Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 7, 1906, Page 2

‘Rerald-Review,. By C. E. KILEY. — GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Will Princess Ena continue to say “After you, Alfonso,” after ske is married? It is said that insanity is caused by a microbe. That is why a crazy man is sent to the bug house. Will Mr. Carnegie kindly lend us a million so that we can try to hold it and laugh at the same time? It is to be hoped that this is the farewell tour the yellow peril is pre- paring to put on in the far east. A New Jersey judge has ruled that beer is not a necessity of life. He had better keep away from Milwaukee. Scientists have discovered a new way of raising ships. What we yearn for is a new way of raising the price. Still, it doesn’t. follow that every man who refrains from laughing is a millionaire. Dyspepsia is as bad as money. Conceding that wealth lessens hap- piness a large number of persons will remain firm in their determination to be unhappy. Oil is being tried in Cuba for the ex- termination of the mosquitoes. Per- haps Mr. Rockefeller is down there working up trade. As there appears to be nothing do- ing in Morocco, the European war cloud ean pack up and resume its old stand in the Balkans, According to a household journal, > of the best appetizers is orange malade. Another good one is a 3 work on a woodpile. It will be a long time, just the same, before the National Educational asso- n succeeds in popularizing thru,” “bizness,” and “tuf.” It is given out that King Edward is lamed for life. Surgical science is et equal to the jab of giving even a new tendon Achilles. London Truth remarks that so many actresses are becoming peeresses that the aristocracy of the realm should be known as the actressocracy. Samples of adulterated whisky fur- nished by Dr. Wylie were thoroughly enjoyed by a congressional committee. To the pure all things are pure. The sailing lists chronicle the de- parture of Mme. Calve for Europe. Also of Mile. Calve. And everybody is privileged to take his choice. Let yesterday be a happy memory and to-morrow a sweet anticipation. To-day is the middle of the sandwich, and therefore the best part of all. In Africa there is a tribe which is still living in the stone age. Not so different from the rest of the world, which is living in the age of rocks. Britain’s lawmakers are modest in their demands for salaries. Fifteen hundred dollars a year would not seem excessive pay even for Mr. Bal- four. According to a lady of some experi- ence in the courts, the stars are gainst divorce. She’s wrong. Stars get divorced almost as frequently as chorus girls. One of the theatrical managers wept recently because the New York critics made fun of his play. But he would probably have felt worse about it if they had said nothing. Whistling, according to some doc- tors, will do much toward the devel- opment of a robust physical frame. It will also do much toward developing a tendency toward homicide. Mr. Labouchere is out of parlia- ment, but he isn’t above giving advice to his successor. Above all things, says Labby, eschew eloquence, and r be guilty of a perforation. The report of the death of the dow- ager empress of China has not been confirmed, and it is, therefore, but fair to suppose that the emperor continues in a horizontal position under the bed. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” is the uggested by the news from hington that the Austrian ambas- sadress is running an auto which leaves in its wake the odors of Araby the blest. Fashion has decreed the floating, flimsy auto veil must go. A veil on a pretty girl is a nuisance, anyhow, and this recent edict must meet the hearty approval of every man, whether or not he owns an auto. Chinese officials are naturally slew to act upon the report that the Dow- ager Empress is dead. Persons who have acted upon previous reports of a similar nature have met the fate of the didn’t-know-it-was-loaded ° experi- menter. One of the Vanderbilt ladies recent- ly paid a big price for a thimble that once belonged to Queen Elizabeth. Owing to its value as a relic, however, the owner of the thimble will not use it when she makes her shirt waists this spring. RUIN RAILROADS THEY REDUCE TARIFF ON LOCAL FREIGHT THAT !S NON- PROFITABLE. WOULD NOT HELP CONSUMER St. Paul, Minn., April 2—That the adoption of the proposed rate sched- ule affecting certain classes of freight in Minnesota would result in a loss of twenty-six per cent to some of the railroads, and that the roads of the state would lose nearly a million dollars a year in earnings, without at all benefitting the consumer, was the contention made—and supported by a startling array of facts and figures— at the hearing given the representa- tives