Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 12, 1907, Page 4

News of t 1e Northwest oo eg 19 LUMBERMEN ARE INDICTED FEDERAL GRAND JURY CHARGES CONSPIRACY AGAINST CAT- ALOGUE HOUSES. “LITTLE BLACK BOOK” CAUSE Minneapolis,, Oct. 10. — Nineteen prominent Northwestern lumbermen, ten of them living in Minneapolis, were yesterday indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of conspiracy against the catalogue houses, and one other was indicted on a charge of mis- use of the mails. Bench warrants have been issued and the defendants will appear before Judge William H. Mun- ger, in the United States district court in Minneapolis, before the end of the week, Comes as Surprise. The announcement of the indict- ments came as a surprise to the lum- bermen themselves and their associ- ates, and few of them would discuss the situation last evening. The punishment in case of convic- tion on any of the counts of the indict- ment is a fine of not more than $10,- 000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. The lumber- men profess not to fear conviction on the charge and claim they were within their rights in every action they may have taken against the mail order houses. Cause of Investigation. The “little black book” was at the basis of the trouble which has brought the indictments against the lumber- men. It is claimed the book was is- sued as a simplé and effective means of securing the co-operation of the managers of the yard lines of the lum- ber firm and their friends and pa- trons to injure the catalogue houses of Minneapolis, Chicago and Davenport, lowa. Firms from each of those cities appear as the complainants in the case. 4 Twelve overt acts of sending for catalogues, samples and paints and roofing and bogus estimates on lumber bills are charged by the indictment. BARLEY CROP IS SHORT. Doane Robinson Places South Dakota Yield at 20,438,820 Bushels. Pierre, S. D., Oct. 10. — The estt- mate of the barley crop of the state for this year, which has just been completed by Doane Robinson, places it at 874,964 acres, with a _ yield of about 20,438,820 bushels. This makes a yield of less than last year, with a et price of about $7,000,000 in ex- of last year, the difference being caused by the remarkable advance in the price of that grai LATE FALL PREDICTED. Bugs, Worms, Flies and Snakes Add Evidence to That of Trees. Miller, S. D., Oct. 10.—The leaves on the trees here continue as green and fresh in appearance as they were a month ago. This is construed by the old settlers to betoken a late fall. Some of the wiseacres, noting that the flies, bugs, worms and snakes refuse to take cover as early as formerly, be- lieve they see therein signs of a long warm fall. Limited Goes Into Ditch. Merillan, Wi: Oct. 10. — A bad Py wreck oceurred a few miles south of here on the North-Western road, when the Duluth limited on that line left the track and five cars were thrown in the ditch. Only three passengers — were hurt, and only one of them se- riously. A broken rail caused the ac. cident. Misstep Costs Foot. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. 10.—A mis- step while hanging to the side of the ear with his foot on the brake rod nearly cost R. E. Walker, an Illinois Z Central brakeman, his life. His foot § slipped and went under the wheels. It \ was severed between the ankle and the knee. ‘He will recover. Horse Thief Insane. . Minot, N. D., Oct. 10.—George Con- nard, the young man _ who stole a team of horses from a Kenmare livery stable, has been committed to the in- sane hospital. The lad has not seem- | ed right since his imprisonment and | Saturday became violent. | | Veteran Is a Suicide. ] Delano, Minn., Oct. 10.—S. S. Ball, a | widower and veteran of the Civil war, | committed suicide by shooting himself | in the hedd. | Hay’s Hunt Costs $700. Shawano, Wis., Oct. 10. — Hermann Vergens, employed in a local buteher shop, lost $700 while hunting in the | woods on Sunday. He says his pocket- book must have fallen out unperceived when he jumped over a fence. Run Cars Regularly Oct. 20. : has been set by the management of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & South- | fern as the date on which regular serv- | ice will be started on the recently | completed electric lines. ‘ | | | Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. 