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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
WHITE PLAGUE AS
REASON TO JILT
Seattle Judge Declares Man Is
Right in Breaking Promise
to Finance.
New York Sun Special Service,

Seattle, Wash, March 9.-s'No man
should be mu!cted in damages who
breaks a promise he has made to marry
a woman who, he afterwards learns, is
afflicted with tuberculosis.
This, was the opinion given by .Su-
|perior Judge Albertson yesterday in
passing upon a motion to strike out Ger
tain questions propounded in suit of
Rosena E. Grover against Mayor Zook
Of Ballard, in which the young woman
seeks to recover from him $4,000 dam.
ages for breach of promise.
In an answer filed by the mayor he
admitted that he had promised to marry
the young woman and would have done
SO had he not discovered after his prom
Use was made that she was afflicted with
! tuberculosis. The court declared that
. in a marriage contract three parties
were Ina man. IT. the + woman
the right to prevent any marriage which
would be dangerous to- its welfare.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
PORTER CANNOT p.
EXPLAIN BURNS
Mutters the Single Word "Gaso
lene" When observation-disclosures
tonna Man May Die.
Special to The Journal.

Owatonna. Mimi, March 9.-E. G..
Porter, manager Of the electric light
company, is in such a critical condition
from burns received early this morning,
that he can make no explanation OF the
accident, except Ito utter the single
word s gasolene.'
- went to- His kitchen early, and it
lis supposed that can Of gasolene came
in contact with the fire in. the: stove.
there vas an t gbnpe eoea ana M his
feet, was burned. His ears are charred
and the injuries to the upper part of his
body are particularly serious. >.
Mr.. Porter was clad only in his night
shirt, which was burned from his body
He ran. thru the house and finding a
Blanket smothered the fames,s then
walked eight blocks without assistance
to the hospital. -, :,
He is an Elk and a member of other
orders and is married. He is about 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
JAPS CUT RAILROAD
They Break Kuropatkin's Main Line
X Of Retreat. ~. =

!. With. the Japanese Left Armies,
have cut and destroyed the railroad be-
tween Mukder ssEd Tie pass. .
Details are not obtainable at present.
The Russians are in retreat over the
northern roads. 5ar-..,>.., .
The left column Of these armies is at
Ll-kam-pu seven miles north Of the
Hun river, ana Eve miles west Of the
a Russian force thrice it's number.
The Russian casualties number 10000.
The Russian center is retreating IN
great confusion. ~
The days fighting Of the left armies,
altho severe, has not changed the situa-
tion so far as those armies are con-
cerned. The attack on Mukden from
the northwest is gradually progressing;
The Russians east of the railroad, and
near the Shak-he river seem to be grad
ually retreating.
Toxic Is Rejoicing.
Toxic, March 9.-The Japanese have
cut the railway north Of Mukden.
Field Marshal Oyama, in an order
directing the pursuit Of the retreating
Russians yesterday prohibited his
troops from entering Mukden in masses,
in order to preserve the respect Of the
tombs and sacred places of the imperial
Chinese household and to protect the
welfare of the inhabitants. -.....
Altho the actual extent Of the sue
cess gained by Field Marshal Oyama IS
army is unknown, Toxic is already cele-
brating the victory. Flags are going
up all over. the city and crowds are on
the streets, eagerly buying the extra
! lations are pouring into the office of the
minister Of war and to the army staff
headquarters
It is rumored that General Kuropat
kin g. retreat has been partly cut off
insuring heavy losses of supplies anc
the capture Of many prisoners; but this
it is impossible to confirm.
suit of Field Marshal Oyama's pursuit.
of the Russians is expected here late]
today. ..
Report from the Front.
The Headquarters Of the japanese
armies in the field reported today a
! follows: - -.
In the Sing king (ven-deD directio
our force after defeating the enemy a
Mag punt tan is still pursuing him in tn
Shak-he river direction.
East of the railroad, the enemy shown
= signs of retreat, our whole line opened
general attack from midnight March
!: and dislodged the enemy from his posi-
lions pressing his force toward the HUI
river. .. ... ...'-
The whole district west Of the railroa
: and south Of the Hun river Is in OF
thands. ------ ~. >a- . .....
The enemy in the neighborhood Of Yang
shin tun and Li-kuan-pao still makes
stubborn resistance. The enemy mad
several counter attacks, but we repulse
them inf1icting heavy loss. Our force
now pressing the enemy toward Mukdel
Japs Press Northward.
: In the district north Of Mukden, d.
: spite the enemy's obstinate resistance, y
!: have occupied Siao- chi-tun. five mill
northwest of Mukden, Pa-Shia-tzu, tv
miles northeast of Siao-chi-tun and Sal
tsee five miles north of Mukden.
Our force destroyed the railroad nor
5 of Mukden.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
McMillin May Succeed.

