Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 24, 1908, Page 7

SWINDLE 1S PRIMARIES ARE NOT DECISIVE BIG ! BROUGHT TO LIGHT Minnesota Bankers Are Alleged . to Have Been Fleeced Out +. . of $1,000,000. SECRET SERVICE ON THE CASt St. Paul, June 20, — More than $1,000,000 of Minnesota money is be- lieved to be involved in the outcome of proceedings in Chicago against the Central Life Securities company, for which Judge Kohlisaat of: the United States circuit court yesterday appoint- ed a receiver. So far as the investi- gations of the secret service officers have proceeded, it has appeared that most of the investors in the company are in Minnesota, and nearly every city of any size in the state is repre- sented in the list. ¢ It is said that among these invest- ors are cashiers and officers of nearly half of the banks in the state outside the Twin Cities, and several members of the legislature and men otherwise prominent. Secret Service Men. Secret service men of the United States department of justice in Chi- cago have been at work for two months investigating the business of the Central Life Securities company, and it was upon their showing that Judge Kohlsaat yesterday appointed a receiver and issued a temporary in- junction to restrain the officers of the company from disposing of any of its assets. The bill which was filed in the fed. eral circuit court at Chicago on behalf of a number of the Chicago stockhold- ers of the Central Life Securities com- pany charges fraud in the manage ment of the company. Operations Were Enormous. According to the information re ceived by the secret service men the company’s operations in Minnesota were of an enormous extent. It was found that the company sold stock, representing itself to, be a holding company, holding stock for two or three other paying concerns. A dividend on this stock was guar. anteed by the company. Some time ago the company declared a 6 or 7 per cent dividend on all stock then out. The dividend was duly paid. Stock Sold Quickly. Agents of the company then went, it is charged, to the so-called st~*k- holders in Minnesota and secured let- ters from them indorsing the policy of ‘the company. These letters, with the news of the large dividend already paid, created a large demand for more Stock, and the company is said to have disposed of large blocks of it in this state and elsewhere. Now it is claimed the company never had any intention of paying fur- ‘ther dividends and that the entire scheme was a gigantic system of pecu- lations by which the people who had subscribed for stock could be fleeced. HORSE THIEF IS SHOT. “Rustler” Falls, but Companions Pick Him Up and Carry Him Away. Fessenden, N. D., June 20. — Last night horse thieves were overtaken in the act in the barn of Alex Maxner, ‘a farmer living twelve miles north of ‘here. Mr. Maxner armed himself, and with his two sons gave the thieves a ichase. Shots were exchanged and one ‘of the thieves went down, either dead ‘or, wounded, but his two companions ‘seized him, threw him over one of their horses and all made their es. reape. The sheriff’s office was notified and a strong pursuit is being made, The thieves abandoned the Maxne1 horses in their flight. NO CURE; SHOOTS DOCTOR. Hungarian Laborer Wounds Dr. Stirn of Cudahy, Wis. Milwaukee, June 20. — Dr. Frank Stirn of Cudahy, a suburb of Milwau- kee, was shot and probably mortally wounded by a Hungarian laborer named Anthony Kriz. Kriz was ar rested. It is said that Kriz was a pa tient of Dr. Stirn and that he fired the shots because the physician had failed to cure him of an ailment with which he suffered. Ball Player’s Cheek Broken. Mondovi, Wis., June 20. — While playing ball Sunday Franz Rhoschied, who lives several miles north of the city,.was seriously injured by being run into by a fellow-player. The men’s heads came_ together - and Franz’s cheek bone was crushed in just below the eye. Runaway May Prove Fatal. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 20. — A message from Dent, this county, yes- terday states that M. Forsythe of that place was thrown from his wagon in a runaway, the fall fracturing his skull. He was still unconscious at Jast reports and his recovery was doubtful. Fatally Shot and Robbed. Billings, Mont., June 20.—Wole Wo- kovich, an Austrian laborer, was held up and robbed and shot by &n un- known man. He cannot. recover. Difficult to. Ascertain How Counties Will Stack Up on Govera- orship. - ; BPs » St. Paul, June 22.