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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

In the Minneapolis league last night
Garland of the Tasnos team made an
average Of 212 Ia, the highest score Of
the year in the league The Tasmos
made a total of 2,7sO for three games. the
record for the year. The scores:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
.BILLIIER In THE LEAD
Minneapolis Player Goes Ahead Of
Hatley in the Northwestern
Billiard Tourney.

Charles Ferris won his first and only
game Of the northwestern billiard
tournament at Century hall yesterday
afternoon. He defeated Hatley of Du-
luth by a score of 800 to 191, but
last evening he lost to Billiter, 231 to
800. This puts Billiter ahead in the
tourney. Hatley is second, with Spears
and Peterson tied for third place and
Ferris last.
BMliter. was in good form last night,
and4made the highsrun OF the. tourna-
ment, 81, three thead Of the mark set
by Ferris in the afternoon. Ferris
played we'll, but was unlucky. Is
This afternoon Spears OF this city
and Peterson of Fargo play, and to-
night Spears meets Bil1iter. Yester-
days scores:
A AFTERNOON GAME.
Ferris-o. a. 4, q, 80. 9, Il, o. 81 81,
42,o 9, 20. Total, 300; high run, 81; average,
.Hatley-s, Ii, 81, 10, o, 2, 90, II, "a, g, /,
g. 16, II. g. Total, 131: high run, 81; aver
-. EVENING GAME.
Billiter-O. 4. o, Is, 49, %, z, Z. "a, II. s
g sso 49, Els s, s. g. O. o14, g. s5 Total
Ferris-O, g.. 0, 8, 80, 49, ~, 10, o. a., "a
%. 10. Z, 30, %, 1t, o, 11.-Total. ISL; high
The players stand as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
ROOT is AFTER MUNROE
Chicago Light Heavyweight Wants
to Get Bout with the Butte
Miner.

Chicago, Nov. 11.-Jack Root, the
Chicago light heavyweight, who
ing a fight with Jack Munroe, who
scored a victory over old Peter Maher
In Philadelphia Saturday night. Root
sent a challenge to Monroe last night
Offering to meet him in a contest of
any length before any reputable club.
He also offered to make it a six-round
affair before some Philadelphia orr
ganization, If Munroe preferred. There
were no stipulations for a purse be-
yond the proposition to accept the
most tempting bid.
Root is in condition for fight He
battle with Jim Flynn at Pueblo,
Col. Root and Flynn are to box be-
fore the Rover Wheel and Athletic
club for a purse Of $1,000 on Thanks
giving night. The match with Flynn
and the proposed one with Munroe
will prevent Root from going to San
Francisco to assist Bob F'itzsimmons
in preparing for the coming contest
with George Gardner.
Munroe's feat of whipping Maher
has not given the Butte miner any
| high standing in pugilistic ranking
The only thing 1t has done is to give
him a little more prominence. The
general opinion of local fight critics
| is that Maher is too far gone to put
up much of a fight with any one, and
| that the former Irish champion took
the count more thru exhaustion than
! because of the blows that Munroe
landed.
The fact that many spectators OF
1.-THE Philadelphia bout thought Maher
quit bears out the theory that Peter
was too tired to get UP and refuse to
make himself a target for punish
ment while he was in that condition.
! Ii =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

a. 6 & . = ~. NJ
AT Metzner's quarters at Larkspur, near
San Francisco, George Gardner has COM
menced active work for his go with Fitz-
simmons, which is scheduled for Nov 25,
when the championship of the light heavy
weight class will be at stake. Comprising
his camp are Martin Candle, who will face
Jimmy Britt on Nov. 90, Harry Foley and
Dave Barry. Billy Pierce, Gardner's man
ager, is due to arrive from the east next
Tuesday. Gardner has taken good care Of
himself since his bout with Root several
months ago, and will not have to undergo
a severe course of conditioning. Yester-
day morning he. took an eight-mile run
and returned accompanied by Barry. Then
he spared four fast rounds with Foley
and Barry. Gardner weights 172 pounds,
which is eleven. pounds heavier than ever
before. He is very confident Of winning,
| At Newcastle-o Tyne, England Monday
night in a twenty-round contest for the
120-pound championship, George Dixon,
the American, defeated Pedlar Palmer, the
English pugilist, on points.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

Important Change OF Time.
\ Consult the Chicago; Great western
Railway time tables in these columns
for change OF time, effective Nov. j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
TASMO

Totals $500. 875 956
$780, BUFFALO.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Mr.. FRANCIS IN'LCSDoN:
Brilliant AsssmbIage at Meeting Of
the American Society.

