. Excessive
moisture in portion of northwest cause
apprehension as to crop results"
Chicago; Inspections: Wheat 1926
corn 314-131; oats 218-59.
Chicago: Exports of wheat from
Argentine January 1 to April / have
been 9,950,000 bushels compared with
1924. 900 last year and is, 600 in 1894
Berlin: Wheat closed q mark lower.
Press: Liverpool. BIS p. M: Wheat
steady; demand poor. Holders offer
! moderately prices same as yesterday.
Corn quiet, 4 d lower.
Chicago; Private cable: Liverpool
wheat I'D lower. Argentine crop ascer-
tanned to be small Exports from there
viii gradually decrease.
New York: Pennsylvania railroad.
eastern lines for March, net increase
/ SIS. 900; gross Of western lines. decrease
S36,4OO and net decrease IS, 22O.
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Chicago Livestock Market.

CnlcagO, ADrI 30
HOGS-Receipts today $4,000; left
over 5000 Market active and 501Oc
lower. Light So 4O@3 20; mixed So ESQ
So; heavy 50 1908 40; rough So 100
20
Official receipts yesterday So
$50; shipments 7,273.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5000. Market
firm to Toe higher. Beeves 50 2O04 20;
cows and heifers 81 1903 80 Texas
steers 81 S0d3 80; stockers and feeders
81 S0G3 IS.
CATTLE-Ohicial receipts yesterday
Is, 542: shipments 2, 729.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000. Market
steady.
SHEEP-OmciaI receipts yesterday
p. 533; shipments 4,S14 Estimated re-
ceipts hogs tomorrow $4,000.
Common to choice 81 6503 rs; west
ems 50 1908 so; lambs 50 1904 IS
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opposite city park, the intention being
to sail back to the bridge. The sail
was hoisted and the boat moved out
into the middle of the river Z. p. Green
was at the rudder, which i'm some way
became fastened. or as real sailors call
it. unshipDed. and the wind. catching
the sail sideways. overturned the boat
The occupants. with exception of
Roper. came up clinging to the boat.
Roper. fearing he would be caught be-
meath it, dived out in the river as the
boat was going over, and had to swim
back to the boat, but he proved equal
to the occasion.
Jimmy Dearen, who saw their pre-
diCament, secured a slzif at the brick
yards and rowed to their relief. He
towed the boat and party to the Kan
sas bank All were greatly chilled
Cromwell and Nesbitt were in such
condition that cramps might have over
taken them in q VerY short time.
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TOPEKA A MEMBER.
Win Be Represented in the Central
Ball League.

Sedalia, Mo, April 30.-AIthough a.
temporary schedule was arranged for
only four clubs at the meeting Of the
central league at Kansas City Monday
it has already become necessary to
prepare a new schedule to include
Springfield and Topeka.
Both Of these cities have been appli-
cants for membership for some time,
but not having complied with all the re-
quirements of the league, they were
not formally voted in at the Kansas
City meeting. Both cities, however,
have now become eligible to member
ship and have been elected by votes of
the directors, mailed and wired to the
president of the league in Sedalia.
meeting vii be called at Kansas
City for one day next week to adopt a
new schedule for the six club LeaEue.
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REvIvING TENNIS.
The Topeka Tennis Club VIII Hold a
Tournament This Season.

Tennis is to be revived in Topeka
this summer A club, composed of 20
of the most expert tennis players in
this city has been formed, and work is
being pushed on the grounds secured
at the corner of Tenth and Fillmore
streets.
The club will be known as the To
peka Tennis club" and it is the inten-
ton to arrange a tournament here
sometime during the summer. A num-
Der of outside tennis players. among
whom are Cravens and Case, the
champion players of Kansas City,
have already signified their willingness
to participate in the proposed tourna-
ment The indications are favorable
to a successful season OF this sort in
Topeka
The following is the present member
ship of the club George StOker, Lou
Bronson. Herbert Armstrong. VIM.
Stoddard Edward Mcbride, Dick Al
den, Clarence Smith, O. F. Whitmer
Harry Noble, Roy Johnson, VIII Rad
ciffe, David Sibley, Clarence Evans,
Jake Bair. Dana AIcVicar. George Sew
ard. VIII Eberle. o. NJ Mcconnell c.
H Morrison, and Howard Lawrence.
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TO SAL FOR CUBA.
General Fitzhugh Lee Has Qualified
as Consul General

Richmond Va. April S0.-General
Fitzhugh Lee, qualified here last even
ing before a United States commits
sioner as consul general to Cuba.
On Monday night General Lee re
ceived a telegram from Secretary of
State Olney asking him when he could
leave for Cuba. He replied that he
could arrange to go in a few days-that
is, if the state department would for
ward the papers necessary to be exc
cuted at Richmond he would lose no
time in getting ready.
A large package, containing, among
other things. the oath Of allegiance and
form of bond came in the morning
General Lee had arranged with a Balti
more company for his bond and he
filed up this paper and mailed it. He
will get his final instructions from
President Cleveland either Friday or
Saturday and it is probable that he win
go to Havana next week General Lee
seems to be in excellent health He
does not feel any uneasiness on account
of the climate of the islands
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lIew 20 So -.

