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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
PRESIDENT LEAVES TOPEKA
Before Going He Shakes Hands With
a Colored Policeman.

Topeka, Kan, May 1.-The president
was up and stirring about his car this
morning fifteen minutes before the time
Echeduled for departure. After chatting
with Senator Long J. few moments he was
presented to the. small crowd gathered
10 see him off.
The president said: II will not attempt
10 MIKE a speech to you, but simply wish
lou good morning and tell you that I
have had a good time in Topeka. want
10 say to you that part of this time has
been q very lively one and that last even
ing in driving from the governors resi-
hence to the auditorium rode about the
kveliest gait Of the trip and don't think
ever saw such fast running policemen
] yol have here in Topeka. I want to
low shake hands with one of the sprint
rs"
He then reached over the railing and
ave a hearty shake to the hand of a
ig colored policeman, who was within
istance. The officer smiled 'tall over
lis face and showed his white teeth in
.ue Rooseveltian style.
The train pulled out promptly at s
kclock for Sharon Springs. M
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
The Meaning Of the Horton Bill.

Possibly people Hor
insurance bill which defeated the of
Legislature The BILL while general really infamous
attempt sxpe four excellent Massachusetts, Mime
sofa because local doubtful standing admitted
Massachusetts, The Minnesota which sought the
Of the bill ana several other companies Of the doubtful
found that laws most states
permitted them do business their the state
where they not permitted to do business and which refused
sanction unsound life the state of Massachusetts,
Hence the malicious attempt drive the
panes from Minnesota st5
This is of the greatest tributes paid to the superior
of Every citizen of Mnnesoa should
under the which feared
by the enemies of sound insurance standards
The old STATE MUTUAL LIFE OF WORCESTER, MASS,
the Oldest and best of Massachusetts,
MES and has guarded the it's members almost
sixty Would like policy the State Mutual? If
send your and address to any of the undersigned
C. W. VAN TUYI.
General Agent
AUGUSTUS WARREN, GEO. A. AINSWORTH
GEO. B. GRAVES, ROBERT S. THOMSON,
5049 Lumber Exchange.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
HANDICAP, HARNESS HORSES
Horace w. Wilson Thinks Change
Bound to Come

Horace w. Wilson Thinks Change 10
Bound to Come.
Horace w. Wilson, secretary of Oak
ley Park, Cincinnati, and Charter Oak
Park, Hartford. thinks system of handi-
Gaping horses by weight is bound to sup
plant the present record classification. Mr..
Wilson says:
For the past six or eight years have
advocated a plan of handicapping the
trotters and PAGERS by weight. There must
be some way adopted to handicap the
horses soSthat the chances Of all will be
more even. Every horseman knows that
in all classes there are horses that out
class their class, If can put it that way,
and they have all the chance Of winning
believe in handicapping by weight. put
ting the weights on the backs OF the
horses and making a fair system of pen
alties and allowances that will give all
the horses an equal chance. It is evident
from the entries to the early closing
events that owners have given notice
that they are not going to patronize the
system of record racing now in use as
literally as they have been doing. OF
course. the greatest ones in the classes
will take try at it, but the number is
insufficient to make it profitable for the
associations. feel confident that we will
see the time when the system Of handi-
Gaping on the trotting tracks will be
either by weight or distance, as obtains
on the European tracks
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
B0RR0WS A LUCKY DIME
Piker at Aqueduct Starts Thou
sand-Dollar Bank, Roll on
One Dollar Bet.

did borrow a. dime from you Satur-
day."
This question was asked by nagman
on the Long Island railroad In the betting
ring at Aqueduct recently. He appeared
worried when he was informed that he
had not found his benefactor
You see, l was all out after the Sec
ond race Saturday, and dug UP go cents
and borrowed dime from a stranger to
make up the dollar. bet it on Ernest
Parha,m and got 10 to for my money. I
went along with that start until I quit
the day nicely to the good want to find
the man who gave me that dime, for he
gave me a start and I'm going yet
AS he spoke he exhibited particularly
healthy roll of coarse bills that must have
represented at least a thousand dollars.
He was beaming from his good luck, and
while speaking he stripped off a hundred
that he said he intended playing on New
ton Bennington's Kickshaw.
I wish I could find that friend that
gave me the stake. would declare him
in with a part of this, because he surely
saved my life Saturday." he continued.
After the Parham race I went to DIR.
Saylor for a ten-spot and I haven't
touched bottom yet. bet $50 on FIori-
eel at 4 to 1. and I had $50 on Mackey
Dwyer at even money.
How am I doing to-day? Well. you
can go broke and I'll lend instead Of bor-
row to-day. I got to for fifty on
Flying Buttress and I have been making
f1fty-dollar bets ever since" e.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
FLOUR FOR EXPORT
Orders forF Foreign Delivery Received
by Minneapolis Mills Yester-
day and To-day.
More Mills Expected to Resume
The Conditions in Europe
More Favorable.

