Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 25, 1905, Page 3

ae ay $e - i a St. Paul, March 15.—The house in committee of the whole yesterday by a@ unanimous vote went on record for the so-called wide open tax policy. Representative W. P. Roberts called up his amendment to the constitution, and without discussion or a single ob- jection the measure was recommended to pass, and will to-day be finally voted on. The’ regulation of demurrage charges of railways, and the furnish- ing of cars to shippers, and the move- ment of trains is placed in the hands of the railroad and warehouse commis- sion by a bill introduced in the house by Representative W. H. Putnam. Debts may be offset against any taxable property by a bill introduced by Representative J. M. Hetland. The present law allows debts offset against credits returned for taxation. Mr. Het- land goes further and allows them off- set against any personal property re- turned for taxation. Pharmacists’ apprentices intending to become registered pharmacists must be examined as to their educa- tional qualifications under a bill intro- duced by Representative Henry Mc- Coll. The Anderegg bill providing for the consolidation of school districts was killed by the house by a vote of 55 to 25. Senator Henry Gjertsen’s bill rais- ing the personal property exemption from $160 to $200 had a narrow escape in the senate yesterday. As soon as the roll call was finished the senators began to change their vote from “yes” ta “no,” and when Secretary Langum anounced the vote there were 32 ay. \ and 8 nays. If one more senator had ‘changed his vote the bill would have been defeated. Bills providing that names of can- didates for county commissioners shall appear at the head of the county ballot at the general and primary elec- tions were introduced in the senate by Senator R. S. McNamee. The senate passed under suspersion of the rules a bill by Senator Henry A. Morgan protecting carrier pigeons from interference by other persons than the owners. It makes it a mis- demeanor for any person to molest a carrier pigeon or to remove the stamp of the owner. The house in committee of the whole by a vote of 53 to 31 killed the Perley bill, requiring school districts receiving special state aid to furnish free text books for pupils. St. Paul, March 16.—The reciprocal demurrage bill by Representative W. Nolan was passed by the house yesterday by a vote of 108 to 7 after the railroad committee substitute bill had been indefinitely postponed by an overwhelming viva voce vote. More than three hours were occupied in the discussion of the bill. The house by a vote of 76 to 16 passed the bill by Representative W. B. Anderson requiring the state in- surance commissioner to turn into the state treasury fees collected for the yaluation of life insurance policies. Representative I. W. Bouck intro- duced a measure amending the pres- ent law governing townships so as to provide for the election of town chair- men by the town board, instead of di- rectly by the voters. oils is placed in charge of the state dairy and food commissioner by a Dill introduced by Representative P. A. Gandrud. The dairy and food commis- sioner is to be chief oil inspector, re- ceiving a salary of $1,000 a year in addition to his salary as commissioner. Representative W. L. Stock duced a bill providing for the service oof summons and other processes on foreign corporations. The bill provides that service on any agent, manager or stockholder of the corporation resid- ing in Minnesota shall be a valid ser- vice on the foreign corporation. Married women are given the right to manage their own property and to make contracts without the consent of their husbands by a bill introduced by Representative George E. Perley. The bill also specifically gives married women the right to make contracts with their husbands as well as other persons. Senator O. G. Dale’s bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or cigarette pa- pers in Minnesota was recommended for indefinite postponement by the senate committee of the whole by a yote of 26 to 25. The bill had previous- ly been recommended for passage by the committee of the whole March 8 by a vote of 20 to 26. Although the state senators thought they saw all sorts of woodchucks in Senator O. G. Laugen’s bill providing a bounty of $2 for the killing of rat- tlesnakes, they passed it by a vote of 40 to 3. Senators H. W. Stone of Ben- son, Daniel Shell of Worthington and intro- | E. B. Wood of Long: Prairie voted against it. Senator J. F. Calhoun introduced two bills, the purpose of which is to prevent accidents at grade crossings. ‘A home for aged and infirm persons is provided in a bill introduced by Sen- ator E. B. Wood. The bill appropri- ates $75,000 and provides that the home shail. be erected and managed under the supervision of the state board of control. St. Paul, March 17.