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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28

Grover Cleveland IN now for the
second time the only LIVING cX.prcW-
dent, Once before he enjoyed this
distinction, nono of his predecessors
being alive after the death of Ruthor.
ford Il, Hayes Jan, II. 1898, Within
seven weeks, however, Mr., Harrison's
name was added TO the list,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
A c1NcH FOR FREEDMAN.
Has All Available New York Ball
Grounds Leased Until 1860.

New York, Nov 13-The defeat of
Tammany in the election does not mean
that an American league team will be
placed in this city next season.
Ban Johnson is evidently not aware
of the fact that Freedman has a lease
on all the baseball grounds in this city
until 1860.
No American league team can be
placed in this city unless Freedman
consents to it. 1t goes without saying
that Freedman will refuse any such re-
quest while he is president OF the New
York baseball club.
In order to Illustrate any attempt to
put an American league team in this
city, Freedman has promised to build
up a first-clasS organization, and will
not spare any efforts in doing So
The talk of transferring the BaIti-
more and Washington American league
teams here is naturally part of the Ban
johnson scheme. This can not mate
rialize without Freedman'S consent and
cooperation. Freedman has been figur-
ing on an opposition more for several
years. He and his partners in the real
estate business have been quietly secur-
ing leases or options on all property
available for ball grounds within pos
Sible distance. And without grounds in
Manhattan no bah team could survive
The sporting element may take long
trips to race courses, but only the most
enthusiastic rooter would journey ten
or fifteen miles to a two-bit game, last
ing bare two hours
If Freedman wants a second team
here one will come. He is it, on that
proposition for many years to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
LOWER TAX LEVY.
State Commission Would Pre-
vent High Rate.

In addition to the proposed law pre-
pared by the state tax revision commits
sion to equalize assessments, the COM
mission has also prepared another bill
fixing q limit upon tax levieS.s
There is at present such a law on the
statute books, but the limit is high
one The result is that the levy is
showed up to the limit and then the
assessment is made to fit the levy. This
is one great reason for the inequality of
assessment. In some counties property
has to be assessed at its full value in or
sary to run the county government; in
other counties the assessment is only one
third of the real value of the property,
while the levy is put up to the limit.
This has a tendency to keep capital out
of the state. One of the first things in
veStorS inquire about is the rate of tax
ation-- When it is found to be very high
up to the limit-investors frightened
away They do not inquire into the val
uation matter.
The limit fixed by the proposed law pre-
half what it is at present. 1t would have
the effect of doubling the assessments in
many counties even under the present
law.
There has been some opposition to the
proposed assessment law because it was
not known that a limit bill would also
be prepared by the commission, and if
there was no limit the bars would
be thrown open to officers to raise an
exorbitant amount of taxes.
The limits proposed by the new bill in
mills are as follows:
Counties-For general revenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
mArHEwsoN's WINTER JOB.
Freedman Gets Away From Football
in New Mexico.

New York, Nov. 1S.-Pitcher Mathew
son is living at the Colonial hotel. To
his intimates, who met him today, he
explained the reasons for his sudden re-
turn from Albuquerque, New Mexico,
where he had been engaged for six
months season with the baseball club
there.
1t seems that several colleges had Of
fered Mathewson a place on their foot
ball teams, and that he had begun to
practice and had serious thoughts of
accepting one of the proposals. He said
today that he had received a letter from
President Andrew Freedman, advising
him to come north for rest. Mr.. Freed
man, he alleges, thought that the pitch
er might injure himself if he played
football. Consequently, he came here,
having signed before the season closed.
He had been promised by Mr.. Freed
man a position for the winter in the
United States Fidelity Trust company,
and during the winter will attend to
business downtown every day. He re-
fused offers from the American league
During the winter he will keep him
self in condition at the gymnasium on
One Hundred and Twenty fifth street.
where there is an. oven, so that he can
bake his faithful arm.
4 am going on a duck shooting trip
on Long Island with Mr. Freedman and
John Hoey," said Mathewson, land will
settle down to work on our return
John Camel, the first baseman of the
New Yorks, is with MathewsOn.
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FIVE FOR A PENNY.
English Underselling American Cigar,
cites in England.