10—Oct. 20 ‘TWO ARE SENTENCED 10 DEATH JUDGE M’CLENAHAN COLLAPSES UNDER STRAIN OF PASSING SENTENCE. Bemidji, Minn., Oct. 8—Overcome by the tragic significance of his task when about to sentence two men to death on the gallows for having taken the lives of two other men, Judge W. N. McClenahan of the Fifteenth dis- trict court collapsed on.the bench Sat- urday afternoon. Martin S. Munn, convicted of the murder at Spooner early this summer of August Franklin, was before Judge McClenahan for sentence, and Peter Mathieson, who killed Johan Johnson at Gulf Lake, near Tenstrike, last Feb- ruary, was awaiting sentence. It was a dramatic court scene, and the impression it made upon the large crowd in the court room was deepened by the knowledge that never before in the history of Beltrami county had the death penalty been imposed on any man, Judge McClenahan, in a voice firm and low, uttered the fateful words that meant doom to Munn. When Judge McClenahan asked Munn whether he had anything to say, the prisoner, keeping himself well in hand, replied: “I am not guilty; that’s all. Some body has been telling a lot of lies against me.” Then the veteran jurist collapsed. Tears coursed down his cheeks and self-control seemed utterly to desert him. Assistance was given him hasti- ly, and within a few minutes the judge regained his composure. Then the grim business before the court was resumed. Mathieson was stolid when he took his place at the bar of the court and heard the sen- tence of death passed upon him. The date of execution will be fixed by the governor. MYSTERY IN SOLDIER’S DEATH. Friends Believe That He Was Thrown From Bridge at Fort Snelling. St. Paul. Oct. 8—The body of Nes- tor Thompson, a private in Company H, Twenty-eighth United States in- fantry, was found at 4 o’clock yester- day afternoon under the Fort Snelling bridge, about fifty feet from the river bank. The body was lying face down- ward in soft sand. The neck was broken, the left wrist was broken in two places and the right hip and left shoulder were fractured and dislocat- ed. Coroner A. W. Miller was called and after an investigation ordered the remains taken to the county morgue, where a post-mortem examination will be held to-day. The young soldier could not have fallen over the four-foot railing on the bridge, and there were rumors at the fort of a feud between Thompson and another soldier. Thompson’s friends\ believe he was thrown from the bridge, although no one has been found who can explain how he was killed. BOLD THEFT OF DIAMONDS. Store Robbed of $1,000 Worth of Gems While Clerks Are Present. St. Paul, Oct. 8—With scores of people passing outside and in full view of several store attendants, three smooth come-on artists, one of whom was a woman, deftly appropriated in the neighborhood of $1,000 worth of loose diamonds at the jewelry store of Frank A. Ubel about 6:30 Saturday evening and made good their get- away. The robbery was one of the most daring that has been pulled off in the city recently in that the three simply walked into the store, looked over a tray of lockets and diamonds and after securing several loose stones while the clerk’s back was turned, walked nonchalantly out of the door. They were lost in the crowd before the proprietor could get to the street after discovering the robbery. PRISON COWS KILLED. Two Animals in Reformatory Herd Have Tuberculosis. St. Cloud, Minn., Oct. 8 —Tuberculo- sis has been found in the dairy herd at the state reformatory. Dr. Mac- Donald of St. Paul, assistant state veterinarian and inspector of live stock, was called to this city yester- day and made a thorough inspection of the reformatory herd, with the re sult that some of the animals were found to be afflicted with tubercular disease. Only two were found to be in bad shape, and they were ordered killed. Rob Postoffice. Stillwater, Minn., Oct. 8—The past. office of Marine Mills was burglarized last night. Postmaster J. A. Sjesrund also occupied the building as a har- ness shop. Only a small amount in stamps and cash was secured. Grabs Wire; Dies. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 8.—John Meyers, | an employe of the Great Northern Northern Power ,company, while as-' sisting in the repair of some machin. ery at the plant last evening, touched a live wire and fell over dead. Nearly Dies of Dose. Brainerd, Minn., Oct. 8.—Harold, the three-year-old son of Ed Cullen, drank several ounces of a patent cholera remedy. Four doctors worked several hours to bring him to. He is out of danger now. WHEAT MAKES HIGH RECORD SHORTAGE IN INDIA SENDS THE PRICES IN. MINNEAPOLIS SKYWARD. Minneapolis, Oct. 9.