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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
MURDER SUSPECT
KILLS HIMSELF
Thomas Bechtel, Jailed for His Sis
ter's Murder, Cuts His Own
r Throat. 49,
Police Tell Story Of the Crime and
the Family's Efforts to Con-
ceal It.

Allentown, Pa, Oct. So.--Thomas
Bechtel, who was held awaiting in
vestigation Of the murder of his sis
ter, Mabel H. Bechtel, at their home
last evening in his cell in the central
police station. The police consider
this act a practical acknowledgment
of Bechtels guilt. About o'clock
he called across the corridor to AL
fred Eckstein, Mabel Bechtel's affi-
anceG lover. who is also held pending
the coroner's inquest:
Hello, Al; are you there ?"
eyes" answered Eckstein.
Bechtel responded: II wish you
were here with me now that we might
die together.
These were the last words heard
from Bechte. A short time later
T,ckstein called Bechtel and got no
answer, but he thought he heard an
unusual gurgle. House Sergeant Frank
G. Roth had been thru the cells only
a short time before. 81.
At quarter past o'clock he en-
tered the corridor and called both
men. Getting no answer from Bech-
tel he looked into his cell and was
appalled, to see a stream OF blood
running over the cell floor. Bechte e
had laid himself on the bench IN his
cell and cut his throat with a knife.
He was dead when found.
The knife lay near him on the floor.
How he got the knife is not known.
He was carefully searched when
placed in the cell, and no weapon was
found. There is a rumor to. the effect
that a newsboy passed the knife to
him in the cell.
The suicide of Thomas Bechtel has
been followed by the police officials
telling the story of the murder of
Miss Bechtel as gathered by them. 1t
starts with last Thursday, when Eek
stein accompanied Miss Bechtel to
PHILADELPHIA. He left, her there and
returned home. Weisenberg met her
IN Philadelphia and accompanied her
to Allentown, leaving there Sunday at
d d. M. and reaching here four hours
later. 49,.
They went to certain place to-
gether, where they remained until
11idnight Thomas Bechtel heard Of
this and, being strenuously opposed to
Weisenberg, he upbraided her in her
room upon her return home. He
struck her a powerful blow on the
cheek, causing her to fall heavily
against bureau, dead.
Gil and decided upon the story made
public on Tuesday, and upon the dis
position Of the body and clothing as
found. Charles Bechtel's slater's hat
Chef was used in striking a blow on
the head Of the dead girl to give
semblance of the assault.
This happened Immediately after
midnight. The body was concealed in
the home until Monday night, when it
was placed in the areaway where it
was found Tuesday morning. Eek
stein knew nothing of the murder, the
police say.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
YOUNG GIRLS
ARE ENSL,AYED
in Chicago Levee Dis
trict Discloses Systematic Traf-
fc in Human Beings.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-Members of the
council graft committee have probed
deep into corruption in the levee dis
trict and are appalled, at what they
found.
It proved to the satisfaction of the
members that a criminal traffic in hui
man beings exists with the knowledge
and Under the protection Of the police.
The investigators have before them
the statement that young girls and
boys are stolen, sold into slavery,
stripped naked and held prisoners in
rooms until they have been led to lives
Of shame and crime. Evidence in
hand is said to show that the evil is
not confined to few cases, but that it
has been reduced to a business.
Several high police authorities are
involved as well as the officers on the
beat who Winked at the crime and the
system by which tribute is levied upon
abandoned women and criminals of
dark Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
DAVIES.
Left Halfback,
MINNESOTA.

seems to open way for the prosecu-
ton of Heath. This pertains to the
Postal Device company Of San Fran
CISCO which, according to sworn
statements made by former postofice
officials now under indictment on the
Pacific coast, distributed stock to
Machen, Beavers and other postoffice
officials at washington with the result
that that concern secured valuable
contracts with the department..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
NEGRO Is LYNcHED,

New Orleans, La, Oct. 3O.-A negro was
taken from the pail at Hattiesburg Miss, last
night and lynched, charged with entering the
house of H. r.. Allen during Mr.. Aliens alb
sence with intent to commit criminal assault on
one Of the family. The negro was carried half
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

HEfNzE's COMPANY BLAMED.
Butte, Mont, Oct 30.-A coroner's jury,
hearing evidence last night as to how Mar
tin Piskauer and Umberto Cattilino came
to their death yesterday in the Minnie
Healy mine, brought in a verdict laying
the blame at the door Of the Montana Ore
Purchasing company
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
HEIRESS-LOVE Ill
Designer and Builder Of Recent
American Cup Defenders III
With Pneumonia.

