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+ — -- a i eut his face badly. PATIZNT JUMPS FROM WINDOW. Woman at a St. Paul Hospital Kills Herself. St. Paul, May 9——Mrs. A. Clemen- son, forty-eight years old and a patient: at St. Joseph’s hospital, arose from her bed shortly after 3 o'clock yester- day morning, went to the window of her room on the third floor, shattered the glass with a heavy water pitcher and plunged through the jagged hole to her death on the flagged court forty feet below. Her skull was fractured, death being instantaneous, Tempor- ary insanity is given as the cause by the hospital authorities. Mrs. Clemen- son, who came from Emmons, Minn., was sent to the hospital about a week ago and four days ago was operated upon. Sunday she was progressing nicely and apparently was on the road to recovery. __ GIRL STUDENT !S SHOT. Lillian Bell of Fort Pierre Wounded When on Pleasure Trip. Vermillion, S. D., May 9. — Lillian Bell, a student at the state university and a daughter of Senator Warren Young of Fort Pierre, is believed to be dying from a pistol wound accidental- ly inflicted. The young lady had gone to Nebraska Bluffs yesterday on a pleasure jaunt, and with a number of other young women was shooting at a mark with a revolver. Just how the tragic accident happened is not known. The victim was taken to a Sioux City hospital. It is feared the bullet penetrated the intestines. FIRES BALL THROUGH HEAD. H. M. Wilson of Eagle Grove, lowa, Kills Himself. Webster City, Iowa, May 9.—H. M. Wilson of Eagle Grove committed sui- cide yesterday morning by shooting himself through the head with a 38- caliber revolver. His wife was’ getting breakfast when she heard the report of a gun from his bedroom, and, upon entering, found him lying upon the bed dead, the ball having entered the forehead and passed through the head. Despondency was probably the cause. A wife and two sons survive him. Wilson was forty years of age. FIRE IN RESTURANT. Blaze Starts in Kitchen of Wolverton on Robert Street. St. Paul, May 9. — Shortly before 8 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the kitchen of the Wolverton res- taurant, 341 Robert street. The blaze spread rapidly and the inside of the rear part of the building was ablaze when the firemen arrived. The fire spread to the front part of the restaur- ant, which is in a three-story brick -e and threatened the building. > was headed off promptly, causing a loss of $200. HOLY ROLLER SHOT DEAD. Seattle Laborer Avenges an Alleged Wrong to His Sister. Seattle, May 9.—Frank E. Creffield, leader of the s alled religious or- ganization known as the Holy Rollers, was shot in the head and instantly killed yesterday by George Mitchell, a laborer aged twenty-three years. Mitchell, when arrested, asserted that Creffield had wronged his two sisters. Creffield and his wife were walking down First avenue when Mitchell, who had followed them, addressed a re- mark in a low tone to Creffield and then shot him. SEE WHOLE WORLD GAMBLING. lowa Couple, Imagining Slaughter Will Come, Go to Asylum. Newtor, Iowa, May 9.—Florence and Byron Finley of Monroe, aged forty- five and sixty years, respectively, were committed to the state hospital for the insane yesterday. They had a hal- lucination that everybory was gam- bling and that hundreds would be killed in a melee to follow. They have been supported by a millionaire capi- talist of the same name. lowa Student Wins Honors. Cedar Falls, lowa, May 9.—John L. Gherny of Osage, a popular student of the Iowa state normal school, won first place on three counts at the in- terstate normal oratorical contests, which were held in Warrensburg, Mo. This is the third time that the Iowa State rormal school has won these honors and there is general rejoicing over the literary standing of the insti- tution. La Follette’s Summer Home Burns. Madison, Wis., May 9. — An early morning fire of incendiary origin de- stroyed the barn and. other buildings at Senator La Follette’s summer home. The loss is $2,000; insurance, $1,000. For a time the flames threatened the summer homes of Madison’s wealth- jest citizens. Pays Big Fine for Assault. Prescott, Wis., May 9.—John Fitz- patrick of Ellsworth went before Judge Helms at Hudson and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodi- ly harm. He was fined $400 and costs, paying a total of $547.17. Peanut Reaster Explodes. Red Wing, Minn., May 9.—Thomas Thompson was seriously injured by the breaking of the mechanism ope- rating a peanut roaster. Part of a wheel hit him above the temple and KNIVES FLASH IN CARD GAME. Four Austrian Laborers Ave Stabbed During a Quarrel. Hibbing, Minn., May 8.