Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 18, 1903, Page 7

| | ome = * snowfall melts 4 FARMERS LEARN WISDOM. Prairie Fires Are Now Recognized at Bad for the Soil. Jamestown, N. D., April 15. — The Prevention of prairie fires for severa! years in thés county is having a nota ble effect on the lands, buth in crop and unbroken. The ground is moister and plows easier than when the, gras® has been burned over. Then the sod is harder and it is dry beneath the surface. The snows do not catch and remain on the surface, evenly dis: * tributed, but blow off into coulees and leave the ground black, bare and hard. With no fires to take the grass, all the water from the usual heavy and soaks into,the soil, gradually giving back moisture « at the time when it is needed in the summer. INSANE MAN ESCAPES. “Clad Only in Night Shirt He Vanishes in the Darkness. Adrian, Minn., April 15.—Charles R. Reickhoff, a wealthy young man whose home is at Orange City, Iowa. but who owns twenty-four sections of land and an elevator in this county, «* was taken sudderily insane last week. He has been watched ever since, but Sunday night he dashed past two men who were in charge of him and jumped from the second-story window of Hotel Slade. Before any one could start in pursuit he was out of sight in the darkness. He was dressed only in a nightshirt. His health had been poor for some time. CRITIC’S JAW BROKEN. “Colored Man Does a Little Strenuous Work to Indorse Roosevelt. Milwaukee, April 15. — Douglas Grant, a negro, was before the police court yesterday for having defended t, President Roosevelt from derogatory remarks. The slanderer was a white man named John Coughlan, and Grant. hit him so hard on the jaw that the + bone was broken and Coughlan was ,». taken to the hospital. The argument began in a Third street saloon. Cough- lan said uncomplimentary things about the president’s view of the ne- gro question and Grant promptly knocked him down. CHILD’S CLOSE ESCAPE. ‘Careful Engineer Slows His Machine at the Right Moment. La Crosse, Wis., April 15.—The en- gine men on the regular passenger train on the Southern Minnesota di- vision of the Milwaukee road relate a startling experience. While the train was runaing at a high rate of speed between Whalen and Preston the en- gineer saw a little child playing on the track a short distance ahead. The brakes were instantly applied, and when the engine came‘to a stop it was but a few feet.from the child. KILLED ON THE TRACK. Entire Passenger train Passes Over a Laborer. Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 15. — T. I. Gray, a one-armed laborer, was run down and instantly killed by an Illi- nois Central passenger train early yes- terday morning. Gray was walking down the track to his home two miles « from town. He was facing a violent storm and did not hear the train ap- proaching behind him. The entire train passed over him, cutting his body entirely in twain. Gray was married and leaves a large family. CONFESSES THE KILLING. Arrested Man Claims That It Was Done in Self-Defense. Milwaukee, April 15. .— Martin Jochowicz was arrested charged with killing John Potrykus in front of a saloon on Ninth avenue last night. Jochowicz was arrested at his home and when taken to the police station, made a full confession, claiming the deed was committed in self-defense. Life Crushed Out Under Train. Sioux Falls, S. D.,“April 15.—Sev- erine Anderson of Rowens, aged about irty-five, was instantly killed here yesterday afternoon by a Rock Island train. The engineer observed him near the track when the train ap- proached the Great Northern crossing, “and it is believed Anderson threw him- self under the train purposely. His right foot was cut off and the body was then dragged under the train and life crushed out. He had two twenty-dollar bills in his pocket. : To Search for Eagan’s Body. Columbia Falls, Mont., April 15. — A. H. Eagan, superintendent of the at Illinois Central, has arrived here and \ is organizing a party to go into the \¥ mountains aud search for the rcimains of his brother, Benjamin Eagan, form- er superintendent of the Great North- ern, who is believed to have perished in the region about Belton, while * bunting deer last Decegber. Called Accomplices.® Wakefield, Minn., April 15.—Joseph Taro, a saloonkeeper at Fink, where . the fight took place in which Guiseppo «Coloseo lost his life, and John Gerino, were landed in jail as accompices. This makes three in custody. $ Cut to Pieces by Train. Lisbon, N. D., April 15.—Falling, it is supposed from a Soo line train near Venlo, a man named Vanburg was terribly mangled and the body scottered along the line. His home was in Canada. "| and one day in the penitentiary. AGREE ON NEW WAGE bade rand Northern Pacific Negotiations Era Satisfactorily. St. Paul, April 16.