Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1908, Page 3

WIL TARE OVER MAPLE LEAF ROAD Canadian Pacific Said to Have Secured Option on the Great Western. TRANSFER MAY BE. DELAYED St. Paul, Sept. 22—That the Chica- so Great Western Railroad company, together with all its terminal facili- ties, rolling stock and motive power equipment, will soon become the sote property of and a subsidiary line to the vast system of the Canadian Pa- cific Railroad company was the report circulating in local railroad headquar- ters Saturday. i The fact that gives this report mcre weight than an ordinary rumor is the statement made by one of the officials to the effect that during the visit of President T. G. Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific in St. Paul on Thursday of last week an unlimited option on the Chicago Great Western was obtained by President Shaugh- nessy and Horace G. Burt from tae receivers of the Chicago Great West- ern road, Further, it is stated, that owing to the labor troubles which the Canadian system is having it was im- possible for that system to take over the Chicago Great Western at the present time, and for that reason the option was obtained from the receiv: ers. A Strategic Move. Such a step by the Canadian road will mean one of the greatest merger moves of modern railroading. {t will be the means of giving the great wheat fields which are being develop- ed in the Canadian Northwest an out- Jet in the states which will be second to none. It will place the Canadian Pacific entirely in a class by itself. it will be fully equipped with terminal facilities in three of the largest cities in the Middle West and place it in a position so that the- entire contem- plated system may be operated with- out regard to the “parallel competi- tive line” objection, which caused the dissolution of the Norhern Securiies company. All Will Be Changed. The Canadian Pacific for several years has had traffic relations with roads running out of Canada. In fact the Soo line, which has always been known as an offshoot of the Canadi- an Pacific, has been able to give that transcontinental line an outlet into the states as far as St. Paul and thence east across the State of Wis- consin to Sault Ste. Marie. But now all will be changed. For once in the history of the English line American competition will be met and the laws and interstate commerce rules and regulations of the United States will have to be obeyed. FELLS MAN WITH BIG STAKE. Deck Hands Fight at Duluth—Victira May Succumb to Wounds. Duluth, Sept. 22.—Joseph Peacock, a deck hand on the steamer Willian A. Paine, yesterday struck down Wil- liam Murray, a fireman on the hoat, with a stake and the injured man may die. Murray’s skull is fractured and phy- sicians are trepanning with the hope of saving his life. Peacock and Mur- ray were ashore together Saturday night and quarreled and fought cn their way to the boat. Peacock got the worst of the batile, and yesterday felled Murray with a stake on board the boat. He is un- der arrest, charged with murder in the first degree, Murray is from Pitts. burg. LUMBER PLANT TOTAL LOSS. North Fork Lumber Company at Prentice, Wis., Visited by Fire. Prentice, Wis., Sept. 22. — Fire which destroyed the entire plant of the North Fork Lumber company at North Fork caused a_ loss of about $100,000, one-half cf which is covered by insurance. For a time the village of North Fork was threatened. WIFE DESERTER CAPTURED. Mason City Man, However, Declares He Will Not Live With Family. Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 22. — Be- cause he deserted his wife J. D. Hat- tery was arrested at Denison on in- formation from here. He left his wife and three children. He was brought back, but says he will not live with his family. FINED FOR CARELESSNESS. Man Who Started Forest Fire Is Soaked. St. Paul, Sept. 22—Gen. C. C. An- drews, state forestry commissioner, yesterday received word from C. J. Dodge, county attorney of Carlton county, of the conviction of Jack Tis- cart at Carlton on a charge of negli- gence in setting a forest fire that en- dangered the village of Wrenshall. Tiscart was sentenced to pay a fine of $50. In default of payment he was ccemmitted to the county jail. 800 TO TAKE GREAT WESTERN? PULPWOODFOR YEARS 10 COME CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS Report Has H. G. Burt Recommending Sale of Road. St. Paul, Sept. 20, — A report was current in high railroad circles that H. G. Burt, in his report to the English stockholders of the Great Western system, has recommended that the system be sold to the Canadian Pa- cific-Soo interests. A. B. Stickney, former president of the road and now one of its receivers, said that he was not officially cogni- zant of the report, but he added that the consent of the Soo road would be necessary to make it public, if such recommendation were contained in it. Mr. Burt’s report at this time, Mr. Stickney said, was a preliminary one, and his final report to the-stockhold- ers is not to be made until about the middle of next month. NEGRO HOLDS POSSE AT BAY. Another Suspect in Fatal Hold-up at New York Mills, Minn., Arrested. Wadena, Minn., Sept. 20.