The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-24
The National Capital.

Inc merger hearing before the
U. S. Supreme Court last week in
interest quite overshadowed the
rather inane performances which
have been going on daily in the
Senate and House. Crowds packed
the somewhat limited quarters of
the Court, and representative at
torneys from all over the country.
and Senators, Congressman and Law
men were in attendance every day.
The mastery effort of Attorney
General Knox for the government
received universal commentator.
Confidence is expressed that the
Court will find the merger in vio-
lation of the Sherman Law.
Former Congressman Fletcher is
in the city on personal business.
"Uncle Loren'' is in fine physical
condition, and looks fit to enter
upon another campaign for seat in
the lower house. He is not talking
for publication on this subject yet.
"You may as we'll ask me
whether the sun will rise tomorrow
as to ask whether there is any ques-
ton about whom the National Re-
publican convention will nominate
for the presidency" declared SEN
ator Moses E. Clapp, of Minnesota.
''There will be just one name men
toned in the convention, and that
will he the name of President
Roosevelt. There is no possible
doubt about that"
Nevertheless, and notwithstand-
ing his explanation that no business
OF Importance was planned to come
up at the Convention of National
Committeeman, Mr.. Thomas Shev-
Inns transfer of proxy to Senator
Hanna, instead of to Minnesotan, is
being severely criticised. His con-
duct lends color to the statement
that Shevlin has been turned down
by the President.
John J. Carlisle, who has been
under arrest in this city for several
days on a warrant from Minneapo-
lis, charging him with grand lar
ceny, has consented to return to
the Flour City to stand trial. He
has been RECALLING the officers here
with variety of stories concerning
his identity and past life, and some
doubts have arisen as to their credi
bility. At the hearing before the
U. s. Marshall recently, Carlisle
told bran new story, repudiating,
in part, his other narratives. He
said he was indeed the nephew of
former Secretary Carlisle, and that
his previous denial of the relation
ship had been prompted by con-
slderation for the family. Carlisle
also said that he was the same man
who figured in the sensational
"switch" from the Clarke-Heinze
faction to the DAILY faction in Mon
tana copper interest and Montana
politics during the proceedings
against Senator Clark. According
to Carlisle's confession, he was
fairly well fixed in this worlds
goods when he first reached MIN
neapolis, but he played the races
and lost nearly all. At this time,
he noticed an advertisement in the
Minneapolis papers and answered
it. The result was that he formed
a partnership with one J. J. De
Bralls, an expert hypnotist. Car
Isle was the silent partner, and
the pair established a ssschool' to
teach hypnotism by mail at rate
of $25 for twenty lessons. "For
time" said Carlisle, "the suckers
came fast, and we soon had about
$4,000 apiece. Then the income
began to slacken-why I do not
know, for De Bralls was a hypno-
fist of the first water" When De
Bralls and Carlisle found their rev.
enue decreasing, the latter sug-
gested advertising for a new part
ner. Miss Clarice Hoebner re-
responded, and, to her demand for
a reference before investing, De
Bralls sent her to Carlisle. He
vouched for the hypnotist's reliabil.