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The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
STRA1T0N SUIT ENDS
FULL VICTORY FOR THE ESTATE
United States Supreme Court Denies
Writ Of Certiorari-Lawyers for
Estate Expect to Win Another SUIT
Now Pending.

Now Pending.
Colorado Springs. Colo. April IL
The United States Supreme Court at
Washington yesterday denied the APP
plication of the Stratton's Independ-
ence Company, Limited. for writ Of
certiorari In its suit against the execu-
tors OF the Stratton estate for $4,000
600. This means that the estate has
won victory in the Supreme Court
and practically all litigation is now at
an end. Both in the United States
Circuit Court and the Circuit Court OF
Appeals decisions were rendered in
favor OF the estate. In the latter court
the decision was handed down in St
Louis only Il few weeks ago, and the
London company Immediately applied
to the United States Supreme Court
for a writ Of cerriorari
There is still pending in the United
States Circuit Court in Denver a suit
brought by the Venture company
against the estate for $4,000. 900, but
the leading points involved in both
suits are the same. SO that the eXecu-
tors are confident of winning in the
suit now pending.
The ground Tor the suits was the al
legged sailing of the Stratton's lnde-
pendence mine by the late w. S. STRAIT
ton. The mine was sold to the Ven
ture people and the Strattons Inde-
pendence, Limited Company organ
lied. The price was 81 100000. The
sale was negotiated by Werner u. Reed
of this city, and he is popularly sup
posed to have received a commission
of 81 900, 900.
When the charge of sailing the mine
was first made 1t created a profound
Mr.. StrattOn never for a moment cred
tied the charge, and all along the cN-
ecutOrS of the estate have expressed
themselves as confident of victory.
The news of yesterdays decision
came in telegram to the firm of Meal
lister L. Candy, the attorneys for the
Stratton estate in this city. Associated
with them in the defense were Justice
Luther NJ. Goddard of the State Su-
preme Court and f. T.. Whitted OF the
firm of Dimes & Whitted of Denver.
The London company was represented
by Thomas, Bryant Il Lee and Charles
j. Hughes, Jr., of Denver. and Samuel
Entcrmeyer and Marshall of New YOrl.
City.
The final settlement of this suit
brings the Myron Stratton Home on.
step nearer Of realization. With this
suit out of the way long stride in the
direction of beginning work on the
home has been accomplished.
The suit of Leslie w. Popejoy for SS.-
100000 as an alleged partner of STRAIT
ton, is not taken seriously.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Death Sentence at CeadviIIe.

Leadville. Colo, April 12.-For the
first time in twenty years the death
penalty was imposed yesterday by a
jury in Lake county. Patrick Bren-
nan. who was tried esterday for the
murder OF Mrs. Kate Lowney at
Stumptown last Christmas night. was
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree. the jury recommending that the
death penalty be imposed Two of
,the jury held out long time for life
Isentence.
Brennan is twenty-eiSht years old
fHe came here from Butte last May
land has no relatives and few friends
in this community. He apparently
!keenly felt his desperate position. but
jRceived the verdict calmly and re-
Nsed to discuss it.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
TO TAKE vLADIv0ST0K
oYAMA's ARMIES ON THE MOVE
Believe They Can Take the Fortress
Defenses Said to Be Weak
on Land Side.

Chicago. April l2.-Walter Wellman,
wiring from Washington to the Rec
ord-Herald, says:
Field Marshal Oyama plans to cap
ture Vladivostok before the Russion
fleet. or any part Of 1t. can reach that
port. This Information has been re-
csived hero through trustworthy chan
neis.
~One Of the greatest strategy games
the world ever saw is now being
played in Asia and Asiatic water, and
military students as well as diplomats
are watching 1t with keenest interest.
FOR the Japanese the capture Of
Vladivostok would be q trump card.
They have not yet captured the place
and may fail to do SO. The thawing Of
the soil and the muddiness OF the
roads is factor now working heavily
against them. But if they succeed
they will have checkmated a possible
Russian move-the assemblage of a
part of their fleets at this strong base
and subsequent harassment of Japan
ese shipping and raids of transports.
II the land forces Of Japan can cap
ture Vladivostok during the coming
three or four weeks. or before the sur
vivors of Rojestvensky's ships can get
, there. great point will have been
scored. The Russia Us, no matter in
what condition they find themselves
after the forthcoming series of en-
gagements with Togo will have no
haven of retreat. no place to retire for
repairing and reftting.
1T is well known that Oyama is
making flank movement in force to-
ward kirin and to the eastward there
OF. This force is supporting Kawa-
mura, who should now be near the
city.
According to reports received here
! the Russians have not large garrison
in Vladivostok Most of the troops
formerly stationed there have been
sent to reinforce the main army in
Manchuria. Nor is the port strongly
defended by fortresses and guns on
the land side. The Russians never
anticipated an attack from the rear.
There were many things which they
did not anticipate. but which have &C.
tually happened since this war began.
In building Vladivostok they
planned a well nigh impregnable naval
/ fort. Such it is. But its land defenses
! are weak.
THE japanese believe that within
two or three weeks after starting their
siege they may carry the place by as
sault. It may cost a lot of men, but
the game is worth the candle"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Chicago Teansters' Strike,