—One ne- gro suspect in connection with a hold- up and fatal shooting here early yes- terday morning was arrested yester- day at New York Mills and another is surrounded in the woods near that vil- lage. He has kept the posse back with a drawn revolver, but it is believed that his arrest will soon be effected. A party of harvest hands returning from South Dakota in a box car were held up by two negroes and a white man who entered the car. One man from Iowa, whose son re- sisted the desperadoes, was shot twice, in the arm and abdomen, by one of the negroes. He is at Staples mortal- ly wounded. HANGED FOR MURDER. of Minnesota Homesteader Pays Penalty for Crime. Winnipeg, Sept. 20.—William Paul of Pinewood, Ont., near the boundary, who murdered his companion, Henry Schelling, a Northern Minnesota homesteader, on Dec, 6 last year, was hanged at Kenora, Ont., yesterday morning. Before death he left a con- fession saying that he killed Schelling with a pair of skates in the heat of passion. He met death without flinch- ing. - Slayer FATE DRIVES TO SUICIDE. Afflictions Derange Man’s Mind and He Kills Himself. Lisbon, N. D., Sept. 20.—Abe John- son, sixty years old, an old settler and prominent farmer, committed suicide last night by shooting himself. He was temporarily deranged by grief caused by the death of his wife in an insane asylum a few years since and the burning to death of his son Wil- liam in the Hines (Minn.) fire on Feb. 24 last. He is survived by three daughters and two sons. TRAIN KILLS INDIAN. All of Man’s Limbs Are Cut Off and His Skull Is Split. Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 20.—An Indian was killed while driving on the railroad track four miles south of the city. The horse was also killed and the buggy demolished. The body was mangled beyond recognition, the arms and legs being cut off and the head split. No clue to his identity has yet been secured. Fatal Row Over Money Matters. Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 20.—Mrs. Au- gusta Crabow, wife of Julius Crabow, a blacksmith at Calhoun, was shot three times and perhaps fatally. wounded, and her daughter Olga se- riously wounded by John Smith, an employe of Grabow’s with whom he is said to have had some misunder- standing regarding money matters. Stabbing Affray. Jasper, Minn., Sept. 20.—A serious stabbing affray occurred here last night. One Carpenter accused Rich- ard Nelson of stealing $20 from him. Nelson called his accuser a liar, and Carpenter without further provocation stabbed Nelson three times in the chest and then kicked him. Carpen- ter is in the local lockup awaiting the outcome of Nelson’s injuries. Bolt Starts Fire. Cloquet, Minn., Sept. 20.—Lightning struck the Catholic church here, set- ting the building on fire, and it was gutted before the department could check the flames. The loss is about $23,000. The church was one of the finest in Northern Minnesota, Corn Canning Begins. Arlington, Minn., Sept. 20.—The can- ning factory at this place is canning a large amount of sweet corn at the pres- ent time. The warm weather of the past several weeks is rapidly ripening the late corn, and a very fair sized pack may be expected. Injured in Merry-go-round. Spring Valley, Wis., Sept. 20.