Nashville, Tenn, March 9.-The Ten
nessee legislature has decided to elect
a successor to the late Senator Bate on
last fall to succeed himself, his term ex-
piring March 4, had therefore just en-
tered upon a new term. Governor Fra
zier, former Governor Robert L. Tay.
lor, and Benton McMillin are mentioned
to succeed Mr.. Bate, but the impression
prevails that the legislature will decide
upon Mr.. McMillin, General Bate :
most active orr"onent during the last
CAMPAIGN.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
JAPs THREATEN CHINA
Will Seize Sin-min-tin Railroad il
Transportation Is Denied.

Tientsin, March 9.-The Japanese
have requested the transportation of
$50 tons of rice to Sin min-tin.
Unless the request is granted by the
Chinese authorities, the Japanese
threaten to seize the railroad.
It is believed to be a test case. The
Russians constant shipment, of wheat
and coal to -min-tin was not inter
fered with, and the Japanese demand
importantly.
Today they again seized the tele.
graph office at Sin-min-tin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
NoGI CLOSING THE TRAP
His Left Swings Northward for Anothss
,. Blow at Railroad.

st. Petersburg, March "a veil Of
drawn over the progress Of General
Kuropatkin 3 heroic effort to e1tricate
his beaten army. The general staff in
sists, however, that, while Kuropatkin
has been defeated, there has been no
disaster. .-t
The peril of the whole army, espe-
cially of the rearguard, is admitted,
and Mukden may have been evacuated
during last night, altho nothing definite
has been received on this point.
| Yesterday General Bilderling g army,
which held the center, fell back upon
the Hun river, clinging all the day des-
perately to Mud-ya-pu at the apex
southwest of the city.
- Aid Sent to Kaulbars.
| One of General Linevitch g corps was
hurriedly withdrawn during Wednesday
night and dispatched to the support Of
General Kaulbars' hard-pressed forces
thanking legions west and northwest of
the city.
At the same time the remainder of
General Lineyitch s army fell back to
the north bank of the Hun river, where
it checked temporarily the pursuing
columns of General Kuroki, who hemmed
him west, south and east.
All day yesterday and last night
wounded, munitions, baggage and stores
streamed northward. The railroad and
the Mandarin road were almost blocked
at the last moment, notwith standing the
| fact that an immense amount of stores,
etc., was removed last week.
The Russo Chinese bank removed to
Tie pass Sunday. The trains were run
under the Japanese guns westward,
some projectiles reaching the railroad.
Nogi Threatens Russ Line.
i General Nogi, according to the latest
authentic Russian reports, has ALREADY,
reached point opposite the station OF
land Tie pass, but it is believed that his
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
TRAIN RUNS 4 MILES
WITH A WHEEL GONE
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Port, Jervis, n. Y, March 9.-Wells
Fargo Express No. 3, on the Erie, run
escape from wreck, four miles east of
Shohola, last night.
The wheel Of an express car broke off,
and the train ran four miles with the
car in this condition. At cross-over
switch, at Shohola station, it jumped
the track, and ran, quarter Of mile
before stopped by the emergency brake.
until the train was brought to sudden
stop. The broken wheel was found four
miles back.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
AIM INQUIRY At
BOARD OF CONTROL
House Committee Is Investigat
ing Charges Against a Men,
Der Of Board.
Legislative news on page o.

g.. ~
Charges against the official conduct
of member of the state board Of con-
troll are being Investigated by the house
committee on public accounts and ex-
penditures. ..,s.,..,-
This is the work Ger which the com
mittee is asking FOR the services of an
other expert ACCOUNTANT and stenog-
rapher. The nature Of the charges is
kept secret, but they are said to relate
to contracts made by members Of the
board in 1901 and 1902. r !; =
Chairman Bowling of the committee
said today that the committee had al
ready taken some testimony from the
persons who made the accusations. So
far the committee has not found any
thing in the records that substantiates
the charges, but is still investigating. :.
The committee will not report until
it's Investigations are all finished, neal
the close Of the session.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
TRAINMEN DISCHARGED.