The first foreign sales of flour since the
reopening Of the Minneapolis mills were
reported to-day. Millers sold some flour
to go to England and some to the CONT
nent. It is understood that there are
some good sized trades pending and more
orders may be entered If millers can shade
prices a trif1e.
Foreign orders booked yesterday and to-
day reach about $4,000 barrels. This is
interesting in view of the recent shut
down, the partial resumption and the later
granting Of concessions by the railroad
men at the Chicago conference.
The mills are grinding along without
important change. It is the opinion in the
trade that more mill will start, now that
rates are on a more quotable basis. 1T
is true" said miller, that we have en-
tered little export business and can
readily see that this coming coincident-
ally with the granting Of a niggardly con-
cession in freight rates makes the infer
ence natural that this has enabled us tc
do this business. Such an inference would
be wrong"
The settling Of English tax questions,
said the same man, had more to do with
the matter. Besides crop conditions in
France and on the continent are not Sc
promising. Naturally the foreign flour
buyers are willing now to lay in stocks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
CAN TRAVIS BE BEATEN?
Ex-C Champion Is Showing Great
Form in the EARLY Golf
49,. Events. 49,.

The showing made by Walter J. Travis
in the early golf events demonstrates that
the former amateur champion is practical
ly in class by himself, and it is a ques-
ton whether any one can, beat him out
in the national tournament at Nassau and
the various open events. At present there
is no one in the east apparently capable
Of worrying Travis much. The present
national champion, Louis. N. James, Jr.,
is not expected to last long in the heavy
field certain to be on hand at Nassau.
He'is Glenview golfer. but will doubtless
be seen in frequent competitions here this
season. H. Chandler Egan, Of the Elk
moor Country club, near Chicago is fan
cied by many to prove a dangerous can
didate for championship honors this year.
He at present holds the intercollegiate
title, which he won representing Harvard
over the links of the Morris Country Golf
club last fall. -
1t would be difficult to- find a player in
this country with the same easy and
graceful style, and should the boy i'm
prove at all he may become dangerous
rival to Travis. 1t is said of Egan that
he plays in almost perfect form. He hits
the ball from the tee with much less eff
fort than Finday 8. Douglas, but there is
little to choose between their drives when
it comes to distance. Like Douglas, Egan
is able to reach the average 400-yard hole
in 2, and as the intercollegiate cham
pion's direction is much better than the
average amateur. his chances of holding
out in par figures are CORRESPONDENCE
greater.
Apropos of the dissatisfaction prevailing
on this side as to the conduct of the
national championship, it would seem the
leading golfers of Great Britain, who have
played their championship always at all
match play, are not q unit.
Harold Hilton, writing in the Sporting
| Chronicle, says: II candidly believe that
| the original method Of our American
friends--that of playing qualifying round
| of thirty-six holes by score play and
then making the survivors play off in
| heats of thirtysix holes-is the best test
of championship, but in place of making
the qualifying number thirty two players
should restrict it to sixteen
In this connection it might as we'll be
stated that the directors of the Western
| Golf association who voted for all-match
| play for the western championship event
were a unit. There was no division, as
there was in the U. S. G. A. committee
meeting. The committee sat for two hours
and half, but the matter was thoroughly
gone over in that time and finally all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
He WONT BUILD IT. NOW
T. B. Walker Says He'll Need a
Railroad in California,
but Not Now.