of the roads by the railroad com- mission last week. The commission sat for four days and the . railroads made an exhibit of the cost of doing business and the revenue derived, such as has not before been made be- fore any commission. The hearing was given in pursuance of a resolution passed by the last legislature. C. A. Severance, chief counsel for the railroads, in his opening Monday, asserted that the premise upon which the resolution of the legislature was based—that the Iowa rates should ap- ply to and would reduce the rates in Minnesota — was fallacious. He showed that there was no long haul within the state of Iowa, that it was a paper rate. that freight subjected to the long haul went out of the state. There are no considerable jobbing or market centers in Iowa. What little jobbing there is done in Towa calls for a haul of sixty to 100 miles. In Min- nesota it is different. One of the great jobbing centers of the country is comprised in the Twin Cities. He said it would be shown by witnesses —and it was—that the charges col- lected in the state of Iowa were about the same as, or higher, than in Minnesota. “The long distance haul in Iowa is a:myth,” he said. He cited the fact that it had been the practice of the Minnesota rail- roads to cut down as far as possible the tariff on grain, thus adding di- rectly to ‘the price received by the producer for it. The price of the grain is fixed at Duluth and Minne- apolis and the price received by the farmer is that, less the freight rate. “If the farmer is of the opinion that the man who runs the country ele- vator is absprbing too much of the price of the grain,” said Mr. Sever- ance, “he can ship his own grain, so that a low rate on grain is necessar- ily reflected in the price that is re- ceived by the man who raises the grain. The same is practically true of coal, for the consumer can join with his neighbors and ship it from a terminal. But if the rates that are in controversy here are reduced I think I am safe in saying that there is not a consumer of merchandise in this state who will get an appreciable benefit.” Some pointed testimony was aduced on this point later. The testimony of A. B. Stickney was almost sensational in the posi- tive statements made and the sweep- | ing nature of them. He went exhaus- tively into the subject of rates and ex- penses. He ridiculed the Iowa rates, declaring that they were made under the domination of a governor who was daft on the subject of railways and rates and declared that the rates were based on a valuation of $10,000 per mile of railroad. “And,” said Mr. Stickney, “when I wanted to build a road through a farm belonging to that same governor he wanted to charge me $8,000 per mile for right- of-way alone.” By diagrams he proved that the Iowa rate did not produce results for the consumer. the application of the rates proposed in this state Mr. Stickney said: “T have prepared a diagram of the commissioners’ rates extended to a distance of 2,000 miles, which would more than cover the distance between St. Paul and the Pacific coast, the distance from St. Paul to Seattle or Tacoma being about 1,900 miles. “Now, the rates which are now in existence on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific roads from St. Paul to Seattle and Tacoma, are as fol- low: + $3.00 + 2.60 2.20 - 1.90 - 1.60 - 1.60 1.25 1.00 olelel-} ake “The rates which the commission- ers’ tariff. would be as follow: Se + $2.168 1.807 1.445 wee 1.085 868 976 +759 065 BUA po ReDH “From this comparison, it will be Going into | extended, would make, way earnings s me oe their “highest point, rag ath mt the year 1873. Then they fell off year by year until they reached their lowest point, $473,- 000,000, in the year 1877. The de- crease was 10.05 per cent. “Thon, in the panic period of 1893, curiously enough, these earnings reached their highest point, $1,207,- 000,000, in the year 1893, just twen- ty years from 1873. Then they made one drop to the lowest point, $1,067,- 000,000, in 1894. This decrease was 11.6 per cent, and again placed, ap- proximately, 75 per cent of the rail- road mileage of the United States in the hands of receivers. “Thus, it. will be seen that the dif- ference between rate prosperity and bankruptcy for railway companies is at a loss of only 10 to 12 percent of their earnings.” © H. A. Gray, controller of the North- ern Pacific, testified that if his road was forced to adopt the rates pro- posed it would suffer an annual loss on its Minnesot business of $210,- 829.44 and on 4ts Minnesota-Dakota business $15,866.52 or 18 per cent on the total business of the two classes. Applying Mr. Stickney’s statement to this the effect must be disastrous. Mr. Gray proved his statement by such a showing .of actual transactions that the commissioners were confessedly astonished. He proved to demonstra- tion that the expenses of transport- ing local freight was between six and seven times the cost of transporting through freight. His evidence was largely statistical and conclusive. It was shown by the testimony of Mr. Stickney, Mr. Gray, General Su- periniendent Strickland of the Omaha, Assistant General _ Superintendent Sewall, and General Freight Agent R. G. Brown. of the Rock Island. and others’ that in transporting less tnan carlots. which is practically always the case in the classifications affected by the proposed schedule, the cost is immensely greater than in transport- ing carloads, the terminal charges being the same, the car capacity less. the cost of handling greater; that the rate charged now is less on local freight than is charged on through freight in the proportion of mileage in Minnesota on freight shipped through to the West, to Spo- kane and other points. It was dem- onstrated that if the Minnesota rates were reduced under the proposed schedules the state would receive less money in the form of the four per cent gross earnings tax ona car shipped from Duluth to Moorhead than it would on the revenue from a through car running over the same mileage but consigned to a point in Montana. R. I. Farrington, second vice presi- dent of the Great Northern, in his testimony went exhaustively into de- tails as to the cost of transporting local and _ less-than-carload lots of freight as compared to hauling through freight and testified that the rates proposed by the commission would cut the revenue of his coin- pany in this state $300,000 a year while it would result in a saving of nothing to the consumer. This tat- ter, the most striking feature ad- duced by the examination. was exem- plified in detail in the testimony of Theodore H. Stoeffel, contracting freight agent for the Milwaukee Mr. Stoeffel testified that he had made up a list of specific shipments of commodities out of St. Paul, parer, hats and caps, dry goods, groceries and hardware; that he had gone to the shippers and secured valuations on the shipments, naming several of the biggest honses shipping the goods. In each ease he had taken shipments to different points to cover various distances in mileage. He produced the original way opills, the values attached. In six shipments made to various points the total val- ue of the hats and caps shipped amounted to $1,046.01 and the total freight on all the shipments was $7.20—or seven mills on the dollar of value. A repcerter with a turn for statis- tics figured at once that if a man living out in the country bought a cap out of any of those shipments and paid a dollar for it he would be paying seven mills freight charge and if tne freight*charge was wiped out entire- ly he would not be much ahead. The fact was called to the attention of the commission. Mr. Stoeffel produced the way bills of six shipments of dry. goods to vari- ous points in the state; the total value of the commodities was shown to be $1,072.87, the total freight charges, $9.31—or eight mills on the dollar of valuation. A shipment com- prising: one box of groceries, three bundles of paper, one box canned goods, one box canned syrup, two bags sugar, total weight 500 pounds, was sent to Le Sueur Center; Minn., sixty-five miles, for 88 cents, and when the item was read there was more figures on how the groceryman could spread the saving on freight, if the rates were reduced, so that his cus- tomers would get the benefit. The tesimony was conclusive that no possible good could céme to the consumer by the reduction of rates on the commodities under discussion while the railroads would be very seriously affected. Freight Traffic Manager Broughtoa of the Great Northern showed in his ; testimony that the tariff on grain | from !apolis was from one third to almost -582 | one half less than the rates from Ne- -044 | praska points to Omaha, from Kansas Minnesota - points into Minne- points into Kansas City and from seen that if the schedule proposed by j Iowa and Illinois points into Chicago, the Minnesota commission were ex- tended, and put in force from St. Paul | for the same distance. It was shown that, in the aggregate, to the Pacific coast, it would reduce : the loss to the railroads by the pro- the present rates about 27.7 per cent | posed reduction of rates on the vari- on first-class, and about 48.2 per cent on Class “BE,” and on all the interme- diate classes proportionately. “Now I want to ask the commission- ers if they believe, the rates between St. Paul and the Pacific coast ought to be reduced, say “an average of 38 per cent? Let me show you what such reductions would mean: “During the panics of 1873 