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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22
RECORDS 60 AT MEMPHIS
KILLINGS DRYING PAIRS
 SMASHES POLE AFFAIRS
High Wind Blowing Up stretch Pre- vents Dan Patch, Major Delmar and Charlie Mac Going Against Time as scheduled--sweet Marie Easily Wins the 2.O6 Trot in straight Heats.

. IFS ! ! 5 8 J 3 v flA8
 Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 21, Two worlds records were broken to-day at the Memphis Driving park c. K. c. Bill lings, of Chicago, was the driver in each event. Prince Direct and Morn ing Star, driven to pole, lowered the pacing record to pole for half mile which was 1:01A, by stepping the dis tance in 1:00%. The Monk and Equity, to pole, were sent against the trotting record to pole of 2:0S, held by them, and rounded the course in 2:O7N. A high wind was blowing up the stretch, which prevented Dan Patch, Major .Delnlar and Charley Mac from being sent against time, as. scheduled. After finishing the half in their attempt against the record Prince Direct and Morning Star were continued around the course, rounding out the mile in 2:0515 (unofficia), which equals the pole record for that distance, held by Prince Direct and Direct Hal
 Sweet Marie easily. won the 2.06 trot in straight heats.
 Tn the 2:11 trot, mile dash, The Cues tor finished first, but the judges placed him in third position for repeated breaking on the backstretch. The sum- maries:
 2:25 Pace, Purse $1,000, Two in Three. Funston, TO g, by Dick Tatus,
 dam unknown (Snow) ).....,. l straWpile, gr g, by Lunar Hal ;.
 (Spillman) ....E.5..5.s.3.... l 3 3 Ed C., m by Fair Lawn
 Medium (Foote and McDon .5.} .l. .. q Emil sD., D g, by Captain Cook
 Time 2:l4k, 2;osA, 2:12. X Tom Axworthy, TO g, by Axworthy
 Nell (Sanders) ............... 1 Ozone, b g (Foote) e)......5.......... 2 Emily Letcher. D m (Rea) ).......,.. 3 Getaway, oh g (Stetson) ....s.=....... 4
 Time -2:12A
 2;11 Trot, Purse S40O, Mile, One Heat. Yansandt, b m, by Chimes Bell (Dev-
 ereaux) !. ...5...s..........z.... Euxenite, gr m lThomas) .......... The tsuestor, b g (Geers) .s.......... Invader, D 8 (Demarestl l.....=..... Afrship, blk h tTrotter) ).......... dss
 TimeT2:09A.
 2:e6 Trot, Purse $1,000, Two in Three. Sweet Marie, m, by Mckinney
 IMcDonald) .............. i 1 Snyder McGregor, oh g, by Gill;
 man McGregor (TIogan) ....... 8 2 Fereno, br m (Benyon) .....4.... 2 3 Wentworth, blk g (Spear) )...... 4 l Chase, b g (Geers) s)........... ds Time-2:05H, 2:061k. 2 2:08 Pace, s400, one-half Mile, One Heat. Don N, TO E, by Little Joker (Val- Lulu May, blk m tCarter) .........s 2 Nancy H., br m (Hudson) ......... 8 Oregon Maid, br m (Stetson) ........ 4 Time--1;01
 To Beat Half-Mile Pacing Record of
 1:01A to Pole.
 Prince Direct and Morning Star (Mr.
 Time by quarters-SO, 1:oo@. To Beat Mil eTrotting Record of 2:0S to < Pole
 The Monk and Equity MT. Billings) 1
 Time by quarters--:32, l:03, 1:34%, OshT t | s- t- 5 '
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22

To Beat Half-Mile Pacing Record of
 1:01A to Pole. Prince Direct and Morning Star (Mr. Bil1ings) .........,......... Time by quarters-:30, 1:o0&.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22

To Beat Mil eTrotting Record of 2:OS to
 Pole. The Monk and Equity (Mr Billings) i Time by quarters-:32, 1:0S, 1:34%, 2:07%4.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22
':o6 Trot, Purse $1,000, Two in Three. SIYeeI Marie m by Mckinney
2 2:08 Pace, $400, One-half Mile, One Heat.
 Don M. TO E, bY Little Joker (Yal-

4t5 : s5ss s.s Lulu May, blk m (Carter) ........ Nancy H., br m (Hudson) ......... Oregon Maid, br m (Stetson) ........
 Time---1 :01%.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22

2:28 Trot, Purse $400, Mile, One Heat Tom Axworthy, TO g, by Axworthy-
 Nell (Sanders) :. ................. Ozone, b g (Foote) )............... Emily fletcher. D m (Rea) ....., Getaway, oh g (Stetson) ..,........
 Time-2:12A,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22
CLEVELAND MAKES ONLY
 SPEECH OF CAMPAIGN
THOUSANDS STRUGGLE FOR ENTRANCE TO CARNEeIEHALL.