The San Francisco dispatches to-day
brought a message to the effect that
Thomas Barton Walker of Milwaukee was
about to build a railroad to carry out
lumber from a tract of 100000 acres of
timber land which he owns in California.
The Mr.. Walker referred to is, of course,
Mr.. Walker of Minneapolis, as he is the
owner Of the largest body of timber lands
held by any one individual in California.
When seen about the matter to-day MIR.
Walker said that he would need a rail-
road sometime to carry out his timber,
but that he had not decided to build 1t
nor was 1t by any means certain which
way it would be built, whether to connect
with the San Francisco company and
Portland line or the main line Of the Cen1
trail Pacific, both Of which are owned by
the Southern Pacific company. Possibly
he might build 1t himself, but probably
not The best grades Of lumber should
be brought east for Flushing purposes
and the short line would be by way Of the
Central Pacific. tltho practically the same
rates to points in the Missouri and Mis-
sissippt river valleys would be made over
the San Francisco & Portland road Until
this road is built the lumber cannot be
profitably cut. .'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
BENJAMIN DRAKE, JR.

The annual debate between the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and that of Wisconsin
will take place in the University of Min
nesota chapel the evening of May This
contest Is one that has always attracted
much attention and aroused great inter-
est. This year will see no lessening of
the usual interest. The question will be:
''would the REIMBURSEMENT by the fed
eral government Of it's right to tax in
-heritances to the states exclusively be
preferable to the REIMBURSEMENT by the
states Of their right to tax inheritances to
the federal government"
The Minnesota debaters are men who
have won the right to represent their in
stitution by excellent preliminary work.
Raymond P. Chase.
Raymond P. Chase is one of the few
men who begin work in debate in their
freshman year and while still undergrad
yates rise to the top. Debate Is such a
difficult art, it requires such long and
patient practice and the standard in the
big universities has risen so high that un-
less a student has some practice in the
high school or at least shows a predilec-
ton for it he is not likely to become pre-
eminent in his undergraduate course. For
be. 1t known the men who completely
grasp the complex economic problems
which are now being debated in inter-
collegiate contests are as we'll equipped
mentally, have as good analytic and better
synthetic power than the men who dis
|tinguish themselves in higher mathe-
mates and physics. Besides this they
must have grace and power of presenta-
tion All this Mr.. Chase possesses. The
Shaksperean Literary society is proud te
number him among its strongest debaters
and 1t has had many, past and present
He was in the intersociety debates las
year and later won the position OF leader
/ Of tina intersophomore Pillsbury prize de.
i bate This year he entered the prelimin.
i aries for the Central league team ant
won first place and prize Of SIS. In thu
4 debate against Northwestern university
held In Evanston last January, he distin
/ guished himself for quick and powerful
rebuttal. Because Of this characteristic
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
GOOD LITERATURE
The Demand for 1t Is Not on the Decline
as Many People Seem to

Suppose.
In the Editors Study OF Harper's for Novem-
Der, Mr.. Alden refutes the idea that American
literature Is on the decline, and that there is no
de !1Maa1 TOT Sood books He says:
publishers. editors and those who employed
as readers. So many books and SO many periodi-
Gals are published which have no relation to
ture that it is to. generally assumed that all
publishing enterprises have that detachment,
and are OF a wholly commercial character. If
this were true, 1t would cast grave reflection
upon the great body Of intelligent readers in this
SGanf sh9 Ta on their part de-
from that supposed. There is a large and
steadily increasing number of cultivated and ap-
preciative American readers whose taste has
not not ed and who Shst Insist the
this audience is may be inferred from the fact
that novel, of supreme distinction as litera-
ture, and with no Fictitious claim to popularity
may have a sale Of from $4,000 to 100000 copies
ago. It is an audience demanding something
better than 1t gets. but not something better
than we trust It viii get. We have no such
years ago frightened the English literary heav-
ems. The interval has been made radiant by the
solitary stars, now and then of great magni-
tude; We may not soon see such another group
as thronged the field, dazzling the view Of the
last generation; but the skies are nebulously
rich for fresh indications to satisfy the eagerly
expectant eyes of the English-speaking people.
The demand will surely be met We are not
confessing to the inferiority Of our own present
from the retrospect single period as brief as It
was BRILLIANT. On the contrary, in America,
literary taste and literary activity are far ad-
vanced since the days Of Irving and Cooper. The
days; appreciation Is quicker and more abundant,
judicious criticism more exacting.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
employees BUY STOCK
Goodfellow Dry Goods Co. Gives Its
Employees Chance to Enter
the Company.