New York, Nov. 1s.-While the I'M
perial company preserve silence, the
American side has once again been
forced to show its hand, says the Lon
don correspondent of the Herald. 1t
announces temporary rebate scheme
in the following terms:
If, by December 1. you will send us
on the subioined form statement of
the sales you have made of packet
cigarettes, imported or our own during
November, we will, during December,
sell you an equal quantity to cover the
same selection of brands, the cigarettes
being left entirely in your own hands
We allow you on such equal orders sent
US for December a special rebate of five
pence per 1000, which rebate we will
remit as early in January as possible"
Meanwhile some British manufac-
turers who are outside the Amalgama-
ton are doing little independent fight
ing. Underselling the Americans is the
aim of their tactics. Phillips, for in
stance, brought out a line of guinea
gold cigarettes at five for a penny the
other day, while Newman & Birming-
ham have put upon the market a brand
of Virginia cigarettes at twenty for
three pence and ten for a penny half
penny which they are advertising as
antitrust"
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the club, to make the necessary prepa-
rations for the match
Sharkey has been in training for sew
eral months, and should the contest De
arranged, it would take him but few
days to get in shape to enter the ring.
Rubin is not making any plans for the
future There will be time enough Tor
that after Friday night, said he.
expect 1 will be kept busy when l get
to be the champion, but 1 am not go
ing to worry about that now l have
got to put Jeffries out of the way be-
fore I make any definite plans for the
future and 1 guess he has to brush me
aside from his path before all will be
a bower of roses for him.
Il propose to keep my training quart
ers. and I understand Jeffries is main
tanning his quarters. Friday night will
determine who will need the extra
training"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
PROCEEDINGS NOT SECRET.
German Government Sensitive Over
Naval Courtmartial Criticism.

New York, Nov. 13.-The North Ger
man Gazette says dispatch from Ber-
lin to the London Times and the New
York Times denies that the recent
naval court martial proceedings were
secret, as reported. 1t was found neces-
sary to hold both inquiries-that grow
ing out of the sinking of the Wacht and
that into the INSTRUMENTATION on the
Gazelle-on shipboard. In the first case
some evidence bearing on the regula-
lions was of course kept secret. In the
case the lay members of the court need
mechanism of the guns taken apart
This denial is regarded as semi-official
and indicates that the German govern
ment is sensitive in regard to the re-
ness and unfairness in military matters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
OTTAWA AT WORK.
Football Eleven Secures Shorty Ham
il to Assist Coach Atkinson.

Ottawa, Kas., Nov. 13.-The Ottawa
team is practicing each afternoon for
the Medic game next Saturday The
team yet has three games to play. On
November % a game with the Indians
will be played at Lawrence and the last
game will be played with Washburn at
Topeka, on Thanksgiving day.
Shorty Hamil,. former guard for X.
o., arrived yesterday. and will assist
Coach Atkinson. Jim Tyler, a former
captain of the varsity team, has arrived
and viii look after the ends.
All the men, except Carter, have re-
covered from the bruises received in the
games with Missouri and Kirksville last
week. Garter will not be in the game
any more this season, as ne got a knee
cap diSloeated at Columbia Banta
former manager, will play his place in
the Medic game Saturday.
The second eleven viii go against the
team each night this week for scrim-
mage practice.
Captain Evans said today that he ex-
pected to win both the Medic game and
the Washburn game. He expects to lose
the Indian game, but is determined to
hold the score down better than the
last game. He has hopes of scoring on
the Indians
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HER SHARE is 100000.
An Estimate of the DeForest Inherit
ance by the Attorney.

Atchison, Nov. 1S-B. P.Waggener has
returned from New York, where he
went to represent Mrs. NJ. F. DeForest
of Atchison, who is one of the heirs to
the estate of the late Henry Dolan, the
Brooklyn millionaire.
He says that after a personal inves-
tigatiOn he believes the estate to be
worth 81, 100000, of which Mrs. DeForest
will receive about 100000, property
of that value. The figures are upon es-
Inmates of New Workers, among them
George Gould, who says that the pro-
perty is increasing in value at the rate
of from to 10 per cent annually. Four
pieces of the property are on Broadway,
and all of it is leased for large amounts.
One building alone brings $500 year
and the net annual income is far in ex-
cess of what the heirs will need. The
will is to be probated November 26. No
decision has been reached as to how
the estate will be settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
SALE OF LORD DERBY.
Boralma's ConQueror to Go Under the
Hammer This Month.

