Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 9, 1903, Page 3

owen PAAAASSIISIOS DR. AMES’ DEFENSE HE DIDN’T DO IT, AND EVEN IF HE DID, HE WAS MENTALLY UNBALANCED. WITNESSES TELL OF DELUSIONS ALCOHOLISM WAS LARGELY RE SPONSIBLE FOR HIS MENTAL CONDITION. AMES CONTRADICTS EVERYBODY. CONTINUES DENIAL OF COMPLIC- ITY IN THE MUNICIPAL SCANDAL. Minneapolis, May 7. — The case of Dr. Ames will be in the hands of the jury this afternoon. The defense con- cluded its examination yesterday at 3:45 o’clock. County Attorney F. E. Boardman will make the argument for the state this morning and Frank M. Nye for the defense. The defense yesterday pursued its double line of evidence, attempting to prove that Dr. Ames did not receive the alleged bribe of $600. and tnat at any rate he was mentally irresponsi- ble at the time. Dr. Ames continued his denial of any complicity in the municipal scan- dal. He stated that he had never given Gardner $50 to remunerate Ray Harris, the woman who was fined “by mistake,” nor any money to pay po- lice officers r “Rounding Up” the candy stores, cigar stores and bath parlors. The insanity theory is based largely on the testimony of Dr. J. W. Macdonald, the defendant's fam- ily physician, and Dr. E. J. Clark, who for several years and up to the time of the alleged bribery, had an office in the same building and on the same floor with the accused. John Long, A. S. Keyes and Freeman P. Lane, three lawyers, also testified that they had noted strange idiosyncrasies on the part of the defendant. Dr. Clark said that the accused had been addict- ed to strange delusions. The defend- ant was nervous and irritable; his eyes were yellow, and he talked vaguely. From these phenomena Dr. Clark swore he believed the accused Mentally Unsound and incapable of judging the conse- guences of an act such as receiving money from Gardner. On cross-exam- ination Dr. Clark stated that the de- fendant had been drinking heavily, and that alcoholism was largely re- sponsible for his mental condition. Dr. Macdonald testified that the de- fendant had been afflicted with mental delusions and loss of memory. He also testified that the defendant was not in his right mind and was incapable of discriminating between right and wrong. He stated, however, that al- coholism had a great deal to do with Dr. Ames’ condition. John Long and A. S. Keyes, two at- torneys, stated that in the summer of 1901 they had visited the former mayor to secure the appointment of a friend to the police force, but that his Mind Was So Unbalanced that they did not broach the subject. Freeman P. Lane, formerly of Minne- apolis, and now of Excelsior, related a similar experience. Mr. Boardman, of the prosecution. suggested that there was nothing un- usual in the doctor’s actions. Edward J. Conroy, superintendent of police; Joshua Rogers, city controll- er; E. A. Taylor, superintendent of the university free dispensary; Thomas McMillan, former superintendent of the soldiers’ home; Dr. U. G. Williams, coroner of Hennepin county, and George Wright, a tobacco merchant, testified to the good character of the defendant. NEW HEARING GRANTED. Convict Will Have His Case Again Argued. Pierre, S. D., May 7.—The supreme court, by Corson, handed down a de- ‘cision in the case of the state vs. Ja- ‘cob Mulch, for a writ of error and stay f sentence by a certificate of probable passe The writ was granted and tha lcertificate refused. Mulch was sen- ttenced from Lawrence county on a trape charge, and Judge Moore, his at- jtorney, attempted to secure a stay of ‘sentence and a new hearing on a writ of error. The new hearing has been ‘granted, but Mulch remains in the ,penitentiary pending the hearing. SHOT DEAD IN HIS TRACKS. : Man Murdered While Out Walking on Street. St. Paul, May 7.—John Carr, eigh- teen years old, and residing at Front and Milford streets, was shot and in- stantly killed at 11:30 last night while ‘on Front street near Matilda street. ;He was out walking with two of his friends, Ed O’Toole and Charles Aitkin ‘of 445 Hatch street. Joseph Kohler, ‘979 Farrington avenue, was arrested by Sargeant Tegler and charged witb doing the shooting. LUTHERANS WILL MERGE. Consolidation of Scattered Groups Is in the Air. ‘Winona, Minn., May 6.