Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 17, 1903, Page 2

By E. C, KILEY. MINNESOTA, «GRAND RAPIDS, - The average obituary writer gives death a new sting for the prominent citizen. i Many pockets are like a certain i dress fastening, “closed by a touch, ye opened by a pull.” Boston, being the home of culture and enlightenment, has taken to mob- bing its coal dealers. Thomas P. Ochiltree, wit and after- dinner speaker, left $25,000 in cash and no debts. Good epitaph! The man who can’t find something to occupy his mind usually doesn’t have much of a mind to occupy. The football season closed without the precipitation of anything start- lig in the way of a new college yell. Now that “Mr. Dooley” is married, and has coal and other bills to pay, a test. Will the scientist who has taken ail the alcohol out of wines and liquors he able to induce any one to drink them? i ! ¢ i his philosophy will be put to a severe 1 i i } Even boys who are not interested in combines as yet, put their sleds to- gether in a double-runner, if they can get a plank. J. Pierpont Morgan is said to have been very proficient in mathematics as a schoolboy. And he has been figur- ing ever since. Russell Sage is reported to be hav- ing trouble with his lungs, but it is not at all probable that he is cough- ing up anything. What kind. of mothers does Penn- sylvania expect to develop from girls who go into factories at the age of 11 and work all night? An English journal calls the Vene- zuelan war a “contest between two whales and a wildcat.” Why not say two sharks and a polecat? The Crown Princess of Saxony would undoubtedly get more sympathy from the ladies if that handsome French tutor had not butted into the case. | If circumstances shall require a de- | fense of the Monroe doctrine in Vene- | zuelan waters Admiral Dewey will not be satisfied with any mimic maneuv- ers. It is said that the farmers of the United States own 500,000,000 acres of woodland. Strange that nobody has thought of organizing a Christmas tree trust. , A Baltimore man who buried him- self alive has been arrested for dis- orderly conduct. The charge is faulty. I » It should be for conduct unbecoming ye @ gentleman. The King of Portugal visited the Duke of Marlborough. None of the other Dukes was so honored. This is what comes of having good American money in the family. Some of the stories now being re- lated of Thomas B. Reed were told of hie predecessors in the speaker's chair and will also fit the careers of most of his successors. Prince Chowfa Mata Vajiravud) wears American garments. Now ifhe will apply to the courts and get his name. Americanized the improvement will be still more marked. James J. Hill insists that there are going to be hard times. Perhaps Mr. Hill knows of a few blocks of stock - that he would like to buy in at lower prices than they are now command- ing. A coterie of New York women, led by Mrs. Richard Henry Savage, is de- manding street cars for women only. They would be about as popular with the average lady as the maniess dance. It has been announced that a re- newal of the debate between Cornell and Columbia for a period of three years is assured. Too long! Webster and Hayne couldn’t have held an au- dience for 36 months. A Wisconsin pastor, a semi-invalid, hhas been seriously hurt during an initiation into a university literary society. Rah for the supremacy of * mind over matter! Rah for the men- e. tal discipline of college life! There will be no titles of nobility % in France if the plan of the radicals is 2 adopted. But rich American girls anxious to buy husbands with titles will find plenty of them scattered around in other parts of Europe. Montreal physicians have discovered that electricity will cure consumption. _ This makes the fifty-seventh consump. tion cure that has been discovered during the past six month. Why wil ’ people still insist on dying of con sumption? Y Gotham bankers have made a poo’ of $50,000,000 to prevent a panic in Wall street. Evidently all the lamb have been closely sheared and th ’ thrifty operators must be taken car / of until more wool grows, or mort lambs are born The Ferald--Review. |A REBATE ON COAL PLAN PROPOSED BY HOUSE COM MITTEE TO RELIEVE COAL SITUATION. REBATE EQUAL TO DUTY IMPOSED PROVISION IS TO CONTINUE FORCE FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. ‘ GIVEN CLEAR TRACK IN HOUSE RESOLUTION ADOPTED LIMITING THE DEBATE TO ONE _ HOUR. Washington, Jan. 14.