Former President Has to Plead for auiet-ovation Lasted over Two Minutes-His Allegiance to Demo- cratic Party Enhaneed-spesksO of tn Infalliability of supereiIiOusness m. of Platform Claims.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-22
s2:11 Trot, Purse $400 Mile, One Heat.
 Yansandt, b m, bY. Chimes Bell (DeY-

: Euxenite, gr in (Thomas) ........ 2 The Guestor, b g (Geers) .......... Invader, b g (Demarest) )........ 4 Airshlp, blk h (Trotter) ).......... ds
 Ttnle--2:091l.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

At the quarterly meeting of the
Board of Pardons held at the Cap
itol last Monday, forty-two ap-
plications were considered. Those
who were granted clemency were
E. T. B., 873, committed from sew
en- and one-half years to four years;
B. j. c., 1915, committed from
three years and nine months to
two years and six months; A. L.,
1l73, committed from three years
to one year and six months.
The following cases were taken
under advisement: w. F., 1924;
j. H., 5476; P. D. S., 1896; E. W.,
5681; w. B., 51O9; j. D., 5195.
The following cases were con-
tinued: T. E. s., 5577; o. L., 3742;
L. T., 5O28; j. G. H., 5158; G. F. H.,
5157; II. S. NJ, 5155.
The following petitions were
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
EXCHANGE BOX.

To the occupants of 354 and 296:
The Boston Transcript costs $3.50
per year. It is republican and is
published weekly and daily only.
The occupant of room 2O9 would
like to exchange the Eau Claire
Leader, Duluth News Tribune,
Cincinnati Enquirer, Osseo Re-
corder, Pigeon Falls Times, Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, Augusta Lead
or, Fairchild Times, Farmers
Tribune and several magazines for
the following papers: Butte Miner,
Milwaukee Journal, Fargo Forum,
Seattle Times, st. Cloud Journal
Press, San Francisco Examiner and
Little Falls, Mimi, paper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
The Coloring Qualities Of Pepper
s.. D..

Canaries when fed with cayenne
pepper gradually change their COL
or, passing from yellow to red. Cay
enne pepper contains a tinctorial
substances, an Initiative principle
and an oil. When the last two
substances are extracted by Steep
ing in alcohol, pepper loses it's
coloring properties, but an addi-
ton of olive oil restores them.
From this fact the conclusion is
drawn that the oil principle of
pepper is the necessary vehicle of
color. Experiments made with
white hens gave similar results.
These hens have also the quality
of being able to indicate changes
of temperature by marked change
of plumage. The yolk of their
egg is bright red.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Saved by His Wits.

The Duke of Wellington once
met by accident an officer in state
of inebriety.
Look here, SIR" said the Iron
Duke, what would you do if you
met one of your men in the condi-
ton in which I find your"
The officer drew himself up, gave
the military salute and replied
with great gravity, II would not
condescend to speak to the bruter'
His wit saved him his commission.
Eek.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
We wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this office with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. Each
paper must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive It and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Movement of The population
Prison Population. IF tho nrison
during the past week remained
about stationary. Eight prisoners
we're discharged and eleven we're re-
ceived. The following are those
who were discharged: F. H. H.,
$685.; G.. j., 1896; L. S., 54O2;
R. J. A., 997; II. B., 66S; J. R.,
1850; E. B.. $50, and E. F., 564O,
who was paroled.
The population is 624. The
first grade lcontains 40; second
al and third, thirteen.
The latest register number is
400.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Il. W. Wright, secretary of the
state Board of Control, has re-
signed, to take effect Oct. Is. He
will remove to Los Angeles, CAL,
to engage in business. MI. Wright
was in the employ of the Iowa
Board of Control, and came to
Minnesota in 1901, as first secre.
tary of the Board, helping to Or
ganize the system.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

