Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 8, 1908, Page 3

| es | -of the following items: -erepancies in NOR’ LAID 10 WARNER Public Examiner Reports on Ac- counts of Former State Oil Inspector. ‘SURETY COMPANY 1S UABLE Mr. Warner Denies That There Is Any Shortage in His Accounts—Gov- ernor Has Report. St. Paul, April 6. — Public Exam- iner Anton Schaefer Saturday filed with Goy. Johnson the report cover- ing the period of the incumbency of Fenton G. Warner as state oil in- spector, which he says shows a short- age of $12,010. The report covers what is known as the Minneapolis di- vision by the Standard Oil company, including Ramsey, Hennepin and twenty-nine other counties. The report is made by W. C. Heil- bron, one of the deputy examiners, and covers about thirty pages, includ- ing a mass of figures. The. report in- cludes a copy of a letter written to Mr. Schaefer by George W. Peterson, assistant attorney general, in which he states that the National Surety company, which was on Mr. Warner's bond for $5,000, is liable for that amount for any shortage discovered. The Items. The aggregate alleged shortage re- ported by the examiner is made up Difference be- tween the collections in the Minne- apolis division and the money turned in to the state treasurer, $5,826.43; shortage on account of “out ship- ments,” no affidavits showing them to have been such shipments having been found, $3,538.50; expenses ille- gally paid deputies, $2,092.75, and sal- ary illegally paid C. M. Crandall, Da- kota county, $552.32. These items make the total of $12,010. No Shortage, Says Warner. Mr. Warner was unwilling to make any extended comment on the dis- the oil department charged to him. “All I will s is,” said Mr. V I am concerned there age.” “[ have repeatedly said this, and T stick to it. Because an inspector says there is a shortage does not make it so.” y at the present time rner, “that as far as is no short- GUN STRIPS OFF FLESH. Weapon Hastily Picked Up by Hunter Is Accidentally Discharged. Watertown, S. D., April 6. — The first hunting accident of the spring occurred when Clarence Schoepp dis- charged a shotgun into his arm, strip- ping the fiesh from the bones be- tween the wrist and shoulder. The gun was loaded and lying in the bot- tom of the wagon, when in attempt- ing to snatch it up the young man seized it by the muzzle, with the above results. The arm will have to be amputated. MAYOR NABS 35 GAMBLERS. Leads Raids at t Hot Springs, When Police Chief Refuses. Hot Springs, Ark., April 6—Mayor M. H. Jodd, angered at the refusal of Police Chief Bentz to close gambling, raided a game at the Falstaff saloon with the assistance of two patrolmen and arrested thirty-five men. All but ten escaped on the way to the police station, the mayor refusing to allow the officers to fire. Ark., MERCHANT IN CONTEMPT. John Webb of Butte Sent to Jail for Five Days and Fined $5. Butte, Mont., April 6—John Webb, a business man of this city, must serve five days in the county jail and pay the county $5 as a penalty for contempt of court. Such was the finding of Judge George M. Bourquin. Webb was found guilty of jury tam- pering in the case against C. M. Boucher, another merchant. SEEDING ouTEOOK BRIGHT. ‘Western Canada Reports Show Work Will Start in Ten Days. Winnipeg, Man., April 6.—Reports of seeding prospects from all over Western Canada, recently received, indicate an outlook unasually bright. Spring work will start in ten days. Winter wheat in Alberta is well ad- vanced and is showing up green in several localiti Can't Hear; Hit by Train. St. Paul, April 6—Oscar Anderson was struck by a St, Paul train last night and painfully injured. His right hip was bruised and he was "rt about the ribs. Anderson says that his hearing is defective and that he did not hear the approach of the train. Elevator Burned. Marshalltown, Iowa, April 6.