Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 23, 1908, Page 4

HINES TELLS OF TIMBER MERGER Formation of the Largest Lum- ber Company in the World Is Perfected. CAPITAL STOCK IS $20,000,000 Duluth, Dec. 22.—The formation of the largest lumber company in the world was perfected in this city Sat- urday. At last the facts have been given to the public, through Edward Hines, president of the new $20,000,000 cor- poration, known as the Virginia & Rainy Lake company, the details of the combination of interests have been made public. “Tt is the amalgamation of a large area of timber and is known as the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber com- pany,” said Mr. Hines. Country’s Largest Tract. “It includes a large tract of timber in the Rainy Lake district, owned by the Edward Hines company, a large tract of timber north of Virginia, owned by the Weyerhaeuser interests, and the property of the Virginia Lum- ber company. The property of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber com- pany comprises about 3,000,000,000 feet of pine stumpage, the largest and best tract of timber in this coun- try. “In the amalgamation what is known as the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg railroad property will be- come the property of the Canadian Northern railroad. “The Canadian Northern will build a railroad from Virginia to this city in the spring. Weyerhaeuser a Director. “All of the amalgamated interests will be represented upon the board of directors. I will be president of the new company; William O’Brien, vice president; H, C. Hornby, with the Cloquet Lumber company, secretary; S. C. Cousins general manager, and M Ketcham sales manager. “The capitalization of the company will be about $20,000,000, which will nearly represent the property con- trolled by the company. The new amalgamation will be the biggest company ever formed in this coun- ity. The new company will work in the interests of forest conservation, as recommended by Gifford Pinchot and Fire Warden Andrews of this state. RABBIT HUNTERS KILL 107. Four Mason City Sportsmen Get Big Bag. Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 22.—Harry Bunn, Ed Kirk, Homer Bunn and Will Hollenbeck are the champion rabbit hunt of the year. They formed a shooti arty that left Maynard one day last week and went into the woods and hills for two days and emerged with 107 rabbits. When the animals were laid out on the side- walk they attracted a great deal of attention, At the conclusion of the rabbit chase a wolf hunt was on hand, and Harry Bunn was the fortunate one to bring down Reynard, PREFERS JAIL TO HUSBAND. Sentenced for Illicit Relations, Spurns Rightful Spouse’s Offer. Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dec. 22.—Prefer- ring prison to a possible home with her husband, from whom it was shown she never .had been legal- ly divorced, Mrs. Nancy May fought her best to keep from prison Francis Johnson, accused of living with her as his wife, and then took her sen- tence with grim fortitude. Her for- mer husband attempted to clear her of the charge against her and pleaded with her to return to his home should she be acquitted, but she remained obdurate. GOVERNOR’S XMAS GIFT. South Dakota Executive Grants Rar. don to Two Prisoners. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 22.—Through the action of Gov. Crawford, on the rec- ommendation of the board of pardons, two more inmates of the penitentiary will be allowed to eat their Christ- mas dinners in freedom. They are Frank Taylor, who was _ sentenced from Codington county on a charge of burglary, and Ed Lynch, sent from Hutchinson county on a charge of lar- ceny. Fleet Sails for Suez. Washington, Dec. 22.—Rear Admi- ral Charles S. Sperry, commanding the American battleship fleet, bas cabled the navy department that the fleet made its departure yesterday from Colombo, Ceylon, for Suez. The mes- sage was in cipher and very brief. Held for Abduction, Duluth, Dec, 22. — Bertha Tracey, colored, of Ashland, Wis., has been ar- rested on a charge of abducting two white girls, Mary Roschekiki, sixteen, and Frances Soliwonda, fourteen. FOUR MEN DIE ON GALLOWS Two Negroes and Two Chinamen Are Hanged for Murder in West- ern Canada. Winnipeg, Dec. 20.