The following interview, anent
the crowded condition of our pris-
on, appeared in the st. Paul
Globe lastsSaturday:
"It is a serious problem" said
is. w. Leavett, of the Board of
Control, in speaking of the best
way Of solving the question. ''The
State has a lot of money tied up
in it's Saltwater penitentiary build
ings. In the stone wall alone, in
closing the group of buildings, it
has invested a large sum. The
state cannot we'll afford to abandon
these buildings and probably never
will, but there is very little oppor-
tunity, from the peculiar natural
conditions at Saltwater, to enlarge
the PRISONS facilities for housing
and caring for many more men. 1t
is true that a majority Of the pres
ent buildings are not modern, but
[ do not think that they are so
unsanitary as to endanger the
health or lives of the inmates.
"The mistake was made in locat-
ing the prison on this narrow strip
of land along the river, but it was
done and the state hasgone on from
year to year appropriating money
for new buildings and for the re-
pair of the old ones until we have
a large sum of money invested in
this plant. 1t is, of course, possible
to build second states prison at
some other point in the state, but
the Saltwater institution has not
grown to such proportions that it's
size would warrant division of it's
inmates. Six or seven hundred
men are but fraction of the
number confined in some of the
Eastern penal institutions, and not
on this account will it be recon-
mended, if such a recommendation
be made, that a second state prison
be provided for by the legisla-
ture."
tits admitted that the state Board
of Control will submit the facts of
the unfortunate crowded condition
at Saltwater to the next legislature
and will ask the legislature to
care for the surplus either by
voting an appropriation to enlarge
and improve the present buildings
or to make an appropriation on
which to make start on buildings
for second state prison, located at
some other point than Saltwater.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

At Sunday mornings chapel
exercises Professor Hewitt enter
tanned the congregation by render
ing a trombone solo. The vocal
and instrumental music is now one
of the pleasing attractions of the
chapel exercises.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

denied: J. G.. n, 1861; R. O., 51l6;
w: j. K, ITO; 9. E. L., 1888;
F. S., Sol; J. E. g., 5611; J. T.,
1894; J. J. S., 666; w. p, 1878;
E. f., 564O; G. A. L., 11O6; F. NJ,
1910; A. B., S19; L. B, IT'S; E. O.,
69S.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Marching was omitted last Sun
day on account of the inclemency
of the weather.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

The occupants of 3O7 and Ali
were removed to PA and 246 re.
spectively.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
QuiipS.
(By III. L. P.)

Wy IL. ~. -
Many man who thinks he
would make great general, at the
head of dashing troops is crayeR
coward when it comes to fighting
life's battles.
There are classes of foreigners
cannibals refuse to eat-the man
who drinks whiskey and the man
who smokes tobacco. The MAJOR
ity of the inmates of this institu-
ton may undertake foreign travel.
upon their discharge, with a feel
ing of safety.
Scientists teach us that we are
assembled from the monkey. It
would be nearer the truth to say
we are descended from that imita
tive race. Who ever heard of
monkey filling up on rotgut whis-
key or sticking a cigarette in his
face.
When we indulge in bitter de-
nunciation of our fellowmen we
should take heed of the command.
''frst cast the beam from your own
eye then pluck the mote from your
neighbours eye. Abuse and back
biting never yet accomplished any
good.
Now is the married mans time
of woe. It is said by prominent
dressmaker that it will take thirty
yards of material to make an au-
tumn dress. Joyously will he hail
the advent of summer and the,
bathing suit.
Tommy Upton is going to.
make another play for the interna-
tional yachtcup. Surely his bump
of Consciousness is we'll developed
A New Yorker has high degree
of horse sense; he has been living
on grass for six months, reducing
the meat diet to it's first principles
When bidding farewell to this.
institution make sure it IS not a.
Patti farewell.
There are enough kickers incar--
cerated in this bastile to make
champion football team.
Our population certainly is aris-
tocratic. So many of us arrive in
cognito.
An eminent sculptor says that
the human foot is growing smaller
Chicago will now lose her prestige.
An Ohio man was arrested for
killing an agent; he should have
been presented with gold medal
j. Pierpont Morgan's money is
going to the dogs. He recently
gave $4,000 for four collies.
The Chinese empress has pur-
chased an automobile embellished
with dragons. Thus advances
Western civilization.
Among the list of great (?) men
who are retiring from their life
long employment we find the name
of John L. Sullivan. He says heo
has given up fighting "booze."
The curfew will soon ring, for
the imitation panama's.
Saved bu His Wits.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Those men who have been re-
ceiving papers from this Office will
be supplied the same as usual. In
week or 80 we hope to be more
familiar with things, and will see
that each man gets his papers reg
ularly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Next to good deeds the highest
work man can do is to inculcate
noble and true ideals in the minds
of others.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Night Turnkey Goldsmith is
away on furlough. Guard O. B.
johnson is acting turnkey dur
ing his absence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