—Fire yesterday destroyed the Albion ele- vator and all of its contents, owned by S. J. Burroughs of this city. The loss is $2,500. $12,010 SHORTAGE |N0 NEW FicHT ON RATE LAW Railroad Attorneys Decide That Recent Decision Covers Only Penalty Feature of Law. St. Paul, April 4. — That the rail- roads will take no action at present toward restoring the 3-cent passenger fare in Minnesota is practically as- sured from the conclusion reached at a conference of the attorneys of the railroads having headquarters in St. Paul. While no announcement has been made of any direct decision on this question, it follows from the con- clusions of the attorneys that the re- cent decision of the United States su- preme court held invalid only the pen- alty feature of the Minnesota rate laws and does not cover the entira laws. The railroad lawyers as well as the states’ attorneys were not clear at first as to the scope of the decision, but both have now reached the same conclusion. There was a_ general agreement at the conference of the railway attorneys that while the pen- alty feature of the law has been de- clared unconstitutional, the question remains to be determined whether the rates themselves are just. i The situation regarding the 2-cenq fare, therefore, has not been ‘changed, by the decision, and so far as Minne} sota is concerned the railroads are in no better position to restore the old fare than \they were before the deciq sion. Whatever is done in othen states, nothing is likely to be done in ‘Minnesota at present. MARRIES GIRL HE RESCUED. Ole Enger of Superior Lives Up to Ideal of Romance. Chippewa Falls, Wis., April 4. — A romance which began two years ago at Boyd led yesterday to the marriage of Ole A. Enger of Superior and Miss Minnie Saas of Boyd. Enger first met Miss Saas when he saved her from drowning at Boyd, where he was supervising the con- struction of a bridge. Miss Saas was boating on the river below the bridge when her craft was overturned by be- ing struck by a falling timber. Enger Jeaped into the river and rescued her. After the incident they were intro- duced and the courtship began. “ROTTEN EGGED” Town Rivalry Leads to Extreme Measures in “Getting Even.” Kermit, S. D., April 4—Much bitter- ness prevails between Noonan and Kermit as a result of business rival- ry, and the recent arrest of C. H. Manhart on a charge of burning a building belonging to Noonan parties, who were moving it from Kermit to Noonan. J. M. Johnson, who was one of the witnesses in this case, was bombarded recently with rotten eggs by women of Kermit. BY WOMEN. FARMER AND TEAM KILLED. Error in Judgment Causes Frightful Accident Near Albany, Minn. Melrose, Minn., April 4.—A farmer named Wessler was struck by east- pound passenger Great Northern train No. 12 near Albany and thrown 300 feet and almost instantly killed. He had whipped up his horses to cross ahead of the train and was struck by the engine and was before he could clear the track. Both of his horses were killed. BANK MINUS $106,250. Grand Jury at Sait Lake Asked to In- vestigate Big Theft. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 4. — When it is impaneled, April 13, the United States grand jury will be ask- ed by the directors of the Utah Na- tional bank to investigate the theft of $106,250 in January from the reserve chest of that institution. This state- ment was made yesterday by W. S. McCormick, president of the bank. DUNNIGAN DECLARED MAD. Man Who Shot His Son and Maltreat- ed Family Will Go to Asylum. Black River Falls, Wis., April 4— Thomas Dunnigan, the Irving farmer charged with shooting his son and maltreating his family, was examined here relative to his sanity by Drs. Cole ‘and Krohn. He was adjudged insane and will be taken to the Men- dota asylum. The wounded boy prob- ably will recover. EES Smelter Starts Another Furnace. Helena, Mont., April 4—The Ameri- can Refining and Smelting company’s, plant at East Helena, which a few" months ago suspended nearly all oper- ations because of depression in the metal markets, yesterday reinstated sixty former employes anq_ started another furnace. Game Is Plentiful. Lake Crystal, Minn., April 4. — Ducks and geese are more numerous this spring than in many years. Hunt- ers are shooting muskrats on the open lakes and are making from $5! to $10 per day from the sale of furs. Des Moines Man Marries Nurse. Des Moines, April 4.—Sidney J. Dil- lon, secretary of the Des Moines plan headquarters in the recent municipal fight, was mar-ied in Montreal to Clara Treleven, who nursed him through a serious {fllness. having. it is charged, embezzled $400, KILLS AGED MAN FOR HIS MONEY Murderer Lives Two Weeks With Body of Victim Before Crime Is Discovered. MAKES COMPLETE CONFESSION Slayer, Captured by Police, Says He Killed Aged Rag Picker in Drunken Quarrel. St. Paul, April 6.