and 1893 the earnings of the railways fell off to such an extent that, probably, 75 per cent of the railway mileage of the United States passed under the con- trol of the courts in the hands of re- ceivers, I have prepared a diagram of the earnings of all the railways of this country, which shows at a glance the decrease of earnings in'those two great panics. © ous classifications affected would be about a million dollars a year; that the railroads were put to a much greater expense to handle these ¢lass- es of commodities than other classes shipped on a long haul in carloads; that the consumer could not benefit by the reduction because of the in- significance of the freight charge compared to the valuation of the freight, and that to reduce the rev- enue of the roads would make it im- possible for- them to make lower rates—as, as was testified, is their constant endeavor—on such as grain, coal and lumber where the benefit to the producer or consumer would be direct and appreciable. The hi day to be resumed later, rail-|| ting, one of the most prominent phys- IN MINNEAPOLIS HACKED AND MUTILATED BODIES OF BULGARIANS FOUND BY POLICE. LOVE AFFAIR IN TRAGEDY? LATEST THEORY OF MINNEAPO- LIS MURDER—BOOST FOR VENDETTA STORY. Minneapolis, March 30.—Murder by the wholesale was served up to the populace of the Northwest in Minne- apolis yesterday by the finding of the hacked and mutilated bodies of six Bulgarians, evidently -workmen, lying in deep pools of coagulated blood in a little tumble-down house, at 10 o’clock in the morning. Four of the bodies were found in a sleeping room on the second floor, cut and slashed in a most horrible man- ner, while in the cellar were two oth- ers with their throats cut from ear to ear. All of the men had died by the knife. Near the bodies were found Five Large Bowie Knives. with razor-edged blades nearly eight inches long, having the regulation hunting knife handle of horn, and a bloodstained hatchet. The dead: Nicolo Dimitri, Kirle Demitri, Agne Karofil, Kerstan Yovko, Unka Naudaba, Baakon Kapanni. The Dimitris were evidently father and son. All of the men were com- paratively young and smooth shaven. From this clue the police believe the murders were committed sometime be- tween midnight Sunday and Monday morning. This suspicion is clinched by the statements of S. Magnuson, owner of the house where the murder occurred. At about 10 o’clock yesterday he asked the police to search the house. He said that an aged German who oc- cupied the lower floor of the house could not be found. He it was who no- tified Magnuson that a fight had taken place in the rooms over the ones oc- cupied by the German Sunday night. Magnuson at once called up Patrol- man Peterson, who broke .open tho doors and made the horrifying discov- ery. Minneapolis, March 31.—Ten Mace- donians, recently from Minneapolis, were arrested in Duluth yesterday morning and are being held until the Minneapolis police can ascertain whether or not they knew or had any- thing to do with the murder of the six foreigners at 243 Tenth avenue south Tuesday night. Kuzman Sokuloff, leader of the gang of which the six dead men were mem- bers, is considered the most impor- tant prisoner under arrest. From him was received the correct names of the murdered men as follows: Nukola Jaless, Andri Jaless, Angelo Jaless, Thomas Jaless, Krispin Wuv- koss and Krivie Mitie. SuSpects in Duluth. Duluth, Minn., March 30.—Instead of clearing the mystery of the murder of six Macedonians in Minneapolis, the arrest in this city yesterday of ten persons on suspicion has only deep- ened the mysteery, which has already disarmed the police, It was supposed that those now in custody here were in some way con- nected with the crime, and the Min- neapolis police asserted that the key to the mystery could be found in this city. This suspicion’ was confirmed in a way during the later developments of the case last night, when it was learned by the police that Six Hunting Knives were sold by the Kelly Hardware Co. of this city to foreigners one day last week. An employe of the com- pany left last night for Minneapolis for the purpose of identifying the hunting knives found in the house of slaughter. . This is regarded by the Duluth po- lice as one of the most important clues that has\yet been struck and much will depend on the result, as it is known, and admitted by Sokuloff, the spokesman of the suspects, that he and several of his countrymen passed through the city ‘last week on their way from Alborn, where they had been employed during the winter, for Minneapolis. Minneapolis, April 1. — Were the six Macedonians murdered as the re- sult of a Bulgarian love affair? The latest theory of the murder is that it resulted from a Bulgarian ro- mance. Petro Stuyanoff, one of the Bulgarian colony, told the police yes- terday that Krestin Yovoko, one of the murdered men, was engaged to be married to the daughter of Nukola Kaleff, the oldest of the mutdered brothers. Alger’s Heart Weak. Atlantic City, N. J., April 3—United States ator Russell A. Alger of Michigan, who is ill here is slightly im- proved. He is ailing from a weak heart. His condition for a brief period is said to have been serious. Help Remove His dwn Appendix. Seattle, Wash., April 3.