Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 23, 1907, Page 4

ene renner peer —m 7 —_— St. Paul, March 15.—There was a rush of bills in the senate yesterday, ‘ 1 thirty-eight being introduced. The to- tal number of senate files is now 624. The commission appointed to inves- tigate the question of a new hospital for crippled children made its report, recommending that the offer of Ram- sey county be accepted. The hospital will cost $150,000, with $30,000 a year for maintenance. The bill to provide for the imposi- tion and collection of an interest charge on delinquent taxes due from companies, corporations or joint stock associations doing business in the State of Minnesota was passed. Senator McCall introduced a bill which provides that all inquests be held in the county morgue or court house, and that all post-mortem exam- inations be held at the morgue. Senator Hardy offered a bill ap- proprating $20,000 additional for the national guard for the fiscal year, and for each year thereafter, in order that the military organizations may »e kept up agreeably to acts of congress. A bill by Senator Johnson provides that the county in which an insane patient resides at the time of com- mitment shall pay $75 a year towards his support. Senator Vail presented a bill giving the commissioner of labor power to appoint a woman inspector for places where women work, the salary to be $1,500 with $500 for traveling ex- penses. In the House. By an almost unanimous vote the house committee of the whole decided to recommend the income tax bill for passage. An avalanche of bills house yesterday, forty-seven being in- troduced, and their reception occupied almost the entire time of the morning. session. The three big cities of the state are | affected in a bill offered by Represent- ative Timberlake. It authorizes the li- brary boards of the three cities to en- ter into arrangements with adjoining towns and villages for the use of their libraries and museums, and to levy a tax therefor. A 4 per cent tax on the gross earn- | ings of express companies is provided for in a bill offered by Representative White. Under suspension of the rules the house passed for farmers whose crops were destroy- ed by the excessive rains of 1905 and 1906. Among the bills introduced were: To regulate the public service of stal- lions; relating to proceedings in elec- tions when electors cannot read Eng- lish; providing for the payment of wolf bounties; to regulate the speed of locomotive engines in cities and vil- lages; to regulate the practice of horseshoeing; to amend the law relat- | ing to the construction of railroads; to provide for the erection of a hospital for the department of college of agri- culture at the state university and ap- propriating $25,0000 for it; to locate and establish the third fish hatchery at Deerwood, Crow Wing county. St. Paul, March 16.—The work of the state highway commisson was given a setback yesterday when the senate adopted the finance commit- tee’s report containing an amendment to Senator Canfield’s bill providing for an annual appropriation of $200,000 to aid in building and repairing highways under the supervision of the highway commission. The amendment pro- vides that the money shall be expend- ed under the supervision of the boards of county commissioners, in- stead of the highway commission. This action was taken after a debate of about two hours. The beginning of the understanding on the 2-cent rate bill was noted when a communication from the house was received, asking for a conference on the bill. Tributes to the memory of the late Senator McGill were delivered in the senate yesterday. Bills passed: Relating to standard tests and «measures for milk and cream; relating to payment of real es- tate taxes and accrued penalties there- on; county road and bridge fund ex- penditure; relating to partial distri- bution of estates; relating to bonds of trustees of cemetery associations; re- lating to the summoning and attend- ance of grand jurors in court; estab- lishing the Twentieth judicial district; providing for the acceptance and ad- ministration of gifts, bequests, devises and endowments in aid or for the ben- efit of educational, charitable and oth- er institutions maintained by the state. In the House. The house yesterday passed the Tighe bill licensing dealers in ciga- rettes and what is known as the “mak- in’s.” The fee is $15 and goes direct to the state for revenue purposes. The bill passed by a vote of 82 to 28. The anti-rebate bill was passed, only four members voting in the negative. OYSTER BAY PLANS. President Expects to Leave Washing- ton Late in June. Washington, March '20. — Tenative plans for the president’s summer at Oyster Bay have been discussed at the White House. As now contemplated he will leave Washington between the 20th and 25th of June. If he can con- yeniently get away earlier he will do so. A trip to Indianapolis