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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
WILL GO 1HE LIMIT
The Legislature Cant Possibly Ad-
journ Before Last Legal
-. ...... So -, -
Day of Grace. q
Many More Bills Still in Commit
,..s'' tees Hands Than Have .,5;
s.. Been Passed. -. -,

There is no chance whatever that the
legislature will adjourn day before April
81, the last legal day of grace. When
the two houses of the legislature began
''jockeying" with Senator Lords resolu-
ton, offered on March 16 and fixing the
time for adjournment at April 2, he lost
interest in his campaign as the members
in both houses plainly revealed their lack
of sincerity. Later on, however, when
the house asked for a conference to dis
cuss the question Of cutting short the
session, Mr.. Lord consented to act as a
member of the conference. The other
members were Senators Brewer and
thompson and Representatives Bennett,
HaWley and Putnam.
A brief investigation shows that an ad-
journment is wholly out of the question,
and 1t is not likely that the conference
committee will seriously confer. AS a
matter Of fact, the legislature is "mired'
and will be unable to pull out, even by
April II. q
March 81, last Tuesday, will show this
quite plainly. On that day there had been
introduced Sal bills and 204 had been re-
ceived f4om the house, out OF. which num-
Der there had been passed 142 and Il
postponed Of the senate bills and 80 passed
and 16 postponed of the house bills. Since
that time several more bills have been
added, making a total of SET. The rela-
tive conditions have not changed. In
short there are great many more bills
stilh in the hands of the senate commit
tees than have been passed in the past
three months.
In the house, out of the sS1 bills in
troduced up to April 1. there had been
passed only 246 with 131 postponed and
20 lost. There were then 47o bills in the
committees besides a bunch of '4s from
the senate.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
ORE SHIPMENTS TIED. UP
Longshoremen Strike Out of sympathy y
gow for the Tuumen A,


3om for the Tugmen. 4,
WEST SUPERIOR, wIS.-The long,
shoremen have gone out on a sympathetic
Strike with the licensed tugmen. ALL the
ulen working at the ore docks are affected
and 1t means the tying up Of ore ship
ments at the head of the lakes. Cars Of
ore remain on the docks unloaded. *4....
The Tower Slip gambling rooms were
ra1ded ard ten men arrested. They all
pleaded guilty and We're fined $14S, which
their attorney promptly paid. -- ..,
, The Peter Cooper school, the largest in
the city, was formally dedicated last night.
1t was erected at a cost of 100000
The contract for the keeping of the buoys
In Superior and st. Louis bays during the
fiscal year was awarded to James Magee
Of Duluth. t' =
A. A. Much of Lake Nebagamon, this
county. receives a patent to a quarter sec
tion of white pine land worth from $12 900
to $4,000. The land Is at LIE Claire, Wis,
a station on the South Shore & Atlantic.
1t was several years ago that Mr.. Much
examined the government records and
found that there was a quarter section
that had been taken up under the Indian
act, when in reality the man that had
filed was q white man with no trace OF
Indian blood. Much filed\on the land un-
der the homestead law.
The Weyerhaueser interests claimed the
land through having secured 1t from the
white man who had attempted to take II
under the, Indian act This is popularly
supposed to be the last piece Of govern
ment land with white pine upon it in this
county. 90. #-. .. - -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
HUNGRY FOR TAXES
How Up-Country Counties Would
" Profit by the Cole
Law. ...@
Lumhermen Not Protesting Partic-
ularly, but Sawnill Counties =
Would Lose Revenue,

The Cole law, by which the Minnesota
legislature is endeavoring to change the
method of levying taxes on logs, is
scheme to divert taxes from southern
counties into northern counties. This
explanation was offered to-day by Min
neapolis man who has been looking up
the bill and it's effects =- .
He said: 1T would be a popular move
for Representative Cole, who introduced
this bill, if he could secure for Cass county
some OF the big taxes now being paid by
lumbermen in Hennepin and Washington
counties. But Cass county wouldn't be
the only gamer. The additional receipts
WOGlil benefit Hubbard, Lake. st. Louis
and Bcltrami< counties-all the counties,
in fact, where any logs are now being
cut. '>''..'- '-'' '.
"Asa the law is now taxes must be paid
May l on logs in the county where they
We're manufactured. There are some mills
III the pine counties, but a large portion
of the logs come down to be sawed here
In Minneapolis and over at Saltwater. In
Minneapolis last year, according to the
city assessor, the taxes paid on logs were
somewhere about $50, 0O0-the assessor
hasn't yet got the exact figures. In 1908
| the total will rise to $75;000 This would
be considerable loss to our local rev.
enues from taxation, if the whole sum
were diverted to other counties.
That's why the Coal bill is meeting
opposition. Hennepin and Washington
counties don't care to lose so much rev.
enue. The fight isn't made by the lum-
be1men. They, might find the new law
inconvenient. It wouldn't be handy to do
business with SO many assessors in 50
many counties. But the tax would re-
main the same. and the lumbermen as
such don't care what county gets the
money.
None of the tax due is overlooked un-
der the present arrangement The county
assessors get from the surveyor general
a. statement Of the exact amount of lum
Der cut by each concern since the last
assessment. Then the companies reported
must show where their logs were sold
and manufactured
"One of the provisions of the Coal law
| reveals a little trade between neighbors
| The law does not change the old arrange
ment in case the logs cut in one county
are manufactured in adjoining county
| This provision was inserted so that the
Cass Lake, mills in Cass county may pay
taxes on logs from Beltrami county and
| the Bemidji mills In Beltrami county may
be charged with taxes on logs from Itasca
| county,"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
&
AIMED AT BEND
Bill Limiting Terms of Militia Officers
Approved by Senator's

