Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 24, 1904, Page 3

CORPORATIONS PURCHASE VIC- TORIES FOR REPUBLICANS. ' BEMIDJY QUITE CHICAGO-LIKE. Sixteen Prisoners in Beltrami County Jail Await Trial. Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 20.—There are sixteen prisoners in the county jail, four of them accused of murder or at- tempted murder, to be tried at the term of court commencing to-morrow. Four. murders or attempted murders ‘have occurred in Beltrami county since April 1 this year. The murder oof N. O. Dahl and his daughter has ‘attracted widespread attention. The authorities assert that they have suf- ficient evidence to hold Paul Fournier to the grand jury. Early in April F. A. Artz killeld John Weilander at Battle ‘River in a quarrel over a homestead. Artz pleads self-defense. B. O. Roen will be tried for the murder of Ole Bakken near Solway June 27. Roen, while intoxicated, shot Bakken when ‘the two men were returning from Sol- way. At Turtle River early in June Frank Wagner and Frank Brady en- ‘gaged in a fight in which Brady was stabbed several times. He has now fully recovered, but Wagner is held on the charge of attempted murder. TO GO AFTER DRUGGISTS. ‘Pure Food Commission Finds Wines Sold Are Mere Dope. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 20. — It is prob- able that Pure Food Commissioner Ladd will go after the druggists after he gets through with the violators of the pure food law among the meat market men. He has been analyzing port and blackberry wines, put up on prescriptions by physicians for per- sons recovering from typhoid and -other fevers. In some of the samples there was not a trace of blackberry wine, and the port wine was of such low grade thet it is criminal to deal it ont to a convalescing patient. GROOM TOO BASHFUL. Bride Gets Special Permit to Prevent Another Delay. Manitowoc, Wis., Sept. 20. — The marriage of Miss Anna Senlegelmilch and John Douglas took place yester- day. The bride applied for and se- cured the dispensation permitting the ceremony at once, stating to the court that the groom had delayed the weds ding on several previous occasions ~when all preparations had been made because of his bashfulness. ENGINE BREAKS HIS NECK. ‘Head of Wisconsin Thresher Work- man Is Crushed. Hudson, Wis., Sept. 20. — Herbert Murphy, seventeen years of, age, a member of Chris Fabel’s threshing erew in the Kinnickinnick district, was killed last night while attempting to hook the traction engine to the sep- arator to haul the latter from the field. His head was crushed and his neck broken. He survived about five +ours. BOY'S MISHAP FATAL. South Dakota Lad Killed by 22-Caliber Rifle. Sturgis, S. D., Sept. 20. — Donald Sandusky, fourteen years old, son of Thomas Sandusky. shot and killed himself with a 22-caliber rifle near Reva while hunting. The bail entered near the right eye, passed through the skull and lodged at the base of the brain. The boy lived twent,-four hours. HORSE FALLS ON SOLDIER. Three Ribs Are Broken and Internal Injuries Suftered. Sturgis, S. D., Sept. 20. — Because his horse fell on him a soldier of Troop D, Fort Meade, who went out -with the first squadron on practice mareh to Pine Ridge, was brought back to the post, where it was found that several ribs had been broken cand internal injuries sustained. SHOT THROUGH BOTH LUNGS. ‘Elmer Bjormass May Die as Result ot Hunting Mishap. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 20.— 4 young man named Elmer Bjormass, living in the town of Sverdrup, was accidentally shot throngh both lungs by a companion named Nygaard while hunting partridges. He is still alive but his recovery is doubtful. Wind Cuts His Scalp. Sturgis, S. D., Sept. 20. — George ¥. Earley of this city, when working at Belle Fourche on an elevator he is ‘building there, was struck on the head ‘by a 2x6 scantling blown down by the -wind. Earley’s head was gashed four or five inches. Four stitches were re- quired to sew up the wound. .The cut extended through the scalp to the skull. FOREST FIRES SPREAD. Likely to Burn for Long Time Neat Anaconda. Anaconda, Mont., Sept. 20. — Front all indications the forest fires west ol there will continue to burn for a long time to come. The main fire is neat the summit of the mountains, but ond branch of the blaze appears to bo working its way eastward along the mountain side. No reports of further destruction of buildings have been re ceived. WINS BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT. Miss Ham Gets Verdict of $20,000 Against George A. Potter. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 21—Miss Sarah’ £. Ham of Dubuque, lowa, was yester-, day awarded a verdict of $20,000 in! her suit for breach of promise against, George A. Potter, a wealthy’ lumber- man of Duluth and Eau Claire. The case has been on trial in the district’ court for the past week and has’ proved to be one of the most sensa- tional in the history of the local tri-, bunal. Miss Ham alleged that thirty; years ago Potter enticed her to a restaurant, where she was drugged and ruined; that a courtship extend~ ing over all these years has existed, and that he promised on numerous 0c casions to make her his wife, but’ finally refused to enter into any such contract. The breach of promise snit was the result. JAMES STANFORD NABBED. St. Paul Cops Said to Have Interest in Prisoner. Winona, Minn., Sept. 21. — James 3tanford, who has been wanted at Muncie, Ind., for the alleged larceny of several thousand dollars’ worth of ‘ewelry, and whom the police of Chi- tago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapo- is and other cities are interested in, ias been arrested here. He had come in from Owatonna and said that he was an itinerant photographer. He answered the description sent out frem Muncie and was held. Chief Cashmere of Muncie has arrived in Winona, identified the prisoner as the man wanted and started back with him yesterday. Stanford was em- ployed in the Hummel jewelry store in Muncie, and it was while thus em- ployed that he is charge” with having made away with jewelry. ‘WANTS GAME LAWS ENFORCED. Hunters Are Said to Sell Chickens to Trainmen. Superior, Wis., Sept. 21—The Doug- las County Game Protective associa- tion has had called to its attention the alleged selling of game almost in the market in direct violation of the game laws of the state. It is claimed that at. one junction point, hunters sell prairie chickens at 25 cents each. The association as yet has as yet been able to get practically no assistance from the state authorities in the matter, and in taking action to try to have the laws enforced has offered a re- ward of $15 for evidence that will lead to the eonviction of any person viola- ting the laws. x Prairie REOPEN RED LAKE SALE. Surplus Lands Amounting to 100,000 Acres to Be Offered. Washington, Sept. 21—The commis- sioner of the general land c“ce yes- terday announced that beginning Oct. 3, at Crookston, Minn., a public sale will be conducted of 100,000 acres of surplus lands of the Red Lake Indian reservation. Originally there were 256,000 acres of such lands, the re- mainder having been disposed of at a sale last June. The tract will be sold to the highest bidder in quarter sec- tion lots, the minimum price being $4 per acre, with the requirement that the lands must be homesteaded after purchase. "DANGER FROM FOREST FIRES. Buildings in Montana Are Threatened With Destruction. Anaconda, Mont., Sept. 21. — The forest fires west of the city have progressed so far that there is now danger that the buildings at Mountain View Park may be destroyed. The ad- vance of the flames is being watched closely by a force of men employed by the railroad company. Should the danger be great a general alarm will be sounded and a brigade organized. In the mountains along Warm Springs eanyon fully a. dozen prospectors’ cabins have been burned. In some in- Stances the cabins contained giant powder, which was exploded. TEACHERS TO MEET. Southeastern Minnesota Pedagogues to Gather at Rochester. Winona, Minn., Sept. 21. — The ex- ecutive committee of the Southeastern Minnesota Educational association has decided that the next meeting shall be held in Rochester on Nov. 4 and 5. President Northrop of the state uni- versity has accepted the invitation to deliver the principal address. Supt. George Howard of Olmsted county re- ported that practically all of the teachers of the counfy will attend and will join the association. WHY HE DOESN'T NAB DIETZ. Sheriff Peterson Called Before Court to Show Cause. Ashland, Wis.. Sept. 21. — Charles Peterson, sheriff of Sawyer county, ap- peared before Judge Parish yesterday to show why be should not be pun- ished for contempt in. failing to cap- ture Dietz, who has held the dam on the Thornapple river since last June. All efforts. to capture Dietz have failed. The proceedings yesterday were postponed two weeks. STATE WINS HALF A MILLION. Decision in Famous Swamp Land Case. The State of Minnesota has at last secured title to thirty-six acres of swamp land on the Mesaba range af- ter a contest lasting two years. The state auditor received a communica- tion from the secretary of the interior at Washington’ in which he relieved the state’s swamp land claim from conflict with the forest lieu selection of F. A. Hyde & Co., plaintiffs in the action, rejecting Mr. Hyde’s applica- tion. The original decision was given by the secretary more than thirty days ago, with the provision that it should become final if the plaintiff made:no motion for a review within that time. This decision, it is estimated, means approximately $500,000 to the state in royalties from ore deposits aggrega- ting more than 2,000,000 tons. The title to this strip