—Rev. Philip von Rohr of this city, president of the Wisconsin ‘Lutheran synod, which in cludes Wisconsin, Minnesota and part of Michigan, states that an effort is being made to consolidate all the Lutheran synods of the country. He has just returned from a big meeting at Watertown, Wis., where there were present over 250 ministers, where the matter was discussed with much fa- vor. It was there decided to call an- other meeting to be held in Milwau- kee, at which over 1,000 clergymen will be present, representing every synod in the country. The object of the consolidation is to bring all the different Lutheran bodies into har- mony. WON’T SURRENDER OFFICE. Republicans Refuse to Acknowledge Socialist Officeholders. Anaconda, Mont., May 6. — Mayor Stephens and the other Republican members of the city administration yesterday refused to surrender their offices to the recently elected Socfal- ists on the ground that the latter failed to qualify within the required time. Last night Mayor Stephens and the members of the old city council chamber and found the place occupied by the Socialists, with Mayor-elect Frincke in the chair. Mayor Stephens and his followers quietly withdrew and held their session in another room. The matter will now go into count on the official act of either set of officials. RING IN CHICKEN’S GIZZARD. Missing Band Is Found by Woman Who Lost It. La Crosse, Wis., May 6.—While giv- ing a birthday party to her friends Mrs. Nicholas Rice of this city found imbedded in the gizzard of a chicken her wedding ring, which she lost four months ago. Her husband has been dead some time, and when the ring was lost she spent considerable time and some money trying to locate it, but without success. Yesterday there was a birthday feast at her home. Several of her chickens were killed. When she had about concluded clean- ing the fourth and last chicken she found the ring in the gizzard. DISSIPATION AND DEATH. After a Night of Gambling a Young Man Kills Himself. Deadwood, S. D., May 6.—Elmer D. Town, in the employ of a local firm, shot himself through the heart yester- day in the presence of his wife, after a night of gambling and dissipation. He had received his wages on Satur- day evening, and instead of taking it home he had gone to a local gambling establishment and lost it playing faro. When his last cent was gone he went to his home. and taking down a rifle from the wall, loaded it, and, placing the muzzle against his breast, pulled the trigger before his wife could stop him. ‘MUST GIVE UP LAND. Decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court Is Reversed. Washington, May 6. — The United States supreme court yesterday re- versed the decision of the supreme court of the State of Minnesota in the case of the Northern Pacific Railroad company vs. Townsend, involving the right of an individual to locate public Jand within the Northern Pacific grant. The state court’s decision was favorable to Tovfasend’s contention, but the federal court reversed that judgment on the ground that the grant to the Northern Pacific was equivalent to a congressional adjudication. BIG FIRE AT DULUTH. $10,000 Worth of Lumber Destroyed in the Alger-Smith Yard. Duluth, Minn., May 6.—Fire in the Alger-Smith Lumber company’s yards on Garfield avenue here last night de- stroyed $10,000 worth of lumber and for a time placed 2,000,000 feet of the same commodity in jeopardy. All the departments in the city were cailed to the scene but the blaze was soon ‘un- der control. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from a passing engine. HEAD AND ARMS CUT OFF. Boy of Eighteen Killed in Railroad Yards at Mason City. Mason City, Iowa, May 6.—While attempting to jump from the Milwau- kee passenger train Guy Dean, aged eighteen, had his head and arms cut, from his body by falling under the wheels, With other young fellows he had been in the habit of boarding the train and riding to the last yards, and jumping off while the train was in motion. YOUTHFUL HERO. Boy Saves His Little Brother From Drowning in an Old Well. | Cavalier, N. D., May 6. — Richfe Stoughton, twelve years old, has made himself a-hero, by rescuing his little brother Ross, aged two, from death in an old well into which the little one had fallen. The-well.was fifteen feet deep and held _ five feet of water. Richie slid down the pump pipe and held his brother’s head above water until the mother found a rope with which to pull both to safety. ‘eDews of the Northwest | IN HANDS OF A MOB. Strikers in Complete Control of th Business Men. Omaha, May 7. — For many hours yesterday the wholesale business of Omaha was in the hands of a mob of 3,000 strikers, who patrolled the streets and prevented non-union work- men and strikebreakers from perform- ing their labors. Assaults were of common occurrence, and