Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 3

, lost by the union expires June 1. PETITION TO INTERVENE IN SE- CURITIES CASE IS REFUSED BY COURT... JUDGES’ DECISION UNANIMOUS SUSTAINS IN EVERY PARTICULAR CONTENTIONS OF HILE’S LAWYERS. ’ GOVERNMENT NEEDS NO MENTOR FURTHER ORDERS NOT NECES- SARY FOR ENFORCEMENT OF DECREE. St. Paul, April 20—The effort of the Union Pacific to get control*of the Northern Pacific got a body blow yes- terday when the United States circuit court refused to receive the Harriman petition. E. H. Harriman and Winslow S. Pierce asked leave to intervene in the case of the United States against the Northern Securities company by filing a petition objecting to the plan outlined by the directors of ,the Se- curities company for the dissolution of the company. The disolution plan provides for a pro rata exchange of its holdings of Great Northern and Northern Pacific stock. Harriman and Pierce demanded that the rail- road stock be returned to its original holders, which would give the Union Pacific control of the Northern Pa- cific. Unanimous Decision. The decision of the court is not only unanimous, but it sustains in every particular the contentions of the attorneys of the Northern Securi- ties company. Judge Amos M. Thayer states the conclusions of the court. The other judges that join in the de- cision are Judge Walter H. Sanborn, Judge Willis Van Devanter and Judge William C. Hook. The case was ar-. gued before the court in St. Paul last week. William D. Guthrie, Maxwell Evarts and S. R. Lovett argued for the petitioners and Elihu Root, for- mer secretary of war, and John G. Johnson for the Securities company. The court sees no force in the plea of the petitioners that their interven. tion is necessary to secure enforce- ment of the court’s decree in the Northern Sectrities case. The court holds that the United States Is the Complainant in this case, and is the conservator of the public weifare. The petitioners cannot intrude into this litigation to protect the public welfare, says the court, so long aS the government ex- presses its disapproval of such intru- sion. The United States, by the at- torney general, did object to the inter- vention. 1 The court denies the contention of the petitioners that further orders are necessary for the enforcement of the decree. The decree prohibited certain acts held to be contrary to the Sher- man anti-trust law, and so long as these acts are not done the decree is self-enforcing and no further action looking to its enforcement is deemed necessary. For the same reason the court Refuses to Consider the argument made by the petitioners that the proposed plan of distribution would perpetuate the illegal combina- tion. Finally the court takes issue with the contention, on which the petition- ers laid much stress, that the prop- erty of the Northern Securities com- pany is constructively in the posses- sion of the court, and, therefore, sub- ject to its orders. The court holds that the stock of the railroads was never in its custody. The court concludes that the disso- lution of the Securities company is a matter for the stockholders, and not for the court to determine in connec- tion with this case, and that if the stockholders cannot agree, it is a matter for them to settle in litigation among themselves, and not by inter- vention in the original action. BIG STRIKE COMING. Paper Mill Workers Are Going Out When Contract Ends. Appleton, Wis., April 20. — It is stated by a paper mill workers’ union official that a big strike will begin next June in the Wiscongin river val- Jey mills, and this may spread through Fox river valley,~affecting\ thousands of men. Shorter hours and recognition of the union will be issues. Agreement following the last strike Or- ganization has been going on quietly for weeks and nearly all employes are jn the union. In one mill here men refused to work overtime, even at double pay, this week, while water is high and mills can be fully run. Fire on Steamer Cowles. Dubuque, which originated in the engine room damaged, the palatial steamer C. W. Cowles to the extent of $3,000 yester- day. The boat has been in the harbor here all winter. eee a eae aca eg Quarters for Naval Men. Duluth, April 20. — The common council has authorized an appropria- tion of $2,500 for the purpose of build- ing an addition to the armory for the use of the Minnesota naval reserves of this city, Bu = | Criminal Assault Is Charge Made by Towa, April 20. —@Fire |- GIRL ACCUSES THE sis Her. Le Sueur, Minn., April 20. — Mrs. Lizzie Kritzer, a young and handsome arried woman living near this city, as filed a written complaiat with Justice of the Peace George