Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 26, 1907, Page 3

\ YOUNG IS HELD FOR CONTEMPT ATTORNEY GENERAL {1S FINED FOR VIOLATING AN IN- JUNCTION. PUT IN CHARGE OF MARSHAL STATE ATTORNEYS TO ASK SU- PREME COURT FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. St. Paul, Oct. 23—Attorney Gener- al Edward T. Young yesterday was ad- judged in contempt of court by Judge Lochren and fined $100 for viglating the preliminary injunction of the court in the railway rate cases. The attorney general stands committed to the custody of the marshal until he pays the fine and purges himself of contempt. Judge Lochren, in the United States circuit court, issued a prelim- inary injunction on Sept. 23 restrain- ing the attorney general from enforc- ing the provisions of chapter 232, Laws of 1907, known as the commodi- ty rate law. This preliminary order was made in the suits brought by railroad stockholders to restrain the enforcement of the commodity rate and the 2-cent passenger fare laws, as well as the order of the railread and warehouse commission of establishing maximum merchandise rates. Mr. Young violated this order by petition- ing the district court for Ramsey county for an alternative writ of man- damus to enforce the commodity rate law. Leave for Washington. Thomas D. O’Brien, special counsel for the state in the rate cases, and Assistant Attorney General Simpson left last evening, for Washington, D. C., where they will apply to the Unit- ed States supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus for the attorney gen- eral. If the writ is granted the su- preme court will review the order of Judge Lochren and will determine the jurisdictional question involved. It is contended by the attorney general that the rate snits brought by rail- roads’ stockholders in the federal court to restrain him from taking any steps to enforce a state law is really a suit against the state, and as such is prohibited by the eleventh amend- ment to the Federal Constitution. MAKES NICE SURPLUS. St. Paul Road’s Gréss Earnings in Minnesota Were $10,041,840.61, St. Paul, Oct. 23.—The annual re port of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company, filed with the railroad and warehouse commission yesterday, shows that the company’s business for the fisc.i year ending June 30, 1907, netted a surplus of $5,- 072,463.25 after the payment of a 7 per cent dividend on both the common and preferred stock. The total gross earnings from op- eration in Minnesota were $10,041,- 840.61. The gross earnings from operation on the entire line was $60,548,554.45, and the operating expenses $39,400, 410.14. SLAPS WIVES; ARE FINED. Indulgence of Husbands Results in Punishment of Three, Appleton, Wis., Oct. 22.—Since the establishment of the municipal court here the habit of slapping one’s: wife has become an expensive indulgence. Harry Clark of Kaukauna is the third man to be fined by Judge Thomas H. Ryan for that Kind of domestic con- duct, the act costing Clark $18.50. MRS. KAUFMANN LOSES.’ New Trial Refused Convicted Woman —Appeal to Be Taken. | Yankton, S. D., Oct. 23.—Judge E. G. Smith overruled the motion for a new trial in the famous Kaufmann murder case. An appeal from his de- cision will at once be taken. Mrs, Kaufmann was found guilty of killing her maidservant, Agnes Pol- reis. Robbers Get 17 Cents. Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 23.—William Cc. Cummings, a laborer, aged seventy years, was held up and robbed of 17 cents Monday night, it is alleged, by two Italian tramps. Sneak Thief Is Caught. Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 23:—William Clark was arrested yesterday at Wi- nona and brought there to face a charge of larceny. He pleaded guilty and will be sentenced by Judge Willis. ton in the district court. a Fall From Wagon Is Fatal. Bagley, Minn., Oct. 23. — Seman Svensen, a pioneer resident of Popple, while on his way home from Bagley with his team, fell from his wagon and sustained injuries which caused his death. § WILKIN COUNTY FARMS. DEVAS- TATED—BOY CAUSES $50,000 Loss. Barnesville, Minn., Oct. 22, — The worst prairie fire in years 1s devastat- ing the northeastern part of Wilkin county, and seems to defy all efforts to check its progress. Three large farms have been entirely wiped out, and there seems no question but that others will go. The damage done thus far is estimated at not less than $50 000. The fire was started Saturday after- noon by a boy who was playing