the situation is hourly growing worse. Grave fears are entertained among all classes for to-day, when clashes between strikers and police can scarcely be averted. The chief of police last night clased all saloons, and will keep them closed until the strike is over. This was done at the request of the strike leaders, who feared the strikers would get be- yond control. The Nebraska national guard may be called out, and will be should the strike get beyond control of the local authorities. Gen. Culver, commander of the national guard, has been in Omaha looking over the situation. The governor has deeided that He Will Obey the Law. and it is thought that he will not hesi- tate to order out-the militia should the occasion demand it. Members of the Omaha Business Men’s association, composed of 1,000 leading busitness men, last night declared that an ap- plication for a restraining order pre- venting the strikers from interfering in any way with the non-union men would to-day be applied for. Through- out the wholesale district yesterday afternoon the strikers succeeded in preventing freight of any kind’ to get to or from the depots, and many wagons were overturned, horses re- leased, harness cut and drivers pulled from their seats. In many cases the strikers themselves hauled the wagon to the starting point. The large transfer companies noti- fied the authorities that they expected to open for business to-day, and de- manded police protection. A large number of teamsters have been im- ported from other cities to take the place of the strikers. The freight handlers, numbering 1,500 men, will probably strike to-day. GREAT NORTHERN NOT BLUFFING The Company Will Not Yield on Double-Headers. St. Paul, May 7.—General Manager F. E. Ward of the Great Northern railway yesterday issued a cireular to the conductors and trainmen along the line of the Great Northern system who are now’ voting on the double-header proposition. secret and the result will not be known until the committeemen return to St. Paul the latter part of this week er the first of next. Mr. Ward’s cir- cular emphasizes that whatever the vote, the company will not yieid, but will adhere to the principles laid down during the negotiations with the com- mittees. DR. FORBES TO GO EAST. Elected Assistant Secretary of Board of Extension of M. E. Church. Duluth, May 7.—Dr. Robert Forbes, presiding elder of the Duluth district of the Methodist Episcopal church, and chaplain of the house of repre- sentatives of Minnesota, has been elected assistant secretary of the board of extension of the Methodist Episcopal church by the board of bishops in session at Meadville, Pa. This will necessitate his removal to Philadelphia. The position comes to Dr. Forbes unsolicited and at an op- portune time, for he is now serving the last of the six years, allowed by the church regulations for a presiding elder. ADMINISTRATOR ARRESTED. He Is Accused of Embezzling From an Estate. Helena, Mont., May 7. — Herman Littimer, public administrator for Flathead county, was arrested yester- day, charged with having stolen $250 from the Robert Savage estate, of which he was administrator. He is said to be short in his accounts with other estates. Instead of depositing the money with the county treasurer, as required by law, it is asserted that he placed the funds to his own credit at a public bank and drew on them as he needed money. In default of bail he was sent to jail. INDIAN BECOMES RECTOR. Cornelius Hill of the Oneida Tribe Will Receive Holy Orders. Green Bay, Wis., May 7.—Cornelius Hill, chief of the Oneida Indians, one of the survivors of the famous Sioux nations of New York State, will be or- dained as a priest of the Episcopal church June 24, on the reservation near this city. Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac will conduct the cere- mony. FARMER DISCOURAGED. Takes His Own Life Because Crop Prospect Is Poor. Shell Rock, Iowa, May 7.—Herbert Henn, a farmer living two miles south of town, committed suicide yes- terday morning cutting his throat with arazor. Mr. Henn has only been in this vicinity a short time. He seemed very quiet, and it was thought he was discouraged at the prospect of crops, it being so cold and the fam he was liviug on being rather wet land he was enaie to get in his crops. 