OH EiIniIHl9 ISTInS OF mllLta OHlCerS
Approved by Senators.
The real aninus of the Eherhart bill
limiting the commission of officers of the
national guard to ten years was disclosed
yesterday when the measure was consid-
cred by senate in committee of the whole.
Senator John G. Hardy declared that the
bill was aimed at General w. B. Bend
and that the legislature was being used
as catspaw by self-seeking militia Off
GERS who were afraid to make their fight
In the open. There were many ways of
securing the retirement Of incompetent
or unworthy officers without resorting to
such tactics.
Later speakers, including Senators
Eberhart and Cole, gave extended eulogies
on Colonel Bobleter of the Second regi-
ment, who was being prevented from ac-
quiring the title Of brigadier general be-
cause he was outranked by superior
officer.
The mournful tale of Colonel Bobleters
sad fate touched the hearts of the sena-
tors and they voted to recommend the
bill for passage
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
AYES.


for passage.
Inheritance Laws Endorsed.
Before arising from the committe of the
whole, the committee recommended the
passage Of the Putnam bill, III. F. $50,
authorizing administrators. executors and
guardians to deposit moneys in their
hands belonging to absent heirs, legatees,
wards and creditors with the county
treasurer.and the Alley bill, S. f. $685. pro-
viding that the parents of Il deceased per-
son shall be entitled to a portion of the
estate when there is surviving spouse.
To Protect Dumb Animals.
The two bills by Senator Eberhart. pro-
posed by the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals. will pass. One of
these bills. it will be remembered. au-
thorized police officers to take to a livery
stable or other place of shelter any ami
NAL likely to suffer by exposure to incem-
ent weather. The other bill makes it
misdemeanor for the owner of an animal
which has been. clipped to suffer it to
stand in an exposed place in the winter
months without adequate protection.
Senator Rieke's Humor.
Senator Rieke created laugh by a bit
of sarcasm while urging the passage Of
s. F. No. SAT. relating to claims against
counties. He said: ''Ths bill does not
affect the three empire counties of Hen
nopin, Ramsey and ST. Louis. of which the
state of Minnesota Is a. mere part, and
therefore J. hope that no other senators
from these counties will oppose this bill y
The senators took the shaft good naturcd-
ly and the bill was passed by unanimous
vote.
Pure Food Bill Passes.
The Buck bill making it a misdemeanor
to adulterate products i'll any manner or
to misbrand them, was passed.. 1t is not
necessary that dangerous or deleteriOus
matters shall be mixed in food products
In order to constitute adulteration.
Anything that in any wise deteriorates
the quality Of any product, or any process
lhat deprives it Of it's normal strength or
quality shall be deemed an aduteration.
Historical socIety's Bill Dies.
Senator Rieke led an attack on the
Historical societys BILL appropriating
81 900 for the compilation. illustration and
printing of a, report on the state exhibit
at the worlds industrial and cotton cen
tennial exposition held in New Orleans
in 1885. The speaker urged that not six
people in the state would read the report
after it published and that its pub.
hcatlon would be a waste of money. Or
roll call the bill secured but 26 votes anc
thus died of inanition.
Bill Wasn't Loaded.
Senator McCowan revealed the secret O
his mysterious bill, S. F. No 411 thi
morning Senator Rieke said that i
looked like d woodchuck to him. but tn,
parent of the odd-apearing measure sal,
that the bill provided simply for the In
corporation Of branch Or subordinat
lodges of beneficiary and charity so
society. and that I.'Katolicka Slovensk
Jednota Spoienych Severnet Ameriky
instead of being anything really dangerou
meant only the First Catholic Sovak so
ciety in the United States of North Amer
lea. With this explanation the bill wa
passed without a murmur.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04