J. Dres- sel, charging Sheriff Joseph Smith of Le Sueur county, with having crim- inally assaulted her. The Kritzers live on a farm which they rent from Sheriff Smith’s father. Sheriff Smith called at the Kritzer home about two weeks ago, according to the complaint filed by Mrs. Kritzer, and persuaded her husband to drive to town to get a keg of beer. Mrs. Kritzer’s father-in- law, who also lives at the house, went out to do some chores. Mrs. Kritzer alleges that while she was left. alone in the house with Sheriff Smith he as- saulted her. A complaint was also lodged with the county attorney, but that official has taken no action, and Smith \as not been arrested. The county attorney may not order the ar- rest, but bring the matter before the grand jury, which meets in Septem- ber. " STRIKING MINERS GO BACK. Accept Proposition of Company to Seek Settlement. Red Lodge, Mont., April 20.—After being out more than a week 600 coal miners employed by the Northwestern Improvement company, returned to work yesterday morning. H. J. Horn, general manager of the Northern Pa- cific, sent a telegram urging that the men return to work and assured the union that the dispute would be taken up by proper officials. The unionists agreed to this, but assert that unless the matter is settled satisfactorily this week they would again go out. BIG PEAT B&D FOUND. Deposit Is Twelve Feet Thick and Will Be Marketed. Eldora, Iowa, April 20.—A great bed of peat has just been discovered near Dows in Wright county, north of El- dora, and an examination of land near where the peat was found shows that the deposits of peat, which is splendid for fuel, are over twelve feet thick. The finding of this great bed of fuel will at once develop a new industry for Northwest and Northern Iowa, and a company has been formed to begin the development of the beds. CHIEF BEMIDJ!I DEAD. One of the Oldest and Best Known In- dians in the Northwest. Duluth, Minn., April 20.—Chief Be- midji, the oldest and one of the best known Indian chieftains of the North- west, died at Cass Lake yesterday at the age of eighty-five years. He par- ticipated in many famous battles and volumés have been written concerning him. The town of Bemidji was named after the chief and he was much be- loved by all his followers as well as well as the pale faces of Northern Minnesota. OPENS RED LAKE JULY 15, Hearing on Regulations to Follow Agent Downs’ Report. Washington, April 20.—Representa- tive Steenerson talked with Commis- sioner Richards yesterday about a hearing on the regulations for opening the Red Lake lands. The report of Special agent Downs, who secured the consent of the Indians to removal, will be perfected. The hearing will be held this week or next. It is expected that the lands will be opened about July 15. CITY DADS ASK GRAND JURY. Want Charges Regarding Special Cops Looked Into. Helena, Mont., April 20.—The city council, by a vote of 8 to 6, decided to petition the district court to call a grand jury to investigate certain bills for special policemen which had been j approved by the chief of police, but which were disallowed by the council on the ground that the services had not been performed, and that the men had been hired for political purposes. BANK ROBBERS GET $1,000. Doors of Safe Blown Through the Building. Bonesteel, S. D., April 20—A gang of burglars blew the safe of the Bank of Napier, Neb., fifteen miles south- west of here, early yesterday morning. The safe doors were blown through the front of the building, wrecking it, and $1,000 in cash was taken. The damage to the building and safe is $600. Bloodhounds will be put on the’ track of the robbers. FOR “STEALING CATTLE. Two Arrested on the Rosebud — One Was a Fugitive. Bonesteel, S. D., April 20.— Deputy Sheriff J. .A. Miles of Lincoln and Deputy Sheriff Parrott of Springview, arrested John and Charles Courneyer at their rendezvous on the Rosebud reservation. Both are charged with stealing cattle. John broke jail at Oacoma, S. D., three months ago. The federal authorities at Sioux Falls have been notified. —_—_—_—_—_———— Sheriff Tierney Dead. _ noka, Minn., April 20.—Ex-Sheriff John Tierney died in this city yester- day morning after a long illness with heart trouble. Mr. Tierney four years ago was one of the guards at the Still- water penitentiary. Death From Smallpox. Anoka, Minn., April 20. — Myron Bickford, son of F. A. Bickford of Minneapolis, died last night of small- pox after several weeks’ illness. Sev- eral of the family are sick with the -—— is TO MAKE PURE IRON. Wisconsin University Professors Make | Important Discovery. , | Madison, Wis., April 19.