Chicago. April l1.-There was moth
ing in yesterdays developments that
would indicate that there is to be a
peaceable settlement of the strike in
augurated by the teamstcrs against the
mail order house OF Montgomery
Ward & Co. Wagons and vans of the
big store manned by non-uniOn men
made several turbulent trips deliver
ing goods to railroad freight houses
Although big and noisy crowds fol
lowed the caravans. and the police
were forced to break number of
blockades. deliveries to the railroads
We're declared by the officials of the
store to have been a great deal more
successful than last weeks efforts.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Bills Signed.

The following bills were signed by
Governor Mcdonald April 7th:
S. b. a, Alexander--AppropriatinG
$50, 900 for new buildings OF the school
Of mines.
s. B. AZ, Pryor-Appropriatin $780,
900 for State Insane Asylum.
S. b. 49, Drake-Appropriati $780,
900 for agricultural equipment at aS-
ricultural college.
S. b. 81, misunderstanding chill
dren.
S. b. 139, Lcwis-Appropriati
100000 for State Penitentiary and
$50 900 for a new cellhOuse.
S. b. l59 Booth-Appropriating s2G,-
500 for girls industrial school.
S. B. 2l3. Ballinger-Appropriating
$40, 0,G9S.14 10 complete state capitol.
S. L. 215. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
$G3 900 for maintenance state capitol
and $1,000 for furniture.
S. b. 312. Ballinger-Water users
rights.
II. Il. Il, Church--Appropriati
100000 for boys school at Golden.
II. b. 43. Stephen-Appropriat
$4,000 for school for deaf and blind.
II. b. ". keezer-Appropriatin
$4,000 for buildings and $4,000 for
maintenance.
H. b. lOS, Observation-Disclosures
10000 for State Normal School.
H. B. 1877, Vance-Appropriatin &C.
900 for Humane Society.
H. b. 15l, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ling $4,000 for Soldiers and Sailors
home.
II. B. 1893, Smith-Exempting from
juror service county and judicial Off
rnil nfV
per reporters.
H. b. $40, Cook-l,pr-cnriating s73.-
900 for state reformatory.
H. b. 1874, MacLeod-Regulating
granting of franchises.
II. b. SOC, Breckenridge-Compel
ling wires to be strung at least 20 feet
from the ground over rights of way.
H. b. 337, Cannon-FOr relief OF ami
mails injured on railroads.
On the Sth inst. Governor McDon-
aid signed Senate Bill No. 245, which
appropriates $4,000 for the use of the
Grand Army of the Republic in the
entertainment of the national encamp-
ment next September. 1t has become
a law with the emergency clause III
It.
The governor also signed house bill
105, which provides a fund of $1,000
to be used in erecting a monument TO
the memory of the members of the
First Colorado cavalry who saw ser
vice in the War of the Rebellion. John
ID. Rowland is named in the bill as
member of the committee to select the
site. He was a member of the regi-
ment Gov. Mcdonald also signed the
following bills during the day:
S. b. 81, Harris-Wagon road in La
Plata county; $4,000 appropriation.
S. B. 50, Jefferson Bridge in Routt
county, across Yampa river; $1,000 ap-
preparation.
S. B. IS. kennedy-Wagon road in
Hinsdale county; $500 appropriation.
S. b. &c, Wagon road in Tel
Ter and Fremont counties; 100000 ap-
preparation.
S. b. So, Wood-Wagon bridge in
Prowers county. $4,000.
5. B. 50. Wood-Bridge in Prowers
county. $1,000.
5. b. 1Oi, AleXandcr-Complete
bridge in jefferson county, $500.
S. b. l01, Wood-Bridge in Las Ami
mas county, $4,000.
S. b. 1l3, DeLong-Complete wagon
road in Mesa county. $4,000.
S. b. l3S, Iill-Isridge in Morgan
county. 5000
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Not Yet at Harbin.

