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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
MORGAN,S SUBSTITUTE,
Would Have a BOARD of Trustees to Man.
age Pacific Roads.

age Pacific Roads.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Nor
gan has offered a substitute for the Pa
cific railroad bill, which provides for a
board Of. trustees consisting of nine
members, four to be appointed from
west OF the Mississippi river and four
east and one who shall be president Of
the board whose locality is not speoi-
fed. These men shall not be stock.
holders Of the roads, and shall be APP
pointed by the president and confirmed
by the senate. They shall take control
Of the roads, and manage them as
corporation with view Of settling the
debt where provision is made for
-four per cent sinking fund. The whole
debt is to betrefunde led in bonds bearing
three per cent interest and running so
years. Senator Morgan says that nm.
! der his bill the roads can be made TO
pay all liali |itis2 vii $3.50
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
FRANK DAY Is FIRED.

4 ma orlty Of Tho republic
OF the state senate voted 10
unseat Senator Frank D..%.
Of Euir1nont. and seat Il. II.
Dunn in his place. Mr.: Day WAS
elected senator two years ago for
a full term OF four years. At
the last session of The fvuis?;,
ture, on Jano;1rJ 20, 1875, he
Was elected president Of the
senute, 10 take the place OF
Clough, who then Uecanl GOV
erilur. That ll,,!lur, TIE hostile
republicans Dow aver, sl;sQnul.
flied him from representing his
district, and hence now they de-
clare that the seat has been
vacant since The day he began to
preside over the senate in 1898,
This discovery u was not made,
however, 5cforcthe beginning of
this session, when there bubbed
up q c!uiinant for DAYS seat.
During the remainder Of !u>t
session Mr.. Day continued to
act as senator from his district.
and no objcctiou w;is made. lie
voted on over q hundred bills,
aud on some (;lmong them the
Anderson r;tilroud taxation hiI.)
he cast the deciding vote. Bat
in those days he WAS a repu ,
llcali! Are VIC tx infer that it
Was because Mr.. Day did not see
TT to folio" his purity, WHEN it
prepared Il god standard pro
gram, that he is SO uHcyrezao.
n'ously kicked uJ1t by the people
who honorcd Iiiiiu two years ego:
IT he WAS Unqualified 1T the
time they state. why did not
these Wiseucres discover it then:
Their excuse %cert>sinly appears
very fliulsy, and it is by no
means cert;.ln that their action
will not invaljl;tte the laws for
which MI Day cast the deciding
vote, and thus open the way TO,
endless litigation. 80
The cor por;ltion press OF the
cities have 4howied for Day s
scalp, declaring him a ,,tr;.itor'
and d "heretic,, and uggested
that he@be turned down Us an
''object [csson'' to5;tlt who dared
to sdisa s gree with the purity, ana
it is not unlikeiy:&this exe1,ted
some influence ain ong tho more
part isan= of the senators. But
Inc oaltSfSEs SIS: to be
!. heard fro u .sou Sic opinion
will denounc g such V7ind,ictlvc
actions &c; & 1 s iiStuen repa blieaa.nts
'((beit saidto: =thaiil onol., nong
them he best es;.l taxi nt8iin the
zsenata oted il st eli ii ullseatt-
ing 2 lae 20 oWi s, i
regard re e Sc na1e S vote,
We clip az Min dis
Time .: .s...=
eniitor I1ls, ffter st;lti
5tl;i he III;
question 81 s. ured 81,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26

ttorney- general, or equally c, n.
petent legal authority. that the
unseating Of Day would @pot.dis-
tnrb the legislation Of the pre-
cedjng SESSION:
We should have: preferred to
see Mr.: Day resign from the
senate when he cistrr> d The cam
pli!;n.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26

-. 49, 100 = =.
Coy: i''longgh has been charged
with Y many sins great and small,
yet We want to. give him credit
for what he has donasin breaking
up some Of the nos t offensive
riilngs..zin the state. It IS sWeil.
known that this tate is nov.
building u ;e.v;lst beaur s auc ra:5.
e ~ With some little auto eratt iii ii
every STATE ms e1land state.
.add'eepart ellt 10 IN thin IS IS.
.snit.t l1e ms Ell heI or pleas
.uIc no ~ bus u, il
TleWi Seer 4 the.
Ftbaar a of I1eal 81 ll ii rl1ad iii
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
Friday, Jan, ~,