—A method for making absolutely pure iron at a comparatively low cost has been dis- covered by C. F. Burgess, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the university, and Carl Hambueschin, instructor in the department. The discovery was the result of almost three years’ research in the electro- chemistry laboratory. Under the method discovered by Dr. Burgess and Mr. Hambueschin pure iron can be made for a fraction of a cent a pound. About half a ton has already been produced at the electro-chemical laboratory. The process is similar to that used in refining copper, an elec- tric current taking the impure iron from a plate, and depositing it in a pure state upon fnother plate. The pure iron has valuable properties not possessed by ordinary iron or steel, and such as to make it useful for vari- ous purposes. It will be a great help to scientific research regarding the | properties ‘of iron and)steel. On ac {count ofits electrical properties 'it is valuable material for the construction of electrical apparatus, and it fur- nishes the means for making special steel alloys having great strength and hardness. DREW BAGS PRIZE PACKAGE. PEED. Scalps and Pelts of Coyotes and Wolves Bring $595. Belle Fourche, S. D., April 19.—The trapping of wolves has proven highly profitable the last few weeks to A. W. Drew of Bixby, who has just reported at Belle Fourche with the hides of 244 wolves and coyotes. His bounty amounted to $320 and his peltries were purchased by dealers for $275. Mr. Drew has been engaged in the ex- termination of wolves in the vicinity of Slim Buttes for several weeks. The animals have become numerous in that region and were causing much loss to the, owners of cattle and horses. Several other trappers have been in the field and have captured large numbers of the beasts. SOURIS ON RAMPAGE. Floods in Northwest Territory and Elsewhere in Canada Increases. Winnipeg, Man., April 19—An Ox- bow N. W. T. dispatch says the Souris river again rose yesterday, carrying away the government bridge south of the town, leading into the extensive Bow district, and cutting off all communication. The water is the highest ever known at Oxbow. At Saskatoon, N. W. T., another span of the railway bridge was carried out yesterday. In Winnipeg the Red river rose another foot yesterday, but is still below the danger line. The ice is moving out freshly but is still solid south of the city. GIRL LOST; IS A MYSTERY. Feared That Young Woman at Sioux Falls Has Killed Herself. Sioux Falls, S. D., April 19. — Miss Nettie Keehn, aged twenty-two years, who about a year ago came to Sioux Falls from Hartington, Neb., where her parents reside, and accepted a po- sition as cashier and waitress in a local restaurant, has disappeared and some fears are entertained that she may have ended her life. Two or three weeks ago she was very ill and upon recovering and resuming work seemed to be in very low spirits. She repeatedly threatened to drown herself. . SOLICITING BRIBE A CRIME. Milwaukee Judge Passes on City Dad’s Motion. Milwaukee, April 19.-Judge Brazee, in the municipal court, decided that soliciting a bribe is felonious and de- nied a motion of the defense to quash an indictment against Ald. A. C. Wei- senborn on the ground that such an offense was not a crime unless the money was accepted. The case will go to the supreme court. This was the first of the alleged boodle cases to come up. Weisenborn was charged with soliciting . $100 from a saloon- keeper to secure a license. * MILES TURNED DOWN. Prohibitionists Think That He Has Not Fought Liquor Very Hard. Des Moines, Iowa, April 19.—At the county Prohibition convention held in this city Saturday, the question of in- dorsing Gen. Miles for the presidency was turned down. The general senti- ment exlipressed in the speeches was that while the general was a gallant fighter, he never had distinguished himself particularly in battles with the liquor traffic. Overdose of Laudanum. se Stillwater, April 19. — Coroner Fre- ligh was notified of the death of Chas. Thompson of Afton at St. Paul Park. The man took an overdose of Jaud- anum, supposedly by accident. He had lived in this county many years, Three Killed by Train. Allentown, Pa., April 19. — George Clauser, aged 40, Edith M. Metzler, 15 and Stella Knaus, 17, were struck and instantly killed by a Reading passen- ger train near their home near Ma- cungie. Pee wee COMRADES FIND DYING SOLDIER. Private Hans Snyder Has Bullet Wound in His Head. St. Paul, April 20.