In dry air sound travels 1,442
feet a second, in water 1900 feet.
and in iron 1850 feet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 500 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. s. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. CorcOran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

A bran new printers devil was
added to The MIRROR force last
Saturday. Yes, he saw the type
lice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
PlOtSam and JetSam.


rial belt will be the only habitable
part of the globe. Perhaps that
is why the crowned apostle of
peace is engaged in an extermin-
ating war. When the earth is rid
OF its surplus population there
will be room on the equator for
the balance.
Steam and electricity have rout.
ed many of the old beliefs and
superstitions of Jack Tar. The
sailor of today looks in vain for
the mermaid. She now dwells in
her coral halls, singing her siren
songs and combing her golden
hair in chaste seclusion. St. Elmo's
fiery cross is no longer seen at the
yardarm, and the Flying Dutch
man has made his last trip around
the Horn.
But Jack has still left one of
his old friends the great sea SER
pent. Steam or electricity cannot
exercise that ghost. From time to
time it comes to life; so frequent,
indeed, that one cannot help ask
ing in all earnestness if it does not
really exist. Of course we can
readily understand how a super
stitious, imaginative old tar who
had just spliced the main brace
with good 0. P. rum might readily
mistake a great length of seaweed,
undulating in serpentine fashion
with the swell, for a sea serpent;
but when officers and men of a
modern man of war-persons of in
telligence and scientific knowledge
testify that in such and such a
degree of latitude and longitude
they saw sea serpent cutting
through the water not quarter of
mile off the ship, and when all
agree as to the shape, color and
general dimensions of the creature,
we can hardly dub them fools be-
cause their story does not agree
with our former beliefs.
[ have questioned many seamen
regarding this serpent, and while
I never have found one who has
actually seen it, all sailors seem to
be under the impression that there
does exist fish of the couger. eel
species of enormous size. And
after making due allowance for
imagination, credulity and exag-
geration, I have reached the con-
clusion that such fish, measuring
from thirty to fifty yards in length.
is occasionally to be seen both in
Oriental and Occidental waters.
In fact, that there are couger cells
which bear the same relation in
size to the ordinary ones as the
boaconstrictor and anaconda do to
the smaller snakes, is not sur
prising.
$. D.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Many a man who thinks he
would make a great general, at the
head of dashing troops is craven
coward when it comes to fighting,
life's battles.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

A large crew of men, under the
supervision of Guard Sullivan, is
at work tamping Main st.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.

Guard Arsenault reported for
duty Sunday evening.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.

BOARD OF CONTROL.
j. F. JACOBSON, Chairman Madison
8. W. LEAVETT, Litchfeld
o. B. GOULD, Winona
h. w. WRIGHT, Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden
J. s. GLENNON. Deputy Warden
NJ. G. COLLIGAN, Asst. Deputy Warden
II. W. DAVIS, Clerk and Accounting Officer
F. M. BORDWELL, Steward
B. j. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
8. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
y. Il. BARNCARD. st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
HHELIOGRAMSH
III By F. M. III