—From the re- ports received.of the results of the primaries held Saturday night it is difficult to ascertain just how all of the counties reporting will show up at the county conventions, but on the face of the returns J. F. Jacobson seems to have the best of it so far, although E. T. Young says he is satis- fied with the situation. Most of the caucuses will be held tonight, but if the number of the uninstructed dele- gations to the county conventions con- tinues in the same proportion as those reporting yesterday the actual results will not be known until the county conventions are held next Thursday. Out of the sixteen counties in which caucuses were held Saturday six are reported to have either in- structed their delegates for Jacobson or selected those favorable to him. Attorney General E. T. Young and Joel P. Heatwole each seem to have one county, with a probability of each getting one more out of thir lot. In addition there are six crunties in which the preference of the delegates is not indicated. Ramsey county selected delegates in Jacobson’s favor who at the county convention on Thursday will select sixty-eight delegates to the state con- vention who will be for the man from Lac qui Parle. rE DEATH ENDS FEUD, South Dakota Men Meet in Road and Shooting Results. Sturgis, S. D., June 22.—E. H. Bald- win and Edward Graham, both of Camp Creek, had a shooting scrape on the bench north of Spring creek yes- terday morning, which resulted in Baldwin being killed. Graham is not expected to live. Graham, being shot twice, went to a farmer’s house, giving himself up. . Graham claims Baldwin came at him and fired the first shot. The men had been at outs for some time. They met in the road, Baldwin coming to town, while Graham was en route home. KILLED BY WIFE’S WOOER. Man Shot in Trying to Seize His Own Child. Newton, Iowa, June 22.—While try- ing to kidnap his little five-year-old girl from his wife, from whom he was separated, Frank Parker of Denver, Colo., but formerly of Grinnell, was shot and killed near Kellogg, Iowa, by George Young, a former business partner and the man who came be- tween Parker and his wife. Parker’s wounds were not immedi- ately fgtal, but he died several hours after te shooting. GUILTY OF DEATHS OF FIVE. Ole Nordah! Is Convicted at Lewis- town, Mont. Helena, Mont., June 22.—At Lewis- town a jury returned a verdict find- ing Ole Nordahl guilty of first degree murder, and the court announced that sentence would be imposed Thursday. Nordahl was charged with burning the house of a widow, caus- ing the deaths of herself and four children. Fire From Spark. Billings, Mont., June 22.—Fire broke out in the Billings Milling company’s plant in this city and was extinguish- ed after a short time by the depart- ment. The blaze was started by a spark from a passing train. The loss from water and fire amounted to sev- eral hundred dollars. Burglar Falls Through Window. Eau Claire, Wis., June 22.—During a heavy downpour of rain burglars tried to break into and rob Albert Schwahn’s meat market, but when one fell through the window which they were trying to raise they fled in fright. Feet Crushed by Engine. Stillwater, Minn., June 22.—David Roberts of St. Paul, stealing a ride on a Northern Pacific freight train, fell off and had his feet crushed at Forest Lake. Fire Sweeps Village. Kalamazoo, Mich., June 22. — Fire destroyed several business houses and dwellings in the village of Fulton, twenty miles southeast of here, caus- ing a loss of $50,000. Boy Drowned. Menominee, Mich., June 22.—Fred Suhr, aged sixteen years, was drown- ed in the Menominee river while swimming with a number of compan- ions. Town Swept by Fire. Toronto, Ont., June 22.—The town of Park Falls was almost competely wiped out by fire yesterday, involving a loss of $100,000. Three Killed in Mine. Winnipeg, Man., June 22. — By an explosion at the Coak Creek mine at Fernie Saturday night three miners were killed. STORM CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE Portions of Southern Minnesota Swept by Windstorm—Two Persons Injured. DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED Winona, Minn., June 21.