and Lansing, Mich., and two trips to the Jamestown’ exposition are on the program. struck the | the bill appropriating | $25,000 for the purchase of seed grain | WITH THE LAWMAKERS» Work Accomplished by the State Legislators. The bill relates to both the giver and receiver of rebates and makes the same a penitentiary offense. The bill providing for an income tax passed the house unanimously. Other bills passed: To tax sleeping | car companies; requiring foreign cor- porations to file annual reports with the secretary of state and to pay an- nual fees therefor; relating to proper- ty exempt from taxation. Boards of county commissioners are authorized to spend $50 for the | burial of any old soldier dying under’ their jurisdiction by the terms of a bill | introduced by Representative Randall. i Representative Brady offered a bill designed to prevent overcrowding in street cars. * ‘The bill to tax all saloons in the state an additional $100 was killed. Bills introduced: Relating to the | power of county commissioners to di- vide school districts; to provide for the recovery of excess transportation charges exacted by common carriers; appropriating $50,000 to reimburse owners of infected horses that were | killed; relating to the taxation of property omitted from tax laws; pro- viding for a system of publicity of the prices paid for grain at public local | warehouses of the state; relating to | the abolition of the poll tax payment of road taxes. | St. Paul, March 18.—A proposition | to have the legislature meet annually | was made to the house Saturday in a | bill by Representative Carl. The bill ; ) came in the form of a constitutional / | amendment, but does not make provi- | sion for the submission of the ques- tion to the people, but it may be! amended in this respect. Another | idea in the bill is that the length of the | session should not be limited, but left | to the discretion of the legislature. The bill to allow petit jurors in civil cases to render a verdict by a five- | sixths vote was killed in committee of the whole. The house administered a second death blow to the bill providing for | the study of the effects of alcoholic drinks in connection with the subject i of physiology in the public schools. Bills passed: Relating to mainte- nance of a ditch in Hennepin; author- izing cities of 50,000 to issue sewer bonds; authorizing Minneapolis to is- | sue bridge bonds; providing a method | of foreclosure of mortgages. | An anti-treating bill was introduced | by Representative Horton. It makes | it unlawful for any person to treat or | give any intoxicating liquor to any per- | son in a place where drinks are sold, and also makes it unlawful for anyone | to accept any drink as a gift in such | place. \ Other bills introduced: Appropriat- | ing money for the state farm school; : prohibiting marriages of second cous- | ins; providing penalties for the use of | obscene language in the presence of a female. In the Senate. | A bill proposing a_ constitutional amendment relating to taxation of | church property was introduced by | Senator Thorpe. The amendment sim- ply adds the words “used for religious purposes” after the words “church property” among the exceptions to the requirement that all taxes shall be uni- | form upon the same class of subjects. Another bill to regulate the practice of chiropractics was introduced by Senator Hall. , A bill including the having in one’s possession, to the prohibition against offering or exposing for sale for hu- j man food, any domestic or wild fowls, lor slaughtered rabbits, squirrels or | other small animals, wild or tame, was | | presented by Senator Fosseen. | A bill prohibiting the sale of any | barley or other grain which has been | | subjected to fumigation was offered by | Senator Thorpe. | A long list of bills was considered in | committee of the whole, but in the end | | not one bill was recommended for | | passage. | | Bills passed: Relating to the notice | | of expiration of redemption on tax | judgment sales; to empower cities and | | villages to appoint inspectors of gas, electric light, heat and water meters, | and to provide for their compensation; ! | pertaining to the board of investment | | of the school, university and other | trust funds; relating to storage and shipment of grain; relating to claims for damages to person or property; regulating the priority and rank of liens for general taxes and assess: | ments for local improvements in cities of more than 10,000. St. Paul, March 19.—The house had a fit of industry yesterday and put in the entire time of the session in the |consideration of bills on general or- ders. On motion of Representative Dorsey all other business was dispens- | ad with and the house went into com- | mittee of the whole. A large grist of |bills were considered and many of them were recommended for passge. ' The most important bills that received ; |lavorable consideration were: To prohibit any junk dealer, pawn- LAND FRAUD TRUE BILLS. Six Indictments Returned Against Em- ployes of Corporations. Albuquerque, N. M., March 20.