New York, Nov. 1S--Lord Derby,
acknowledging only one king, Ores
ceus, and by most turfmen regarded as
the American horse most likely to
lower the existing world trotting rec
ord-more likely than is Cresceus, they
SAYS to be sold at auction in New
York early in the last week of this
month
Lord Derby's owner could readily sell
his phenomenal trotter to any one of a
half-dozen millionaire horsemen for a
tremendous sum, but he evidently sees
a better price in prospect in the auction
ROOM Very likely he anticipates a
repetition of the lawson cannell fight
last winter for the possession of The
Abbott
Perhaps Lord Derby's most notable
feat of the season just ending was his
defeat at Hartford of the hitherto I'M
beaten Boralma, pride of the Lawson
stable. Lord Derby also trotted the last
half of a mile at Readville in the re-
markable time of 1:001z-
Many racing men are looking for the
two-minute trotter next year; and Lord
Derby is the gelding that most of these
expect to attain that distinction.
Three other famous horses are also to
be sold at the same auction. These
are Shadow Chimes, 2:O6A; Peter Stir
ling, 2:1111, the Futurity winner, and
Directum. 2-O5K.
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raj revenue
officers Of wardens' Association.

Kansas City, Nov. 13.-Oficers of the
Wardens, association for the ensuing
year were announced as follows at the
session of the prison congress: Presi-
dent, N. F. Boucher; vice presidents,
S. A. Hawk, John Mcdonald; secretary,
w. Nee. Johnson. The president an
ing committees: On the revision of the
constitution, Il r. Brockway, New
York; Amos Butler, Indiana; L. l..
Milligan, Pennsylvania On organiza-
ton, Henry Wolfer, Minnesota K. P.
Byers, Ohio; d. w. Bussingers, Penn
sulvania; r. w. McClaughry. Kansas;
z. r. Brockway, New York; w. ]. Ball,
assachusetts; A. 7. Hurt, Indiana.
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SPORTING NEWS.
Minnesota Authorities Claim
Wisconsin Conspiracy.
Say Guard Mueller Was Led
Into Competing For Prize.
is A BITTER FEELING.
Badger Eleven Said to Have
Done Sly Work.
Means a Terrific Battle on Grid
iron Saturday.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 13.-Charges of
conspiracy to disorganize the Minnesota
football team by protesting Dryers play
ers for professionalism just before the
Minnesota Wisconsin game have been
made it is said by Prof r. s Jones,
athletics at the University of Minnesota,
against the athletic authorities of the
University of wisconsin The charges
were made against the Badger athletic
management by the Minnesota represen-
tative at the special meeting of the con-
ference college athletic board held last
week for the consideration of the protest
by Minnesota of Captain Clyde Williams
of the Iowa. eleven. This is said to be re-
sponsible for the intense bitterness be-
tween the two institutions and their foot
The charge made by Prof Jones is that
representa- ves of the University of Wis
consin were instrumental in leading Geo.
Mueller. the giant guard on the Mime
sofa team. into competing Tor a cash
prize in the fat mans race at La Crosse,
Wis. July 4. 1900
Mueller lives at La Crosse and attend
ed the picnic on the Fourth. There was
only one entry in the fat mans race and
this member of Wisccnsin's alumni asked
Mueller to enter and make it race
ey. The Wisconsin alumnus called on him
the next day and explained that the
flowed. so he had it on his hands and
wanted to turn it over to the winner of
Mueller refused it, but on persuasion re-
luctantly accepted and gave receipt Tor
it Prof Jones charged that WlthIn
week this evidence was in the hands OF
the Wisconsin authorities
Wisconsin fulfilled expectations. with its
rs points against Ames and, as the gopn-
ers' first team took another day off.
there remains little to choose between
the contenders in the coming game at
Madison, although the comparative scores
of Illinois and Minnesota against Iowa
certainly do not tend to improve the
Minnesota
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
maovERN SAYS JEFFRIEs.
That Is If Fight With Rubin Doesn't
Go Over Ten Rounds.