—Wheat is up again, having struck a new high mark for the season yesterday in Minneap- olis, when the May option sold at $1.147-8 and December at $1.11 1-2. Cash wheat *sold as high as $1.15 3-4 and flour advanced 10 cents. The sudden spurt of yesterday was chiefly due to news from India of poor crop conditions. The crop is said to be especially short there, and the news which reached Minneapolis from Del- hi by way of Liverpool was especially bad for the bears. The result was strengthened by cables from the Euro- pean markets and a general increase in all the exchanges. Minneapolis re- sponded to the news with a bound and sent the prices skywards. < The conditions in the wheat situa- tion are said to be especially peculiar this season. There seems to be no doubt that the world’s output will be short by many millions of bushels this year, and the trade is correspondingly preparing for the result. Leading grain statisticians like Beerbohm, Dornbush and Broomhall place the world’s shortage this year at from 170,000,000 to 225,000,000 bushels. With such a prospect it is not un- natural that wheat should go up be- yond the price of the past few years. LO CAN’T STAY DRUNK. Gets No Money if Intoxicated Says Disbursing Agent. Black River Falls, Wis., Oct. 9. — Special Disbursing Agent Bost says he will pay out no money to intoxi- cated Indians, and unless the local au- thorities exert all due efforts to pre- vent the sale of intoxicating liquors to them the payment will be suspended. As there always has been from $12,000 to $14,000 paid here at these payments it is a matter that cannot be overlook- ed by the merchants, and they will use all the means in their power to pre- vent the sale of liquors. RUSH FOR BRULE LAND. 5@5 Register the First Day at Pierre, Ss. D, Pierre, S. D.,'Oct. 9.—The registra- tion for Lower Brule lands reached 585 yesterday for the first day of regi- istration, At the opening there was no line- up or rush, only a handful being pres- ent who desired the oportunity to be No. 1 in the registration, which honor was secured by A. Hardy of this city. The registration for the first hour reached 120 and the rest came in slow- ly through the day. NINE HURT IN OMAHA WRECK. Omaha Limited Is Struck by Freight Train at Eau Claire. Eau Claire, Wis., Oct. 9. —Nine pas- sengers on the Omaha limited from Duluth suffered minor injuries and Engineer Patrick O’Rourke was pain- fully but not seriously injured in a wreck here last night. A freight train backing up collided with the passenger train at 10:30 o’clock at the edge of the Omaha yards. Physicians attend- ed the injured passengers in the coaches. “OUTLAW” RIDE FATAL. Attempt to Conquer Unbroken Horse Brings Death to Rider. Marshall, Minn., Oct. 9. — John Ed- wards is dead from injuries sustained while attempting to ride an “outlaw” horse owned by one of the local livery- men. The animal had successfully re- sisted all efforts to master him, and Edwards, who had quite a reputation for horsemanship, made the attempt, but was thrown, striking on his head. sustaining injuries which resulted fa- tally. ROB BANK; GET $5,000, Burglars Escape in Automobile During Battle With Villagers. Cando, N. D., Oct. 9.—The bank at Church’s Ferry was robbed early yes- terday morning of more than $5,000 besides valuable papers. The safe was dynamited, and the building is report- ed badly wrecked. Citizens were alarmed by the explosion and a fight ensued. The robbers escaped in an automobile, and as yet no trace of them has been found. Eyota Man Slashed. Hillsboro, N. D., Oct. 9—S. B, Ad- ams, separator man on the Hurley farm near here, made a desperate at- tempt to murder Claude Palmer, the engineer. He attacked the engineer with a razor and cut a terrible gash seven inches long and laid bare the jugular vain. Palmer will recover. His home is in Eyota, Minn. Two Killed in Wreck. Mitchell, S. D., Oct. 9. — A freight train and ‘switch engine collided here. Engineer Dennis L. Summer of Sioux City and Fireman Weiland of Yankton were killed. It was Wei- land’s second ‘trip. Boy Is Kicked in Head. Belle Fourche, S. D., Oct. 9, — Al- though his skull was badly fractured by the kick of a horse, it is believed that Thaddeus, the six-year-old son of Mrs, Violet Donnelly of this city, may recover. a deeper Mississippi from the head of navigation at St. SEVERAL MORE BANKS, In and Abo STATE AID 1S APPORTIONED. Many are Converted From Private Schools of Minnesota, in Current and Banks in Compliance With Law. Since the passage on April 5 last of the law prohibiting any person or firm doing a banking business, which refuses to allow the state bank ex- aminer to inspect and superintend the business, from using the name of “bank” in connection with the busi- ness, there have been forty-four new banks authorized by the public exam- iner, of which twenty-five were conver- sions