Winnipeg, Man., March 9.-Thirteen
Canadian Northern railway employees,
chiefly trainmen, have been discharged foH
alleged gambling They belonged to
crews running between Winnipeg and
Fort Frances.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
$4,000 RUSSIANS
CAUGHT IN TRAP
BY NOGI AND OKU
Gen. Nogi Makes a Swift March North
ward and Aided by Gen. Oku En-
velops Great Force of Russians
Cutting Off Supplies.
JAPANESE INVEST TIE PASS

JAPANESE
March reported here that Tie has been
vested by and General
probably
since March ! . 80
daily
Russians supplies
it attention until enveopng completed
crushingy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
S7so- 600 AS LAWYERS FEE.

Washington, March 9.--The secretary OF
the treasury has issued warrant Tor
s750,oOO in favor Of Mansfield, McMurray
and Cornish, lawyers residing In the In
dian territory, as fees for services rem
dered by them to the Choctaw. and Chick
asaW Indians.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Senate Committee Aroused.

The senate committee on. public &C.
counts and expenditures. has done moth
ing yet with the matters contained in
the public examiners; report, but has
set meeting for pm: Friday, at
| and q hearing held.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Hill Roads Fight Together.

When these remarks were quoted to
one of the Hill directors, he replied.
rather bitterly: If we didn't count
upon the two Hill railroads to work to-
gether, our Canadian Pacific friends
would make both of us look silly in the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[Frrom the Chicago NewsJ
Never judge a woman's thoughts by
what she says.
1t is easier to avoid debt than II is
to dodge a creditor.
It's a mans outgo that plays havoc
with his income.
Some men always do their best-sn-
Guiding their best friends.
AS a woman grows older she becomes
more sensible and less bossy.
Never judge the value of a painting
by the price tag attached thereto.
If wishes were horses the majority Of
them would be among the also rams.
A pretty girl is never so pleased as
when some man reminds her Of the fact
Ice cream soda is a popular interior
decoration at the present stage of fhe
game.
The man who claims to want but If
tie here below may be listed as police
suspect.
When the cats away the mice are ant
to play around the trap until thew ret
1t in the neck.
It is far easier for a rich man to say
that he enjoys hard work than il Is FOR
a poor man to believe it.
Unkissed kisses are not the sweetest
They are usually in the keeping of so11r
spinsters and cranky old bachelors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
.JAYHA WKER .JOTS