—The ! were acted on United States grand jury in session at Santa Fe yesterday returned six in- dictments against parties charged with fraudulent land transactions in the coal lands of San Juan county, New Mexico. Most of those indicted are employes of the Utah Fuel company and the Denver & Rio Grande rail- roads. broker or second-hand dealer to pur- chase or receive mechanics’ tools as security for money advances; prohib- iting the manufacture and sale for use as food of certain articles and sub- stances; raising salary of state chem- ist: to amend constitution establishing road and bridge fund and authorizing the legislature to levy an annual tax for the purpose of constructing and im- proving roads and bridges within this state; designating a commission for the erection of the monument to the First Minnesota battery at Shiloh; re- lating to the salary and compensation of county commissioners in counties of not less than 20,000 nor more than 75,000 inhabitants; requiring express, telephone, telegraph and other compa- nies to pay special assessments; re- lating to punishment for drunkenness; to prevent corrupt practices at pri- ! mary general election, village and city election; relating to the prevention of fraud and deception .in the sales of spices and condiments; compelling common carriers by railroad to employ competent persons as locomotive en- gineers; relating to the fees of consta- bles and reimbursing them for cost of food for prisoners; to appropriate money tc commemorate the services of the First regiment of Minnesota volunteers and their late colonel, Wil- liam Colville; and to provide a suitable monument for his grave. St. Paul, March 20. — Provision for the construction of the new buildings for the enlarged state prison at Still- water by an appropriation of $500,000 is made in a bill introduced yesterday by Senator Sullivan. The appropria- tion is made available at the rate of $250,000 a year for the two years end- ing July 31, 1908. In committee of the whole the senate voted to indefinitely postpone both bills relating to the establishment of a normal school in the northern part of the state. A number of bills received favorable consideration in committee of the whole, among the more important be- ing: “Relating to the salaries of officers and agents of life insurance compa- nies; to create county boards of edu- cation for unorganized territory with- in the state and to define their scope and power; to authorize the railroad and warehouse commission to fix the time when local warehousemen shall keep house open for business; propos- ing an amendment to section 1 of arti- cle IX. of the constitution of the State of Minnesota relating to taxation; to regulate the killing of tuberculous cat- tle and glandered horses and to pro- vide for compensation to the owner by the state. The senate passed the bill authoriz- ing the state board of control to allow the sale of binding twine manufactur- ed at the prison, when, in its judgment \ it is for the best interests of the state ‘to do so, and authorizing dealers to charge a profit of 11-2 cents a pound on the twine when it is sold on credit. Other important bills passed were: Authorizing the state drainage com- mission to co-operate with the United States government in making a topo- graphical survey and map of the State of Minnesota and appropriating money therefor; to create the office of in- spector of apiaries; to provide for liens upon horses and other animals for the cost of shoeing the same; to provide against fraud or deception in issuing receipts or certificates for grain, hay or straw weighed; to pro- vide for summer sessions at normal schools and to appropriate money therefor; to provide for the erection and maintenance of guide posts and | guide boards at points where public roads cross or branch in different di- rections; to appropriate money for the installation of a water plant at the state prison. In the House, The drunkards’ reform bill was pass- ed in the house by a vote of 71 to 18. The bill amends the present law pro- viding for the punishment of drunks by adding a proviso that the court may suspend sentence for six months on good behavior of the defendant. The bill requiring locomotive engi- neers to have three years’ experience as firemen, or one year as engineer, or three years in both capacities, was killed. ‘The following were among the im- portant bills passed at the session: To authorize cities to acquire, con- struct, own, operate and lease public utilities and to provide means there- for; relating to foreign corporations; | relating to township delinquent road taxes; relating to the publication of the notice of application for license to sell intoxicating liquors; the incorpo- ration, organization and government | of cities; prohibiting the manufacture and sale for use as food of certain ar- ticles and substances; relating to spe- cial tax levy for the payment of mu- nicipal indebtedness to the state fund; relating to the dairy and food department. A large number of bills in committee of the whole at the afternoon session. FEAR FOR VOLIVA'S LIFE. Friends Concerned Over Breakdown of Man Who Deposed Dowie. Chicago, March 20.