—The ways and means committee of the house yester- day decided to report a bill providing for a rebate equal to the duty now imposed on all kinds of coal and com- ing from all countries for a period of one year. The committee will bring it up to-day under a rule. This bill is a substitute for the dhe introduced by Representative Hill of Connecticut, which provided for a re- bate until June 30 next. The bill adopted provides “that the secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby authorized and require¢ to | make full rebates of duties imposed by law on all coal of every form and Se- scription imported into the United States from foreign countries for,the period of one year from and after fhe passage of this act.” At a meeting of the Republican members of the committee prior to the meeting of the full committee Repre- sentative McCall (Mass.) proposed that Provision Be Made in the bill subsequently adopted that after the expiration of one year, dur- ing which a rebate is to be paid on @I coal, that all coal coming from coun- tries which admit. our coal free of duty be admitted free into this coun- try. Representative Tawney (Minn.) favored the proposition, but it was sp- posed by the remainder of the Repub- lican members on the ground that as a temporary measure was under cons‘d- eration they should not adopt any permanent policy. Representative Dalzell, from ‘the committee on rules, reported a reso- lution providing for the consideration of the coal rebate bill in the house to- day, limiting debate to one hour, a vote then to be taken without inter- vening motion. Senate Will Act Promptly. After the adjournment of the senate yesterday the Republican members of the senate committee on finance heid a conference of more than an hour’s duration on the various resolutions Le- fore the senate for the removal of the tariff on anthracite coal. They had before them the text of the house bill granting a rebate on the anthracite duty for twelve months and practically aggreed to accept it without alteration if the Democratic committeemen could be induced to al- low it to be so reported without delay. ENDED HIS LIFE. Winnie D. Mercer, Baseball Pitcher, Commits Suicide. San Francisco, Jan. 14.—Winnie D, Mercer, a pitcher of the American baseball team, registered at the Occi- dental hotel and was found asphyx- iated in his room yesterday morning. Mercer was registered under the name of George Murray, and gave his resi- dence as Philadelphia. The watchman of the hotel making his rounds detect- ed the odor of gas coming from Mer- cer’s room, and, failing to receive a response to his knocking, broke down the door. Clad in his night clothes and lying on the bed, with his coat and vest covering his head, Mercer was found. From the gas jet in the center of the room was suspended a rubber tube, and the end of this Mercer had placed in his mouth, after turning the gas on. What caused Mercer to end his life is not known. NOTHING FOR DEATHBED BRIDE. Will of the Late Millionaire Bradley Is Filed. Milwaukee, Jan. 14.—The will of the late William H. Bradley, supposed multi-millionaire lumberman, yester- day was filed in court. It was dated Aug. 30, 1879, and left the bulk of the estate to his wife then living, Emma A. Bradley, his two brothers, Edward Bradley and James W. Bradley, and his adopted son, William Turner Bradley, share and share alike, an un- divided fourth each. Mrs. Emma Bradley died last year. Two days be- fore his death Mr. Bradley married his stenographer. and no provision is made for her in the will. MORE MONEY FOR CAPITOL. Commission Figures That It Needs $1,500,000 More. St. Paul, Jan. 14—The report of the capitol commission, submitted to the governor yesterday, indicates that the cost of the new capitol will not be less than $4,500,000. The commission sets the total cost at that figure, but inas- much’as only a little more than ~ wf that sum has yet been expended th« e is room for a great deal of uncertair ‘y as to the final cost of the work. The sum granted for the new capitol by the legislature is $3,000,000, and fhe report filed yesterday asks for $1,500,- 000 more. pe Se Se SL a MAY STEAL COAL. Prisoners Confined for Stealing Coal Are Released. Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 14. — The work- house board has issued an order set- ting at liberty all prisoners held for stealing coal from the railway yards and tracks. The order includes direc- tions to the superintendent to receive no more prisoners from any court sending them in for petty coal thefts. It is explained that no prosecutions for thefts will be recognized by the during the coal famine. MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE. zea ity Speaker Babcock Announces Commit: tees—Changes in Primary Law. St. Paul, Jan. 14—Speaker Babcock yesterday announced the committees. “There is a gang of horse thieves systematically working in Minnesota, and something should be done to catch them,” said Representative C. von Wald of Nerstrand, in explaining his bill to increase from $50 to $500 the state reward for the arrest and conviction of horse thieves. Mr. von Wald believes that not less than a hundred teams of horses have been stolen in Minnesota during the past year. A bill providing for a police pension fund in cities and villages, and a pen- sion of $40 a month for retired and dis- abled policemen, was introduced in the house by Ambrose Tight of St. Paul by request. The following bills were introduced: Repealing section of Laws of 1895 which assesses traction engines $50 for damage done to bridges; providing for an additional judge of the district court for the Fourteenth judicial dis- trice; amending the home rule charter Jaw so as to provide for the amend- ment of city charters, and defining the powers of charter commissions; abolishing days of grace on rates and other evidence of indebtedness; per- mitting the incorporation of sub- ordinate lodges of the Masonic order; fixing th» pay of county commission- ers at $5 per day and 10 cents per mile traveled in counties whose assessed valuation is more than $4,000,000. In the Senate. The senate -was in session a bare half-hour yesterday. ~ A resolution was adopted urging the Minnesota congressional delegation to support the immediate passage of an act repealing the present tariff on coal. A new constitution for Minnesota is the object of Senate File No. 9, intro- . duced by Senator F. H. Peterson of Moorhead. The bill provides for sub- mitting the question of a constitution- al convention at the general election of 1904. It was referred to the ju- diciary committee. The measure is advocated to secure reforms in the constitution, for which individual amendments have repeatedly been in- troduced. A provision allowing an elector to demand the ballot of the party which he intends to support is one of the modifications to the primary election , law contemplated in Senate File: No. 11, introduced by Senator John A. Alley of Buffalo. Under the present law if the voter is challenged he must declare what party he voted for at the last election and receive a ballot of that party. The following bills were introduced: For the suppressign of bucket shops; to legalize the incorporation of certain villages under chapter 145 of the General Laws of 1885; to repeal section in chapter 277 of the General Laws of 1895, known as the corrupt practices act; to legalize defective deeds and the record thereof; to cre- ate an additional judge in the Four- teenth’ judicial district. CONGRESS. Senate Discusses Vest Resolution — Lively Political Debate in House. Washington, Jan. 14.—The proceed- ings of the senate yesterday were en- livened by several speeches affecting th reciprocity provision of the Ding- ley act. Senator Vest’s resolution ti- recting the committee on finance to re- port a bill removing the duty on coal was tnder discussion. Mr. Dolliver of Iowa vigorously attacked those sena- tors responsible for the holding up of reciprocity treaties in the senate. He defended Secretary Shaw for issuing the order instructing collectors ‘of customs to resolve differences regard- ing the grades of coal in favor of the importers. It is true, he declared, that Mr. Dingley had put the tariff rates high so that they could be reducey by reciprocity agreements. This state- ment caused Mr. Aldrich vehemently to denounce Mr. Dolliver and others for making it. The resolution went over until to-day. Mr. Nelson con- cluded his remarks in opposition to the statehood bill, and at 4:10 o’clock the senate went into executive ses- sion, adjourning soon afterward. In the House. For the first time since the opening of this session of congress the house was regaled yesterday with a livély political debate. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio and Mr. Clark of Missouri crossed swords during the general de- bate on the army appropriation bill, and for two hours both sides of the house cheered’ on their respective spokesmen. The contest was entirely good natured. There were several brilliant clashes and the house and the galleries were greatly entertainéd. The remainder of the day was océu- pied by Mr. Hull (Rep., Iowa), who argued against the abandonment of the army transport service, Mr. Shat- tue (Rep., Ohio), who assailed Edward Atkinson and the anti-imperialists, Mr. Moon (Dem., Tenn.), who denounced the refusal of the house leaders to al- low the consideration of the Indian Territory statehood bill, and who an- nounced a policy of obstruction which he intended to pursue unless consid- eration was given it; Mr. Swanson (Dem., Va.), who argued the necessity for tariff revision, and Mr. Gaines (Dem., Tenn.), who urged the imme¢i- ate advisability of placing coal on tiie free list. Squaw Is on Trial. Crookston, Minn., Jan. 14.—Several days this week will be consumed by the district court in the trial of Ms. Emma Fairbanks, an Indian woman accused of the murder of her husband at Longby, in the eastern part of this county, last August. Fairbanks was stabbed to death in a drunkep row in which a large number of Indians were engaged. The woman is defended by Congressman-elect Steenerson. Trains Wrecked. Cumberland, Wis., Jan. 14.—A brok- en journal on a box car wrecked a south-bound Omaha freight between Turtle Lake and Clayton. The wreck- er was called out and was crashed into by another train. The damage is light. Engineer Killed. Spring Valley, Minn., Jan. 14. — A message has been received here that Frank Elliott, an engineer on the killed. at Bt. Joseph, Mo. by falling losep! 0., from a scaffold. He lived hast ik SULTAN HAS , WHIPPED BY THE PRETENDER, MOROCCO’S RULER NOW A FUGITIVE. BIG BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR FEZ FIGHTING AMONG TRIBES NEAR TANGIER IS ALSO PRO- CEEDING. FOREIGNERS ESCAPE FROM FEZ | THOSE IN THE INTERIOR ARE IN DANGER—SULTAN’S PILLAR KILLED. London, Jan. 14——The Tangier cor- respondent of the Morning Leader re- ports serious fighting outside of Fez. He reports that the sultan has been defeated and that he escaped to the westward. War Minister Menebbi, one of the sultan’s strongest pillars, “as killed. All the consuls, excepting the British representative, have left Fez. Fighting among the tribes is also proceeding near enough to Tangier for the shooting to be heard in the city. The population of Tangier is alarmed and is asking for the protection of warships. A local pacha took out a force to restore order, but he found it impossible to proceed, and has re- turned to Tangier. The foreign residents, including the women missionaries, left Fez Jan. 8 and have since arrived at the coast. In a dispatch from Tangier dated Jan 13 the correspondent of the Times says: “A serious fight occurred to-day two miles outside of Tangier. Several hundred tribesmen attacked a village defended by only sixty men. The at- tacking party was repulsed and four of the number were killed. The fight- ing may be resumed at any moment. It does not involve any danger to Europeans, but it shows that the Moorish government is paralyzed by the rebellion and incapable of main- taining order.” Europeans in Danger. Madrid, Jan. 14. — Fighting is pro- ceeding between the troops of the sul- tan of Morocco and the forces of the pretender to the throne, according a dispatch received by the Globe from Fez. The followers of the pretender are said to be overcoming the imperial troops. The correspondent of the Globe adds that the inhabitants of Fez have risen against the'sultan and that anxiety reigns at Rabat, where the Europeans are in fear of an immediate attack by the pretender’s forces. The sultan’s representative at Tan- gier has been ordered to seize cattle