Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1907, Page 5

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Continued from first page Funkley Henry Flint M Fleming Bros French & CoE N French James H Foster R B First Natioual Bank Gould W A Gibbous John F Gennis Ole Gennis & Layon Geil Earl Gagpon Frank Gill Bros Goldberg L Gilmore Rowland Graham John Gluek Brewing Co Hoff J A Henderson A E Hansen Jens Henrionette A P Hawkins & Co Hetland Louise Hakkerup N L Hamm Brewing Co Ibertson M E Irwin & O’'Brien Johnson & Lindberg Jerrard Plumbing Co Klein Adoiph Koopke Chas Kirk Geo Kuelble Ed Krcken A O Loud HJ McLaverin R D Ludington John LahrJ P Lord A Lumbermens Bank Mayer Matt Moore E M Martin & Christenson Morrison WR Miles CH Marcum Dr Markham estate J M Mageau Bros Miller D G Major Bros Markham & Schissel Minneapolis Brewing Co McLachlan W B McDonald W A McDonald & Co W A McTaggart Geo McTaggart Joe McKusick Chester McCawley W J McCuaig Wm McAvoy J A Newby Thomas Nye Miss Sabra Nelson Robt Nangle Chas Naylor EL O'Leary PJ O’Leary & Bowser Olson Christ Olson I B Omich J P Pabst Brewing Co PryorCJ Powell ES Peterson Jr J Pogue J P Pierce AM Roe & Markusen Ricbards J M Russell P J Ross Wm Reed RW Street W F estate Standard Oil Co Swedback & J Simons H A Snow N 8 Silversack Frank Smyth DC Schmidt H F Smith AL Schroeder W F Schroeder & Schwandt Sullivan John Segerstrom Pian> C) Schneider Bros Smith E H Smith AE Schrutchins C W Stewart WB Smart Tom _Stonerm D “Swift & Co Thurston M E Tyson Nellie C Thompson Mrs E M Taylor J P Thurston James Thome & Mayer TaylorEJ Tanner Geo Vort Nye Hyen Pub Co ‘Wold & Nelson Witting A B 4 15 40 87 46 13 21 50 12 20 15 11 10 95 22 34 12 81 113 40 66 80 14 02 427 05 7 84 15 46 13 80 9 86 141 91 9 42 107 81 61 6 70 12 92 63 85 23 65 13 23 22 16 17 30 3176 6 48 142 87 20 11 20 142 84 10 350 18 u 18 48 07 81 (71 13 27 38 83 10 64 27 07 44 37 6 83 18 66 34 47 143 01 5 04 28 91 5 26 16 99 10 07 145 42 14 59 8 76 178 49 11 52 23 87 548 33 95 14.15 28 35 9 86 21 46 15 68 13 05 11 17 31 89 6 57 8 67 8 76 12 05 5 48 Warfield A A 13 49! Warfield C W 9 42, Warfield Electric Co 43 80 ‘| Wilson C M 5 48 Woodward C C 7 58 Ward L A 8 54 Wheelock A T 8 54 Wright Wes. 14 19 Winter & CoE H 349 20 Young J P 36 35 Will Meet Here. Crookston Journal: Next week all the Sunday school mission- aries who are working in this part of the country will gather at Bemidji for the purpose of holding "a conference with the general superintendent, F. A. Bartlett of Minneapolis. C. W. Williams of this city is planning to be present at the meeting. The object of this conference! is to enable the workers to dis- cuss the progress that has already been made and to con- sider the plans for the further undertaking of the work. Mr, Bartlett will advise the mission- aries as vo the immediate terri- tory from twelve to fifteen Sun- day schools have been organized in the last year and although this number is small it is considered hopeful and satisfactory in view of the limited financial resources of the people among whom the work is being promulgated. For the last six months Mis- sionary C. M. Willams has devoted most of his time to col- lecting funds for the mainten- ance of the work. The rural people seem anxious to secure religious institutions for their children and have shown a com- mendable spirit of liberality. Solbergs Building Burns. Shortly after the noon hour the fire department was called to put out a fire in the L. O, Sol- berg building, opposite - the Markham Hotel. The fire was caused from an overheated stove and had gained considerable head way at, thetime the department were notified. They soon had the fire under control. ; The building belongs to L. O. Solberg, who formerly conducted a shoe repair shop in the front part of the building, and is one of the first buildings erected in Bemidji. The building was occupied by A. Boehm as a shoe and repair shopand he succeeded in getting PRESIDENT TO BLAME SENATOR TILLMAN HOLDS EXEC- UTIVE RESPONSIBLE FOR NE- GRO AGGRESSIVENESS. DISCUSSES BROWNSVILLE INCIDENT CHARACTERIZES ACTION TAKEN AS “NOTHING MORE NOR LESS THAN LYNCHING.” ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—Senator Till- man spoke on the Brownsville inci- dent in the senate during the day. He characterized the president’s action in the matter “as nothing more nor less than lynching.” He challenged any one to produce in the army regula- tions or articles of war any founda- tion for the charge of conspiracy of silence, mutiny and treason made against the soldiers, although he de- clared there was no doubt that the soldiers were responsible for the “out- rage at Brownsville.” Mr. Tillman held that it was con- trary to the fundamental principles of liberty of English and American law that the innocent should suffer be- cause of the sins of the guilty; also he declared that a man shall be con- sidered innocent until he is proved guilty. “In this case,” he said, “167 men have been punished, while not more than twenty have been charged with participation in the crime.” Mr. Tillman maintained that the negro troops should not have been sent to Texas. They were sent there, he said, against the protests of one of the Texas senators and the congress- man from that district. Mr. Tillman declared that -Senator Foraker had belittled himself by at- tacking Major Blocksom as a man whose father was a ‘“copperhead.” “Are we never to have an end of the war and its bitterness?” he exclaimed. “Are the people of the North and the South never to understand each other and to recognize the rights of both sections? Race Question at Bottom. “It is useless to deny that the race question lies at the bottom of all this. It is equally useless to say that these troops were not discharged because they were negroes. The whole issue involved is one of race and the pres- ident is primarily more responsible than any other man for the position the negroes in the South have taken on the question of negro rights.” After predicting in the near future a race conflict to determine whether the negro is equal to the Caucasian Mr. Tillman continued: “Is President Roosevelt ready tc act up to his own theory and have his children marry men and women of the other races? Would he accept as a daughter-in-law a Chinese, a Malay, an Indian or a negro in accord with the doctrine laid down in his message? We all know he would not and while ‘fine words butter no parsnips’ words the most of his goods frcm the building. Taxes Due. The 1906 taxes which are due after the 1st of January 1907 are now in the hands of county treas- urer G. H. French for collection. On the personal property tax list there arel, 762 names, and the total amount of personal prop- erty tax is $26,699.70. Personal property taxes must be paid on or before the 28th day of February to avoid the penalty of ten per cent which accrues after March 1st. Real estate tixes toavoid the ten per cent penaliy should be paid not later than May 31st. Commissioners Meet Tomorrow. An ‘adjourned session of the county board will be held tomor- row at which time the board will receive bids for chairman of county board of health and the furnishing of medicine t> the county poor. At this time a number of other matters will be brought up as well as. the allowance of the usual bills which come before the board for “their allowance or disallowance. : Annual Meeting. The trustees of the Norwegian Latheran church will hold their annual ‘meeting at the church tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. e Chicago Unlon Stock Yards. Chicago, Jan. * 12.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.20@7.16; cows and heifers, $1.60@ b stockers - and - foeders, $2.60@ 4.85; Texans, $3.76@4.60; calves, $6.00 @8.25. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.20@6.62% ; good heavy; $6.40@6.55; rough heavy, $6.20@6.30; light, $6.20 @6.47%; . pigs, $5.70@6.26. Sheep, $3.60@5.75; lambs, $4.656@7.55. like these are a source of incalculable evil, coming from such a high source. “It is high time something was done to have this great and vital question brought before the country in some practical and sensible way. The deep interest shown in' the Brownsville tragedy is ample evidence that the people of the country are beginning to feel a deep concern in the various phases of this question 2nd it is abso- lutely useless for doctrinaries and poli- ticlans to undertake to dismiss it with a wave of the liand »nd for one I am ready to go to battle under the slogan, ‘America for the Americans; this is a white man’s country and