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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
ON MURDER CHARGE
e. p. Bahr, Fred and Charles Kuyath
Held at Waseca.

WASECA, MINN.-The coroner's jury
in the Bishman murder case brought in
a verdict that Bishman's death was caused
by blows from weapons in the hands or
Fred Kuyath and E. p. Bahr, with the
further statement that the evidence war
ranted the belief that Charles Kuyath
was a party to the crime and that his
connection with it should be Investigated.
All three Of the parties are under arrest
charged with murder. Charles Kuyath is
about 20 years old and of little means.
Fred Kuyath is his son, aged about 80.
Bahr Is aged about 25. He has a good
reputation and also is a farmer. The ac-
'tions Of the two Kuyaths seem to show
that they intend to saddle the crime upon
Bahr. He has admitted his connection
with the crime and has made a partial
confession. Bahr's story is to the effect
that he went to the wedding as leader OF
a charivari party and that he was invited
into the house. That at about the same
time Bishman and his partner, Mulcahy,
arrived from Waseca bringing with them
keg of beer. They were invited into the
house. He said that there was more
trouble in the house and that they were
asked to step outside. He told in detail
how Bishman and his friend had been at
tackled and beaten. It was agreed be-
tween the three Of them, he said, that
they should tell the same story, to-wit:
That they knew nothing of the deed; that
they came out to the barn and discovered
Bishman dead. Fred Kuyath and Bahr
; then came to town and notified the cor,
oner and the old man with fresh earth
covered UP the evidences Of the crime.
Blshman was a harmless man and had
never been known to engage in fight,
and it is evident that he did not strike
a blow in the affray. 1t is believed that
the Kuyaths are mixed up in the matter
more than has yet come out, and 1t is un-
derstood that the state has a number of
witnesses who will testify that Fred
Kuyath had made threats in town that if
Bishman ever came to Wilton he would
not return alive. .
FERGUS FALLS, MINI. ,-.-.. .,.
John Owens of Oak Valley this county,
who disappeared while en- route to Verndale,
was found in the woods near Hewitt. lying
face downward on the ground. He had appar-
emily wandered about for several days and
then sank down from exhaustion. e He. was un-
conscious when discovered, and died IN a few
hours He was subject to eDieptic fits. and
it is supposed that he had become demented.
The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Union
of the Red river valley will hold a convention
in this city next Tuesday and Wednesday,
June "a and 25.-The Mort hern Pacific eXcur-
sion 10 Duluth yesterday was most success
full. Three hundred and eighty one tickets
were sold i'm this city alone and a second
tram had to be secured to accommodate points
east of here. >
Bennie Jelmo, the S-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Jelnno, was smothered in a sand
bank in the rear of the Park hotel last even
ing. He was playing in the sand when the
bank caved. --..
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
OWATONNA. MINI.

The ,dairymen Of Steele county had their
first picnic at DARTS Paradise park yester-
day j. R. Morley delivered the principal ad-
dress on feed for the dairy cow. b. D. White,
assistant dairy commissioner, discussed 'Care
of Milk and ]. S. Gibbs also spoke.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
wELLMAN, IOWA

William Gordon was found dead in his field
where he had been kicked to death by his
horse. He was well-to-do and owned good
farm on which he lived. sssSs5lI Ixs
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
IRoNwooD, MICH.

Elias Mattson shot and killed John Lien
during quarrel. Both are Finlanders,
Mattson has been arrested.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
ROCHESTER,, MINI.

The Southern Minnesota Optical Association
will hold meeting in this city June 26. Pro-
fessor j. w. Granger. president of the ASST
citation. will deliver an address at the OPEN
ing session. followed by clinic showing the
practical working of the expert. &=sE, So. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
FERTILE, MINI.

Three of the five saloon keepers who were
indicted at the recent sitting Of the grand
jury for selling Intoxicating liquor to minors
have been acquitted. The two remaining have
succeeded in having their trials postponed
until the next term of the court.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
vINTON, IOWA.