with matches on the farm of Charles Fundscock, and all the buildings on that place, including the house, barns, granaries and sheds, were destroyed. The wind was light, and the people living in the path of the flames had ample chance to escape, no lives hav- ing been lost as far as is known. The entire region is very dry, however, and the flames spread rapidly. Ten large haystacks, containing between between 800 and 900 tons of hay, were destroyed in ‘an hour during the afternoon. The old Lavalley farm and the Evans place are in ruins, and farmers throughout the region which is burn- ing are working hard to check the conflagration by plowing up the eoun- try. If a high wind should spring up their work would be fruitless, buf up to last, night the wind was light, and the progress of the flames, which was in a southwesterly direction, was com- paratively slow. The lack of wind is ‘the only feature in favor of the farm- ers, as the absence of rain for days past has converted the prairies into huge tinder fields. Considerable alarm was felt for the town of Lawnsdale, on the Great Northern line, as it was directly in the path of tthe fire, but the town escaped without damage, though all the coun- try about’ it was laid waste. MINNESOTA DEFEATS NEBRASKA Gophers Show Up Well in First Big Football Contest of Season. Minneapolis, Oct. 22. — In, its first hard contest of the year the Minnesota eleven Saturday defeated Nebraska in an interesting game by a score of 8 to 5, before a crowd of seven thou- sand football enthusiasts. The weather, although a trifle warm for the players, was ideal from a spectator’s point of view, and the entire absence of wind gave to neither team any ad- vantage whatever. In the first halt Minnesota was outplayed at the start, but rallied later and continued to im- prove as the game progressed. In the second period the Gophers were by far the stronger of the two teams, for _Nebraska’s defense was slowly crum- bling away before the Minnesota at- tack, Nebraska scored first in the first half, Weller making a beautiful fifty- yard run for a touchdown after a fum- .ble by Capron. This same Capron did all of the scoring for the Gophers, kicking two drop kicks for eight pceints later in the first period of play. In the second, although Minnesota had the advantage, neither side scored, and the Minnesota fans went home satisfied. Minnesota showed wonderful im- provement over her form in the Ames game, for the whole eleven was fast and full of ginger. Nebraska, al- though she made occasional good gains, was fought~ at every point, while the Gopher offense got off speed. ily enough to gain good ground. FARMERS IN CLOVER. One Pays for His Land With the First Crop. Sauk Rapids, Minn., Oct. 22.—One Sauk Rapids elevator paid out $3,518 for ten loads of clover seed, all mar- keted by Benton county farmers. The price was $8 per bushel. Matt Fleigle received a check for $548 for 681-2 bushels, which he rais- ed on seven acres of land. A few years ago he purchased this land for $5 an acre. He raised enough hay from it by the first crop to pay for the land. HUNTERS SHOOT TWO. John Filta Is Dead and August Skar- ratz May Die. Duluth, Oct, 22. — Two desperate hunting accidents are reported from the iron ranges, one man, John Filta, timberman at the New York Steel company’s mines at Biwabik, having been killed, and August Skarratz of Ely probably fatally wounded. Both accidents are due to the carelessness of others. NOT EVEN A FIG LEAF. a Crazy Man Found in Barn at Grand Meadow, Stark Naked. Grand Meadow, Minn., Oct. 22.—An|' insane man about twenty years old was found’ stark naked in a barn in this village. His clothes were with him, but he refused to put them on until forced to do so by the officer. He had not been shaved for many months and seemed half starved. He said he had been in Minneapolis, but that his home was in. Knox county, Ne- braska. He was taken to Austin. ki SWEPT BY PRAIRIE FIRE]CAR SHORTAGE NOT PROBABLE STATE WERT AT FERGUS FALL RAILROAD COMMISSIONER MILLS REPORTS CONDITIONS IM- PROVING. St. Paul, Oct. 24—The shortage of | freight cars which has been embar- rassing the railroads for some weeks is now somewhat improved, and the railroads will be able to handle the sit- uation with reasonable satisfaction, is tthe opinion of Judge Ira B. Mills, chairman of the state railroad and warehouse commission. Mr. Mills said yesterday that he thought the situation shows an improvement now and he does not