London, Feb. 2i.-The dinner given
last nigat by the American Society in
honor of Washingtons birthday was
the occasion for a brilliant assemblage
The chief feature of which was the
welcome given to d. r. Francis, form
srly United States secretary of the III
terror and now president of the Louis
lana Purchase exposition, and the
wishes of success to the exposition ex-
pressed by Ule speakers.
The Duke of Devonshire and Lord
Londonderry, members of the cabinet,
officially voiced the good will of the
British government while such repr3-
tentative Britishers as the lord mayors
Of London and Bristol, the lord provost
of GLASGOW, Lord Strathcona and Lord
ROthschild, and the following members
of the house Of commons: Sir Charles
Dixie, j. II. Dalzel, Sir Thomas Dewar,
Sir Joseph Lawrence, Ebenezer Parkes,
Sir Gilbert Parker and Joseph Walton,
all gave expression to their hearty
wishes.
Among the we'll known Americans
present were Ambassador Choate, Con-
sui General Henry Clay Evans, STAN
ford Newell minister to thd Neither
lands; John Barrett, T. w. Cridler,
Lord Fairfax, Marshall Halstead, Col
Hunsiker, Halsey c. Ives of the st.
Louis exposition, Captain Piper, deputy
police commissioner of New York;
all the United States embassy staff
and many forsign representatives of
the st. Louis exposition.
Signor Marconi was also present and
received an attention scarcely second
TO that paid to the president of he
st. Louis exposition.
The Duke of Devonshire, in pro-
posing the toast, The President of
the United States" referred to Mr.
Roosevelt as a man who had made
his mark as q successful civil service
Ieformer, a great administrator, gal
liant military leader and an eminent
statesman, in whom he saw an intel
igent and earnest friend of England.
Never in any previous times said
the speaker have Anglo-American Re-
lations been more cordial. Both peo-
pies are in fairly good humor with
themselves and so IL is unlikely that
they should be in bad humor with
each other. | welcome the tendency
on the part Of the United States to
take a larger and keener interest in
affairs outside the American conti-
nent."
Ambassador Choate, following in
the same strain, declared that any
kind of war on any kind of subject
between Great Britain and America
would not only be a great calamity
but an unspeakable crime.
Mr.. Francis eloquently described the
motive and scope of the st. Louis eX-
position.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
DR.. DUNCAN ACQUITTED.
Louisville Physician Who Shot BrVes
Head is Free.

Pittsburg, Feb. 23.-T2e jury in the
case Of DR.. Duncan, charged with
shooting Bruce Head on account of al
legged improper relations with Mrs
Duncan, brought in a verdict of not
guilty at $3.50 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. The jury reached its verdict
early Friday night, but it was not pre-
sented to the judge until the morn.
Dag.
The shooting occurred last October
and created comment because of the
seeming absence of motive for it.
The first inkling of the motive was
made public on the first day of tho
trial here, when Dr. Duncan went on
the stand and testified to alleged i'm.
proper conduct ON the part Of his wife
and Bruce Head who had been life
long friend of the family. Both Dr.,
Duncan and Head are wellknown Ken
tuckians. 1t is reported that Dr. Dun
car will now secure a divorce, and as
soSI as the legal formalities are over
Mrs. Duncan will become Mrs. Bruce
Head.
The testimony of the two days trial
turned public sympathy to DIR. Dun
can, and when the verdict of not guilty
was announced in court there was gen
eral rejoicing. Dr. Duncan's testi
mony seems to have had the most
weight with the jury, which gave him
the benefit of the doubt as to whether
he shot in self-defense or not.
A strange feature about the return
of the verdict was the fact that neith'
er the doctor nor his attorney, Clar
ence Burleigh, was present when il
was received. Had he not been
present and a verdict been rem
dered finding him guilty Of an offense
the court would have been bound to
grant a new trial for taking the YER
dict in the absence of the defendant
or his counsel. AS matters turned out
however, it made no difference wheth
err the defendant was there or not.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Corkran to Be Released.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The supreme
court of the United States affirmed
the Judgment of the court of appeals
of the stats of New York discharging
from the custody Of chief of police OF
Albany, N. Y, Charles E. CoTkran,
who was held on warrant by the
governor of New York granting a
requisition from the governor of Ten
nessee.
This case raised tie question as to
whether Corkran could have been held
to be a fugitive from justice from Ten
nessee if it were shown that he was
not in the state when the alleged acts
for which he was arrested were, if
ever, committed.
Justice Peckham, giving the opinion
of the court, held on the showing Of
Corkran, uncontradicted, that he was
not in Tennessee at the Tins in ques-
ton, he was not a fugitive from JUS
tice within the meaning of the federal
statutes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Flavor Candy With Rough on Rats.

