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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-01
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR LOSS OF HUSBAND
Staten Island Widow Awarded Dam
ages From an Electrical Com
pany by the Court.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-A verdict
for $40. 600 damages has been award
ed in the Supreme Court to Mrs. Anna
Morhard, widow of Staten Island
phvsician. Her husband was killed a
year ago in the cellar Of his home by
an electric shock
The defendant company supplied
the current that illuminated DIR. Nor
bard's home and the suit was brought
on the allegation that the transformer
used to reduce the electric current be-
fore il entered the house was out of
order. When the doctor touched an
incandescent bulb to turn on the cur
rent ii was asserted he received a
death shock from 24oO volts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-01
.TAILOR'S APPETITE =.
:. CAUSES HIS DEATH
Chokes ON Chunk of Beefsteak, With
Which He Sought to. Appease
Hunger.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3O.--John. Haas.
a tailor, was ravenously hungry to-
day and he. cooked a big steak for
himself, and, being alone in his apart
ments, he proceeded to make a silent
meal of 1t. In little while negro
passed that way and at the window of
Haas shop he saw man acting Wild
". He was rolling his eyes, gesticu-
lating and making contortions. The
negro was frightened and went his
way, and later reported the case to a
policeman.
When the policeman investigated he
found Haas dead upon the floor and
reported 1t as a case Of apoplexy.
Coroner's Physician Springer found
that the tailor. had choked to death
on a strip of meat four inches long
and two inches wide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-01
WATSON MAKES: "A PREDICTION
Foresees Bryan's. Third Nomination
-. and Third Defeat.

=. and Third Defeat.
CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ca. Nov. 80.
Thomas E. Watson, recently candidate
Of the Peoples party for President. to-
day addressed a large crowd at this
place, the former home of Alexander
H. Stevens. His address was. received
with close attention, but with no
marked enthusiasm He spoke in part
as follows: -. :.
II make this prediction: Bryan will
be- the candidate of the Democratic
party. in 1906" said Watson, land I
make this second predictions: When
Bryan runs FOR President. in 1908, as
the candidate of the Parker Belmont
Cleveland-G German combine, he will be
a worse beaten man. than Parker was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-01
' ''' {: & ' ' +;

OAKLAND TRACK.
Commencing SATURDAY. November u.
Racing every week day. rain shine.
Races start at 2:15 D. m. sharp.
For special trains stopping at the track take
S. p Ferry, foot OF Market street at 1900
1890 1:OO 1870 or 400 Returning trains
leave the track at 4:10 and 4:45 .. M and i'm
mediately after the last race.
THOMAS H WILLIAMS. Pr sident.
PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-01
Commissioner for Porto Rico.

MADISON. Wis. Nov. S0.-Graham
L. Rice, former Railroad Commits
sioner of Wisconsin, received word to-
day of his appointment as Commits
sioner of Immigration TO Porto Rico.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

Once upon a time-that sounds like
a fairy tale, but what we are going to
say is absolutely true-certain men,
still living, were logging In Morrison
county. They were near section of
school land which contained some fine
timber. They liked the looks Of that
timber, but had, strange as it may
seem to some, some scruples about
cutting 1t without permission. In
order to be safe, they wrote to the
state auditor of that time, very
honest man. and suggested that they
would like to cut that timber If the
matter could be arranged. The vlr-
tuous official wrote letter forbidding
them from touching the section under
severe penalty, as no one could cut
that timber without having bought it
and it had not been placed on the
market and was not likely to be for a
long time. It was q beautiful letter.
The loggers let that section al me, but
another logger did not. This logger
ordered his crew into that section.
and they slashed around to their
hearts's content. Perhaps Logger No.
q hypnotized the virtuous official, but
at any rate the precious tiu1ber was
cut. And such is life in Minnesota.
And Johnson's report didn' t surprise
Logger No. 1. .~....- g.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

While several of the republican edi-
tors of the district are eloquent about
the good things accomplished by the
present republican congressman, they
maintain a profound silence on a
matter of vital interest to hundreds Of
people IN the district. The Indemnity
land question is not settled at all, in
spite Of all that has been said and
done, and good many settlers on
those lands are not only excited, but
some are very angry. They feel that
they have been trifled with, and are
inclined to get even with somebody.
The fact is that the government
should have satisfied The railroad de-
mands by grants in other parts of the
country, and then allowed the settlers
to homestead the places they have i'm
proved. But we are informed that 1t
is impossible to secure title even at
the valuations placed on the lands by
the appraisers for the railroads. It is
very evident that there is somewhere
In the woodpile very large sized
negro. And from what we have heard
some of these settlers say recently,
they have theory as to the cause Of
the trouble, and If they act on that
theory things will certainly be inter-
estiLR.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
EVIDENTLY FEMINIST BUCK
MAN.