look for anything like a re- currence of last winter’s car shortage. One of the conditions which increas- ed the difficulties for the railroads re- cently in gupplying the demand for cars was the scarcity of labor during the harvest time. In many cases where cars were /delivered for unloading ehere was a considerable delay, owing to the fact that men could not be. ob- tained to unload them. With this con- dition prevailing generally through- out the Northwest, the result was that a large number of cars was prac- tically put out of service for days at a time, and the railroads wer eunable to supply the demands at other points. This difficulty has now been overcome and less delay is occasioned because of lack of labor. The supply of coal which has al- ready gone into the Northwest will make it easier to keep the territory supplied during the winter. PURCHASE BIG ELEVATOR LINE. Van Dusen-Harrington Company Get 115 Country Elevators. Minneapolis, Oct. 24.—The Van Du- sen-Harrington Company of Minneap- olis completed one of the largest prop- erty transfers ever recorded in the grain history of the Northwest when it purchased the entire holdings of the Chicago & North-Western Granariés company, an English corporation which has been managed by the Van Dusens and C. M. Harrington for fif- teen years, The property yesterday added to the holdings of the Minneapolis com- pany includes the Star elevator in Minneapolis, which has a capacity of 2,225,000 bushels; the Interstate ele- vators, with 2,000,000 bushels capaci- ty, and 115 country elevators on the Chicago & North-Western, Minneapo- lis & St. Louis and Great Northern railways in Minnesota, North and South Dakota. WHEAT PRICES DROP. Bulls Badly Beaten and Their Ranks Put to Rout. Minneapolis, Oct. 24. — The wheat market was in confusion yesterday with the bull campaign apparently hopelessly beaten, but with the bears not any too sure of their ground and feeling along cautiously. Wheat drop- ped nearly 4 cents, making a 7-cent decline for the first two days of the week, and the trade is considerably demoralized. x A tight money market is having the effect of putting down the speculative options, and cash wheat and flour is falling with the futures. The banking situation in New York yesterday had a great deal to do with the decline of wheat in Minneapolis and Chicago. BANDITS HOLD UP STAGE. Runaway of Horses Saves Mail and Valuables. Lewistown, Mont., Oct. 24. — She Musselshell stage was stopped yester- day by two robbers, but the driver, named Launceford, put up such a fight with one of the robbers that the second man was obliged to release the horses’ heads to assist his comrade. While the fight was in progress the team ran away, thus permitting the mail and other matter to escape the hands of the robbers. The driven was robbed and brutally beaten. A posse is in pursuit. BURGLARY IS CHARGED. Two Men Alleged to Have Robbec Jewelry Store Are in Toils. Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 24. — Charles Marte and Antoine Dusman, charged with the burglary of the Swan & Par- ker jewelry store at Independence. Iowa, were -brought here from Mober- ly, Mo., where they were captured a day or two ago, after a despérate fight with guns. When arrested the men had $500 worth of jewelry on their persons, which had been taken from the jewelry store. The total of the booty was $2,000. THREATS OF VIOLENCE. White Man and Negro Are Accused— Young Girls Their Victims. Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 24.—Hundreds of residents of Waterloo yesterday thronged the city hall and threats of violence were directed against Daniel Stager, a barber, who was arrested on a charge involving grave conse quences. Bob Kennedy, a negro, also was arrested. It is alleged that Elsie Graham, twelve years old, and her sis- ter Dolly, about sixteen years of age,; Four train struck a handcar on which |. were victims of the prisoners. Charities and Corrections Program Is ‘ Announced. The sixteenth Minnesota state con- ference of Charities and Corrections is to be held in Fergus Falls Satur- day, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9, 10, 11 and 12. The convention will begin Saturday evening. An out- line program, prepared ‘by Miss Eleanor Hansén, the state secretary, is as follows: Saturday Evening—An address of welcome by a representative of Fer- gus Falls and a reply by Dr. C. A. Rogers, superintendent state school for feeble minded, Faribault; Presi- dent’s