The Dunn-Day contested election case
occupied the entire day in the senate, and
was not disposed Of at the hour of adj
journment. The time was principally
taken up with speeches Of attorneys.
The house session was particularly brief
and uninteresting. A large MUNGER Of
resolutions and b lis We're introduced, sew
oral Of them being Of more than usual i'm
poItance A resolution by Representative
Heilnertlinger. fayors a reduction inthe
salaries Of state and unity officers to cor
respond with the hard times, the cut to be
upon a basis OF % Fer cent OF present sal
aries. a$ssy 49, T. i :; @=:~.,- s:
Representative Reeves is Of the opinion
that the iron mines i'll the northern part
of the state are: getting Off too easii in the
matter Of taxation ana has introduced a
bill to remedy the evil. s7H5 s@ =
II OF the score or so of other bills one bY
gen proposes TO list. for taxa ton
grain or its products stored III elegat tors CT
warehouses along the line ef railroads or
elsewhere. The property Is to be asses SD
and the tax paid in counties where tie
same is stored L.
An election bin By Mr.. Vest I;rositssos
fora ba Hot by which veto i
strai htsticket, instead of s 81 in for essh
officer: separ;tte as
The house adj ~ ss.s
loers the TIL.
I3IJNE office. ssss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
HENRY IS GETTING BOLD.
We find The following in tho
Representatives:
THE NETOKT COURTEOUS.

Mr.. George hnobl;lucl. ii Carver,
MIMI, wrote 10 Hon. Henry t'eir, a
letter about protecting the b;.uEers, to
which Henry replied:
House Nr' EEloHEs ENTATlvEs, J
ST. PAUL. Minn.. jan -, 1897. I
MY DEAR Ei:ii;SD GEtl:GE:
Your letter Of january 18th. rciat-
ing to thu: framing OF Il bii! providing
for more severe punishment fer E:si:ii-
robbers and holt-ups, is just received.
1t will give ne pleasure to aid the
passage of any law providing more
severe punishment fer those that rob
and hold up bankers. You may rest
assured that | will do all | can to fur
ther such lcyis iation: 1T the same
time | hope that all honest bankers
will join us in prci,arn: and passin.
such Ieglslat'on Is will prevent tic
bankers FROM i;t:l>-NG AND HOLDING
UP THE PUBLIC l., GENERAL. VIII!
kind regards, am
Yours truly.
HENRY t1i<::.
Right You are, Henry. The people
have lost - thousand dollars by the
bankers for every dollar the banks
have lost by the isiylwaymen AND
worse than that, the people have los,
millions OF dollars hy the yo!1-hue
bankers Interfering i'll our politics
and bul!toziI1y the voters to support
policies destructive even to the bank.
ers themselves.
Henry Felg has also Intro.
duced various popocratic bills
so far and moro are to come.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
HYP\OTISM IN CRIMINAL
CASES.

Ii IS We'll known as fact in the
history of criminal law. that
persons accused Of q crime,
though perfectly innocent, have
time and again confessed them
selves guilty of it. One instance
Of that kind seems to have been
before the supreme court in Den
mark lately. A Servant girl,
Clara Olson, % years Of age, was
accused OF having murdered a
two months old child Of the fumj-
iy she worked for, by giving it
too large doses Of opium. 1.-THE
time when the child died there
Was no suspicion Of anything
wrong. But somehow the fami-
~ seemed to have entertained
some suspicious some weeks Id
ter. The body Of the child was
exhumed and although no cause
of death could be discovered or
any evidence of opium in the
body, the girl was confronted
with the charge of having pois-
oned il. and at once admitted That
she was guilty. But at the trial
her lawyer set the defense, that
her confession-the only evi-
dence Of her guilt-Was due to
hypnolism, that the examining
magistrate when charging her
with the crime at the first exam
lllatlou had hypnotized her, sug-
yested to her that she should con-
Tess that she was guilty, and thus
made her confess to Il crime that
IN TACT was never committed.
The lawyer produced we'll prov
en- examples of such occurrences.
tic especially cited the case Of a
SWede who had confessed to the
crime Of numbering two girls,
when it was afterwards proven
that he was not in Denmark at
the time when the crime was
committed, but in Sweden
There is no doubt that persons
have been convicted Of capital
crimes on their own confession,
and even executed when they
were Innocent. Nor is there any
doubt that some such cases of
confession were due to hypno-
tism.= 81 ,-~~-,.
We sometimes complain of the
expense Of criminal trials, but it
is the duty Of the state to see
that :no:iunocent person suffer, as
well as to punish crime. When
the evidence Of heinous crimes
rests. on circum stantial evidence
or self confession onl :, great
care is necessarily 8 expense by
the ate should be spared, to
clearly establish the guiltzof any
= - K ,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
TUESDAY. JANUARY 26. 1897.
THE. MONETARY
CONVENTIONS AT
INDIANAPOLIS
1T ADJOCRNS SIN DIE WITT y
i>UMPUS.

