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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
$4,000 DAMAGE CASE
GOES TO THE JURY
No Agreement Had Been Reached at
Late Hour Last Night.


The $4,000 personal injury damage
suit brought by William Ferguson
against the Omaha road, which has
been on trial before Judge Brill and
jury in the district court for more than
week, went to the jury yesterday
shortly before noon.
Late last night the jurors had not
been able to reach any agreement, and
none is now looked for. The jury will
report to Judge Brill at 10 o'clock this
morning, and if disagreement Is re-
ported 1t Is likely that the jury will
be excused, provided the court is salts
fled that it Is useles to keep it together
any longer.
Ferguson was a passenger on an
Omaha train which collided with a
freight train near Hayward, Wis. dur
ing a heavy fog. He set forth in his
complaint that he was paralyzed and
otherwise permanently injured and
brought suit for heavy damages.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
CITY OF OMAHA IS
SUED BY TOMMY RYAN
Fighter Arrested for Taking Would Use
State Laws to Play Even.

Special to The Globe
OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 2O.-The city of
Omaha appears to have caught itself In
a legal trap by the arrest of Philadelphia
Tommy Ryan not long ago for taking.
Ryan and his opponent, Rhoades, We're
taken from the arena at the end Of the
referees warning to get busy. Broadcast
to newspapers that night went the word
that Ryan participated in a fake. Sew
eral engagements had to be Cancelled in
consequence.
Ryan has retained an attorney, John
O. Yeiser, who Is preparing papers for
suing the city for $4,000 damages to
ION rfsds athletic me fo6 is the
courts. 'To circumvent the Nebraska
statutes forbidding fighting, the club ad-
vertised a scientific sparring contest for
points point II lea ,, me crowd to expect es q
was arrested and branded as fakir, be-
cause I wouldn't break the state laws"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
South Side the champIons

The race for the high school football
and South Side has captured first honors.
In hard-fought game the orange and
black triumphed over the North Side high
team yesterday afternoon on North high
There, was much fumbling, South high
being the greatest offender, but despite
the poor handling of the ball at differ
ent periods, the exhibition was up to the
furnished some. excellent play at times.
Now North high would take the aggres
sive and then it would be the South town
boy on top.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
FITZ THE FAVORITE
OVER GEORGE GARDNER
Lanky cornishman Is Made a Two to One
Chance in Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov 2O.-De-
spite the fact that George Gardner is in
perfect form and weighs more than ever
before, he is on the short end and sports
are betting 2 to 1 on Fitz.
Gardner is not pleased at this conf
dence in Fitz and says grimly that the
short enders will have a good thing. He
believes firmly that he can wear -Fitz out
after ten rounds, should the old man last
that long, and he seems to have no fea1
that the Cornishman can reach him with
his formidable right.
Bob Fitzsimmons was examined by Dr.
Tillman, official physician Of the Yosemite
club. He paid particular attention to the
in the finest condition. The other vital
points of the body were tested and al
found to be sound as drum.
Bob swelled up with pride when the
ceremony was over.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
CHOOSE ST. PAUL BOY
FOR PRESIDENT
Freshman Academies Name Former
Central High Debater.

gu" freshman academies have part
ly completed their organization by the
adoption of a constitution and the cleo
ton of part Of the officers. Kenneth
MacManigal, of ST. Paul, was elected
president. He was on the Central
high school debating team last winter,
and is on the freshman team this year.
Negotiations have been started with
several of the large colleges in the
hope that one of them may decide to
accept Minnesota's challenge to a de-
bate this winter. The university au-
thorities think that such a debate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
DEATH SUMMONS
TWOPIONEERS
James Conway Passes Away After Fifty
Five Years Residence In ST. Paul.

James Conway, aged eighty-seven, and
a resident of st. Paul for fifty-five years.
street He is survided by four sons. all
residents of st. Paul. and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held at the
Cathedral Monday morning.
Another pioneer resident to pass away
yesterday was Martin Pine, of 268 Duke
street. He was sixty -nine years old and
had lived in the city thirty-one years.
The funeral was held yesterday from st.
James church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Central Riuh Wants Hockey.

