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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-05

, :. SUBURBAN PLACES. o
, DIAMOND LAKE-Five-acre place. with o
small fruit, Strawberries currallts, goose.
berries, grapes, $50 fruit trees, etc; o
7-room summer cottage, one-story; poul- o
, try house, barn. ETC.; near city limits: o
Price, $1,000. .
>: DIAMOND LAKE-Fiye acres of beautiful
. - hardwood grove, adjoining above place; o
. LAKE LYDIARD--1s4 miles from Fern Q
o dale station; 46 acre farm; 80 acres o
0 under CIVILIZATIONS; ten acres hardwood o
. timber: seven-room house: stone base o
9 ment, barn; fine place; price, $4,000 .
Q LONG LAKE-47-acre farm. s-room house. o
o large barn: small fruit, strawberries, o
o Il currants, gooseberries, fine apple orchard, o
o bearing; lake 'front.' nice suburban o
o home; price, $1,000. o
0 POPLAR H1LL-12 acres near Ferndale o
0 station, Broom. comfortable house with o
0 furniture; six-room house, furni- O
Q ture; barn with stone basement; one o
0 double carriage. one single phaeton; o
Q one double heavy harness. one horse, Q
o one jersey. cow, poultry, one farm wa 0
Q gon, one light wagon, one light buggy, Q
o two plows, one harrow, two cultivators, o
al r.nt hand add tools s%a fruit pumS
Q and tank; four good wells, two running Q
pae 81 81 oeus Near ro ssIe At the nrg
o leges. improvements are richly worth c
o about all asked for the whole property.
o MINNESOTA R1vER-13s- acre farm {
o fronting on Minnesota river, with high
bluffs overlooking a wide stretch Of beau
tiful country. Choice, tillable soil,
with bottom land and river frontage;
o fine grove Of timber; good springs Of
water; eight-room house, barn, etc. Very
o near M. w. Savage's home farm and
Q overlooking the International Stock Food
farm. a
o 20 Price, $4,000.
But sixteen miles drive from the city.
Q vILy,AGE OF EDNA, HENNEP1N coUN.
o M|75 acres of farm land; NJ buildings.
tf4ce only $1,000.
10 GEORGE H. MILLER,
o $50 Lumber Exchange.
Q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
JOHN BRANNER DEAD.
Topeka Pioneer Dies Today
After Lingering Illness.

John Branner. one of the oldest citizens
Of Topeka, a man who same here IN lS54i
four months after he arrival Of CYRUS Is
Gay his home, 512 Kansas avenue. after
an illness Of over a year.
Mr.. Branner had life story whlcl
would make a history of itself man Of
wonderful vitality, he was the victim of
1nisfortunes and injuries which would have
many times killed an ordinary man. and
then lived to die ia his bed at the age Of
50 years.
June 26 1921. When a young man ne came
to America and wandered around until ne
landed in Kansas in 1884. He took an active
hand in territorial aftalrs ana 5cquit q
property Then came the war and be went
out with the Topeka battery of the Sec
Ond Kansas to tight the rebels At tie
Battle of the Blue he distinguished hinl-
when one arm was crushed and his skull
fractured by a rebel she'll he same vital
ity which carried him through then has
always been with him. lie was bent ana
crippled by numerous injuries ne received
It is rather a remarkable coincidence that
on Monday Judge Smart Of the Doug as
county district court rendered z judgment
in favor of John Branner ana ms guar
dams for the sum Of S4.l29 against MIS-
Josie Webb and AIRS. Mile Niehois Z
This civ the daughters Of Jacob Klein
This is the sixth judgment which has been
s-i[.ar algaiusf Mrs Webb and Mrs Mich
0ls growing out of the Branner- Wepo III
The Judgment also lies against Homer
Bowman. who is receiver IoT tle ~ @p1t = :
but who simply received rents ana turned
them over TO Mrs. Webb ana MIS- Nlea-
II is held by the court that tn COURT
.s lever far The property and shat Ill
Of his acts are void Hence it is reid that
the Branner heirs have the rght 70 ali
he rents collected from the big double
building at SO ard 80 Kansas avenue No
to the time that the decree was fled civ
ing Mrs Webb and Mrs Nichols the rtis
The amount Of rents which the Branners
claim from the various buildings during
the past four OF FIVE years amounts 70
about $1,000
Adr Branner was owner OF the 2roperssy
where he died. 5l2 Kansas avenue ais9 -,
sso 20 nE3t. and SO Kansas avenue
He leaves a family consisting 81 q VIE
Mrs Amelia Branner, and hTe cHllnrf ~
Mrs Annie Holipit Amelia Brauner. Mrs
r + Steinkopf Mary Branner dauehreras
and one son John S Branner- Funeral ar
rangements VIII be anno4noe1 laLer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
THFRF ARE OTHERS.

