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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
ADJOURNS SINE DIE
WISCONSIN SOLONS QUIT; LA
TOILETTE RESIGNS.
Seventeen Measures Passed by Special
Session of Badger Legislators
Great Tension Relieved-Probe
Committees Announced.

CIV. w. Garrison, Staff Correspondent
Madison, Wis, Dec. 25.-With the
formal sine die adjournment of the
legislature last Tuesday Gov. La Fol-
lette rendered his resignation as gov
ernor and Immediately set about to
prepare himself for occupation Of his
seat in the United States senate, to
which he was elected by the gathering
of last winter His retirement from
the gubernatOrial chair and the don
ming of the toga take place on Monday,
January 1. Definite decision has not
been made as yet relative to success
Or, but it is believed here that Lieut..
Gov. Davidson will succeed Robert M.
La Toilette and will perhaps qualify
Immediately There has been much talk
of different political lights who would
possibly come into the gubernatoria1
chair should Gov. La Toilette quit, and
probably Davidson has been the most
obscure of ALL but party leaders say
that as the solons have gone home
without taking measures for the cleo
ton of a successor to the governor,
Lieut.. Gov. Davidson will very natu-
rally succeed to the chair. The COM
ing of W. D. Conner to the city and
his connection with the death of the
primary caused many to believe that
his presence would have more or less
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28

to do with Gov La Follette's success
or, but if present Indications are to
be believed Davidson will succeed. In
resigning his chair and accepting the
United States senatorship, Gov. LIE Fol
,lette sent the following message to
the legislature:
"To the Honorable, the Legislature
of Wisconsin,: l hereby resign the Of
flee OF governor for the balance of the
term beginning the first Monday in
January, 1905, such resignation to take
effect the first Monday in January,
1906, at IL o'clock noon of that day.
ROBERT NJ LA TOILETTE,
Governor"
Thus the great tension. which des-i e
the clearing of the clouds at the con-
vening of the special session seemel to
possess eXcitement-loving politicians
throughout the state. has been relieved
and the situation has unraveled itself.
Gov. La Toilette has broken into ma
tiOnal political life and every move
which he makes as Senator La Toilette
at Washington, D. c., will be watched
with intense interest by Wisconsin peo-
pie.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
DEATH OF JUDGE TULEY.
Eminent Chicago Jurist Passes Away
at Kenosha, Wis.-Overwork
the Primary Cause.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Judge Murray F.
Tuley, of this city, died at the Pen
noycr sanitarium in Kenosha, Wis, at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. He
went to the sanitarium on October 81
suffering from nervous exhaustion,
caused by overwork, and failed gradu-
ally until the end came.
Judge Tuley was universally accept
ed aud esteemed as the dean of the
Chicago bench. There has been no
more honored name on the records of
Illinois Jurisprudence His judgments
were regarded with respect by men
who were compelled to differ from him
and by all lawyers he was held in q
kind Of affectiOnate reverence Judge
Tuley came from a Kentucky family
which in itself was known to legal his
tory, and he we'll perpetuated it's early
renown. He was born in 1927 in Louis
vile, KY. His father died in 1882,
from which time he attended the puE-
lie schools and at the age of Is be-
came clerk in store, spending all his
leisure time in study. When he was l6
Ills lIlOluSl. Ou6 VI IuC W0l-huOWu
Buckner kindred, married Richard J.
Hamilton, a distinguished lawyer of
the carly days of Chicago, and in his
office young Tuley began the study of
law At the close Of the Mexican war,
in which he served with the Fifth Hill
nois infantry, Mr.. Tuley practiced law
in Santa Fe, serving as attorney gen
eral Of the territory of New Mexico
and member of the legislature until
1854, when he came back to Chicago
and became the partner of Joseph f.
Gary. Later en- he was made corpora
ton counsel and in 1873 he became the
head OF the firm of Tuley. Stiles e
Lewis. In 1879 he was elected judge Of
the circuit court and he was estimated
as ore of the ablest occupants of the
chancery bench in the west.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
A WEEKS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST INTERESTING
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and Pre-
pared for the Perusal of the Busy
Man.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Mr.. Frederick Lands of Indiana, in
his maiden speech in the house,
scored the methods of the heads OF
the Dig life insurance companies and
the men of high finance so elOquently
that he won the plaudits of his hear
ers.
n rate bill approved at the white
house conference and giving the inter
state commerce commission power to
adjust charges has been introduced by
Senator Dolliver.
By ordering a reconsideration of the
vote confirming the Panama canal ap-
poinCments the senate paves the way
to mold up the nomination of Chairman
Shonts.
Resolutions have been introduced in
the senate and house fixing the last
Thursday in April as the date for pres
fdential inaagurations.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill passed by congress appropriating
$11 900 600 for the Panama canal This
is the first bill passed by congress at
Its present session.
The senate and house of representa-
tives have adjourned over the holidays.
Sessions will be resumed January 4.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
The News Condensed.