The decision of the board of directors
of the High School Athletic association
to recognize basketball as the schools
enthusiasts, who claim that hockey games
are more largely attended during the
winter months. The sentiment of the
school, however, is in favor of basketball,
as the students feel that Central can turn
out a champion team, while they fear that
in hockey the school cannot escape the
stronger teams of the city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
centraIs Turn Down wlnona.

The Central high school football team
met yesterday and turned down the chaI-
lenge of the Winona high school team for
a game at Winona Thanksgiving daV.
The Winona team challenged the Mechanic
Arts school team and then neglected to
provide the necessary transportation and
1t is said that the Centrals did not care
to chance similar rundown The Cen
trai team will meet Monday afternoon and
elect a captain for next season. -'-'N
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
DISTRICT COURT
HOLDS TRUST VALID
Case Is Friendly Action In GllfiIIan Es-
tate Settlement.

In decision filed in the district court
yesterday Judge Kelly holds that the Gil
fillan trust is valid, and the prayer Of
the executors of the will of the late G.
d. Gilfllan to have 1t declared void so
that the principal trust sum may be paid
into the court is denied.
The suit. which is a friendly action,
was brought by the st. Paul Trust COM
pany for the purpose of resigning its
trust and having a successor appointed by
the court.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
oldfleld Breaks Another Record.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov 2O.--Barney
Oldfield today broke the worlds auto
mobile record for a mile, going the dis
lance in So seconds fat. The record was
made on speed trial at the automobile
meet of the Southern California Auto
mobile association at Agricultural park.
OIdfield first covered a mile in 551s sec
onds and made the second mile in 81 fat,
breaking the record of 55 As, made by
himself in Yonkers, N. Y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Bar Iron Output Reduced.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-At a meeting
just held here of manufacturers of bar
to reduce the output by so per cent and
to run the mills on part time for an in
definite period, owing to overproduction.
About 10000 employees will be affected.
Until further notice four days work
week instead of six, a reduction of 80 Ia
per cent, will be the rule.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
New York Pues Laugh at Law.

law a fifteen-round prize fight has been
brought off in the heart of the city be-
tween William Schumacher, of New York,
and kid" Murphy, featherweights. The
messed the battle, which occurred in a
Third street hall 1t is said police ser
geant officiated as referee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
M'kEEvER BEATS HUGO KELLY.
Philadelphia Fighter Gets Decision ir
Slx-round Fiuht.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. 20.-Charles
McKeever, of Philadelphia, was awarded
the decision over Hugo Kelly, of Chi
cago, at the end of six rounds before the
Milwaukee Boxing club tonight. Mickey
er was too clever for Kelly and clear
ly outclassed him throughout. Otto Sic
loft, of Chicago, won from Mickey Riley,
of Milwaukee, and Kid Sayres, of Mil
waukee, defeated Tommy Cody, Of Chi
cago in six rounds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Results at Bennings.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 20.-Mas-
ter Prim and Goldsby were the first long
shots to win at Bennings today. Only
two horses started in the three-year old
event, which Merry England won from
Buttons quite handily =
First race, six and one-haf furlongs,
Columbia course-Judith Campbell, 104,
ONeil, IL to /, won; Red Damsel liz. Il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
STATE ART SOCIETY
MEETS THIS EVENING
Charming Seabury to Discuss the interior
Decorations of New Capitol.

The State Art society will hold a pub
lie meeting In the senate chamber at the
capitol this evening and an interesting
programme has been arranged.
Claiming Seabury, secretary of the
state capitol commission, will address
the society on the subject of the interior
decorations of the new building, and will
exhibit plans, drawings and photographs
of the art work as contemplated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

this and has in all practice games made
the personal request of the officials that
they enforce the rough rules to the
limit. He believes as the first tenet of his
football faith that a player cannot be
bent on fighting or smuggling his opponent
without impairing his own strength in
the legitimate game.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Kid Hermann Gets pecIsi,n

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov 20-Kid
Hermann. of Chicago, received the de-
cision over Kid Abel, also of Chicago, to-
night at the end of a twenty round bout.
Hermanns stiffness enabled him to
make every round his not only on points,
but on blows as well.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Guard Teams Play Tie Game.