white men must govern it."” Element of the Ridiculous. Mr. Tillman prefaced his discussion of the question with the characteriza- tion that it resembled a case in court. “Certain enlisted men of the Twenty- fifth regiment were under indictment,” he said. “The president of the United States is the prosecutor as well as the executioner. The array of counsel for the defense and prosecution is not yet complete. So far as their names have appeared on the record there is an ele- ment of incongruity and of the ridic- ulous. For instance, as attorneys aid- Ing the prosecution we have the dis- tinguished senator from Texas (Mr. Culberson), a Democrat; the distin- guished senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Iodge), a Republican; the dis- tinguished senator from Virginia, (Mr. Daniel), a Democrat. “And for the defense, if it shall be %0 considered when I get through, I will be put in the record as aiding the distinguished senator from Ohio (Mr. Foraker). Of course, being nothing more than a cornfield lawyer, my con- tribution to the legal discussion of the question will be very limited; prob- ably comparatively worthless. “But the ridiculousness of the sit- uation is again apparent when one considers that the senator from the | North, who, by reason of his radical and aggressive utterances and prob- ably actions in the past, acquired the name of ‘Fire Alarm, finds himself sligned with that senator from the South (Mr. Tillman himself) who' is usually supposed to have a broiled negro for breakfast; who is known to Justify lynching for rape and whose attitude, if not that of hatred to the negro, is a feeling akin to it. And so this alliance is an odd one.” Senator Tillman’s address was lis- tened to by an immense crowd, the “ galleries being thronged. Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, YERKES DUNIES CHARGES. Has Not Worked Against Interests of Small Distiller. Superler, Wis,, Jan, 14.—The Tele- gram prints a 4,000-word report by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes made at the special request of President Roosevelt as the result of charges made against Yerkes’ depart- ment. The paper had charged that his department had been working against the law permitting the distilling of de- natured alcohol and further charged that the law was no good anyway be- cause it compelled a distiller to pro- duce at least 500 gallons a day. In his report to the president Mr. Yerkes contradicts both these points flatly. He declares there is absolutely no limit, that a still may produce five gallons or 5,000, that the small distil- ler is placed under no disadvantage under -the law. He declares that he has never attempted to head off legis- lation in this respect, but that, on the other hand, he has been supporting the movement for four years past. Mr. Yerkes says his department has not hedged'’the law dround with reg- ulations that are prohibitive to the farmers and furthermore pledges the support of the department for the ob- taining of any further legislation that experience may show to be necessary In the interest of small distillers. RAILROAD ‘'TO VLADIVOSTOK. Proposed Line Wholly Territory. St. Petersburg, Jan. 14.—The minis- try of railroads has proposed to the counsel of ministers the immediate commencement of the construction of the first section of the Amur railroad, designed to ‘give Russia a line to Vladivostok entirely through Russian territory. This section runs from Stretinsk, where construction of the Amur railroad was abandoned when Russia occupied Manchuria, to Pok- in. Russian hoovskaya, at the confluence of the Shilka and Argun rivers, head of navi- gation on the Amur, a distance of 240 miles. The purpose of the line at present is-purely strategical and was evoked by the specter of a renewal of the Russo-Japanese war. It is admit- ted that the road can be profitable commercially only after many years. The need of the immediate construc- tion of the remaining section to Kha- barovsk is obviated by the facility of steamer navigation from'Povrovskaya to the sea. URGES ACTION BY CONGRESS. Presidential Message on Break in Col- orado River. Washington, Jan. 14—The president has sent to congress'a message urg- ing some action’ by that body towards remedying the situation caused by the break