New Y Ork, april 80.
Bull sentiment has not abated in the
past fOrty-eight hours and the shocks
of one sort and another administered
in London have not 1essened the incIi-
nation Of the public to take the long
side and transactions are pronounced
as before. Mr.. Well was a moderate
seller Of sugar openly but had brokers
buying under cover. Good authority
predicts $50 for sugar inside Of ten
days. Specialists bought Southern
railway, preferred, and traders bought
tobacco. Flower people bought sugar.
Annual report of Union Pacific shows
that the Union Pacific proper under the
funding bill could earn a dividend on
the present stock. Tobacco advanced
on report that the application for an
injunction retaining dividend would
be refused. Inside advices We're to sell
T. c. I. if it broke 80.
Insiders promise to support Manhat-
tan at 1882.
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FITZ MAY FIGHT.
Dan A. Stuart is Reasonably Sure of a
Mil.

Chicago, April 3O.-Dan A. Stuart is
in the city. Mr. Stuart has tucked
away in the pockets of his ample waist
coat articles of agreement calling for
fight between COrbett and Hitzsiln-
mons, which bear the signature of Cor
bett, but not that of the man from
Cornwall.
.Fftzsimmons.' said Stuart last night
SIS bent on goading COrbett some. /
think that F'itzsimmOns wants to fight
the Californian and viii sign as soon
as he thinks he has punished him suf-
ficientIy. Both men want to meet, and
where this is the case there is little
trouble in bringing them together. no
matter how discouraging the thing ap-
pears at the start. FitzSimmOns thinks
he has a grievance and in his own pc
culiar way is seeking to get even I
think Fitzsimmons in q short while will
come to the fore and sign reasonable
articles Of agreement"
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NOT ENOUGH FOOD.
In Cripple Greek District to Last the
People "a Hours.

Denver, April 3O.-President Steele Of
the Chamber of Commerce has called
mass meeting of citizens TO be held at
noon today to consider measures Of re
lief of Cripple Creek.
This step was decided on after a mes
sage. was received from Secretary Jack
son, who went to Cripple Creek last
night saying that 5000 people are
homeless and many destitute
He reports there are not enough pro
visions in the district to last "a hours
and there is great need of cooking uten-
sis. The Rocky Mountain News has
started a popular subscription.
A mass meeting vii also be held at
Colorado Springs today for the same
purpose as that in Denver. w. S. STRAIT
ton the millionaire mining man, sent
train load of provisions from Colorado
Springs to Cripple Greek for free dis
tribution.
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CANKER WORMS
Have Appeared i'm Many Kansas
Orchards
III Central and Southern Kansas
this Week.
VERY DESTRUCTIVE.
Grave Injury to the Apple Crop
lis Feared
other Kansas News of General
Interest.
VERY DESTRUCTIVE.

Sedan, April 30--The orchards OF the
county are badly infected this spring
rfth the canker worm. Some take them
10 be the tent caterpillar. but they are
lutte different. The male of the can2er
worm Is a winged moth or miller, the
female a wIngless beetle, much reseTnp-
Ing a sDfder. green in color. with the
beetle claws, small and alert It lays
It's eggs lin the trees and another season
Fan be kept out by keeping a girdle Of
some sticky substance around the
trunk Of the tree
A bandage of cotton .daubed with mo-
lasses. or something of that kind win
prevent their crawling up the tree 1t
IS too late for that this season, and the
Dnly remedy now is to kill the worms
Spraying with paris green or london
purple viii Kill the worms half
pound of the poison to a barrel Of wa
ter with about a bucketful of strong
WhiteWash made of fresh lime viii do
the business. The liquid viii not kill
by contact but when the worm goes
out to feed it is a gOner-
Lawrence. April 30--N- r. Demlngi
chairman of the committee on entomol
Ogy, of the Douglas County aorIlcul-
tural society. reports that the canker
worms are doing considerable damage
Ia a. large number of the orchards ne
has visited this spring.
Rur1fnptou. April 3O-Many of the
richards in and around Burlington are
being rapidly ruined by some insect
The trees from a distance look as if IRE
lad run through them and burned all
he leaves The devastation VIII soon
ge general in this Immediate section
Enless soon stopped.
This troublesome pest is called the
tanker worm and is of the most de-
tructive that ever infested an orchard
Fhe worms here now VIII so under
ground this fan and winter and come
3ut in the perfect, or moth state the
after part OF next February or March
The female moth has no wings anC
therefore does not fly from one orchard
% another, but crawls 71n the body of E
nee and deposits her eggs i'm the forks
md branches in all parts Of the tree
From these eggs come the minute
worms that commence to kill the foil
lge- 1t is difficult to see them for the
hrst few weeks. After that the Drowned
and deadened look that the trees as
sumo VIII make their presence known
Tor miles.
If you wish to know if you have then
give the trees a sudden Jar They vii
drop and hang suspended by a ans
web.
Abilene. April sO.-Canlzer worm.
have appeared in many Of the appl,
orchards in countless mum bers and ar,
making clean sweep, devouring al
the leaves If the plague is not stop
ped soon the apple crop is going to b,
greatly injured
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Camera elup, Library Han tonight
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CURIOUS REMINDER.
a Poster With a History Found
Among Old Records.

