Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 29, 1907, Page 4

MRS. KAUFMANN IS FOUND GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS VERDICT OF THE JURY. GREAT SHOCK TO DEFENDANT Flandreau, S. D., June 22.—Mrs, Em- ma Kaufmann, wife of Moses Kauf- mann, for years a wealthy Sioux Falls brewer, on trial in the circuit court here for the past ten days, charged with the murder of Agnes Polreis, her sixteen-year-old servant girl, last night was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. The conviction of Mrs. Kaufmann was a great shock to the defendant, her husband, her son and her counsel, allof whom had con- fidently expected acquittal. When the fatal words fell from the lips of the} foreman of the jury, Mrs. Kaufmann’s | head sank upon her hands. Asks for New Trial. Counsel for the defense gave notica that a new trial will be applied for. This will be argued before Judge Smith at Yankton Oct. 10, who has set Oct. 21 as the date for pasing sentence in the event a new trial should be denied. The bond of $25,000 furnished last June will stand, and) meantime Mrs. Kaufmann will be at liberty. BAD BLAZE AT MASON CITY. Damage to Property Estimated at $85,000. Mason City, Iowa, June 22. — Fire starting at 6 o'clock yesterday morn- ing in the rear of the Milnes hardware store completely gutted the building and entailed a loss of $30,000 on the retail and wholesale departments. Smoke and water damaged the A. Jo- seph dry goods store to the extent of $5,000. The buildings of the entire block are owned by the Rule-Gale- Emsley syndicate and the damage to the buildings will reach $50,000. YOUNG GIRL SAOT DEAD. Daughter of ex-Senator Gausewitz Re- ceives Bullet in the Heart. Owatonna, Minn., June 22. — Edith Gau , a fifteen-year-old girl, was} shot and almost instantly killed yester- day. She was one ofa party of young} people who were going to a point a/ les north of the city. One of} ty picked up a gun and it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking the girl in the heart. She was the daughter of ex-Senator William Gausewitz. | FLOOR FALLS WITH MEN. Hundreds of Barrels Also Go Into Riv- er Under Shop. Janesville, Wis., June 22. — By the giving way of the floor of the cooper shop at Blodgett’s mill three workmen and several hundred finished barrels and material for 2,000 more were pre cipitated into the Rock river. Two men were buried in the debris and badly injured, while a third narrowly escaped drowning. BADGERS GET INTO LINE. Senate Favors Popular Vote for Unit- ed States Senator. Madison, Wis., June 22.—The senate yesterday adopted a joint resolution placing Wisconsin in the list of the states favoring a constitutional con- yention of the state for the adoption >f an amendment to the federal con- \titution for the election of United states senators by direct vote. | Killed at New Home. Black River Falls, Wis., June 22.—A port from Cataract, sixteen miles fom here, says that a family named Vest, who juet moved from here, Yere in a runaway accident and Ada, sxteen-year-old daughter, was killed ad Mr and Mrs. West seriously in- jied. Injured Conductor Dies. Red Wing, Minn., June 2} —Charles H McGuire of this city, died yesterday aj the Osage (Iowa) hospital as a re- sit of injuries received by coming in entact with a telephone wire stretch- e| across the track, which hurled him pckward from a moving train. { $$$ | Man Found Dead in Hotel. t. Paul, June 22.—Edwin H. Lind- sy of the firm of Lindsay Bros., deal- in farm implements, Minneapolis, s found dead yesterday afternoon in bed in the Frederic hotel. Cor- oer A. W. Miller says that the man} pbably died of heart failure. Steal $400 In Goods. owbells, N. D., June 21.—Burglars | erly Wednesday morning entered the meer store in this city and succeed- in getting away with goods to the lue of $400. They escaped without Javing a clue as to their identity. | | Boy Killed by Train. - his cows home from pasture last ening Joe Hatch, eleven years old, ‘as struck by a train and instantly illed. be Towa, June 22.—While driv- MISSING GIRL KILLED. Brutal Assault Found to Have Been Made on Grace Burns of Fargo. Hl Fargo, N. D., June 27.--The mystery of the diseopoasrance of Grace Burns, who was thought to have run away to join her father, trom whom her mother had secured a divorce, was solved yves- terday by the finding of the girl's bcdy in the river below this city. There marks indicating -hat she had been choked and beaten. It is believ- ed also that she was the victim of an assault, but the bloated condition: of the corpse has made difficult aetermi- nation of this supposition.. There is uo clue at present as to the perpetrator of the crime. TRAIN KILLS TWO MEN. Fatal Accident at $*- Louis Railroad Crossing Near Is=w Prague. Jordan, Minn., June 27. — Conrad Carl, a German butcher, and James Stresmak, a Bohemiau, were instantly killed yesterday about one mile north of New Prague by = St. Louis passen- ger train. Both men were terribly mangled. One of the bodies was found with both feet cut off and the other was lying with. the cowcatcher of the engine crushing in’ the head. They were crossing the track when the train, struck them squarely, hurl- ing both men to their death. START FIRE; BLOW SAFE. While Citizens Fight Flames Burglars Get in Work. Madrid, Iowa, June 27.