—All matters in dispute between the officials of the Northern Pacific Railway company ind the conductors and the trainmen lave been settled to the satisfaction of both officials and men, and the ne- yotiations, which began early in Jan- lary, are now ended. The men will zet an advance of 15 per cent for ‘reight conductors and trainmen and’ (2 per cent for passenger. Yardmen mn all yards were granted the new Shieago scale, which is a half-cent an iour higher than the rate which the Northern Pacific men secured last fall. |. The scals specifies 33 cents an hour ‘or night foremen and 30 cents an aour for night helpers; 31 cents an aour for day foremen and 28 cents an aour for day helpers. PUBLISHERS WIN FIRST ROUND. Trying to Have Abolished Union La- bel on Text Books. Helena, Mont., April 16—The first victory has been won by the Hastegn dook publishing firms, who are trying ‘o have abolished the union “label on the text books used in this state. In she supreme court yesterday the ap- plication to have declared unconstitu- tional that part of the law calling for she union label on books was heard and an order was made directing the members of the text book committee io show cause April 23 why it should hot be enjoined from opening bids on the third Monday in June as it had expected to do.. The point is made by the applicants for the injunction chat all printers are not given a fair show if the label part of the law holds. BURGLARS IN STORE. The Unlocked Safe Is Saved From Loct by Mere Chance. Bertha, Minn., April 16.—Burglars broke into and plundered the general store of Ahrendt & Kruse on Sunday uight. They took $10 from the till and scattered boxes of shoes and slothes all over the floor. They cut a hole into a dry goods box, inside of which they placed a candle to give them light. The bookkeeper forgot to tlose the safe Saturday night after he counted up the cash. The burglars iried the open safe. turned the knob half-way around, where it/caught. and they left it that way. They seemed to have made a hasty escape, but left no trace behind. BAD FOR JENSH. of Indictment Accuses him of Playing a Mean Trick. Sioux Falls, S. D., April 16—In the United States court yesterday the grand jufy returned thirteen indict- ments. One of them was against Adam Jensh, a farmer living fourteen niles northeast of Lake Preston, the sharge against him being that he mailed an objectionable -letter and irawing to Miss Lena Jeske, daughter of a neighboring farmer, of whom he was enamored. To the letter was at- tached the name of a rival for the af- feetions of the girl, the purpose of the writer doubtless being to “queer” the successful rival with the girl. FISH ARE FROZEN. Lake Campbell Smothered All Finny People. Lake Campbell, S. D., April: 16.—It has been discovered that all the fish in the lake near here which gives this place its name are dead. The ice froze to such a depth during the win- ser that the fish, it is believed, were smothered. The water in the lake at present is at such a low stage that other fish cannot enter through the chute, and it will again be necessary co stock the lake with fish. The re- ceding water has left thousands, if not millions, of dead fish on the shores of the lake. Its HOSPITAL FOR HASTINGS. Probate of Will Opens the Way for Gift to Take Effect. Hastings, Minn., April 16.—By the will of the late Rudolph Latto of this city, recently probated, he has ‘de- vised to the city of Hastings a half- block of property, including his beau- tiful brick residence, corner of Sev- enth and Ramsey streets, as a hospital for the poor sick of the city, and be- queathed the sum of $10,000 for im- proving and maintaining the same. STRENUOUS SPORT. Bones Are Part Wrestling Bout. Oconto, Wis., April 16. — Xavier Pocgnette, who had a wooden leg, was challenged by William Campeau to a wrestling bout and accepted. Af- ter several minutes of strenuous work the one-legged man secured a good hold, snapped Campeau’s left leg bone and won the match. Broken of the He Stole Horses. Sioux Falls, S. D., April 16.—Will- iam Otto, a ceded Sioux land settker, pleaded guilty to aa indictment charg- ing him with stealing horses from an Indian and was sentenced to one year April Blizzard. Plainfield, Wis., April 16.