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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-28
HIT BACK
Cattlemen Sue Secretary of
the Interior, Indian Com
missioner and Others.
New York Sus. SDecIa5 Service

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 2S-Four suits of
unusual interest and magnitude have been
filed in the United States clerks office in
Ardmore, I. T., and the termination will
affect many others than the specified
plaintiffs and defendants. The defendants
are NJ. A. Hitchcock, secretary of the in
terror; w. A. Jones, Indian commissioner;
P. H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw
nation; J. George Wright, Indian inspec-
tor; j. Blair Schofeld, agent for the Five
Civilized tribes; J. w. Ellis chief of all
Indian police; H. o. Love, Samuel Plack,
William R. Ritchey, Bud Maytuby, o. w.
Plummer and J. r. McMurry, the latter
five being Indian territory officials.
The plaintiffs, who are non citizen cat
tlemen of the territory, allege that dur
ing the past year there has existed an un-
lawful combination and conspiracy be-
tween the defendants to annoy, harass
and Cypress the plaintiffs and other resi-
dents Of the Chlckasaw nation who are
not members Of that tribe, and by threats
to force and fraud to extort from them
large sums Of money.
These suits follow the action of Jack
Ellis and deputies in ejecting all cattle
from the territory whose owners, being
non-citiZens, have refused to pay the
tribal tax on their stock, claiming it to
be Illegal. The cattle are taken from the
ranches and farms of all such parties
The tax law is a tribal law, but is en-
forced by the federal government by the
agents of the interior department.. The
tax Is supposed to go into the tribal treas
ur1es for defraying the general expenses,
but the cattlemen claim that the entire
affair is a fraud and that none of the
money has ever yet reached the treasury
being appropriated by the collectors for
their own personal use.
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! of Article 9. It provides in the first
| section as follows:
| All taxes to be raised in this state shall
be as nearly equal may be, and shall
be levied and assessed for public purposes
! only; and all property which taxes are
| to be levied except as herein provided shall
| have cash valuation and shall be equalized
and uniform throughout the state; and the
power of taxation shall never be surrendered
\ or suspended OF contracted away.
Provisos are added to this section as
| follows:
Authorizing cities to make assessments TO.
local improvements without regard to cash
| valuation
Permitting the legislature to levy a tax
upon all franchises and upon nheritances as
| now.
! Permitting the legislature to levy tax Oh
! the income arising from all credits and upon
| the excess Of income of all persons and cor
porations above the sum of $500 per annum
| not arising from such credits, upon prop
erty otherwise taxed. The rate Of this tax
| may not exceed three per cent.
! Section is amended to provide that
laws shall be passed taxing all real and
personal property, with the following ex-
ceptions:
| That credits shall not be subject to other
| taxation than the income tax.
! That public burying grounds, schools, hos
| pitfalls, institutions Of learning and charity,
property not exceeding $500, limited to one
! member of each family.
1t Is also provided that when the income
of the state from other sources shall make
the levy Of general tax for state pur-
poses unnecessary the taxes thereafter
shall be equalized by county.
A jacobson Bill Amendment.
In the house this afternoon Mr. Whit
ford introduced a number of amend
nnents to the Jacobson bill. The only
ones of prime Importance reduced the tax
commission from three members to one,
and the appropriation from $4,000 to
$4,000. He spoke for these amendments
and for the bill.
Mr.. Peterson spoke against the Whit
ford amendment but Mr.. Riley supported
them and declared that with such amend
ments he would support the bill.
Friends of the bill claim seventy-five
votes for it's passage. All who supported
the tax code with or without the Wal
lace amendments, are counted on. In adj
dition they claim the following: Bos-
worth, Johnson, Mahood, Morley, Morris,
H. K. Nelson, Norman. S. D. Peterson,
Rider, Riley, Scherf, Schultz, Wells and
Whitford.
The amendments of Mr.. Whitford were
voted down, 40 to Sc.
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THREE SCORE
MINERS DEAD
Shaft House in Colorado Is
Buried Under a Snow
slide. z7