ihawano.-Frank Mates was killed,
being struck by a falling tree while
saving logs, and his brother was bad
ly injured.
Hustisford.-John Eustis, of this
place, member OF the class of 1888,
is the oldest living Yale graduate.
Shell Lake.-A movement to connect
Shell Lake with Chain Lake by launch
canal 20 miles long is projected.
Kelosha.-There is no longer doubt
that the Chicago Milwaukee Electric
railway will extend to Racine and Mil
Waukee by 1907. A large force of men
was put to work on the right of way
Marshfield.-Fire at Leona destroyed
the cry kiln and contents of W. D.
Corners lumber mills. The loss will
be about $4,000
MISUNDERSTANDING of the bank
rupt commission house of Hadden
Rodee & Co., numbering thousands in
all parts of the country will receive
a dividend Of but one per cent 1t
failed for 100000.
Portage.-Miss Mary O'Malley, aged
" years, a Marcellon school teacher,
was thrown from buggy while COM
ing to Portage. Her skull was frac-
tured, causing death
Baraboo. - Henry Revers' clothes
were caught in wood saving ma
chine and he was thrown to the ground
with such force that he died soon after.
Wausau.-Complaint is made that
wholesale destruction of speckled trout
is going on in the Plover river. 1t is
said that fish are being dynamited and
caught through the ice
Eau Claire.-Napoleon Lende, Jr.,
lost foot, with which he tried to kick
belt off a wheel. He had on a rub
Der shoe. The friction ignited it and
the burns made amputation necessary.
Grover.-Herman Discher, aged 60
years, well-to-do farmer living near
here, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. He had been
i'll several weeks and became despond-
ent.
La Crosse.-A gang of shoplifters are
at work in La Crosse and their depre-
dations have caused big losses to sew
eral stores. Furs valued at $500 and
large amount of silks have been
stolen
Hudson.-Charles Mcdowell, the six
year-old son of Mrs Alfred Picard.
was drowned in Lake st. Croix while
sliding down the embankment. He
went into the channel.
Observation-Disclosures G.. Jeffries, of
GAINESVILLE, has announced his candi-
dacy for the republican nomination for
congress to succeed H. A. Cooper, of
Racine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
KILLED in AUTO WRECK.
James E. Martin, Wealthy New York
Clubman, Loses His Life at
Flushing, L. l.

New York, Dec 25.-Making extraor-
binary speed in his automobile because
he was late for dinner, James E. Mar
tin, a prominent New York society
man, and brother Of Bradley Martin,
was instantly killed near Flushing, l..
L., Sunday. The machine plowed into
a strip of loose dirt on the road and
turned completely over. Mr.. Martin
fell directly underneath and was
crushed by heavy parts of the vehi-
Gle. His skull was badly fractured and
he received other injuries which alone
would have caused his death. Stacey
Clark, who was in the car with Mr.
Martin, was badly injured, but will re-
cover. Others in the automobile, Mr..
and Mrs Allen Townsend, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Bacon and Alexander Faure,
the chauffeur, were thrown out, but
their injuries are not SO serious
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
MISCEITAN NV

A constable was shot on a rapidly
moving train near Sims, Ill., in a bat
tie with two prisoners He killed one
prisoner and wounded another before
he died
Henry Wulff, former Illinois state
treasurer, has been indicted by the
grand jury in Chicago on a charge of
promoting a lottery
The Christmas sales are estimated
to exceed s55 100000 in the downtown
stores in Chicago, all records being
broken both in size Of crowds and
the volume of business
A traction merger, involving $780,
100000, gave Belmont and Ryan con-
tEol Of every elevated, surface and tun-
mel line in Manhattan and The BroIx.
President Roosevelt is expected to
make a vigorous fight to wrest con-
troll of the New York republican COM
mittee from Plat, Depew and Odell
Fire in the plant of the Shonk Litho-
graphing company in Chicago resulted
in the death Of one fireman and injury
Of a dozen people.
George Gill Roberts. accused of MUIR
dering Commissioner Kopf in Chicago,
was held to the grand jury at the cor
oner's inquest.
Miss Aloise Kimball, aged %, killed
herself at Evansville, Ind, by taking
carbolic acid
Attorney General Moody has rem
dered an opinion to the effect that no
midshipman can be removed from the
naval academy without process OF
court-martial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
THE TURMOIL IN RUSSIA.

