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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
Mcmillan Is Bound Over.

Charles Mcmillan, who confessed to
burning the barn owned by W. H
Brosius. appeared before Judge Nc
Cabe in the city court this morning and
his bond to appear for preliminary
hearing was placed at $500. Mcmillan
is charged with arson in the third de-
gree which carries with it a sentence of
from five to seven years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
Building Permits.

The following new building permits
have been issued by the fire marshal:
Mrs. Carrie Fyfe, $4,000 dwelling
on lots No. Se7-99 Fillmore.
Mrs. Mary Delahoyde. $1,000 dwell
ing at 405 East Tenth.
Elnahizer & Speilman, $500 addition
of brick and stone to their business
house on Kansas avenue.
A. T. Da niels. agent, $1,000 dwelling
on lot No. 425 Brooks ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28

vised an operation, which, however,
Mr.. Cochran, it is said. decided to
postpone until after election. Mr..
Cochran is en- route to Indiana, where
he is to make several speeches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
GIVE THE BATS A CHANCE.
L. w. Williams of Oklahoma Makes {
Novel Suggestion

There is a man down at Rush. Ok.
who is certainly original, both in his
ideas and IL his way of expressing
them. Secretary Coburn, of the state
board of agriculture, has a letter from
him which proves it. His name is l. w.
colonized ito work on the night shift in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
Bourle Cochran Has a Bad Throat.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct 2S--Bourke
Cochran of New York, who passed
through Kansas City, for st. Louis
early today, it develops. consulted a
physician regarding his throat. which
has been causing him some trouble of
late The physician Ct is stated ad-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
MUST VOTE FOR OLNEY.
Massachusetts, Delegates to Demo
cratic National Convention
Are Instructed.

Boston, April 22.-By an overwhelm-
ing vote the Massachusetts, democratic
convention at fremont temple on
Thursday instructed four delegates at
large and 20 delegates from the various
congressional districts of the state to
support Richard Olney, of this city, for
the presidential nomination at the DEM
ocratic convention at st. Louis next
July. Four delegates at large pledged
to the support of Olney were elected, and
the supporters of William R. Hearst, of
New York, as the presidential nominee
were defeated by vote Of about 600 to
200. The following were elected dele
gates at large: William A. CASTOR, of
Boston; Patrick A. Collins, of Boston:
William L. Douglas, of Brockton, and
John R. Thayer, of Worcester. The
platform adopted consisted of single
plank-an Endorsement of Mr.. Olney's
candidacy and instructions of the dele
gates to vote as a unit for him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
CANNON'S WIVES.
Famous Mormon Leader Has Six
Two of Them Were United to Him
at One Wedding.

Washington, April 22.-The feature
of Thursdays hearing in the Smoot
case before the senate committee on
privileges and elections was the testi-
mony of Angus M. Cannon, for 25 years
president of the largest Mormon stake
in the world. The testimony was of a,
personal character, dealing with the
conviction of the witness on charges of
polygamous cohabitation. and was
dragged from him under protest that
he be protected from any peril or liza
bility to prosecution for what he re-
vealed. When assured that his plural
marriages, under the statute of limita-
tons could not be used as evidence
against him he answered most of the
questions asked. The same frankness
was not apparent, however, when the
witness was pressed to reveal the ma
ture of the oath he had taken in the
Endowment house. Like other wit
nesses, he declared that the sacredness
of that oath prevented him from pro-
claiming it to the world. Cannon tes-
titled that he had six wives, all living.
His first venture on the matrimonial
sea was his marriage of two sisters
named Mousely in 1858, one ceremony
only being employed to unite them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
b" PtTtR NItOEntYtR~N