of former private banks. There are now 703 state banks in Minnesota. The object of the law mentioned was to do away with private banks which were not subject to the inspec- tion and superintendence of the public examiner. The law provides that every “bank” or “savings bank” in this state shall at all times be under the supervision and subject to the control of the public examiner, and when so conducted the business shall be known as “banking.” The next section of the law prohibits any per- son or corporation carrying on such business, who. refuses to permit the ex- aminer to inspect and superintend the business, from using the term “bank,” as the whole or a part of its, business name, or upon any of its stationery or advertisements. Although the law does not become effective until April 1, 1908, twenty-five private banks have been converted into state banks in less than six months since the passage of the law. STATE FRUIT GROWERS. —— Horticultural Society Will Hold Its Annual Meeting in December. The Minnesota State Horticultural society will hold its thirty-eighth an- nual meeting in the First Unitarian church, Minneapolis, for four days, commencing Dec. 3. The basement of the church will be fully occupied by a large fruit exhibit, at least 1,000 plates of apples, including a large number of valuable new varieties of seedling fruits, many of which give promise of much commercial value. The exhibit will be free to the publis as will be the meetings of the society. Eight half-day sessions will be held, and every branch of horticulture from flower gardening to forestry will be represented on the program, which will be participated in by upwards of 100 persons. The fruit growing inter- ests of the state will receive special attention. The new enterprise of plant breeding now being carried on under the auspices of the state experiment station at Zumbra, in the Lake Minne- tonka region will receive special con- sideration. With a membership of 2,500 the Hor- ticultural society expects the best at- tendance at this meeting ever had at any similar gathering in the North- west. DEEPEN THE MISSISSIPPI. Make It Possible to Carry Grain From St. Paul to Gulf for 7 1-2to8 Cents. James J. Hill’s address before the in- land waterways commission in St. Paul, in which he stated that river im- provement will make it possible to carry grain from St. Paul to the guif for 71-2 to 8 cents, is attracting much attention to the importance of river channel Paul to the lower river ports. Mr. Hill pointed out the necessiay of util- izing the waterways to relieve traffic congestion in the United States and emphasized the possibilities of a deep- er channel from St. Paul south, in the handling of Northwestern grain crops. He said in part: “Traffic is growing five times as fast as the facilities of railways for mov- ing it. do more good to this country than a dozen Panama canals. and best relief the country can get is to improve the Mississippi river.” To deepen the Mississippi will The quickest STATE FAIR PROFITS $65,000. Expenses of Fair Were Greatly In- creased This Year. Profits of the state fair of this year are $25,000 larger than has been sup- posed. Early estimates proceeds at $40,000, but when the poard got together last week for its first meeting since the close of the fair it was found that the amount be within $1,000, one way or the other, of $65,000, and the indications are that it will be more rather than less. placed the The expenses of the fair were great- ly increased this year and since the attendance was not as large as was ex- pected would be greatly sources of revenue were more numer- ous than formerly and that did much to make up the discrepancy although the receipts were not as large as last year. it was feared that the profit reduced but the Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 6.—A tremen- dous forest fire, fanned by high winds, is rushing across Sonoma county, in the neighborhood of Cobb station, de stroying everything in it¢ path. The damage so far is.estimated at $100, 000. Police and Anarchists Fight. Odessa, Oct. 6. — A strong detach- ' ment of police—mostly in plain clothes —had a desperate fight with a band of anarchists last night, resulting in the capture of fifty-three of them. Special Aid Recelve $1,700,000. State Superintendent of Schools J. W. Olsen issued a report showing the October semi-annual apportionment of the current school fund and special state aid to school districts, including the deficiency aid for last year and two years ago. The October apportionment of the current school fund amounts to $937,- 461.92. The