1 The vote of the men is»; In Minnesota. Btate News of the |3) Week Briefly Told, Renville has just contracted to put in a gas plant to cost $8,000. arF. Woods, a prominent citizen and banker of Corell, died of apoplexy. An agricultural and ‘jnaustrial fair will be held at Duluth on August 17 to 22: John Broderick has been appointed boiler inspector for Murray and No- bles counties, Mrs, Amos B. Hills, an aged resident of Faribault, is dead. She left a hus- band and family. Jens Saxum | was xitlea by lightning at Rindall, south of Fertile. He was passing throngh a Bele: Rev. G. A. Larson, ‘the new pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church at North- field, took charge May 1. F. H. Mallman of Hibbing, a busi- ness man, committed suicide by tak- ing poison. Financial troubles. The new St. Mark’s Episcopal church building at Lake City was consecrated by Bishop Fideal. It cast $11,000. August Schoenbelcher of Ada lost papers amounting to over $4,000. A diligent search was made without re- sult. Senator Moses E. Clapp delivered a lecture at Rush City under the auspi- ces of the guild of Grace Episcopal | church. Work on the Mankato line of the Milwaukee railway is in progress west of Farmington, track-laying having been resumed. The joint egavention of the Mankato and Western conferences of Congre- gational churches will be held in Man- kato on May 13-15. Measles are having a run at Cannon Falls, in some cases with fatal results. Three deaths have occurred from this cause within a week. Matt Katterman of Wadena has sued the Great Northern company for $15,000 or damages for injuries re- ceived at Crary, N. D. The barn and blacksmith shop of W. C. Bonn at Brookfield burned. All the tools and the horses were saved. Loss $300, insurance $100. Melvin Peterson of Red Wing, a twelve-year-old boy, was wounded in | the eye by the discharge of an air gun in the hands of a companion. Rev. A. B. Miller, late pastor at Cas- selton, N. D., was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Austin, in the presence of a large audience. Mrs. James S. Welch, an old resi- dent of Hastings, is dead after a pro- tracted illness, aged sixty-three. She leaves one daughter, Miss Nellie L., and a son, ina = Samuel V. Gilbert, cashier of the Redcliff Lumber company, dropped dead at his Duluth home of an elec- tric shock sustained while turning on a light while after a glass of water. While fishing at New Ulm the nine- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Muehlbrandt fell from the dam in the Cottonwood river and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. Soo passenger train No. 107 was wrecked three miles east of Buffalo. The baggage and mail cars were de- railed and rolled down an embank- ment. No one was seriously injured. The proprietor of the Brunswick ho- tel at Faribault has received a letter from a party of tourists in Naples, Italy, asking him to reserve a suite of rooms which they will want to oc- cupy in June. Sates BAY, The school board of Independent District No. 77 at Grand Meadow has been instructed by popular vote to build additions suitable for a high school; also to issue bonds for $6,000 to complete the additions. Articles of incorporation were filed by the Alex Marshall company of Northfield, with a capital stock of $25,- 000, the incorporators being Alex Mar- shall and John S. Tosney of Northfield and Matthew S. Weide of St. Paul. The Olmsted County Merchants’ as- sociation was organized at Rochester. C. F. Massey of Rochester was elected president; W. F. Davis, Stewartville, vice president; Will Weber, Roches- ter, secretary, and F. A. Poole, Roch- ester, treasurer. A director from each town in the county was also elected. Louis Miller, eighteen years of age, a student at the state agricultural col- lege, while sick returned to his home at Groveland last week. A doctor was called and pronounced the case smallpox. Miller is in the St. Louis Park pesthouse, Wholesale arrests were ordered at Brainerd by Judge Warner in the gam- Slayton burned. bling cases as the result of Isaacson |warran state’s evidence. There are | warrants for Schultz and Skinner, Mert Duff, Frank Kerr and Barney ' Molina. ~ ‘ The residence ot Frank Hauffman at John Murphy, a rich farmer of Belle Plaine, lost his fine residence by fire. George W. Berton, who was injured in a runaway at Austin, died of hemor- rhage of the brain. Dakota eounty gets $600 out of the omnibus road and bridge bill passes by the legislatare. Mat Peterson, a farm hand,’ was killed at Pat Farry’s place near Albert Lea by a falling tree. Two freight cars and a@ caboose on the Great Northern collided at Wa- dena. No one) waa injured. Wolf poate claims amounting to $114, issued since 1901, were paid by the Dakota county