ELK RIVER, MlNN.-Mrs. Amos Col
son, who had been i'll of pneumonia since
last November, died yesterday. She was
am active worker in the Episcopal church.
She leaves a husband and four daughters,
Mrs. Charles Davis Of Minneapolis, Mrs
Albert Kienholz of Kennebec, Mich, and
two younger daughters. $50
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
RoLLEY GOING TO EUROPE
Department Orders Him to Report at
. NoehInnf0n lima -

Washington June 1.
FARGO, N. D.-The department Of ag-.
riculture at Washington has i ms tructed
Professor H. l.. Bolley Of the North Da-
kota agricultural college to report there
June to start on his trip to Investigate
flax and it's diseases. The professor was
the first to discover flax sick soil and this
spring announced .the discovery Of i'm
mune flax, by the propagation OF certain
seeds that can grow in any flax sick soil.
So important were the discoveries that
the department Immediately began plan
ming to send him to Europe. He will first
go to Russia, but the trip will take him
over the greater part of Europe, and he
will be absent from six to nine months
Fargo Elks will go to Grand Forks this
evening to assist in the installation Of
Exalted Ruler E. Y. Sarles. Mr.. Sarles
lives in Hillsboro. where he is a popular
banker, but he belongs to the Grand Forks
lodge. ~
The school row has assumed a new
phase and the injunction case was not
heard to-day. The action of the board in
electing Superintendent Smith for an
other year was rescinded, which seems
to do away with the necessity OF the in
functional proceedings. The board at its
| last meeting voted against Mr.. Smith; and
the announcement is made that the next
superintendent will be DR.. Search the
lecturer. He is a personal friend Of Judge
Amtdong OF the United States court, whose
friends were active in the undoing Of SUI
perintendent Smith.
| A stock company is being organized to
establish a factory for the manufacture Of
vapor light and heating appliances. The
kplan has been thoroughly canvassed and
r1any local men are interested. 1t is
purposed to organize with $50. 900 capital
use of gasolene. & s
A fire at the residenceSof Joseph Sarges
was started by the explosion of some
Kerosene and the building was badly dam
aged. Mrs. Sarges and her daughter were
burned on the arms.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04

LUVERNE, MINN.-The Luverne Jour
nal. started some five years ago, has been
sold to Daniel Gagen of Blue Earth City.
w. II. Workman, the former proprietor,
will ''go on the road' for the Whiting
Paper company of Chicago. The new
proprietor is man Of wide experience in
the newspaper business.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
HOUGHIQN, M

HoUGHToN, MICH.-Should the pres
ent unreasonable weather continue for a.
week or two. navigation will not be open
so soon as expected on Portage lake and
the canals.-W. D. Lotus of Duluth. the
newly appointed Portage lake agent of
the Union Transit company, will assume
his duties on Monday New quarters have
been secured and c. B. McCrea has been
retained as clerk. .- -. .,.'., -- s... .-. -.~.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
Press GratuItIes Voted.

Senator Schultz presented the custom
ary resolution making an appropriation
for the newspaper reporters. The usual
amount of $3.50 is voted to each of the
nine reporters in the senate. No Jour
a representative will accept such a
bonus from the state treasury.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
DIS of library directors and prescribe