Bristol r. T., Oct. so.-Capta1n
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, designer and
builder of several Americas cup de-
tenders, is seriously i'll from pneu-
mOnia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
PRESIDENT IS
AFTER HEATH
Roosevelt Tells Friends the Former
Assistant Postmaster General
Should Be Indicted.
Furthermore He Instructs the At
torney General to Secure the
Necessary Evidence.
Statute Of Limitations Causes Diff
Guilty, But Search for Evil
dence Still Continues.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service. ...,y..
Washington, Oct. 30.-"Perryr
Heath must be prosecuted with all the
vigor and resources at the command
of the government" declared Presi-
dent Roosevelt to-day to three friends
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
TEA COMPANY ROBBED
The Thieves Smashed Open Cash Register
and Got Away With
1898.

Thieves broke into the store Of the
Grand Union Tea company, 612 Hennepin
avenue, last night and after smashing
They gained an entrance to the building
by prying open the rear window. There
Is no clue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
TIME OF GAME-2:15 p. m.

TIME OF GAME-2:16 p. m.
PLACE-Northrop Field.
HOW 70 GET THERE-Take Interurban line
or Como Interurban or Oak street cars going
east.
HOW TO GET IN-Red tickets, gate on Har-
ward street on east end Of field. Green tickets,
southwest corner Of field near railroad tracks. at
southwest corner Of field. Yellow tickets, gate
at University and Eighteenth avenues on north
side Of field. Blue tickets, gate on Church
street, near armory, at northwest corner OF
field.
HOW TO BET-suit yourself.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
IRSFIELr.
Right Halfback.
F..vl Ut MICHIGAN

Of inquiry. The steamer :Jnsen Maru
has gone to the scene Of the disaster
with divers to search for the bodies of
the persons who were drowned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
Games Tomorrow.

WEST.
Minnesota VS.. Michigan at Northrop
field.
Wisconsin VS.. Chicago at Madison
Illinois VS.. Northwestern at Champaign
Iowa VS.. Nebra ska. at Iowa City.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

Dartmouth VS.. Wesleyan at Hanover.
The football championship of the
west will be settled bbefore the sun
sets tomorrow afternoon. That, at
least, is the opinion Of the majority
Of the critics.
Michigan and Minnesota are both
ready for the final struggle on North
rop field. The hard work Of the teams
is finished. Both take light signal
will give their Anal instructions to-
night and tomorrow before the
whistle blows. A few details Of the
plan Of attack are yet to be settled,
a few problems in regard to the line
ups must be solved, but the real work
Of preparation for the great game Of
the year is completed. Coaches, play
ers and rooters are waiting for the
hour when the referees whistle will
signal the beginning of the contest.
It is unusually difficult to make a
prediction In regard to the outcome Of
the contest. So evenly are the two
elevens matched that a large percent
age of the local followers Of football
think a 0 to score the most probable
result. Adherents Of Michigan point
to the fact that Yost has never been
defeated. They call attention to the
scores made by the wolverines this
fall as a proof that the cogs Of the
great scoring machine are working
smoothly. They challenge Minnesota
to show a man equal to Heston or
Maddox. They quote the opinions
Of such men as HollistaS of Beloit, to
ever and will surely win. They draw
comfort from the evident confidence of
Yost and his men.
Minnesota Not Dismayed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

q Purdue vs. Indiana at Indianapolis.
Franklin VS.. Wabash at Charlottesville.
EAST.
Yale VS.. Columbia at New York:
i Harvard VS.. Carlisle at Cambridge.
Princeton VS. Cornell at Princeton.
Pennsylvania vs.. Buckneu at Philadel-
plia. a
West Point vs. Vermont at West Point.
Brown vs. Williams at Providence.
Dartmouth VS.. Wesleyan at Hanover.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

