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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14

crease Is, 1884, fax, 1,s41, 4o2 decrease 47o, s2s;
rye, 461,oO1. no change; barley, SSo,2s6. in
crease $3.50.
Close: No. i hard, cash, 754c; No. north
ern cash and to arrive. 72Ac; May, 72Ac;
July, 7z5sc; No. Q northern. 69Ac; No. 9,
6lAc; Manitoba. cash and May. NE; No. 2.
6SAc; flax, cash and to. arrive, $l.74%: May,
$l.s5A September, $l.S6; October, s1.sl; corn,
sic; oats. 4SAc; rye, 5412c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
New York Provisions.

New York, April 14.-Beef firm. Pork firm.
Lard firm; prime western steam, $10,071a.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
RANGE OF MAY WHEAT
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS
CHICAGO GRAIN

Corn the Leader To-day, Having Il
Runaway Market.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
sioux City Live stock

Sioux City, Iowa April 4.-Receipts-Cat-
tie 5000; hogs, 150o.
Ioos-Steady Sales:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
New York Bonds.

Total sales, 1,012,S00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS.
Legal Battle Over the Stratton
Estate Begins in Earnest.

Colorado Springs. Colo, Oct. 25.-The
great legal battle over the Stratton mil
lions commenced in earnest today in the
district court before Judge w. p. Seeds
Today's proceedings are the beginning of
the fight on the part of the three execu-
tors named by Mr.. Stratton in his will to
prove that the administrators appointed in
September by ex-County Judge Orr were
illegally created and therefore are not en-
titled to handle or administer the estate
The case was taken out of the county
court and into the district court on u
writ of certiorari issued three weeks ago.
since which time there have been num-
erous attempts first by one side and then
the other, to proceed with the case; but
today is the first time anything has been
done.
The most impo ctant point yet decided
was the ruling by Judge Seeds that ques-
tions of law must be taken up before ques-
goes is a victory for the executors as it
means if the illegality of the appointment
of the administrators the entire proceed
ings of the county court will be thrown
out in which ever the executors will not
have to substantiate their charges of con-
spiracy preferred against the admistra-
tors three weeks ago.
The latter objected strenuousiy to the
ruling today, but it was upheld United
States Senator T. NJ Patterson has been
added to the array of legal talent for the
executors and appeared in court this
morning, addressing the court for two
hours in which he reviewed the case from
the start to the present time Judge Bis
sell for the executors, followed and in his
argument upon the question of law assert
ed that the appointment of the administra-
tors was illegal because there was not
ground for such action as no contest had
been started up to that time. He further
upheld his charges of illegality by pointing
to the fact that one of the administrators,
o. p Grimes, is q brOther-in-law of Judge
Orr by whom they were appointed, but
presented no law to SubStantiate MS
charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
HELD TWO MEETINGS.
Independent Forces Continue to Keep
Things Moving.

The Independents held a meeting last
night at the Parkdale Methodist church.
A large and enthusiastic crowd was pres
ent Music was furnished by the Y NJ.
c. A. quartet, composed of g. e. Grout,
w e. Hall, w Godfrey and John Bec1-
tel The singers were repeatedly encored-
The speakers were Rev. F. E Mallory,
who made a short but strong talk on law
enforcement. The principal speech of the
evening was made by D. H. Branaman,
who said in part that the real issue in this
campaign is not a question OF ptohlpitlon
tied over 20 years ago by a popular vote
of the people The sentiment of the people
was then crystalized into constitutional
amendment. Since that time the legisla-
ture has passed many laws regulating the
liquor traffic of the state of Kansas
Mr.. Branaman said that 1t is not now a
question of prohibition or anti prohibition,
but purely a question of law or -antl-laW,
or in other words it is question of obe-
dience to law anarchy.
The next speaker was F. NJ Stahl, who
was received with applause by the audi
taken up by him, he specially impressed q
upon the audience the fact that 1t would
be idle and useless to elect MIN sherlH un-
less they should at the same time eject a
man for county attorney who was known
to be in hearty sympathy with law en-
forcement and who would cooperate
heartily with him as. sheriff in carrying
out the wishes of the people. He then
spoke in the highest terms OF the integ-
the independent, candidate for county at
torney-and urged upon them the impor-
tance of supporting Mr.. Stepplns. .,,,.,
At the Moore school house, near Auburn.
I, A Stebbins and ] H. FOUGHT were the
spea kers Mr. FOUGHT is the North Topeka
hardware merchant and is a radical sup
porter of Stahl and Stebblns.
Mr. FOUGHT argued that man who
votes for a mad man is. by his act placed
on just as low a level as the man ne VOTES
for He said that any church member or
citizen who favored enforcement of law
who votes for men who are known to be
law nullifiers is hypocrite.
Mr., Foucht attributed the nomination of
Nichols to the fact that in some of the
wards of the city two or three hundred
democrats and Populists We're run to the
polls and voted in the Republican prl-
maries. For this service Mr.. FOUGHT claims
they were paid ii. money and other ways,
and that because honest Republicans re-
fuse to vote fer men nominated by Dem
ocrats and Populists they are called bolt
ers He claimed that for his part ne dld
and Popuiists to nominate the men for
whom he should vote as Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
FRANK NORRIS DEAD.
Victim of a Successful Operation
for Appendicitis.