The oGodfellow Dry Goods company
last night offered each employee noppor-
tunity to buy from one to five shares Of
stock in the company on easy payments
Already the offer has been accepted by
several. The force, numbering 24O, was
called together and the new cooperative
plan explained by George D. Dayton, the
president. Frank II. Carleton, J. s.
Mosher, vice PRESIDENT and D. D. Dayton
also made short talks.
The plan was evolved by G. D. Dayton.
The business of April was more than
double that of the same month year ago,
and he believed the time for the move had
come.
Mr.. Dayton said to-day: II believe in
the cultivation ~of the most kindly feel
ing between the firm and its employees.
If we give the employees this opportunity
1t will cement the pleasant relations
The stock has a par value Of $10O a
share.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
agreed that the w. G.. A. should give thu
British system a trial.
/ TWO MINUTE TRoTTER DUE.
Bud Dobie Thinks John ~ McKerron
! s~=Eg Mav%Touch coveted Mark .

-
Bud Doble Thinks John a: McKerron
! '7@ May@Touch Coveted Mark.
The long locked for two minute trotting
horse will come to light in the next year
two and the chances are good that
it will be either Cresceus or John A. Nc
Kerron, the latter, the property Of Harry
Devereaux of Cleveland Ohio.
This is the opinion Of Bud Doble, who
has trained and handled more record
breaking trotting horses than any other
horseman in the world.
1.-THE two-minute trotter is not far or"
said Mr. Doble recently. Il shall not be
surprised to see him any time now. Cres-
ceus Is a wonderful horse and is still
young. He may attain the point to which
horsemen have been trying to drive their
trotters for years. He is fast, very fast,
and there is no reason why he should
not do something better than his record
Of 2:02A. Still he may not reach the
two-minute mark.
Were 1 to try. to narrow my ideas
down to one candidate for the two-minuts
record, l believe I'd pick John A. Mcker-
ron. Harry Devereaux's trotter.. He is d
1-year-old with record of 2:05A, and
has wonderful possibilities ahead. He won
the Boston challenge cup for the third
time last summer and it now belongs to
him. Watch out for Mckerron-hes q
conner sure
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
FLOUR FROM 'SPUDS'
Ia Big Manufacturer Of Potato Flour
Contemplates Starting
Factory Here.
He Appreciates the Location in q
Great Potato Producing
District.

z 3 & = y y II q { =
julius Freud of the National Milling and
Evaporating company of Detroit. Mich,
who has been in Minneapolis for the past
week. contemplates starting potato flour
factory here. Mr.. Freud realizes that this
city, because Of it's position in the coun-
try's greatest potato-raising district,
would be strategic location for that kind
of factory. He came at the solicitation
Of the public affairs committee of the
Commercial. club. The committe has gone
over the field with him and while no con-
illusions have yet been reached. he is
greatly impressed with the opportunity.
Mr.. Freud already manufactures po-
tato flour at his teDroit factory and sup
plies quantities of evaporated vegetables
to the British army.
Minnesota besides being the granary
Of the world said he yesterday, lis also
the greatest potato market. It would be
a great economy for me to get close to the
tubers.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
LOSS IS 100000
Forest Fire in Pennsylvania Also Re-
suits in Loss Life. ~.

Coudersport, Pa, May 2.-The charred
body OF Edward Hill was found to-day on
the road near Clean. He had evidently
met death in the forest fire which swept
the Kettle Creek territory yesterday. His
horse was also burned to death Great
damage has been wrought by the forest
fires in this vicinity. The town of Cross
Forks is threatened with destruction
The saw and planning mill of the Lack
aWanna Lumber company has been de-
stroyed together with a number of cars
belonging to the Buffalo & Susquehanna
Railroad company, and several buildings
IN the southern section of the town. The
loss thus far is estimated at about
$1,000,0O0.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
CITY N E VS..