in the Colorado river four miles below the international boundary line in Mexico and which threatens the property interests in the Imperial val- ley of . California. The president’s message contains a long review of the situation and says that prompt action must be taken, otherwise conditions will become so extreme as to be im- practicable of remedy. Probably with an expenditure of $2,000,000, he says, the river can be restored to its former channel and held - there indefinitely. The question of what sum, if any, should be paid to the Southern Pacific Railroad company for work done since the break of Nov. 4 is one for future consideration. DEAD TRAMP A NOBLEMAN. Large Estate Awaited Him in Native Country. Findlay, O., Jan. 14—The mystery surrounding an aged man found dead several months ago in this city has been revealed by the visit of Judge Gosta Hulelius of Stockholm, Sweden. He has from the description and inci- dents identified the dead man to be Albert Crondhjlm, a nobleman and only heir to a large fortune in his na- tive country. Crondhjlm ‘left - Sweden years ago and, it is said, wandered over the United States as a common tramp while a vast fortune and title awaited him in the old country. Judge Hulelius says that an attempt will be made to have the Swedish gov- ernment take-the body back to Stock- holm. It now lies buried in the ceme- tery in this city. HUGE FEE FOR LAWYER. Senator Piles Takes Half of Estate After Will Contest. + Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14—By the terms of the decision of Judge Arthur E. Griffin in the famous John Sullivan will case United States Senator S. H. Piles is to receive one-half of the residue of the estate, which is esti- mated to amount to not less than $900,000. The deeds of conveyance by the two successful heirs were made directly to Samuel H. Piles in consid- eration of his assistance in carrylag the case to a final conclusion and in rendering the necessary attorney's service. New Senator From Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 14—Congress- man Charles Curtis of the First Kan- sas district has been nominated for United States senator to succeed Sen- ator Alfred W. Benson on the fourth ballot by the Republican members of the Kansas legislature, in caucus here. The action of the caucus is equivalent to-election, as the Republican major- ity is overwhelmin; . Thaw 11l With Tonsilitis. i New York, Jan. 14.—Harry K. Thaw, Who 18 Soonto. be placed-on trial-for the murder of Stanford White, is Il serious. ROOT TO VISIT CANADA SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE GUEST OF DOMINION’S GOV- ERNOR GENERAL. SAYS TRIP IS PURELY A SOCIAL ONE BRITONS HOPE, HOWEVER, THAT IMPORTANT TREATY MAY BE THE RESULT. _ London, Jan. 14—The Times pub- lishes a cablegram from Washington n which the announcement is made that Secretary Root, with his wife and daughter, will visit Earl Grey, gov- ernor general of Canada, at Ottawa, shortly. Mr. Root told the Times correspond- ent that his visit would be social, not official, but the correspondent gives reasons why he thinks that the visit will asslst to a settlement of the vari- ous questions outstanding between the United States and Canada. He says that if after the visit it is possible for Mr. Root and the Dominion to con- struct a treaty broad enough to with- stand assaults from the existing de- terrent forces the trip may result in forever removing the causes of ill feel- ing between the two countries and may, in Mr. Root’s words, “clear up every pending controversy with Eng- land.” Elicits Favorable Comment. The coming visit of Secretary of State Root to Earl Grey, governor gen- eral of Canada, elicits favorable com- ment by officials and in the British press. The opinion expressed is that the visit foreshadows better relations between the United States and Can- ada, which were considerably im- proved as the result of the governor general’s tour of the United States last year. Great Britain is extremely anxious for a final settlement of all outstand- ing questions with the United States, most of which permit of an early agreement, but the sealing and New- foundland fisheries questions stand in the way. While it is stated that Mr. Root’s visit is purely one of courtesy the impression here is that it