of land was contested by the plaintiffs in January, 1902, soon after Eli S. Warner, sur- veyor general for Minnesota, had se- lected it as state swamp land on the recommendation of R. C. Dunn, then state auditor. The cause was taken before General Land Commissioner W. A. Richards at Washington, who re- ferred it back to’Mr. Warner for a re- view. On June 24, 1903, Mr: Warner again selected the land as state swamp land. This second decision of Mr. Warner's was once more appealed from, and transferred to the general land office at Washington. On Jan. 18, 1904, Commissioner Richards sustained the surveyor gen- eral in his decision, and then the plaintiffs took up the matter with the secretary of the interior. The decision of the secretary of the interior sustains the claim of, the state to lot 1, section 6, township 581-2, range 17, and is most gratify- ing. The tract contains thirty-six acres. Many years ago it was discov- ered that there was a tract or hiastus between towns 58-17 and 59-17 which was not included in any survey. It was a wedge-shaped piece of land ex- tending about four miles long east and west, and containing in all only 156, acres. In 1894 this small tract was surveyed, but it appears that the sur- vey was not fully accepted. In that survey the deputy surveyor’s field notes fully designated the swamp lands. It ran along until 1901, when the surveyor general was ordered to send a deputy surveyor again into the field to fix certain corners, which it appeared were not definite enough in the survey of 1894. The plat and field notes of the so-called resurvey of 1901 were accepted. The plat. and field notes made in 1901 were entirely silent about the question of swamp for the reason that the deputy survey- or was not called upon to resurvey the tract with a view to determining. the character of the land. Gen. Douglas secured the services of Wayne McVeigh, formerly attorney general, to assist in preparing the state’s case at Washington. Final STATE FAIR STATION POPULAR. Handled 8,000 Pieces of Mail and 10,- 000 People*Called for Letters. There were 10,000 people who called for mail at the state fair postal sta- tion during fair week, according to figures given out by Postmaster Mc- Gill of St. Paul. The number of pieces of mail received at the station was 3,119, nearly three times as many as when the station was installed four years ago and about 1,000 more than last year. Nearly 5,000 pieces of mail were dispatched. The amount of mail delivered by carriers was about three times as great as last year. The stamp sales were $285. Even the money or- der department was patronized by about 100 people. Not a single com- plaint of any kind was registered at the station. The station is unique, as no other fair grounds can boast of an inde- pendent. postal station. This year the station was equipped with new mod- ern furniture and gas fixtures, which facilitated the handling of mail. The chief new feature of. the service was the posting of mail boxes in different parts of the grounds and the ¢ollec- tion of mail at regular intervals. DETECTS BOGUS SWEETS. State Chemigt Finds Reliable Test for Maple Syrup. State Chemist Hortvet has discov- ered a method of detecting the adul- teration of maple syrups and sugars. Heretofore there has been no chemical test which could distinguish maple sugar and cane sugar, and it was easy to adulterate one with the other in al- most any quantity. Mr. Hortvet has made tests which prove that his meth- od is absolutely safe and accurate, and the manufacturers will have to supply pure syrups and sugar to Minnesota, or else label them adulterated. Chicago, Sept. 17. — The immense Pullman car works at Pullman were shut down yesterday morning and practically every one of the company’s employes is idle. With no idea when work will be resumed and with cold fveather at hand, the 7,000 employes are wondering. They fear a cut in wages is behind the closing of the plant. They were told to take their tools with them when they left the works, and from this infer that a considerable period of idleness con- fronts them. FAIR RECEIPTS ARE A SURPRISE. But Little Less Than Last Year In Spite of Rain. : “Our state fair of this year has been in one, sense our greatest success,” said Secretary B. W. Randall recently, “for in spite of the heavy handicap we had:to’conténd with in the unfavora- ble weather, our receipts were but lit- tle less than those of last year. The total credits for last year were $215,- 676.56, and those of this year will run well over $200,000, which we consider very favorable considering that it either rained hard or threatened rain nearly every day of fair week.” The board of managers of the state agricultural society met recently at ‘the fair grounds to close up the busi- mess incident to the recent fair. The treasurer, however, submitted a state . ment of receipts up to cate which showed credits as follows:. Balance on hand Dee. 10, 1903 +++ $60,872 22 State appropriation 4,000 00 Stall rents ....... 