Six hundred Russians are reported
slain in battle between revolutionists
and troops in Courland A general
strike is on. Moscow is completely
tied I'D. st. Petersburg is prepared
for 4 siege.
Lithuanians and Esthonians at Tu-
KUN fell upon Cossacks and killed an
entire command, numbering 100 men,
afterward horribly disfguring the
corpses.
The general strike began in st. Pc
tersburg. Gloomy reports from the in
terror fill the capital with foreboding.
Moscow is paralyzed by the strike. The
Baltic provinces are siame with revolt.
Kharkoff is in the hands of 10000
armed insurgents. The town Of Takum
was recaptured after 12-hour battle.
The car refuses the plea of his min
listers for universal suffrage for the
people as the last hope to prevent a
disastrous uprising against the govern
ment. and the worst is now looked for
The car has been warned to leave
Russia by revolutionists, who declare
they will not be responsible for his
safety.
The revolt has spread over Russia,
with the exception of st. Petersburg,
where the authorities exercise some
control over the strikers. All Poland
is under martial law Massacres and
destruction increase
At a session of the Russian cabinet
presided over by Emperor Nicholas,
it was decided that universal suffrage
should not be granted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
BUTCHERY AT MOSCOW.
Battles Between Troops ara Populace
5000 Reported Killed and
$4,000 Wounded.

London, Dec 25-The Sangulnary
battle Of the Russian revolution mas
been raging in the streets Of Moscow.
Hundreds are reported to have peeh
killed or wounded, and the fighting was
still going on when the last dispatch
received here was filed. A huge plot
by the revolutionists to capture the
railway to St. Petersburg and the I'M
perlal bank and organize provisional
government was discovered by the gov
ernor general, and he at once assem-
bled $4,000 troops to defeat the lnsur-
gents. Barbados erected in the
streets were stOrmed one after another
by the soldiers, who used machine guns
to NOW down the mobs The people,
in turn, looted the arms stores and
maintained a fierce resistance, having
encircled the city with their forces
While the military seems to have the
upper hand, the result of the conflict
is in doubt.
Moscow, Dec. 25.-Artillery, rifle
and revolver firing continued through
out Sunday. The guns have been bonn
Udl u1uo Ouc Udl lCdu6 dlICl chONh\A {,
the cannonade being followed by
charges by the dragons, who set fire
to the debris. The area of the fight
ing Sunday was more extended and in
GUIDED Trabnois square, Sadovia, Ka'
retnaia and many other streets.
London, Dec. 26.-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at st. Petersburg.
in a dispatch dated at 6: As p. m. Deem
Der 25, says: cat an early hour this
morning the casualties at Moscow were
estimated at 5000 killed and $4,000
wounded. with the fighting still proceed
ing. The inhabitants of Moscow have
been forbidden to leave their dwellings
after seven o'clock in the evening. It
is impossible to move about the city in
consequence of the frequency of stray
bullets. Many innocent persons have
been accidentally killed. A scarcity Of
provisions is threatened
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Want Uniform Contracts.

Appleton. - Representatives of 80
canning factories organized the Wis
consin Pea Packers association here.
The object is to regulate freight rates
and discounts and TO make a uniform
contract and grades. ALI the canning
factories and packing houses in the
state were represented. E. Reynolds
of Sturgeon Bay was elected president;
William Larson of Green Bay, vice
president; H. Landreth Of Oconto, Sec
rotary, and R. E. Jennings of Sturgeon
Bay, treasurer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
La Toilette Quits Office.

Madison.-Gov. La Toilette sent HIS
resignation as governor to the legisla-
ture, to take effect on the first Monday
in January. He resigns to accept the
United States senatOrship. The special
session Of the legislature, after receiv-
ing the governors message, adjourned
sine die. Seventeen bills were passed
during the session. The important
measures for which the session was
called were the modifying Of the capt.
toll bill to permit the building Of the
new capitol at once and to receive the
tees were named to conduct a legisla
tive investigation of insurance COM
panies; and to conduct an investigation
of the state university.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Goes to Old Peoples Home.

Madison.-In lonely ola age William
R. Taylor, governor Of Wisconsin from
1874 to 1876, has gone to live at the
Old Peoples home established by John
A. Johnson near this city. Mr.. Tay-
lor's administration was a stormy one
during the grange movement, when
laws for railway regulation much like
those enacted during Gov. La Follette's
administration were placed on the
statute books, but were repealed by the
next legislature. In a notable fight be-
fore the supreme court Gov Taylor es-
tablished the right of the state to reg
ulate corporations. Since leaving the
governorship he has lived quietly on a
farm ten miles from Madison.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Probe Committees Announced.