The great trouble with most
young men who go shopping in the
matrimonial market is that they
can't tell the difference between a
duckie and mud hen.
A writer says that Governor
OdelI took Senator Tom Plat by
the nape of the neck and the slack
Of his pants and pitched him over
board. Tom has been thrown over
board on many different occasions,
but he's an expert swimmer and
always makes safe landing.
Local poets will be pleased to
learn that our new editor is partial
to long haired warblers, as he him
self is member Of the rhyme
builders association. Shy an ode
at him.
How is poor fellow going to
live that is released from prison
one year hence? Elijah Dowie has
nearly every sucker in the country
corralled.
It looks suspicious when a tenn
perance advocates breath smells
OF cloves.
The independent voter is gen.
orally man who is not dependent
on any political party for his liv-
ing.
Actors throughout the country
propose to organize union. It is
safe to say that nine out OF every
ten members will be walking dele
gates.
A United States law that would
forbid the employing of boys un-
der sixteen years Of age, would be
the Gibraltar Of American man.
hood.
The red eye of today is often
the black eye Of tomorrow.
A writer says that if President
Roosevelt is reelected the stork
will become the symbol Of this
country instead of the eagle.
Mr.. Davis is eighty years old
but he seems to be the liveliest
wire in the democratic battery.
In her new book Carrie Nation
says that the first time her sweet
heart kissed her, she was so shocked
she nearly tainted. Now, I don't
believe you could shock Carrie
with the aid of whole electric
light plant.
Elijah Dowie says that hereafter
he will be known by the name OF
John Alexander; but in the great
hereafter the chances are that his
name will be Dennis.
The mikado's little brown men
can't hit the little brown Jug very
often on As cents a month.
The wife of an Iowa preacher
has sued him for divorce on the
l.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

The great trouble with most
young men who go shopping in the
matrimonial market is that they
can't tell the difference between a
duckie and mud hen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

There are classes of foreigners,
cannibals refuse to eat-the man,
who drinks whiskey and the man
who smokes tobacco. The MAJOR.
ity of the inmates of this institu-
ton may undertake foreign travel,
upon their discharge, with a feel
ing of safety.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

A writer says that Governor
OdelI took Senator Tom Plat by
the nape of the neck and the slack
Of his pants and pitched him over
board. Tom has been thrown over
board on many different occasions,
but he's an expert swimmer and
always makes safe landing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

It is evident that Sinbad is of
the opinion that the beautiful
growth of lilacs that adorns the
face of the little German is all the
flowers that The MIRROR Office is
in need of at present.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

The curfew will soon ring for
the imitation panama's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Local poets will be pleased to
learn that our new editor is partial
to long haired warblers, as he him
self is a member of the rhyme
builders association. Shy an ode
at him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Scientists teach us that we are
assembled from the monkey. It
would be nearer the truth to say
we are descended from that imita-
tive race. Who ever heard of
monkey filling up on rotgut whis-
key or sticking a cigarette in his
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Among the list of great (?) men
who are retiring from their life
long employment we find the name
of John L. Sullivan. He says he
has given up fighting "booze.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Actors throughout the country
propose to organize a union. It is
safe to say that nine out OF every
ten members will be walking dele
gates.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-20
TO REPRlMAND ouNDoNALD.
Winston Churchill Said He Should
 Have Been RecaI1eu.

Winston Churchill Said He Should Have Been ReCaI1eu.
 LONDON, July 2o-In the house of commons MT. Lloyd d-George wanted the government to reprimand Lord Dun donald for his speech at Montreal while commanding the Canadian mili- tia and to prevent him continuing his agitation against the Canadian govern ment.
 Winston Churchill seconded the mo- tion and maintained that Lord Dundon- aid ought to have been recalled.
 War Secretary Arnold Forster, in be- half of the government, deprecated the raising of the question, especially as the Canadian government had not men, toned the subject and was well able to take care of itself. Nobody, he said, had suggested that Lord DundonaId was guilty of anything beyond want of judgment, and he declined to express an opinion on the matter until Lord Dundonald, who had been requested to return home, had been heard in his own defense.
 MT. Lloyd Georges motion was nega- lived without a division.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-20
LACEY ESTATE HEARING
 CONTINUED TO TOMORROW

Another hearing for the appointment of an administrator upon the estate of Edward T. Lacey was held before Judge Hungerford in the probate court this morning. Attorneys Russell and Kelley appeared for Mrs Lacey and At torney Carmody for the cousins, who claim an interest in the estate. The law states plainly that the widow shall first claim to be appointed administra- tor unless some reasonable objection shall be offered against her. Attorney Carmody was not prepared to furnish evidence this morning against the ap- pointment, but stated that he thought no evidence would be needed since Judge Lowe had appointed a disinter. ested person as administrator. 1t was decided, however, to adjourn the hear ing until tomorrow morning in order to give Attorney Carmody an opportun- ity to furnish the necessary evidence.
 The cousins, who claim an interest in the estate,will try to have Lacey's mar riage with Mrs Brophy annuled on the ground that he was unduly influenced by her. The case will be strongly fought If it ever comes to trial.