Among Old Records.
Leavenworth. April 30-Attorneys. in
going over the records Of the criminal
court, made a discovery.
Twenty years ago this coming sum
mer George #. Anthony was the can
didate of the Republican party for gov
ernor. His cousin, D. r.. Anthony
made bitter war upon him. and
charges involving the personal char
acter Of the gubernatoriaI nominee
were made with the utmost abandon.
IL resulted in bitter quarrels and one
OF George It's henchmen in this city
was Patrick T. Cooney, a painter
CoOney fought D. r. early and late
and even occupied the night time to
carry out his designs against him
One moring early in the year 1877 the
people of this town found upon all Of
the bill boards a large poster calling
upon D. r. Anthony to stand up and
answer Yes" or No" to questions
propounded. One of these posters was
found yesterday by an attorney. and
as reminder Of old times. recalline
the campaign Of 1876 VIII be interest
ing.
A libel suit followed the publication
Of the poster. and a jury awarded the
plaintim one cent damages. The title
OF the case to which the poster is at
tached is Daniel r. Anthony. plain
tin, vs. Charles II. Miller, defendant -
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OCONTO UNDER WATER.
Continuous Rains Flood All the Low
lands About the Place.

Oconto, Wis, April sO.-Rain has fal-
len almost continuously here for the
past twenty-four hours and all low
lands are flooded.
The city is nearly inundated and the
river has reached the highest mark it
has for years and is still rising. The
booms of the Holt Lumber company
gave way. but employees so far have
kept the logs from going out in the bay
by swinging temporary booms across
the river.
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CHICAGO MARRIED LETTER.

Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock
Exchange, 526 Kansas Avenue
Topeka Grain Exchange. 526 Kansas ave
nue.-2 p
Chicago. April 80.
Wheat opened frmer on continued
rains in the northwest. but the princi-
pal trading was selling against calls
and changing over from May to July.
Northwestern receipts We're moderate,
cIearances liberal and good inquiry
from exporters for immediate shipment.
We look for the market to do much bet
ter soon as liquidation is out of the
way and would buy on quick breaks
for good scalping profits.
Corn and oats were hrmer and showed
a tendency. to advance on the slightest
bull news There is a heavy short in
terest in July corn and any kind of un-
favorable crop news win start short
covering.
Provisions opened easy on account
of lower prices at the yards and the
continued heavy run of hogs, but
waves Of investment buying orders ap-
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TO CHANGE DISTRICT.
Reno County Nine Months Rehind in
Court Work.

Hutchinson, April 3O.-The district
court here is nine months behind in its
work.
During the present term of court.
which viii end here next Saturday,
Judge Martin has been compelled to
continue over two-thirds of the jury
cases on the docket and practically all
the court cases.
When the legislature meets next win
ter there viii probably be another
change to make in this judicial district
which is composed of Reno, Harvey and
Mcpherson counties
The district was formerly composed
of Reno and Harvey counties. but the
legislature last winter in cutting down
the number of districts in the state
added Mcpherson county. These three
counties are among the largest and
most important in Kansas and cOnse-
quently have a large court business
too much in fact for one judicial dis
frict.
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MRS. BANTA PARDoNED.
Was Serving a Six Months Sentence
for Jail Breaking.