—Citizens of | this place were thrown into great ex- citement early yesterday morning by the action of a party of yeggmen, who first set fire to the Arie hotel, and while the citizens were fighting the flames dynamited the safe of the Dew- el-Bachman Lumber company, a mile away. ‘ It is not known definitely how much booty the robbers secured, but it is be- lieved to be quite a large sum. LOG IS FATAL FERRY. Man Falls From Timber in Stream and Is Drowned. Marshfield, Wis., June 27—Edward | Hook of Miladore, 2 small town a few miles from here. was drowned last night while fishing. Hook undertock to cross the stream on a log. When | half way across he fell in and was drowned in ten feet of water, within sight of his companions. TOT WRECKS ENGINE. Child Partly Opens Switch and Derailo Two Locomotives. Yankton, S. D., June 26.—Six-year- old Anton Magerd managed partly to open a switch here cu the Milwaukee track and thereby derailed two en- gines on a double-iieader west-bound stock train of thirty cars, destroying 100 yards of track and tying up three trains here all day BODY IS FOUND IN RIVER. Bullet Hole in Head Makes lowa Offi- cials Suspicious. Burlington, Iowa, June 27. — The corpse of an unknowa man, with a bullet hole in the head and having the appearance of having floated many days, was found in the river here. It is believed to be a case ot foul play ‘BOLT KILLS MOTHER AND SON ARE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE TAKING CARPET FROM LINE. St. Paul, June 26. — Mrs. Clara N. Lemon and her son Clarence Loraine Lemon, aged fourteen, were instantly killed by lightning yesterday after- noon in the yard of their home. The mother had been cleaning house during the day, and fearing rain from the threatening clouds, was gathering clothes on the line to take into the house. The last article to be taken in was a piece of carpet. The carpet had been thrown over two wire clothes- lines, about five feet apart, stretched from two oak trees to a corner of the house. Mrs. Lemon’s two children, Clarence, aged fourteen, and Mount, aged twelve, were playing under the tentlike covering which the carpet made. She called the boys to help her take in the carpet and they came from under the shelter ready to help pull it off the line. The mother was standing near a tree and under the clothesline. Clar ence was a few feet away and under the same line, while the younger son was six or eight feet to one side. Two bolts struck the tree, and mother and son received a shock from the wires Death was instantaneous. ESCAPES ON WAY TO PRISON. Horse Thief Gains His Freedom While Guard Is Temporarily Absent. Deadwood, S. D., June 26. — Nic Rose, the horse thief who was cap- tured after violent resistance near Deadwood a few weeks ago, is again at liberty. He escaped from the train near Worthington, Minn., while en route to the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. He had been arrested after he had held the officers at a point of a gun, and after they had threatened to burn the house in which he had secreted himself, charged with the larceny of ponies belonging to the Ute Indians. He was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary and was on his way to be- gin his sentence when he successfully effected his freedom. The officer in whose charge he was had left him for only a few moments, and as the man was handcuffed his es- cape was considered impossible. The supposition is that he had confeder- ates in that part of the country who had kept informed as_ to his move- ments and whereabouts. A reward of $1,000 has been offered | for his apprehension. CLOUDBURST IN MONTANA. Resultant Fidod Does $100,000 of Dam- age in Stillwater Valley. Billings, Mont., June 26.—Failure to reached here yesterday of a destruc- tive flood in the Stillwater valley west of Columbus, whic hoccurred Saturday night and which destroyed five of the several bridges which span the Still- water river, and also swept away the piers of the Columbus Land and Irri- gation company. It was only by mere accident that the big bridge over the Yellowstone at Columbus was prevent- ed from being carried out. Great dam- age was done to growing crops, and a portion of the railroad track was wash- ed out. The flood was caused by a and is being investigated. BRAINERD BLOCK BURNS. Fire in Sleeper Block Does $61,000 Damage. Brainerd, Minn., June 26.—Fire de- stroyed the Sleeper block, on Front street last night, together with the contents of two stores located in the building. The total loss is about $61,- 000, with $35,000 insurance. High Water Does Much Damage. Chaska, Minn., June 27. — The Min- cloudburst in the upper Stillwater val- ley and the total losses are said to ag- gregate more than $100,000. ELEMENTS ON RAMPAGE. Wind, Hail and Lightning Do Great Damage in North Dakota. Grand Forks, N. D., June 26.