Kansas City has swiped Atehison's
corn carnival idea and intends to get
Kansas people to go there to celebrate.
Atchison ought to bring suit for copy
right infringement.
M. F. Amrine, of the Council Grove
month, says: Costa Rica is the mar
ried mans paradise. There isn't mil
linery store in all that country"
A Caldwell young man named
Overall has fallen heir to $4,000, so
there is nothing to prevent his becom-
is willing to be the other le-er-that
is, half.
Mcpherson and Concordia are quar-
reling over which was really the hot
test place in Kansas last week, and it
is expected that affidavits and pictures
of the thermometers which made the
records will be produced.
People along the Central Branch
are wondering what will be the excuse
for late trains along about November.
By that time the weeds on the track
will have died down and the SHOWS
will not have arrived.
Two Concordia men had a contro-
versy over a baby buggy trade that in
volved a 50-cent piece as boot money.
They had RuSSia-and-Japa time of
it, but held a peace conference and
patched matters up before any arrests
The Winfield Free Press announces
that Jerry Simpson is coming back to
Kansas just as soon as he can sell his
New Mexico ranch. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that the Free
Wichita correspondent.
Isn't this incident, recorded by the
Emporia Gazette, sufficient justiffca-
ton for even more than nervous pros
tration? IAN Emporia woman had
nervous prostration all day recently
because she knows that the neighbors
saw the express wagon leave a case
of beer at her home"
The chief of police of Coffeyville has
a dOg-gone story. The people wouldn t
pay their dog taxes and he went out
the other day and gathered in twenty
four CANNES of various kinds and de-
scriptions. and with the aid of an
army of small boys he locked them all
in the pound, using a paddock. The
next morning the pound was empty.
The lock was still there, but the staple
had been pulled out.
All the rest of the youngest old SOL
diers in Kansas will have to take a
back seat, unless they can scare up a
better story than the Walnut Valley
Times tells for c. H. Selig of that
place 1t is asserted that Mr. Selig
enlisted in the Second Kansas cavalry
at Leavenworth on November 10, 1861.
He was born February II, 1S49, so he
was IL years and 9 months old when
he enlisted.
William Stryker, who was state SUI
perintendent of public instruction dur
ing the Leedy administration, is
liable to have a strenuous time down
at Tulsa, I. T., where he is now run
ming a newspaper. Heretofore he has
had the only daily in Tulsa, but on
September / it is announced three
new ones will start. That will make
four dailies, five weeklies and two
monthly magazines for Tulsa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
NJ. WHITE.

There is a disposition in some quar-
tiers to laud Mr.. Witte, the Russian
peace plenipotentiary to the skies as
a diplomat because of the favorable
terms which Russia secured in the out
come of the peace conference.
But is M Witte entitled to any great
credit in the matter? 1t is true that he
stands high as a man, but isn't it be-
cause he is simply superior to other
Russian notables?
M. Whites conduct immediately
after the Japanese had agreed to his
ultimatum was a great disappointment
to those who had begun to admire the
big Russian. Instead of commenting
on the magnanimity of Russia's foe in
granting the concessions he asked for,
NJ. White fell to boasting of what he
had accomplished. He went over the
list of Japanese demands and told off
the points on which he had made the
Japanese give in, using the first person
singular and taking all the credit to
himself.
AS a matter of fact. NJ. Witte had
little to do in bringing the Japanese to
terms. Theodore Roosevelt was the
diplomat who persuaded the mikado to
acquiesce in Russia's refusal to pay an
indemnity. and it was done purely on
humanitarian grounds. NJ. Whites
only part in it was to stand pat" yet
within ten minutes after the Japanese
had consented to his terms he was
boasting of what he had accomplished.
Mr.. Witte is a disappointment in
that respect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atchison Globe.1
How do you like being addressed as
pear Sir and Brother?'
The Lord loveth a cheerful giver; and
YOU will soon have another chance to
cause the Lord to love you.
An Atchison girl who has resigned her
position requests US to say that she did
not resign to get married: she was fired.
What has become of the old fashioned
man who, when asked where he got his
new suit. replied: Il sold eggs and
bought it?"
There is a lightning change artist in
street in a white dress, and return 15
minutes later in a black one.
Lawrence and Emporia papers are
publishing lists of attractions to appear
AFT Lawrence and Emporia theaters this
winter. Same old shows, it seems to
US
A man was picking his teeth today,
and said. s"They are setting out mighty
fine meals at the new restaurant" You
always get fine meals at new restau-
rant
If is said an Atchison woman has
gone crazy about her figure" She be-
Iieves she has a splendid figure although
she has about as much shape as sand
hill crane
When an important matter comes up
wherein everyone should help, don't ex-
pect to sneak out of your share of the
work. You will feel better to help
cheerfully.
An Atchison girl was gay and happy
three years ago. Lately she is morose
and sour. This is the trouble: She is
10 years old now, instead of 16, and the
world looks dreary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
RUM AND RELIGION.