—A terrific April snowstorm prevailed over Cen- tral Wisconsin yesterday. It was a genuine northeaster. About six inches of snow fell. It was a regular bliz zard. ||| Che Legislature Proceedings of the BR Week inthe. ... State Law Mill... In the House. St. Paul, April 9. — Two bills de- signed for the protection of laboring people were recommended to pass by the house in committee of the whole. One of them aims to do away with blacklisting. It makes it unlawful for any employers to conspire to prevent any person from holding employment on the ground that they have been en- gaged’in a strike. The other bill is intended to protect workmen on tall buildings. The movement for a training school for girls, separate from the one at Red Wing for girls and boys, was de- feated in the house. In the Senate. The senate refused a second time to advance to general orders Repre- ‘sentative O. B. Soule’s bill changing the garnishment exemption from $25 a month to $8 a week. The senate passed by a vote of 34 to 17 Senator Eberhart’s bill, which lim- its the term of the field officers of the national guard to ten years. A motion by the author to suspend the rules and substitute a similar house bill was lost by a vote of 37 to 18. The bill caused a prolonged discussion ‘when it was’on*general orders, its op- ponents maintaining that it was mere- ly an attempt to oust Brig. Gen. W. B. Bend, who was conimissioned ia 1892, and to elect in his, place Col. Joseph Bobleter of the Third regiment. In the Senate. St. Paul, April 10.—Representative Dorsey’s bill authorizing the Minne- sota Sugar company to sue the state to test the validity of the sugar bounty law of 1895 was killed by the senate yesterday by a vote of 25 to 32. The senate indefinitely postponed the bill which prohibits railroads from raising rates without the consent of the railroad and warehouse commis- sion. The senate decided to place on general orders the bill abolishing the normal schools at Duluth, Moorhead and Mankato. Senator Pugh’s measure establish- ing a civil service commission to ex- amine grain inspectors was passed by the senate by a vote of 32 to 17. The senate passed without debate the home rule charter bill. The meas- ure raises the limitation of indebted- ness for cities of less than 50,000 in- habitants:to 10 per cent of their as- sessed valuation, and provides that in cities above 50,000 the ‘indebtedness |, must not exceed 5 per. cent, unless voted by the people. The senate passed fifty bills, the largest number it has passed in one day this’ session. General orders were taken up and no bills were intro- duced. In the House. The bill making one automobile ex- empt from execution, just as one* wagon or one carriage is exempt under the present Jaw, was recommended for indefinite postponement. The investment of schoo! funds in bonds issued by counties for drainage purposes is permitted by a bill which the house passed yesterday. - Severer tests of kerosene and a new test for gasoline are provided in @ bill which the house in committee of the whole recommended to pass. The house killed the: bill creating a state highway commission. Tbe house put in a busy, if rather uneventful day. Twelve bills were passed and one was killed, and on gen- eral orders considérable progress was made. In the Senate. St. Paul, April 11.—The senate com- mittee of the whole favorably reported the measure introduced by the road and bridge committee which creates a state highway commission to superin- tend the construction of roads and bridges. The bill prohibiting boards of health from requiring the vaccination of school children failed to pass the sen- ate by five votes. The senate recommended for pass- | age the measure making it a miftle- | meanor for any elevator company to adulterate screenings with chaff, dust or any worthless’ substance. The senate adjourned yesterday un- til 10 o’clock Monday morning. Iu the morning and afternoon sessions early all the measures on the calendar and | several on general orders were dis- | posed of. In the House. Protection for public officers and | candidates for public offices is pro- vided in a bill which the house in com- | mittee of the whole recommended to | pass. After a little fight the house, in com- mittee of the whole, recommended to pass the bill creating a state immigra- tion commission and a state immigra- tion commissioner. The non-partisan judiciary passed the house—61 to 26. The bill adding a density test to the present requirements on illuminating oils, passed the house. The house passed thirteen bills and waded through all its work in time to adjourn! at noon for the day. bill CaS In the House. St. Paul, April 13—A civil service system for the state dairy and food department is provided in a bill which was introduced in the house Saturday by request of the governor. It pro- vides that all appointments in the de- partment, except that of the eommis- sioner himself, shall be made strictly on merit, and that applicants must pass examinations before they can re- ceive places. A new state office in the department . of education is created in a bill intro- duced in the house. It creates the of- fice of rural school inspector, whose duties are to, inspect semi-graded and the rural schools throughout the state which apply for special state aid. - Among the bills passed by the house was Senator Hardy’s bill mak- ing amendments to the Torrens land titledaw. The bill was passed under 3uspension of the rules. The principal amendment takes the power of fixing the payment of ,examiners of titles away from the boards of county com- missioners and gives it t the district court. Three bills that affect the issuance of bands in St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth were passed by the house un- der suspension of, the rules. In the Senate. St. Paul, April 14.