—General Over- seer Voliva of Zion City is ‘on the verge of nervous prostration. He is suffering from an attack of tonsilitis and quinsy, and his strength is over- taxed by hard work in cennection with recent events that have stirred the members of the Christian Catholic church. His condition is such as to ex- cite the gravest apprehension. FOOTBALL, How the Giants Are Induced to Take Higher Education. In “The College Widow,” which will tour the Northwest on the following dates: St. Paul, March 31 to April 3, Minneapolis April 4 to 6, Eau Claire, 7; Red Wing, 8; La Crosse, 9; Albert Lea, 10; Mankato, 11; Stillwater, 13; St. Cloud, 14; Duluth, 15, and Superior 16, there is an interest in the main topic, football, which must strike ev- eryone who is conversant with the re- cent agitation over the game. Humor- ously, of course, George Ade presents the students’ view of having class work interfere with playing on the team, and burlesques the recruiting system by introducing Silent Murphy, who has been persuaded that he needs a higher education. Murphy has been discovered in a foundry, and as he weighs 215 in condition, he is induced to take four hours a week of art. That makes him eligible for center rush. His sponsor, Stub Talmadge, coaches him as follows: “Now Murph, I’m go- ing to steer you up against Prexy. Re- member what I told you. You attended high school last year and had to quit on account of your eyesight failing. Now you're here to take a_ special course in art, a-r-t, art.” And the giant is lugged off to president Wither- spoon’s sanctum. MAY DIE OF WOUND. La Crosse Man Suddenly Succumbs to Shooting. La Crosse, Wis., March 21.—All day yesterday Jalmer Johnson, aged twen- ty-two years laughed and joked over two bullet wounds in his head and jo- cosely told reporters his head was too thick to be penetrated; to-day he is thought to be dying in the La Crosse hospital, where surgeons have been able to remove only a portion of the pistol ball which lies against his brain. During a birthday celebration, at which beer flowed freely, Albert Lin- hart deliberately shot Johnson, and leaping upon him pounded him with the butt of the weapon, according to witnesses. Johnson bound up his head and took the matter as a joke. RIBS ARE CUT BY AX. Deer Creek Man Injured While Work- ing With Brother. Fergus Falls, Minn., March 21. — John Persons of the town of. Deer Creek was severely injured while cut- ting cordwood with his brother. The two young men were using double-bit- ted axes and standing back to back, wher the brother swung his ax and struck John in the back, cutting a long gash alongside the backbone, severing a number of ribs and literally laying the back open. Fortunately the blade did not cut through any of the vital organs, and he will recover. FAMILY NEARLY BURNED. Farmer Is Awakened by Smoke Pour- ing Into Bedroom. Lamberton, Minn., March 21. — H. Watson, a farmer, was awakened early in the morning by dense smoke pour- ing into the bedroom where he and his wife and little children were sleeping. He leaped from bed and found that the house was in flames. By hard work he managed to save his wife and four children, but his household effects, in- cluding all the family’s wearing ap- parel, was a total loss. PAYS FINE; SERVES TIME. Two Vermillion Drug Dispensers. Break Liquor Law. Vermillion, S. D., March 21.—Charg- ed with filling liquor prescriptions contrary to law, Ben Waterman, a druggist, and Ole N. Anderson, a phar- macist, were arraigned before Judge Copeland yesterday. They pleaded not guilty, but the evidence was so strong against them that the court fined each $50 and sentenced them to forty days in the county jail. . SCHUMANN-HEINKE, The Great Contralto Will Sing in St. Paul. It is positively announced that Ma- dame Schumann-Heinke will appear in St. Paul in recital on Friday, April 12. She will not appear in Minneapolis this year, nor will she sing with the grand opera company which visits the Twin Cities later in April. This will be her last appearance in the North- west for at least two years. NOSTRUM KILLS MAN. Patent Medicine Recommended by Neighbor Is Fatal. Kaukauna, Wis., March 21.—Patent medicine is believed to have caused the death of Garney Klaushius, a wealthy farmer living near Kimberley. Klaushius had not been feeling well and took several doses of a_ patent nostrum and died shortly afterward. Negro Murders Babe. Cartersville, Ga., March 21.