half story log building, and the women
and children were sleeping in the up
per story. Mr.. Meyers and Jonas
Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on
the first floor. They were awakened
by the smoke and the noise made by
the fire and had barely time to save
their lives by rushing from the build
ing. The victims in the upper story
persisted without help, and their bod
les were all reduced to ashes.
An Ugly Rumor.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
1t may never be known. but rumor
connects it with the troubles growing
out of the miners strike. The strikers
lay the origin of the fire to number
of Italians who are working for the
Garrett Coal company, but what motive
the foreigners could have for such a
crime has not been developed. Two
Italians have been arrested charged
with setting fire to the Meyers house.
The only evidence thus far against the
two Italians was a statement made by
Meyers, in which he alleges that they
called at his house several days ago
to buy some butter, and that when told
that Meyers would not sell butter to
scabs, they left swearing vengeance.
The idea that the Italians committed
this crime has taken hold Of the people
of Garrett pretty generally and the
feeling against them is running hlgn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
TRANSFER COMPLETE.
Ownership of the Panama Canal Is
Now Vested in the United
States Government.

Paris, April 23.-The contract by
which the ownership of the Panama
canal passes to the United States is
signed, sealed, delivered and complete.
The title to the canal route is now
vested in the government of the United
States. The transfer is complete and
without reservation, and the United
States secures a perfect title. The ar
rangements includes general convey
ance and provisions for deeds and res
ignation in the republic of Panama and
in the canal zone now under the juris-
diction of the United States, in which
zone the civil law continues in force
by reason of the cession of the zone
from a civil law sovereignty. All for
malities of the local law on the 18TH
mus have been arranged for and Sc
cured to the United States. The prop
erty will shortly be delivered on the
isthmus, and upon that being done the
purchase price will be Immediately
paid
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
BANK OFFICERS PUNISHED.
Sentence Is Passed on Three Prom
inent Indianians-Given Long
Prison Terms.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 22.-Justus
Broderick, president, and w. L. Col
Inns, cashier, of the Indiana national
bank at Elkhart, were sentenced
Thursday by Judge Anderson, of the
United States district court, on their
pleas of guilty to violations of the
banking laws, which resulted in the
failure of the bank for $4,000. Brod-
erick was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for ten years and Collins for six
years. Walter Brown, director of the
bank, member of the republican state
committee from the Tenth district and
member of the staff of Gov. Durbin,
was sentenced to eight years in thu
Leavenworth penitentiary for partici-
patton in the wrecking of the bank.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
BANDITS EXECUTED.
Niedermeier, Marx and Van Dine
Hanged in Chicago-Former
Carried to Scaffold.

Chicago, April 23.-The car-barn
bandits have paid the penalty of their
crimes. All three of them were hanged
Friday morning.
Peter Niedermeier, the leader of the
desperate band of robbers, was the first
to die. His nerve stood by him to the
last, but his physical strength gave out
and he was carried to the scaffold. He
died with only curse for religion. He
defied Heaven and man. His death was
consistent with his life.
Gustave Marx was the next to go to
his fate. He was brave and collected
Not once did he falter, and the words
of his prayer: ooh, God, receive my
SOUL" came from behind the white cap
the very instant the trap fell.
Harvey Van Dine was the last He.
too, showed the greatest courage in the
awful moments that preceded the
plunge. Like Marx, he kept repeating
the words of the litany for the dying,
and his tones rose clear and distinct up
to the last second.
The crime for which they were hanged
was the robbery Of the Chicago City
railway car barn, August 80, 1903. In
this affair the robbers secured $2,250
killed two men and wounded another
The crime was brutal in the highest de-
gree. No warning was given. The band
it's opened fire upon the startled clerks,
without even the accustomed command:
Hands up!" The robbery occurred at
three o'clock in the morning. Frank
Stewart, young clerk, was shot and ia
tally wounded where he sat. James B.
Johnson, a motorman, was asleep on a
bench, and he, too, was killed before he
knew what was happening.
In addition to this crime the bandits
were guilty of robbing a number of sa-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
CHECKED BY BAD WEATHER.
Distribution of Merchandise Affected.
and. Collections Are Made
More Difficult.