Articles of Incorporation have been filed
for the sVinton, Belle Plaine & Independence
Electric Railway company. The line will be
thirty miles long and will go across the coun-
try, touching the Illinois Central, the North
Western and Milwaukee, taking in many
places not having railway outlets.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
SPOKANE, WASH.

Charles H. Lyon, former president of the
First National Bank, of Mount Vernon,
WASH, has been placed nj custody here
charged with swindling operations that will
aggregate $4,000 It is said that twelve
counts will be preferred against him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
JEFFERsoN, S. d.

pleaded guilty to having shipped to the Mason
Produce company. Baltimore, twenty-seven
prairie chickens and three quail, in violation
Of the national game law. A fine OF $500 was
imposed, which was paid. 4
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
PINE CITY. MINI.

/ Burger Bros saw1nll, onefof the land
marks Of Pine City, was destroyed by FIRE
| in the yards. and adjoining buildings. Loss
| Sc 900 to $1,000; no insurance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
cROoKsToN. MINN.

The State Bankers Association meets here
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, and
elaborate preparations have been made. A
reception will be held Tuesday afternoon, the
opening day. and that night a banquet will
be rendered the bankers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
MURDERED AND ROBBED
Man and Wife at River junction
Iowa, Found Dead.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 21.-James Gal
lagher and wife were murdered by rob-
bers at River Junction last night. A hired
man and two children. who occupied the
house discovered the deed upon awaken
ing this morning, finding Mr.. and Mrs.
Gallagher dead in bed. Mrs. Gallagher
had been .chloroformed and her husband
shot In the head. A gold watch and SIT
were taken. ..s<r D.. '..s
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
DUBUQUE. IoWA

A meeting Of the Union Veterans Union was
held here to take action relative to the rernov-
al Of Internal Revenue Collector Patterson.
There was unanimous protest against his
removal. & Y
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Police Have Troubles.

Police Have Troubles.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
policeman's hat" these days, or such
would seem SO to appear. Since the
last issue of this paper Patrolman
Barr has been charged with abusing
prisoner, had his trial and exoner-
ated by the civil service board, and
evidently quite deservedly so. : How
ever, as was said in the columns of
The Republican some time ago, it is
very remarkable that the policemen
of this city are always mixed up in
some kind of an embroglio in which
some citizen charges them with brutal
affairs do not prevail in other cities
that have been visited by the writer,
and it therefore puzzles him to know
why such should always be brought
up against policemen of this city Of
course the civil service board is COM
PEELED to exonerate the policemen, be-
cause if it found all Of them guilty
against whom charges are made the
city would be practically without po-
lice protection. 1t does seem that the
policemen in the future would so con-
duct themselves as to not always be
on the anxious seat on account of
charges preferred against them
for their misbehavior toward the
citizens. If it continues somebody is
going to get tired of filing charges
and instead fire charges.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Continued on I'd page.
Rhodes and His Will.

Rhodes and His Will.
When Cecil Rhodes, the uncrowned
king of South Africa, was convinced
that death was upon his he murmured
because he was called upon to pass
over to the great beyond when he had
so much laid out in this world to yet
accomplish. Generally speaking, such
persons are selfish in their plans, and
what they have mapped out to accom-
plish is more for their own self-ag-
grandizement than for the good of
humanity, but this did not seem to
be the case with Cecil Rhodes. While
he may have still hoped to be king of
South Africa, yet from the will that
he left it is very evident that he had
many things for the benefit of hu-
manity that he wished to accomplish
before dying. Perhaps no wealthy
man has ever died and made such a
general distribution of his wealth as
did Cecil Rhodes, and while it was,
for the most part, for the aggrandize
ment of the government of which he
was a member, yet, on the whole, it
can be said without fear of success
full contradiction that everything
found in his will was for the good Of
humanity in general. Rather remark
able, too, that he should have been
so liberal with his poor relations, even
extending into America, where a
nephew of his who was doing janitor
work in one of the large Eastern cities
was left $4,000. While his idea of
bringing the United States into closer
relations with England by giving free
scholarships to Oxford to large num-
Der of students from both America and
Germany is not taken very kindly, too,
by many of the American people, yet
it was a philanthropic donation and
should not only be appreciated but
taken advantage of by every state and
territory in the Union. 1t can do no
harm, and when thing can't do any
harm it must do some good.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
SEATTLEDOM
Carnes Not Dead.