—The senate com- mittee of the whole yesterday recom- mended to pass Senator Horton’s bill creating a state immigration bureau: The house killed a similar bill. Representative Deming’s measure abolishing “days of grace” allowed after the maturity of negotiable in-) struments was recommended to pass | by the senate in committee of the whole. The senate had a light day yester- day. There were only two bills on the calendar, and most of the im- portant measures on general orders were laid over until to-day. in the House. The house yesterday defeated the bill designed to protect politicians from “graiters.” The hill provided that no person or association might ask or receive aid of any sort from'a candidate for an office or from any officeholder, subject to a fine of from $10 to $100. Punishment for inhuman parents that abandon their children at a ten- der age, and rewards for those that help convict them, are provided in a bill which the house in committee of the whole recommended to pass. A’ blow at standing appropriations for state institutions was given by fhe house when it passed the bill abolish- ing all such laws. The house yesterday passed but one bill, and killed two. The house has been allowing senate bills to accumu-, late on the calendar and passing only house measures. In the Senate. ! The omnibus appropriation bill, as prepared by the appropriations com- mittee of the house and the finance committee of the senate, was intro- duced in both branches of the legisla- ture yesterday. The Dill carries a total appropriation for the next two fiscal years, or until July 31, 1905, amounting to $3,107,373.33. All cir- cumstances considered, it is the low- est appropriation bill that has been introduced in many years. - The house approved the grand jury bill, which provides for the submis- sion of an amendment to the consti- tution that will permit some legisla- ture of the future, if it sees fit, to do away with the grand jury system in this state. The bill increasing the gross ¢art- ings tax on railroads from 3 to 4 per cent was passed by the senate without amendment, by a vote of 52 to 5. The senate passed without debate the house election committee’s meas- ure providing that questions propos- ing to amend the constitution shall be printed on a separate hallot. The'senate refused to adopt. the ma- jority report of the committee on pub- lic health recommending indefinite pestponement forethe bill to establish a state live stock sanitary board, and decided to place the measure on gen- eral orders. In the House. A compromise amendment to the board of control bill was sent into the house by the committee on education, and it was accepted by the house. The bill as amended takes the uni- versity and normal schools away from the jurisdiction of the board of control and gives them back to the board of regents and the state normal board. The house passed the bill providing for a state tax commission of three members. The house has already passed the Haugland bill, providing for a single tax commissioner, so it has in effect passed two conflicting bills. A fear that the senate will shelve the Haugland bill, however, is responsible for the passage of the last bill. The house killed the bill appropri- | ating $85,000 for road work through- out the state. The bill proposed to give to each county $1,000 for read work. ARDSOR AND BIRD DAY. Governor Recommends That Suitable Exercises Be Held in All the Schools. Gov. Van Sant has issued his proc- | latmation designating May 1 as Arbor and Bird day. The proclamation reads as follows: “In compliance with law and custom, I hereby designate May 1, 1903, as Arbor and Bird day, and earnestly recommend that upon said day. suitable exercises be held in all the schools throughout the state with a view to arousing the full apprecia- tion of the usefulness of our song birds and the beauty and utility of trees, shrubs and vines. To the end that our homes, streets and’ public places be made more attractive and beautiful, I urge that the day may in a measure be given to planting; in addi- tion to planting, it behooves us to pre- serve. Public sentiment appreciative of the value of our forestry and the necessity of its preservation from wan- ton destruction should be cultivated,” ‘Woman on Mail Route. Aurora, S. D., April 16.—That wom- en make a success as rural mail car- riers is shown by what has been ac- complished by Mrs. H. Fort, who was recently appointed a substitute car- rier on one of the routes running out of this place. So far as known she is the only woman rural mail carrier in the state. i @_ 08 00 eo 08 00 06 Ge os c0 08 ?.1n Minnesota. 