Maple Lake Messenger. Rep. : All
indications point to another finish
fight between Congressman Buchanan
ana A. F. Foster. All attempts to
bring out the third man have proved
fruitless. It is no secret that large
number of republicans who supported
Buckmsn two years ago are now sick
Of him since the exposure Of the pine
timber deal which caused the flow
into his pocket of thousands of dollars
which righsfully belonged to the
state. Mr.. Buckman's record as a
timber trespasser as disclosed by the
books at the state auditors Office and
reports of Public Examiner johnson,
is hard proposition to blot out. OF
course the public knew nothing Of
this two years ago or Mr.. Foster
would have been elected by a rousing
majority. Now the public knows it and
should as true citizens give their dis
approval in no uncertain way.
A. F. Foster ia a gentleman in
every sense of the word, ia a lawyer
py profession with a large practice,
perfectly clean in politics which can
not be said Of his opponent. Having
served his country on the battlefield,
be now asks to serve 1t In the halls of
congress. Vote for A. F. Foster of
Litchfeld for congressman.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
Call for State Convention.

A democratic delegate convention for
the state of MINI esota, is hereby called to
meet at the city of minneapolis, on Tues
day the 30th day Of August, 1904, at II
o'clock noon. at the Exp 'sition building
in said Gie tor the 81 Of III
cratic Party of said State, for the foil low
ing state Office,, to be voted for at the
next general election to be held Tuesday
November Sth, 1904, to-wit tiovernur ,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
Attorney General. Treasurer, four judges
State Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion, and eleven Electors.
In addition, the said convention will
select state com rnittee for the ensuing
two years, and perform such other bust
ness as may properly come before it.
state convention shall be one delegate for
every ISL votes and major fraction thereof
cast for Hon. William Jennings Bryan for
president in Noven1 Der, 1906, and in addi-
ton thereto, three delegates-at-larg from
each and every county in said state. ex-
and st. Louis. each of which shall have
tive delegates a t-large.
The delegates to said state convention
will be chosen by delegate county conven-
tions to be held in each and all of the
counties of the said state on Monday
conventions to be called for that date and
for said purpose by the democratic county
committees of the several counties in
accordance with the requirements of the
election laws of the said state.
BY order of the democratic state central
committee.
Dated Winona, Minn., July 10Th, 1904.
H. L. BUCK,
Chairman.
H. T. ToLMIE,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
ROOSEVELT WON'T DISTURB
THE TRUSTS-CORTELYOU


Chicago Examiner: The proofs
which were sufficient to procure an
injunction against the Meat Trust
could have been used as well to obtain
indictments, and then the conspiring
packers and railroad men composing
the trust would have had the jail
staring them In the face. With the
expenditure on the Attorney Generals
part of one.tenth of the energy that is
shown in prosecuting riotous strikers,
the meat magnates long ere this
would have been serving the impri-
sonment provided by the Sherman act.
And further, why should President
Roosevelt expect the American people
to believe that he needs only proof of
the Meat Trusts laWlessness in or
der to proceed against 1t?
For two years he has had in his
hands documentary evidence Of the
existence Of the Coal Trust-docu-
ments bearing the signature Of it's
members proving that the combine is
doing business in rank contempt Of
law. Yet he never compelled Knox to
20 into court with that evidence, and
he shows no inclination to order his
new Attorney General not to follow
Knox's do-nothing course
The Meat Trust, the Coal Trust
and all the other trusts which snap
their fingers at the law will not be
disturbed during this Presidential
campaign except by Collector Correl-
you. There is to be no running
q no1ck -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

It has now been revealed that Vic.
tor 81. Metcalf, Roosevelt's secretary
Of commerce and labor, is and has
been for years tool of the Southern
Pacific company. those familiar with
the history Of the Southwest in the
last thirty years know that this COM
pany Is perhaps as INSCRIPTIONS rob-
Der monopoly as ever flourished on
American SOIL Perhaps Roosevelt
didn't know Metcalf's record, and
perhaps he did.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