Carnes Not Dead.
A good many persons of this city
have been much astonished during the
past week to meet on the streets Rev.
w. II. Carnes, looking as though he
had just returned from summer re-
sort where health and happiness were
dIsned out to him in carload lots. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Carnes
a few years ago was sent to Stella
COON as a hopeless insane Somehow
or other it got noised about the city
that he had died at the institution,
and this was given credence by an
administrator publishing a notice for
the sale of his real estate. It being
understood that Mr.. Carnes was dead.
you can imagine the establishment of
his old friends when he showed up on
streets a few days ago a hail
and hearty, and was as one returned
from the dead. During the week he
has had to do good deal of explain
ing as to how he happened to be here.
and SO much so that the old gentle
man has grown a bit tired of such re-
peated explanations. For many years
Mr.. Carnes was a conspicuous figure
in SealCIe's affairs, and especially
when he lead the A. p A. crusade in
this city against Catholicism. He,
perhaps, was the most universally de-
spised man in King County, and the
failure of that organization to accom-
plish what it set out to do made him
even more Objectionable than before.
What was the immediate cause of Mr..
Carnes' mind giving away is not easy
to say, but a few years rest has re-
stored it, and he is looking today as
though he had never a days sickness
or worry for the past twenty years.
Mr.. Carnes says he has much to talk
about that he is not in a condition or
shape to do at present, and especially
about the way in which his property
has been handled since he has been
gone. He is very grateful to a few
Seattleites who remained loyal to him
in his illness and did many things for
his relief while he was detained at the
asylum, and among them he mentions
Col. Blethen and o. NJ Moore.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Kansas Speaks First.

Kansas Speaks First.
A recent Republican convention in
Kansas adopted the following resolu-
ton: Resolved, That we oppose the
confirmation by the United States sen
ate of any man to Federal position
who has been guilty Of burning or as
sisting in the lynching or burning of
human beings" This resolution was
passed at the instigatiOn of the colored
delegates in the convention, and was
a slap at President Roosevelt for ap-
pointing one George R. Koester of
South Carolina, who is charged with
being a lyncher and a leader of the
shotgun policy against the colored peo-
pie of that state, and yet he was ap-
pointed as internal revenue collector
by the president. He has not been con-
firmed as yet, and the colored folk of
the various states, and especially the
North, are making a united effort to
prevent him from being, and it is be-
lieved that they will be successful.
They have also sent out petitions to
the leading colored men of the North
asking that they get them signed by
long list of colored folk and forward
the same to their senators, hoping to
bring some influence to bear in this
way against this confirmation, and it
promises to prove effective.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

City Lighting Plant.
The members of the city council for
the past week have been looking over
the headquarters of Cedar river with
the view of beginning the work of
building municipal lighting plant in
accordance to the wishes of the people
expressed at the last election when a
vote on this question was taken. Just
when the city will realize the actual
existence of municipal lighting plant
is question not easily answered, even
by the members of the city council
Whether the present city council will
push this plant to immediate erection
or not remains to be seen, but there
is no doubt of the fact that at some
time in the distant future Seattle will
own it's own electric light plant, and
the same will be doing the work that
is being done by the Seattle Electric
Company at present. This new plant
will not only be able to furnish light
for the streets of Seattle, but it can
furnish light and power even for com
mercial purposes, and there is no doubt
but that it will undertake to do so.
Some one has said ''it never rains but
what it pOurs," and this seems to be
quite true of Seattle and her electric
light and power facilities at the pres
ent time. Just few years ago and
Seattle only had enough electric light
power and facilities to run few e@e-
vators and street cars, but now she
has already two gigantic electric light
plants at her command, two smaller
ones in operation, and fair prospects
of a municipal lighting plant with suf-
ficient capacity to almost supply all
the wants Of the city in this direction
being soon in operation. From no
electric light accommodations the city
gets an oversupply of them Now, if
competition is the life Of trade, dark
ness ought to disappear from our city
almost completely.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Our Old Soldiers.