Telluride, COL, Feb. 2S.-Between sixty
and seventy men are reported dead be-
meath snowslide which wrecked the
Liberty Bell mine shafthouse
The slide came down at 1880 this morn
ing.
1t is reported there was between sixty
and seventy men in the clubhouse at the
time 1t was carried down into the gulch
below. ..
Communication with the mine is shut
on and the names of the victims cannot
be ascertained. Fred Clemmon. boss of
the clearinghouse, and Charles Hail. a
Well-known miner, were killed. -
The present storm is the worst since
1895, and slides are expected any minute
at Ophir and other places.
Down Hundreds OF Feet.
The mine buildings and bunkhouse were
swept into gulches hundreds Of feet below.
The disaster occurred at 1880 o'clock this
morning. At this hour az o'clock it is
impossible to ascertain the number of
lives lost, but it is estimated to be any,
Where from ten to sixty or seventy. The
punkhouse, which was crushed like an
eggshell by the mountain Of wet and
frozen snow as it came tearing down the
steep mountainside, was crowded with
miners at the fatal moment.
A few of these, by almost superhuman
EFFORTS ma1saged to exrricate themselves
from among the broken timbers and dig
Their way out of the snow. Many, however.
who were not killed outright were MANNED
into a8state of helplessness and carried
down into the awful maelstrom of debris
snow, earth and ice. to horrible death
At II O'Clock a courier arrived from the
scene Of the accident with the news that
many bodies had already been recovered
and were being carried down the noun
tain sides upon the shoulders of those who
escaped, to the morgue at Telluride
or the dead two only-those named
above-have been identified.
The trail leading to the Liberty Bell
mine is fully three miles long and is one
of the most difficult to ascend in the en-
tire San Juan country. Especially hard
is the trail to climb at this season of the
year when the snow is deep and the
weather severely cold.
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Princes Sailor Eye Takes in
Embryonic Deweys.
DOESN'T MIND THE RAIN
March of Cadets Marked by Over
shoes Left in the Mud.
HOW HENRY SAVED SAILORS LIFE
officers Plunge Into the Sea After
Him and Nearly Drown for
Sake of Etiquette.

Washington, Feb. ga driving rain
ala not deter Prince Henry from going to
Annapolis to-day to visit the United
States navel academy. At o'clock, when
the prince came to the door Of the German
embassy, the air was white with mist and
rain. Some OF the princes party sought
to dissuade him from making the trip,
but, like a true sai]ornan he paid no heed
to the elements
The usual cavalry escort was dispensed
with to-day and only the detail Of mount
ed police officers and bicycle squad ac-
companicd the party. The guard of honor
continued on duty, however. Prince Hen
ny was accompanied by Adjutant Won Els
endecker, but this purely Il naval
trip the German ambassador and the CT
william members Of the embassy staff did
not accompany the party. Prince Henry
wore the undress uniform Of an admiral
OF the navy, with heavy naval cape
thrown over his shoulders and the naval
service cap. With him in the carriage
rode General Corbin and Captain Cowles,
naval aide to President Roosevelt In the
following carriage We're General Sanger,
assistant secretary of war, and Adjutant
Won Eisendecker. The party was joined
at the depot by a number of the naval and
military officers OF the princes suite and
of the German embassy. ...,......
The train left at $40 o'clock.
In the party were Secretary Long,
Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of the
senate committee on naval affairs; Rep
resentative Foss of Illinois, chairman of
the house committee on naval affairs; AS
sistant Secretary Of State PIERCE, Admir-
ais Bowles, .Endicott, Kenney, O'Neill and
Bradford; Commander Cowles, Captains
Sigsbee and Lemly, General Haywood OF
the marine corps, and Chief Wilkie of the
secret service. Admiral Evans did not
accompany the party owing to a lame
knee. -.
from Annapolis at 3:15 p. M.
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REPUDIATE THE TILLMANS
South Carolina Editors Resent I'll
Insult to the President.