ii r s. =
Is 1t Schotzka's Body.-The body of an
lunknown man was found this afternoon
1 In. the boom near st. Paul. 1t is thought
it may be that of Peter p. Schotzka, the
,spldiers' home gardner who disappeared
last week, leaving notes indicating sui
eide.
Police Don't Know Theme. A. Berger
and women, claiming to be his wife, are
under arrest at Montreal, Can, charged
with Matchmaking D. G. Bosseau, a mill
lionaire, and compelling him to sign
checks and promissory notes to the
!, amount Of $4,000. 1t Is said that the
couple have been in this city, but the po-
lice know nothing Of them.
Mining Investors Junket-Several Min
neapolis persons interested in the Mer-
chants Mining company Of Chicago will
go to Ariz ona on the company's special
train which leaves Chicago Monday night
over the Santa Fe. The citizens Of Pres
colt will give a luncheon and reception
for the party Saturday night. Those who
so from Minneapolis are: Josiah Towne,
Miss Grabill. Messrs. and Mesdames E.
E. Fisher. F. Holton. John Van Nest.
Sherman Smith. A. w. Armatage, M.
Whitcomb, J. w. Frew.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

Hugh j. McClearn is a senior law stu
dent and president Of his class. Imme-
diately after graduation he will be found
in the Duluth law offices of Mitchell &
Reynolds.
Mr.. McClearn was born in Pennsylvania
graduated from the classical course of the
Northern Indiana Normal school in $685.
taught two years in South Dakota, and
entered the U. of NJ. law school in 1900
He Joined the Kent Literary society at
once and has been prominent in debate
and oratory since. He won honors twice
in the intersociety contests, once in the
Federal society and was captain of the
team which so signally defeated Chicago
and Michigan universities last year and
brought the undisputed western cham
pionship to Minnesota. The prize won in
this contest was $3.50.
This year he entered the oratorical con
tests and won first place in the inter-
society preliminary and a high place in
the SITS John S. Pillsbury contest The
debate with Wisconsin, May s.. will be
his last appearance as student debater
before university audience, and his
friends expect him to distinguish him
self as he has always done in the past.
Mr.. McClearn is a born debater. He
loves controversy of a pleasant, vigorous
| kind, and is never SO happy as when he is
in contest He possesses all the ele-
| ments which bring men success in this
line, viz, a clear, vigorous mind, warm
| heart, capacity and willingness to sub
| nit cheerfully to an intolerable amount Of
drudgery and determination never to al
low a single detail to escape. His class
mates honored him with the highest Of
| flee in their gift this year class presi-
dent. and in every department of the uni
versfty his sterling worth has won him
| a. host of friends, all of whom believe the
/ future has much in store for him.
/ The standard Of debate and oratory
at the university has risen very rapidly
within the past three years and this Is
perhaps the best team ever sent out. wis
consin has q hard proposition on her
hands and ii she defeats these men she
/ must have a stronger team than she has
! ever sent here before.
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NEUROLOGICAL
10th st. 8.
9th St.

MISS FRANCES STANLEY KELLEY,
"a niece of Bishop Stanley of North Da-
IIkota, died yesterday at st. Joseph's hos
Fpital in st. Paul The funeral was held
from the cathedral this morning at 9
20 clock, the requiem mass being cele-
abrated by the Very Reverend Thomas
tEgan, vicar general of the diocese of
Fargo, and the last absolution being ad-
sministered by Bishop Stanley.
ALLAN FRANCIS FAIRCHlLD, aged
years, died yesterday at Eureka, Lake
iMinnetonka. He was the only son of
Clifford ]. and Francis Miller Fairchild.
aged 8 years, months. Philadelphia, Pa,
papers please copy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
SUBsTATION TO MOVE
Downtown Library Branch Will
Leave Voegeli's Store.

The down town library substation is to
be removed from Voegelrs drug store to
j. T. Garland's confectionery store in the
Hotel Nicollet building. Thomas Voegeli
yesterday informed the library board that
he no longer had space to accommodate
1t. The general committee was also au-
thorized to secure new location for the
substation also managed for years at
stevens avenue and Twenty-sixth street
by the late George Saunders.
DR.. IIosmer. presented a. statement
showing the expenditures of library
boards in five different cities, including
Minneapolis. Only one city;#$Los Angeles,
shows smaller percentage expended for
salaries than Minneapolis ~