Oil City, Pa, Feb 23.-The four chill
dren OF RobJrt Campbell, Pennsyl
vania railroad conductor, were pois
oned last week by eating homemade
candy in which rough on rats was
one of the ingredients. Physicians
worked with them for nearly "a hours
before they were pronounced out OF
danger During the absence Of the
parents the children decided to make
taffy. A box found in the pantry, sup
posed to contain cocoa, was used to
flavor the mixture After eating it all
were taken violently i'll. A 6-year
old boy recovered sufficiently to crawl
to a neighbors house, where his
parents were visiting, and notified
them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
EXPLODING Shell Killed Four Men.

Three men were killsd outright, one
man injured so that he died later two
other men fatally and at least seven
seriously hurt, in an explosion in the
work room of the naval storage maya
zine at Fort Lafayytte, in New York
harbor.
The explosion could be heard for
miles around Accounts as to how the
fatal blast was set off differ. One re-
port has it that the men were filling
a 1S-inch shEll, while another is that
the men were removing a powder
charge from a shell and undertook TO
unwind a fuse connecting the powder
chamber with the percussion cap. This
caused sufficient friction to set of the
cap and explode the shell.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
INDEPENDENT OPERATOR WON.
Decision of Lower Court Reversed.
Mandamus Against Railroad.

Philadelphia, Feb. 24.-Justice Dean
in the supreme court handed down a
decision in the case of c. ID. Lorraine
VS.. the Pittsburg. Johnstown, Evens-
berg and Eastern Railroad company,
reversing the decision of the common
pleas court of Clearfeld county, which
was in favor Of the defendants, and is-
suing writ of mandamus against the
railroad.
The plaintiff is a soft coal operator
on the line of the railroad which is his
only outlet to the market
On Nov. 10 the company notified Mr..
Lorain that on the following day, un-
less he sold his cCal to the American
Union Coal company, which is con-
trolled by the president of tha railroad
company, no cars would be furnished
him.
He was offered $3.50 a ton by the
American company, and he claimed to
be able to demand SO in the open
market.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
SATURDAY.

Pope Leo celebrated the 25th ami.
versary of his election Friday.
George A. Smith, found guilty at Ro.
chester of killing his wife, was ssnt'
enced to be executed in Auburn dur,
ing the week beginning March 80.
The transport Fitzpatrick will sail on
Feb. 2S from San Francisco for Samar
with the Fourteenth infantry regiment,
The men are to take the place of the
First infantry.
The house of Representatives passed
the navy appropriation bill, providing
for four new fighting ships, three train.
ing ships, additional officers and 5000
more enlisted men.
Ten lives were lost in a fire which
destroyed the Clifton hotel in Cedar
Rapids, la. Two persons were fatally
injured and two score or more injured
by jumping from windows. There
weIb 120 guests.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Steamer Overturned by Cyclone.