—Dr. Whit- icians of this place, is to have his ap- ‘pendix removed without the applica- tion of an anaesthetic in order that h can direct the operaticn. — : ~ TeONVENTION GOES 10 mutt COAL DEADLOCK REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT HEAD OF LAKES. St. Paul, April 4—The Republican state convention will be held at Du- luth this year, and Wednesday, June 18, is the date selected by the state central committee at its meeting yes- terday morning. The average vote on the state ticket will be taken as the basis for representation in the con- vention. The indorsement of a candi- date for United States senator will be included in the call for the convention. The county conventions will be held on June 6, just a week before the con- vention, and the committee recom- mended that caucuses be held on Sat- urday, June 2. All this was decided at a short ses- sion ending before noon, and with the exception of the place of the conyen- tion it was decided practically without debate or division. When the meeting was called to order every one of the thirty-three members were either present or represented by proxy. REWARD FOR MURDERERS. Minneapolis Authorities Hope to Get Clue to Murderers of Macedonians. Minneapolis, April 4—A reward of $500 has been offered by Mayor David P. Jones for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the mur- derers of the six Macedonians whose mangled bodies were found in the lit- tle cottage on Tenth avenue south last Wednesday morning. This action was taken by the mayor after he had conferred with Superintendent of Po- lice James G. Doyle, who urged that such a step might arouse the cupidity of some of the late associates of the ill-fated Macedonians and make them divulge what they know of the massa- cre. It is still the conviction of the chief that these men know more than they care to tell, and he thinks that money is the golden key which may unlock their silence and cause them to reveal the secret of the whole plot and the names of the men directly con- cerned in the murders. TWO DIE DIGGING WELL. North Dakota Youths Are Killed Be- fore Rescue Could Be Made. Garrison, N. D., April 4. — Nicholas Zenz, twenty-four years old, and his brother John, twenty-one years old, sons of Peter Zenz, who reside fonr- teen miles northeast of here, were overcome by gas while digging a well and were dead before they could be rescued. They were digging a well on their father’s farm and had been in the hole several times without discov- ering the ges. ' DIES IN PHILIPPINES. Former New Richland Young Man Is Drowned. 2 New Richland, Minn., April 4—News has been received by H. A. Anderson of this place of the death by drowning of his nephew, Claire Anderson, son of A. J. Anderson, formerly of New Richland. The young man was em- ployed in the marine service and sailed about a year ago for the Orient on a battleship. The exact particulars of the accident are not obtainable. MAN KILLED BY MILK WAGON. Wisconsin Farmer Receives Hurts Which Prove Fatal. Osceola, Wis.,-April 4. — Nicholas Smith, aged fifty-five years, a prosper- ous farmer in Mill township, was thrown from a wagon loaded with milk. The wagon passed over his body, inflicting injuries from which he died. White Plague Claims Another. Osceola, Wis., April 4. — Harold M. Ashton died at-the home of his par- ents, Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Ashton, at 1:30 yesterday morning, of consump- tion, aged about thirty years. He had been in poor health for three years, and on March 24 had returned from Colorado Springs, Colo., where he had gone to regain his health. Takes McCardy’s Job. Washington, April 4. — Ernest G. Timme of Wisconsin was yesterday nominated by the president to the office of auditor for the postoffice de- partment to succeed Capt. McCardy of Minnesota, who will retire“from the public service May 1. Pioneer Woman Injured. Baraboo, Wis., April 4.