treasurer last week. Clement Thompson was injured at Wadena while handling farm machin- ery. He was taken to a St. Paul hos- pital. Burglars broke into the Milwaukee Station at Adams and stole over a hundred tickets and robbed a mail pouch, Rey. O. T. Langfitt, who was recent- ly tendered a call from the Presbyte- rian congregation of Pipestone, has accepted. By the omnibus road and bridge bill appropriating $61,050 among the coun- ties, Wadena receives $800 or a bridge over Leaf river. Driving operations are | well under way in the vicinity of Aitkin, with a good stage of water in the Mississippi and sy nena hua Stacy has fees splnaa under quar- antine. A case of smallpox was dis- covered in the home of Charles Beck. The saloons are closed. There has been he activity at Rushford in real estate, caused large- ly by the prospect of the early build- ing of an electric line to Winona. The Rushford city council granted three liquor licenses at $1,500 each, probably the highest license paid to any town of this size in the state. The new village council of Aitkin recently issued an order requiring all gamblers to leave within twenty-four hours. Several notorious crooks de- parted. Erick Lee, residing near Aspeland, Goodhue county, a well-known farmer in good circumstances, committed sui- cide by hanging. He was sixty-five years old. The Bank of Paynesville has changed its corporate name to the First State Bank of New Paynesville, and reduced its capital stock from $25,- 009 to $10, 000. Residents of Wailea are petitioning the council to extend the water mains. The proposition was lost last year and it is probable the present petition will meet the same as Frank ‘Austin, estos of the Park hotel at Belle Plaine, has sold his building to John Schobell, who. will use it for a residence. This will leave the place with only one hotel. Directors of the Pipestone County bank elected the following officers: President, E. W. Davies; vice presi- dent, O. P. Miller; cashier, F. E. Pear- son; assistant cashier, T. E. Nash. Citizens of Park Rapids have begun active preparations for the ninth an- nual tournament of iie Northern Min- nesota Firemen’s association, to be held there June 23 to 26, inclusive. The Farmers’ Elevator company re cently organized at Vermillion has bought the grain elevator from the Hastings Malting company for $4,750, possession having been given May 1. | Erick Erickson and Christ Mattson, fishermen at Knife river, seven miles below Two Harbors, are supposed to have been drowned. Both were single men and members of the fishing col- ony. Joseph Sabin of Slayton, who evad- ed all game wardens, has at last been captured by Local Warden Foster. Mr. Sabin has for years sold fish presum- ably caught in Lake Shetek. Officers are seeking ae son. The body of Allan J. Cook, who has been missing for two months, was found floating in one of the bay slips at Duluth. His pockets were turned inside out and it is thought there may have been foul play. Mrs. Ziek of Williow Lake township, near Springfield, killed herself by jumping into a well. No reason is known for her act unless her mind was unsettled by the birth of a child two weeks before. Mice and rabbits have greatly dam- aged fruit trees in Freeborn county by girdling, and a concerted action is be- ing agitated to exterminate the pests. It is suggested that a small bounty be paid for FARES: William Ratlitt was brought before Judge Cadwell at Le Sueur and plead- ed guilty to the burning of Mrs. Chad- derdous’ residence on the night df Noy. 4 last, and was sentenced to eigh' years in the penitentiary, He will be tried for the assault upon Louis Ball- man when his term expires. DEFECTIVE PAGE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. How the State Lists and Assesses — Property. A valuable circular has been issued from the office of the state auditor, which affords information every citi- zen should possess. It is as follows: A study of assessment returns must convince any one that thousands of personal property owners are escaping taxation. It is my purpose in this, cir- eular to direct the attention of asses- ‘| sors to certain laws relating to the duties of property owners and asses- sors. Read earefully the following laws: Section 1515, Statutes of Minesota, 1904. listed in the manner following: “First—Every person of full age and sound mind, being a resident of this state, shall list all his moneys, cred- its, bonds or stock, shares of stock, of joint-stock or other companies (when the property of sueh company is