The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-02

remaining 1905 bushels shortage would
be nearly, if not quite, explained away
by showing clerical errors and othea
mistakes in the records.
Explaining the Shortage.
ST. PAUL, June 2S-The first question
decided by the wheat investigating com
mittee was a. TO how much pay should
be allowed Attorney Irwin. It wa.
finally decided to allow him $500. Thi.
question settled, Eric Olson and Mueller
and thor paper, The State, came In fol
. roast. A resolution condemning an
article written by Olson, which recently
appeared IN the newspaper The State
was adopted, characterizing the article
as dirty and scurrilous.
In the afternoon the committee turned
to the statement submitted by the ex.
ports who have been at work at Duluth
examining the books of the elevators
The figures show that 279, 095 bushels
have been shipped out without inspec.
ton, but the claim Of the defense il
that 260, 600 bushels Of that amount
consists of the bin burnt wheat shippe
out with the permission Of the grain
commissioner and the remaining 19, 09s
bushels can be accounted for in salts.
factory manner. Mr.. Erwin urged that
the elevator men be asked to produce
their private books for examination.
Mr.. Severance asked that the defense
be allowed to proceed with its case al
once. Assistant Attorney General
Childs said If it was necessary to cal
for the books he would do 20. The com.
mittes decided to hear the case of ths
defense FIRST.
Mr.. Severance wished to cross-exam.
inc expert Willis, 30 the latter took the
stand. The witness said that in check.
ing the books he had not searched for an
explanation for any apparent discrep
ancy, bat merely copied the books and
presented what was shown on them.
Item after item in these statements wal
examined, and in many cases where nc
inspection was reported an explanation
was found. Ia one case some IA, COX
bushels were reported having been ship
ped on the wrong vessel. These ex
plantations cover nearly al the n, 08(
bushels of grain shipped without inspec
ton, aside from that which was biz
burnt.
Comparing Schedules.
ST. PAUL, June 26.-Session spent ir
comparing the schedules, with Expert
WiIlet ON the stand,
ST. PAUL, June 27.-For once the
wheat COMMITTEES started on its labori
without row between the attorneys
The items made by the experts wer,
gone over and the discrepancies takeI
up enc by one. It was very routin,
work and Mr.. Irwin soon wearied Of i
and asked if the committee was to speni
the entire day IN going ever these sched
u}es, searching for q few errcrs supposed
to be inexcusable TO experts, bat were
all right under the circumstances unds,
which the old clerks labored.
Mr.. Severance objected to shutting of
the examination, and said he proposed
to show that whsie pages Of falsifeG
records were submitted in the old sched
ule, and also that the old clerks had &C
cess to the inspection books, notwith.
standing their statement that they had
been unable to see the out-inspection
books,
The war was on again. Mr.. Seyatsor
said he considered Mr.. Irwin's request
the most reasonable one yet made, bat
in order to justify Mr.. Olson in
his charges that the clerks OF
the present committee had been
to Duluth to fix up the BOOKS in the in.
terest Of the elevator companies, be
should insist on going over all the sched-
ules, although it was nonsense and q
farce from beginning to end.
Mr.. Smith was warmed up by this
time and said, ri am tired Of this use
less wrangle Of attorneys. We wasted
80 per cent. of our time Thursday in
listening to these disputes, and think
it is time we went on with the investi-
cation,
Tho arguments were choked off and
the investigation went on, showing how
cars Of coal were put down by the old
clerks as wheat shipped without inspec-
ton, and how bags of screenings shipped
from the Imperial mills were chalked
down as wheat surreptitiously shipped
from the elevators.
To Adjoura Until january.
ST. PAUL, June 29.-The tedious pro-
ceedings of the wheat investigation
committee are drawing to close, al
least for the present. When the COM
mittee met Witness Edward McManua
was recalled, and the examination con.
tinued on tho same lines as Saturday, in
an effort to break down the statements
contained in the old house schedules.
Nothing sensational was developed, al.
though discrepancies of greater or lesser
importance were discovered. After the
noon adjournment a short executive
session was held, at which the commit
tee decided to adjourn until the first
Tuesday in January, 1892. a. 1904 as ali
the EVIDENCE regarding the Duluth sle-
vators has been taken.
The sessions win be resumed on thai
date, and any and all complaints
against other terminal wheat-shippins
points, notably st. Paul and Ninneapo.
lis, will be heard. A subpoena was 10.
sued for Depot Agent Thomas, Of thu
Northern Pacific at Duluth, requiring
him to bring the chipping books foi
September and October of the present
year, also all switching slips and differ.
emit railroads interchanging switching
slips The subpoena was issued ct thu
request of Attorney Erwin,
Russia's Population I1o. 600. 900.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.-The Cen
trail Statistical society, OF st. Peters.
burg announces that in December las,
the inhabitants of the empire numbered