—In a free- for-all fight over a card game in ab Austrian boarding house four labor- ers whose names are unknown were stabbed. When the cutting affray was at its height neighbors notified the po- lice but when the officers arrived the men had fled and the place was in darkness. It is not known how bad- ly the men are injured, but a boarder told the police that a miner called “Big Charlie” had cut A. Maki deeply across the face. With the blood streaming from the wound Maki ran out of the building, closely followed by “Big Charlie,” but the latter was restrained by friends. CAR FALLS IN A MINE. Wire Cable Catches and Only Two Are Seriously Injured. Bozeman, Mont., May 8. — Lester Ruffner and Gabriel Smarks were brought to Bozeman yesterday from Hofman in a critical condition from injuries received in the old Hoffman mine. Seven men were riding out of the slope when the bullwheel pulled out and the car load fell back on a 45- degree glope. The wire cable caught in the track or all on the car would have been instantly killed. As it was only the two men named were injured. Smarks had his skull fractured. Ruff- ner sustained a compound fracture of the forearm ani of the humerus. THIEF CLOTHES HIMSELF. Missoula (Mont.) Furnishes Him an Outfit of Wearing Apparel. Missoula, Mont., May 8. — A bold robbery occurred at the Golden Rule store of this city, but luckily the rob- ber did not get away with much plun- der. Mr. Cordz, proprietor of the store, discovered that one of the rear windows had been broken open and upon investigation it was found that the robber had helped himself to a suit of clothes, hat, shoes, etc., select- ing a complete set of wearing apparel. No attempt was made to disturb the contents of the safe, which amounted to several hundred dollars. UNION OFFICER ACCUSED. Former Financial Secretary of Eveleth Miners’ Union. Eveleth, Minn., May 8.—William 8. Ormond, who from April 21, 1905, to March 26, 1906,..was.. financial secre- tary of the Eveleth Miners’ Union No. 47, Western Federation of Miners, is accused of a discrepancy in the union’s funds, and, having waived examina- tion, was bound over to await action at the September term of district court. As alleged in the complaint, $338 is the amount of the discrepancy. The complaint was sworn out by John Movern, who succeeded to Ormond’s position. LOSES LIFE FOR HAT. Falls From Car While Watching Where Hat Went. Ely, Minn., May 8. — Peter Olson was instantly killed at the hoist on the Swallow & Hopkins railroad between Fall Lake and Basswood. Olson was section foreman for the company, and was riding on a flat car at the rear end of the train, which was backing up. His hat was blown off, and in leaning over to watch where it went he lost his balance. Both his legs were cut off and he was badly crushed in the chest. He was about fifty years of age and leaves a family. MANGLED BY STREET CAR. Boy Probably Fatally Injured While Crossing Tracks, St. Paul, May 8. — Tony Montemo- rano, eleven years old, was run down by a street car ‘at Market and Fourth streets yesterday morning and proba- bly fatally injured. His left foot was severed at the ankle and his right foot so badly crushed that a portion of it had to be amputated. His left elbow was dislocated and he received serious lacerations on the head. The left leg had to be amputated at the knee. His condition was said to be critical last night. KID TRAILER ELUSIVE, Gets Away From Sheriff Whilé on Way to Jail. Minot, N. D., May 8—Word has been received here that Charles Winfield, alias Kid Trailer, who was under ar- rest on a charge of horse stealing, and who is said to have operated all over the Northwestern country, escaped from Sheriff Griffith at Mondak, Mont., while, the officer was taking him to jail at Glasgow. Trailer was arrested recently by the Northwest mounted police in Canada, and was turned over to Sheriff Griffith to be taken to Glas- gow. . FIRE LOSS IS $150,000. Florida Chemical Company Storage Yards Burn. Jacksonville, Fla., May 8.—Fire in the storage yards of the Wenricke- Mariner Chemical company in the western suburb of this city yesterday destroyed 15,000 tons of batting daught, a rosin waste used by the com- pany in making oil, valued at $150,000. The retorts and buildings of the com: | pany were in great danger but ing Jacob Charles Houtari of Menogha has been; sentenced at Frazee to life im- prisonment for the murder of Jacob Pakkonen while he and the latter were returning home from the Dakota harvest fields. He was convicted of murder in the second degree. Herbert Morton, while hunting rab- bits, found the body of Pakkonen hid- den in a swamp and under a brush heap near McHugh on Nov. 16 last. To this lonely spot the body had ap- parently been dragged by a horse. A trail of trampled grass led from a camping ground near the main road where travelers to and from the Da- kota harvest flelds were