will afford an opportunity to go over these and other long standing controversies between Canada and the United States and perhaps smooth the way for a general agreement. MAY DEPOSE WILLIAMS. Champ Clark Slated for the Minority ' Leader in the House. ‘Washington, Jan. 14—There is to be a great revolution in the Demo- cratic political camp. Pledges have been given which insure the selection of Champ Ciark of Missouri to be the Democratic leader in the house of rep- resentatives and the party candidate for speaker in place of John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, the present :eader. The campaign for the deposition of Williams has been 'going on quietly for a long time, until pledges from old members who have been re-elected to the Sixtieth congress and from new ones who will come into the house at the same time have reached a number sufficient to insure the control of the Democratic caucus- in behalf of the Missour! representative. This change is of immeénse impor- tance, because it involves a great deal in the way of presidential politics, as the Democratic candidate for speaker will not be proposed until just before the opening of the first session of the next congress in December next. From that time on candidates for the presi- dency and vice presidency will be bus- ily engaged in different states and the influence of Democratic representa- Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Most Complete Stock West of Duluth Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, % Ink Wells, Eto. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, { rownshlp Plats in book form, Fine qullpI{y colored Bflurm:pumr Copy Presses, Waste P-p;sr Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & MEANS WAR TO THE END. Pope’s Encyclical Discussed From French Point of View. Paris, Jan. 14—The encyclical is- sued by Pope Pius seemingly puts an end to the hopes of the moderates of &ll shades of opinion that the church eventually would accommodate .itself to the new conditions in France. There is not the faintest suggestion that the French bishops will not obey the or- ders from Rome. Although many of tiem unquestionably would prefer an ntermediate solution of the difficul- :es, confronted as they now are by the choice between obedience or schism, it Is a foregone conclusion that at the meeting of the episcopacy -here Jan. 15 they will simply register the pope’s decision. G The consequences are likely to be deplorable from every point of view. The majority of the clergy and Cath- olics generally recognize that prac- tically there is no chance of the church emerging victorious from the struggle. On the contrary, the lot of the church will be only harder. If it is the Vatican’s purpose to “drive France to Canossa” it must fail, as no matter how desirable negotiations might have been at the beginning the mere suggestion now of negotiating would mean the instant downfall of the cabinet. If the object of the Vat- ican is to arouse the Catholics to seek redress at the polls the first attempt at organizing for that purpose will be met by a measure authorizing the gov- ernment to regard all priests as be- ing subjects of a forelgn power. This step, however, as Premier Clemenceau has announced, will only be taken as a last resort. HIGHBINDER OUTBREAK. Chinaman Killed and Four Wounded at Oakland, Cal. 7 Oakland, Cal, Jan. 14—One Chinese was killed and four wounded in'a highbinder outbreak in Chinatown dur- ing the night. The trouble opened with the assassination of Lee. Book Dong, a capitalist. Dong was shot while he was seated at the supper table in his home. Two Chinese were admitted to ‘the room where Dong was eating and each fired one shot from a revolver and dis- appeared. Both bullets struck Dong and he died almost instantly. A short time later the fusillade commenced in the Chinese quarter. The killing of Dong seemed. to have been the signal for a general fight. Before the shoot- ing ceased four Chinese had been shot and more or less seriously injured. Hop Sings and Ping Hungs were in- volved in the outbreak, which, the po- lice say, was due to a quarrel among the Chinese over Ah Kee, a girl who lives at Dong’s home. Dong is said to have been heavlly interested in gam- bling games in the Chinese quarter. A number of