St Louis, Nov. 13.-Terry McGovern,
who is here with his sparring partner,
Danny Dougherty, picks JefferieS to win
the big battle on the coast.
Il expect to see the champion win in
ten rounds said Terry this afternoon.
IF the fight should go over ten rounds
I think Rubin will win. Why? Because
he is the cleverer man. Jeffries' form
is the best, and he says he viii mix
things. But he is no L to shot If the
odds against Rubin are 8 to 1 on the
night of the fight, l think / will take a
little Jeffries money. Rubin is big and
strong, game and clever, and he is a
better boxer than Jim. That's why 1
think he will win if he can last ten
rounds Most of the eastern sports are
picking Rubin to win, but I Will have
to go to Jeffries."
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Secure 100000 Acres of Timber.

Albuquerque, N. NJ. Nov. s13.-It is
announced that DR.. H. w. Sawyer of
Hillsdaie, Mich, d. w. c. Merriman of
Chicago, E. o. Grosvenor of Jonesville,
Mich, F. W. Stewart president of the
First National bank of Hillsboro, Chas.
Winchester, president of the First Ma
tional bank of Elkhart, Mich, James
Wade, secretary of the University of
Michigan, and other capitalists have
secured control of BOG. 0GO acres of tim
Der land near Mitchell, N. NJ. This tract
is said to be one of the largest in the
world, the growth available being es-
timated at two billion feet of clear
pine. 1t is said a railroad will be built
and mill erected at Albuquerque, N
NJ, with a capacity of two million feet
a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
MONTGOMERY CASE DRAGs.
States Attorneys Have Trouble in
Securing Needed Witnesses.

Winfield, Nov. 13.-The case against
William C. johnson, charged with the
murder of the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia F'e detective, George c. Montgomery
was not on trial Tuesday. This is the
preliminary hearing. Owing to the fact
that the district court is now in session
and demanded the attention of both the
counsel for the defense and the county
attorney, Judge Webb announced the
hearing would be continued until today
when Deputy Attorney Charles Roberts
will take charge of the case in the alb
sence of Mr. Terrence. The case is
dragging slowly and it seems that there
is considerable trouble encountered by
the states attorneys in securing the
witnesses they need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
HOPE TO WIN FROM YALE.
Princeton Coaches Satisfied With
Showing Against West Point.

Princeton. N. J., Nov. 13.-Princeton's
coachers are satisfied with the show
ing of the eleven against the West
Point cadets on Saturday. There were
three Tiger substitutes in the line, and
two of Heavyweight and Bradley the
guardS-were not even in the first class.
The latter has been on the field a week,
but has not until Saturday played in a
varsity lineup. Captain Pell was also
place at tackle. Pearson was substi-
tuted for McClave in the back field.
In consideration of these conditions
the Princeton authorities are not at all
put out by the result of the contest.
They are figuring entirely on winning
from Yale. and they thought the stu
alton demanded the men should be
saved much as possible, even at the
risk of a defeat
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READY FOR NEBRASKA
Jayhawksrs Working Hard Every
Night For Saturdays Game.

Lawrence, Kas., Nov. 13.-The Kansas
team is now doing its best to get in
shape for the Nebraska game next Sat
urday- The cool weather makes fast,
hard practice endurable and the men
are putting in some good work every
night on McCook field. Avery who was
captain of K. u in 49, was out for
practice last night and it was generally
supposed that he would try for a place
on the team. Manager Foster said this
morning that the mana cement would
not allow Avery to play. He is perfect
ly eligible, but Mr.. Foster says that the
fact of his entering the game so late
in the season would be sure to bring
other teams and he thinks it better to
avoid such charges by not letting Avery
play at all.
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Brought $4,000 in Gold.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 13.-The steam
schooner Arctic, Captain Erickson, ar
rived shortly before midnight from
Nome with 118 passengers and $250,OOO
in gold. She was the last boat but one
to leave the northern port and brought
down many prominent business men.
She reports meeting the Ralph ID. Long
at Dutch Harbor, short of provisions
ana water. 1t is said that her sixty
passengers had suffered many privations
before reaching port. The Long was
expected to follow the Arctic to Seattle
the next day.
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brotherhood of American Yeomanry

Des Moines, Ia, Nov 13-The quadren-
NAL meeting of the Brotherhood of
American Yeoman-y having delegates
from nineteen states opened its session
in this city this morning. 1t is a fra
ternal insurance order, having "a MEM
bership of 10000. The principal subject
up for consideration is me making of
Des Moines the permanent headquarters.
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GOES TO STANFORD.
California's University Gets Prof
Adams, of Lawrence.