—A se- vere wind, hail and lightning storm caused a great deal of damage in sev- eral localities Sunday night, according to reports received here last nibht. At Lakota the engine house of the Great Northern was blown down by nesota river has overflowed its banks and many acres of rich pasture land and land under cultivation are flooded. The loss will be very large, as much of the land has been planted with sug- ar beets and pickles, most of which is now worthless. The viver is steadily rising. Spanks Girl} Is Fined. Mason City, Iowa, June 26.—On the allegation that he haé spanked his servant girl, Miss Minnie Hermann, Homer Holcomb, a prominent resident of this place, has been fined $10 and costs in Justice Church’s court. Rains Cause Floods. Yankton, S. D., June 27.—This coun- try is flooded owing to another heavy rain, such as has been visiting this section of late. Bridges have been washed out and roads seriously dam- aged. Seven Men D-owned. Vancouver, B, C., June 27.—The tug Constance, carrying Capt. Neilsen and crew of six men, all 0: Nev. Wesmin- ster, has been last with all on board at Rivers Inlet, 390 miles up the coast. Refinery |. Burned. Lewistown, Mont., June 27.—The ex- plosion of a gasdlize furna ve started a fire which completely destroyed the refinery at the Kendail mines near here, causing a loss estimated at $10,- 000. i‘ the a The barn of Ole M. Klevin was destroyed, the loss bein, ae g about In the vicinity of Reynolds there was nearly a tornado. Telegraph and telephone service was badly crippled as a result of the wind and lightning. Nearly one hun- dred lines were out of order in Grand Forks. . HAVE ROAD ON FOURTH. “Alphabet’s™ Entrance Into Albert Lea to Be Celebrated. Albert Lea, Minn., June 26.—It is re. ported from Cream that great prepara- tions are being made there to cele- brate the advent of the “Alphabet” road, which is expected to reach that place on July 4. More men constantly are being put to work at track laying, and rapid progress is being made in the work. There is still considerable to be done, but with favorable weather it is expected to have the rails into Cream by Independence day. EES RE STATS Prominent Men Arrested. Denver, Col., June 26.—Ten promi- nent citizens of Colorado were arrest ed yesterday in connection with the indictments made by the special grand jury. The charge against them is con- spiracy to defraud the government up- der the coal and timber laws. ae se aE INC) Two Crushed to Death. Billings, Mont., June 26. — Word display lights on the rear of an extra freight train is said to have been re- sponsible for an accident which cost two lives last night. is Lee MUST CONNECT TRACKS, North-Western and Minneapolis & St. Louis Ordered to Put in Connéction. Yhe state railroad and warehouse commission has. made an order re- quiring the Chicago & North-Western and the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- toads to construct and operate a trans- fer track in the city of New Ulm over which cars may be transferred from one road to the other. The order was made after a hearing on the petition of the New Ulm Stone company and other shippers and under the pro- visions of a law passed by the legis- lature last winter authorizing the com- mission to order such transfer tracks installed and operated where the tracks are within five hundred feet apart. The commission finds that the tracks are parallel for a distance of over half a mile in the city, and the tracks are not more than five hundred feet apart, and that neither company has provided facilities at any point in New Ulm or vicinity for the transfer of cars. The New Ulm Stone com- pany’s quarries for about three miles from the city are provided with track- age by the North-Western. The mar- ket for the stone is the Twin Cities and various points along the St. Louis road, with which the stone company could do business if provided with transfer tracks at New Ulm, but the expense of transferring by wagon makes the price of the stone so high as to be prohibitory. The commission also finds that the flouring mills at Hanska sells much of its products in Chicago and the East, and that much better time could be made when routed over the North- Western than over the St. Louis road NORTHWEST NEWS |State News of Interest DRAINAGE WORK UNDER WAY. State Engineer Returns From Inspec- tion Tour. George A. Ralph, state drainage en- gineer has returned to St. Paul from a tour in several counties of the state inspectmg the work on drainage ditches now in course of construction. He also attended the meeting in Ait- kin county, where the subject of the construction of what is known as the Mississippi river cut-off was under consideration. Those at the meeting decided to ask the state drainage commission to have the project sur- veyed and its practicability investi- gated before any further steps in the matter are