The indoor baseball team of Company
E, of the Third regiment. played the
Company r. First regiment, team at Min
neapolis last night. The game resulted in
tie, to 8. and will be played off at
Minneapolis the night of Dec. IL.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Another Slap at Minnesota

Ann ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 20.-Calf-
fornia university today asked for a New
Years football game on the Pacific coast
with the University of Michigan, but the
Michigan faculty seems TO be disposed to
refuse the request.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
MTedn Pritchard DEAD.

LONDON, Nov 20-'Ted" Pritchard, at
one time middleweight boxing champion
of the world. died today of pneumonia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
GOPHERS WILL PLAY
WITH FARMERS TODAY
Agricultural School VIII Line Up Against
the Minnesota Team.

The last home game of the 1908 Mime
sofa team will be played this afternoon
with the school of agriculture at 2:30. The
game will be in the nature of light prac-
tice game for the varsity, so high
will be Frank Force, referee; George
Belden, umpire, and J. F. Bernhagen.
head Iinesman. The lineup will be as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

The admission will be rs cents to any
part of the field. Weather conditions were
a little better yesterday for outdoor prac-
tice, and there were fewer objections
made to getting out than there have been
this week before The field is not as bad
as it has been some years, and as only
three days more remain to use it, prac-
tice is likely to be held all right. The
team will leave Monday night on the
Northwestern Limited and will go to
Milwaukee, putting up at the Pfister I'M
til Thursday morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Tufts IL Maine 6

MEDFORD, Mass. Nov. 2S.--Tufts II.
University of Maine 6
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
YALE AND HARVARD
READY FOR BATTLE
Sons Of Eli Are Pronounced
Favorites in the Bet
Sing.
GAMES TODAY.

West.
Minnesota VS.. State Agricultural COL
Ieqe at Northrop Field.
Illinois vs.4owa at Iowa City.
Nebraska VS.. Bellevue at Lincoln.
Wisconsin VS.. Northwestern at
Evanston.
Purdue VS.. Depauw at Lafayette.
Michigan VS.. oberIln at Ann Arbor.
East.
Yale VS.. Harvard at Cambridge.
Carlisle VS.. Virginia at Norfolk.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Bon AMI Club Scores.

The Bon Ami Bowling club rolled its
regular weekly game on the Brown al
leyS last night with the following scores:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

would be an excellent advertisement
for Minnesota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
FAT BABIES
Are Famous sIeepers.

The saying. SLEEPY as a fat baby
expresses a good deal. for fat babies are
famous little fellows 10 sleep What a
contrast is their refreshing rest to the
pitching and tossing of a sleepiess cof-
fee drinker. A good elder OF Springfield.
Ill. found a way to bring refreshing
sleep in place of insomnia. Until three
years ago he says, For 10 years I
was troubled with a throbbing in my
stomach, was very nervous, kidneys out
of order. troubled with severe head
aches and dreadful insomnia
After trying all sorts of remedies I
came to the conclusion that my trou-
bles were the result Of drinking coffee.
and seeing an article in the paper about
Postum I determined to try it. So I
quit coffee and took on Postum it
agreed with me from the first cup. AT
first I drank il diluted then pure T
relished it too and to my great JOY I
was soon free from stomach trouble
instead Of being wakeful for half the
night I sleep ike a fat baby and get
Up in the morning refreshed. This I
owe to having quit coffee and taken 10
drinking Postum Name furnished by
Postum Co. Battle Sreek, Mich
Nothing marvellous about it but there
IS a reason. If healthy sound sleep is
worth anything to you drop coffee and
give Postum a short trfal-say ten days.
That viii tell the tale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
APPLAUSE AND Kisses
Mingle in the Greeting Gwen Senator
Tillman at Detroit.