New York, April 23.-R. G. Dun e
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
unreasonable weather is still the chief
drawback to improvement in business,
complaints being received from. every
section OF the country, and slower co.,
lections are also attributed to this fac
tor. Not only is current distribution Of
merchandise, particularly dry goods.
| affected by the thermometer, but fu-
ture commitments are undertaken most
conservatively on account of the posi-
bic injury to crops. There is much con-
fidence regarding the future, despite
the fact that at many points supplies
of merchandise are burdensome.
Failures this week numbered 241 in,
the United States, against 166 last year..
and II in Canada, compared with Is
year ago."
Bradstreet's says: "Unseasonably
cold weather all over the country in
terferes with plant preparations and
growth, and interrupts outdoor activi--
ties in many lines, notably building.
Distributive trade, both wholesale and
retail, has practically marked time
during the week. The effect of this and
of past unfavorable weather are re-,
flected in reports of slow business in
shoe manufacturing and building, while
in cotton manufacturing high prices of
raw and manufactured goods continue,
bar to activity. At the south, cold,
weather is complained of as interfering
with farming preparations and with.
plant growth. Those causes have COM
bined to give an air of nnwonted quiet
to spring business and have unques--
tionably retarded collections. Back
of weather and price conditions, too.
there looms up the political outlook,
which in most presidential years has,
induced tendency toward censerva-,
tism."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
Summary of Work Done in Senate and
House by the Lawmakers at the
Fifty-Eighth Session.

Washington, April 19-in the senate
yesterday bills passed included meas
ures ratifying agreements with the IN
dams of the DEVILS Lake, Rosebud anu
Flathead reservations, located respec-
lively in North Dakota, South Dakota
and Montana The house passed the
general deficiency bill Leaders In
both branches of congress are In mar
mony on the question of adjournment
next week, with Thursday, the 2Sth,
as the date most favored.
Washington, D. c., April 2o.-Ihe
question of additional accommoda-
tons in the way of Office and commit
tee rooms occupied the attention OF the
senate the greater part of the day
Tuesday. The house passed the state
hood bill, which provides that one state
each shall be created of the territories
of Arizona and New Mexico and Okla
homa and Indian Territory. The vote
was 147 to 104.
Washington, April 21.-The senate
Wednesday listened to a set speech OF
almost two hours duration on the trusts
by Senator Dolliver, and afterwards com
pleted consideration of the sundry CIVIL
appropriation bill. The house, after an
extended debate, sent the naval appro-
priation bill back to conference. A Dill
providing for the allotment OF the lanos
of the New York Indians was passed.
Washington, April 22.-The pension
appropriation bill, carrying an apprpo-
priation of over $137 100000, and the
emergency, river and harbor appropri-
alton bill, which carried 100000,
were passed Thursday by the senate
The house passed large number OF
bills. among them being one to provide
a temporary government for the rama
ma canal zone.
Washington, April 23.-Ir the senate
Friday the general deficiency bill was
discussed. Senator Gallinger made
speech on the republican tariff policy,
and Senator Cullom spoke on the house
Chinese exclusion rider. In the house
Mr.. Kitchen (N c. delivered bitter
attack on Freshest Roosevelt. He de-
clared him to be an advocate of lynching,
unfit to hold Office and dangerous man.
He declared that the president had in
suited the people of the south by saying
in one of his publications that through
out the southern character there ran
streak of brutal barbarism.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Millions SWEPT
away BY FLAMES
CONFEDERATION RACES IN THE
CANADIAN CITY OF TORONTO
FOR MANY HOURS. u
More Than 100 Buildings Are Burned
Loss Is Estimated at $13, 200, 900,
Nearly $50 Firms Put Out Of
Business.