be e osTeys Of and Sss and
Of to nay1s
old sidewalks with new walks. without anv ne.
titlon theretor by owners Of property fronting
S. F; $50. Hardy-=-Requiring the register of
aeeas IN ramsey county to furnish the county
estate securities that are according to the rec.
ords OF his office. unsatisied and owned or un.
$. = 2o5, LordReiatng to the thea ad@inisfratop H
and dstri5asion s 6as ,nI. Of estate Of intestates
clrasers of railroad lands for real estate +a~ns
Levied e ~ by virtue of Chapter 1es Of the general
$: e., F; PSI 81 MPeterson-Relating to the formation
school districts adjoining school district whicE
maintains state graded state high school 10
Rortatlon- OF children to and from school at pub.
=, 5: !: 32s Substitute for S. r. s1), Taxes and
Iax Laws-Relating to the distribution Of pen. ne
aties: costs and interest on real estate taxes
5. r. A7. Rieke-Reiating to claims apsinst
counties disallowance thereof and appeals there
S: F: al, McGowau-To provide for the incor-
PorSti9n of subordinate or branch lodges Of the
Statoch seyerne Ameriky. 'p0'en' '''
oos: $: r. 42e, Eberhart 70 authorize police Off
GERS TO prevent the suffering of animals nv o.
posure to inclement weather. ~ "a
oALLo EASSED BY THE HOUSE.
H. f. 77S: Ole peterson-Relatiyc to hrtdres
across the Minnesota river. 'oee'
!. H. f. 744 HclliWel--To regulate the nub,;c.
non r oF E articles 51 sts1o1ac Of Incorporation;
scnool districts to refund their bonded indebted
H. F. 740, Ltghtly-To provide for the re;rsrr-
ancc Oh tne business of any mutual comnanv
IoEincu ana Incorporated under the laws Of n;
STATE; TO insure against loss or damage to nrnn
cry cry py ha1 tornadoes, cyclones and hurrica nes
l. II. r. rs: Tighe (by request)-To amend 500.
t1on e. chapter $40, general laws Of 1sS
an act providing for the selection Of candida ~
ior election by popular vote and relating to to
H. F. CPS. wichman--To license and rern1ate
state auctioneers. : ""u regulate
n. F: eco Jacol'y. (by request)-Entitled an
act fSiEg the salaries Of county attorneys and nd
assistant county attorneys in All rounties ~
the state Of Minnesota having a ponmjation ne m
AoYioog ana not more than 100000 inhabitants
~. r. ol6, SWanson-TO amend section o
cnaPter nT !52' I23 general laws Of 1901 -
III. II. -, Johnson and Observation-Disclosures
county commissioners in all counties of this
now having, which shall hereafter have q q
population of 200 900 Inhabitants or over tn mn
chase and equip power road roller and a rock
crusher, and to provide for the operation mainte-
nance and IN management of the same.
II. r. 4O7, Clague-To amend sections H. 49,
25 and 80, Of chapter $50. laws of 1899. ass
amended by sections 2. 3, and ), relating to
II. F. 75s. Hickey-Creating pension for dis
abled or retired policemen in cities having n
population of $50. 900 Inhabitants orlover proyid.
Ing for fund out of which such pension shall
pe PAID and for the establishment of a pension
board for the management control and distrib,-
t1On of such fund. observation-disclosures -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04

WADENA, MINN.-Thomas Hay, an
old resident, died at the hospital at Brain
erd Of blood poisoning.-The salary of
County Attorney P. " Copperwell is in
creased from $500 to s1,1oo a year by a
bill passed by the house son Wednesday.
The G. A. r. is making extensive prep
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
HARD Fight MADE
Opposition in Senate to Bill Author
izing Suit to Collect Sugar.
Bounty.
Measure Is Recommended for Pass.
age After Heated Debate-In-
heritance Laws Indorsed.

desperate fight was made in the SEN
ate this morning against the Dorsey bill
authorizing the Minnesota Sugar company
to bring civil suit against the state of
Minnesota to collect the sugar bountyaau-
thorlzed by Chapter 2O5, General Laws of
1893. There is about $40, 600 due the
company under this law, but the company
has no way of collecting this money un-
less pecial permission is given to begin
legal proceedings to test the validity of
the law The measure provoked the Bit.
ter opposition of Sena tors Somerville and
Fitzpatrick. motion to postpone the
OIL indefinitely was lost by vote of 10
to 27 as folIows. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04

ESCANABA, MICH.-The Stephenson
dock is being torn to pieces by the ice
under the impetus of a strong north wind.
The dock is one third gone and unless the
wind shifts will be total wreck
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
STICKS TO PARTY PLAN i
Rouse Kills Bill Providing Non-Partizan
Railway Commissioners.