—Mrs. James Tolbert, wife of Former Mayor Tolbert of. Fairmont, was brutally as- saulted and her two months old baby was murdered by a _ negro at their home last evening. Brothers Fight Duel. New York, March 21.—Two brothers who loved the same woman fought with knives and clubs in an East side saloon early yesterday until both were so badly injured that they probably will die. Northwest News. LE Te SHOT TWICE IN HEAD. La Crosse Man Lives and Laughs at Incident. La Crosse, Wis., March 20.—Follow- ing an all-night celebration or St. Pat- rick’s day, J. Almer Johnson was shot twice in the head by Elbert Linhart, and by what seems a miracle is alive and laughs at the incident. Both bul- lets circled the skull beneath the scalp, and came out behind the ear without entering the skull. The guests linger- ed long over the flowing bowl and grew riotous as the hours fled. In a friend- ly scuffle for the possession of a re volver, Linhart secured the weapon and fired point blank at Johnson. Johnson, who was around as usual yesterday, claims he knows no reason for the assault. Another member of the party, however, declares it was not an accident. The police cannot locate Linhart, who is believed to have left the city. EXJUSTICE LOVELY ILL. Former Supreme Justice in Critical Condition. Albert Lea, Minn., March 20.—John A. Lovely, former associate justice ot the Minnesota supreme court, is dan- gerously ill from selerosis of the heart and kidney trouble, followed last Thursday by a paralytic stroke. Judge Lovely is still confined to his bed, but the embolism seems to have been absorbed to some extent, as his mind seems clearer. Last night his physician pronounced him better, and there seems room for hope that he will continue to improve, put he is still in a critical condition and another embolism is feared. The heart action is being sustained as well as it can be, and he is taking a little nourishment. WORM DESTROYS GRAIN. 10,000 Acres Will Have to Be Replant- ed Because of Grub. Bozeman, Mont., March 20. — ‘The farmers of the southern part of this county are considerably exercised over the havoc wrought to their winter wheat by a worm or grub, which has been exceedingly destructive in some localities. One well known ranchman is authority for the statement that it will be necessary to replant at least 10,000 acres of fall-sown wheat in this county because of the ravages of this ‘worm. BREWERIES TO DEFY LAW. Agents Will Solicit Orders in North Dakota. Grand Forks, N. D., March 20. — Brewery agents of East Grand Forks have decided to solicit orders in North Dakota in defiance of the new law, re- cently signed by Gov. Burke and in ‘effect. Several of the salesmen for breweries left yesterday for points in North Dakota. It is said that they pro- pose to take the case of the first one arrested to the supreme court and test the constitutionality of the law. CONCRETE COAL DOCK. Pioneer of That Type in Northwest Is to Be Built at Superior, Superior, Wis., March 20, — The Philadelphia & Reading Coal company will build the first concrete coal dock at the Head of the Lakes.on its site in this city. The contract will amount to about $200,000 exclusive of the dredging and the installing of ma- chinery, which will bring the total to over $500,000. TOT FATALLY SCALDED. Into Pail of Water. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 20.—Hs- telle, the two-year-old daughter of Lambert Tinholdt of Herried, met a horrible death. She fell into a pail of boiling water, and before she could be rescued she had received fatal inju- ries. The child’s body was so badly scalded that the outer skin peeled off. Child Falls Boiling ESCAPE FIRE BY JUMPING, Guests at a Lake Nebagamon Hotel Faced Cremation. Lake Nebagamon, Wis., March 20.— Guests at the Lake hotel were obliged to leap from the windows in order to escape death in an early morning fire which "destroyed the hotel and’ the Lynch building adjoining. Ice Jam Threatens Bridge. Faribault, Minn., March 20.—There is a very large and dangerous ice jam in Straight river at this place over a block in length. It is threatening the Rock Island railway bridge near BHighth street. The bridge has been weakened and should a heavy thaw or rain result the bridge would undoubt- edly go out. It is being closely watch. ed. Badger Firm’s Bid Low. Washington, March 20—The Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, Wis., was the lowest bidder for the twenty- two steam shovels to be used on the isthmus, for which proposals were opened to-day by D. W. Ross, purchas- ing agent of the isthmus canal com- mission. The price offered by this company on fifteen ninety-five-ton shovels was $12,400 each, delivered in Panama, and on seven fifty-ton shovels its proposal was $7,000 each, delivered at Colon. THE ARTISTIC WALL. Ona of Solid Color Will Always Give Best Effect. The dearest, daintiest, most artistic wall is a solid colored wall. It fur- nishes a perfect background for all kinds of