address, Mr. A, J. Eckstein, chairman board of county commission- ers, Brown county. Gov. Johnson hopes to be present. Sunday Morning ._— Conference speakers to talk in different churches on subjects relating to charitable and correctional work; the conference ser- mon by Rey. R. M. West of St. Paul. Sunday Afternoon—A meeting of the county officials’ section, presided over by Chairman A. O. Cowles, coun- ty commission, Olmsted county; Mr. W. S. McCormick, city controller, Du- luth, will read a paper, “Opportunity,” and Miss Charlotte Knudson, county superintendent of schools, Otter Tail county, one upon “The Relations of the County Board to County Schools.” The Sunday evening meeting will be somewhat in the nature of ay joint meeting of all the churches. Miss Julia C. Lathrop of Chicago, member state board of charities of Illinois, will deliver am illustrated lecture upon “Family Care of the Insane.” Monday afternoon will be devoted to a consideration of “An Education Which Will Tend More to Lessen Pauperism and Crime.” j Monday afternoon’s program will be in charge of the county officials. Monday evening an address will be delivered by Dr. Gray, professor of | political economy, University of Min- | nesota, Minneapolis. Tuesday afternoon will be given to a study of “The Duties of the Public to the Insane.” Tuesday afternoon a visit will be paid to the hospital for the insane, and either before or after, probably in the hosptal assembly room, the sub- ject of “Inebriety,” will be considered | py Dr. Haldor Sneve, nerve specialist, | St. Paul, and Dr. A. S. Adams of: Rochester. “Volunteer Relief Socie- | ties in Smaller Cities,” will be con-' sidered by Mrs. C. G. Higbee, St. Paul, president State Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs, Miss Kate S. Linder, Man- kato and others. Dr. W. J. Moreley, superintendent sanitarium for con- sumptives, Walker, Minn., is planning to. attend and speak. IMPROVE THE MINNESOTA. Federal appropriations for the work | of making the Minnesota river a nav- | igable stream and state appropriations | to be devoted to the prevention of pe-. riodical floods were projects earnestly urged by delegates attending the river improvement convention held in Man- kato last week. Harmony and unity of purpose were shown and the meeting formed a per- manent organization, to be known as the Minnesota River Improvement as- sociation, chose officers and laid plans that are expected to result ultimately in the desired improvement of the river, The number of persons in attend- ance was about fifty, nearly half of whom were Commercial club mem- bers from Mankato. The latter took no part in the discussions, except Senator S. D. Works. Most of the counties in the Minne- sota valley were represented by the others present, among whom were Congressmen W. S. Hammond of St. James, A. J. Volstead of Granite Falls and C. R. Davis of St. Peter and State Senators Frank Clague of Lam- berton, V. B. Seward of Marshall, H. F. Weis of Le Sueur, A. A. Poehler of Henderson, Charles A. Johnson of St. Peter and J. A. Coller, of Shakopee. The committee recommended as permanent officers the following: President, H. F. Weis; vice presi- dent, A. J, Eckstein; secretary, J. Col- ler; treasurer, B. F. Pay, Mankato. The officers and the following coun- , ty representatives were constituted an ; executive committee: Big Stone county, Ray Farrington; Chippewa, C. A. Fosness; Redwood, ! H. A. Baldwin; Renville, Fred Orth; » Nicollet, Fred Fritchie; Sibley, A. A. Poehler; Le Sueur, M. W. Grimes; Scott, W. H. Weisbeler; Carver, George E. Dutoit; Yellow Medicine, | E. H. Sorlean; Blue Earth, W. L. Hixon; Dakota, A. Shaller. The report was adopted. Senator Works said that the matter of financing the organization had been , left to the executive committee. The convention then adjourned. Teachers to Gather. The North Capital Minnesota Teachers’ association will meet at Cass Lake Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 2. An interesting program has been pre- pared and prominent educators from ; all sections of the state will be pres- ent to lecture and discuss subjects of interest. Three Laborers Killed Versailles, Ohio, Oct. 23. — A Big were nineteen Greek laborers, killing three and injuring five of the others. GETS IDEAS FOR FAIR. Underwood Recommends More Space and Premiums for Display. J, M. Underwood of Lake City, su- perintendent of agriculture and hortt- culture for the Minnesota state fair, visited the