—Four men paid the penalty for murder in Western Canada yesterday morning. At New Westminster J. H. Radcliffe hanged Lee Chung, a Chinaman; John Pertel- la and James Jenkins, two mulattos, the three going to their death simulta- neously. This is the first time in his long career that Radcliffe has perform- ed a triple hanging. At McLeod, Alberta, Lah Long, a Chinaman, also was hanged for mur- der. Strenuous efforts were made to have the department of justice com- mute the sentence, but without avail. One of the murderers, James Jen- kins, a negro, died for what the chief justice of Canada characterized as the most atrocious crime in the history of the dominion. The negro assaulted and murdered Mrs. Mary Morrison near Hazelmere June 9 last. John Portella, another negro, paid the penalty for the murder of his mistress in Vancouver. Lee Chung, who killed a compatriot, completes the trio. Although the ex- ecutions are supposed to be held in private, Sheriff Armstrong issued ad- mission cards to about seventy-five persons, NO VERDICT IN AUTO SUIT. Webster City (lowa) Jury Disagrees in Accident Case. Webster City, Iowa, Dec. 20—The jury in the $10,000 damage case brought by P. H. Ellis of Komer against J. H, Garth of this city, was unable to agree and were discharged by Judge Wright after being out near- ly twenty-six hours. The action was the result of au automobile accident. Ellis, who is a man nearly seventy years of age, had just been-dismissed from the hospital a few days before the accident. Garth was going to his farm in his duto. When opposite the city square he started around a load of hay stand- ing in the road. Ellis, afoot, was com- ing down from the opposite direction when he was hit by the auto. THIRD TRIAL ACQUITS. Former Treasurer of Schroeder Pleads He Was Robbed of Town’s Funds. Duluth, Dec, 20.—After three trials, two of which resulted in the disagree- ment of the juries, James H. Pinker- ton is finally freed from the charge of embezzling $3,000 of the funds of the town of Schroeder, Cook county, of which he was treasurer. A jury in the district court yesterday afternoon re- turned a verdict of not guilty. The case dates back to Oct. 15, 1906, when Pinkerton asserted that he was robbed of $3,000 on the dock at Grand Marais. While Pinkerton was walking up town with his wife and was carry- ing his child on his arm, he declared, a robber snatched the satchel from his hand and made away with it. CHILD HANGED FROM WINDOW. Little Girl Strangled While Trying to Get Into School House. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 20. — Near Pukwana, S. D., the nine-year-old daughter of John Shubert met a piti- ful death last night by accidental hanging. She started to take a book home to a neighbor from the school house, and when she had gone a half mile returned, raised the window and attempted to crawl in. The sash came down across her neck and she was pinioned there so that she could not escape. Her parents went in search of her and found her lifeless body hanging in the window. THIEF GRABS SACK OF GOLD. Dashes Behind Bar While Tender Is Serving Table Orders. Duluth, Dec. 20.—While a bartender in Frank Rabinowitz’s saloon in Eve- leth was waiting on customers seated at tables last night, a sneak thief dash- ed behind the bar, grabbed a sack con- taining $300 in gold and made his es- cape. Rabinowitz had drawn money from the bank to cash miners’ checks and had placed it in a separate drawer, which was evidently known to the thief. enigae t G Badger University Out of Money. Madison, Wis., Dec. 20—The Uni- versity of Wisconsin is ou: of money. All of the university’s income has been used and already the institution has asked the secretary of state and the state treasurer for $130,000 out of the general fund to keep the institution going, and this amount was loaned. Another application has just been made for an additional loan of $50,000. ————______ Child Fatally Burned. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 20.—With her clothing ablaze Bertha Reiser, aged five years, ran to her mother, who quenched the flames, but not until the child had been fatally burned. The family resides néar Wilsonville, Mon- roe county. Deal for Coal Lands. Red Lodge, Mont., Dec. 20.—Thomas Ryan, representing Nebraska capital- ists, yesterday purchased 480 acres of coal land in the Bear Creek district, near here, for $36,000... Appeal Will Be Taken to Supreme Court, During Which Injunction Is Suspended. New York, Dec. 17.—Nine compa nies, with .their subsidiaries, are named as constituting an allegal com- bination in the final decree filed yes- terday in the United States circuit court, putting into effect the judg- ment recently obtained by the govern- ment in its suit to dissolve the co- callea tobacco trust. The companies tamed are the American Tobacco company, the American Cigar compa- ny, the American Stogie company, MacAndrews & Forbes company, P. Lorillard & Co., R. J. Reynolds To- bacco company, Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco company and the Conley Foil company. Must Restore Competition. Each of the first five of these com- panies, the court declares, is in itself a combination in violation of the law. The order enjoins these companies from continuing as parties in the com- bination and restrains them from en- gaging in interstate or foreign trade until “reasonable competition” be- tween them is restored. Nor may the companies named, or their subsidi- aries acquire by conveyance or other- wise the plant or business of any other defendant corporation wherein any one of them now holds stock, or exercise any control whatsoever over its corporate acts. Will Appeal. Both the government and the de fendant companies