—Living constant- ly, night and day, with the dead body of his aged companion, John Smolen- sky, whom he -murdered Saturday night, March 21, in a little shack on the upper flats, Fred Eschle, forty- seven years old, an ex-convict, kept the crime under cover until yesterday morning, when Smolensky’s body was discovered. He had been shot through the head and hidden in a small vege- table cellar beneath the kitchen. Eschle fled Saturday night, but was captured yesterday morning near Lil- lydale. Makes. Confession. He immediately admitted killing Smolensky, making a complete confes- sion and attributing drunkenness as the cause for the deed. The murder of Smolensky is in many ways the most remarkable of any murder in the police annals, and for cold-blooded preparation, inhuman indifference and almost insane audac- ity it has few equals. Robbery was undoubtedly the motive, although Eschle claims drink was responsible. Lived Over Body Two Weeks. Smolensky was a_ ragpicker and was seventy-three years old. Eschle lived in the shack over the body of the dead man for over two weeks, saying Smolensky had gone to Michi- gan. The old man’s absence was re- ported to the police Saturday and the house was searched in the afternoon, but no trace of Smolensky was found. Yesterday morning the police again visited the house, and, tearing up the oileleth, discovered the trap door and the body. Eschle had got wind of the matter and fled to the West side, where he was captured. Eschle says he knew Smolensky had money, but claims he found only $70, which he took, EXPLOSION AT THE “U.” Powder Magazine Lets Go, Causing Considerable Damage. Minneapolis, April 6.—Hundreds of persons were momentarily panic- stricken and hundreds of buildings in Southeast Minneapolis were violently shaken by the explosion of a gunpow- der magazine on the state university campus. No one was injured by the explo- sion, but the damage to window glass was heavy. The cause of the explo- sion is not yet known. The damage will amount to about $200. KILLED BY BROTHER. During Quarrel Eli Burr Stabs Brother and Escapes. Aberdeen, S. D., April 6. — Arthur Burr. was stabbed by his brother Eli in the abdomen during a quarrel over money, the former dying and Eli es- caping to Oaks, N. D., where he was captured this morning. The prisoner will be brought here as soon as requi- sition papers can be secured. The scene of the stabbing was the Burros farm, near Hector, this county. CAR HITS BUGGY. Horse Is Killed, but Four Young Men Escape Injury. , Waterloo, Iowa, April 6. — While Emil Bickley and three young com- panions were driving to a fire yester- day afternoon a street car collided with them, smashing the buggy to kindling and killing the blooded horse, valued at $200. The four boys were thrown against the car, all es- caping uninjured. VETERAN IS A SUICIDE. Jacob Church of Mason City Found Dead of Bullet Wound. Mason City, Iowa, April 6—With a bullet hole just back of his ear and with a rifle lying on his pillow the body of Jacob Church, an old soldier, was found in his bed. He had died of a shot believed to have been fired by his own hand. No cause can be as- signed for his act. Land Filings in March. Pierre. S. D., April 6—The filings .in the government land office in this city for March, while not up to the rush work of a year ago, showed 202, or over 32,600 acres, making about a township and a half. There were 108 cash entries and thirteen final home- stead proofs, passing, final title from the government to claimants of 19,000 acres, or nearly a township. Steals $400,000 of Public Money. Madrid, April 6.—One of the princi- pal tax collectors of the province of Almeria has fled from the country,’ €00 cf the public funds. SUIT TO TEST LICENSE LAW. Proccedings Started Against the City of Morris. The case of the state against the city of Morris to test the validity gf the law passed in 1907 for the estab- lishment “of a state hospital farm for inebriates has been commenced in the district court for Stevens county by Assistant Attorney General Peterson. The suit is brought for $60, being 2 per cent of the amount of license mon- ey collected by the city of Morris up to Jan. 1, 1908. The law provides that the munici- pality shall pay into’ the state treas- ury 2 per cent of the collections from the sale of liquor licenses, which mon- ey shall go to the establishment and maintenance of the inebriate hospital. A large number of payments on this account have already been made, the total receipts