1t will be news to great many per-
sons of this country to learn that the
United States expends $3,000,000 an
nually on It's national homes for, dis
abled volunteer soldiers and 100000
annually on the national homes for dis
abled regular soldiers. At present
there are $4,000 disabled soldiers in
the volunteer homes and 1925 in the
home for regulars. There are also, in
addition to these, national soldiers
homes at Washington; Hampton, Vir-
ginia; Dayton, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis
consin; Togus, Maine; Marion, Indi-
ana; Leavenworth, Kansas; Danville,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
More EIectrocutions.

Seattle has no electric chair in
which her malefactors are shocked
to death, nevertheless here of late
quite few persons have been electro
cuted in Seattle. True enough they
are electrocuted only by accident, but
after they have been electrocuted what
is the difference to the person
whether it was done by accident or
design? 1t was but couple of weeks
ago that man was electrocuted on
the streets for his persistency in han
ding a live wire, and now comes the
report of one Oxender who was cleo
trOcuted while repairing one of the
wires for the Electric Company. Of
course the Electric Company is not at
fault in this, nor was the Electric
Company at fault in the other electro
cution that happened the other day,
and yet there are many persons in the
city who are willing to condemn the
company for the deaths of both of
these men, and for no other reason
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Another Southern Brute.

From an exchange it is learned that
the district attorney at Atlanta, Geor-
gia, while conducting trial there re-
Gently, felt called upon to use the fol
lowing very vulgar language: Here
we have the picture of niger law
yers parading in front of you with
their attempts to belittle the char
acter Of white men. A niger has no
right-even if he is a lawyer-to at
tack these white mems characters. 7"
If this report be true, and it is not
doubted, then The Republican is of
the opinion that not only the district
attorney should be removed from Of
fee, but the judge as well, because
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

We would not be surpassed to learn
that the editor of the Index
of COlville will be a candidate for
some kind of an Office before the next
convention to be held in that county,
and this is predicted on account of
the Index making use of the following
language in it's last issue: "It is to
the Republican party the state OF
Washington must look for any legisla-
ton remedying railroad abuses. -
Fighting railroads is a hobby that
Eastern Washington politicians have
Of getting into Office here of late, and
perhaps the editor of the Index has an
office in view which prompts the above
remark.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Mckee's Queer Will.

Recently Colonel John Mckee died
in Philadelphia, Pa, and left an es-
tate valued at $1,50O,OOO. Colonel Nc
Kee was a colored man and laid the
foundation for his fortune doing cater
ing work in many of the Northern
cities. Later in life he engaged in the
real estate business and his invest
ments proved successful, and at the
ripe old age of eight and one sum-
mers he died leaving a fortune as said
above. During his life he was an
ardent and enthusiastic Presbyterian
in religious belief, but his will dis
closes the fact that he had placed
every dollar of his property and
monies at the disposal of the Roman
Catholic Church, even to the disinher-
iting OF his two children. What could
have prompted a rOck-ribbed Presby-
terian to have willed his entire e3-
tate to the Roman Catholic Church
and leaving his children without any
part or parcel Of the same has been
a nine days wonder in the City Of
Brotherly Love since the will has been
before the courts. Already the heirs
have taken steps to break the will,
and it is thought that they have
grounds sufficient to accomplish their
purpose, as the Colonel must have
been out Of his right mind when he
made and executed such a document.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