and to dispatch reinforcements to the sultan. MICHELET TO PAY INDIANS. Mille .Lac Reds Are to Get $29.46 j Each. White Earth, Minn., Jan. 14—United States Indian Agent Simon Michelet has been instructed that the amount of $18,500 due Mille Lac Indians as per agreement of Aug. 30, 1902, has been approved by the department and au- thority has been granted him to make the said payment to 628 persons. The per capita payment will amount to $29.46. Payment will take place at Vineland, Minn., Thursday, Jan. 22. A strong Indian police force will co- operate with the officials of the de- partment of justice in the strenuous crusade against blind pigs and the sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians. TRUST IN RIVER BOATS. Five Million Dollar Combine Is An- nounced. ‘ | Cincinnati, Jan. 14—The organiza- | tion of the American River Shipbuild- ing company with a capital of $5,Q00,- 000 is announced here. All the sltip and boat building industries along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are to be included in the merger. Many of them have already been acquired. Aside from this sweeping control of tne plants along the Ohio and upper Mis: sissippi rivers, an effort is being made to draw the lower Mississippi estab- lishments into the deal, thus creating a complete merger of all of the river shipping and boat construction compa- nies in the Central West. | PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. Engineer Killed and Four Trainmen Injured. St. Louis, Jan. 14. — The St. Paul passenger train on the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy railroad while run- ning fifty miles an hour was wrecked last evening by spreading rails four miles north of Alton, Ill, killing the engineer and injuring four trainmen. The engine was overturned, the bag- gage, mail, express and passenger ears, four in all, were thrown on their sides, and the Pullman sleeper and re- maining coach left the rails. No pas- sengers were injured beyond minor bruises. Many Dishonorably Discharged. _ San Francisco, Jan. 14.—The traris- port Logan arrived here yesterday from the Philippines with 1,146 dis- charged soldiers on board. One-half of the soldiers were dishonorably tis- charged, and the others, or most of them, were weeded out of the service as undesirable. In spite of the records of the men perfect discipline was maintained during the entire trip. Woman Hangs Herself. Clinton, Iowa, Jan. 14.—The body of Mrs. Carrie Thompson was discovered hanging from a rafter in her home by her husband. She was despondent on account of a suit in court. Her father committed suicide six years ago. Wanted in lowa. Cedar Rap'a3, Iowa, Jan. 14.—“Chi- cago” Blackey, alias John Lunn, has been arrested at Fort Worth, Tex., with two pals, on charge of robbing the Chelsea (Iowa) bank and murd@r- ing Night Watchman Smith. j A ’ i { ton crop, a renter named DOMINGO IS SPUNKY. Minister Powell Informed That the Republic Cannot Accept Propositions. San Domingo, Jan. 14.—The Domin- ican government yesterday infornied United States Minister Powell that it could not accept any of the proposi- tions submitted by him looking to a settlement of the several matters now pe between the two gove?n- ments. It was announced from San Domin- go in December that Minister Powell had demanded the withdrawal of fhe decree changing the port dues. Fail- ing to comply with this.demand he in- sisted that the Dominican government pay the Clyde line of steamers the sum of $325,000,000, alleged to be due that company, and recognize certain other rights claimed by Minister Pow- ell for'the company. Jan. 6 Minister Powell made a demand on the Domin- ican government for the immediate payment of the sum alleged to be due to the Clyde line. TO UNMASK NEPTUNE. Italian Invents a Contrivance With Which One Can See Deep Into Sea. Kiel, Jan. 14.