1,364 70 Privileges . 20,398 42 Forage .... «+ 2,078 00 Race entries .. ++ 15,939 01 Ticket sales . 76,143 84 Rent account . 859 00 Miscellaneous . 8,905 31 otal secs ois seveeee $190,560 50 The effect of the rainy weather is shown in a comparison of the sales of tickets this year and last. The reve nue from that source last year was $118,079.15, and this year but $76,- 143.84. That difference is nearly made up this year in the increased returns “from sale of privileges and race en- tries. Besides the money actually collect- ed as shown in the above statement, there are still outstanding assured credits sufficient to swell the receipts to something more than $200,000. Of the outstanding accounts the greater portion is in amounts owed to the as- sociation by the different ra@road companies for sales of coupon tickets including admission to the fair grounds. This item alone will amount in the aggregate to more than $10,000. The members of the board of man- agers, with the exception of N. S. Gordon of Crookston, were all present at the meeting, those in attendance being C. N. Cosgrove, Le Sueur, who is president; Chester R. Smith, St. Paul and B. F. Nelson, Minneapolis, vice presidents; E. W. Randall, sec- retary; J. C. Curryer, Mankato; J. M. Underwood, Lake City; lL. D. Baird, Austin; W. M. Liggett, St. Anthony Park, and W. BE. Lee, Long Prairie. The board met in the morning and continued in session until late in the afternoon, but the time was largely deyoted to routine matters of detail and the consideration of claims. It was degided to erect a new stable at the race track for speed horses, which it is expected will cost about $1,000; and a new fire engine house for the St. Paul company which is al- ways stationed at the grounds during the fair. The engine house will be constructed on plans to correspond with the building put-up last year for the Minneapolis company, and will cost about $2,000. New roofs will also be put on all of the six speed barns now in use, and another half-mile of cement walk will be laid, which will meke the entire extent of the cement walk in the grounds about two and one-half miles. The new walks, it is believed, will complete the system so as to connect all of the principal build- ings. FLOUR PRICES DO NOT DROP. Business Is Becoming Better With the Minneapolis Mills. The ‘flour trade in Minneapolis has begun to pick up, and from now on it is believed that the situation will re- semble that of other years. Until a few days ago buyers were very scarce, but the people must have flour, and the orders are beginning to come in, slowly at first, but the millers are con- fident that business will pick up until it reaches a nurmal stage. A year ago September wheat could be bought for about 88 cents, while now it is around $1.25. The reason for the light trade is that the reports of the experts to) the effect that the spring wheat crop is short was some- what discredited. The buyers, instead of buying against a further advance, waited for the real condition of the crop, as they supposed, to become known, when they would take advan- tage of the slump and fire in their or- ders for future delivery. The reports of the experts, however, have been borne out by further inves- tigation, and now the buyers must have flour, and they must pay the prices caused by the short crop and the corresponding high price of wheat. pe SSIES SETA SHATTUCK REOPENS. Several New Members Adden to Fac- ulty of Farbault School. The fall term of Shattuck school be- gan last week at Faribault. The new teachers are Edward H. Hatton, B. L., University of Wisconsin, science and athletics; F. L. Haeberle, Western Normal college, Iowa, and.the Pennsy!- yania Business college, commercial branches and penmanship, and Thom- as J. Morris and A. M. Bucknell, Unt- versity of Chicago, Latin and French. pc tacit Revelations Made by Thomas W. Law- son Are Astounding—Governmen: “by the People” Shown to Be in the Gravest Danger. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston con- tmues to tell his story of “Frenzied Finance” in Everybody’s Magazine and his exposure of the Standard Oil plan of fleecing the people is most in- teresting and instructive of trust do- ings. Mr. Lawson, being at the time he writes of, in close alliance with the Rockefellers and indeed one of the copper trust magnates and being a strong Republican partisan, contrib- uting liberally to the McKinley .cam- paign funds, his chapter on “The pow- er of the dollar” in politics is of great importance. Here we have a multi- millionaire telling us of how the Re- publicans purchased the elections with the vast sums of money furnished by the trusts and corporations and that even the courts are controlled by these