Lawrence Nov. 13.-Professor E. D.
Adams, of the department of history in
Kansas university, has resigned to ac-
cept a similar place at Leland Stan
ford university. Professor Adams will
not leave Kansas university, however,
until the end of the presetn college
year, and his new duties will not be be-
gun until next fall.
Professor Adams is one of the most
efficient teachers at the university and
is also very popular and well liked as
man. He has always taken a deep in
terest in Kansas university athletics
and is at present member of the ath-
letic board
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Cheap Moneys New Record.

New York, Nov. 13.-Arrivals from
the interior of Colombia bring the news
that the exchange of paper money has
advanced to the highest point yet
reached, says the Colon, Colombia, cor
respondent of the Herald. A United
States dollar is actually worth $45 in
national currency in Bogota, and $4S
in department money. Merchants of
Barranquilla believe that the value of
paper money will further depreciate and
are holding as little as possible. They
are converting all the paper money they
get into coffee and other merchandise.
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Blackmailer Arrested.

Denver, Col, Nov. 1S.-Chief of Police
Armstrong received a telegram today
from Creole, Col, announcing the cap
ture there of Wesley Spiers, who is
charged with having written an anony-
nous letter to T. d. Carney, a wealthy
farmer at Renard, ILL.,, in which threat
was made to kill some member of his
family unless he left $4,000 for the
writer at a spot designated in the let
ters Spiers will be held until a re-
QUESTION for his removal to Illinois is
received.
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museum, at Stuttgart, Germany. The
collection was prepared by Professor
Fraas, director of the museum and
contains specimens of taleasours, an
cient crocodiles and other forms not
found in America. Last spring Profess
SCR Fraas visited the Kansas museum
and a trade was made whereby a col
lection of Kansas fossils was exchang
ed for the German specimens. The
Kansas fossils were collected by S. M.
Williston almost without cost to the
university
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Just a British Way.

New York, Nov. 13-Dr. Leyd's friends,
says the Berlin correspondent of the
London Times and the New York Times
assert that a British lager containing
remounts for the cavalry now on the
way from England, was captured by the
Beers near Cape Town" The circum-
stances that this success of the
burghers is not known in London, ac-
cording to these informants, is due to
the fact that it is not the custom of
the British to mention the loss of war
material unattended by loss of life.
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Fire at Council Grove.

Council Grove, hNoy. 13-The large
hay warehouse of Frank Quinby & Son.
took fire last evening and with the
contents was entirely destroyed. The
building was full of baled hay, about
7o0 tons. and the entire loss will amount
to some $1,000, only partially insured
The fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion.
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TO TREAT ALL ALIKE.
Natives of N orthwest Province to Be
Treated as Other British Subjects.

New York, Nov ia dispatch to the
London Times and the New York Times
from Allahabad says that at the in
auguration of the new Northwest
province on King Edwards birthday.
Chief Commissioner Deane assured the
native chiefs that the same canons of
justice that prevailed elsewhere in the
British empire would be applied to their
province The new administration, he
added would bring them nearer to the
central government.
The commissioners speech, says the
dispatch, will have a good effect in re-
assuring the native chiefs of borderland,
who feared sweeping changes
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A Big Klondike Deal

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 1S.-Col. VIM A.
Oliphant, representing an Indiana syn
dictate, has contaminated one of the
largest mining deals in the history of
the Klondike, purchasing PA Gold Hill
claims for a consideration of S750,000.
The sum includes a cash payment of
5000 600, the remainder in stock of the
company. Certain government prop
erty, including the land on which the
Dawson postoffice is located, is en-
braced in the sale.