San Francisco. Oct. 25-Frank Norris,
the brilliant young California novelist,'
who was operated upon for appendicitis
several days ago. died this morning.
Norris received his literary apprentice
ship in this city. where he acquired the
technique of his art as a contributor of
short stories and sketches to the weekly
papers. His first novel. Moran of the
Lady Lefty was widely read and ia
vorably criticised. "McTeague,'' p Nj
lix'' "A Mans Woman" and other novels
followed. The work, however. that
brought him the greatest fame and
placed him in the front rank of latter
day novelists was THE Octopus" a
story of the struggle between the wheat
growers of California and the railroad.
The Pit a story of the Chicago grain
market, is now running as a serial in
an eastern magazine, and Q third novel
on a somewhat similar topic was in
course of preparation when Norris was
seized with the illness that eliminated
in his death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
TYPHOID prevail
An Unusual Number of Cases in
Kansas.

There is an unusual amount of ty-
phoid fever in Kansas at present. said
DR. Charles Lowry, secretary of the
state board of health, today. 'The quar-
terly reports which are now coming in
from the county health officers show
that it is not confined to any particular
localities: but it seems to be general 1t
is probably more prevalent at present
than any other disease.
There is also considerable diphtheria
and some scarlet fever reported also,
but there is not near so many cases of
these diseases as there are of typhoid
fever. think the cold wet weather we
had some time ago, which was altogeth
er unseasona bic probably had a great
deal to do with the prevalent of typhoid
fever"
Diphtheria is so prevalent in Lincoln
that the public schools have been closed
there until the disease is abated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Construction of Panama Canal
Meets a New Obstacle.
Colombia Has Not. Yet Acted on
the Treaty.
CONGRESS TO ELECT
Before Any Action Can Be
Taken in the Matter.
Admiral Walker Is Slated to
Head Building Commission.

Washington, Oct. .25-Non action on the
part of the government of Colombia in
the pending ISthmian canal treaty is
postpOning the appointment of the COM
mission which is to take charge of the
construction of the canal. 1t was at
first supposed that as soon as the at
torney general had satisfied himself of
the Sufficiency of the title to the canal
property that could be conveyed by the
French comOanY the way would be
mission and soon after for the prepara-
ton of the specifications upon which the
work is to be done. This was upon the
assumption that the agreement upon
the outlines of the treaty with the canal
company, reached in Washington be
tween the secretary of state and the
Colombian minister, amounted to a
pledge by the latter in behalf of his
own government promptly to ratify
such treaty. Now it has developed that
the ratification of the treaty is a LONG
way off, owing to the fact that the
Colombian congress before which the
convention must come. has not been
elected up to this time. The delay is at
tributed to the existence of a state of
war in Colombia but it is now expected
that the country will soon be so far
pacified that a general election can be
held and that the congress can be as
sembled during the winter months.
In this state of backwardness as to
ratification little attention has been Civ
en- here to the composition of the United
States canal commission notwithstand
ing the fact thats owing to the dignity
and desirability of the places thereon
they have been made tentative applica-
tions for appointment. The one fact
relative to the coznmission that has de-
veloped is that Rear Admiral Walker,
who has headeklsfhe two preceding COM
missions, will be the president of the
new commission 1t was at one time
suggested that General Leonard Wood
was to have this place, having in view
his peculiar abilities as an executive Of
ficer and as sanitary director, bgN t>ls
now said that he prefers to res sam in
his military surroundings and a5sume
command of one of the important mill
tary departments. The sanitary work
outlined for him therefore will be un-
dertaken by one of the regular army
surgeons who has had experience In
tropical countries and Admiral Walker
will retain his connection with the i'm
portant work which he initiated several
years ago.
KNOX FILES HIS REPORT.
Attorney General Knox made his report
on the validity of the title of the Panama
canal to President Roosevelt today. 1t
was announced that the report was very
exhaustive and covered about 800 pages.
A synopsis of the report is to be made
public this afternoon at p. M Attorney
General Knox, who took the report in
person to the White House. declined to
give any intimation of its character in ad-
vance of the issuance Of the synopsis this
afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
DONE BY TOPEKA PUPILS.
Collections of Insects to Be Awarded
Prizes.