4 Glance at the list of bills offered in
the Massachusetts legislature at its
present session is calculated to make "a
Kansas man seel as though the record
might have been worse Rt Topeka.
Here are some of them by title.
Against injecting poison into a person
without his consent
Against the sale OF explosive ma tches
Te regulate the size Of bricks
To reeulate the size of stalls for
horses
For the reduction of fees for thor
nughhred registered female dogs
Cities and towns to take suitable
measures fer protection from insect
pests
70 regulate dating OF kilograms.
Relating to sale Of articles said to bC
OF solid gold.
Pertaining 90 Chinese laundry checks
For greater safety OF passengers o.
taw boats
For shower baths in Lawrence jail
To prevent the use of unsafe ladders
rosies. re.
To prevent encohnment. premature
burial or cremation.
To regulate prices charged by bar
berE for the sale of face bleaches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

The work of retaining the desert
lands continues to so steadily forward
What is TO be known as the Needles
quadrangle is now under survey by The
United States geological survey, and to-
geographic maps of the region viii soon
Zoe prepared This area lies I'm eastern
San Bernardino county Cal, and south
western A1ohave county. Arizona, and
touches the Nevada state line on the
north The Colorado river cuts through
the district from northwest to south
east. dividing it into two nearly equal
parts. AT the eastern end OF the basin
included in the quadrangle the greatest
depression is the Sacramento Wash. the
course OF which is due west and is fol-
lowed 10y the line Of the Santa Fe rail
read. The region is bare and forbid
ding. but the soil is said to respond
with wonderful fertility to irrigation. A
few small scattered prospect holes
are TO be found in the foothills, but the
Santa Re railroad is the only perman-
emit Improvement of any kind The
mountains. the foothills. and the sides
az the basin have been mapped on a
scale suitable for showing their mineral
features, bat the river bottom has been
mapped on a larger scale, in connection
with the reclamation surveys. Work of
q similar character is also being under
taken along the Colorado river in the
vicinity OF Yuma. Arizona
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

Detroit News: The one thing that IS
settled with absolute hnality is that bill
boards are a nuisance They assault the
-eTa. mar the landscape and outrage the
artistic sensibuities How to destroy
them we do not know. The council
probably has the power to abate such
nuisances. ana I'm Chicago serious efforts
TO secure a view indicted by green girls
with pink eyes against a background
or suident yellow have been successful.
and the New York court Of appeals up
held "a Buffalo ordinance which imposed
on tie fire department the duty Of de-
trayinE the biuboards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
LOCAL MENTION.

A license 10 marry Ras granted tai-
to J. NJ sare and Della AZ LccA. araA
Of Tcseka
Mrs. Emma Harris ~ 4 Quir0F
street is recovering from tae eng 9 O..
an operation Tor appendicitis ct N1rt-t
hospital last Friday
The gas case is noW SET for aear-
on Thursday al D. u. Charles fall
Smith viii return from Has --r-a--.
Ark. al noon Thursday
Mrs. Zaidee Laurent. wins ras fIe1
suit for divorce in the district euurt
has asked for temporary aiinlnns tAa
motion is set for hearing uext Merla1
A pardon was TODAY granted TO r..
Alkire by Governor BAILEY AisIr7
sentenced to the penitentiarg for p tar1l
Of two and half years for sraa
larceny from Norton county en feorf-
airy II, 1902.
The defendants il the case " tne
Montpelier State savings bank =-atn@r
T. B. Sweet and others have lied
motion for Il new trial Tho riairtI.
received a judgment Of $1,000 Up -
district court last week.
The suit Of the Remington Paper
company against i. w Harrison rt t-.
old Capital Publishing company has
been taken into tile United states eif-
cult court The petition asks fqr
judgment Of - 600 with Interest from
October. 1899 This and similar cases
have been fought over Do the county
court for years. Quint0r & Quintgn ate
attorneys for the plaintiff
Belle Heust-s. who is suing for d.
vorce in the dietrset court has died 4
motion 10 be given the custody of n
child row in the posse 7slor ~ r-r nf
band. Ciarenee Heustis- She aiies"
that Heustis IS HvIls witA woman
named Myrtle Mize AMI THAI fne fafns-
is teaching the child 70 regard ne Ai1s
woman as its mother
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