taken on the part of the people of Aitkin county. The proposed ditch is a large undertaking and is in- tended to drain thousands of acres of land which are flooded in times of high water. The state drainage commissioners will go to Roseau county on June 26 to inspect the big ditch in that county which will be one of the largest in the state, being about thirty-five miles long. The work consists largely in improving the channel and cutting out bends in the Roseau river. When completed it will practically solve, the drainage. problems in this county. Mr. Ralph reports that the govern- ment engineers and sufveyors are now at work east of Thief River Falls, making a topographical survey of the lands in the Red Lake Indian reserva- tion. The drainage project on the res- ervation now being considered by the federal government covers about one- third of the land in the reservation and is estimated to cost about $1,100,- 000. Congressman Halvor Steenerson has taken a great interest in this proj- ect and has secured appropriations ag- PROF. H. ERNEST Of St. Paul, re-elected president of the Minnesota district of the Evangeli- cal Lutheran synod. REV. J. MITTERMAIER, Pastor of Evangelical Lutheran church at Mapleton, Minn., where conver tion was held. and its connections, as much as five weeks has been consumed in switch- ing in Chicago when shipped by that route. The commission finds that it is prac- ticable and necessary and a reason- able and proper accommodation for the citizens of New Ulm and. others using these lines that ample transfer facilities by track connection for transfer of cars be provided by the companies, and they are ordered to in- stall and operate the connecting tracks within thirty days. If the companies cannot agree on the division of the cost of the con- struction of the line the commission, under the law, is required on the ap- plication of either party to determine the basis of the division. NEW DAIRY BUILDING A GEM. When the new dairy building for the state fair grounds is finished Minne- sota will lead all other states in facil- ities for exhibiting butter and cheese products. The new building is to be 118 feet long and 142 feet wide, the | walls to be solid brick. A unique fea- ; ture will be an immense refrigerator | and exhibition case combined, which will occupy the center of the building. | This refrigerator will be 90 feet long and 40 feet wide. One end will be made into a cheese room, 12x14 feet; the rest of the refrigerator will be for but- ter displays. The sides will be glass, | and terraced steps will be built within to carry the exhibits. There will also be a waik all around the inside, but! this will only be used by those placing and handling the exhibits. { E. K, Slater, dairy and food commis- sioner, plans to have in the new build- ing this fall the most complete state dairy and food department exhibit | ever shown for the benefit of the pub- lic. For this purpose the southeast corner of the building will be reserv- | ed. The unique feature will be an ac- tual, working chemical laboratory. ; Chemists will be on hand, busy ana- lyzing foods. Foods analyzed will he those collected directly on the} grounds. The results of such exami- nations will be posted as soon as they are completed. TAX COMMISSION BUSY. Gets Ready for Its Work on the Next Assessment. The state tax! commission is sending out circular letters to the county audi- tors and town boards of review, call- ing attention to the proper assessment and equalization of taxes among indi- viduals. The commission urges the boards of review to be prompt in meeting on June 24 and to go careful- ly over the assessments and make a fair equalization of taxes. i] gregating $40,000 for carrying on the survey work preliminary to action on the drainage plans. COLVILL COMMISSION. Gov. Johnson Names Men Slected by First Regiment. Gov. Johnson has appointed the fol- lowing members of the First Minneso- ta volunteer regiment to act as a com. mission to build a monument and rep- lica for Col. William Colvill, colonel of the First Minnesota: C. B. Heffel- finger, Minneapolis; H. T. Bevans, St. Paul; R. L. Gorman, St. Paul, and Matthew Taylor of Anoka. These members were selected by the regi- ment at the recent reunion in St. Paul. The last legislature appropriated $10,000 for the statue and replica for Col, Colvill. The statue will stand at Cannon Falls and the replica will be placed on the grounds of the new cap- itol. GEORGE T. OLSEN Of. St. Peter, Minn., who has been ap- pointed county attorney of Nicollet county to succeed the late A. A. Stone, for twenty-three years public prosecutor. FIGHT MORTGAGE LAW. The First National Bank of Windom has received instructions from clients in Iowa to make a test case of the new mortgage tax law by. bringing mandamus proceedings to compel the register of deeds to record a mort- gage without the payment of the registry fee. The proceedings will be started in Jackson county, as the mortgage selected to make the test with is one on