—The tax ferret bill by | Representative Burdette Thayer was killed by the house after a long discussion. The advocates of the bill fought hard in its behalf and moved to overturn the committee re- port, demanding a call of the house so as to put each member on record. Then they suddenly accepted defeat, withdrawing the demand for a roll call and the motion to reject the commit- tee report. The report caused the only excitement yet experienced by the house this session. The protection of fish in lakes and rivers on the Minnesota boundary through the enactment of laws by Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota giving these states concurrent jurisdiction over the lakes and rivers, is planned in bills introduced in the house and senate. Representative Carl L. Wallace in- troduced a bill removing all limits on the amount of land that may be owned by: a Minnesota corporation in this state. A new method of securing evidence against persons illegally selling intox- icating liquors is provided by a bill in- troduced by Representative Sherman Smith. Carriers of freight for hire are pro- hibited from making any contract with shippers limiting their liability for damages to freight transported, by a bill introduced by Representative G. H. Wyman. The house yesterday passed the in- heritance tax bill of Representative H. W. Stone by a vote of 86 to 6, without discussion. State supervision of private detec- tives and private detective agencies is provided by a bill introduced by Rep- resentative H. B. Chamberlain. The bill for the nomination of candi- dates for state office both by conven- tion and primary election, which has been discussed at length by the senate and house election committees, was introduced in the senate by the sen- ate committee on elections. The Dill was ordered printed and advanced to general orders. A bill to place proprietors of so- called bucket shops under the super- | vision of the state railroad and ware- house commission was introduced by Senator John G. Schutz. Senator George R. \Laybourn’s bill providing for the prosecution of crim- inal cases by information of the coun- ty attorney, a companion measure to the bill doing away with the grand jury except when it is called by the court, passed the senate by a vote of 40 to 17. F St. Paul, March 18. — By a vote of 27 to 26 the-senate refused to over- rule the report of the senate commit- tee on banks and banking that the Eb- erhart bill abolishing private banks be indefinitely postponed. A bill increasing the salary of the members of the railroad and ware- fs “ | house commission from $3,000 to $5,- The state inspection of illuminating 000 was introduced by Senator A. D. Stephens. Soldiers discharged from _ the sol- diers’ home because they refused to surrender any portion of their pension to the board of trustees will be re-ad- mitted if a bill introduced by Senator J. T. Alley becomes a law. The meas- ure specifically provides that the board shall readmit these soldiers on application. The senate committee of the whole for more than an hour yesterday dis- cussed the drainage bill introduced by the senate drainage committee. The bill was recommended for passage. The taxation of grain stored in Min- nesota warehouses and elevators on May 1 of each year is provided for by a bill introduced by Representative J. H. Dorsey. The Minnesota legislature will be represented at the launching of the battleship bearing the state's name if the senate concurs in the resolution by Representative M. D. Flower, which passed the house by a vote of 43 to 35. The resolution provides for a commit- tee of three representatives and two senators to represent the legislature at the launching April 8. The house decided to take a test vote to decide whether the extension of the primary law to state officers is desirable, and made all measures re- | lating to the nomination of candidates for state offices a special order for 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The whipping post as a punishment for men convicted of beating their | Wives secured the approval of the HE STATE LEGISL house committee of the whole and was recommended to pass despite vigorous opposition. Other important measures recommended to pass were the anti- bucketshop bill by Representative Gustav Erickson and the bill by Rep- resentative M. D. Flower providing for the admission of widows and wives | of veterans to the state soldiers’ home. St. Paul, March 20. — First blood was won by the capitol commission Saturday when the bill giving them control of the new building for the next two years came back from the ap- propriations committee recommending that $60,000 a year be allowed for maintenance. The report was adopted without attracting attention. Repre- sentative Hickey of Ramsey county discovered just previous to adjourn- ment that the report of the committee had been accepted, placing the bill at the head of the calendar for considera- tion Tuesday. He made an unsuccess- ful effort to secure a