aggregating about $18,- 0000, but the action of Morris in re- fusing to make the payment has re- sulted in a cessation of the payments, probably due to the fact that the other cities are waiting to see how the Mor- ris sut comes out. The position taken by City Attorney J. B. Ormond of Morris is that the re- quirement that 2 per cent of the li- cense receipts be paid to the state is in effect a tax on public property and that the law is therefore unconstitu- tional. He insists that when the li- cense money is collected by a munici- pality it becomes a part of its funds for the payment of its expenses and that by requiring the payment of 2 per cent to the state the property of the municipality is taxed to that ex- tent. The state’s contention is that the li- cense money is collected by virtue of the provision of the state law and that the state has a right to prescribe the uses to which the money shall be put, even to requiring that it should all be paid to the state. MUCH WHEAT HOARDED. Business in Other Grains Shows Gen- eral Uplift of Market. While reliable intelligence comes from the northern and newer portions of the Red river valley that there is little wheat held back out of the mar- ket by the farmers, a gradual opening of the trade about Crookston and south, just begun, reveals much hoarded wheat. The outlying stations of Winger, Fertile, Erskine, Ada and Climax, well known local wheat and mixed grain centers, have been turn- ing larger bank balances than in any previous year at this season. The Winger bank has been paying out on checks drawn to pay for wheat an averagé of $300 a day for the last week, and they are showing an up- ward tendency. ‘As this opening up to the market by farmers is taking place in a lesser degree in other grains and product, this condition is judged by bankers and business men to be responsible for the general uplift and reaction in business which of late has been no- ticeable. Business has hardly been injured in the valley, notwithstanding the reported stringency in banking centers East and West. The mildness of the winter and the ease of trans- portation both on roads and railways has facilitated business both with lo- cal farmers and with outside visitors. HER LIFE SPANS CENTURY. Mrs. Lydia Vine Dies in Olmsted County at 104. Lydia Vine died at the home of her son, William Vine of Viola, at the age of 104 years 6 months and 13 days. She was born in New York state on Sept, 16, 1803. At the age of eighteen she was married to Henry H. Vine and settled in Minnesota’ in 1864. The union was blessed with ten children, five of whom are now living. Besides these there are thirteen grandchildren, twenty-five great- grandchildren and eight great-great- grandchildren. Mrs. Vine possessed a remarkable memory, and up to a short time, ago could recall the event of the War of 1812 with great clearness. Her health was nearly perfect up to the century mark, but gradually her faculties and strength declined. Banks Under State Supervision. Beginning April 1 no concern in Minnesota can #perate as a bank which is not under the supervision of the state bank officials. As a result several hundred private banks have reorganized as state banks within the last few days. Anton Schaefer, state superintendent of banks, licensed the Princeton State bank, with a capital of $20,000; the Citizens’ State Bank of Janesville, with a ‘capital of $11,- 500; the State Bank of Deerwood, the First State Bank of Shevlin, the Kel- logge State bank, the State Bank of Cold Springs and the First State Bank of Dent, each having a capital of $10,- 000. NOT SORRY HE MURDERED. Shakopee, Minn., April 2.—Reclin- ing at ease on the cot in his cell, Thomas Michael Nee, the boy who Monday pleaded guilty to murder’ in the second degree for having killed Constable Donald J: McCall at Prior Lake last Christmas day, yesterday declared that he felt no regret for his deed and that he was satisfied with the life sentence imposed on him. He seemed to be entirely without realiza- tion of the enorrmity of his offense. BANKS GET STATE NAME. Nine Take Out Licenses Before New Banking Act Goes Into Effect. Nine new state banks have been authorized by tHe public examiner under the new law which practically does away with private banking in- stitutions in Minnesota and which has just become effective. This law pro- hibits the use of the word “bank” in connection with the name