will at once take appeals from the decree. Such action on the companies’ part will make ef- fective one highly important clause— that which provides for a suspension of the injunction during the pendency of such appeal. As the matter stands, therefore, the companies may contin- ue business as heretofore and until an affirmation of the judgment is ob- tained in the supreme court. Twenty days is allowed for an appeal to be filed. TOTAL VOTE CAST 14,852,239. Taft’s Popular Plurality Over Bryan Is 1,234,44, New York, Dec. 17—The popular vote of the various presidential candi- dates at the last national election was made known yesterday in an official form by the filing of the last of the official vote, that of Michigan. Taft’s popular plurality over Bryan was 1,234,494 votes. The total vote for Taft was 7,637,676, while Bryan received 6,393,182 votes. The totals show tke following votes cast: Taft, Rep «+ 7,637,676 Bryan, Dem. . 6,393,182 Debs, Socialist 448,453 Chafin, Pro. . 241,252 Hisgea, Ind. . 83,186 Watson, Pop. . 33,871 Gilhaus, Social-Labor ... 15,421 Total for all candidates. . .14,852,239 This grand total exceeds by 1,341,- 531 the total number of votes cast in the presidential election of 1904, when the grand total was 13,810,703. The biggest difference in a party vote is shown in an increase for Bry- an of 1,315,211 over the total vote cast in 1904 for Alton B. Parker, the Dem- ocratic candidate. Taft received 14, 190 votes more than were polled for President Roosevelt in 1904 and Debs ran 45,368 ahead of his predecessor on the Socialist ticket. New York (870,070), Pennsylvania (745,779) and Illinois (629,932) gave Taft the greatest number of votes among the states, while, as to Bryan, the order was New York (667,468), Ohio (502,721) and Illinois (450,810). SENATORS LAUGH AT MESSAGE. Carter and Depew Advocate Postal Savings Banks. Washington, Dec. 17. — The presi- dent’s Panama canal message was read in the senate yesterday and its reading was received with loud laugh- ter by some of the senators. Senator Foraker endeavored to have the sen- ate adopt a resolution calling on the secretary of war for detailed informa- tion concerning the men employed, instructions given and expenses in- curred in the investigation by detect- ives into the Brownsville affair, refer- red to by the president in his message of yesterday. Senator Warren object- ed to the immediate consideration of the resolution, and it will come up for consideration to-day. The postal savings bank bill was the subject of speeches by Senators Carter and Depew, both of whom ad- vocated the measure. The hopes of the so-called insur- gents in the house of representatives for a revision of the rules of that body were dissipated, for the time be- ing at least, when Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts yesterday failed to ob- tain the adoption of an amended reso- lution calling for the appointment of a committee of eight members to con- sider the subject and report the changes they deem necessary. After passing some bills relating to the District of Columbia, the remain- der of the day was taken up with the bill to revise the penal laws of the United States. Woman Asphyxiated. Pittsburg, Dec. 17. — Mrs. Chanes Gardner was asphyxiated at her home in Cheswick, a suburb, last night and her husband and two-year-old child were seriously burned in an explosion which followed the finding of her body. It is believed the child pulled the hose from a gas stove while the mother was sleeping. WANTS $100,000 FOR ITS WORK. State Board of Health Asks Appropri- ation be Quadrupled. The state board of health wants to establish branch laboratories in Man- kato and Crookston and will ask for money from the legislature to do this, as well as carry on the work of vital Statistics, which is imposed on the de partment by the legislature. ‘At a meeting of the board it was deter- mined to ask fer $100,000 to carry on the work of the department for the coming year. The department has been receiving about $25,000 a year and thinks it has been very badly handicapped in doing the work which it should. It has a branch laboratory at Du- luth, where analyses are made for that portion of the state, and it is deemed best to establish similar in- stitutions in other centers in order quickly to detect the presence of dan- gerous germs. The board will also ask for laws regulating the pollution of rivers. This grows out of the serious epi- demic of the past year at Mankato. The board also wants_the legislature to define the duties of the board more clearly than was done when the present law was passed in 1905, re- garding the health regulations of the state and the relation of the state board to their enforcement. ANTI-PASS LAW HITS FREE TALK. Telephane and Telegrapi: Companies: Cannet Grant Speciali Privileges. Beginning Jan. 2, 1909; chapter 449, Minnesota session laws for 1907, will go into effeet, and it will then and thereafter be unlawful for railroads, street car companies