total state enrollment is 374,919 pupils, and the fund is distrib- uted on the basis of $2.50 per capita. The enrollment of this year is about 2,000 below that of last year. Supt. Olsen was not prepared to give a rea- son for the falling off in the attend- ance. He said he intended to make an investigation so that he could ascer- tain the cause if possible. Asked if it was due to the pupils leaving the rural for the city schools, he said he did not think so, as the city schools also show a falling off in the attendance over last year. The spectal state aid fund of $856,- 814 is distributed among six divisions of schools. Each of the 201 high schools of the state is allowed $1,450 for this year, and $300 for 1905 and $400 for 1906 as deficiency aid, making a total of $2,150 which is distributed to each high school for this year. The total amount allotted to the high schools is $407,307. There are eleven high schools giving normal instruction in common branch- es, and each of these is allowed $750, making a total of $8,250 distributed to these schools. There are 147 graded schools in the state, and these are allowed $525 each, making the total allowance for this year’s apportionment $77,175. The de- ficiency aid to this division for the past two years totals $7,300. There are 320 schools classed as semi-graded schools, each of which has been apportioned $230 for this year, bringing the total up to $75,900. The deficiency aid for this class of schools foots up to $16,334. The total number of first-class rural schools is 1,155. They are allowed $120 each for this year, making a to- tal appropriation to this class of $138,- 600. The deficiency aid for this divi- sion amounts to $86,811 for the past two years. There are 555 second-class rural schools, each of which is allowed $48, bringing the total up to $26,640. The deficioncy aid for this class of schools for the two years past is $12,497. The total distribution of both the ‘current school fund and the special state aid amounts to $1,794,275.92. LENDS MORE THAN IT HAS. But Money Will Be Coming Into the State’s Fund for Investment. The state board of investment, at a meeting at the capitol in St. Paul,, ap- proved loans aggregating $36,200, of which $25,000 is for a drainage ditch loan to Redwood county. The others are school loans. While the loans to school districts aggregate $11,200, there is only about $6,000 at hand with which to make the loans. The school fund, from which the loans are made, will soon be con- siderably increased, however, and the school loans will then be cared for first. State Treasurer C. C. Dinehart stated that the board has approved loans to the extent of about $200,000, and while the funds are not immedi. ately available for the loans, the mon- ey is continually coming in and the loans will be made in the order in which they were approved, the school loans being taken care of first. The school loans approved were as follows: Hubbard county, $600; Free- born, $3,000; Red Lake, $400; Red- wood, $2,200; Marshall, $600; Becker, $1,800; Stearns, $1,000; Meeker, $1, 000; Crow Wing, $600. PLENTY OF TEACHERS. They Simply Didn’t Know Supt. Casey Wanted Them. Since the publication in the state press of the fact that Supt. Casey of the schools of Polk county was having difficulty in securing teachers to fill the vacancies in the rural schools he has been deluged with letters of appli- cation for positions from all parts of the country. One young lady living as far away as Maine sent a letter asking for par- ticulars. In twenty-four hours Mr. Casey has received over half a hun- dred letters, and all his time is being devoted to answering them. He got a letter from a hotelkeeper in one of the nearby towns, who wrote that he had not taught school for twenty-five years, but that if Mr. Casey was hard pressed and would be willing to give him a fair salary he would help him out. All the teachers necessary have now been employed, and there will be no further trouble this year. To Head Farm School. Brownton, Minn., Oct. 10. — L. P. Harrington, who has held the office of county superintendent of schools of McLeod county for eighteen years, has resigned to accept the principalship of the agricultural school at Crookston. Pills Kill Child. Shawano, Wis., Oct. 10. — Clarence Seymour, thirteen months old, died in terrible agony as the result of eating a quantity of strychnine pills. The child’s mother had forgotten to put the pills away. ut the State REeerRrFrARrWse= mere | WILL MAKE MANY TEACHERS. Enrolls 175 Candidates for Graduation in Year. More than two-thirds of the erroll- ment at the