Rum and religion will not mix" is
the reason assigned by the bartender
for the transformation of the Bishop
Potter Temperance tavern in New
York into plain, ordinary, degrading
saloon.
That bartender knows what he is
talking about. Whisky that is drank
under the shadow of a text of scrip
ture will steal mans brain away
just the same as though he drank it
the alcoholic habit and take the
money that he ought to pay to the
groceryman, if he drinks it in a saloon
that has the encouragement of a dis
tinguished bishop, just the same as
though he drank it in a saloon whose
sole encouragement comes from his
Satanic Majesty.
When the subway tavern was
opened less than year ago Bishop
Potter made an address about it, and
the good people who thought a "tem-
perance saloon" would be just the
thing sang the doxology. Scriptural
texts were hung on the walls, and the
institution was to be run as a good,
moral saloon.
But the thing was impossible. The
devil can make a man just as MUIR
derous if his brain is infamed with
whisky from a Bishop Potter saloon,
as though it came from an ordinary
saloon. The saloon cannot be moral.
1t is bound to be degrading. That is
why the Bishop Potter temperance
tavern was a failure. Rum and re-
ligion won't mix.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
Nj. d. A.

The Houston Post suggests that
what is needed in this country is
number of institutions that can award
the degree of NJ. D. A.-maid of do
nestle arts.
1t is true that we have surfeit of
bachelors of certain things, but if the
Post will stop to think it must ac-
knowledge that there are a consider
able number of such institutions as it
suggests scattered over the country
There is a room in the rear portion
of every well regulated household
where that degree can be secured.
The trouble is that there are not
enough candidates for it. Those who
do creditably pass the course are usu-
ally sought by some individual with a
bachelor degree to become the head
of a similar institution of their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01

others called at his home in Washing
ton to try to convince him that he was
standing in his own light, so to speak.
Joe" said Carruth, I'm afraid you
are injuring your chances for re-elec-
ton by taking the position you have.
Every town in your state which has
held mass meeting has passed
resolutions demanding the uncondi-
tional repeal of the purchase clause of
the Sherman law"
What do I care for the resolutions
of the towns ?" rejoined Blackburn.
t'They are passed by bankers, lawyers
and dry goods merchants, and no
countrymen were at the meetings.
How do you know" asked Caruth.
How do 1 know? Why, I know it
darned we'll. Every town in Kentucky
is reached by tollgate, and the poor
country people haven't money enough
to pass them. That's the reason,
know. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
1t is natural that the unicorn should
have a unique horn.
Women follow suit more consistently
in dress than in cards.
A decollete gown is generally all
right, as far as it goes.
Silence may be an indication of
either strength or weakness.
Flattery is the coin with which the
impecunious pay their way.
Never say die is a good motto for
the life insurance companies.
1t isn't always the clumsy fellow
who breaks the Sabbath day
Even when a Prohibitionist dies the
undertaken will set up the bier.
Even in Biblical plays some fellows
would go out between the Acts.
1t is human nature to trouble most
about the things that never trouble US.
Lots of people are happy without
knowing it, but they are never niser-
able that way.
Hubbubs-''Do you keep a COW ?''
Subbubs-''No; it's cheaper to have a
lawn mower
Some peoples idea of graduating
glass is one that diminishes our own
faults and enlarges. those of our
friends.
To be scion, proud and CRATE,
OF ancient noble clan,
| May really not indicate
A scientific man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
SOME Gas FRANCHTsEs.

Some time ago the city council of
Topeka gave away a gas franchise.
The city was promised natural gas at
25 cents thousand, but the fran
chise provides that As cents a fhou-
sand may be charged. OF course we
will hope for 25-cent natural gas. but
suppose somebody else comes into
control of the gas company: how
long will it be before the maximum
rate is charged?
These lines are not written for the
purpose of bringing up that question.
however, but just to tell about some
other franchises that have recently
been granted by other Kansas towns.
C. H. Pattison, who is well known in
Topeka, having made this his home
for some time, is now in the gas bust
ness. He went over to Atchison and
talked natural gas there. AS a re-
suit Atchison gets contract with Mr..
Pattison for natural gas for 80 and
35 cents, and free lights for its pub
lie buildings, including the library and
school houses.
Recently Mr.. Pattison has been
dickering with the town of Ottawa to
supply it with natural gas. The con-
tract has just been closed and Mr..
Pattison is given a contract to supply
Ottawa at rs cents a thousand for the
first five years and after that at 80
cents, and he pays the city a bonus of
$4,000, to be paid in eleven annual
instalIments
You can do your own thinking on
the subject.