or telephone and telegraph companies to grant passes, franks or special privileges to any person save employes, duly au- thorized representatives of labor or- ganizations, ministers, secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. and persons exclusive- ly engaged im eharitable work. The new law prohibits the issuance of passes or telephone and telegraph franks to state, county or city officials and others of like ilk who now enjoy these special privileges. Aldermen and assemblymen, policemen, firemen, etc., who have enjoyed the privilege of paying for their street car rides with passes, who have “franked” their tele- phone and telegraph messages and have had free use of telephones in their homes, will have to pay full fare for these things. An effort will be made, it is said, to have the law amended at the coming session of the state legislature so as to grant free street car transportation to policemen and city firemen. The law makes it a misdemeanor to give, accept or solicit free transporta- tion and special privileges of the na- ture above recorded. ba zs 2 i NEW HOUSE OF WORSHIP AT CANNON FALLS 4 BURNS MEMORIAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, STATE WARDS WILL EAT CANDY. Three Tons of Candy and Nuts Pur- | chased for Christmas. The wards of the state will eat 3,000 pounds of candy at Christmas. This is sugar candy, as good as the best sold in St. Paul, according to M. C. Cutter, purchasing agent for the state board of control. In addition to the treat of candy which the insane, feeble minded and other wards will get in their Christmas stockings, there will be 2,760 pounds of mixed nuts and a bountiful supply of lem- ons, oranges, apples and bananas. In addition to the good things to eat a large number of inmates will re- ceive Christmas presents. The super- intendents of some of the institutions are allowed a total of $700 by the state to buy simple Christmas pres- ents for the inmates, consisting most- ly of articles of apparel, as neckties ‘and suspenders. These inmates who earn wages, as at St. Cloud, and those who would not appreciate the gift if one were given, do not join in this. Each institution has a Christmas tree with an entertainment appropri- ate to the season. Turkeys, chickens, ‘oysters and lots of other good things go to make up the dinner at all the in- \stitutions on Christmas day. PINE KING'S CHRISTMAS GIFT. Through the influence of Frederick Weyerhaeuser the Pine Tree Lumber company has presented the state for- estry board with 3,300 acres of tim- ber land, included in the present lim- | its of Itasca State Park. The company gives the state the land and all the hard wood and all the pine, spruce, tamarack, balsam and cedar under eight inches in diam- eter, breast high, provided the state will release the remaining timber from taxes for ten years. It is esti- mated that the gift is worth $33,000 and that the taxes for ten years would amount to only $10,000. The announcement of the gift came recently at a meeting of the state for- estry board, of which Mr, Weyerhaeu- ser is a member. It will be necessary for the legislature to act upon the proposition in order to provide for the remission of taxes. It is not expected that there will be any difficulty on this score. WANTS STATE TO RAISE GAME. Instead of merely protecting some of the present ganre from being killed, the state fish and game commission has gone a step farther and in its rec- ommendations to the legislature will suggest that measures be taken to en- courage the propagation of game. The state now raises annually a large amount of fish fry for the fish- ermen of the state, and it is now sug- gested that the state adopt a similar «policy in regard to the game, CANNON FALLS, MINN, REV. C. VINCENT Cannon Falls, Minn. Cannon Falls, Minn., Dec. 14.—The ded- ication of the Burns Memorial Congrega- tional church will be held tomorrow. This fine stone church edifice is now com- plete in every detail. It will seat com- fortably 300 and has a capacity of 400. It has all modern conyeniences, The women of the church plan to give a dinner to 200 guests in their new church parlors on the day of the dedication. This churcn has been completed at a cost of $15,000. Rey. C. Vincent is the pastor. FLOODS RUIN 1,500 ACRES. River Improvement League Gathering Figures. on Extent of Crop Losses. Frank Irwin of Belle Plaine, attor- ney for the Minnesota River Improve- ment league, reported that good prog- ress is being made, with the work of collecting statistics showing the ex- tent of the erop losses and the depre- ¢iation in the value of bottem land due to the annually recurring floods. Individual reports are being obtained, but they have not been compiled as yet, but a rough estimate shows that 15,000 acres of land, having an approx: imate valuation of $750,000, has been deprived of its usefulness through in- undation. It is estimated that the crop losses in the last six years have been quite a million dollars. A committee was