8 , State News of the ry Week Briefly Told. OOo 00 ce 00 00 00 00 00 00 00: The ice in Lake Pepin has all moved out and the way is clear for boats. Wise & John Sinclair, an old and respected citizen of Villard, died of pneumonia. A mass meeting has been called at Warroad to organize a co-operative ereamery. Merchants of Northfield will con- tinue the early closing movement, at least until May ‘ ; John A. Walker eae ‘erected a saw mill four miles west of Roosevelt and will adda planer. John McIntosh jigs completed the building of a machine shop and is erecting an office at Warroad. P.G. Childs of Granite Falls has been elected superintendent of the Slayton schools for ote year, H.W. Locke, a sail: fest citizen of Wadena, was adjudged insane and committed to the Fergus Falls asylum. Mrs. G. M. “Lowell of Osakis died suddenly of apoplexy. She was a res- ident of River Falls, Wis., in the early days. The Baptist church at Montevideo has extended a call to Rev. W. T. S. Spriggs of Park Rapids, and he has accepted. John Daily has sold his bonanza farm of 717 acres in Cottage Grove to S. D. Brenning and A. E. Linnington of Iowa for $28, beta The newly ay council at Spring Valley voted to accept Andrew Carne- gie’s offer of $8,000, with all his condi- tions, for a Mbrary, Nels N. Raabolle, whose threshing outfit was badly damaged by the col- lapse of a bridge over the Zumbro last fall, has been awarded $800 damages. Frank Putin’ has purchased the Jonathan Irish farm near Pelican Rap- ids for $60 per acre, this being the highest price ever paid for a farm in the county. Nicholas Wagoner, aged eighteen years, residing three miles northwest of Caledonia, was kicked by a horse and his right leg broken above the knee. Rey. Alex Chambers, pastor of the Congregational church at Granite Falls, died of apoplexy. He was forty- one years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The charter’ ct roll of the Northfield Commercial] club is full, as the limitation of 100 has been reached. Hereafter applications must be filed and members voted upon. The Chicago Great Western round- house at Mankato burned and twe freight engines were destroyed. The fire started in the oil room. The building was of no great value. James Beatty is in the county jail at Albert Lea in default of bail, charged with forgery. He is said to have signed the name of John Beatty to a note for $60, cashing it at the Albert Lea State bank. A new town has been started at Itasca close to the lake. About sey- enty-five lots have been sold and a ho- tel, general store, several residences and other buildings will be erected as soon as the weather will permit. At the biennial city election at Jor: dan H. S. Schreiner, banker, was elected to succeed himself as mayor and C. Juni, C. H. Casey, G. B. Strait, Henry Arens, H. T. Morlock, Robert Smail and Andrew Jackson were chos- en councilmen for two years. The new city council of Detroit re- fused to confirm Mayor Davis’ appoint- ments for city marshal and street com- missioner. After he had made six such appointments, each one sharing a like fate, the matter was left until the next meeting. Rural free delivery of mail from Prior Lake was instituted April 1, with two carriers, and delivery was also started from Shakopee, Jordan and New Prague on the same day, Shako- pee and Jordan having three routes each and New Prague two. The roads were in poor condition. The Commonwealth Lumber com- pany’s big saw mill at Frazee has com- menced cutting. The company has just received patents on four ceded townships in Becker and Beltrami counties on which there is said to be 100,000,000 feet of logs. This, wilh other logs in sight, will keep thé mill going for ten years ‘Winona-fed lambs snipe made ‘a ree- ord on the Chicago market, those fed by A. H. Beyerstedt of that city bring- ing $7.85. Mr. Beyerstedt has 1,500 head left and expects to secure $8 for them in a few days. The price of $7.85 is said to be the highest paid since 1891. Joe Bender, twenty-three years old, was arrested at Duluth, charged with drunkenness. When he sobered up a bit he informed the police that he is the last surviving member of the famous Bender family. DEFECTIVE pace SECURE A FR FREE HOME In the Fertile Whi Wheat Fields of Western Canada. | To thé Editor: The emigration of well-to-do farmers from the United States to the Canadian Northwest has assumed such proportions that organ- ized efforts are now being made by interested persons and corporations to stem the tice. The efforts are being initiated chiefly by railway and real estate interests in the states from which the bulk of the emigration takes place. The movement of population has taken from numerous states thou- sands of persons whose presence along railways in these states made business for the transportation com- panies. The