Last summer, just at the close of the
schools, the local membership of the
Academy of Science, under the name OF
the Topeka Philosophical society, offer
ed series of cash prizes, amounting in
all to SIS. to the boys and girls of the
public schools, for collections in natural
history to be made during the summer
vacation. Under that offer nine entries
were made, all under the offer of prizes
for collections of insects. The collections
are now being placed in the museum
rooms at the state house. where they
are to be on exhibition for few days.
On Monday the judges, consisting this
year of Mr.. Warren Knaus of McPher-
son, Prof. e A. Popenoe of Manhattan,
and Prof. D. E. Lantz of Manhattan,
will view the various collections and
award the prizes. Some of these col
lections. by boys who have been col
lecting for several years. are remarka-
bly, Gne and must have cost the bows
much more cash than the small amount
offered for prizes, to say nothing of the
Ia Dor of collecting and arranging.
The public is invited to view these
collections and see what bows can do
when they set about OF. Inquire at the
Academy of Science rooms. adjoining
the museum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
TONS OF ROCK
Blown Up by an Explosion in the
Subway

New York, Oct 25.-Three persons
were badly injured and a great many
others narrowly escaped by the explo-
sion of a charge of dynamite at Park
avenue and Forty-f1rst street, where
work is in progress in connection with
the building of station on the Rapid
Transit subway. A large number of
persons were standing on the sidewalk
above watching the men at work when
suddenly a loud explosion was heard
and tons of rocks of all sizes were pro-
jected into the air Most of the serious
accidents in connection with the subway
work have occurred in this vicinity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
weekly Bank Clearings.

New York, Oct 25.-The statement of
the associated banks for the week end
ing today shows: Loans. $s70. .9z7, 500; in
crease. IS. 526 500. Deposits, 1882, ,685 300;
increase, SIS, ,55s, 500 Circulation, $780,
12S. 900; increase. 81. 1872, 500. Legal ten
dersl5 $50 APO 300: increase, S2.142 500.
Snecie. $169. .032. 800; increase, 81, 1920. 500.
Reserve, $23S, 452. 800; increase, $17, ,063, 100.
Reserve required, s220,671, ,325; increase,
81. .SS9, ,S75- Surplus, $17,7S1,474 Increase,
S12 ia. .225. Ex-United States deposit,
81, ,3S1, 500; increase. $12, 1855.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
nnual Has Big Audienca.

RelleviIle, Kan. Oct. 25.-The largest
political gathering that has been held
in Republic county this year was pres
ent TO hear Claude Duval, fusion candi-
date for secretary of state, speak last
night The audience was largely Re-
publican and the strictest attention was
paid to Mr.. DuvaPs presentation of the
taxation question. Duval is much
pleased with the outlook here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
CLEVELAND TO SPEAK.
Former President Will Go on
the Stump in New Jersey.