vast aggregations of wealth. Mr. Lawson says: “At no time in the history of the United States has the power of dol- lars been as great as now. Freedom and equity are controlled by dollars. The laws which should preserve and enforce all rights are made and en- forced by dollars. It is possible, to- day, with dollars, to “steer” the se- lection of the candidates of both the great. parties. for the highest office in our Republic, that of President of the United States, so that the people, as a matter of fact, must elect one of the “steered” candidates. It is possi- bie to repeat the operation in the selection of candidates for the execu- tive and legislative conduct and con- trol of every State and municipality in the United States, and with a suf- ficient number of dollars to “steer” the doings of the law-makers and law- enforcers of the national, state and municipal governments of the people, and a sufficient proportion of the court decisions to make absolute any power created by such difection. It is all, broadly speaking, a matter of dollars to practically accomplish these things.” Democrats have claimed that these vast forces were at the service of the Republicans,’ but the absolute evidence was not possible to procure until this trust magnate voluntarily took the witness stand and so vividly relates the complicity of the Republican leaders with the great trust steerers ot the country. It makes one stand aghast to discover that all the tales of the vast sums placed at the dis- posal of the Republicans to corrupt the electorate is more than true and that the amount acknoWledged to have been donated is startling, for Mr. Lawson says $5,000,000 was col- lected from the corporations, as an extra fund before the election of 1896. Can anyone doubt that a quid pro quo was forthcoming and has been ren- dered by the Republicdn Administra- tion? Is not this obligation to the trusts the reason Mr. Roosevelt has treated them so gingerly, perhaps not so much on account of past favors as with the expectation they will sub- scribe liberally to the fund Mr. Bliss is collecting and Mr. Cortelyou is ex- pending under direction of Mr. Roose- . velt? There is good evidence that Stand- ard Oil is again to be a generous con- tributor to Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign fund, for the Washington Star, good Republican authority, on August 23, said: “Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island was at Republican headquarters to- day, and had a long conference with Chairman Cortelyou. [t is understood that finances of the campaign was one of the important features under dis- cussion, as it is known that the Rhode Island senator is in closer touch with the business interests than most of the prominent Republicans.” As Rockefeller’s son married the daughter of Aldrich and the senator has beén notoriously the representa- tive of Standard Oil and other trusts in the Senate, the interest manifested in the finances of the Republican cam- paign is obvious. It is also notable that the senator visited Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay the day before he was in New York, when no doubt the finan- cial end of the campaign was also dis- cussed and probably led to the visit to Wall street and Mr. Cortelyou. The trusts and protected interests fostered by the protective tariff are the natural sources of campaign funds for the Republican party. That is why they “stand pat” and fry the fat out of the trusts. Dispersion of White House Treasures. Many people believe that the White House has been irretrievably ruined by the modern and garish way it has been remodeled by President Roose- velt. The beautiful white marble mantel over the fireplace of the east room, at which many of the fathers of the republic warmed and meditated, or chatted with visitors and states- men, was torn out and sold by auc- tion for two dollars and a quarter. It was rescued trom 4 junk shop in Alexandria by a patriotic gentleman, Col. J. E. Sickels, whQ owns a fine Colonial home near Wasbington, and it now adorns his dining-room. Nearly all the fine old furniture that was so appropriate to the old White House was sacrificed at the same sale. A beautiful sideboard that had graced the state dining-room and had heiu the dishes and glassware from which diplomats, statesmen and their wives and sweethearts had eaten and drunk, which was presented to the first President Harrison, was sold to a saloonkeeper for a trifle, and now ‘does. | ax eoneme duty in a-Seventh street dive. The beautiful chandeliers, with their thousands of cut glass pendants, which were imported from France at enormous expense to the government, were torn out and replaced by the tawdry selection of a modern gas man. Many ladies, when visiting the White House to view these historic and priceless relics, have shed tears when told by the attendants that