—A severe wind storm, almost approaching the proportions of a cyclone, was experi- enced east of here last night. In the town of Wilson several dwellings and a number of outbuildings were blown down and several orchards leveled to the ground. Over in Wisconsin, near, Galesville, the storm was almost as bad and several barns and outbuild- ings were demolished. So far as learned there was no loss of life, al- though the property loss is consider- able, Olmsted County Suffers. Reports from different sections of Olmsted county show that the storm was very disastrous in some places, the greatest havoc being wrought by the wind. A large number of barns were completely wrecked, and the to- tal loss in the county will be large. In one place all the buildings were laid in ruins with the exception of the dwelling, and at the old Jordan nur- sery over 100 apple trees were torn out of the ground. Two Injured at Adams. A cyclone passed through Adams last night, doing considerable damage to property and injuring two people. J. F. Majerus was closing his barn door when the barn was lifted and carried over his head, a flying piece of lumber, injuring him severely. Peter Heimer was badly cut by fly- ing glass as he ran for shelter, and J. Krensbach’s general store had the front ang rear windows blown out and the stock was badly scattered and damaged. J. H. Carey’s and A. Torferson’s brick buildings had roofs damaged, and a few other buildings, mainly barns and sheds, were destroyed or overturned, Disaster Narrowly Averted. A very serious disaster was narrow- ly averted at Sabel’s hall, where the parochial school was holding closing exercises, it being a frame building and packed almost to suffocation with children and their parents. When the blow came some one cried’ cyclone, and the crowd started for the exits, which could not possibly have emptied the place in less than twénty minutes and probably would have resulted in the killing or maiming of scores of children had it not been forthe cool- ness and presence of mind of those in charge, who called on the children to be seated, and the band struck up a tune to drown the noise outside. EDITORS WILL HAVE GOOD TIME. St. Paul Commercial Club Plans for Entertaining National Convention. St. Paul, June 21.—Plans for enter- jtaining the convention of the National {Editorial association, which opens in jSt. Paul Aug. 17, for a whole week, ;are now definitely decided upon, and jthe city is ready for the editors any time they get hére. The program is jalready arranged and omy the minor {details of the week are left to be oe out. Ss Be Lightning Destroys Big Barn. Red Wing, Minn., June 21.—Light- ning burned Nick Arndt’s large barn, jabout six miles southeast of Goodhue. In that locality the lightning came to ‘the ground in many places, but this i8 the only real damage done so far ag reported. Big Fire at Oconto. Oconto, Wis., June 21—One of th fiercest fires that has visited Ocontc in years broke out in the Pendleton & Gilkey ceder yard yesterday. About half a million poles, besides a large number of cedar shingles and posts have been destroyed. Calls for Warrants. Pierre, 8. D., June 21. — The state treasurer has called $126,000 of out- standing general fund warrants for June 26. This call leaves yet”, out- standing less than $100,000 6f war- rants. \ ad Suspect Released From Custody. Sturgis, S. D., June 20. — Sheriff Stewart last night released George Young, the suspected Kansas City mail pouch thief. Young was not the man wanted. Robbers Make Big Haul. Minneapolis, June 20. — Diamonds and rubies valued at $2,000 were stolen from the apartments of Miss R. S. Baum yesterday in broad day- light. The burglars smashed open a trunk containing the gems. Elks’ State Convention. - Bemidji Minn., June 20.—The first day of the state convention of Minne- sota Elks began under a leaden sky, with occasional showers. Everybody is pleased with the arrangements of the local committee. * 1 FAIRCLOUGH HEADS TEACHERS. St. Paul Man Chosen by Music Teach- ers’ Association. G. H. Fairclough of St. Paul will head the Minnesota State Music Teachers’ association next year. The other officers electea at the St. Peter meeing were: William H. Pontius, Minneapolis, first vice president; J. A. Krieger, St. Paul, secretary and treas- urer; Miss Caroline V. Smith, Wino- na, chairman of public school music section; H. S. Woodruff, Minneapolis; G. A. Thornton, St. Paul, and Miss Jo- sephine ‘Swenson, St. Peter, members of the program committee. The executive committee was vest- ed with power to select the place for holding the next convention. It is the unanimous opinion of the delegates that one of the most inter- esting and talented men who ever ap- peared before the association is Er- nest R. Kroeger, composer, pianist