RUMPUS.
People OF all classes in this
country have been looking with
great deal Of interest towards
the action of this convention as
likely to formulate some plan Of
monetary reform. Monetary re-
form is absolutely necessary be-
fore business can revive in geli-
eral, and all admit that much,
and not less the most ardent gold
standard advocate. But what?
There is the rub.
The gold standard advocates
agree on QUO point, to-wit: That
the single gold standard shall be
maintained
But when it is attempted TO
formulate some consistent plan
Of carrying out the single gold
standard, there is Il rad !ca| differ
ence between leading iinancicrs.
One class-ve will cnI! !hen!
the scientific tl;i2s--.lntn who
simply look at the monetary
question as a cold mathematical
problem only related to the oper-
alton of the United States treas
ury. They assume that the
whole question is simply how to
make the treasury OF the govern
ment solvent, and that the gov
eminent is under no obligation
to supply the people with q cir.
culating medium to effect bust
ness exchanges.
This class proposes to retire
all government paper money Us
fast as redeemed, and issue
bonds to purchase the Sui0 tu
redeem ii with. That plan will,
of course. relieve the national
treasury from all trouble Of gold
redemption and reserve. All
the government will then do viii!
be to coin free the gold brought
to the mints. he that much, or
little, OF nothing. This is what
is meant by retiring the govern
ment from the banking business
and money issuing business.
Strictly speaking, this is the
legitimate and logical outcome
of the gold standard policy.
But there is another class of
gold standard advocates, who,
while they wish to maintain the
gold standard, and admit the
logical position of the first class,
are also politicians. and under
stand that to carry out the pro
gram as above stated Will be dis
astrous to any party. The latter
are practical business men and
not simply doctrinaires, and real
ize that the retirement Of the
greenbacks, while it might re-
lieve the treasury from gold
raids, would inevitably bring
financial disaster to the country
and meet with q determined
opposition from all classes of
people outside Of the national
bankers trust. 80.
So there they are. Refusing
to take the only rational and
adequate remedy for our inan-
cial ills the use Of our silver
coin as standard money-this
Indianapolis convention met to
attempt an impossibility, to.wit:
To formulate for this country q
satisfactory monetary system on
the single gold stan ard
Indeed, no set Of men were
more impressed By the trg gent
necessity Of imme dient action.
and The brig htest brains Of the
nation were represented there,
Mr.. Charles s Fair hild said
at the opening session tell
you before the Work Of this con-
yention IS finally conc Ind the
Wio}rl not OIL he
United States. But al the world
wilt ba fdp q O e and ==its
KIM t91llyodi. kalfit III ,sii l So
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26

Both the senate and house had con-
tested election cases, the former the Dunn
Day contest and the latter the case of
Dingman vs. Lehman. The latter was
quickly disposed Of by seating Lehman,
but the senatorial contest is still on.
The resolution providing for a joint sem
ate and house committee to conduct tho
Mountain Iron investigation was adopted
and the president appointed Senators
Young, Greer, Sheehan and Ring ahl to
constitute this committee
Under the head Of committee reports
the following measures were recommend
ed to pass: Purchase Of 81 acres of land
for the state school at Owatonna; adding
one typewriter to property exempt from
execution; sheehan's antitrust bill and
Ozmun's bill for a conference to secure
joint legislation on certain subjects.
Among the new bills in the house was
one appropriating $4,000 to open closed
water courses in Red River valley An
other requires railroads to run second
class passenger coaches ON all trains at a
fare not exceeding cents per mile
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
1.-THE Min11eal.OliS NI,riilh.,,,nr,,nl,... :, 2

i the Minneap oils Tribune Of
last q fllrsd day We ind theft low
d 8
80. rance and ellnany the
=pfacti ICE Of Ipnotis e has. been
placed under the bans, and at
=least one nnesota citizen 4
think the same s hould apply Ia
t11s stsIee ark Jff
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
Monday, Gan. is.