of any firm or incorporation that is not author- ized under the state banking law. The new banks authorized are as follows: Citizens’ State’ wank, Janesville, capital $10,000; James J. Sullivan president, John M. Byron cashier. , State bank, Cold Springs; capital $10,090; Mary A. Maurin president, Peter P. Maurin cashier. First State bank, Ghent; capital, $10,000; Myron W. Harden president, Charles Foulon cashier. Private banks authorized to do busi- ness as state banks are as follows: Sprague bank, Deerwood; capital $10,000; H. J. Hage president, J. O. Hage cashier. First State bank, Shevlin; capital $10,000; A. Haiser president, T. EB. Rider cashier. Security State bank, Paynesville; capital $12,000; Anton Schmitt presi- dent, W. E. Schultz cashier. Princeton State bank; capital $20,- 000; J. E, Skahm president, J. J. Skahm cashier. Kellogg State bank; capital $10,- 000; Joseph Groff president, John Cos- tello cashier. TO AID GOPHER FARMERS. Prof. McDowell, New Federal Expert, Will Begin Work in Minnesota. Prof. J. C. McDowell, who recently resigned his position at the North Da- kota agricultural college as professor of agronomy to accept a position as agricultural specialist with the de- partment of agriculture at Washing- ton, will leave for his new field of work soon. After a brief visit to Washington for instructions he will return to the West and will spend the greater part of the summer in Southern Minnesota and in South Dakota, studying farm- ing methods, economics, soil cultiva- tions and the problems of buying and marketing. It is proposed by the de- partment to get first hand information as to the actual cost of farm living and production, for, as is well known, the census reports are at best only approximately correct. Prof. McDowell will be engaged also in working out plans of rotation of crops and in suggesting practical, methods by which the farmers of the Northwest can increase their net in- come. CONDITION OF FUNDS. State Has Balance of $2,390,311.01 at Close of Business. State Treasurer Dinehart’s report of the condition of the various funds in the state treasury at the close of business March 31 shows a balance of $2,390,311.01 in all of the funds, which is about $50,000 less than the total balances on March 31, 1907. The funds stand as follows: Revenue, $1,706,935.03; soldiers’ re- lief, $27,329.11; funding tax, $57, 820.40; state road and bridge, $54,- 061.04; permanent school, $113,980.71; general school, $69,996.30; permanent university, $42,052.25; general univer- sity, $81,767.05; internal improve: ment, $32,165.73; internal improve- ment land, $2,700.43; internal im- provement land fund interest, $4- 414.19; university campus, $100,- 207.89; swamp land, $8,188.81; swamp land fund interest, $10,208.95; hay in- spection, $4,942.16; grain inspection, $73,540.96; total, $2,390,311.01. MAY BAR SCHOOL MA’AMS. Only Male Teachers May Be Employ- ed, to Stop Cupid’s Activities. In executive session the educational board of the city of Crookston con- templated the ravages that Dan Cu- pid has made-on the faculty ranks. during the last year, notwithstanding the energetic warfare of Supt. McIn- tyre of the city schools. Judge Mon- tague of the board in a rousing speech stood up stalwartly for the good in- tentions of the retiring members of the faculty. Notwithstanding the vic- tory of Cupid, Supt. McIntyre al- ready has at hand a large number of outside teachers who are clamoring for positions in the city schools of ‘Crookston. Members of the cityt board, however, are considering the advisability of employing none but male teachers, AY JOIN THE MILITIA. Orders were issued from the adju- tant general’s office providing for the muster of a new national guard com- ‘pany at Eveleth. The new organiza- tion will start with forty-eight men ‘and will be known as Company F, Third infantry. Lieut. Col. F. E. Resche of Duluth will be the muster- ing officer. Tuesday. Washington, April 1. — After hav- ing undergone many changes the par- agraph of the agricultural appropria- tion bill relating to the bureau of for- estry was finally passed by the house of representatives. Messrs. Mondell of Wyoming and Smith of California continued their attacks on the bureau and in this they were supported by Messrs. Bonynge of Colorado and Cushman of Washington. These em- braced charges that the bureau had created timber monopolies in favor of large