—Hans Snyder, a private in Company C, Twenty-first infantry, stationed at Fort Snelling, was found a few hundred yards from his barracks, shot through thes head. It is thought he will die. Snyder was absent from roll call Saturday even- ing, and it is. believed fear of severe punishment for this infraction of the tules worried him. Several of his com- rades out for a Sunday afternoon stroll along the banks of the Minne- sota river found the body a short dis- tance from the barracks. He was un- conscious and. his face was covered with blood, which still trickled from the bullet wound in his forehead. Be- neath his héad was a 32-caliber re- volver. IOWA MINERS BAC KTO WORK Scale Is Ratified by Union’s Branch of Conference. DesMoines, Iowa, April20—The coal operators and miners signed an agree- ment yesterday under the terms of which Iowa mines will be operated for the two years dating from April 1 last. The scale was finally ratified by the miners’ branch of the joint conference by a vote of 139 to 119. The scale pro- vides for a reduction of 5 cents on screened coal; 3 cents on mine run coal, a minimum of $1.80 for day labor- ers working on top and for all other grades of labor, . while the price of powder remains at $2 per keg. The miners have returned to work. SALOON MEN ON CRUSADE. Druggists Charged With Unlawfully Selling Booze. Fergus Falls, Minn., April 20.—John Sather, a detective from Eau Claire, Wis., has been at work here and as a resuit of his visit warrants have been sworn out against several of the drug: gists and the proprietors of bottling establishments, charging violations of the law ‘which prohibits the sale of liquor without a license. The police were busy yesterday serving the war- rants. It is understood that the de- tective was employed by the local sa- loon men, who secured the passage of a drastic ordinance in the city council some time ago. WATER POWER MERGED. Green Bay Canaland Kaukana Compa- nies at Peace. Appleton, Wis., April 20—The Green Bay & Mississippi Canal company yes- terday purchased the entire interests of the Kaukana Water Power com- pany, the price being $118,000. The sale was on mortgage foreclosure but was planned to stop litigatioon, which has tied up the most valuable water powers in Wisconsin for many years. J. S. Vannortwick, a paper mill owner of Appleton, is head of the canal com- pany. He says that nearly a million dollars will be put into new paper mills and improvements of the present plants within a year. MRS. GRAVES STRANGLED. Also Evidence Shows Husband Fled Just Before Body Was Found. Des Moines, Iowa, April 20. — The first day of the trial of C. W. Graves, accused of strangling his wife and then of pouring kerosene on her body and setting fire to the house to con- ceal the evidence of his crime, was sensational. Four doctors took the stand and swore that Mrs. Graves’ death had been caused by strangula- tion. Evidence was also produced to the effect that Graves had been seen to leave the house twenty minutes be- fore the burning body was found. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON TRAIN. Before Horrified Gaze of Passengers Man Tries to Cut His Throat. Des Moines, Iowa, April 20.—Fred- erick Shoemaker, well dressed and ap- parently wealthy, attempted to com- mit suicide before the horrified gaze of passengers on a Northwestern pas- senger train between this city and Grand Junction by cutting his throat with a penknife. He is in a critical condition. Nothing,is known of him except that he was bound for Ger- many and had a ticket to New York in his pocket. OPPOSE SUNDAY FUNERALS. Winona Ministers and Undertakers Discourage Them. Winona, Minn., April 20. — Winona ministers have gone on record as op- posing Sunday funerals. At a meeting of their association the sentiment was unanimously ‘against this practice, and it was found that they have the unani- mous support of the liverymen, and undertakers of the city. It was decid- ed not to take any drastic measures, put rather to arouse public opinion to an opposition of funerals on Sunday. , om ' Pastor for Congregationalists. Crookston, Minn., April 20.—It was decided last night to extend a call to Rev. Edwin Shaw, secretary of Fargo college, to fill the pulpit of the Con- gregational church here, made vacant by the resignation of Rev. Fischer. Se Boy Dead of Injuries. Grand Forks, N.-D., April 20.