New York. Oct. 25-For the first time
since he left the White House former
President Cleveland will take the stump
in a political campaign and speak at a
Democratic rally in Morristown, N J.,
on the evening of October 80. He will
address the voters for the benefit of the
party in general in Morris county and
particularly to help the canvass of
Dewitt c. Flanagan, nominee of the
Fifth district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
WILSON DROPPED DEAD.
Former Head Waiter at Throop Dies
Suddenly.

William Wilson. for the past seven
years head waiter at the Throop hotel.
dropped dead in Lincoln, Neb about
two weeks ago. Wilson left Topeka
several months ago to work for hotel
at Lincoln, and his death is supposed to
have been caused by apOplexy.
Wilson was a eolored man, but was
so near white that his face did not in
dicate his race. He was n very large
man, and had been in the business of
head waiter in hotels for many years.
He was well known in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Man Who Burnt His Library.

Detroit, Mich, Oct 25-MarshaH O.
w. Wagner, for 60 years a prominent
attorney of Toledo and whose CONVEX
sion from widely known materialistic
infdel to an equally aggressive Chris
uan uDon the death of his wife was
accompanied by the public burning of
his extensive library at Toledo some
years ago. died here last night at
En'eernecy hospital. aged nearly 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Valuable Dogs Poisoned.

New York, Oct. ga touch of excite
ment was felt at the closing of the Ladies'
Hennel association dog show at Madison
square Garden when it was discovered
that two dogs. Lady Ellen and Crib, val
ged at $500 and 500 respectively, wers
dead. Every indication was that the ami
mails had been poisoned by unknown per-
sons Lady Ellen won first prize in the
open class for bull dogs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
HIGH WIND TO-DAY.
Record Made This Morning Was 28
Miles an Hour.

The wind this morning was busy with
everything that was loose and the record
made by the recording machine at the
government weather bureau was that the
wind was blowing IS miles an hour from
the south.
The forecast sent OFT this morning was
generally fair and cooler tonight and
Sunday preceded by threatening east por-
ton The minimum temperature this
morning was IG3. The hourly temperatures
recorded today by the government ther-
mOmeter were as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Engine Exploded.

Kansas City, No., Oct "a Chicago &
Alton freight engine exploded at Washing
ton park, near this city today, killing II.
John Connolly, engineer, and badly in
juring E. Sanders, a brakeman. Seven
teen cars were Piled up in narrow cut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
COUNTY HAS CASH.
Commissioners Find That There Is
$9O,62S on Hand.

The county commissioners last night
completed the work of the annual set
tlement with H. NJ. Philips, treasurer
of Shawnee county. The total cash as
sets of the county are given as $50, ,62S. 81.
The assets are follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Temperatures of Large Cities.

Chicago, Oct. 25-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, 81; Boston. so; Phila-
delphia and Washington, 56; Chicago,
"a: Minneapolis, so; Cincinnati, go; St.
Louis, Sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair and cooler tonight
and Sunday, preceding in east portion;
southerly shifting to westerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

On October Is. 1902 I was present
wren the casket containing the remains
of Chas. r. Hardy was opened il the
undertaking rooms Of the Livingston
Furniture company of this city. The
limbs had been separated from the body
and were packed in sawdust. without
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-28

forced To punt and VI. 4 o. puntar
kicked pretty plac- kick squarely be.
t"e III posts Fl, III the 81 YARD line
score Il "a.
After that Aims tried series Of line
bucks on VI. A q. 'sher-t fore "unbuck-
able line and ate twelve minutes Of
play Alma s,orel atouchdo vn, Mcbride
carrying the uall over. n 'al. The
first half ended without further scoring
; re. Alma 10; NJ A O
The second half shD Sed more plainly
A ma superior playing. Tine aft-r
time Brown, Mcbride. Anderson and
/ uller lore through the form y = lie for
five or even t n yards Still Alma
scored only once in thu second ha (
W hJch vas thirty-fve minutes long and
tJJk all hour and 20 minutes TO play
Toe reason why Alma'- score was not
much larger lies in the phenomenal
puntiDg of Childs of NJ. A. &.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-28
A|n0 Wins Championship.
The N. A. G. VS.. Alma Game De-
cides the Contest for 1902.
Returning Team Greeted Win YelIs,
Fireworks and Music.
COLLEGE AND TOWN PE0Pl I
JOINED IN THE FUN.