—Mrs. A. S. Hawley was thrown from a buggy in a runaway and seriously hurt. Bones were broken and she received other in- juries. Mrs. Hawley was formerly Victoria Peck, and the first white child born in Madison. r Boy Killed. Muscatine, Iowa, April 4. — Ralph Riggenberg, eleven years old, was killed while jumping from a Rock Isl- and train at Moscow. Fire at Brainerd. Brainerd, Minn., April 4—The opera house was damaged by fire to the ex- tent of $1,500 yesterday morning. Two dwellings in the mill district burned the previous night; loss $3,000 on buildings and contents. Killed by Falling Tree. Barron, Wis., April 4. — Albert Kil- mer of Maple Grove, twenty-five years of age, is dead. He was struck on the head by a falling tree a week ago. He was a son of George Kilmer, and old resident. SEEMS HOPELESS SOLUTION OF HARD COAL QUES- TION APPARENTLY AS FAR OFF AS EVER. SOFT COAL MEN ARE AT WORK SITUATION IN WESTERN PENN- SYLVANIA IS HOURLY GROW- ING MORE PACIFIC. Philadelphia, April 4.—Information concerning the conference in New ‘York between the operators and the miners was eagerly sought yesterday by the idle workmen in the hard coal region. Definite results were not ex- pected and there was no disappoint- ment when it was learned the confer- ence had adjourned until Thursday. The situation is practically un- changed. In Shamokin the Enterprise colliery, owned by W. L. Connell & Co., was operated short handed by Non-Union Men. i In Scranton the Oxford colliery, a sMall non-union operation, and twenty washeries were worked. Aside from these plants there were no attempts to operate. Reports from Scranton are to the effect that the Delaware & Hudson and the Erie companies are making preparations to resume aS soon as possible. Several minor disturbances occurred near Wilkesbarre. The companies of the state police again patrolled the vicinity of the collieries and reported that good order prevailed. Growing More Pacific. Pittsburg, April 4.—With the excep- tion of one or two points outside of the Pittsburg district, the situation be- tween operators and miners in the soft coal fields of Western Pennsyl- vania is hourly growing more pacific. The mines of the _ operator who signed the 2 resumed operations yesterday, although in many instances with reduced forces. In the Pittsburg district 18,000 min- ers were working and 12,000 were idle. Nearly all of the mines of the Pitts- burg Coal company Were: in Operation, and it was expecied that other men who are out will return within a day or so. It was explained that following the holi: it. was generally several days before all the men returned to their labor. The cause of idleness of the men was also explainee to be due to the fact that the circular letter an- nouncing what operators had signed the scale was not sent out until yes- terday. From other districts it is announced that few mines are operating with full forces, the same conditions prevailing as in the Pittsburg district. Solution Is Far Off. New York, April 4—The subcommit- tees representing the anthracite ope- rators and the mine workers of East Pennsylvania held their first joint meeting here yesterday, and after nearly a three hours’ session ad- journed until Thursday afternoon without coming to an agreement. Each interest has refused to make the slightest concession, and the whole question apparently is as far from so- lution as ever. In the meantime the tie-up of the tnthracite industry will endure. Notwithstanding the fruitless ion and the apparently hopeless deadlock, rimors are still current that a way will be found that will enable the operators and the miners to settle their differences. COUNCIL DENOUNCES MAYOR. Rock Island Executive’s Bondsmen Withdraw From Bond. Rock Island, Ill., April 4—Following the adoption by the city council of a resolution repudiating the act of May- or G. W. McCaskrin in tearing up railroad tracks, two bondsmen of the mayor, Ald. William Tref and V. Daub- er, yesterday withdrew their names from Mayor McCaskrin’s bond. The resolution passed deplored “that Rock Island is incumbered with a mayor whose erratic, impulsive and irrespon- sible conduct is a source of mortifica- tion, at home and ridicule and dis- grace abroad.” WRECKER IS WRECKED. Two Killed and Two Fatally Injured * in Work Train Crash. Franklin, Pa., April 4. — A work train on the Buffalo & Allegheny Val- ley division of the Pennsylvania, run- ning from Kennerdell to Emlenton to help repair a wreck at the latter place, was wrecked, killing the engineer and Supervisor A. C. Shipman and fatally injuring the fireman and Merrill G. Barber. Four Italians were severely hurt. Woman Shoots Self. Marquette, Mich., April 4—In a fit of temporary insanity, caused by in- tense physical suffering, Mrs. John Patterson, wife of a Luce county Sarm- er living four miles from Newberry, committed suicide by shooting. Miner Crushed by Ore. Iron Mountain, Mich., April 4. — Frank Barboni, a union miner aged 47 years, met almost instant death by a fall of ore yesterday morning in the Chapin mine. He leaves a wife and ten children. ————