south Carolina Editors Resent the
Insult to the President.
Special to The Journal
Chicago, Feb. 2S.-The Tribune this
morning says: South Carolina, through
It's editors, repudiates Lieutenant Govern
or Tillman's action in withdrawing the in
vitation to President Roosevelt to present
the sword purchased by the women of the
state, to Major Jenkins. Most of the
editors go beyond the act and repudiate
Tillman, the lieutenant governor, and in
clude the senator in the condemnation.
In response to a request for their reviews
regarding acknowledgements Tillman's
act, the editors of many South Carolina
newspapers yesterday seized the oppor-
tunity to apologize for the state for the
recent behavior OF the Tilmans. The
effort of the lieutenant governor to insult
President Roosevelt was unanimously con-
demned. His action was declared to have
been personal and taken without warrant
from either the givers Of the sword or the
people of the state. It was decided that
the lieutenant governor had out-illmaned
Tillman, and, in some quarters, 1t was said
that, while the people did not admire the
senator, they felt sorry for him for hav-
ing such kinsman.
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SHOOTS BOTH [. :.
Nebraska Man Dies as the
Climax of Peculiar Do
mestic Conditions.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 2S.-Frank
Burianek, saloonkeeper, to-day shot
Daisy Carpenter in quarrel and shot
himself through the heart. The woman
will die. Burianek came here year
ago from Crete, Neb., where he had a
wife and three children. After family
quarrel, he left Nebraska for South Africa,
fell off a train while passing through
Leavenworth and has since been in BUSH
ness here. r.. -
Several days ago he received a letter
from his wife saying she was coming. He
then threatened that he would kill both
his wife and himself if she appeared.
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FIVE; POISONED
Five Members of a Nebraska
Family Ate Raw
Sausage.

Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 2S.-Five mem
bers of D. Wenke, a German farmer liv-
ing near Wausa, Neb, were poisoned by
| eating sausage from the effects Of which
a daughter, Lizzie, aged 10, is dead and a
son will probably die
The mother and two sons are at the
Samaritan hospital in this city. The
father and hired man were also Sc
riously affected.
The sausage is said to have been in
sufficiently cooked.
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KILLS THREE
Two Men and a Woman
Laid Low by an ILL
nois Pistol.

Elgin, ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-Benjamin F. Ellis
worth, an influential man of Woodstock
and owner of extensive machine shops.
to-day shot and killed Amos Anderson,
Mrs Ellsworth and himself.
Ellsworth was jealous of Anderson's at
tentions to Mrs. Ellsworth. Both men
were much older than Mrs. Ellsworth His
19-year-old son has been held by the po-
lice, charged with being in league with
his father to Kill Anderson
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-28
jake WAS PUGNACIOUS
Got After the State Auditor With a
Sharp Stick.

| Mr.. Jacobson created a real sensation
| in the house this morning when he went
after State Auditor Dunn rough shod. He
| criticized Dunn's attitude on the proposed
tonnage tax on iron ore and on his whole
administration of the Office of auditor.
The TRADE made every one in the house
open his eyes in surprise and there was
q general air Of excitement among the
| members the speaker delivered blow
after blow.
Mr.. Jacobsons tax bill junior, which
was on special orders, provoked all the
Oratory. Mr.. Jacobson led off in the dis
cussion The only new feature in his
bill, he said, was the tonnage tax which
he had incorporated after much thought
as being more equitable than the present
system Of taxing the mining corporations.
Dunn's Comparison Criticized.
The state auditor was quoted as OPP
posing the tonnage tax because the state
had already tried it and it had produced
less revenue than the plan now in vogue.
Mr. Jacobson said the auditors position
was not justified because the Minnesota
mines We're not producing heavily when
the tonnage tax was In effect.
80 you can see how honest the COM
parfson was when l make this explana- Z
tion," said the gentleman from Lac qui
Parle. she says that If we let we'll
enough alone, he will enforce the law and
full share Of the taxes. We have heard
that before. He has had seven years
experience as auditor, has been given
four separate trials and what has he done
with the mining corporations?
IT what he says is true and the law
is good, it must have been fearfuIiy en-
forced If we get only one-half the tax we
ought to get.
GIN this very interview in which he
opposes the tonnage tax, he says that he
has no hesitation in saying that the
mines are assessed too low. Still, II
derive more revenue from the present sys-
tenn, will gladly abandon the tonnage
tax plan
Theft of Thunder Alleged.
The speaker then criticized Auditor
Dunn's plan for disposing of pine lands
which, he said, was not a success. He
likewise accused Mr.. Dunn of stealing
some of his own (Jacobson's) thunder
when he proposed a bill increasing the
powers of the state board of equaliza-
ton The speaker declared that the ideas
were the same those of a bill intro
duced by himself four years before and
which Mr. Dunn had then opposed His
SUCCESS was thus due to his being COM
PEELED to adopt schemes he had before OPP
posed.
The st. Louis delegation was opposed
to the tonnage tax and had always op-
posed all legislation to secure Just taxa &
tion. They fought the appeal of the per
cent tonnage tax to a man as under the
rate then prevailing it gave the miners
the advantage over other property own
Opposition Motives Inspunsed.
Mr.. Jacobson continued;
We heard nothing from the big CORPORA.
lions and the steel trust IN this nsht ~
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ARRIVES IN TINE
Woman From St. Paul Wit
nesses the Death of Her
Act0r-Husband.