Hutchinson April 3O.-AIrs. Emma
Banta, who was convicted at the Jan
uary term of the district court and sen
fenced to six months in the county Jail
for shoplifting. has been pardOned by
Governor Morrill,.
Mrs Banta was arrested, together
with her husband, Jack Banta, and Mr.
and Mrs. Swanson, last December on
the charge of shopnfting, and a large
quantity Of goods were found about
their premises which were identified as
belonging TO the stores of P. Martin &
Co.. the Leader dry goods store and
others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

U. Z. Kellogg to Henry C. Gordinier,
lot 276, north half lot PA. North Topeka
avenue, $500.
Hannah Richie to Alice V. CIugston,
lot g. East Tenth avenue, $50
Lille G. Chessman to Mabel L. White
lots 151, 1873 and 155, Lincoln street
SO. SEQ; mortgage of 1880.
Eleanor Campbell to Eugene K Felt
east IS feet lots 26 %, go. g. "a and So.
Buchanan street, Harvey's subdivision
50, $50; mortgage of 81, 500
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near to the pole he is ordered to tip
his hat to the totum pole. If he refuses
it is a signal for a general mixup. and
the result is usually disastrous to facial
beauty and tidy clothes. Last year
Hector Cowan. the football coach, was
made to advance and kiss the pole. The
freshman class this year is a large one
and there are several football players
amonE them.
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DetroIt. Anril 90.-seore:
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ORATORICAL CONTEST.
Roy Osborn, Of salina, Wins the First
Piece.

Lawrence. April 80.-The annual
spring oratorical contest held here was
well attended Roy IT. Osborn of Sa-
lima won first place, and Ut. e. PoDe
Of Lawrence, second
There were six contestants. Mr.. Os-
born's subject was "AngIo-Saxon Su-
premacy-' He is a forcible orator and
easily won first place. He represented
Wesleyan college of Salina iii the state
oratoTical contest February. 1895. Five
Of the judges gave him first place, and
the remaining judges second.
Cash prizes Of S15 for first and $40 for
second place were offered
The judges on delivery were:
Mrs Dinsmoor
l. H. Perkins
Rev. Mr.. McOuiston.
On thought and compositions
Rev. j. D. Rodgers.
Hon. wv. W. Nevison
Col Fl. M. Greene
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He KNEW HAMMOND.
An Arkansas City Man a Classmate
at Yale With the Noted American.

at Yale With the Noted American.
Arkansas city. April 8O.-F. NJ. Strong
of the Home National bank of this city
was a Yale college classmate of John
Hays Hammond. now so prominent at
Johannesburg, South Africa
He says Hammond came to college
from California He made a special
study of mining and drifted into South
Africa and was with Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Strong has never heard directly
from Hammond since he left college,
but since ne got into his trouble his
classmates have commenced a syste-
matte effort to get him out
When at Yale, Hammond was an ath-
lete and went in for athletic sports.
He was a fine appearing man, being
six feet. He was what is known as a
good fellow and was generally well
liked He was a man of strong likes
and dislikes and a man of great deter
nnination
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FIREBUGS CAUGHT
Trying to Start a Fire Uuder a Saloon
at Cripple Creek

Cripple Greek. April 3O.-TWo men
were caught building a fire under sa-
loon in Poverty Gulch. An officer fired
five shots at them and they were cap
tured. In their possession was a
bunch Of skeleton KEYS.
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WHO WILL HE BEP

-Four Candidates Struggling for sena-
torship in the Thirty-ninth District.
Stockton. April 8O.-The Thirty-nfnth
Senatorial district convention. which
convenes in this city May 20, promises
to be a lively one.
The counties in the district are. Cove.
Trego, Ellis Rocks, Graham, Sheridan
Decatur, RaWlins, Thomas. Logan Wal
ace sherman ana Cheyenne. There
are AouE cahuloateS now with pros
poets for more.
The candidates so far are J. s. Shaw
Of Rocks. Sim Motz of Ellis. H
Harwi Of Graham, T.. G. Parker of De
catur. lit VIII not be safe to bet on
the winning candidate SO far.
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TWINs ~ 1rIsFoRrUNE.
The Sad Plight of Two Xonng Men
Who Stole q Ride.

Independence. April SEQ wilson
and Harry Jones, two young men who
We're each minus the left leg came in
from the west working their way from
Texas.
Wilson says ne lost his leg in mine
in Colorado and Jones lost his in Texas
while stealing ride on a freight train
Wilson claimed to have relatives at
Comeyville and Jones at Joplin and
both wanted to get to COfeyville The
mayor provided them with TRANSFORM
ton and sent them on their way. They
We're both quite young. Jones being
Is and Wilson p, and both lost their
limbs last winter
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LIVE STOCK BOARD HERE.
Commission is Now in Session-Vir-
cent Elected Secretary.

The state live stock commission is
in session in this city this afternoon
but nothing is being done but routine
business. All the members are here
President Johnson and J. B. Vincent
came in this morning and were joined
this afternoon by J. I. Brown, the Pop
ulist member.
The board has reorganized by re-
electing J. w. Johnson president and
making the new member Mr.. Vincent
secretary The board will be in SEES
sion for two or three DAYS.