Wall street still takes a hopeful view
OF the business situation. Henry Clews
Financial Review for the week past
ended says. Outside of the stock mar
kat the situation while somewhat con-
fused is NOT unfavorable The crop out
look thus fair Is satisfactory. and the
agricultural classes are known to be
enjoying prosperity The same is true
off The industrial classes. which are wei
employed and Wen paid. This means
that consumption is proceeding at a
rapid pace The volume of business.
therefore. continues large in spite of
high prices. and there are yet no signs
rr reaction. The chief complaints come
from manufacturing and transportation
interests where the costs of production
or az conducting business have been so
rariouely Increased as to cause a sharp
diminuti0n Of profits This tendency is
increasingly apparent in the returns of
r7t earnings for railroads and indus
trials In fact from all quarters the
chief complaint is the increased cost of
doing business ana the falling away Of
praats should this continue, it will en-
force new economies and possibly re-
duetiou of dividends i'm some quarters
where premature increases had been es-
tabHshed. The business situation, how
ever. as whole IS sound. and while
there are certainly tendencies that re-
ouire close watching. still the outlook
IS for another good year il those who
control keep on conservative lines"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mildred Gage Hoeck the lafaHt
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs william
FIoeck. died at Childress. Texas 1f4rl
rs The funeral VIII be held as u
Weanesday morning from sit Jefferson
street G. ~ Gage post and corps are
requested ID attend 3Ir Ioeck Wa
formerly foreman OF che santa r.
roundhouee here. and last year rerros
TO Texas "a take a similar POSITION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
WILL LELAND DENIES.
Didn't Say His Father Was offered
Cabinet Position

VIII Leland son OF cyrus Leland
who it was claimed started the report
that his father had been offered ami
had declined the position Of secretary
of the interior. said today never
made the statement that ms father ha-
been offered this position. and The state
lnent TO that effect IN the morning pa
per is entirely false
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
MR.. PARK NAMED.
Appointed General Bridge Foreman
for Rock Island

F. L. Park Of Hutchinson. kan has
been appointed general foreman Of orlaSe :
the Rock Island. headquarters in Topeka
He succeeded George J Bishop, VINO r.
signed recently 10 accept the position Of
Superintendent OF bridges and buildings
for the Grand Trunk.
Mr. Park has been foreman q Dilues $
and buildings IF the Fl Paso diVIsicn 81
- PC Islard At EutchlIlelI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

This is the time Of year when the
landlords consider it proper to remind
the tenants that the rent is not so high
as 10 ought TO be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

il looks now as though there might
be a conflict Of western dates between
the s-Foreuaugh and the Grover
Cleveland shows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

With the advent Of spring comes the
annual drop in the price of anthracite
5ust as though there had been no strike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

Colorado Springs. Col. March ii
14srrT sfrstfou's light for his fathers mil
lions commenced in earnest today ? III
the taking up Of the task Of selecting the
jury This trial win consume at ieast &
week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