Coach F. H. Yost, Of Michigan
says: IS
Minnesota has more experienced
men than. Michigan. She has the
advantage tSof playing on her own
grounds, and her men started work
three weeks before ours, and have
tpiayedS more game S. W. have several
freshmen on the team, but maybe we
have some advantages to offset those,
OF Minnesota. 1t will be a close game
and | expect 1t to settle the champion
ship of the west.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
OTHER MINNEsOTA-MICHIGAN

GAMES.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
|GOPHERS GO IN
TO WIN TOMORROW
Both Sides Ready for Great Football Battle Of
the Minnesota Not Boastful, but
Confident and Determined.

Still Doubt Whether 0Brien Will Ply0th Men Said Be in Good
Condition Michigan Eleven Arrives Mnneapo-Yo
Expects and Close Came Thinks Men Will Win.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local application as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamed you have a rumb-
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL. condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O..
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
1T is TOO CHEAP.
Insurance Company Quotes Rates
Less Than Cost.

Seattle-State Attorney General
StrattOn has begun proceedings in the
superior court Of this county to pre-
vent the Fraternal Knights and La
dies, an assessment insurance con-
Germ, from continuing business under
its present scheme of organization.
In substance the attorney general al
leges that the concern is essaying 10
assume risks fOr a lesser sum than
it costs to carr rem and that it must
necessarily, un4or the circumstances,
ultimately meet Win disaster.
The society vas organized on
April Is, 1903, and a copy Of its NOR
tuary tables and premium rates filed
as an exhibit in the case reveal that
it is soliciting business at very
much lower rate than concerns of this
kind usually quote. The attorney
general alleges that in fact its mOrtu
airy rates are considerably lower than
its assessments and points out that it
must inevitably succumb to the de-
mandS of it's beneficiaries.
A restraining order is asked from
the court to prevent the company
from writing further business until
such a time as its rates are read
iusted to conform TO the proven cost
of writing the risks which it as
SumeS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
MARKET PURELY LOCAL.

AS for some time back the wheat
market is purely local one, the mills
buying the little wheat changing
hands. says the West Coast Trade this
week. Even from this source there is
practically no demand, and Fortunate
" so for there would be no wheat
available to supply any but the most
United requirements. Prices under
The circumstances are held and &c
above the normal export quotation al
}+M86C for blue STEM and 500 SIC for
club. Receipts are below 10000
bushels weekly, touching the mini
mum in the history of the northwest
grain trade just as stocks are at the
lowest point ever known.
OF the coming crop there is a con-
mutation Of favorable reports. The
aims Of a week ago were fairly gen
2ral, and while many sections have
lot secured adequate moisture to in
sure a full harvest, the position of the
crop as a whole is much better than
at any time in the past month, with
present estimates remaining higher
than those lately put forth. In some
HOrtiOns Of the grain belt heretofore
apprehensive of a material decrease
the precipitation has bettered the
prospect to the extent that an average
crop is expected and favorable
weather from now on will probably
bring the total output for Washington
20 the 20,000000 bushel point. The
prospect is also flattering for a high
quality OF grain, with large berry
and freedom from smut
The price prospect continues to
improve moderately. The report of
the agricultural department issued
July 10, indicates a further decline of
"a points in the condition of winter
wheat, standing at 1873 as compared
with II on July 1, year ago, while
spring wheat has dropped "a points
10 S2.5, compared with 92.4 on July / :,
1902, Indicating a Curtailment of con-
siderable moment in estimates. even
though the crop through increased
acreage will probably be the limit at
from 725 900 900 to 740 900 600 bushels
The amount Of wheat in farmers
hands Oh July 1 is estimated by the
government at A., 100000 bushels. or
only 6.3 per cent of the crop. how
ever, as compared with 52440, 900
bushels at the same time last year
Wnlle the total in the official visible
IS down to 14,311, 900 bushels, as
against 19,S0S 900 bushels at this time
last year We start in with a short
age of some 100000 bushels to 49,
100000 in the prospective European
output with a decrease of 100000 |
acres in the area planted to corn in |
this country the outlook is more than |
reasonably good for high prices and |
a good demand for all our supplies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
MOOSE HORNS FOR THE FAIR