accustomed to camp, A blood-stained letter to Pakkonen from his sweetheart in Finland was the talisman which pointed out the first faint clue upon which the officers were able to work. It bore the post- mark of Leonard, N. D., and investiga- Charles Houtari Sent Up for Life for Murder- Pakkonen. the building, and that in the rubber he had found a watch and chain which ‘afterward’ were identified as Pakko- nen’s property, worn by the latter when he worked in Dakota, and also worn by Houtari upon his trip to Wa- dena, but of which no trace had been discovered since that time, or subse- quent to Houtari’s arrest. This dis- closure came into the case like a thun- der clap from a clear sky- It was noticed at the time the gun was found there were some spots, or stains, upon the wooden stock, and these, together with a red and black wool neck searf which was taken from the body of the murdered boy, were submitted to Dr. F. F. Wosbrook, professor of pathology and bacteriol- ogy and director of laboratories of the state board of health, for scientific an- alysis. of the materials contained in the spots or stains upon both. He | end of a board against the rafters of stated that in his opinion the spots were blood stains. See ‘a few days grading will be com- WHERE HERBERT MORTON FOUND THE BODY OF PAKKONEN. tion there led to the discovery that the boy’s name was Jacob Pakkonen, and that he had been there at work in company with Charles Houtari, Matt Kukonen and Walter Smith, all from Wadena county, and the three former being Finlanders. The men had separated later in the harvest season, and Houtari and Pakkonen had started home together. It is ad- mitted that the two men traveled to- gether as far as Moorhead, but at that point Houtari claims that Pakkonen left him and that he made the remain- der of the homeward juourney alone. The prosecution attempted to. prove that the two men passed through De- troit on Noy. 4, camped for the night near McHugh, and that at some time before morning the young man was murdered by his partner, Houtari, for the money he was upon his person. On Nov. 7 Houtari is shown to have gone to the state land sale at’ Wadena, and the prosecution attempted to prove that the watch which he carried was Pakkonen’s. A shotgun, found by Sheriff Larson in Houtari’s granary also was introduced. It was claimed that it had accompanied the men on their trip to Dakota, dnd that the gun wads found near the dead man in the swamp fitted the gun. Matt Meskonen, who had been about the Houtari farm for some time, was placed upon the stand. An ordinary rubber shoe was introducer in evi- dence and Meskonen testified that in the granary, on April 6, he had dis- covered this rubber hidden behind the WORK ON NEW PRISON SOON. Grounds selected at Stillwater by \the board of control for the new state prison are now being surveyed, and in meneed. Clarence H. Johnston, state hitect, has nearly completed the jans for the two new structures jwhich will constitute the nucleus of w prison plant, and a week or will seo the ad: 0 for known to carry! DITCH WORK WOULD PAY. Project at Cost of $250,000 Is Regard- ed as Good Investment. The ditch work pending in Freeborn county at this time probably would cost $250,000 to carry it out, but large as the sum is, it is thought that the sum would be more than returned to :.the owners of the 20,000 or more acres of land that would be affected. If the work was completed it would greatly increase the taxable valuation of the county and the result would be a lower rate. benefiting all taxpayers. Fully 20,000 acres, it is claimed, would be affected by the systems of drainage suggested in the petitions now nend- ing. The red2mpt*on of every quar- ter section in the county means about $50 in taxes; a hundred of them would equal fully $5,000, and in a few years it would amount to a large sum of money. As a result of the police incestiga- tion into the death of Patrick Shea, who was found dead on the railroad tracks near Dundas, March 18 last, George, alias Dick, Palton, living at Dundas, has been placed under arrest charged with assault in the second de- gree. Shea had been to Faribault on March 17, and had had some trouble in a saloon. Late at night he started home, and next morning his dead body was found on the railroad track, having been run over by a train. The | authorities do not accept the theory of accidental death, but believe Shea was a victim of foul play. is about $30,000 each. The board has $75,000 on hand for a new prison, but in addition to the cost of the buildings, there must be built a power plant, and the plumbing and heating provided. One-of the new buildings will be a warehouse. The other will be a manu- facturing plant on the first floor, and, on the second a dormitory for men. The building will be so constructed that eventually, as the demand be-| { | j { Wednesday. ‘Washington, May 3.