, Harbin, April Information re
ceivcd at the Russian headquarters
seems to definitely establish the fact
that only Chinese bandits under III"
lead of Japanese officers together with
some Japanese cavalry are operating
westward toward Tsitsihar, their OBJ
ject evidently being to raid the rail-
road communications. There is, how
ever, a real turning movement eas'-
ward OF kirin. said to be under the
command of General Oku. The roads
have grown desperately bad.
Japanese proclamations have been
issued giving the state of the roads az
an excuse for the date OF their entry
into Harbin having been changed tEouI
April 10th to April 3Oth.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Earthquake Kills Thousands.

calcutta, April 9.-Telegraphic com
mUDication with Dharmsala has been
ycs.ored. The latest accounts show
thai he earthquake was even more dis
asIrUus than at first believed.
q a total population of nearly $500
in fLe town of kangra, It is believed
that only 500 are left alive. Many or
these have fed. OF the police only a
deputy inspector and four sergeants
are alive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
Now Watch the Kaiser.

We imagine the battle of Mukden
will greatly excite the German emperor
Kuropatkin, according to the latest
comments, failed because he was
trained to handle maximum of 100000
mon, and when called upon to manage
three times that number fell down.
The German maneuvers have usually
been built around aggregations of units
numbering 100000 or less, and when
the emperor hears that it is neces-
sary to drill and instruct bodies of
half million men to act as one, he will
get tremendously busy. The German
bank of the Rhine will be strewn with
brigades and regiments will be thick as
leaves in Vallombrosa.
The emperor may get so much inspir-
alton out Of the Mukden incident as to
make him forget for while the pre-
nuptial troubles he is having over the
settlement in life Of the heir. to the
throne. Reports say that the emperor
has made quite mess Of the Wooing of
/ his eldest son. He has been convicted
+ of the most ridiculous, buttinsky'
ventures. in none Of which has he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
BOOK NEWS
AND GOSSIP
THE UNEASY CHAIR

TRAGIC TALE OF A "HiGH PRIEST
OF THE CULT OF BLUE BLOOD AND
VIRGIN ARlSTOCRACY."-A life built
upon a mistaken ideal Is ever tragical. So
he who seeks to maintain a rank above
his fellows merely because of some acct
dent of birth lives a tragedy whose depth
Is measured by just the extent to which
his error misleads him. It is this fact
that gives to that homely old saying,
every tub must stand on it's own bot
TOM" a deep significance, often hidden
by the very LONELINESS of the metaphor.
HOW deep and sOmber may be the
tragedy of life of mistaken ideals, or.
OF human tub trying to stand on the
bottom OF Its ancient lineage Ito adapt the
metaphor to a case in hand) is seen,
as it can seldom be seen in book, in
sroke OF Covenden, a novel by J. c.
Snaith.
Broke was blue blood of the blue
bloods OF Great Britain in his fanatical
falth IN the ar1stocracy. But his faith had
not prevented him from falling into finan-
cial straits He had a clever wife. q,
handsome son and six daughters, always
beautifully clean, fond of outdoor life and
active, but with few other attractions.
The open hope Of the wife, and doubtless
the secret hope of Broke, was that the
son would marry certain wealthy young
woman OF his own plane of life He
didn't; he secretly married shopgirl.
Then hope shifted to Della, the youngest
daughter. And there, too, hope failed.
In a frenzy Of snobbishness Broke put
the two out Of his life, and the life Of
Covenden. The tragedy of the son of an
ancient race deepened from debt to death,
yet he was left to suffer and inflict suf-
fering. .....s.:..-
Plainly the tale is somber, somber as a
chill, wet day in late fall. It is relieved
only by the bcsotted humor Of little, but
| big-hearted Lord Bosket, uncle of the
girls, and devotee Of whisky and soda and
| of horses. Nevertheless the story is one
of unusual power and merit as a work of
the noveists art It ought to shake the
Briton's foolish faith in blood alone as
| stuff of which to make MEN, and con-
vince him that achievement means blood
and tears and the fire.
The author, at least, has spared no
pains in driving home the lesson. For
example, he makes Della say to her Sis
ters, Mortified at the discovery that she
is in love with the son of "a little horror
of a BOOKSELLER:
| was reading the other day book by great
| author that you have not even heard Of so it
| is of to tell you his name. The book
| was called 1.-THE Book Of Snobs,' and the peo-
pie in it were SO cruel and horrid and low-minded
that I felt sure they did not exist out of the
| readers imagination. But now find that they
| do You are those people. The author meant
you, am certain, and am quite ashamed to be
| connected with you. don't suppose you know
what snob is. will tell you. A snob is a
mean admirer of mean things. Say that over
| to yourselves, and I wish you would read the
! book. Then you would see Just what you look
| like.
| Herbert B. Turner & Co., Boston.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
AT THE THEATERS
The "Parsifai" Flower MaIdens