and teacher, of St. Louis. Unassumiyg and unaffected, Mr. Kfoeger made a strongly favorable impression upon the delegates at his pianoforte round- table—an impression that was deepen- ed by his scholarly lecture-recital given before a large audience. Mr. Kroeger’s round-table was in- formal, the composer simply stating his thoughtful views on the subject of piano teaching, answering questions and stimulating a lively discussion on various points. The following papers were read at Mr. Thornton’s round-table: “Church Service Playing,” by Hal C. Woodruff, Minneapolis, read by the author. “Requirements of an Organist,” by Horace W. Regner, Duluth, read by Gustavus Johnson, Minneapolis. “The Organist and His Relation to Church Music,” by Rev. Dr. John Hopkins, Chicago, read by J. Victor Bergquist, Minneapolis, “Organ Accompaniment,” by J. Christopher Marks, New York, read by G. H. Fairclough of St. Paul. KEEP SALOONS UNDER LID. Fergus Falls Council Is Almost in the “Dry” Column. Fergus Falls is not in the» prohibi- tion column, but it is keeping close to the “dry” line. ‘Three of the eight aldermen votes against the granting of all liquor licenses and a fourth votes no whenever the applicant’s standing as a law-abiding saloon man has been questioned. A vigorous contest took place when the application of Wilson & Kimball was taken up for renewal. The chief of police recently had charged that this saloon had been kept open on Sundays, but the proprietors claimed that they had opened up only for the purpose of scrubbing out. They were not convicted, but a determined ef- fort was made to prevent the renewal of their license. The council stood 4 to 4, but the mayor voted in favor of granting. A similar case came up a short time ago, and resulted in a re- fusal to grant the application. Public opinion on the license ques- tion is divided almost as evenly as the sentiment of the council, and the re- sult is that there is little lawnessness here, drunkenness, especially, being almost unknown on the streets, TRAIN CREW NOT BLAMED. Killing of Aged Mrs, Johnson Is Found to Be Unavoidable Accident. The freight crew in charge of the Northern Pacific train that struck and killed Mrs. Thomas Johnson at Fertile last Friday evening were examined at Crookston by Coroner Chesterman. It appears that the woman was struck while she was about forty feet north of a crossing, between her home and her barns. The body fell on the crossing. The matter was found to be purely an accident. The freight crew whistled, rang the bell and threw on the air. brakes, but were unable to stop the train in time to avoid the ac- cident. The men carried the body to the woman’s home. She was eighty- five years old dnd had homesteaded the land on which she lived in 1879. TO HAVE THREE GALA DAYS. Bertha Will Celebrate July 2, 3 and 4 and Will Invite Farmers. Bertha has arranged for a big three- day celebration on July 2, 3 and 4, On July 2 the farmers and patrons of of the local creamery will have a creamery picnic together with a dairy men’s institute, at which experts will be present to instruct farmers how to get most out of their cream and cow products. These instructions and lec- tures will be free to all. July 3 will be taken up with a sport and baseball tournament, in which the best base- ball teams of this part of the state will take part. The Fourth will be celebrated by more sports and races and the championship baseball game between the winners of the games of the preceding day. 2 August Hanson, fifty-one years old, a carpenter formerly employed at the Soo railroad shops, committed suicide in Minneapolis by drinking carbolic acid. Financial matters is thought to be the cause that made him commit suicide. President C. O. Drayton of Green- ville, Ill, of the Illinois State union of the American Society of Equity, ad- dressed a large gathering of farmers at Crookston. He urges the farmers to hold their wheat for higher prices and to organize that they may do so. %, \ TRACTION ENGINEERING. School of Agriculture Offers Summer Course. The book of the summer session of the school.of traction engineering at Hamline, D, D. Mayne, principal, is being sent out. The school will open June 30 and close July 24. A session will be held each week. Saturday aft- ernoon will be devoted to visiting in- teresting places in the Twin Cities and vicinity. Nearly two hundred students, representing eighteen differ- ent states, attended the first school in June, 