corporations, illegally as- sumed jurisdiction over water rights belonging to the Western states and juggled with figures in order to ob- tain large appropriations from con- gress. : Nearly the entire session of the senate yesterday was consumed in consideration of a bill to permit the building of a dam on the Snake river, Washington. Wednesday. Washington, April 2. — Debate of the agricultural appropriation bill in the house yesterday was devoid of the charges and imputations which marked its consideration on Monday and Tuesday. More progress was made with the measure than on any previous day, and the indications are that it will finally get through to-day. The passage of a bill authorizing the construction of a dam across the Snake river in the state of Washing- ton, and the consideration of a meas- ure for adjudicating the claims of states against the government on ac- count of the disposition of the pro- ceeds of public lands occupied nearly the entire session of the senate yes- terday. Thursday. “he Washington, April 3. — Carrying a total of $11,508,805, the agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the house of representatives late yester day. It had been under discussion for nine days and from the time its con-+ sideration began until the very end its provisions were attacked at every turn, with the result that it under went many changes. During the debate yesterday a briet flurry was created by Mr. Harrison of New York, a Democrats, characteris: in gas socialistic the bill of Minority Leader Williams providing for the utilization of the treasury surplus im the construction and improvement of roads in the several states. Vigorous Filibuster. With the agricultural bill out of the way the Democrats and Republic- ans locked horns with each other on all subsequent business, with the re} sult that one of the most viborous) filibusters ever conducted in the house was entered upon. Majority Leader Payne threw down the gaunt» let to the Democrats and notified them that the Republicans did not) propose to accept dictation as to what the program of legislation should be. Minority Leader Williams accepted the challenge, whereupon the Demov crats resorted to every obstructive tactic known to parliamentary law on every proposition that came up for consideration. It was 10:09 p. m. be+ fore the house adjourned. In the Senate. The legislative session of the sen- ate was largely consumed by discus sion, without passage, of a bill to re- organize the public school system in the District of Columbia. Washington, April 4. — when the house of representatives adjourned late yesterday the breach between the majority and minority parties was, if anything, wider than ever. The Democrats continf@ed their dilatory tactics throughout the day, notwith- standing the committee on rules brought in a rule appplying the gag law to general debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, which was in order for consideration. The rule was adopted amid great disorder, and only after the Democrats had ex- hausted every parliamentary move which they could make to obstruct its final disposition. In presenting the rule, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania re- peated the threat of Leader Payne that henceforth, the remainder of the session, the Democrats would find themselves out in the cold. Minority Leader Williams, full of defiance, an- nounced that he was not to be intimi- dated. He told the Republicans again what they could expect from his side of the house and exhorted his Demo- cratic colleagues to stand together and Apply all the power of which the minority was poweessed in order to force the Republicans to action. The two hours allowed by the rule for general debate on the District bill having been consumed, the house at 6:42 adjourned, but only after the Democrats forced a roll call. Bay Rum Kills Two Men. Detroit, Mich., April 5—A dispatch from Decatur, a “local option” town, says Edwin Carney, Jr. thirty-two years old, and James Mahoney, thirty- eight years old, are dead from drink- ing bay rum. Woman Probably Fatally Burned. St. Paul, April 5—Mrs. August H. He will be assisted by | Weiss, fifty years of age, was fright- Capt. E. M. Van Duzee, Jr., of St.'fully burned about the body yesterday Paul, Third. regimental adjutant of the afternoon while attempting to extin- guish a grass fire that threatened her haystacks. +