found my way in paths Of greater
Dleasantness.
We took our regular breakfast about
1880, after a morning of sightseeing.
with dinner in the evening. The deserts
were sherberts. ice creams and fruits
with some cake and guava jelly. No pie
was on the bill Of fare On the boat
returning one of my fellow passengers
found he could get some American pas
try and said he was delighted to know
he was headed toward the land of pie.
But as I later saw him at the gunwale
he regretted that he had not curbed his
appetite until he had felt his shore-legs
under him.
The tourist fnd derives great salts
faction in picking up Spanish words.
! After few hours steady gazing at
omnibuses going by my wife with
greatly pleased expression asked me if
1 would take her and Mary a ride in an
.tOzomulsion." Her aptitude in acquir-
/ ing the Spanish tongue received a set
back when I with great supercillious-
ness told her that she had mistaken an
/ advertisement of a consumption cure on
the side of large hack for the name
Of the vehicle.
4 foreigner who travels up and down
the strange thoroughfares of Havana Is
impressed at every turn with the bars
over windows and doors. He intuitively
finds himself wondering for what are
those handsome women in beautiful
dress in prison. In the city every door
and every window IS open at all hours
and the bars. of course are not to pre-
vent the occupant of the house from go
r7.- Ton, If
anything but air and light.
The houses built for business and for
homes are almost invariably upon the
lot line. In many cases the upper story
extends over the sidewalk and forms d
thorougbfare for Dassers by protecting
them from the tropical sun The yards
are mainly courts of fountains. flowers
and palms, surrounded by the living
rooms.
The buildings are generally Of two
stories. The walls are thick and floors
Of tile. Our apartment at the hotel
TELEGRAPH, was something like a room
on roof garden; the floors of brick, the
beds of iron and without mattresses, al
though with good springs. The win
dows were open all night and a sheet IN
this month of March was all that was
needed for covering; the weather is that
of our July.
Our maid was aman who could speak
not a word of English, except to say
good morning and good night. During
the day he simply smiled and tidied up
our room, moping the floor and keeping
1t scrupulously clean. This maid" of
ours was one of the few Cubans no
tieed who knew how TO smile. He was
good natured and laughed even without
the influence Of the nimble pesato. He
once struggled into our language in ex-
pressing his approval of our selection OF
a room by waving his hands about like
a windmiile and exclaiming "mucha
air."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

THE state Journal is member. Of tho
Associated Press and receives the fun DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
The news is received in the State Jour
NAL building ever wires for this sole pur-
rasc busy throughout the entire day. a
complete copy Of the night report IS also
received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

A vrheel1nan's tool Sag ls1r COMP etc
without a bottle oE Dr- Thomas Eci-e-
trio oil Heals cuts. bruises. s-ln8z
sprains. Monarch over pain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

My experience in buying cigars was
not altogether satisfactory, but this was
only the continuation of like results
that had come to my purchases in
America I visited d large cigar fac
tory in the city and found that the
labor employed was union; that the
wages earned were from $500 to $1,000
a day: that there are women who earn
s. 50 labelling cigars and that the pro-
duct was sold from $500 to $4,000 per
hundred; the latter was a special brand,
a huge cigar. made, / was told, for a
special Holland trade. These cigars
beat me as well as they must beat the
Dutch. I paid s4.74 for fifty Havanas,
but have purchased better cigars in To-
pel1a for the same money. although
brought back none upon which q duty
was required. fifty being allowed each
I passenger.
The Cuban breakfast Is. peculiar The
hour for serving It IS from 9 until L
An early breakfast is provided between
/ 6 and at which nothing is on the
table except coffee. bread and buttec
and fruit. but these are all Of high
quality.
I had read that eggs would be served
at the first meal C the day if the CUES
was anSlstenI- tnOu8nt coui0 81
along without a Battle Creek cereal, 81
one of Charles Wolff's fine steaks, but
did long for a product from the Cuban
variety of one of Columns helpful hens
So ii low tone I asked the waiter fos
soft boiled eggs The innovation wa
referred to the head clerk CT The dining
room, who with aeeo frovn accuiescec
in my order as d special favor
The next day I tried 1t again. bui
met with q chilly response and failec
to get the eggs. I then concluded while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
ANNUAL REPORTS COMPLETED
Secretaries Root and Moody Have Pre-
pared Their Recommendations.

Secretary Root and Secretary Moody have
completed the preparation of their annual
reports to the President. The naval repart
will be made public next Saturday morning
and the army report on the following Mon
day morning.
Secretary Root did all the work on mis-
report at home and put on the finishing
touches today. This work being out of the
way he will resume his official duties at
II is said that he will recommend an in
crease in the number of geographical mil,-
tary departments with view to providing
commands for the surplus general officers
OF the rank of major general and brigadIer
general. The Department of the South,
formerly known as the Department of The
Gulf. will probably be re-established. with
headquarters at Atlanta GA. The proposed
new department will probably include the
states of Georgia, South Carolina, Florida,
Alabama and Tennessee, now In the De-
partment of the East.
There are now twenty-five general officers
In active service. consisting of one lied
tenant general, six major generals and fif-
teen brigadier generals. and there are only
twelve military departments under the pres
ent organization. eight of which are in the
United States and four in the Philippines
including the Division of the Philippines
The plan under consideration contempla:es
making three military divisions in the
United States, to be divided into an m
creased number of departments sufficient to
provide commands for all the general Off
GERS not already provided with commands
or important special duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
DREYFUs ASKS REVISION.
Commission Appointed to Decide Re
ports Within a Week.