—Miss Ida Chase of Hersey was seriously in- jured in a merry-go-round accident. One ankle bone is broken and she has suffered convulsions almost continu- ously since the accident. Typhoid Epidemic. Spring Valley, Wis., Sept. 20. — An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging: through the town of Gilman, a few miles from here. Two deaths have oc- curred and several cases are in a critical condition. Neither Present Nor Coming Generation Need Worry About Supply in West. . Appleton, Wis., Sept. 19. — The con- gressional committee appointed to in- vestigate conditions in the paper mill and pulp industry, with a view to as- certaining whether or not the tariff on wood pulp should be removed, devoted practically the entire day yesterday toward obtaining an approximation of the available pulp wood in the Middle West. Every witness placed on the stand testified that there is no danger of scarcity of wood for many years to come. Perhaps the most important witness of the day was William S. Taylor, president of the Pulp Wood Supply company of Appleton, which or- ganization furnishes pulp wood for twelve of the paper mills in the Fox river valley. Wood Will Be Cheaper. “Our company buys about 225,000 cords of pulp wood annually, about 50 per cent being spruce, most of which is purchased in Minnesota, and about 50 per cent being hemlock, all of which is purchased in Wisconsin,” said Mr! Taylor. “Neither the present nor the coming generation need have any worry about the supply of pulp wood in the Middle West, for there are millions upon millions of feet availa- ble.” Mr. Taylor stated that at present his company is paying $7.25 per cord f. o. b. Duluth, Minn., and declared that the price of wood during the coming year is likely to be much cheaper than it has been for some time. Charles Smit, president of the Mena- sha Woodenware company of Menasha tesfified that within six consecutive townships only a few miles north of Appleton there are at the present time more than 3,000,000,000 fet of standing timber, more than one-third of which is hemlock, which is used in the manu- facture of pulp. Mr. Smith is consid- ered one of the best authorities on timber, acreage in Wisconsin, and his testimony startled even those who be- lieved themselves conversant with conditions in this section of Wiscon- sin. re GROUND TO DEATH. Hetland Man Is Cut to Pieces by Thresher’s Cylinder Teeth. Arlington, S. D., Sept. 20.—Charles Cronland, a young farmer living near Hetland, while tending the separator of a threshing mache, climbed on top of the machine to remove some bundles which had become clogged. He slipped and fell into the cylinder. His leg was drawn into the machine its entire length, the cylinder teeth becoming imbedded in the vertebrae of his back and stopping the motion. It was necessary to cut the mangled leg from his body to release him, and he lived only about ten minutes after being taken away. NORMALS ARE OVERCROWDED. Presidents Are Authorized to Limit At- tendance. St. Paul, Sept. 20.—Normal schools of the state are becoming so over- crowded that the presidents of the in- institutions were authorized by the normal board to take steps to limit ‘the attendance. There are 550 pupils at the St. Cloud school, which is more crowded than any of the others. There are too many pupils for the buildings, the equipment is too limited and there are too few teachers. No more will be admitted this year at St. Cloud unless the class leaving in Jan- uary reduces the number below 500. DUCK FRESHMEN IN POND. Sophomores Victors in Unique Tug at Coe College. 8 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 20. — In the presence of thousands of specta- tors the sophomores and freshmen of Coe college pulled off their novel class serap yesterday afternoon, the scene being a big pond containing much wa- ter and more mud. Eighteen ‘men were chosen from each class and with college professors as referees, the sophomores succeeded after twelve minutes in dragging every freshman on the line through the pond, the co- eds cheering wildly. YOUNG WOMAN MISSING. Frightened From House by Drunken Men, She Completely Disappears. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 19—Miss Laura J. Larson, a young lady homesteader ; of Balfour, is missing. She went to spend the evening with an aged Mrs. Arnesgn. Some intoxicated men came! to the place and frightened her so} badly she fled in the night time and. her relatives and the officials have been unable to locate her. TOWN MARSHAL KILLS SELF. Jumps From Stump While Hunting and Gun Is Discharged. Wausau, Wis., Sept. 20—John Duer-! stein of Marathon, while hunting rab- bits yesterday, jumped from a stump.’ His shotgun butt hit the ground and both barrels went off, the charges en- tering his abdomen. Another hunter, George Lang, found him, and he was taken to the village, where he died. He was marshal and street commis- sioner of Marathon and was fifty-six vears old. i Tawney in the First, McCleary in Sec ond and Miller in Eighth Win Their Fights. St. Paul, Sept. 17—Tawney in the First, McCleary in the Second and Miller in the Eighth are the winners where there were fights for the Re- publican nominations for congress. Tawney had the closest shave of the three, but it looks as if he carried the district by 3,500. He claims to have carried all the counties in the district except Dodge, Houston and Freeborn. C. B. Miller’s victory over Congress- man Adam Bede is overwhelming. Re- turns from all over the district show the same results, Miller, carrying probably every county. In many pre- cincts he has been running three to one or better, Even in Pine county, Bede’s home, he seems to be leading. The returns are far from complete, but the same proportion is carried through the district and Miller is run- ning way ahead everywhere. Tawney liad a close run in the First district. T, V. Knatvold of Albert Lea is leading in many ‘precincts and car- ried Freeborn, his own county, by a good majority. But Tawney’s majori- ty in Winona is larger in proportion, and he appears to be well in the lead in other couties. The returns indi- cate Tawney’s nomination by a fair majority, McCleary has the Second district safe. At 1 o’clock he said he had car- ried eight of the eleven counties in the district and expected to get more votes than his two opponents together. The returns from the eastern end of the district fully vérify McCleary’s claims. In the western end of the dis- trict the returns vary. Ewert carries his home county, Pipestone. In Mur- ray and Rock, Gutterson seems to be a little ahead of McCleary, with Ewert third. In Nobles county the three run about even. But in many other pre- cincts McCleary is first, Ewert second and Gutterson third, McCleary getting more than the other two together. C. R. Davis in the Third, F. C. Ste vens in the Fourth, Frank M. Nye in the Fifth, C. A. Lindbergh in the Sixth, A. J. Volstead in the Seventh and Elias Steenerson in the Ninth were all re-nominated. Some of them had only nominal opposition, and the others none at all. INHERITANCE TAX HOLDS. Minnesota Stock Held by Non-resident Is Liable. Stock in a. Minnesota corporation held by a non-resident is subject to the state inheritance tax in case of transfer by death of the owner. This point was decided by George W. Peterson, assistant attorney gener- al, in connection with the case of the late Dorothy Revell of New York, who held 1,000 shares of stock inthe Su- perior & Pittsburg Copper company, and whose husband, Thomas H. Wynd- ham-Walker, is her sole legatee. It will be necessary that the transfer of the stock be recorded in St. Louis county, this state. In the letter of inquiry it is stated that the entire estate is worth $28,- 000 and the value of the stock in ques- tion is $11,000. AUTO FIRE ENGINES. Suggestion of Fire Marshal for Range Protection. Eward Peterson, state fire marshal, makes the suggestion that the state, county and the mining companies on the range get together and maintain a portable fire department to fight for- est and other fires. He would have an automobile fire engine and hose wagon mounted on a gasoline propelled car on a siding of the railway track. If this were located at Eveleth or Virginia it would be able to reach the scene of a forest fire in an hour. There are plenty of men on the range available for fighting fires, but they are not trained, and an engine is nec- essary. A small trained crew with a large amount of hose could save a large amount of property. WILL RAISE SHEEP. Syndicate Is Formed to Engage Exten- sively in the Business. W. G. Schroeder and a number of business men who are associated with him will engage extensively in raising sheep in Hubbard county during the coming year, and they expect to make the sheep raising business a profitable industry in that part of Northern Min- nesota, Mr. Schroeder and his associates have been quietly securing possession of many hundred acres of land near Schoolcraft postoffice, about twenty miles south of Bemidji. They have a number of forties which are adjacent to each other and which, they believe, will make most excellent ranging ground for the sheep. DITCHES TO COST $142,000. Commissioners at Jackson Award Bonds to Chicago Company. — At a meeting of the county commis- sioners at Jackson $142,000 ditch bonds advertised for sale were award- ed to the Thomas J. Bolyer company of Chicago at 5 per cent. This money goes on the construction of three sepa- rate ditches, and the work is now in progress. The contract for grading the new court house grounds was also let for $995 to J. G. Redding of hilase dom. MUST NOT NEGLECT