railway Commissioners.
In committee Of the whole yesterday
afternoon the house killed Mr.. Coles bill
providing for non -partizan primary nomi-
nations Of railroad and warehouse COM
mlssloners. Mr.. Cole made a rather
sensational plea for the bill, attacking
poth the appointive System and the pres
ent system and nominating on conyen-
t1ons. He said one governor received a.
campaign fund Of $4,000 from the rail-
roads, and of course had to appoint COM
missioners favored by his railroad friends.
while under the present system there was
nominated a commissioner whose inter-
ests were as much with the railroads as
With the people. Mr.. Perley took him to
mean Commissioner Staples, and started
In to defend that gentleman, but Mr.. Cole
said he referred to the other two commits
sioners
DowIing's Judiciary Bill o. k.'d.
Mr.. Dowling's non-partizan Judiciary
bill met different reception. Mr.. Fry
berger fought it, claiming that it was a
democratic woodchuck'' in the inter-
ests Of some Hennepin county candidates.
but the bill was recomm ended to pass.
-Four public health bills were passed, in
cluding the Budd bill prohibiting in gen.
erafterms the misbranding or adultera ton
of food products. The. Gillette bill, pro-
viding for state inspection of vinegar, the
hClAlO1l -Dlli, lSldLlllS 10 ldD6une specs as
pure. or adulterated, and the Shepard bill
prohibiting the use of second hand berry
boxes, We're also passed.
Among the bills recommended to pass
were the, Hinton BILL limiting terms of
national guard field officers to ten years.
the Thompson bill increasing state aid to
high schools to 81 800. the Clague bill in
Screasing the state, aid to graded and
rural schools, and the Hickey police pen
sion bill. 81 ~--,,s. RS s.4@r.r+
BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE.
H + ss7. Lemon :. Authorizing cities having a
population Of over 50 900 Inhabitants to grade
streets constituting am approach to IN public
park without any petition of property owners
II. Il. s2o, Hugo-Authorizinr cities having !,
population Of over $4,000 inhabttants to ma make e
contracts for the purchase of electric power, etc.
missioners to furnish county officers with neces.
sary office supplies. Repassed with house
$. F. 427. Eberhsrt. Preventing and restrain.
ing the exposure esp Of Clipped animals.
8: S42s; Alley-Relating to taxation and the
S. f. 455. schaller- Relating to the change Of
s. F. 456. scha1ler--To authorize the reor.
of seool d districts in cities having
the city council or common council performs the
duties ut q OF g bosrd s1S. Of. Sf edqsatieL
clerk hire Of judges Of probate in certain coun.
IS 47s, Hardy Relating to the ration
of the title to land in certain cases .
s. s. 474 WitnerstinsIo sas repeal chapter se3
resister q deeds in olmsted C. county. % = county
s. II. 475. Barker-To authorize and empower
villages, under certain ciremumstances, m to issue
Ess +. 4s5, Campbell Relating to the limitation
rs aesns .pt,e}ss sssfftsss ef fesi
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
MEN AND MEASURES

A vigorous protest comes to TIL q
j u r II a from Kanabec county against
the passage Of II. F. 1862, creating a new
judicial district out of Chisago, Pine and
kanabec counties. The writer says that
the proposed new district has only one
fourth the population Of the present first
district and that the two judges in that
district are not overworked. During the
year ending April l. 1902 there were only
thirty-six days of court held in the three
counties to be set off. A new judge is not
needed now and there is no use of Gre
ating the position until it is needed.
This bill, which Is by Mr.. Stark Of Har-
rls, has been put through the house by the
efforts Of the author and his colleague
John Oleson. Opponents will try to block
1t in the senate
Mr. Bennett has aroused his editor
CONSTITUENTS IN POLK county ty referring to
the newspaper graft In connection with
| the primary law. The Crookston Journal
says:
Inc newspaper men of Polk county are
certainly indebted to Mr.. Bennett for this
kindly expression of good will toward
| them on his part and this high characteri-
| zation. Polk county Journalism has been
placed in an enviable and favorable light.
indeed. before, the state, in view Of these
remarks of the representative of the
! sixty-second district. In taking this
stand as an opponent of the whole primary
/ system. Mr.. Bennett has shown himself
reactionary and at the same time an ex-
| ponent of a policy to which his constitu-
ents are not at all favorable. - - -
The Faribaut Pilot says: - !.
! I'VE advise our legislators from Rfce
county to vote for the bill now before the
state legislature changing the grand jury
system in Minnesota. The grand Jury
system as it exists In Minnesota is a relic
OF the old English star chamber Very Of
! ten in this state grand juries have nothing
| to do except a little routine work. The
law should be changed SO that a grand
jury shall not be summoned except when.
| in the opinion. of the district Judge, the
ends of justice or the public welfare de-
| mands such a conclave. Twenty five
states are getting along very well without
a. grand jury system and we believe 1t
could be dispensed with in Minnesota Il
The judiciary committee bill passed by
the house yesterday afternoon remedies
an important defect in the present laws
which was only discovered by a recent
supreme court decision. There is no au-
thority under the present law for leaving
property IN trust for charitable or re-
| lisious purpose. The bill passed yesterday
confers that authority. \ +
! The LeSueur News says:
That legislature of Babcock,s passed
the gross earnings bill without dissent
4 ing vote, even If it is a railroad legisla-
i ture.'' .# ssssf ei,s.
i Who ever said it was a railroad legisla-
4 ture? The News man is the first to givs.
currency to such an assertion. .
Il S. D.EPeterson, the Nemesis Of the tele-
graph companies scored a point yester-
! day with his rate bill. A maximum charge
of 25 cents would give the telegraph COM
panies more mental anguish, than tlley
lever gave the gentleman from Brown.
i Charles b. Cheney