Kalamazoo. Mich, Feb. 2S.-Forest F..
Russell, member of the "a Runaway
Girl" company, who was injured in a
wreck on the Grand Rapids & Indiana
railroad near Decatur, Ind, last week and
who was brought here and taken to the
Kalamazoo hospital, died to-day from mis-
injuries.
Mr.. Russell, who was 81 years of age,
died, in the presence oe his wife. who had
reached his bedside from St. Paul. It
was thought at first that Russell was not
seriously injured
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-28
PANAMA CANAL
Affairs of the French Com
Pany Take Another
Twist.

Paris, Feb. 2S.-At an extraordinary
meeting Of the shareholders of the new
Panama canal company to-day, President
Bo read message from the consul gen..
eral of Colombia at Paris, setting forth
that the company could not transfer it's
cQpcession to another nation without first,
with the assent Of Colombia, modifying
the stipulations of articles q and % of
the agreement.
After a discussion, in which 1T was urged
that efforts should be made to keep the
concession for France, the meeting adopt
ed a resolution expressing approval Of the
attitude of the directors and deciding to
postpone entering upon any engagement.
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MURDERED
Milwaukee Man Shot and
Instantly Killed by
a Stranger.

Milwaukee, Feb. 2S-Helmuth Bergman
% years old, an employee of the Wiscon-
stantly killed this forenoon by Herman
Heese, a stranger, aged 35 years.
The murder was committed at the Wis
consin house, 383 Fourth street, after
after breakfast. Heese gave himself up
to the police TIE is thought to be in
sane. Only one shot was fired.
The dead man was son Of John Berg
mann, 144S Richards street.
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censure of the senate. and therefore recon-
mend the adoption OF the resolution.
Offenses Necessarily Unequal.

The republican minority report, pre-
sented by Mr.. McComas, says:
The junior senator from South Carolina is
guilty of unparliamentary language. The
senior senator from South Carolina is guilty
of physical violence. Neither in the statutes
of any state nor in the common opinion Of
mankind are these two oHenses the same. If
the senate is to retain the respect of the
country it must retain its own self-respect.
This cannot be done by lightly passing over
the grave offenses it has suffered. The light
est form OF punishment is a reprimand or
censure. It is the latter which the majority
proposes to int1ict for two orenses differing
in character and gravity. The minority Of the
committee are Of the opinion that this pun
ishment is inadequate, and to ignore the diff
ferences between the offenses is unjust. The
minority Of the committee Is of the opinion
that the suspension of the two offending SEN
ators from their senatorial privileges here
tofore inflicted should now be formally ad-
judged and continued for different periods Of
time
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New Eastern star Chapter,

Special to The Journal.
Hillsboro. N. D., Feb. 28.-Thomas HART;
son. grand patron, left this morning for Bot
tineau, where he will tonight take charge o
the work of instituting Alpha chapter, No. 38
order Of the Eastern Star. Century chapter o
Rugby will be present with officers and con
duct the work of initiation after which Al
the installation ceremonies. school of in
struction in the secret work will be held +,
the grand patron and the grand conductress
Josie G. AurlanI Of Minot. The new chan
ter will start with about twenty members.
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SWEET GROUNDS"
Baseball Parlance Applies Strictly
to Naval Academy.