1906. : The school has been suc- cessful each year. The building and equipment of the school of agriculture, University of Minnesota, midway between Minne- apolis and St. Paul, will be used by the students. One advantage of the situation is that the Twin Cities are the most important distributing points for traction engines for the Northwest, and here every important engine and thresher company has a depot for supplies and a force of men to introduce its goods. The purpose of the school is to turn out trained traction engineers, the once frequent boiler explosions and | wrecking of traction engines being the basic cause for the school experi- ment. Among the instructors will be Prof. William Boss of the school of agriculture, Prof. P. S. Rose of the North Dakota agricultural college, Prof. J. M. Drew of the blacksmithing department of the Minnesota school and T. A. Edmunds, state boiler in- spector. Theory and practice will be carried forward together. i The study is expected to apply to stationary engines, gasoline engines and will include blacksmithing. The tuition fee for the entire course is $15, whch includes the necessary text books. ROBBERS’ “PLANT” NOT FOUND. Officials Hope Scandia Burglary Sus- pect Will Confess. Sheriff Fossberg and County Attor- ney Brown of Marshall county have ! not given up their search for the “plant” of the robbers of the Scandia State Bank of Stephen, though they were not able to find the plant near Greenbush or Deer postoffice, where they learned that clues existed as to its location. The officials will now rest until the case against Zalinski comes up for trial. They would not be sur- prised, they state, if he made a con- fession. They hope the route he pur- sued while fleeing from Stephen that fateful morning: will be revealed, thus indicating the probable location of the “plant.” It is understood that Zalin- ski has promised one of the helpers about the jail $200 for kindness ten- dered him by the helper. SUE STATE FOR FLOOD. Nicollet and Renville Farmers Want Taxes Abated. Twenty farmers living in the Min- nesota river valley in Renville and Nicollet counties have sought legal advice at Fairfax for the purpose of securing relief from the county and state for the overflowing of their lands by the waters of the swollen stream. An attempt will be made before the town, county and state boards to have the assessment on the land rebated. For the past four years the resi- dents along the river have suffered heavy losses. Some have as much as 200 acres under water, while some have only fifty. WILL TEST LANDS FOR ORE. Steel Corporation Will Acquire Leases Near Cedar Island Lake. Interests closely allied with the Steel corporation have taken options for leases on 500 acres of land on the south side of Cedar Island lake, Me- saba range. This is a part of the land there that for sixteen years has been in litigation between settlers and Mur- phy, Dorr & Flinn of Michigan. The land now under option and which will be drilled at once embraces the Tren- holm, Douglas, Foley and Burns claims. This part of the original 1,200 acres in litigation has recently been patented. . Church Corner-stone. Laid. With impressive and appropriate ceremonies the corner-stone for the new Norwegian Lutheran church at Wilmington was laid recently. Rev. S. S. Reque, who was the pastor of the congregation since 1871 until five years ago, conducted the services. He was assisted by Rev. H. J. Wein, the present pastor, and Rev. K, Seehus of Locust, Iowa. The church will be a brick structure and estimated to cost $16,000. The new church is built two miles from the old church, which was erected in 1868. A cornet band num- bering thirty pieces and composed of farmer boys, members of the congre- gation, aided materially to make the occasion interesting. Pea SoS ESE aE ADDITION TO HOSPITAL. ‘A $20,000 addition to Immanuel hos- pital in Mankato is planned by the State News of the Week Briefly Told ENS Weslin R. Applin of Glencoe was struck by a freight train about seven miles east of Benson and instantly killed. Nicholas Siebenaler, a farmer re- siding about eight miles south of St. Charles, expired suddenly of heart failure, A freight wreck occurred a short distance above Hastings, fifteen cars loaded with merchandise going into a ditch. The wreck was due to a broken journal, Burglars broke into the Northern Pacific station at Deer Creek, Otter Tail county. Several express pack- ages were broken open and the cash drawer