pictures, it throws them out in their correct proportions, and does not detract from their artistic value. The solid colored wall is also much better as a background for furniture, and harmonizes much more artistical- ly with carpets and rugs than any other method of wall treatment. The less breaking up of color on a wall the more artistic it is. The most successful form of the solid colored wall is an alabastined wall. There is as much difference be- tween tinted walls, as there is be- tween shoddy and all-wool gowns. The shoddy gown holds its color for a few days, while the all-wool keeps its color to the very last thread, so also in solid colored walls, there are shoddy walls and permanently colored walls which retain their color down to the very last particle. The ideal wall coating never rubs off, never flakes nor chips off and is always ready for a fresh coat. If there is wallpaper on the wall, soak it off with warm water, then go over the plaster after you have removed the paper with warm water to remove every trace of paste. Have the wall thoroughly clean for a clean wall cannot be built on an un- clean foundation. If there are any particles of foreign matter adhering to the wall scrape them off with a putty knife. Then if there are any discolorations on the wall, size it with a material made from cheap varnish, thinned down with benzine and japan added for a drier, then cover your wall with your tinting material. Be sure your man uses a tinting ma- terial mixed with cold water. If he comes to you and asks for warm wa- ter, you can make up your mind that there is glue in the material which he proposes to put on your wall, and you ean be certain that you are going to have a shoddy wall, for glue means shoddy. Glue means that it will hold its color-long enough for the man to collect his bill and not much longer. Insist on your tinting material being mixed with clear, cold water. Be sure that your wall is made from pure ma- terials, then you will have a perma- nent, artistic, sanitary wall. A wall that will be a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.” Two Eagles at One Shot. Mr. Peleg Pritchard, 4 farmer who resides on his farm about two miles from the city, killed two large eagles at one shot. The two eagles were in mortal com- bat on the ground from which they did not desist at the approach of Mr. Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard drew the talons of each from the body of the other after they were shot dead. They measure over eight feet from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. They were the largest ever killed in this section.—Raleigh News-Observer. CEMETERY FOR 4,000 DOGS. Marble Slabs Commemorate Some of the More Notable Pets. On the occasion of a lawsuit brought by a marble cutter some interesting details have come out in a Paris court concerning the dog cemetery founded on the Ile des Ravageurs, near Paris in 1899, There are already 4,000 “graves” in the cemetery. Some of them, leased for a long term, have cost as much as 2,000 frances. The lowest price paid for any concession is 5 francs and the expenses of the most discreet burial are 25 francs. Visitors to the cemetery pay 50 centimes as an entrance fee. On one of the tombstones they may read “Homage to a faithful heart” and on another “Here lies Black, killed by a civilized savage.” The above victim, explains the keeper, died at the hands of an indignant concierge. Another manble slab mounted on cement rock contains the following: “Neither name nor date; what matters it?” And again: “Beneath these stones reside the material remains of that which during its life was my joy and consolation.” FOOLED THE PREACHER. A Doctor’s Brother Thought Postum Was Coffee. A wise doctor found out coffee was burting him, so he quit drinking it. He was so busy with his practice, however, that his wife had to write how he fooled his brother, a clergy- man, one day at dinner. She says: ‘Doctor found coffee was injuring him and decided to give Postum a trial, and we have used it now for four years, with continued benefit. In fact, he is now free from the long train of ills that follow coffee drink- ing. “To show how successful we are in making Postum properly I will re late an incident. At a dinner we gave, Doctor suggested we serve Postum instead of ordinary coffee. “Doctor’s brother, a Clergyman, sup- posed it was old fashioned coffee and remarked, as he called for his sec- ond cup: ‘If you do preach against coffee, I see you haven't forgotten how to make it.’” This goes to show that well-made— fully boiled—Postum has much the flavor and richness of good coffee al- though it has an individuality all its own. A ten days’ trial will prove that it has none of the poisonous effect of ordinary coffee, but will correct the troubles caused by coffee. “There’s a reason.” Name furnished by Postum Co.. Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. 4