appointed to rep- resent the league during the coming session of the legislature. It is made up of M. W. Save of Minneapolis, C. N. Cosgrove of Le Sueur, Fred Fritsche of New Ulm, Capt. Jacob Hin- derman of Ridgeley, Senator A. L. Poehler of Henderson, H. N. Benson of St. Peter, J. H, Diers of Blakely, D. L. Williams of Cambria and Frank Ir- win of Belle Plaine, and it will meet with the senate and house committees while the proposed legislation is being drafted. SANTA CLAUS STATE MENACE. Forests Are Threatened by Present Christmas Tree Cutting Scheme. That the cutting of Christmas trees as now conducted is detrimental to the best interests of the forests of the state is the opinion of Gen. C. C. An- drews, forestry commissioner. Gen. Andrews would not haye the little folks deprived of Christmas trees, but under present conditions the cut- ting of hundreds of thousands of trees each fall means the killing of a large amount of future lumber. The Christmas trees which have al- ready appeared in the cities represent only a smoll portion of nearly a half million trees which are cut each year in the northern woods. “To thin out young spruce is a good thing and if not cut out they will be killed by nature later when some trees grow high, but tree cutters don’t pick their trees—they cut an area clean and there is nothing left to develop into lumber-producing trees,” said Gen, Andrews. Auditor in Wellcome Role. “9 The state auditor played the role of Santa Claus when he sent out checks calling for $18,608.75, the sum repre- senting bounty paid by the state for raising trees in the prairie counties of Minnesota. ‘ In all there were 2,529 checks, and they were addressed to as many per- sons. They ranged in amount from $2.50 to $25, and represented 7,443 1-2 acres of trees. Redwood county had the largest acreage, 283, and Benton county the smallest, just one acre. Jackson, Cottonwood, Chippewa, Mur- ray, Renville and Yellow Medicine counties were in the 100-acre class. The state pays $2.50 an acre for trees planted and allowed to reach ma- turity, which is figured at a period of six years. The distribution is made under the 1905 law. Fine Showing by Banks. Resources of state banks in Minne- sota have increased nearly $15,000,000 during the past year. Compilation of the returns from the call dated Nov. 27 has just been completed by the public examiner’s department, and it, shows total resources of $96,574,383.21. Part of the increase is accounted for by the number of banks, which grew from 502 to 616 in the year. The report, however, shows a healthy in- crease in nearly every item. Notable exceptions are band,” which is decreased $1,177,- 649.53, and under liabilities the Spins payable,” which decreased $110,152.79. Deposits subject to check show an in- crease of $4,599,214.28, and time certif- icates of $7,467,067.98. “cash on NOW TO LOCATE FARM. State Board Will Select Site for Ine- briates’ Retreat. Thirteen sites have been offered to the state board of control for the pro- jected state hospital farm for inebri- ates, The time allowed by the board for receiving offers expired, and as soon as possible the board will begin to look over the sites offered. Not one site has been offered free, and the offers mostly are from citizens having land to sell. The board has not money enough to buy the necessary land, but the fund is growing by the 2 per cent tax on retail liquor license payments. Goes Hunting and Shoots Himself. Madison, Wis., Dec. 17. — Jacob L. Stuessy, a wealthy retired farmer of Verona, near Madison, was fatally shot while out hunting. He was alone and it is not known whether death was due to accident or suicide. He was fifty-six years old. Dynamites Bank Safe. McAlester, Okla., Dec. 17.—Robbers dynamited the safe of the First Na- tional bank of Eufaula, Okla., twenty miles north of here yesterday and es- eaped with about $15.000. What Becomes of Dentists? What becomes of all the dentists of the state? Does the northern climate help keep the teeth in such condition that teeth doctors are not needed, or do young men from other states come here for an education, get a license and then go to other states to prac- tice? According to the report of the sec- retary of the board of dental examin- ers there are now only 818 dentists in the state, although there have been licenses issued for 1,179. During the past two years there have been ten prosecutions by the state dental board, nine of which were successful. The state has recip- rocal arrangements as to licenses with Michigan, Iowa, Indiana and Ne- braska. MONEY FOR WOLVES. State Paid Bounty for 1,581 Outlaw Animals Killed. Bounties have been paid by the state during the past year for 1,581 wolves, a total of $9,865 being paid out to those presenting the pelts. There were 405 cubs, but the rest were full grown animals. Eighteen wolves were killed in Hennepin county and $99 paid. Carlton county reported 152 wolves, and Clay county headed the list with 185, but 123 of them were cubs.