reconsideration. The house passed the Erickson Dill prohibiting the operation of bucket- shops in the state, the vote being unanimous. The De Laittre hi'l appropriating $25,000 for the Minnesota exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland was passed. Two bills were passed affecting the commission of the crime of robbery in the first degree. A measure by Rep- resentative Rider increases the penal- ty from five to twenty years to ten to forty years, and one by Representa- tive Mannix makes it first degree rob- bery to enter a_ building with ex- plosives. The latter measure is de- signed to affect the class of robbers who blow open safes. A bill was introduced by Represen- tative Fosseen providing that the county commissioners shall have charge of main and county roads. This would leave the less important highways under the charge of the township supervisors. St. Paul, March 21.—Only thirty-six senators responded to the roll call at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the senate convened. Owing to the light attendance the calendar and general orders were postponed until to-day. Building inspectors in St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Duluth hereafter must know how to carry the hod and ply the trowel, if a bill introduced yesterday by Senator Hiler H. Horton becomes a law. The bill, which applies to cities having more than 50,000 inhabitants, stipulates that only practical masons can be appointed building inspectors in these three cities. Members of the senate judiciary committee expect that the new code will be reported to the senate on Thursday. The committee worked from 2 to 4 o’clock yesterday after- noon, although the senate was not scheduled to meet until 4 o'clock. The committee was on chapter 35 when it adjourned until this afternoon. Minnesota courts are given concur- rent jurisdiction in criminal actions on Big Stone lake, Lake Traverse and the Red River of the North in a bill introduced yesterday by the senate ju- diciary committee. The bill was ad- vanced to general orders. The meas- ure provides that the courts in the counties adjoining these bodies of wa- ter shall have jurisdiction in criminal actions to the farthermost shore. If the bill becomes a Jaw and a person is shot in a boat on the North Dakota side of the Red river, the aecused may be tried in the Minnesota courts. Un- der the present law only the North Dakota courts have jurisdiction. The senate adopted by a rising vote a resolution by Senator L. O. Cooke in memory of the late Allen J. Green, former state senator. The lieutenant governor was instructed to appoint a committee of eight senators who will attend the funeral. The reinterment and a monument for eighteen victims of the Indian out- break of 1862, murdered near the shores of Lake Shetek, Murray county, is provided for by a bill introduced in the house by Representative S. O. Morse. Local improvements assessments in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants are made a paramount lien against real estate from the date of the assess- ment, by a bill introduced in the house yesterday by Representative Walter 1, Lemon. A factory at the Minnesota state prison for the manufactyre of ogri- cultural implements and machinery is authorized by a bill introduced in the house yesterday by Representative John Zelch. Representative M. L. Fosseen intro- duced in the house a bill making it a felony to execute or solicit the execu- tion of a deed to property in which the person making the conveyance never had any interest. A 4 per cent gross earnings tax on private car line companies “is. pro- posed in a bill introduced in the heuse by Representative Bliss Rachie. wmnannannnenmnw 0 000000 000080020020 0200 4 ————meumu_em_m—m—"00 0000000000 0 0 ennrnnrnnnnnnnnnnnn CLAIM GIFT OF TONGUES. insanity in Wake of Meeting at Fergus Falls. Religious meetings have been held in diffenent residences in Fergus Falls the past two weeks under the auspices of an evangelist from Minneapolis, and certain young people who have been attending haye worked themselves into perfect frenzies, rolling on the floor, endeavoring to climb up the walls of the building and talking in strange languages under the supposition that they have the gift of tongues. The meetings culminated when Miss Olga Nelson, a young lady, appeared to lose her reason entirely, and her fam- ily was finally compelled to take her to the county jail, as she was becoming uncontrollable. She does not appear to be improving there, but walks the floor of her cell, sings almost cénstantly, and imagines she is going to Africa. Her parents dislike to have her committed to the insane hospital and still hope she will recover her reason. The meetings were held under what was called “Free Mis. sion” Auspices. Prof. L. J. Montgomery has been re eleated superintendent of the Zum: brota schools. The following teachers were elected: Alice Pearson, princi- paz; Clara Church, science; Mrs. C. M. Allen, music; Eva Farrington, eighth grade; Julia Boler, seventh; Bethira Munger, sixth; Mira Bucy, fifth: Anna T. Leo, fourth; Kate Cole, third; Mae J. Cook, second; Evelyn Tompkins, first. ..