The Hicks resolution, which caused
such furry Saturday, was disposed Of by
the house, but not until Mr.. Donnclly had
taken another whirl at it, The debate
however, contained no personal references
and the house adopted the resolution on
its merits, Il voting i'll favor Of the r7opo-
sition and II against it,
Mir. Hayter proposed the first con5titv1-
tional amendment that has come neforo
the house. His bill would provide that
the people vote On a new clause to be
added to section 8 Of article I of the con-
stitution, declaring in substance that no
governor or goyernor-elect shall be eligible
for election as United States senator dur
ing the term for which he was chosen
governor.
Among the bills introduced was enc by
Littleton, to correct cha;tel mortgage
abuses; by Staples, to provide for system
OF travelling; libraries; by Schmidt, relat-
ing to surcties on Official bonds given to
the State OF 2innesota, and the sutroga-
ton Of sureties to the preference rights of
GlcStatO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
STA 4 TIE LEGISLATURE
Saturday, Jaa. 1G.

Beyond the in ro:1nctior Of bills and
resolutions, there was very lit; lc business
transacted by the house. The: was, how
eyer, o very lively tilt Between Judge
Hicks of Minneapolis ;.i::l Igna;i;1s Don
nelly, brought about IS Il resolution Of
Judge Hicks, directing thH: The elections
committee should report with its findings
III each contest its opinion as 10 .:I.2:l2lr
there had been any justiiica ion f,yr the
Inauguration Of the contest. IN the course
Of the debate which followed, Mr.. Don
nelly, who opposed the resolution, re-
marked that the house could be trusted 10
Gct honestly with election cases 10 one
but Judge Hicks saw il this remark q
reflection on the elections committee, but
the judge thought that Mr.. Donnclly WAS
attempting to draw a comparison between
the house and the committee, odious to
the latter. He proceeded to raise the
ghost Of the Donnelly W;silbvlrn :e;;d by
3 yelled reference to the confess which Mr.
DonHelly had once brought as<tinse w. d.
Washburn before congress. Mr. Donnel}y,
Of course replied, and the language he
used was characteristic The incident
ended with a mild rebuke Il both snenl-
bers by Mr.. Jacobson, who occupied the
chair.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-01-26
Saturday. Jan. 1R-

Senior Quesada, mayor of Havana,
has resigned.
ES-Congressman Edward l.. Martin
Of Delaware is dead. 49,
The fire in the Hecla mine at Hough.
ton. Mich, Is still burning.
The telephone lines in Ohio and In.
diana are to be consolidated. --.-'
The richest asbestos deposit in the
United States has been discovered in
the Occur q 'Alene district.
MI. Alrichs has introduced bill in
the state senate abolishing the whip
ping post and pillory in Delaware.
Colonel J. B. Moulton, one of the
most, prominent civil engineers in the
West, is dead at St. Louis. aged 81
Years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-25
TWO DEAD -orasRs WILL DIE.
las Explosion in Coal Mine Mar Marion, III
With Disastrous Results.

st. Louis, Sept. PA special to the
Dispatch from Marion, ILL.,, says
An explosion. terrible in it's effects, oc-
cured in the Williamson County Coal
Cos. mine, four miles north Of here. to-
lay. Fifteen wounded miners. two OF
whom have since died. have been rescued
rom the smoke and flames. and one was
found dead when the rescuing party went
Town the shaft. Several of the wounded
ire so severely crushed and otherwise
1urt that they will die.
There are said to be five or six men still
Imprisoned in the burning mine. but they
,annot be reached on account of the
,moke and fire. These men no doubt are
dead before this time. as there is no
means of escape for them. the mine not
having been provided with the usual es-
opponent shaft. Most of the men killed
md wounded are Russians and Italians.
The force of the explosion was tremen-
ious, as 1t blew one of the mine mules
over 200 yards along the main entry and
.nto the big dump at the bottom of the
shaft. which is $50 feet deep.
The cages are being run up and down
The shaft as fast as the engines can
'orce them. for the purpose of combining
The flames in the entries and preventing
hem from coming up the shaft and set
ing fire to the timbers and buildings at
he mouth of the pit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-25
BOUND FOR THE YUKON.


Seattle, Wash. Sept. 24.-Soldiers and
civilians mingled together in a busy
crowd on the dock where preparations
were being made for the sailing Of the
steamer Humboldt for st. Michaels
Alaska. Lieut.. Col. Randell with his
% men from Fort Russell. looked fit to
cope with the rigors and hardships of
the winter confronting them in the
Yukon.
The company had an outfit of $50 tons
Of stores and provisions besides the
baggage Of the soldiers. The Humboldt,
carried 400 tons of steamboat machin
cry ad provisions and 10000 feet OF
lumber Lieut.. Col. Randell before
leaving said:
The intention OF the American gov
eminent is to aid miners as much az
possible ana If this entire detachmen.
is responsible for the relief of one
worthy American. / shall feel that the
mission to the north has not been with
out satisfactory results.
AT st. Michaels the troops will be
joined by Capt. Ray, who has been
there several weeks:
A part OF the detachment will be sta
toned at st. Michaels and the rest will
go up the river. being stationed near
the Alaskan British Columbia bound
airy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-25
BRADSTREE1'S REPORT.
Good Advances in Some Commodities Yellow
Fever Checks Business in South.