Winona normal school this fall is composed of high school graduates. This is especially gratify- ing because of the large enrollment in the school and because of the fact that more than one-half of these high school graduates are pursuing the ad- vanced two-year course. There are 175 candidates for graduation during the year. In addition there are quite a number that formerly completed the elementary graduate course who have returned to take the advanced course, most of them desiring to take positions on the Pacific coast, where the advanced diploma only is recog- nized. Several new instructors have been engaged to fill important positions in the school. L. L. Everly, a well known geography teacher in the Wendell Phillips high school in Chicago, takes charge of? the geography department in the normal, W. T. Stephens, B. A., Indiana university, and A. M., depart- ment of education of Harvard, takes up work in psychology and education. Miss Louise Adler, whose college was the Kansas state university and whose professional training was secured in the Chicago kindergarten college, and Miss Frances Smith, recently from the Calhoun school in Minneapolis and a graduate from the Peabody Teach- ers’ college and critic teacher in the Milwaukee normal, has been appointed training teacher in the elementary school. Miss Theda Gildermeister has been appointed acting superintendent of the Model schools, vice W. W. Char- ters, resigned. Four of the numbers of the lecture course at the normal will be Dr. W. M. R. French of the Chicago Art insti- tute, Dr. Thomas Green, Dr. John Gray of the University of Minnesota and Dean Henry Southwick of the Emerson School of Oratory. It is pos- sible that William J. Bryan also may be secured. Plans for a new building for the ele- mentary school and to afford more room for the growing library are being prepared by the state architect. Normal AFTER TRAINING SCHOOL. New Ulm Shows Board of Control Members Five Sites. New Ulm is making an active bid for the state training school for girls, and a committee of the Commercial association met S. W. Leavitt and P. R. Ringdal, members of, the state board of control and showed them five sites within several mines of the city limits. All are easily accessible to railway: The purpose of the board of control is to locate the school outside thickly populated sections. Although it is one of the oldest cities in the state, New Ulm has no state institu- tion of any kind. BOOST NORTH COUNTRY. Secretary of State and Commissioner Welsh May Attend Meeting. As a result of the recent drainage and north-country development mect- ing the secretary of state and George Welsh, commissioner of immigration of the Minnesota state immigration bureau, probably will visit Bemidji and meet the people of the city, as well as representatives from all the north country, to talk over ways of inducing people to locate in Beltrami county and Northern Minnesota gen- erally. Mr. Welsh will speak at the big fair to be held at Bagley on Oct 10-12 UNIVERSITY Treasurer Receives $71,940.98 as Au- gust and September Receipts. State Treasurer C. C. Dinehart has received from the state university $71,- 940.98, being the August and Septem- ber receipts at that institution. Of this amount $69,560.53 goes to the gen- eral university fund and $2,380.45 to the revenue fund, to be distributed as INCOME, follows: Support of Crookston exper- iment station, $239.27; support of Grand Rapids experiment station, $144.64; Crookston agricultural $229.68; geological and natural h survey, $1,766.86. FEW PARTRIDGES SHOT. Deer Also Are Reported Scarce in Vi- cinity of Grand Rapids. Owing either to the dense foliage still existing in the woods in the v ity of Grand Rapids, or the extreme cold weather last winter, with the devastation caused by the wolves, few partridges have been shot there this season. Hunters report few birds either there or in the Big Forks coun- try. Ducks are in limited quantities in the rice lakes, but the annual flight has not yet set in. Deer are reported very scarce. Bird shooting will be better in a couple of wee The sixteenth county fair of Itasca county opened at Grand Rapids with a large attendance and splendid exhtb- its of Northern fruits and vegetables. The branch of the state experimental farm established near there exhibited some choice varieties of cereals, vege- tables and fruits especially adapted for propagation in this Northern lati- tude. There was also a fine exhibit of stock raised in that locality. The house of representatives of Aus- tralia has fixed the duty on manufac tured tobaece at 84 cents a pound.