—That the Cali- fornia senators do not consider that there should’ be an effort now to se- eure government aid in the recon- struction of San Francisco, was made evident in the senate yesterday. The question came up on Mr, Newlands’ resolution directing the finance com- mittee of the senate and the ways and means committee of the house to con- sider a government guarantee of bonds to aid the city. Both Mr. Flint and Mr, Perkins deprecated the intro- duction of the resolution as unwise, and beth said that the California dele- gation should have been consulted be- fore its. presentation. The resolution was referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Daniel concluded his speech on the rate bill. The house yesterday completed the agricultural appropriation bill and passed the military academy bill. The former bill carries $7,481,440 and the latter $1,663,115. Thursday. Washington, May 4. — Yesterday was the last day for general debate in the senate on the railroad rate bill, and it was fully occupied. Following a brief speech by Mr. Nelson, Mr. Tillman tried to show, by criticism of individual judges, that the power of granting temporary injunctions by in- ferior United States courts should be taken from them in interstate com- merce cases, and he was followed by Messrs. Bacon, Bailey, Teller and Foraker in speeches of some length. The army appropriation bill, Garry- ing an appropriation of about $74,000,- 000, was passed. The naval appropriation bill, which carries nearly $100,000,000, was taken up by the house yesterday. Friday. bi sap May 5. — The senate yestérday entered upon the considera- tion of amendments to the railroad rate bill under the fifteen-minute rule, but made little preress. The greater part of the day was devoted to Mr. Lodge’s provision bringing pipe lines within the terms of the bill, and it was ultimately unanimously agreed to, af- ter so amending it as to exclude gas and water lines from its operation, thus practically confining it to oil lines. A proposition by Mr. Foraker to ex- clude refrigerator cars from the re- quirements of the bill, and another by Mr. McCumber making the require- ments concerning those cars more stringent than in the original bill were impartially voted down, The house spent another day in con- sideration of the naval appropriation bill, the speeches in large measure be- ing in support of the bill and the naval program therein outlined. A feature of yesterday’s session was the close attention paid by the house to the reading of the president’s mes- sage on oil transportation and the generous applause which was accord- ed it on its conclusion. Monday. Washington, May 8. — The senate again yesterday spent the major part of its time on one amendment, but in- stead of accepting it adopted a substi- tute. The provision which was made the basis of the discussion was that suggested by Mr. Foraker prohibiting the granting of rebates, passes, draw- backs, or special rates to passengers on railways, and also prohibiting dis- criminations in the way of accommo- dations where equal rates are paid. The substitute adopted was as fol- lows: “That no carriers engaging in inter- state commerce shall, directly or indi- rectly, issue or give any free ticket, free pass or free transportation to any person except the officers, agents, em- ployes and attorneys exclusively in the service of the carrier issuing the same, or to ministers of religion, in- mates of hospitals, eleemosynary or charitable institutions. Any carrier violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each offense pay to the Uni- ted States a penalty not less than $100 nor more than $2,000.” Notwithstanding that this was the speaker’s birthday, the house, after a splendid demonstration to Mr. Cannon as he ascended to the speaker’s table, settled down to one of the biggest days in the history of the present ses- sion. The day was notable for the number of bills passed, forty-five in number, covering a wide range of sub- jects. Washington, May 9.—Speaker Can- non was the guest at a reception given him last night at the Arlington hotel by his colleagues in the house of rep- resentatives in honor of his seventieth birthday. It was a notable occasion. mede so by the presence of President Roosevelt and almost every official of note in Washington and others from outside cities who called to extend their congratulations. All the mem- bers of the cabinet. now in Washing- ton, the members of the supreme court with a large contingent of both houses besides heads of the various bureaus of the executive departments and prominent residents found time during the evening to come in and shake the speaker's hand and to wish w UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO FOLLOW ADVICE OF PRESIDENT MITCHELL. Scranton, May 8.