New York, Sept. 24-Bradstreets. to-
morrow, will say: There is "a check to the
onward sweep of demand in staple lines
so noticeable throughout the country for
the past six weeks. The yellow fever
quarantine which extends from Texas to
Georgia, has brought wholesale business
to a practical standstill throughout the
greater portion of the region embraced
by the Gulf states. At centers of distri-
button in eastern, miudle and central
Western states the recent activity in dry
goods hats and hardware has fallen off
but at the Northwest and on the Pacific
coast buying by interior merchants ,anG
the free distribution of merchandise con-
| tinue to be features. Demand for heavy
| textile fabrics has been stimulated by the
| colder weather.
Favorable features of the week are
found in sharp advances in prices for iron
| and steel. heavy sales of bessemer pig
| iron, steel billets and rails, and a pros
| pect that iron and steel prices will &C
| higher in the near future. Wool is also
higher and wooden goods for 1898 delivery
| are up 10 and Is per cent. with the out
| look favOring a further advance.
| The increased volume of general trade
is also stimulated by the continued heavy
| movement of cereals to tide water. the
| almost unprecedentedly large quantities
exported each week, and the increased
number of people finding employment in
industrial and commercial lines as com
pared with year ago, together with the
| tendency OI SOlu 10 come mere IRON
| abroad.
The prices movement parallels that OF
last week, there being noteworthy ad.
vances for Indian corn. coffee foundry
and bessemer pig iron, steel billets ant
rails, wire and wire nails, several grades
of lumber and wool and woolens; while
| almost exactly as last week. decreases
are announced for wheat. oats, wheat
flour. lard. beef and cotton. No changes
are reported in the quotations for sugar
pork print cloths lead and copper
Bank clearings at n cities throughout
the United States, received by telegraph
on the oath inst, exclusively by Brad
streets. aggregate $780,. 900. 900 decrease
of 1.6 per cent from last week extra
ordinarily heavy total. but an increase Of
60 per cent. compared with the CORE
spending aggregate In 1896
There are 231 business failures reported
throughout the United States, this week
compared with 1876 last week, and S21 ir
the third week of September, 1896
Exports of wheat flour included a.
wheaD from both coasts Of the United
States and from Montreal this week
amount to 5.623, 493 bushels, compared will
6. ,94S bushels. last week. 1890. 600 bush
els in the week a year ago. Exports o.
Indian corn aggregate 4,022142 bushels
compared with 1901. 900 bushels, last week
and 100000 bushels in the week, on,
year ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-25
DAILY KENNEBEo JOURNAL SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1897
1.-THE CITIZENS CRITICISMS
Not Taken kIndIy BY Tho supsrier Ceurt o..
feIals u Lawrence, mass.

Lawrence. Mass, Sept. 24.-A sensa.
| tional scene was enacted at the open.
| Ing of superior court. this morning
District Attorney White called the
judges attention to certain printed ar.
ticles sent the Jurymen regarding con-
victions under the liquor law. The pa
per is entitled The Citizen Henry FL
Faxon of Quincy, is the author of many
Of the articles. 1t consists of eight
pages and is entirely given up to abuse
of the jury system. An article about
Judge Maynard's Diminishing q jury In
disgrace for failing to convict in o
liquor case occupies prominent place
on the front page. The entire sheet s
given up to the abuse of the Jury sys-
tenn. A picture Of Henry H. Faxon
and sketch of his life occupies the first
page.
The Citizen is published at Palmer
and is a bi-monthly. District Attorney
White denounced the sending of such
matter to the jurymen in the strongest
terms. The Judge took the matter
under consideration. Enclosed in the
paper were several speeches of Henry
Fl. Faxon on the liquor question. Dis
trict Attorney Whites words of the
judge were that the whole matter was
an exceedingly ill-timed. ill-advised
aud poor attempt to bring some in
fiuence to bear upon the jurors that
they would not acquit in the liquor
cases.
At 2.05 this afternoon. the trial OF
Robert c. Calvin for shooting Robert
kydd at Busfield's heller shop in Ha-
verhill. was commenced. The testi-
mony in the case was all in at 3.45 and
at 4.23 Judge Bond sentenced the young
man to not more than 20 and not less
than IL years in states prison. the first
three days to be in solitary confine-
n1ent.