—Ray Nelson, aged seven, son of John Nel- son, died yesterday morning from in- juries sustained by faNing. from a reat Northern car. His arm was crushed an@ his skull fractured. | wood circles. LN CROP OUTLOOK IN NORTHWEST, A Larger Wheat Acreage Probable If Later Weather Conditions Permit. The Northwest lines up this year with prospects favorable for bountiful crops’ with reasonably favorable weather from now on. Not for many years has there been a season when the matter of relative grain acreages has been so difficult of determina- tion. For several years the North- west has been working away from wheat as a _ predominating crop. Dairying, stock raising and the gen- eral tendency toward diversification, have been cutting into wheat, in favor of coarse grains. Last year this tendency showed in a larger total acreage of corn, oats and barley than ever before. . While this tendency was working, two other influences arose. Flax prices had a great fall, and wheat rose above the dollar mark for the first time in years. The season opened with every indication of a larger wheat acreage. It was evident that less flax would be raised, that t'e Northwest would go back toward the old plan of wheat above everything else, and that the tendency to in- crease other grain acreages would be checked at least temporarily. It is still the disposition to plant more wheat this year than last, but so much of the important wheat land lies in the Minnesota and Dakota counties in the Red river valley that a change in a few counties, as Cass and Grand Forks or Clay and Wilkin would affect the whole Northwestern acreage materially. These counties will put in more wheat if conditions permit, but if seeding is too long de- layed, considerable coarse grain may go in on land originally assigned to wheat. , -The big advantage this year lies in the abundant moisture which will make later drouth damage extremely improbable. The unfavorable feature is the backward season. Last year there was much late seeding on wet ground, but work on the whole was ahead of the present slate. SINK SHAFTS NEAR SWANVILLE. Rush of Prospectors to the Hills Un- der Way. Excitement incident to the mineral discoveries at Swanville is at its height. The rush of prospectors to the hills is well under way, and not a train comes into the station without leaving several strangers who have been attracted by the rumors of the presence of precious metals in the hills and streams in the neighborhood. At Irish*ereek and vicinity the coun- try is being searched for gold and sil- ver, strong evidences of which have been found. One man who has been at work there for several days has found quantities of the finest of gold dust and small nuggets ih the sand of the bed of the stream, and has had them on exhibition in the village for a day or two. It has also been de termined that bedrock lies only twelve feet below the surface of the ground there and this is taken as a good in- dication. + Work on shafts in the Pine lake neighborhood is progressing rapidly, and it is stated on the best of authori- ty that ledges of pay ore are near. At the Joseph farm, two miles from this village, where evidences of large bodies of copper ore were discovered last winter,’ work has also been in progress for two weeks, with the re- sult that last week it, was decided that a large body of the richest kind of ore had been found. The owners will take some of the specimens to the twin cities for examination and to interest mining men to eake hold of the matter. In the Lake Beauty neighborhood, in the same hills, a large party of sur- veyors and mineralogists has been at work for a month examining the sur- face indications and last week com- pleted the work of surveying many sections of mineral lands and staking them. It is rumored this party was there in the interests of a Duluth min- ing company and that it discovered large bodies of iron ore. BOY HAS BIG BUSINESSS HEAD. Ten-year-old Lad Makes Contracts for Wood Like an Old Hand. John Hirstio of Eveleth, who is only ten years old, has created quite. a sen- sation in Duluth railroad’ and pulp- This child in years transacted business with them like a man of years of experience. He is a Finlander and his father is a pulp- wood contractor who operates on the Mesaba range. The little boy comes to Duluth and contracts for cars, sells and receives the proceeds from the pulpwood, and performs all the other pusiness details relating to such trans- actions. He goes to a hotel and reg- isters like a veteran. Mr. Hirstio re- mains at camp directing the work of cutting the pulpwood and his ten-year- old son does the rest. St. Paul, April 19—Maddened by the refusal of his wife to return to his home and children, James Cline called on her at 5 o’clock last night at 63 Sherburne avenue, drank almost the entire contents of a half-pint of carbolic acid. There was a reception in progress at the time and he died in the presence of the guests before med- ical aid could be summoned. Eau Claire, Wis., April 19. —- The negro who, it is charged, shot into a night lunch wagon and was pursued and wounded by Police Sergeant Elli- 5 JAM IS REAL JAM NOW. State Food Department Finds Only a Few Samples of Bad Preserves. Less strawberry jam made out of apples