A cyclone struck the steamer Olive
which piled between Franklin, Va, and
Edenton. n. c., at $3.50 o'clock Mon
day night and sent her to the bottom
of the Chowan river off Woodleys
pier, between Mt. Pleasant and divers
wharf
Seventeen people are known to have
been drowned and others who were
rescued are in serious condition.
The whirlwind, when it struck the
Olive, threw her on her beams end
When she righted it was only to sink
on account Of the water she had taken
in.
A majority of the passengers and
crew were below at the time and had
no opportunity to reach the pilot house
of the vessel, which alone remained
above water.
Captain Witty and five others saved
themselves by standing all night in
the pilot house in water up to their
waists. No complete LIST of the dead
has been obtained, but it is known that
II perished.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25

Washington, Feb. 24.-The war de-
partment has sent notices to the gov
ernors of each state that it is pre-
pared to supply them upon demand,
and according to their legal allow
ances, with riot cartridges" This is
a new form of ammunition prepared by
tle experts Of the ordnance bureau, to
enable officers of the law and soldiers
to repel rioters with the least possible
loss of life to the innocent spacta-
tors" The shell is like that of the
regular one used in the army rifle, with
the important exception that instead
of the long nickel plated and steel clad
bull.t, two balls are placed in the
mouth. The design apparently is to
secure something of greater range
than buckshot, yet not dangerous 10
persons at a distance 1t Is effective
as to accuracy up to 200 yards.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Monday.

Kaiser Wihelm's statement as to
his theology has set at rest church.
mems doubts Of his orthodoxy.
Or CONS legislature chose c. w. Pul.
ton United States senator only 10 min.
utes before the expiration Of the se5.
sion.
Senators favor the increase of the
navy provided for by the house, but
may ask for smaller battle ships than
proposed.
Passengers on two Newfoundland
railway trains have been snowbound
10 days in the interior of the island,
but are suffering no hardships.
Pope Leo's celebration Of the 25th
anniversary Of his election was en-.
dured without fatigue by the pOntif,
who declared it the happie5t day Of
bis life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Price Situation Remains Strong.

Wintry weather has retarded but not
checked spring jobbing trad5, which
despite drawbacks is still far in ad.
vance of year ago.
The favorable side of the weather
situation is unquestionably the heavy
snow which has covered the entirS
surpus-producing winter wheat belt.
The price situation, indeed, taken as
a whole, is a remarkable one. Country
produce, particularly butter and eggs,
has displayed exceptional strength,
while the great majority of staples
retain all their old steadiness, except
where further advances are noted, as
in the case of cotton goods, which are
very strong at the highest prices in
years.
The vexing transportation problem,
however, Cverhangs the entire trade,
and no really new developments, GER
tainly none in the direction of lower
prices, are possible until this situation
is improved.
Wool has b5en dull and firm on re-
ports of active employment for mill
machinery and small available stocks
of the raw material.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Thursday.

Seventeen persons were drowned by
the sinking of a North Carolina river
steamer by a cyclone.
Secretary Hay and Minister Bowen
signed a protocol for the payment Of
American claims by Venezuela.
According to a dispach from Berlin,
Germany will press for payment of its
claims upon Brazil and Colombia.
Federal officers on the Yukon river
confirm the story that a gold strike
equaling that Of the Klondike has been
made in Tanana river
The widely-heralded discovery Ct
formalin as a cure for blood poisoning
is now declared by certain New York
physicians to be a failure.
Alfred Adolphus Hewlett, 80 years
old, a Syracuse millionaire, held re,
ception at his palatial residence in
West Genesee street, over 100 widows
being his guests.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Locomotive Boiler Exploded.

Pottsville, Pa, Feb. 2l.-The boiler
of the locomotive of the evening pas
senger train from Mauch Chunk to
Pottsvilla on the Philadelphia and
Reading railway exploded at Potts
vile Junction Thursday night. The
fireman CT the locomotive, Barney
Rabb of Pottsville, was instantly kill5d
The engineer, John Alexander OF Port
Carbon, was injured mortally. John
Gillespie, a passenger, from Palo Alto
was seriously injured. Many passen
gers were bruised. The injector or
the engine froze up and when it was
thawed cut, the cold water coming sud
denly in contact with the hot boiler
caused the explosion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Nominations In New Department.