—The naval authorities here ate making preparations to tést Sig. Pinos’ hydroscope, by means of which it is claimed that human eye- sight is enabled to penetrate the sta to an incredible depth and for an enormous radius. A naval official who witnessed an experiment with the hydroscope in the Mediterranean says that the instrument can be operated from the deck of a ship, making vis- ible cables, torpedoes, etc. It is said that the invention ought to nullify the dangerous character of submarine boats. The inventor is an Italian. ENFORCE THE BLOCKADE. British Warship Makes Russian Ves- sel Heave To. La Guayra, Jan. 14. — The Russian bark Feodor, from Cardiff, with coal for the La Guayra-Caracas railway, at- tempted to enter this port yesterday. The British warship Tribune signalled her_to heave to, but the Feodor ig- nored the signal and headed for the port. The Tribune thereupon fired two blank shots. This was effectual, and the bark was compelled to anchor out- side the harbor. She was allowed to communicate with her consignees, but will be obliged to sail within five days. WOOD TO GO TO PHILIPPINES. The General Requests Assignment to the Orient. Washington, Jan. 14. — Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood has applied for sere in the Philippines and his request has | been granted. He will go to Manila in April or May, and it is expected tt he will be assigned to command at Mindanao. Gen. Wood will become a major general in August, and it is quite likely that. he will soon there- after be assigned to command the di- vision of the Philippines. He Will complete his report on his administra- , tion of Cuban affairs before he sails. PEARY WILL TRY AGAIN. ‘Win Make Another Attempt to Reach the North Pole. St. John’s, N..F., Jan. 14.—It is be- lieved here that Lieut. Robert B. Peary has decided to make another ,attempt to reach the North Pole. Capt. Samuel Bartlett of Brigus, N. F., Lieut. Peary’s ice navigator, is in St. John’s arranging to charter one of the largest sealing steamers for a voyage North next summer. Lieut. Peary’s steamer Windward is said to be inad- equate for the large outfit to be takfén on the long trip. “IMPERTINENT RUMORS.” ; Countess ronyay, Denies the Report That She Ha® Been Deserted. Vienna, Jan. 14.—Countess Lonyay, the former Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria-Hungary, who, it has been asserted in the newspapers, had been deserted by her husband, Count Ele- mer Lonyay, has telegraphed to the Y Neues Wiener Journal from Cape Martin, near Mentone, France, as follows: “Stories untrue. Count here. Deny impertinent rumors.” A WIRELESS TELEPHONE. A Portable Apparatus by Which Your | Wife Can Hear You Miles Away. North Sydney, Cape Breton, Jan. 14. —In addition to his work in connec- tion with perfecting his system of wireless telegraphy, Mr. Marconi is now interested in a wireless telephone idea. He is working on a portable wireless telephone apparatus by which @ person can communicate when a considerable distance away with his home or with other persons supplied with similar apparatus. Boy Kills His Sister. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 14.—Yestér- day morning the seven-year-old son of Attorney Albert Payne of Brazil, got hold of a rifle belonging to his o]“r brother and in some manner dis- charged it. The bullet entered the heart of his three-year-old sister who was standing near and killed her in- stantly. Marriage and Divorce Statistics. Washington, Jan. 14——Complete sta- tistics from the United States relat- ing to marriage and divorce will be collected if congress adopts an amend- ment to the sundry cfvil appropriation pill suggested yesterday by Senator Hoar. — Pension for Mrs. Siegel. Washington, Jan. 14. — The house committee on invalid pensions has favorably reported a bill granting a pension of $100 a month to the widow of Gen. Franz Siegel. Mrs. Siegel is now sixty-seven years old. | Steamer St. Louis Missing. New York, Jan. 14. — Up to 1:30 o’clock this morning the American liner St. Louis had not been sighted. The Red Star line steamer Vaderland, from Antwerp, which arrived last night, reported having seen nothing of the St. Louis. Killed Two, Then Suicided. Savoy, Tex., Jan. 14.—As the result of a dispute over the division of a cot- Stewart shot and killed Woods Gibson and hig TELLS OF BRIBERY SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN A DISBARMENT SUIT AT BUTTE. — MONEY OFFERED JUDGE HARNEY BUTTE ATTORNEY SAYS HE WAS PRESENT WHEN CLARK OF- FERED IT. GROWS OUT OF MiNNIE HEALY CASE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST JUDGE HARNEY. © Butte, Mont., Jan. 14.