was rifled. The exact amount taken is not known. Henry, the young son of Frederick Busso of South Stillwater, was danger- ously injured by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. His right hand was shattered so that three fingers had to be amputated. , Charles A. Lindberg of Little Falls, congressman from the Sixth congres- sional district, filed with the secre- tary of state for the Republican nom- ination. Mr. Lindberg is now serving his first term in congress. Unable to get work, Minnie Peter- son, a domestic, is believed to have thrown herself from one of the bridges which span the Mississippi at Minne- apolis. The body was found in the river near the Ramsey county line. Edward Dundon, an employe of the Northern Pacific on the construction work at Glyndon, fell into the jaws of a cogwheel which furnishes power for the cable of the unloading plow and his left arm was caught at the shoulder, two large pieces of flesh be- ing torn from the bone in his arm. While Lucian Robbins of Prairie View township was driving into ‘Barnesville with his daughter, and while crossing a coulee the team be- came frightened by the rattling of a can and ran away, throwing the girl into the coulee, breaking her collar bone and causing several other injur- ies. Mr. Robbins had his shoulder badly bruised. While arresting two Indians east of International Falls, G..W. Loman, Koochiching county game warden, was shot in the hand during the mix-up af- ter he had drawn his revolver to en- force his orders for the Indians to go to town with him. Mr. Loman said that the two Indians had venison in their possession and had been offering it for sale in town. A drive of 3,000,000 feet of logs has arrived at the inlet of Lake Irving, where the Mississippi river flows into the lake near Bemidji, being in charge of L. Amadon, who cut and banked the logs last winter, near the Itasca State Park. This drive of logs was brought from Lake Itasca in exactly thirty days, which is a record-breaking feat in driving logs down the Mississippi river, The eight-year-old son of B. Sanders of the town of Aurdal was seriously injured by being struck by a baseball bat in the hands of a neighbor. A number of young men were playing ball, and the boy stepped up beside the batter just as he swung the bat. The bat struck him on the forehead above the left eye and stripped off a considerable section of scalp. It is thought he will recover. The general land office has affirmed the decision of the Crookston United States land office to cancel the entry of Lizzie Allen in a contest suit brought by Thomas O’Connor on land in the vicinity of Beaudette, on the grounds of abandonment for a period of more than one year, that the wo- man never established a permanent residence and never made any perma- nent improvements. The steamer Wilpen of the Shenan- go Steamship company hit the crib work supporting the north end of the draw of the interstate bridge at Du- luth and moved a span three-eighths of an inch. The span was knocked into the channel by the steamer Troy two years ago, and the bridge has been out of commission ever since, but was approaching completion again when the last accident occurred. Clark Monette, a farmer residing four miles from Chatfield and an ex- pert in bee culture, was cremated in his home early one morning last week. His brother discovered that the house hhad burned and search of the ashes revealed only a few bones and a watch that was identified as the property of the missing man. No one saw the fire and there is no evidence that would in any way give a clue to the cause. William Reitmeier, sixty-eight years old, one of the oldest settlers of the Red river valley, died on his farm in the town of Lowell. He emigrated from Westphalia, Germany, when twenty-five years old. Ten children Lutheran Evangelical Hospital asso-|nq a widow survive. ciation, and steps have been taken to me teaetae 8 raise the funds, Rev. H. B. Messerli|: After having a few days before con- of Louisville, Minn., has been appoint-| sented to the consolidation of the ed financial agent to assist in raising |pank in which he was president with $10,000, which is needed before work! another concern so that he might re- begins. The addition will double the} tire after thirty-eight years’ active number of private rooms on three| service, Samuel A. Harris unexpected- floors and allow sixty-five patients to|}, died of pneumonia in Minneapolis. be cared for at one time. i z=