President Roosevelt had ordered them removed, and they did not know where they had been removed to. President Roosevelt is an icono- clast, he wants novelty and loves ex- citement. The memories of tormer greatness and the reminders of the great men of the republic are to him as nothing. All these priceless treas- ures of former days that other presi- dents have cherished and cared for have been dispersed never to be gath- ered again. The Strenuous Life. Some men were born to be rough riders. They are a necessary evil, but let us acknowledge their ser- vices for what they are worth. But most of us, thank goodness, are not destined to a life so “strenuous,” but must drudge along in the humdrum occupation that has fallen to our lot. ‘We must earn our bread in we sweat of our brow, mostly without much en couragement from our fellowmen. Most of us, President Roosevelt would dub weaklings and unworthy of his notice. Yet those of us who are hon- est and true, often making great sac- rifices for those we love and cherish, may be more entitled to the thanks of our fellows for what we do in our small way to make the world wag, than more strenuous citizens. Peace hath greater victories than war, as the good citizen, tarmer or Iaborer, though he be, is more useful to the community than the strenuous one who is always raising up strife and contention. Also in more exalted sta- tion the great leaders of scientific literature and religion have done vast- ly more for their fellowmen than any warrior of them all, who has pro- moted and directed the progress of mankind like the Founder of Christ- endom, whose golden rule is _ still ac- knowledged to the highest ethical standard, and yet he appeared weak to all but a few chosen friends and had no part or lot with the strenuous. Another Patriot Provided For. That the worst element of the Re- publican party is being installed into office by President Roosevelt is con- stantly cropping out. The latest patriot to be provided for is thus described by the Nebraska Independ- ent: “Tom Cook has been appointed collector of customs for that new ad- dition to the United States called the Panama zone. His reputation in Nebraska rests, not on his efficiency as a collector of customs, but on that of a distributor of boodle. Every dis- reputable scoundrel in the state of Nebraska who helped to debauch the electors in the days of Mark Hanna is now drawing a comfortable salary from the people through the Repub- lican party.” The Independent may be a little too severe on the Republican boodle crowd in Nebraska and Tom Cook in particular, but Panama is a good place to banish such to and ins‘ead of grumbling, there should .be joy for such deliverance. . Roosevelt and the Darkeys. The Republican National Conven- tion, backed up the Booker Washing: ton incident in a way that must have Gelighted President Roosevelt. It is described in a recent communication to’ the Washington Post by a negre ramed Henry S. Baker. He calls at- tention to the scene in the Republi can white girl was placed on the stage and by her side a negro boy, and that they led the cheering, thus making an example of the equality of the races. He also says that if Roosevelt is elect ed it will so encourage the negre men that they will demand that Booker Washington shall be the Re publican candidate for vice president in 1908. If Mr. Roosevelt is elected perhaps he will appoint Booker Washington postmaster general and turn over the postoffices to the dar keys as their share of the spoils. Jefferson and Roosevelt. In his “Naval War of 1812,” vol. 1 page 198, Theodore Roosevelt said that Thomas Jefferson “was perhaps the most incapable executive that ever filled the presidential chair.” That would seem to be ‘a most unjust criticism of the author of the Declara. tion of Independence, who acquired the Louisiana territory, who was twice president, founder of the Uni versity of Virginia and author of the bill establishing religious freedom in his native state. He may have been 3 weakling according to the idea ol Theodore Roosevelt, but who will live longest in the hearts of his country: men? Jefferson is hoted as a construe tive statesman, how will Roosevelt be measured? y There is great rejoicing in Dela ware. Addicks has announced that he will be a candidate until he is elected or dies, and that every Re publican, especially the colored breth ren, should register and be prepared to vote. There is a rush to register, but the voting will not procéed very lively until the cash is produced. Flour has gone up one dollar a bar- rel, but the price of radium has de creased one million dollars a pound. Carrol D. Wright, of the Labor Bu- reau, will have to get out another bu!- letin and show that living expenses aré stationary for flour and radium will offset each other, according to his way of figuring. convention when a_ beautiful.