Toronto, Ont, April 21.-The total loss.
by the fire which destroyed the whole
sale district of Toronto Tuesday night
| will, according to the most conservative
estimates, reach 100000; the total
insurance is 100000. The area swept
by the fire embraces IA acres, and 10, 900
persons are thrown out of employment.
The principal warehouses of the city
were reduced to ashes and nearly $50
firms were put out of business. The,
area covered by the fire is three blocks
in length and varies from half block
to two blocks in width. Every building
on Bay street from Melinda street south
ward to the Esplanade at the river front
was wiped out and the fire spread on:
Wellington and Front streets and the
Esplanade, along the water front, from
their intersection with Bay street for
distances Of a few hundred feet to a,
whole block.
The total number of buildings de-
stroyed were: Bay street, east side. 20;
west side, 80; Wellington street, north,
side, IL; south side, Z; Front street,
north, %; south, 81; Esplanade, 4; Piper
| street, l.
The fire started in factory in Well
ington street about nine o'clock Tues
day night. In less than an hour the fire
had spread on both sides of the street
until the whole block was a mass of
flames and the fire was beyond the con-.
troll of the local department.
1t was believed at IL o'clock that the,
fire was under control, but a sudden
shift in the wind again famed the
flames into roar and clouds of sparks
and burning brands were carried down
side streets until three entire blocks
were doomed. The fremen were max
ing gallant fight amid the falling,
buildings and mass of tangled wires,
but their efforts at midnight were fruit
less.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

What is believed to be the first iron
casting made in the territory now in
cluded in the United States is pre-
served in Lynn, Mass. Its history is
we'll authenticated. It is a cooking
pot, weighing little over two pounds.
1t was made about 1912, near Lynn,
where a small blast furnace was built
that year. This furnace used charcoal
for fuel, with bog ore found in the
meadow along the Saugus river and
oyster shells as fux. The furnace was
operated until 1858 with some inter
missions,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Makes Ascent of Mount Etna.

Catania, Sicily, April 21.-Emperor
William on Wednesday made the ascent
of Mount Etna. When the emperor and
his party arrived at Monte Rosa, where
the road ends, they found 13 mules
awaiting them on which it was expected
they would continue the ascent, but the
emperor declined the use of the mules,
saying that the invigorating air invited
a walk. The emperor led the climbers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

A great Italian scientist has proved
to his own satisfaction that women are
less sensitive to pain than men, and
actually suffer less in given opera
tons. Experiments on over hundred
women led to the conclusion that they
were not more than half so sensitive
to pain at the top of the first finger as
the average man. That this is so is
readily believed by surgeons and dem
lists. It, indeed, seems merciful
provision of Providence that the sex
to whom pain is birthrigst should
enjoy protection from its sharpest and
cruelest pangs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Acquitted.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 21-State
Senator David e. Burns was acquitted
Wednesday of bribery in connection
with the Lake Michigan water scandal.
The charge of bribery against Senator
Burns related to bill which he intro
duced in the state legislature of 1898. 1t
was alleged that this bill was backed by
the men interested in the water deal
and that Senator Burns was paid $500
for his efforts in support of the meas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

There are afioat 1881 sea-goins
steam vessels of over 100 tons. OF
these Great Britain has 1929, aggre.
eating about 100000 gross tons,
while the United States has 846, ag.
gregating little more than 100000
tons. The merchant fleet of Germany
is one-fifth that Of Great Britain, and
that of France oneeleventh that of
Great Britain. The United States
ranks third among the nations In
amount of steamer tonnage and sec.
ond in sailing vessels.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

The Ainu people, the aborigines of
Japan, are a strange. hairy race, living
in Yezo, the northernmost island of
the Japanese group. Their origin and
past history is lost in obscurity; they
are rapidly becoming extinct, the few
thousands surviving to-day being but
the remnant of a once numerous ma
ton extending all over Japan in pre-
historic times. The Ainu women arc
treated as inferior beings by the men.
Their whole life is a prolonged drudg.
cry. They are regarded as slaves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

A cask recently constructed for a
California firm has put the famous tun
Of Heidelberg in the background. 1t
holds 5000 gallons. 1t is made of Cali
fornia redwood without, and the selec-
ton of timber and making required
two years. Two entire trains of wag-
ons were needed to convey the select.
ed timber to the vineyard. The hoops
of the cask, which are Of the finest
steel, weigh 1S tons, while the com.
pleted cask is SO feet high and IS feet
in circumference.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