property in Christiana township, that county. es TO DELVE INTO RECORDS. Tax Commission Employs Men to In- vestigate Real Estate Values. Seven men will start out this week under direction of the state tax com- mission to secure records for compar- ing the assessed valuation of real es- tate in Minnésota with the actual or selling value. Their work will cover thirty-eight of the eighty-four coun- ties. Five men have already been select- ed for the work, and all but one are students or former students of eco- nomics in the University of Minneso- ta. They are C. O. A. Olson of Min- neapolis, who will work entirely in Hennepin county; Claude D. Randall of St. Paul, who will be assigned to Ramsey county; Earl H. Huntley of Preston, E. L. Swensen of Luverne and E. O. Wilson, formerly of Kasson but now a resident of Minneapolis Mr. Huntley will visit the countries of Flilmore, Dodge, Winona, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and Scott. Mr. Swenson is assigned to Rock, Jackson, Murray, Lincoln, Redwood, Lac qui Parle, Brown and Blue Earth counties. Mr. Wilson will take in Kittson, Mar- shall, Polk, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Ot- ter Tail and Wadena counties. County Auditor Holden of St. Louis county will send a Duluth man, who will work in St. Louis, Aiktkin, Pine, Chisago, Isanti, Wright and McLead counties. Another will be assigned to Douglas, Stevens, Stearns, Kandiyohi, Morrison and Mille Lacs. These agents of the commission will secure from the record of conveyances in the office of the register cf deeds records of land sold since May 1, 1902, with dates and full descriptions. They will then get from the auditor's rec- ords the assessments on these same descriptions for 1902, 1904 and 1906. Each description will be entered on a separate card and sent in to the office of the commission. When tabulated they will show what ratio assessed values of real estate bear to actual values in different part of the state. This will have a bearing on the reas- sessment of the iron ‘nines. Treasurer After Railroads. Clarence C. Dinehart, state treasur- er, sent to the state auditor a list of railroad companies which he char: failed to pay their taxes in 1906 before March, as provided by law, with the request that the auditor draw drafts on the companies for the amounts of the penalties due on ac- count of the alleged delinquency in payment. The total amount of the pa ment made after March 1 by the rai roads in those two years is $588,2 upon which the 5 per cent penalty would be $29,412.18. The law provides that the railroads must pay their gross earnings taxes before March 1 each year, and fixes a penalty of 5 per cent of the taxes for failure to make the payments on time. This year the treasurer sent out no- tices to the railroads twice, notifying them of this law and giving notice that the penalties would be expected from delinquents. All of them paid up in time except the Canadian Norther and the Duluth Belt Line companies, which have paid the 5 per cent penal- ties. Mr. Dinehart took up with Attorney General E. T. Young the matter of the collection of the penalties for the de- linquent payments in 1905 and 1906. He was advised by the attorney gen- eral that such items are uncollected claims on the books of the office and can be collected, and that it is the treasurer’s duty to call the delinquent to account. The auditor was to be no- tified and asked to draw his drafts on the companies for the amounts of the penalties. The auditor will turn the drafts over to the state treasurer, who will then notify the companies and ask them to pay the amounts of the drafts. Tried to Eat His Money. Mr. and Mrs. William Mecike of Dodge Center have identified the Lody of an unknown man that has been ly- ing on a morgue table in Mankato for a week as that of Mrs. Mecke’s uncle, John Moore, a retired farmer from near Sleepy Eye. Moore was in Mankato last March and slipped on the sidewalk and - tured one hip He was taken to a ho. pital, where he opposed the efforts of the doctors and nurses on his behalf, tearing off the bandages until threat- ened with confinement in an in asylum, He began tearing up $20 bi When the nurses sought to get these him he _ swallowed the e away from pieces. He refused to give any account of ying that he did He himself or relatives, not wish them to have his money. finally died, and not until the rema were identified by a Sleepy Ey was a clue to his identity obtained. He was seventy-one years old, and leaves three brothers and one s: in Germany, to whom his estate, e: mated at $10,000, will go. n Carp Too Smart. Efforts to seine the carp out of Lake Madison at Mankato have failed. A force of men with nets, under direc tion of Game Warden Jordan, tried to rid the lake of the nuisance a day or so ago, but failed to get a single carp, although a good many fish of other va rieties were netted. During the operation two Mankato men were overturned in a boat and narrowly escaped drowning in nine feet of water.