neHeit Mich. March 25.-United
States Senator Ben r. Tilman of
nth Carolina was greeted by alter
nate storms Of applause and Kisses
Nhen De delivered an impassioned adj
dress en th0 race problem last night at
IiErt Guard armQly. the audience be-
log evidently divided between uphold
ers ef his ideas and strenuous oppon-
ents IF Them. He said that the north
emandfd majority rule, and with a
snesr added THAT there were 235.o96
llere aeGr9es than white people in
south Carolina -It viii mean that
more blood VIII flow than was shed i'm
the civil war e YOU persist ia trying To
subject us 10 tine domination of the
hlacks-' He said. You butchered the
Indians and shut our the Chinaman.
but had it been known by the soldiers
VINO surrendered with Lee that it was
your deViish intent to set up the negro
over the white man we would have
fought you till now.
pom the senator's reference to some
OF Sherman's army as bummers. chick
on thieves and carpetbaggers. his north
ern audience broke cut into such a
violent Kissing that the speech was in
tarrurted and some of the more timid
ones in the audience feared trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
COMPANY FINED $3.50.
Steel StairWays at State House
Not Done on Time.

The Flour City Iron company, of Min
neap polls. Mimi. today secured its last
allowance for building the steel stair
ways in the state house. but the COM
pany was fined sS49 80 for not COM
pleting its contract on time. 1t has been
over q year in building the stairwa5-s.
and its contract called for their COM
pletiOa on July l, 1902.
The original contract price was 500
400. which was about $4,000 under the
next higher bid. The company claims
to have lost about that amount on its
contract. A great deal OF material has
been condemned by the executive coun-
ell. After some Of the bronze work was
in place John Stanton. the state house
architect, discovered that holes in the
castings had been filed with lead and
then bronzed over. The company was
compelled to take such ma terial out ana
replace it with new. Mr. Stanton states
that the stairways are now up to speci-
ficatiCnS-
allowed to tell the council why the work
had been delayed. He said the company
had had a strike on its hands. it had
underestimate the work, and a long
delay in the marble work had contrib
uted to the delay. He contended that
the state had secured a fine job at
about $4,000 below actual cost
The contract provided for a forfeit OF
$40 day on the part Of the company for
every day after July 1, 1892 that the
work was uncompleted. This would
allow the executive council to keep our
a forfeit Of 81. 400 from the balance due
the company. which was S3.S49 90
Auditor Wells moved to fine the COM
pany 81 600 for the delay in finishing the
work He said he was in favor of shows
ing that it did not pay TO try to impose
upon the state by taking contract at
a low figure and then trying to palm off
poor material on the state
Some of the other members of the
council thought this little steep. anu
Treasurer Kelly moved to allow this
whole bill superintendent Dayhoff put
IN an amendment TO make the fine
SS49.90 leaving the balance just $1,000.
Secretary BurrOw moved to make the
fine $500. but Dayhoff's amendment was
finally ado9ted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
itself. which he never

torial courtesy itself which he never
considered holy
Ina the midst of his nominations on
unvoiced opinions he was approached
by the agent of a New York editor. who
proposed that the former senator write
q political editorial every week for his
newspaper, The compensation offered
was generous. Mr. Mason accepted.
But in later calmer reflection, he real
lied that he could rot begin TO unload
his mind in one editorial a week
About this time it happened that he
consulted with Paul Hull. superintend-
ent of second class mail matter in the
Chicago postoffice Mr. Mason called
anent certain postal affairs which some
time enjoyed the free passage of the
busy senatorial frank but the CONVEX
sation turned upon other things Mr.
Mason spoke Of the editorial offer and
then remarked.
Why, if they can afford to pay me as
much as that for one editorial a week
why couldn't I make a success of a
newspaper fun of editorials2"
Super intendeut Hull allowed it could
be done, and suggested that Mr.. Mason
start a weekly that would sidetracH the
Gommoner The ex-senator accepted
the suggestion. and started on a still
hunt for manager 1t is believed the
magazine would have large circula-
ton in Cuba. South Africa The Philip
pines and MaSsa ChuSetts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
NO CIRCUS PARADE.
New York Children Will Not See the
Gorgeous Pageant.