1t may safely be said that no army
in the world is made up of such mum.
Der of different tribes and races as the
army of the Great White Gar" But
whether he is a Cossack, Pole, a
Laplander, or one of the different
tribes of the Caucasus every subject
of the car on entering the army be-
comes simple Russian soldier, all
the various nationalities being armed,
clothed and disciplined in practically
the same way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

St. Louis, Mo-, April %. After a
heated discussion, it was decided by
the st. Louis Association of Congrega-
tional Ministers and Churches that
Charles e. Castain, divinity student,
should be allowed to preach in the
Sappington church, provided that he
remains unmarried. The majority of
the ministers held that it would be too
much of a burden for the young man
to support family and continue his
studies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

In at least one point Japan is ahead
of any other country in the world-the
cheapness Of her postal service. In
spite of the mountainous and irregular
nature Of the country, of the fact that
there are only about 100 miles Of
railways in operation and other similar
drawbacks, letter can be sent from
any point in the empire to any other
point for two sen-or considerable less
than two cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Corner Stone Laid.

Washington, April 20.-The corner
stone of the Memorial Continental hall,
which the Daughters of the American
Revolution are to build in memory of
the heroes of that war, was laid Tues
day afternoon with impressive ceremo-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Nomination Declined.

New York, April 22.-Robert B.
Roosevelt, an uncle of President Roose-
welt, who was nominated as an elector
by the democratic state convention at
Albany last week, has declined to accept
such nomination because of his relation
ship to the president.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

The sultan of Zanzibar is only IS
years of age, and is under the regency
of Mr.. Rogers until he attains the age
of Fl. His majesty is wooly-headed
youth of negroid type, but he is an old
Harrovian for all that, having been
educated at the famous school at Har.
row, Eng. He married at the age Of
16 his little cousin of II years old, but
he did not take his wife when he went
to attend the coronation of King Ed.
ward
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

The laws of France do not require
that foreign creditors shall be repre-
sented before the courts by an attor-
ney. This procedure is not alone 81.
perfluous, but also dangerous, for the
attorneys fees are not regulated by
laws when dealing with foreign cred
itors and can be very much in excess
of that prescribed by the French law
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

The United States leads all other
nations as a consumer of coffee, using
nearly 1000 600, 900 pounds of raw cot.
fee every year. The imports in 1908
were loss than in 1902, when stocks
accumulated. It is conservative to
take the average annual import for
three years as better representing the
quantity consumed, and that was 91O,'
987,576 pounds, having an average i'm.
port value of 6S cents per pound.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Prominent Woman Murdered.

St. Petersburg, April 23.-The wife.
of Gen. Strandman, who lived in a..
handsome residence adjoining the win
ter palace, was murdered Friday in
broad daylight. She was found in her,
room with her head chopped open with
and AK. A valet was also murdered.
The motive was robbery. Thousands.
of roubles in bonds and securities were.
taken by the perpetrator of the crime.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Given Life Imprisonment

Chicago, April 21.-Emil Roeski, the
junior member of the bandit gang, three
of whom are to die on the gallows, es-
capped the fate of his associates. The
jury returned verdict Wednesday that
he pass the remainder of his life in the
penitentiary. He was found guilty Of
the murder of Otto Bauder at Ernest M
Steir's saloon the night Of July 8, 1903.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Thirteen Killed.

Brieg, Switzerland, April 20.-An.
avalanche from the Spitzhorn at two.
o'clock Tuesday morning swept the,
hamlet of Muehlback. The inhabitants
were asleep at the time and IL were,
killed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-28
Visited Washington's Tomb.

Washington, April 23.-The delegates.
to educational Society of the Children
of the Revolution on Friday visited
Mount Vernon and held appropriate.
exercises at the tomb of Washington