—On the advice of President Mitchell, representing the gcale subcommittee, the miners’ con- vention Saturday unanimously voted to adopt the first proposition of the operators—a continuation of the award of the anthracite coal commis- sion, with the modification that the term for which ‘it is to continue shall be mutually agreed upon. The opera- tors suggested a continuance of at least three years. Opinions vary regarding the advisa- bility, so far as the miners’ union is concerned, of what the convention did Saturday, : On the one hand it is claimed that Mitchell has won the victory of. his life; on the other it is averred that the power of the United Mine Workers of America is gone. Some of the miners are already pov- erty-stricken owing to the five weeks’ suspension. -Many kinds of business throughout the anthracite region are depressed, while prosperity is report- ed in all other parts of the country, and it will be a hoon hereabouts when the mining troubles are settled. The news that the convention had decreed against a strike was received with joy throughout this region, al- though as yet there have been no dem- onstrations other than individual ex- pressions. To the miners the news is very sat- isfactory. They are willing to strike if John Mitchell thought they ought to, but they are glad that he has decided otherwise. WILL URGE SPEEDY TRIAL. Conspiracy to Gobble 200,000 Acres of Timber Land Is Charged. Portland, Or., May, 8.—Late Satur- day night United States District At- torney W. C. Bristol made public the names of twenty-one persons included in the’ final and most important gov- ernment land fraud indictments re- turned by the federal grand jury, which yesterday brought its hearings to a conclusion and was discharged. The indictments, which charge a far-reaching and. intricate conspiracy to secure 200,000 acres of some of the finest timber land in Oregon, in Crook, Lake and Klamath counties, name: Like Other Cases, If the allegations of the indictment are true the mode of operation was similar to those used in nearly all the conspiracies which have been founr in the state. Warrants will be issued at once for the arrest of the accused. Want Speedy Trial. Washington, May 8. — Secretary Hitchcock iast night received a tele- gram announcing the indictment of tweney-one ‘well known citizens. at Portland, Or., in land cases, as told in a press dispatch from that city. Mr. Hitchcock stated that he was exceed- ingly gratfied with the result of the investigation, and that the govern- ment’s case was considerably strength- ened because of the heavy bond fixed by the court, $4,000 in each case. He said that it was the intention of the department to secure a speedy trial of the cases if possible, and that he ex- pected further reports from agents in the Middle Western states who are conducting an investigation along the same lines. The irregularities charged are stated to be under the timber and stone act. FIND BODY ON PRAIRIE. Murder theory Is Advanced by Domin- ion Police—Eaten by Wolves. Morris, Man., May 8. — While play- ing on the prairie near here two boys, through the agency of their dog, dis- covered the body of a man, and all in- vestigations go to show that a cold- blooded murder was committed. The body had been partly eaten by wolves. The nose was gone, and the fleshy por- tion of the body was entirely eaten away. The rest of the body appeared as if it had’been through a prairie fire. On closer examination the signs of foul play were clearly in evidence. The jawbone on the left side was cleanly broken, and there was a large bruise on the forehead. Where the fire had scorched the flesh it had reised blisters, showing that the man was either alive at the time of the fire or had been dead but a few minutes. 1S BLIND AND DESTITUTE. Sad Case Is Unearthed at Appleton, Wis. Appleton, Wis., May 8.—Blind, pen- niless, bereft of clothing except a skirt and jacket made out of carpets, with nothing to eat except raw corn meal, Mrs. E. Wendt was discovered in a dingy room furnished only with a bed and a chair. According to her state- ment she has lived for more than a year with little else than raw corn ‘meal to eat. KNOXVILLE HAS BIG FIRE. Tennessee City Visited by Blaze in Business Section. Knoxyille, Tenn., May 8. — A fire ; causing a loss. estimated at $300,000 occurred in the wholesale business him many happy returns of the day. section of Gay street. The chief losers President Roosevelt arrived about 10 2F¢ Littlefield & Steere, candy manu- o’clock and for an hour or more facturers, in whose establishment the MINERS DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE Ee BEAT oe