Juneau.-Thp Yukon will be repre-
sented at the st. Louis exposition by
what is believed to be the most per-
feet set of moose horns in the world.
W. E. Carlin and William Crum. OWN
ers of the horns, intend sending them
10 the big fair
From tip to tip the horns measure
siXty-eight and a half inches. with
a convex measurement of eighty-three
and quarter inches. The set, own
ed by Charles B. Hazeltine of Maine.
which took the first prize in New York
measured siXtyone inches from tip to
tip. with convex measurement of
seventy-three inches. Hazeltine who
is noted collector, claimed that his
set was the largest known in the
world and the most symmetrical The
Hazeltine set has twenty nine points
while the horn owned by the Dawson
men, has thirty eight, twenty-one on
one horn and seventeen on the other
AS Will be seen by comparing the fig
ures, the Yukon horns are superior tC
the HaZeltine set.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
TEST LABOR LAW.
Bon Marche Charged With Violation
of Statute.

Seattle.-A complaint charging A.
G. Buchanan, of the Bon Marche, with
violating the state law limiting the
hours for the employment of females,
was sworn out by William Blackman,
the state labor commissioner
Miss NJ. F. Sweige, employed in the
store, was named as the person who
worked fourteen hours out of the
twenty-fOur. 1t is said that on the
evening Of July 3, Manager Buchanan
notified the employees that he expected
10 keep open until 10 o'clock in the
evening, and that the saleswOmen,
consequently added the night hours
to their regular daywork
In a previous case affecting the
same establishment, it is stated. a de-
cisiOn was rendered against the de-
PENDANT, and the matter was taken to
the supreme court on the plea that
the law is unconstitutional. The SUI
preme court decided that the law is
valid. The penalty for the offense is
a fine of not less than so nor more
than $25.
The management Of the Bon Marche
has not much to say about the charge
beyond claiming that ten hours a day
is the limit on time of employment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17

Iy secretary, should be personally Ii
able for all the damages which the
company sustains as a result of Kress-
ly'S frauds.
AS Puny Whisper
These protests from inside the CON-
pany, however, are but puny whisper
ings. compared with the roar that may
be expected from the people who
bought the bogus stock from Kress-
~. The outsiders are demanding that
the company assume liability for all
their stock, which was signed by the
proper person as secretary and mas
the corporate seal duly affixed, even
though the presidents name was a
forgery. These people want the full
amount that they paid for the stock.
The embarrassing character Of their
claim is easily apparent. There are
100, 900 shares of bogus stock out,
while the legal capital of the company
is but 1000 900 shares. If the Lucille
DreyfuS were to increase its capital
to 200, 900 shares in order TO recog-
nize all of this bogus stock there
would still be trouble, for the 1,100,-
900 shares OF bad certificates would
then represent only little more than
half interest in The mine and each
share of bogus stock would be worth
less than half Of the value of a legiti-
mate share under the capitalization,
which the purchasers Of bogus stock
assumed they were getting. On the
other hand. the Lucille Dreyfus COM
pany may be ordered to protect the
holders of bad stock, not by increas-
ing the capital of the company, but
by paying the purchasers damages
amounting to the amount they spent
on the purchase Of the stock Then
the Lucille Dreyfus would have to
pay claims of perhaps $50 ,O0O, and it
is doubtful whether the mine would
sell for that if put under the hammer
The line Of authorities is so widely
at variance that no lawyers attempt
to say what the courts will decide
when the cases come to trial In
some cases the corporation is held re-
spOnsible for stock wrOngfully issued
by secretary, as was done in the
kressly case. In other cases 10 such
liability is considered
Meanwhile the lawyers all over
town are looking up authorities ana
are Whetting their axes for the big
battle that is TO come And as for
Mr.. kressly, not word has been
heard of him since he left Lidgerwood
sanitarium.
Ellis G. Soule. trustee of the
Dreyfus company. said: The trus-
tees did not feel justified in spending
the company's money to hunt him
down, as there was no likelihood that
he could be made to give up any
money that he had taken. He doubt
less lost it all befo re he went to the
wall"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
THREE MEN SAVE A BOY.