New York March $50 torn UP and
congested are the streets of New York
mar t5eIlisiIn ana fsaAeS nae 70 1Sdi.on
The street parade Of the greatest show
on Earth" This never before has hap-
pened in New York. and the fact has set
people thinking over what this city is conf
ing to. The circus managers were dis
mayed hy the piles of rubbish from build
ings going up and down from the pitfalls
the underground railroad, by the immense
professions of carriages up and down
traffic which chokes the other streets.
And then there was the danger of at
tracing AN enormous thrCng OF people
from all parts of Greater New York and
it's hundreds of suburbs 1t is hard to
imagine what the result. in this respect
the streets of New York The rapid
transit lines. oVerburdened now, would
present awful spectacles and the list OF
dead wounded and missing would he as
long as that of a hotel disaster. If the
eilded chariots and pcnderous elephants
fare. no wider than Nicollet avenue in
Minnea polls. would present Il continuous
fooIhardy would be perched on parts OF
the numerous unfinished buildings and the
clang of the ambuances which wonid
never find an opening to reach the vic
Tins would be IncesSant- Parks along
the route would be ruined and probably a
great deal of property. such as plate glass
windows. would be destroyed This would
be followed by rObberies and q few tights
might start little reign OF terror No
eive 1p its parade. and the children #
the metropolis will have to 20 without
what the children of every other city in
the country visited by a circus nave a
chance to see
The circus viii seclude Itself during the
weeks of its stay in the vast enclosure q
Madison Square Garden. and the only nut
ward evidence of its presence except the
posters viii be the electric advertisement.
aloft on the tower of the carden
Fer two years New York has not had 4
circus and Tedy Hamilton the famous
fE d
lev show has sharpened the already wher~
ted circus appetite to a razor edge Thu
garden is filed consequently with an oval
shaped throng every night greater than
any seen there lately, except on one night
at the horse show last winter The Bar
mum and Bailey circus is a great entertain-
ment this year. both the ring shows ana
the rnena gerie being excellent. A novelty
large and exact models of the famous war
shirs OF the new United States navy. is T.
tracing almost as much attention as any
one part OF the show
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
OPEN AT TABERNACLE.
People to Be Given Opportunity to
Register at Revivals.

Registration books viii be opened at the
Tabernacle where the revival is in pro-
gress if the suggestion made by Evan
geiist Williams at the meeting last night
il carried out
News" he said, has reached me that
the registration has fallen off during the
past few days This will never do. Don't
neglect to go and register before the books
close.
7 wish we could have registration books
opened here at the Tabernacle. he con
tinued. If we could there would be no
trouble in getting big registration we
would let anybody register. too We
wouldn't keep them for only the law and
order pecFIe Why. We might even let
Mike himself register here.
Tonight the meeting viii be held at Is
in order to ler those whoi-vrfsh 80 10 the
Auditorium after the netting
The meeting this afternoon and Thurs
day and Friday afternoon will be at three
o'clock. Tomorrow morning at 80 O clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
APPLE CROP SAFE.
Prospects Good, Says Wellhouse, bu
Peaches Ruined.

Prospects Good, Says Wellhouse, but
Peaches Ruined.
I.eavenworth Kas March 25-The
clemor which has been sent UP in the
past few days to the effect that the
apple crop in LeaVenWOrth county and
the rest of the state has been ruined,
is according to Apple King Fred Well
house q fake
The peach crop on the other hand he
saws is a complete failure but men VINO
were thoroughly posted on the matter
were not depending on the peach They
expected the crash long before it came
and there were rumors of crop failure
long before the frost had played its
havoc.
Peaches seem to be the only fruit
which has suffered by the late heavy
frosts. Strawberries and other small
fruit are credited with being in exceed
ingly fine condition by Leavenworth
fruit raisers
In an interview Mr. Wenhouse. who
has been looking after his Leavenworth
county orchards. said:
Prospects for apples are about as
good as I have ever seen them and
think that we viii have an unusually
large crop this year. Last seasons crop
was better than the average and the
prospects at the present time are better
than they were a year ago. I have had
reports from all over the state and.
with few exceptions. they promise at
least a good average harvest.
"As far as I can tell the peach crop
will be nearly an entire failure [ have
heard from few localities where they
gay they VIII have peaches. but in my
opinion this is going to be an of year
with them.
sOf stra wberries there will be an I'M
nnense crop. Last wear the vines rested
and grew and became strong SO now
believe that the harvest viii be abund-