Chinese were placed | under arrest by the police. SHOSHONE LEADER KILLED. Halfbreed Son of Bishop Terry Slain on Reservation. Denver, Jan. 14—A dispateh to the Terry, head of the Shoshone: Indian council, was murdered as he came out of the council lodge on the Indian res- ervation. He was first knocked down with a war club and his body was then cut to pieces with knives. The mur- der is supposed to be the outcome of a family feud. No arrests have been made, but suspicion points strongly to. several prominent Indians. Terry was a halfbreed son of the former famous Mormon Bishop Terry of Utah. He was a squaw :man and had lived on the Shoshone reservation for more than twenty-five years. WORKMEN FIGHT POLICE. Four of Latter Killed in Battle at St. . Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Jan. 14.—Desperate fighting between police and workmen occurred in the Okhta quarter of this city during a domiciliary search. ‘When the police appeared three work- men who were in the building- extin- tives in .congress will haye a great deal to do with dictating the nomina- tion. Mr. Willlams’ friends do not give up the fight yet, but there is every reason to believe the pledges for Clark now constitute a clear major- ity of the caucus. ¥ CREW TAKEN OFF SAFELY. Sound Steamer Alice Gertrude on Reef at Clallam Bay. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14.—The Sound steamer Alice Gertrude, owned by the Puget Sound Navigation' company, struck on the reef at the entrance to Clallam bay during the night. She is lying 200 yards from the béach and the heavy swells are pounding her to pleces. Lines were shot ashore from the guns and the crew saved. The vessel was built in 1899.. She has been used as a mailboat on the tri- weekly runs to-Clallam bay and other points up the sound. Declines the Position. ‘Washington, Jan. 14—Phillip B. Stewart of Colorado Springs, Colo., has notified the president that his business engagements are such that he will not be able to accept the posi- tion of commissioner of the general land office to be made vacant by the retirement of Commissioner Richards on March 4. Decision Reduces Freight Rates. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14—In a decision Just rendered Judge Newman of the federal -gourt sustained the right of the Georgia railroad commission to with tonsilitis in his cell in the Tombs |advance the Southern Rallway from prison. He is being. attended by the |class C to class B. Tombs physiclan. His condition is not |decision is to reduce freight rates 10 _, | ver cent within a state. | The effect of the .to the Kanawha hotel John Hower and guished all the lights and opened fire on the police. The latter responded and the fusillade was continued for .some time in total darkness. The workmen finally retreated, after kill- ing two district inspectors and two policemen and wounding three police- men. A quantity of firearms was dis- covered in the house. TWO KILLED IN WRECK. Freight Crashes Into Crowd of Work- men in North Dakota. Lakota, N. D, Jan. 14—A work train, with 100 men, working in a deep cut shoveling snow near Petersburg, fifteen miles east of here, was run into by a local freight. Two work- men were killed and six were injured. A blinding’ snow storm-was the cause: of the accident. The ‘dead were brought here and the injured were taken to a Devils Lake hospital. Kills Wife and Himself. New York, Jan. 14—Harry Schuell- berger, a saloonkeeper, after a quarrel ‘with his wife in their home in Jersey City, shot her in the head with a re- volver, killing her instantly. He then killed himself with the same weapon. The wife murderer and suiclde was fifty years. old and his victim was thirty-five. They had six children, the eldest of whom is elevi ¥ Workmen Fall Eighty Feet. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 14—By the breaking of ‘a scaffold on an addition Marvey Stewart, working on-the cor-- nice, were precipitated eighty feet to - the ground. Stewart was killed out- right and Hower so fearfully mangled that he will die. : News from Lander, Wyo., says George | BUILDING THE CANAL COMMISSION OPENS BIDS FOR COMPLETION OF THE BIG PANAMA DITCH. OFFERS SUBMITTED VARY WIDELY | LOWEST BIDDERS WELL KNOWN AS LARGE CONTRACTORS IN UNITED STATES. ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—The isthmiap canal commission has opened bids from private contractors for the com- pletion of the Panama canal. In the opinion of Chairman Shonts it is the greatest task of modern times and is in the highest degree exceptional in magnitude and complexity. The basis on which the contract is to be award- ed is a percentage of the cost of com- pleting the work: ‘W. J. Oliver ‘of Knoxville, Tenn., and Anson M. Bangs of New York, associated together, were the lowest bidders for the construction of the canal. They propose to do the work for 6.75 per cent upon the estimated cost. Four proposals only were re- celved. The other bidders were George Peirce & Co. of Frankfort, Me., and New York city, who offered to do the work for 7.19 per centum upon the estimated cost; the North American Dredging company of Los Angeles, Cal., who offered to do the work for 28 per centum of the estimated cost, and the McArthur-Gillespie company of New Jersey, whose bid was 12.5 per centum. ‘W. J. Oliver and Anson Bangs, the lowest bidders, have had much experi- ence in contracting work. Mr. Oliver is one of the largest railroad contrac- tors in America and is at present en- gaged in tunneling Lookout mountain and other extensive work. Mr. Bangs was the contractor for the Soo canal locks. More than 100 contractors and their representatives attended the opening of the bids. Before reading the pro- posals- Mr. Shonts explained that no bid would be accepted until after the commission ‘ has’ ‘thoroughly studied and investigated it. , & e i == - CHARGQS MADE ON THE STUMP. Grand Jury Refuses to lhdict Massa. chusetts' Official. b Boston, Jan. 14—The Suffolk coun- ty grand .jury has reported no bill against Wilson. H. Fairbank, former Massachusetts commissioner to the Lewis and Clark éexposition at Port- land, Ore, who .was echarged with forgery in connection: with the ‘ac- counts of hig office. The charges orig- inally were' made’ against Mr. Fair- bank by District. Attorney’ John W. "Moran during the lgtter’s canvass as 2 candidate for' governor last.fall. Mr. Moran based his charges, he said, on an‘affidavit given to him:-by James W. Perkins; who was. secretary to the Massachusetts commission, to the ef- fect that “vouchers and ‘documents covering expenditures had ‘been forged. Mr. Fairbank, who is now the Mas- sachusetts commissioner to the James- town exposition, -has sued both Mr. Moran and Mr. Perkins,.glleging libel and asking:for damages fn the sum of $50,000 in each._case: — 2 GOD. COMMANDED. 'HIM TO -ACT. Insane Farmer’s Defense for Slaying His_Wife. Uhrichsville, 0., Jan. 14.—Simon Sindlinger, aged sixty, a wellto-do farmer three miles west ‘of here, shot and killed his wife as she lay sleeping in bed. He has suffered from a hal- lucination that enemies are trying to drive him away from his home, but ‘was not considered dangerous. Rising from his bed and securing a revolver he fired two bullets into his wife's brain. A son heard the shots and .was just in time to prevent his father from ending his own life. In probate court Sindlinger told the judge the Lord had commanded him to kill his wife, but that he did not - want to obey the command unless he killed himself also. He was commit- ted to Massillon asylum. Epidemic Seems Under Control. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 14.—The typhold fever - epidemic which has. ravaged Scranton since the latter part_of No- vember seems now to-be under con- trol; the number of new cases:the past three days numbering but twén\y-five. Since the outbreak of the epidemic there has been a total of 1,084 cases in. Scranton and forty-nine in Dun: more. Four deaths were reported dur- ing the day, the total reaching 108.: __Pittsburg Alderman Convicted. Pittsburg, Jan. 14—William ‘A, Mar:: tin, a member of common councils of this city, has been found guilty of: soliciting a bribe in connection with a- proposed franchise granting the Pitts-' burg and Tube City Railroad company " an entrance to Pittsburg. Martin was - recommended to the extreme mercy of the court. g Alleged Railroad Thief Arrested. Milwaukee, Jan. 14—Harry Lake, railroad thief, has been arrested at ‘Watertown, Wis.,” charged ~ with rob- ring the New Yn:-k Central railway of $6,000 worth of freight, - v