fore3' Do the tens of thousands of
employees dismissed by our great rail-
road system share his roseate view2
Are the participants in or the victims
of the strike against the exactions of
the Beef Trust throwing Up their hats
over the ''full dinner-pail7''
Deserving his early convictions in
favor of free trade, he cultivates
the monopolistic campaign contribu-
tors Of his party by "standing pat"
for tariff higher in its average duty
than the highest schedules Of the war
time-a tariff which the republicans
of Wisconsin demand shall be revised
in the interest of consumers. and
which tens of thousands of republic
cans in Massachusetts and elsewhere
insist shall be modified by recipro-
city treaty with Canada.
He boasts that his policy is "to do
fair and equal justice to all men, pay
no heed whether man is rich or
poor. - Can it be maintained that
tariff law which enables favored
manufacturers, in return for big
campaign contributions, to levy trib-
ute on the whole body of the people,
is an example of 'fair and equal
justiceY' Who represents anti-mono-
poly and the rights of labor in his
Cabinet? Is it Secretary of the Trea-
sury Shaw, the banker, who breaches
that high prices are blessing a-or
A tolney. General Moody, who has not
lifted finger to enforce the a1ti trust
laws?-or Secretary of the Navy Nor
ton, lately Vice-Pesident of the
Santa Fe Railroad, an ally of the
Beef Trust1- or Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor Metcalf. a
political representative of the South
ern Pacific Railroad,-o Postmaster
General Payne, long the legislative
and lobby agent of railroad and other
corporations2
Do these acts of his give very
strong-- backing to his words asserting
equal regard for all classes?
'He says Of the ''great organiza-
tions known as trusts that ''we do
not have to explain why the laws
against them were not enforced. but
to point out that they actually have
been enforced. This will be news in
decd to the victims of the unpublished
and unhampered Beef Trust and the
other ''conspiracies in restraint Of
trade which continue to stiae COM
petition AID to rob consumers in def.
ance of law.
These are only few of the things
in Roosevelt's record which, in the
opinion Of many, will form the lead
ing issue in the campaign.
I will pursue it further next weak.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
AUGUST 10
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER
OF NEW YORK.
For ViCe-President,
HENRY G. DAVIS
OF WEST VIRGINIA
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
AND PRIMARIES

A democratic delegate convention for
the county of Morrison, state of Minnesota.
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day at
the court house in the city of Little Falls
in said county, for the purpose of selecting
fifteen delegates to the democratic state
convention to be held in the city of Min
neapolis on Tuesday, the 30th day of Au
gust, 1904, for the purpose of placing in
the various state offices to be filled at the
election to be held Nov. 8th, 1904, and to
transact such other business as may prop
erly come before it.
Said county convention will also pro-
vide for the appointment of county
democratic committe for the ensuing two
years.
The basis of representation shall be one
delegate for every Is votes or major frac-
ton thereof, cast for w. J. Bryan in Nov
for every voting precinct.
In accordance with the above apportion.
ment the several precincts will be entitled
+r he Coll ,rr~1 ,1,or of 1o1o
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

The New York Sun, which is
owned by J. Pierpont Morgan, hae
declared for Roosevelt. Senator AID.
rich, father. law of John Rookie.
feller's son, is strong Roosevtl II
man and has assured the president OF
the STANDARD Oil support. These facts
alone are sufficient answer to a long.
winded editorial about the president
as g. "foe' of rhe trusts.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

The Brooklyn Eagle says of Elihu
Root, President Roosevelt's candidate
for governor of New York now and
for president in 1908:
''Mr. Root was never q member Of
the Assembly or the Senate. He never
held judicial Office. He was men,
Der Of a short-Nved Constitutional
Convention, and as q practitioner Of
law he did what he could to protect
William NJ. Tweed, not to say Jacob
Sharp, from the consequences of their
own careers, which, nevertheless,
they had to face. His zeal for Mr..
Tweed go outran precedent or dis
cretion az to cost Mr.. Root the morti-
6cation of a fine and rebuke at the
hands of Chief Justice Noah Davis Of
the Supreme Court of this state.
Nor should ignorance of or in
difference to the Identification of Mr..
Root with defense Of monumental
mslefactors be too confidently ex-
pected We know that lawyer is not
held responsible for the conduct of
his client or for the character Of his
cases-by his associates at the Bar.
But the history Of New York state
shows that he is held responsible for
such things by the voters Of this state.
at the polls. Abraham Lincoln told
James Russell Lowell that he ''never
prosecuted q man whom he believed
to be innocent and never defended q
man whom he believed to be guilty"
Stephen A. Douglas did both. repeat.
eddy The people Of the United States
preferred Lincoln to- Douglas, and the
people of the State OF New York
might refuse to prefer the eminent
Mr.. Root, for the same reasons, that
led the people Of the: United States to
refuse to prefer Stephen A. Douglas.
There Ia broader ethics than legal
ethics. The broader ethics may be
said to tell more with the people and
less with lawyers than the narrower
sort. j, <-.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
MYRAN ON THE REPUBLICAN,
CONVENTION r. = :,