Alma holds the honoc of having won
twice the intercollegiate football Oh I'M.
pionship Of Michigan in three years.
The championship for this year was de-
cided at | ansing last Saturday in a con.
test with the NJ a G. big team, which
was the hardest game ever played on the
new athletic field at NJ A. @. Alma
has lost one game this year-to Albion
but she has also won ole from Albion
and therein lies her claim TO the high st
honors. No other team has def,a'ed all
the rest.
The game with NJ. A. Q was ALMA
last game and everything depended up
on winning it. All energy was con.
served for this critical game Every
man in the team was in prime cond ton
save Hardness and his place at end was
ably taken by Hewitt The team was
accompanied by about seventy rooters,
both ladies and men
The game was admirably written up
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-28

Probably he will have a suff knee for
some time.
Tho team and tha rooters with them
INDUCED IN one long jplIticarion all the
wav from Lansing to Alma and, IN iced
sometime after they Arrived in A luna.
When the Ann Arbor" pulled IN one
hour late they were greeted by the sight
OF a surgiug crowd around the depot.
Fireworks we're in evidence and the
baud vas playing IL was quite the
climax o. tn proudest day Alma College
has known! Never was such wild en-.
thus asm sc n in Alma The crowd
fJrm ID in line and marched TO the
campus where a b nfire blazed and
more fireworks burned in honor Of the
occasion. In the dining room of Wright
II Ill hundred happy students and pro-
fessors ats aud drank and sang and
yelled till after eleven o'clock. No
wonder they we're happy 1t is no
small achievement for college If less
than hundred men TO turn out foot.
ball teams tn It can twice in three years
win from colleges having twice to eight
times as III my men. Hurrah for the
A ma football team
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-28
Literary Notes.

splendid example OF the art OF
modern magazine making is furnished
IN the Christmas number OF the DE.
lineator," Alike in its literary, pic.
torial and mechanical elements il is a
remarkable production. The magazine
contains over 23O pages, with "a full
page illustrations, of which 20 are in
two or more colOrs. The magnitude of
the December number, for which 72S
tons of paper aud six tons of ink have
been used, may be understood from the
fact that 81 presses running Ii hours a
day, have been required TO print il the
binding alone of the edition Of 9l5 900
copies representing over $1,000, 600 sec
tons which ma to be gathered individ.
ually by human hands.
Miss Mau ie Roosevelt offers three
very valid claims TO attention this
month. She is, first of all, a cousin of
the President, and has won repute as an
able actress; secondly. she may sign
herself by the sounding German title
Baroness Mumm Won hwarzens.ein,
anu lastly, she has written as taxable a
society novel as any Of recent wears.
Inc novel is called The Price #
Fame, and appears in full in the De.
cember- Christmas-number of Liz.
p.ncUtt's Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-28
If Women Only Knew.
What a Heap OF Happiness il
Would Bring to Alma Homes.

Hard 10 do homework with an aching
back.
II urs Of misery at leisure or at work.
II women only knew the clu.e.
Backache pains come from sick kid
neys.
Doan's Kidney Pills Will cure it.
Alma people endorse this:
Mrs. :. w. Grif h. OF River Street,
says: Il had kidney complaint for
twelve or fourteen wears | tried doctors
aud every remedy heard Of, bur never
found ANYTHING 10 10 ma much good
until ! used ID ,hu's Xxi lney ri IT, | suf.
fered greatly fr I'M b ackache and ecu d
hard Y stCop o At aighten. | had DIZZY
spells So bad that did not dare 10 90 mp
or down the stairs, 30 blind was | at
times. The kidney secretiOns were more
like bloody milk than anything | can
compare them 20. This was my condi-
ton before < ing to Blvins * Rhodes
drug store about two months ago for a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills. The treat
ment went ght 70 the seat of the trouble
clearing the secretion in "A very few days
and relieving the terrible backache from
which / he'd suffered so long. | have
told al my neigh oors about Doan's KID.
ney Pills and think il i anyones duty
70 let the world know OF such valuable
remedy"
For sale by all dealers: price 80 cents
"A box Foster Mllburn Co, Buffalo, n
Y, sole agents for the L. : Remem-
Der the name-Doan' sand take no
substitute. 1861