- * id Minneapolis’ Greatest Theatrical Event —Klaw & Erlanger’s Mighty Beauty Spectacle, “Mother Goose,” the Week of March 27, at Metropolitan Opera House. Next Monday, March 27, at the Met- ropolitan opera house, Minneapolis, the most notable theatrical event of years will take place, when Klaw & Erlanger will present their colossal production of the greatest of the English Drury Lane spectacles, “Mother Goose,” at that theater, beginning an engagement of one week, with matinees, Wednes- day and Saturday. An idea of the im- mensity of this production may be gleaned from the fact that more than 400 comedians, singers, dancers and pantomimists appear in it, and seven- teen scenes, each as elaborate as an entire ordinary production, and more beautiful than has ever been seen upon the American stage, are used. The costumes number 2,000, and cost alone $75,000 to produce; “Mother Goose” Tran an entire year in London and all last year in New York city at the New Amsterdam theater. It is the first play of its class ever presented in Min- neapolis, and is described as being the mightiest exposition of beauty, quick, rattling fun, charming melody and spectacular magnificence known to theatrical history. Its production ‘will be with the original cast and every detail of gorgeousness which has made the presentment the most talked of and notable theatrical event of the past two years in the United States. The music is harmonious and catchy; the fun rollicking and in good taste; the specialties novel and entirely dif- ferent from those seen in any other entertainment of this kind. From a more than casual study of “Mother Goose,” it deserves the great success and lavish praise that ‘has been be- stowed upon it by playgoers of Lon- don and New York. The sale of seats will begin Thurs- day morning, March 23, the prices be- ing 50 cents, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Mail orders, accompanied by remit- tances, will be promptly attended to. Excursions will be run on all roads entering Minneapolis Monday and Tuesday, March 27 and 28, at reduced rates. BUY GOLD BRICKS FOR SCHOOLS. Many Officials Not Competent to Select Supplies. School officers in Minnesota are in- competent to choose supplies for their districts, according to the thirteenth biennial report by J. W. Olsen, state superintendent of schools. He states that they are taken in by “grafters,” and frequently buy a gold brick, while the pupils suffer from lack of the nec- essary apparatus to carry on their work. In branding the school officers as gullible, he says: “Some competent authority should pass upon school apparatus before it can be offered for sale to districts. By communications from different parts of the state the attention of the de- partment is frequently called to the operation of irresponsible grafters, who, by guileful resorting to the gross- est but plausible misrepresentations, have been able to take advantage of the ordinary school officer’s lack of that experience which would enable him to distinguish standard apparatus, reasonable in cost, from very high- priced specialties, useless except to sell. Itis significant that these special- ties and helps are not handled by school men of recognized standing, nor by reliable local dealers, but are nearly always offered by strangers of no known financial responsibility. We have seen a contract recently made by a school board, in which the non-essen- tials were in bold type, while the es- sential features of the document, mak- ing the school officers (who had ex- ceeded their authority as such), per- sonally responsible by their signature for the purchase price of the goods, was in print so fine as to be scarcely readable to the naked eye.” The report recommends a larger ap- propriation to continue the work of teaching agriculture and home eco- nomics in the rural schools. In speak- ing of the work the report states: “The problem that confronts us is how to secure systematic instruction’ along this line, coherent and of real practical utility to the rising genera- tion. Rapid progress is not to be ex- pected.” WILLS ALL TO HAGUE SYNOD. Wealthy Farmer Stipulates That Or- phan Asylum Must Be Built. - Kenyon, Minn., March 21. — Mr. S. K. Rong, a resident of this vicinity, and who died recently in the city hos- pital at Red Wing, has willed all of his property to the Hague synod on condition that the synod erect an orphans’ home on his farm in Wana- mingo. This farm consists of 200 acres and is one of the most valuable farms in Goodhue county. He also owns two quarter-sections of land in North Dakota, besides a great deal of other property. As yet the Hague synod has not accepted the offer. SNEAKS WHILE OFFICER DOZES. Prisoner Escapes. From Custody of United