turned his back on Wilson after he
had befriended him, so says Mr. Will
son, and he did not propose that either
CrOcker or anyone else should sue
ceed at his expense. Mr.. Wilson has
another fight in this state Of a similar
nature, and it is against Jesse Fry, of
Whatcom, who wants to be United
States district attorney. He has been
promised this place by Senator Foster,
but thus far the senator has been
wholly unable to land his man. While
John L. Wilson was very friendly to
w. R. Gay, nevertheless he made no
strong fight to maintain him in Office
but he did make fight to prevent
Fry from being appointed, and, as al
ready said, has succeeded very well
The fight that Wilson has against Fry
is too well known to the politicians
of the state to be repeated in this
connection, and it is only referred to
to more fully explain the Ide contro-
versy. Mr.. Gay has withdrawn from
the fight for district attorney, but he
did not withdraw until the president
fatty informed Mr.. Foster that Mr..
Fry would not be appointed. The
political controversy between the two
warning factions of the Republican
party of this state forebodes no good
for the party, and unless some steps
can be taken whereby it can be elimi-
mated the Democratic party is going
to rule the state by an overwhelming
majority.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

Il am unable to explain just why
there is such mad scramble for the
various legislative nominations, came
from a well known politician one day
this week. Il was reading an article
in the Political Pot-pie' not long since
about these nominations, and l began
to cast about to find out how much
truth there was in it, and to my sur
prise l learned that in every legisla-
tive district there were all the way
from dozen to two dozen candidates
for state senator and equally as many
for the members of the lower house.
Good men, bad men, worthless men,
and, in some instances, no men at all,
were all candidates for state senator.
l found that there were even more
candidates for state senator than there
were for the two members of the
lower house in the same district, and
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

Notwithstanding the fact that the
Charleston Republican put in a bid for
the county printing of Asotin county
for just one-half of that bid by the
Sentinel, nevertheless the Sentinel
was given the contract by the county
commissioners, and now the Repub-
lican is wondering how it all happen
ed. The Republican has the right to
make complaint under such circum-
stances, because the law specifically
lowest and best bidder, and so long
as one has a newspaper of gen
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Hayti's New Revolution.


The little republic of Hayti has been
experiencing another Of it's periodical
revolutions, and grave apprehensions
are entertained lest the government
be Overthrown and the revolutionists
get charge of the capitol and the ma
chinery of the law. Hayti is no ex-
ceptiOn to the rule as to revolutions
in South America, as all of these gov
ernments have their periodical revo-
lutiOns and are always in a semi-revo-
lutionary condition. Just why those
little governments cannot live peace
ably among themselves instead Of ex-
hausting their strength and vitality on
each other in mortal combat is a puz-
zling question, and especially to those
living in stable governments, where
| revolutions are almost unknown. OF
course it is natural for the people of
the United States and for the most
of Europe to censure most severely
the Haytian government because it
! is made up largely of descendants of
African blood, but as a matter of fact
Hayti has no more revolutions than
any other of those would-be South
American republics.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
Our Little Sister.

Ouf LICCtS 9tSIGrs
Seattle has brand new little baby
sister, who was just born last Tues
day, whose home is across Elliott Bay,
and who has been christened as West
Seattle. On last Tuesday the two hun
dred and odd citizens living across the
bay, in what has been known as the
West Seattle suburbs, decided to
throw off their swaddling clothes and
become a real thing, and they there
fore voted for incorporation and at
the same time electing a full roster
of municipal officers; mayor, treasurer
and five councilmen. Quite a war of
words as well as legal contention has
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18

The Cascade Miner of Roslyn sug-
gests to the councilmen of that city.
LET us clean up" That would not be
bid idea for Roslyn, because in it's
present condition it has plenty of room
for improvement, and , the same is
doubtless true of a good many other
little towns of this state, and even
some Of the big towns, though not so
much so as the smaller ones, but clean
ing up on the part of municipalities
should be the watchword before the
hot weather comes on and breeds sick
ness.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-04-18
COUNTRY PRESS OPINIONS

The Hartline Standard is the name
of a new paper that has been started
in Douglas county under the time
worn banner of "a long-felt want" :"
with Spring & Bassett as it's proprie-
tors. The initial number announces,
This paper was built from the ground
up and printed complete in thirty-six
hours"