The senate has confirmed the nom
ination of Hon. George B. Cortelyou
to be secretary Of commerce and labor
under the act creating the new de-
partment.
The nomination was referred to the
committee after the senate went into
executive session and the committee
was polled on the floor.
Senator Depew reported the nomin.
alton with a favorable recommends
tion II asked for immediate action
and Mr. Cortelyou was confirmed with
out opposition.
President Roosevelt on Tuesday ap-
pointed James Rudolph Garfield of
Ohio to be commissioner Of corpor-
ations under the act creating the new
department Of commerce.
Mr.. Garfield is a son of the late
President James A. Garfield, and is
at present a member of the civil ser
vinn commission
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Shamrock III Nearly Completed.

Large gangs of workmen at Glas-
gov are rapidly pushing the COM
pletion of Shamrock III. The challen-
ger is designed to carry less sail than
any challenger since Valkyrie III. All
efforts have been turned towards the
production of a yacht which will drive
easily in all weathers, especially in
turning to windward through head
sea, the lack of which quality proved
fatal to Shamrock H. With this aim
in view the challenger will be more
shallow, fuller bodied, with trihe
more beam, wider aft and with less
ov5rhang forward. All the hollow
steel spars are practically finished.
The riggers are preparing the running
and standing gear, and finishing gangs
are working on the hull The prepar-
ltions for the launch are well under
way.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Pittsburuer Stabbed.

Oil City, Feb. 23.-John Murray Of
Pittsburg, aged "a years, is at the Oi.
City hospital suffering with a severe
wound in ths left leg, the result Of q
stabbing affair in the Emlenton lookup
.Iurray and a German tramp applied
to the Emlenton authorities foI l0dg
ing and were placed in the lookup
Early IN the morning the German be
came violently insane and attacked
Murray with a sharp instrument. Lo
cal physicians dress his wounds and
sent him to the hospital here.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Friday.

A dispatch from The Hague states
that an offer of j. Pierpont Morgan OF
100000 for Rembrandt was refused
by tho owner.
Admiral Dewey declared that foreign
powers We're making better progress
than the United States in naval target
practice.
Henry Halsey, a lawyer, has perfect.
I'd a primary electric battery, which
scientists declare apparently supplies
sustained power and may reyolutionize
electric motive energy.
Thirty-two passengers on a trolley
car at Los Angeles, Cal, were forced
at points CT revolvers to surrender
cash and jewelry to the amount of be.
tween $500 and 500 to two highway.
men, who escaped.
A trolley car load-d with pupils OF
the Newark, n. j., higl school was
run into by ID. l.. and W. train.
Eight of the pupils were killed, five
died later in the hospitals, the motor.
man of the car was fatally hurt and so
or more occupants of the car were in.
jured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Newspaper Printed In MIdocean.

The Cunarder Etruria arrived Sunday
from Liverpool and Queenstown. She
reports having encountered very
stormy weather and squalls of hurri-
cane force during the passage.
The Etruria is the first steamer on
which a newspaper containing news
received by wireless telegraphy was
published On Feb, T. while bound
from New York to Liverpool with Signor
Marconi as one of the passengers, vari-
Gus items, principally of American
news, were received from the Marconi
station at Crookhaven when the YES
sci was 20 miles west of Fastnet.
These messages were printed and
copies distributed among the passen-
gers. This first mid-ocean newspaper
contained eight items of news, in all
116 words.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-25
Prize Money Decision.

Washington, Feb 2l.-The United
States supreme court decided the prize
money cases brought by Admiral Dew
ey in behalf of himself and the officers
and men of his fleet, on account OF
the vessels sunk at Manila and after
wards reclaimed, in their favor; but
the cases of Admiral Sampson, for
whose name that of Admiral Taylor
was substituted in his own behalf and
that of his officers and m5n, on ac-
count of the Maria Theresa sunk at
the battle of Santiago, were decided
adversely to the claimants. The Thet-
esa was sunk after being rescued,
whereas the vessels reclaimed at Ma
nila are still in use.