and broomcorn, and raspberry preserves composed ‘of glucose and aniline dyes are sold in Minnesota than ever before in the history of the state dairy and food commission. The percentage of illegal samples analyzed by the department has de- creased from -52 to 21 per cent in the last three years. In 1901 and 1902 289 samples of jellies and jams were an- alyzed and 150, more than half, were found illegal. From Sept. 1, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1904, ninety-four samples were analyzed, and forty-seven, just one- half were adulterated. Of sixty-eight samples analyzed since Jan 1, only fourteen were spurious. In no class of goods has there been greater improvement than in tjellies, jams and _ preserves,” said George L. Dingman, assistant dairy and food commissioner. “We have the adulterated preserves pretty well driven out of the state. In the last few months our inspectors have made it a point to gather up samples of suspicious preserves, goods with the same labels as we had analyzed previously and found illegal, and the fact that only a comparatively small per cent were adulterated shows that the quality of preserves and jellies has improved greatly.” This class of goods gave the de- partment endless trouble a few years ago. All sorts of schemes were re sorted to by unscrupulous manufac- turers, most of them non-resident firms, to defraud the public. Straw- berry jams were on the market that contained no trace of strawberries. Apples were used to produce the body of the mixture, broomcorn furnished the seeds, coal tar and aniline dyes gave the color and glucose the flavor. PUBLIC EXAMINER SETTLES. Mr. Johnson Turns in Rebates Ac- cumulated: Since January, 1902. Public Examiner Johnson has paid to the state auditor $191.77 for re- bates which he had received from the Western. Passenger association on Mileage books used by the depart- ment and which had accumulated since Jan 7, 1902. Mr. Johnson accounted for these rebates after a conference with Gov. Van Sant, to whose attention the fact that they had not been reoprted was called by P. A. Gunders, former as- sistant bank examiner. Mr. Gunders had been examining Mr. Johnson’s vouchers in the state .auditor’s office and found that the traveling expenses were listed at 3 cents a mile and that no rebates had been returned to the state treasury. Mr. Johnson explained that he was not in the habit of returning the re- bates until they accumulated. He said he had a cash box in the office DEFECTIVE PAGE in which he kept trifling sums, and that when they accumulated to any amount he sent them in a lump to the state treasury. Mr. Johnson’s letter auditor follows: “Dear Sir: Please deposit to the credit of the contingent fund of this department account of covers and mileage refunds amounting to $191.77, accumulated from Jan. 7, 1902, to date, drafts and cash detached from same.” The $191.77 consists of the follow- ing rebates: Jan. 7, 1902, $11.78; March 17, $10; Oct. 28, $11.44; Dec. 22, $20; June 26, 1903, $19.40; Dec. 21, $10; two additional, $10; Feb. 1, 1904, $10; Feb. 12, $20; Feb. 19, $19.50; April 8, $39.65. to the state MEETING OF PIONEERS. Session Will May 11. The annual meeting of the Minne- sota Territorial Pioneers will be held at the state capitol May.11. The last few annual meetings have been held in the log cabin at the fair grounds, but as the women’s auxiliary meets at the capitol the association decided to make the change. The association has a membership of 2,600, of whom 269 joined in the4Yast year. This is a gain of ninety-four in new.members over the previous year. George H. Hazzard, secretary of the association, is preparing a list of the members who have died and of the earliest pioneers. He has the name of one member who arrived in 1842, one in 1843, one in 1844, three in 1845, one in 1846, four in 1847, seven in 1848, ten in 1849, ten in 1850, five in 1851, six in 1852, eleven in 1853, fifteen in 1854, twenty-six in 1855, twenty-nine in 1856, thirty-two in 1857 and four in 1858 prior to May 11. Annual Be Held on ‘The man with a big pocketbook is the possessor of a little, shriveled up old heart that would make a hickory nut look like a football. — ~ UP FOR ATTEMPT To KILL. Man Who Shot Woman Gets Term of Six and a Half Years. Sturgis, S. D., April 19—John Ger- ‘gen, who shot and wounded Chris- tine Keffeler in the head in this city last November, was convicted of as- sault with intent to kill, and was sen- tenced to six years and six months in the Sioux Falls penitentiary. A. B. Chaffee, who was charged with shoot- ing and killing Simon Sisiey near Dalzell in January, had his trial in the circuit court here and was acquitted. L$ ek