—Sensationat testimony was yesterday given by At torney Jesse B. Root, former attorney for Senator W. A. Clark, in the dis- barment case against A. J. Shores, chief counsel for the Amalgamated Copper company, on charges of alleged bribery made against him by Judge BE. W. Harneytof the district court. . Roote said that as a friend and at- torney for Judge Harney he was ap» proached by Charles W. Clark, son of the senator, with the suggestion that he make an offer to Harney of $100,- 000 if he would sign a statement con- fessing that he had been bribed Ty F. A. Heinze to give him a decision in the $10,000,000 Minnie Healy mine ease in the fall of 1901. The proposition was alleged to have ‘come from Shores. Root claimed to do so, but told Harney of What Was Going On, and of the claim of the Amaigamated attorneys that they had evidence enough to ruin him and send him to the penitentiary. Root says Clark, in his presence, and while Shores was waiting in the adjoining room, per- sonally made an offer of $100,000, $200,000 and $250,000 to Harney for the confession and resignation, but Harney refused to accept it and de- clared that he had not been bribed. Shores objected to the high price of- fered by Clark, saying that he had |; been authorized only io offer $100,000. Charley Clark is also under charge of bribery in connection with the ! same transaction, but is in Califor:ta and has not yet been arrested. Papers have also been preparet to bring impeachment proceecfngs against Judge Harney before the legis- lature. LENROOT FOR SPEAKER. Man Wins Out in the Caucus. Madison, Wis., Jan. 14—The Repub- lican members of the assembly and senate caucused last night and de- cided on the organization of the two houses. The state administrat!Cn forces were successful in the lower house, and the so-called stalwarts captured the upper. The most spirited contest was over the speakership of the lower house, Assemblyman Lenreot of Superior, the administration candidate, finally win- ning by a close vote over ex-Spea*er George H. Ray of La Crosse. C. O. Marsh of Antigo was selected for chief clerk and A. M. Anderson of Grants- burg for sergeant-at-arms. The senate caucus selected Senator J. J. Me Gillivray of Black River Fa’¥s for president. pro tem., Theodore Goldin of Janesville for clerk and | Sanford McDonald of Bayfield for sergeant-at-arms. The legislature convenes at noon to- day, when the caucus nominees will:bo formally elected. La Follette GAMBLERS TAXED. Saloons Pay Salary of Chief of Police in Black Hills Town. Spearfish, S. D., Jan. 14.—The city council of Spearfish has passed a reso- lution taxing gamblers $25 a month each. This action was precipitated by a resolution abolishing the office of chief of police, it being claimed that the principal duties of the officer con- sisted of preserving order in two saloons. It was finally decided, as a compromise, to make the saloon the source of revenue for the officer’s. A cut has been made in the salary of the city water superintendert to one-half what it has been. FARGO FANS MEET, Stock Company to Be Organized g North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 14.—There was an enthusiastic meeting of the baseball fans of Fargo last night, at which pre- liminary steps for the erganization of , a stock company were taken. Fifty- | one shares of stock were represented. | All favored an expausion of?-th Can’t Furnish Bail. Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 14,—§. D. Wells, the Ipswich attorney and real estate man arrested here on the | charge of disposing of m ed property to beat his creditors, is held to the circuit court in bonds of $500, which he is not able to furnish. Three Buildi Destroyed. Clinton, Iowa, Tat: 14.—Fire at De- witt, this county, destroyed ‘ree buildings containing the stores of W. H. Schlabach, shoes; W. T. Denni- son, hardware, and .'T. 8. Connole, glee The loss will exceed $30,- Alden, Minn., Jan. 14.—At 7 o’clock yesterday morning fire destroyed the building owned by A. G. Hall & Son. The building was occupied by A. K. Norton & Son on the first floor. The second floor was used as a hall. Residence Burned. Sparta, Wis., Jan. 14.—The residence of Mrs. Charles Fobes, together with furniture and clothing, was destroyed - by fire yesterday morning. The occu- pants narrowly escaped. The loss is —- == y | —_}+---—