FIRES. State Fire Marshal Issues a Warning Bulletin. State Fire Marshal Edward Peter- son issues a bulletin to the people of Minnesota warning that all neglect of turning brush or grass or any other fire started by persons within the state will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The bulletin ap- plies generally to the entire state, but particularly to those cities and settle- ments surrounded by forests. . The bulletin reads: A large number of fires are report- ed at this time of the year as being caused by carelessness in burning grass and brush. _ Besides the great danger to the ‘or- est regions from this source, evry city and village is seriously threaten- ed by such fires within its limits. This class of fires are as a rule sect by children who recklessly play with this element of destruction. Children should be taught early the danger in playing with fire. If warnings are not heeded they should be dealt with to the full extent of the law. Every vio- lation of the law in this respect should be followed with arrest and punishment. ‘And police officers, con- stables, wardens and fire chiefs should show no leniency with this class of offenders. Requests for investigations of fires sent to this department will have prompt attention. CRUSADE FOR PURE FOOD. Commissioner Visits County Fairs and Holds Educational Exhibits. “We get evidence of the benefit of cur educational exhibits on every side,” said E. K. Slater, dairy and food commissioner, in speaking of ex- hibits shown at the state fair and at verious county fairs. Mr. Slater spent most of the past week visiting county fairs, including those at Marshall, Fairmont and Ty- ler. The department had exhibits a these fairs similar to the showing at the state fair. “We see the result in our increased correspondence,” said Mr. Slater. “People write to us about possible adulterated products, and we can trace the benefits in numerous ways. The people talk about it at home and discuss it with the grocers. The mer- chants begin to take more interest and they are morecareful about che kind of goods they purchase. Th dairy and food department for a number of years has made exhibits at the state fair showing the differ- ence between legal and illegal foods, especially coloring matter in candy. GIVE RIGHT OF WAY. Farmers Anxious to Secure Electric Road North of Thief River Falls. An enthusiastic railway meeting of the farmers was held at Germantown, a rural trading point midway between Thief River Falls and Roosevelt on the Rainy river, the primary object of which was to enlist the assistance of the farmers in securing a free right of way through that community. President Hunt of the proposed elec- tric road wads in the city on Sunday, and reported that the farmers and set- tlers gave him assurance of their hearty co-operation in the matter. A meeting of the directors was held here, and Mr. Hunt was assured that the Commercial club of this city had secured the first twenty-three miles from this city free for the railway. The residents of Roosevelt and vicin- ity have already secured thirty miles leading south from their town, so that the matter of right of way is about settled. Although a survey has al- ready been made of the route, another will be at once undertaken. “PROFS.” MUST BAR WEED. First Smoke Lecture at University Di- rected to Faculty. Smoke sermons have started at the state university and the first lecture fell upon the professors, tempters in the past to the youths who have been forbidden in the past to enjoy the weed on the campus. The first ser- mon of the season was read last week by President Cyrus Northrop to the professors, In the past the “profs” have smok- e] those long, black aromatic Havana smokers right on the campus, while the students sniffed longingly, being forced to extinguish the coals of their cigar or pipe just as they entered the big gates. In past years the smoke lectures have been directed to freshmen, the others receiving their orders upon en- tering the school. This year the pro fessors were attacked because the president said they were the chief vio- lators of the rule. How the sermon will strike the professors will soor be known. e ‘An unknown incendiary shortly after midnight one night last week set fire to and burned four settings of grain belonging to J. M. Buckley {and those belonging to P. Kieff of ‘Morris. About a week ago some par- ty set fire to Edmond Barry's granary in the same neighborhood, but al- though the building was destroyed some of the grain was