Everett.-An 11-year- old boy on a
bicycle was struck by a west bound
street car just east of the viaduct,
and had it not been for the quick act
ion Of A. Tryo. Bob Seymour and J.
". Niece, would have been badly if
not fatally injured. The boy was
riding in the same direction as the
car when the mOtOrman rang the bell.
The boy became nervous and turned
in front of the car and the lat1er
struck the wheel. For a moment he
was thrown on top of the fender and
then started to roll beneath it. Sew
mour, Tyro and Niece were riding on
| the front platform, and while the cal
was still moving rapidly, as soon as
they saw the accident the former
swung out in front of the car. while
! the other two leaning out as far as
they could, supported him. Seymour
caught the lads coat, just as he wa:
rolling under the fender and pulled
him out. Neither the bov nor his
wheel was hurt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
HE TRIES TO WHIP EDITOR.
Waterviile Attorney Is Now Home
Under Care of Doctor

Waterville, Wash.-W. J. Canton is
at his home in this city sore and
bruised and under the care Of a doc
tor He made an attempt Tuesday
morning to thrash one of the editors
of the Douglas County Press.
Mr.. Canton is practicing attorney
here and took exceptions to an artf-
Gle printed in the last issue of the
Press. Mr.. Canton called at the press
office Tuesday morning and assaulted
W. S. Trimble. one Of the editors.
attacking him, the newspaper men
say, with a loaded cane. Mr.. Trimble
defended himself so we'll that the in
truder was taken home and a doc
tor summoned to attend him.
M. Trlmble resumed his duties
Trimble's partner, Ben Spear, wa.
present at the time, but did not in
terfere in the mixup. Mr. Spear says
he did not mix up in it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
KRESSLY'S
TANGLE
In Affairs of Lucille
Dreyfus Mining Go.
BOGUS AND genuine STOCK
sndiscriminately and HopeIessly Mixed
by the Dishonest
Secretary.

Such a legal tangle as the north
west country has never seen is GER
tain to bob up in the courts shortly,
5angliug interests in the Lucille Drey-
Gus company bring actions to get their
stock Strengthened out says the
Spokane Spokesman-Revie
There is genuine stock that has
never changed hands from the time
it was first issued years ago. There
Is stock with The signatures and seal
all straight. but with the amount
raised ten or one hundred fold by the
ingenious Secretary KTessly. There
IS stock which he wrote himself from
mis- now famous duplicate book, with
the signature Of President W. NJ. Rid
path a rank forgery. There is stock
which mas been fooling the experts
10 decide whether it bears the real
signature of Colonel Ridpath or mere
" a Kressly imitation. There is gen
uine stock which was sent in for
transfer, and for which Secretary
Kressly returned his own private
brand of bogus certificates. Then
there is this same good stock which.
instead of canceling, Mr. Kressly sold
again anon the market. There are
punches of stock in which shares that
are genuine, forged, raised and doubt
ful are all held by the same owner
There are 1100,0 600 shares of forged
and raised stock to certainty, issued
by Kressly and sprung upon the pub
535l00o 70 $4,000.
Courts Must Decide.
Now the questions which the cOur
will be called upon to settle. relate
10 the status Of all this bad stock an(
The responsibility Of the company TO
1t. Thus far the trustees of the Lucil'
Orevfus have admitted no liability 70
any specific brand of the bogus stock
although they intimated that the.
might protect the holders Of som
varieties No settlement however
will ever be reached. without a bi
legal row. The company is PRACTICAL
without funds. If it raises the capita
10 issue new stock in lieu Of any c
the bogus certificates, some Of the oil
genuine shareholders are certain t
howl, for their own interests in tn
company will be cut down exactly i
proportion to the new stock While
may be issued
Then too. here is an element whic
holds that President w. Nj. Ridpat
and his following, which made Kress