movement has also be- come so widely known that it has pre- vented the settlement of vacant lands along these lines, parties who might have located there being attracted to the free and more fertile lands of Can- ada. The result of the movement has been that the railway companies not only see the vacant lands along their lines remain vacant, but they also see hundreds of substantial farmers who have helped provide business for these Tailways move away and so cease their contributions. The farmers have moved to Canada because they were convinced that it would be to their financial interest to do so. In moving they have been inconsiderate enough to place their own financial interests before those of the financial interests of the railway corporations. In addition to the railway corpora- tions, real estate dealers are working to stem the flow of emigrants. Of course every emigrant who goes to Canada méans the loss of commissions on land deals by real estate dealers. Now a person has but to know what the interests are that are trying to stop the flow to know what motive is influencing their course. The emigra- tion means financial loss to railway corporations and to real estate men. These interests therefore are not di- recting their opposition efforts out of any love for the departing emigrants or out of any high patriotic motives either. They are doing so purely from selfish interests. It is a matter of dol- lars and cents with them. They are so patriotic, they are so consumed by love for their fellow-citizens, that they want to prevent these fellow-citizens going to Canada. and getting free farms of the best wheat land in the world, and instead they want to make them stay on high-priced farms in the United States, where they will con- tinue to pour money into the pockets of these railways and real estate men. One of the methods employed by these interests to stem the tide is the distribution of matter to newspapers, painting Canada in the darkest colors. These articles emanate chiefly from a bureau in St. Louis. They are sent out at frequent intervals for sixaul- taneous publication. A writer is em- ployed at a high salary to prepare the matter. i Moreover, statements absoiuteiy at variance with the truth have lately been published broadcast. These ap- pear chiefly in what purport to be let- ters from persons who are alleged to have gone to Canada and become dis- gusted with it. Only a few of such have been published, and they contain statements that are absurd in their falsity. Whether the parties whose names appear in connection with these letters have ever been in Canada, and, if so, their history while there, is to be thoroughly looked into. The. dis- covery of their motive, like the dis- covery of the motive of the interests who are engineering the opposition, may prove illumining. In the mean- time, however, it may be pointed out that only a few of such letters have appeared, but since 1897 over 87,000 American settlers have gone to the Canadian West. Can any reasonable person suppose for a moment that if Canada was one-quarter as bad as rep resented in these letters the 87.000 Americns now there would remain ia the country; or, if the Canadian West had not proved the truth of all that was claimed for it, the papers of every state in the American Northwest would not be filled with letters saying so? Imagine 87,000 aggressive Amer- icans deceived and not making short shift of their deceivers. The fact is the 87,000 are well satisfied and are encouraging their friends to follow them. Anyone who sees any of these dis- paraging letters should remember that it is railway and real estate interests who have from purely selfish reasons organized a campaign to stem the flow to Canada. If Canada were half as bad as represented there would be no need of such an organization. The fact that such exists is of itself a mag- nificent tribute to Canada. Finally it should not be forgotten that the letters published are brimful of falsehoods, and that 87,000 satisfied Americans in the Canadian West constitute a living proof that such is the case. The Canadian Government agent whose name appears in advertisement elsewhere in this paper is authorized to give all information as to rates and available lands in Western Canada. = People who live double lives are apt to discover in the end that neither of them was profitable. 1am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption suved my life three years ago.—Mrr. THos. RoBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17. 1900. The person who is loyal to the iarg- est ygmber of personal friends is hap- pies! . To Cure a Cold in One day, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN druggists refund moneyit it fails tocure. 250, JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. Jo say that some men have Eorse sense is. cruelty to animals.