Illinois state fair in the interests of the Minnesota exhibit. ‘He recently was appointed chairman of a special committee of the board of managers to take up the whole question of improving the agricultural division of the home fair—a subject which he has had very much at heart for years and to which he has given much thought and study. Mr. Underwood found the agricultu- ral and horticultural displays at the Illinois fair housed in the great steel dome building, which was a striking contrast to the Minnesota agricultural hall of frame construction. “On entering the building,” said “Underwood, “I was impressed by the large and excellent display of flowers and plants which occupied about two- thirds of the space of the dome. The other one-third was given to horticul- ture, and as fruit in Illinois this year was a failure, the display was not large. The wall space outside of the dome was occupied largely by beauti- ful exhibits of corn and formed the most conspicuous feature of the agri- cultural products. The premium list provides $1,400 in premiums on corn, while all the other agricultural exhib- its, including grains and vegetables, received only $744. There were three fine county exhibits and four smaller ones. The space for county exhibits was limited and their premiums are small, only $1,500 to Minnesota’s $2,600. “I feel sure,” he said, “that if our society would provide more space and suitable premiums. we could work up the department of agriculture and hor- ticulture so that they would compare favorably with the other departments of our fair.” STEARNS FIRST IN CREAMERIES, County Expects Soon to Lead in Amount of Butter Manufactured. According to statistics furnished by W. W. Wall of the dairy and food de- partment Stearns county now ranks first among the counties of the state in the number of creameries and soon promises to be first in total pounds of butter produced. In 1894 there were but four creameries in the county, supplied by p58 patrons, while in 1906 there were 36, supplied by nearly 3,000 farmers. In 1900 there were 22 creameries, with an annual output of 1,157,314 pounds, and in 1906'the but- ter product amounted to over 3,500,000 ; pounds, for which the patrons are re- , ceiving about $700,000 annually. The dairy industry in Stearns county is fast becoming a lucrative one and is receiving wider atttention by wide. awake farmers in late years. CAN’T REACH BEYOND. Minnesota Insurance Laws Don’t Ap: ply to Outside Business. Insurance companies doing bust ness in Minnesota are within the law if they issue their Minnesota policies as the Minnesota law requires, regard- less of the kind of policies they may write in other states, This is the gist of an opinion rendered to J. A. Harti- gan, state insurance commissioner, by C. 8. Jélley, special counsel for Attor- ney General Young. The question arose under the law prohibiting the issuance of non-participating policies. Mr. Jelley holds that Minnesota can- not regulate the business done by insurance companies in other states, and they may issue non-participating policies there as much as they like so long as they comply with the law in Minnesota. The same is true with regard to deferred dividend policies, which are prohibited in this state. IRON ORE INCOME. State’s Revenue From This Source for Three Months Exceeds $73,000. The state realized $73,358.67 from its iron properties on the range dur- ing the quarter ending with Septem. per. This represents royalties of 25 cents per ton, and was turned into the treasury recently. In all 295,944 tons of ore were taken from the state properties. This is a much larger tonnage than was report ed for the same quarter a year ago. From the Yates mine was taken 67, 640 tons, netting the state $16,907.50; ' Missabe Mountain, 13,974 tons, realiz- ing $3,493.57; Pool mine, 115,478 tons, netting $28,868.45; Alberta mine, 11, 644 tons, for which $2,911.24 was paid, and the Wacouta mine, 87,212 tons, which brought the state $21,177.91. BURGLARS RAID TOWN. Rob Half a Dozen Stores at Lake Crystal and Escape. Lake Crystal, Minn., Oct. 24.