States Marshal. Janesville, Wis., March 21—A Nor- wegian United States prisoner, en route from Duluth to New York to be deported for evading the immigration laws, escaped from the custody of the Minnesota marshal at Evansville yes- terday and has not yet been recap- tured. The man was not handcuffed and escaped while the officer was taking a map. A search has begun for the missing prisoner. In Minnesota. State News of the /¢ Week Briefly Told. Three general stores at Borup burn- ed recently. Snyder & Torgerson were the heaviest los¢rs. Prof. E. A. Williams has been elect- ed for another year as superintendent of schools at Monticello. : Mrs. Mary Powers of Lanesboro has brought an action for divorce from Charles Powers, who is serving fifteen years at the state prison. Mrs. H. Widstrand, formerly of Min- neapolis, has started a literary society at Carver, and many young people are joining it. John Sullivan lies in a critical con- dition at Duluth as a result of drinking eye wash by mistake for medicine for rheumatism. Foul play is suspected in the death of James McLaughlin, a lumberman, in one of the saloons at Wadena. The coroner will hold an inquest. M. J. Weller, who has been conduct- ing a bakery at Lake City, has failed, with liabilities of $1,500. The creditors are chiefly Lake City and Red Wing firms. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has con- tributed a recipe to the cook book soon to be issued by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist church at Dassel. The Young Men’s Club of the Con- gregational church at Monticello has voted to build a gymnasium. It is probable that a basement will be put in the church for the purpose, Addison Haines, long a resident of Howard Lake and manager of the Cen- tral Lumber company, died from the effects of an overdose of laudanum ad- ministered by himself. S. H. Berins of Hawkeye, Iowa, made application for a franchise for a telephone exchange at Lake City, but, as the present system is satisfactory, the council gave him no encourage- ment, Primary village and town elections were held in Minnesota last week. Sa- loon license was an issue and was fa- vored in a large majority of places from which returns have been receiv- ed. Mrs. Everett Bleeker, who lived six miles north of Renville, committed suicide by taking strychnine. She did her morning’s. housework before tak- ing the poison and no one suspected her intention. Judge Hosea F. Luce and wife of Owatonna celebrated the fiftieth anni- versary of their wedding. The Odd Fel- lows, of which order the judge has been a member for many years, made him and his wife their guests at a pub- lic reception at their hall. Peter B. Nelson, who deserted his family at Lanesboro nine years ago, was brought to Preston and lodged in jail on a charge of non-support. His trouble came from his contesting his wife’s application for divorce and ali- mony. He now expresses his willing- ness to make up with his wife. Fire partially destroyed the Bis- sonette saloon building at Walker. A. Bissonette and W. Filkins, who live upstairs, lost heavily in household goods. Mrs. Filkins, who gave birth to a child a week ago, had to be car- ried out, and Mrs. Bissonette jumped from a second-story window. Bis- sonette’s loss is covered by insurance. The Hector Telephone exchange, re- cently organized, has purchased the old system from W. B. Strom and elect- ed the following officers: John Ho- kanson, president; E. M. Erickson, vice president; H. L. Torbenson, secre- tary; G. S. Eichimeser, treasurer. Forty miles of new line will be built this season. Farmers generally are contracting for phones. Evidently believing he was sought by an enemy, and in an effort at de- fense, Sevat Sevanson, only son of ex- Senator Sevason of Windom, killed himself with a shotgun. The young man had not been well since an illness he had last fall, and at times acted queerly, often declaring some one was about to kill him. The family heard the report of a gun in his room, and going there found him lying with his head on the floor and his feet on the bed. The gun was near him. The charge had entered his head just above the temple, tearing a great hole through it and filling the ceiling above with shot. The following officers have been nominated at Montrose: President, Oskis Dentzel; councilmen, Fred Bel- den, E. S. Renix and Albert Strey; justices, John Streetes and Mr. Dear- field; assessor, J. W. Wright; record- er, H. G. Wright; constables, Dick Ferrell and Perry Long. While Agent John Cavanaugh of the Duluth & Iron Range railroad at Mc- Kinley was away, some on broke into the station and robbed the till of about $15 in cash. Charles’ Keachie was ar- rested on suspicion. PAIN SUFFERED BY MR. MARSTON AS GREAT AS MORTAL OAN STAND. For Six Months He Could Not Turn in Bed—He Tells of a Remedy Which , Has Given Perfect Relief. The case of Mr. Marston shows that sciatica cart be cured, and no one afflicted by it