saved. An ef- fort is being made to have the gov- ernor offer a reward, and bloodhounds from Mankato will be brought here and put on the trail. - A? State News of the Week Briefly Told. John, Krenik, a resident of Mont- gomery for the past thirty years, is dead at the age of seventy years. Joseph Crevenick, seven years old, of St. Paul, was terribly burned by his clothing catching from a bonfire. He may die. Rynard, the eighteen-year-old son of John Guisness of Henning, was in- stantly killed by blowing his head off with a shotgun while hunting. Edward BE Asplin of Hastings, brakeman on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, had his leg crushed j between the knee and ankle at Asp- lon. The Northern Pacific has asked the architects of Moorhead and Fargo to submit bids on their specifications for a new Office building to be erected at Dilworth. A mass meeting of.citizens was held at the Presbyterian church at Slay- ton for the purpose of arousing inter- est in the public schools and aiding the teachers. A deer, driven into Duluth by the forest fires, ran through the streets and jumped through a window of the Washington school house, where it was captured. J. J. Lang, agent for the Cargill ele- vator at Benson, had his right hand nearly taken off, when it was caught between the belt and pulley of a mo- tor. The wrist was broken and near- ly all the cords torn apart. Milton Norman was crushed to death in a stone quarry at Ortonville by falling rock. He has a son at the University of Minnesota and his daughter Mabel is a teacher in the Ortonville public schools. W. W. Erwin, formerly of St. Paul, is dead, according to a dispatch re- ceived from his widow at Miami, Fla. Mr. Erwin was one of the most noted criminal lawyers in the North- west. His death was due to cancer. Jesse Streeter of Montrose, about twenty-seven years old and single, deaf and dumb, while walking on the railroad track about a mile west of Waverly, was struck by a Great Northern freight train and instantly killed. Mrs. Hendrick Nelson, a widow of the town of Artichoke, fifteen miles from Ortonville, was killed by a stroke of lightning during an_ electrical storm. Her eight-year-old daughter, who was beside her at the time, was uninjured. é It is probable that all attendance records at Gustavus Adolphus college at St. Peter will be broken this year. The institution opened for registra- tion last week, and the enrollment is larger than ever before, passing the 400 mark. Emil Gratstrom, living in West Du- luth, shot and instantly killed himself because he feared a bullet he had fired accidentally from a rifle he was cleaning in a lodging house had shot some ‘person in the room below. His stray bullet had struck no one. One thousand one hundred and ten children have enrolled in the schools at Eveleth, and 39 teachers will have them in hand. The Eveleth building has 319 pupils. The new building 301, the Falal 280, the Fayal kindergarten 65, the Adams kindergarten 65 and the Mesaba Mt. Hall kindergarten 80 pupils. The McGuire-Atwood company of Minneapolis has purchased the tow- mill property formerly owned by the Le Roy Fiber company at Grand Meadow. The local management will not be named at present. It is under- stood that improved machinery will be installed and the capacity of the plant increased. 238 8 Charles Granger, a Barnesville man, paid a fine of $10 in the justice court at Rothsay for running his dogs in the fields before the opening of the chicken season. He reported chickens plentiful, and the report reached Dep- uty Game Warden Jones of this city, who investigated the case and swore out a warrant charging him with the offense. Fire broke out in the wood turning plant of the Gribben Lumber com- pany in St. Paul and caused a loss estimated at about $95,000. The property destroyed was the entire plant of the Gribben Lumber com- pany, together with some lumber, which was just being placed in the dry kiln, and a number of large tene- ment houses and the office of the Her- zog Iron company, a new structure. Haldor Olson, a farmer near Fer- gus Falls, awoke one night last week complaining of a terrible thirst. He ran out and drank from the cattle trough and died in a few hours. It is supposed he had taken poison. The case is being investigated. The biennial convention of the dis- trict association of the Modern Broth- erhood of America for 1910 will be held in Bemidji, that city having been selected for the convention of that year at a meeting of delegates held at Crookston.