—Bur. | glars raided this place and got away | with considerable plunder. At Thomas Jones Hardware store they took/razors, knives and some money. At Frank Barclatt’s jewelry store they took watch cases, movements and some money. John Williams lost | several pairs of shoes and money. > qasrase HIS YOURSE RECIPE FOR SIMPLE HOME-MADE KIDNEY CURE. Inexpensive Mixture of Harmless Veg- etable Ingredients Said to Over- come Kidney and Bladder Trouble Promptly. Here is a simple home-made mix- ture as given by an eminent authority on Kidney diseases, who makes the ‘statement in a New York daily news- paper, that it will relieve almost any ease of Kidney trouble if taken be- fore the stage of Bright’s disease. He states that such symptoms as lame back, pain’ in the side, frequent desire to urinate, especially at night; painful and discolored urination, are readily overcome. Here is the recipe; try it: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. A well-known physician is authority that these ingredients are all harmless and easily mixed at home by shaking well in a bottle. This mixture has a peculiar healing and soothing effect upon the entire Kidney and Urinary structure, and often overcomes the worst forms of Rheumatism in just a little while. This mixture is said to remove all blood disorders and cure the Rheumatism by forcing the Kid- neys to filter and strain from the blood and system all uric acid and foul, de- composed waste matter, which cause the afflictions. Try it if you aren't well. Save the prescription. The Dear Child. Teacher—A proverb says, “All is not gold that glitters.” Give an ex- ample, Fitz—Please, sir, your nose! HIGHER CREAM PRICES. Write us to-day for particulars and tags. MILTON DAIRY CO., St. Paul. Minn. There is some definite creed to ev- ery character, but not the same creed for all characters. WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM. Cash every day. Write for prices and tags. MILLER & HOLMES. St. Paul, Minn. Giving Him a Pointer. “Once upon a time, when I was sell- ing lightning rods,” began the man whom we all sized up as a returned missionary from China, “I came across a-farmer who had quit the plow for a shady fence corner and was thoroughly out with agriculture. He didn’t want anything in my line ex- cept advice. ae “ ‘Stranger,’ says he, ‘hard work and me don’t agree. I want to strike something easy. I’m thinking of let- ting it be known that I have struck natural gas on the farm and selling out for a big price.’ “‘But have you?’ I asked. “‘No, but I could fool ’em.’ “I told him that he couldn’t work no such racket—that he would have to show the gas before anyone would buy, and he then said: “Wouldn’t it be coal?’ “I might pretend I had an mine in that hill’ “You'd have to show the ore.’ “He suggested two or three other impossible schemes on which I had to throw cold water, and finally, in des- peration, he said: ‘ “ ‘Stranger, if you’ve got any brains in your head give me a pinter on how to git along without work.’ “‘Have you any daughters?’ “Four of ’em b’gosh!’ “Has each one got a beau?’ “‘Two or three apiece.’ “Then let them bring suits for breach of promise and the money will come rolling in faster than you can count it. It’s a sure thing with a jury, and any lawyer will take the case on shares. That’s why I am in the light- ning rod business—because I have no daughters.’ “‘Shake!’ says the man, holding out his paw. ‘You are smarter’n chain lightning, and I’m a fool. That’s the way—of course it is, and if you come back this way this week you’ll hear that my gals have got four breach of promise suits on hand and are lookin’ for more!’” the same with iron OLD SOAKERS Get Saturated with Caffeine. When a person has used coffee fora humber of years and gradually de- clined in health, it is time the coffee should be left off in order to see whether or not it has been the cause of the trouble. A lady in Huntsville, Ala., says she used coffee for about 40 years, and for the past 20 years has had_ severe stomach trouble. “I have been treat- ed by many physicians but all in vain. Everything failed to give relief. Was prostrated for some time, and came near dying. When I:recovered suffi- ciently to partake of food and drink I tried coffee again and it soured on my stomach. “I finally concluded that ¢offee was the cause of my trouble and stopped using it. I tried tea in its place and then milk, but neither agreed with me; then I commenced using Postum had it properly made and it was very pleasing to the taste. “I have now used it four months, and my health is so greatly improved that I can eat almost anything I want and can sleep well, whereas, before, I suffered for years with insomnia. “I have found the cause of my trou- bles and a way to get rid of them. They visited two saloons and made = it, I iat ‘ “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs, tn