The "Parsfa" Flower MaIdens.
The twenty-four young women who are
the flower maidens in Henry w. Savage s
production Of "Parsifal,'' which will be
seen for the half week commencing next
Monday at the Metropolitan, are far re-
moved from the ordinary chorus girls.
They are the pick Of 1900 young women
sent to Mr.. Savage by their singing teach
erS.
Last spring Mr.. Savage sent out call
to all the principal vocal teachers between
Boston and Chicago, saying that he
wanted twenty-four particularly good
voices for this work, and specifying that
these should be exceptionally attractive.
Twelve hundred and thlrty-seven voices
were examined and passed on in six
weeks. Out of these eighty were chosen
and the final choice Of the twenty-four
was left to Conductor Walter H. Rothwell.
The music allotted to the flower maid
ems chorus is great difficulty and
with it must be combined dancing and
posing. Good judges say that this wom-
ems chorus is the most remarkable COL
lection Of singers ever gathered on the
stage, and never has the music been
sung so well.
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and they were, but what of the mighty
unseen registry Of illustrious mothers
who set the earliest examples Of right
living to children who have accom-
plished great and benefcent things for
the world, the vast majority Of whose
names are not written upon any scroll
Of honor and fame? When Napoleon
asked Madame de Campan what was
wanting IN France to young persons to
be well brought up, she replied, "Moth-
ers, sire,' AMI when Marie Antoinette
was asked how she had gained the conf
,dence and obedience of her children,
she said, "I have made them all feel
that yes or no pronounced by me is ir-
revocable, but 1 always give them a rea-
son, within the comprehension of their
age, to prevent them from thinking
that it is mere temper on my part
Intelligent and loyal obedience to the
parental code is the first step to the
maintenance Of law and order in the
home, where American citizens receive
their first lessons in civic duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
Az 1yIZEEESzMvG 4&K4Ez5H2nzZvG4ZA GzAMGX
lzATE 6EENACCOlLZLEzED

This is an age Of hustle, says writer
in the London Daily Mail. The fact
that 'time is money! has been borne in
upon all classes and professions, and the
characteristic feature Of the century is
hurry. "Hurry, or be left - is the mot
to of the up-to-date man of action, who
has forgotten the meaning Of 'Festina
lente,'' and hurry he does to such good
purpose that some of the feats per-
formed by him appear to verge upon the
miraculous.
The accompanying diagram shows how
some Of the recent remarkable feats
in the art Of hustling compare with one
another in respect to time occupied in
completing them. Some Of the feats re-
corded were performed by a single
brain, others were the acts of groups of
men. Some represent instances of un-
premeditated hustle, while upon others
long thought had provided beforehand
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
The Mothers Congress.