not assessed in this state), moneys loaned or invested, annuities, fran- chises, royalties, and other personal property. “Second—He shall also list sepa- rately and in the name of his principal all moneys and other personal prop- erty invested. loaned or otherwise con- trolled by him as the agent or attor- ney, or on account of any other per- son or persons, company or corpora- tion whatsoever; and all moneys de- posited subject to his order, check or ~ draft, and credits due from:or owing by any person or persons, body cor- porate or politic. “Third—The property of a minor child shall be listed by his guardian, or by the person having such property in charge. “Fourth—The property of an idiot or lunatic by the person having charge of such property. “Fifth—The property of a wife by her husband, if of sound mind; if not, by herself. “Sixth—The property of a person for whose benefit it is held in trust, by the trustee; of the estate of a de- ceased person, by the executor or ad- ministrator. “Seventh—The property of corpora- tions whose assets are in the hands of receivers, by such receivers. “Eighth—The property of a body politic or corporate, by the president or proper agent or officer thereof. “Ninth—The property of a firm or company, by a party or agent thereof. “Tenth—The property of manufac- turers and others in the hands of an agent, by such agent, in the name of his principal, as merchandise.” Section 1523, Statutes of 1994. “Every person required by this act to list property shall make out and de- liver to the assessor, when required, a statement, verified by his oath, of all the personal property in his possessfon or under his control, and which, by the provisions of this act, he is required to list for taxation, either as the owner or holder thereof, or as guardian, parent, husband, trustee, executor, ad- ministrator, receiver, accounting offi- cer, partner, agent or factor; but no person shall be required to include in his statement any share or portion of the capital stock or property of any company or corporation which such company is required to list or return as its capital or property for taxation i nthis state.” Section 1542, Statutes 1894. “The assessor shall call at the office, place of doing business or residence of each person required by this act to list his property and list his name, and skall require such person to make a correct statement of his taxable property in accordance with the provisions of this act: and every person so required shall enter a true and correct state- ment of such property, in the form pre- scribed. which statement shall be signed and verified by the oath of the person listing the property, and deliv- ered to the assessor, who shall there- upon assess the value of such prop- erty, and enter the same in his books: provided, if any property is listed or assessed on or after the fourth Mon- day in June and before the return of the assessor’s books,’ the same shall be as legal and binding as if listed and assessed before that time.” Section 1546, Statutes of 1894. “In all cases of a failure to obtain a state- ment of personal property, from any cause, it shall be the duty of the as- sessor to ascertain the amount and value of said property, and assess the same at such amount as he believes to be the true value thereof. The asses- sor. when requested, shall deliver to the person assessed a copy of the statement of property hereinbefore re- quired, showing the valuation of the property so listed, which copy shall be signed by teh assessor.” Assessors should see to it that every man and woman in his district is pro- vided with a blank for iisting personal property, which statement should be properly filled out and sworn to and éelivered to the assessor within a given time. Notice should be served that if the statement does not reach the assessor on time an arbitarry as- sessment will be made as authorized by law. BANKER MISSING. Absence of Winnebago City Man Causes Apprehension. Albert Lea, Minnh., May 2.—Hoping to ascertain the whereabouts of S. S. Secor, a Winnebago City banker, L. E. Cross, cashier of the Bank of Delavan, Minn.. was here, and left for Milwau- kee last night, where Mr. Secor went last Saturday, but since which time no news has been heard of him. He was expected to return the first of the week, and some apprehension is felt for his safety. Marriage should be the victory of altruism, but it is the victory of ego- tism. God will always set the picture of character in a worthy chamber. “Personal property shall 4p 3