Annapolis, Feb. 2S.-The deluging rain
married the visit of Prince Henry to Mary
lands capital and the United States naval
academy. 1t fell in unceasing torrents
and converted the parade ground in the
academy into bay. But the naval men
and their brother officers of the German
party with all their military finerv went
through the program that had been ar
ranged i'll their honor. The train carrying
Prince Henry made slow run from
Washington.
Out in the street beyond the station.
when the train arrived marine guard
stood at attention. AS the prince ap-
peared, the guard presented arms. Com
mander Wainwright. Commandant of the
academy formally welcomed the prince
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Brain Taken Out and Tinkered

the brain OF the Rev William
had
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WIND FAILED
Interlake Championship Event

Interlake Championship Event at
Madison Postponed.
Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Feb 28-Lack of wind
caused the postponement of the first ice
yacht race for the Wisconsin interlake
championship, scheduled to take place on
Lake Menona this morning. The event
will be started with the first wind but
there is little prospect of race to-day.
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CRUSHING THE Beers

Six Hundred Killed or Captured in
the Last Two Days.
London, Feb. 28.-The war secretary.
Mr., Frederick, announced in the house
Of COMMONS to-day that during the last
two days 600 Beers had been killed or
captured, and that 1000 horses and %, 900
head OF cattle had fallen into the hands Of
the British troops The prisoners in
.clude Gen. De Vets son and the generals
secretary. 2.
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OCEAN VESSELS

New York-Arrived: Patria from Mar
settles; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg
Liyerpool--Arrived: Germanic, from New
York; Livonian, from Philadelphia
Hamburg-Arrived: Patricia. from New
York.
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Resolution Reported in Till
man-McLaurin Case.
TWO MINORITY VIEWS
Democrats and Three Republicans
Oppose the Majority.
EQUAL PUNISHMENT UNJUST
Resolution Adopted After Words in
Which TilInan Again Distin-
&uishes Himself.

Washington, Feb. 28.-In the senate this
morning Mr.. Burrows presented the reso-
luton Of censure upon Senators Tillman
and McLaurin. Three republicans
Pritchard, McComas and Beveridge-
voted against 1t in COMMITTEES. Following
is the text of the resolution:
That it is the Judgment Of the senate that
the senators from South Carolina. Benjamin
r. Tillman and John l.. McLaurin, for disor-
Derby behavior and fragrant violation of the
rules of the senate during the open session
Of the senate on the 22d day of February inst.
deserve the censure of the senate. and they
are hereby so censured; for their breach OF
the privileges and dignity of this body; and
from and after the adoption of this resolu-
ton the order adjudging them in contempt
of the senate shall be 10 longer in force and
effect >. Ezfy
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-26

sicianer, as Fat called him, would re
tire, but the next morning he must
come up and play the same thing so
that Pat could again say. To hill wild
We; go away from here He said that
would be supreme happiness.
Il remember Pat ON our march from
Vicksburg to Meridian. 1t was the Gus
tom of the men then as they approach
ed the camping ground 10 pick up rails
and carry them along so that they
would be ready to build a fire as soon
as the lines were formed in camp. On
this occasion a staff officer rode back
and said that as the division would go
into camp where there was no wood it
would be advisable for the men to
carry rails with them. Every man took
advantage of the suggestion and walk
ed along for n half mile or a mile, each
fellow carrying a heavy rail. All this
became irkSOme after a time, and il
seemed worse when the regiment
stacked arms IN camp to find rail fences
in every direction and piles of rails on
the ground near us. Then Patrick
raised his voice and swore at that s.af
officer and he led chorus of other
swearers who had been carrying heavy
ratls.'-ChicagO Inter Ocean.