The Mothers' congress, which assem-
week and will continue in session this
week, altho originating in the closing
years Of the nineteenth century, is a
twentieth century movement, gathering
strength continually and enlisting pub
lie interest, which must be very graft
flying to Mrs. Theodore Birney, who
started it.
In the main, the subjects of discus
sion have been of a practical character,
while a tendency to theorize and lug in
unrelated topics has been observed.
Mrs. Birney intended that the congress
should more especially deal with the du-
ties and responsibilities. of motherhood
the home and the training of children,
but occasionally enthusiastic champions
Of the expansion Of woman s civic pre-
negatives leave motherhood in the dim
distance. Obviously consistent topics
on the present program are Mrs. Theo-
dore Birney's Sympathetic Parent
hood;' Mrs. Ramsey's "Juvenile
Court Work;' DR.. Wiley's "Pure Food
for Children;' DR.. Hall IS "New Ideal
of Motherhood Caused by Child
study;' Mrs. Murray's "Negro Child
rem of America,' while addresses will
be delivered by experts on the children
Of Spanish-America, of Japan, and Of
Porto Rico. Yesterday afternoon the
congress discussed the religious training
Of children.
Of course, in these addresses, the
speakers will bring forth things new
and old. There are people who would
abolish all the children, and others who
would combine judiciously the new and
the old. It is most encouraging, how
ever, to know that, after a long period
Of demoralizatio ion and neglect of child
training, the mothers are turning their
attention to the duty in a systematic
way, and reaching out for light and
guidance and approaching the necessity
of having law and order in the house
hold and bringing up children in full
recognition of their SUFFICIENTLY to
them, not as to tyrannies, but in loyal
obedience to the ruling power, which,
welded by true woman, will be min
istry Of compassion and love, imparting
the needed element Of tenderness, with
out fatal compromise, to the home train
ing under the home code. The mother,
the trainer, who has no proper concep-
ton of life is incapable Of doing her
duty, especially if she overlooks the
fact that there is really no time in the
child's life when it is unconscious Of
what is going on about it, but that i'm
pressions are made and fixed even be-
fore it shows, acts of intelligence.
Cornelia, mother Of the Gracchi;
Monica, mother of st. Augustine;
Blanche of CASTLE, mother Of st. Louis
(Louis Ky; Mary, the mother Of Wash
ington; Marie Antoinette, the martyr
to. French revolutionary frenzy, are
often referred to as illustrious mothers,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
The Next National Conventions.

In all probability there will be a
number Of candidates for the next re-
publican nomination for president. We
do not mention this with the idea of
deciding at this time whom the party
shall choose, but to suggest some definite
arrangements about the convention.
In the first place, it ought to be de-
Lucrative body. Its proceedings
should be audible to the delegates and
to the representatives of the press.
Parties of late years have gone to an
extreme in holding their conventions in
great barns whose size and shape pre-
cludes the idea of their having any
acoustic properties whatever. This has
resulted in the conventions being run
by mobs from the galleries and claques
which made their way by main force
upon the floor.
The last democratic convention was
an extreme illustration of the difficulty
of holding a convention in large
granary. The speeches were not heard
and the parliamentary control Of the
proceedings was made farcical by the
rulings of the chair being translated
thru megaphone.
1t is plain that parties must return
to the true theory of conven-
ton, which is that it should be de-
Lucrative body, conducted in such
manner and in such surroundings as
shall give each delegate the largest pos
sible share in the proceedings.
1t may be said that the conventions
which nominated Mckinley and Bryan
and the one which named Roosevelt
were only great ratification meetings
with little use for delegates in the true
sense. But this will not be the case
three years from now. Both repub-
licans and democrats will have groups
Of candidates. The republican conven-
ton, unless some miraculously strong
a. large number of favorite son candi-
dates; there will be a number of con-
troversial problems proposed for the
platform.
The democratic convention will be
faced with the present problem of the
control Of the party by the radicals or
the moderates. Neither party can af-
ford to deliver it's convention over to
the mobs which have. ruled them lately.
Smaller halls with better space for the
, delegates and smaller audiences under
the control Of sergeants-at-arms should
be the desideratum instead of great
auditoriums completely subject to the
mob.
1t may be said that the mob buys
tickets at enormous prices and pays the
expenses of the convention. This is an
argument that ought not to be admitted.
Parties which can and do raise millions
for the campaign ought to be able to
raise the legitimate expenses of a ma
tional convention without selling it to
the leather-lunged gallery claque.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
WHEN YOU CARE For a GIRL

Gee, amt it funny the things tibet You do.
An gee, amt 1t funny tibet life seems so new.
When You care for a girl!
An then you don't care to be stayin' out late
An your home goin' always is sober an straight
An your minds always thinkin' O. Wednesday
nights date,
When you care for a girl.
Never before had you owned clothes brush:
No longer You say to the married man, ..Tush -
An you find out how easy 1t is to talk mush,
When you care for a girl!
Ny, how you hated to carry a shawl;
Now you'd lug bundles all day till you fall;
You even say "Music" when kids start to bawl
When you care for a girl!
Flowers were things that you'd never prefer;
Now every rosebud reminds you o. her;
Yes, things as they is amt like things as they
were.
When you care for girl,
Smart Set.