should allow himself to be dis- heartened. He was first stricken about a year ago, and for six months he suffered pain which he thinks the most intense that’any man could possibly stand. Asked about the details of his remark- able recovery, Mr. Marston gave the fol- lowing account: ‘I was attacked by a numbness or dull feeling just back of my right hip. I didn’t know what the mat- ter was, but thought it was simply a stiffness that would wear away in a short time. It didn’t, however, and soon the pain became so very bad that ‘every step was torture forme. When I finally succeeded in getting home, it was jast as much as I could do to reach my room and get to bed. “The doctor was sent for, and when he had examined me he said I had sciatica. He prescribed for me, and advised me not to try to leave my bed. The advice was unnecessary for I couldn’t get out of bed if I wanted to. It was impossible for me to turn from one side to the other. The moment I attempted to move any part of my body, the pain became so ex- cruciating that I would have to lie per- fectly motionless. «T suffered this torture for six months without getting any relief. Then I dis- charged the doctor, and on the advice of a friend I bought a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and began to take them, three at a dose, three times a day. I was de- termined to give them a thorough trial. ““Dwo months after I began to use them I was able to leave my bed and walk about the house, and a month later I was entirely cured and able to go about my work as usual. I think Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are the best medicine I ever used, and I heartily recommend them to anyone who suffers from sciatica.” Mr. Marston is a prosperous farmer and may be reached by mail addressed to Charles P. Marston, Hampton P. O., New Hampshire. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured other painful nervous disorders, such as neuralgia, partial par- alysis and locomotor ataxia. They are sold by all druggists. Knew His ‘Business. A merchant, whose- daughter had married a man with whom it proved she could not get on very well, was much surprised some weeks ago to see the young lady return home again, with all her belongings. The old man listened very attentive- ly to her story, and then went to his desk and wrote a note to his son-in- law, which he gave to his daughter, assuring her that her husband would receive her kindly after this. The pair, on reading the letter, found in it the following notice: “Dear Sir: Goods which are select- ed of one’s own free will at my estab- lishment are not taken back again.” The young couple laughed heartily and were reconciled. Simple Enough. First Professor—Do you know, I find it difficult to remember the ages of my children. Second Professor—I have no such trouble. I was born twenty-three hun- dred years after Socrates, my wife eighteen hundred years after the death of Tiberius Caesar, our son John two thousand years after the en- trance into Rome of Tiberius Sempro- nius Gracchus for the re-enactment of the “leges Liciniae,”’ and our Amanda fifteen hundred years after the begin- ning of the Folk-wandering—that is perfectly simple, you see. THE SIMPLE LIFE. Ways That Are Pleasant and Paths That Are Peace. It is the simple life that gives length of days, serenity of mind and body and tranquility of soul. Simple hopes and ambitions, bound- ed by the desire to do good to one’s neighbors, simple pleasures, habits, food and drink. Men die long before their time be- cause they try to crowd too much inte their experiences—they climb too high and fall too hard. A wise woman writes of the good that a simple diet has done her: “I have been using Graps-Nuts for about six months. I began rather spar- ingly, until I acquired such a liking for it that for the last three months I have depended upon it almost en- tirely for my diet, eating nothing else whatever, but Grape-Nuts for break- fast and supper, and I believe T could eat it for dinner with fruit and be sat- isfied without other food, and feel much better and have more strength to-do my housework. “When I began the use of Grape- Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles were so soft that I was not able to do any work. I weighed only 108 pounds. Nothing that I ate did me any good. I was going down hill rapidly, was nervous and miserable, with no ambi- tion for anything. My condition im- proved rapidly after I began to eat Grape-Nuts food. It made me feel like a new woman; my muscles got solid, my figure rounded out, my weight increased to 126 pounds in a few weeks, my nerves grew steady and my mind better and clearer. My friends t2!l me they haven’t seen me look so well for years. “I consider Grape-Nuts the best food on the market, and shall never go back to meats and white bread again.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason. Look in each pkg. for the little book, “The Roard to Wellville.”