PARIS, November 3O.-The general belief
prevails in well-informed circles that the
commission appointed to pronounce upon
the admissibility of the request of Alfred
Dreyfus for a judicial revision of his case
will submit its conclusions to the minister
of justice certainly with a week, and, some
persons say, before the end of the present
week.
M Mercier a director of the ministry Of
justice and member of the commission,
says the commission has not yet assembled
and that he has no knowledge of the con-
tents of the documents to be examined.
THE commiss. on NJ. Mercier adds, PRO
poses 10 take all the time necessary to deal
with such an important question, but its
conclusions VII not be final. They may or
may not be accepted by the minister of
JUSTICE,
In this connection 1t is recalled that the
first consultative commission charged to
examine the petition presented by Madame
Dreyfus in the name of her husband, then
prisoner at DEVILS Island. recommended
against revision. but the minister of JUS
tice overruled this which is considered a
precedent for like action in the present de-
velopment by Minister Vale who some
time ago went so far to say that the
policy of the government had already been
made up, and was favorable TO Dreyfus,
whatever the conclusions of the commits
sion. though the officiais expect them to
support the Dreyfus petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
SENATE COMMITTEE ROOMS.
Assignment of Quarters Will Not Dis
turh MI Morgan.

In the assignment of senators to commit
tee rooms it is probable that an exception
will be made in the rslle that the commit
tees shall retain their own rooms regard
less of the chairman In the case of Senator
Morgan. and resulting from that exception
there will be other changes that would not
otherwise take place. Senator Morgan no"
has two adjoining committee rooms west
of the rotunda the main floor Wmcn
have been used by the interoceanic canals.
The committee on rules and leading re-
pubIicans generally are all anxious that
every possible courtesy shall be SHOWN 10
Senator Morgan at this time when he is re-
Iieyed from the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on interoceanic canals. There is
desire not to do anything that could pos
sibly inconvenience him, and to show every
consideration for him in view or MS hign
standing and long and distinguished serV-
Ice in the Senate. He is spoken OF by
every one as the real father of the canal
wherever it Is built. and as an evidence OF
the esteem in which he Is held by the Sen
ate it is desired to have him retain the
rooms he has occupied. Ii this IS done
Senator Hanna will probably retain the
room now occupied by the committee on
enrolled bills and Senator Dryden, who
would ordinarily move into that room, Will
remain where he now is.
Should Senator Dryden object to this ar
rangement 1t is possible that the whole
plan will be interfered with unless 1t Is
found practicable to transfer Senator Dry
den from his present committee room TO
one more accessible from the Senate cham
ber If this plan is carried out Senator
Tillman will retain the room that was
formerly occupied by Senator Vest as
chairman of the committee on public health
and quarantine. which is located back of
the document room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
Plan Frustrated.
STILL ANOTHER DENIAL.
Judge Baldwin Says Bristow's State
ment is False.

CANTON, Ohio, November 3O.--In en-
phatic terms Judge Baldwin, consul at
Nuremburg Germany. now here on fur
Tough. declares that the statement of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow that he, Baldwin, knows much about
the postal frauds and bribery, are abso-
lutely false and unwarranted. Consul Bald
win said today:
IT went once to Mr.. Heath for my son-in-
law, Mr. Miller, and said to him that my
son-in-law desired to Introduce these ma
chimes. and asked him to give them a trial
Mr.. Heath said he would investigate the
matter That was the only time l was In
the Post Office Department I have never
seen Beavers or briggs. nor have commu-
nicated at any time with them.
Consul Baldwin says he never advised his
son-in-law ito make any agreement or ar
rangement for dollars and cents with any
body"
Referring to the statement by Mr.. Bris-
tow that there is reason to believe that
Judge George e. Baldwin knows as much
about this fraud as any other party, not
even excepting Beavers and briggs" Mr..
Baldwin said:
II desire to say that statement is abso-
Irtely false in every particular. 1 knew of
no fraud being perpetrated, attempted or
contemplated"