Senator o. 81. Myran. for years one
Of the leading republicans of the Red
River Valley, has long letter in the
Norman County Herald last week. on
the methods used to nominate Dunn
1t is interesting reading. Following
are some extracts:
1.-THE contest after cutting ont per-
sonalities, pretenses and side issues
was purely and simply on the ques-
ton whether or not James j. Hill Of
the Great Northern was to dictate the
nomination for governor, and get re-
venge on those who stood in Ills way
on the merger deal. You all know
that Mr.. Hill and his friends won
out. Whether it cost him very much
money or not, ! leave to you to guess.
That 1t cost some railroad transporter
ton is certainly true. It is we'll
known fact that Dunn delegates had
free transportation over the Great
Northern. and that all Of the Collins
and Eddy delegates had to pay their
fare or walk.
I could 60 on and enumerate a dozen
other counties where by corruption.
fraud and chicanery the Dunn forces
won out. and not a case Is reported
where expense money run out.
'Anybody and everybody who had
had any hand in opposing the merger
had his head cut off. W. B. Douglas,
who as attorney general had prose-
cuted the merger, was defeated for
Justice Of supreme court, W. J. Don
nahower, his assistant was defeated
for attorney general. and incidentally,
John Lovely, who as justice on the
supreme bench, had shown himself
strongly in sympathy with the people
when their interests were in balance
with the corporations, was laid in the
shelf Mr.. James j. Hill, through
his proxies, Dunn and Co., did
pretty thorough job Of it. By bold
Acknowledgement and rank corrup-
tion his will was accomplished. All hail,
to King Jim mot Jim Martin but
Jim Hill.
Nov what are you republican
voters going to do about it? have no
Ak to grind; no personal interest in
this matter, directly or indirectly. I
am just only telling you the plain
truth. As republicans, what is your
duty2 Are you going to tolerate such
rank work by the self elected leaders
of the partys Are you going to let MIR.
Hill dictate and accept his dictation?
His dictatlon was enforced by liberal
use Of money and the strenuous aid Of
the leading democrats all over the
state. Dunn 10 not the nominee of a
majority Of republicans in this state,
not by a long waysl
Mr.. Dunn managed to secure the
party label to his nomination, but the
article ia not genuine. Would 1t be
treason for you to recognize that fact?
I think not.
1.-The only way to save the republican
party Of this state In respectable con-
dition for future generations. is to
vigorously rebuke the practice that
prevailed at the recent state conven-
tion and do it go nard that there will
be no repetition. Defeat at the polls
in November the man who was
nominated through the dictation of
arrogant wealth, corruption and dis
franchisement. It is a painful thing
to do, but it Is the only way. The
question is up to you. What will you
do about it?''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

Major General Corbin made politi-
cal speech the other day in which he
criticised the democratic platform. No
reprimand has come from the presi-
dent. Think what would have hap
pened to Miles. As long as army off,
GERS make republican speeches, they
are safe.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

The Transcript says Dunn will
carry Morrison county. We hardly
think this county intends to endorse
Jim Hill in that way. And if Dunn
is not Jim Hills man, no one in the
state ia.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

It is claimed that John A. johnson
knew nothing of the star chamber ses-
sion which presented his name to the
people, which fact IL creditable to his
common sense and good JUDGMENT.
If johnson is nominated he will need
every democratic vote, and to need
sally ALLEVIATE democrats is a foolish
and suicidal policy.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

Congressman Buchanan told the
Duluth Herald that Dunn would run
ahead OF his ticket That looks bad
for Roosevelt. But perhaps the con-
gresham meant that Dunn would run
ahead backwards, the way Van SAINT
did in 1900.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

The Sank Centre Herald Is publish
ing some tariff talks that are Is pei
cent democratic doctrine. There is no
orthodox republican doctrine in them,
and Congressman Eddy unfortunately
never voted the way Editor Eddy
talks
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
Shipment Of Frozen Meat

During the last "a years 5S,e51,473
frozen meat carcases have been i'm.
ported to London, and of this huge
total New Zealand has been respon-
sible for al, $4,000 and Australia r..
769,8s0.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19
italian Joan Of Arc,

The Italian sculptor Ettore Fer
raf1a has completed a relief portrait
o. the Italian Jeanne d'Arc," signora
etamura, for Ancona, which she
neiped to defend during the siege by
barbarossa. She INSPIRED courage in
the citizens by her exhortations, and
curing sally applied the torches
with her own hands to the German
siege towers, according to tradition.
She war widow. - s. 1s. ;. ~ = &,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

It will possibly be easy for the
democratic state convention to nomin-
ate q factional candidate for governor.
It will be another matter to elect
him.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-19

Wheat reached the dollar mark this
week. OF course Roosevelt did it, and
not the short crop. By the same token
Roosevelt must have invented the
rust that damaged the wheat.