At the last days meeting commit
tees were announced to conduct the
legislative investigation of insurance
companies and of the University of
Wisconsin's financial affairs. The in
surance committee, which will hand in
it's report in February, 1907, is as fol,
lows: Senators Frear, Roehr and Rum.
NELL, Messrs. Ekorn, Braddock, Beedle
and Potter. The body which will probe
the college finances follows: Senators
Patten and Kreutzner, Messrs. McGreg.
or, Donald and Peterson.
Gov. La Toilette in approving the
bill for the investigation of the state
university attached a memorandum
saying he doubted the legality OIL the
measure under the special call, but
would not veto it lest it might preju-
dice the university with the people
The sum appropriated is grossly ex-
travagant for the investigation, he
said, and he hoped economy would be
observed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Tobacco Factory Damaged.

La Crosse.-Fire, which was caused
by an overheated stack, damaged the
building and stock of the Western To-
bacco Works, established this year. to
the extent of about $4,000. The factory
is the home of the Red Feather tobac-
co, the only smoking tobacco for pipes
and cigarettes manufactured from the
Wisconsin plant. The damage to the
building amounted to only $4,000, the
rest of the loss being caused by the
SatHratiOn of the stock with water.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Civil Service Examination.

Madison.-The state civil service law
took effect and went into operation on
December Is. On January the COM
nation for the following positions:
Clerks, bookkeepers, deputy factory in
spectors, prison and reformatory keep
ers and guards, game Wardens, attend
ants in hospital for the insane and
feeble-minded, steam engineers, fire.
men of steam boilers. and readers of
examination papers for the commits
sion. The commissioners wish to Sc
cure good list of applicants for po-
sitions as attendants for the state hos
pitfalls.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
WAISTS BANK FAILURES.

Confidence reigns in the Chicago
world after the Walsh liquidation, and
examination shows that the deposed
bankers securities have a far greater
value than that originally estimated.
The Chicago clearinghouse commit
tee guarantees funds to complete build
ing John R. Walsh's Chicago Southern
railroad
John R. Walsh is to open a private
office in Chicago and will give person
al attention to promotion of his rail
roads
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Childish Ambitions.

MY little boy said the lady from
Maine, sis just crazy to go west and
shoot Indians"
And mine," said the lady from Mon
tana 'Sis wild to go east and shoot ser a.
tors. Chicago Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Fatal Collision.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec 26.-Enforma-
ton reaches this city from Meridian,
Miss, that two men were killed; three
injured and many badly shaken up by
a tail-end collision on the Alabama &
Vicksburg road at Chunkey, Miss,
Monday night
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Seventeen Bills Passed.

When the reading Of the governors
resignation had been finished on the
sessions last day, the legislature ad-
journed sine die, ending the brief
meeting of scarcely two weeks. During
the session II bills we're passed and
signed by Gov. La Toilette. The most
important action taken by the legisla-
ture was that upon the measure modi-
flying the capitol BIZ. to permit the
building of a new capitol at once The
governors resignation was another
point which prompted the calling OF
the extra session. Both of these mat.
ters, as has been seen, were disposed Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Giving Mother a Hint.

Distressed Mother believing with
crying baby)-Dear me! I don't know
what to do with this child!
Bachelor Tin the next seat)-Shall
open the window Tor you. madam?-N.
Y. Mail.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
One Life Lost,

East ST. Louis, Ill, Dec. 26.-One
man was killed and three injured in an
accident in the railroad yards Mon
day, caused by freight train backing
into street car.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-28
Dry Sunday in Burlin gton.

Burlington. Ia, Dec. 25.-The lid"
was on tight in Burlington Sunday.
The town was dry for the first time IN
it's history. and not an intoxicated
person was arrested
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-14
FOR PRESERVATION
OF NIAGARA FALLS
The President Fakes strans Ground
In Favor Of Checking Further
lnroads.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1l,--President
Roosevelt has placed himself on record
strongly in favor of the preservation
Intact of the wonders OF Niagara Falls.
The occasion OF his utterancs was a
Gull made on him by Horace McFar-
lard, OF Harrisburg, Pa, president;
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of Philadei-
rhia, secretary, and William d. How.
land. of New York. treasurer of the
American Civic Association. They
called to urge the President 30 use his
Influence, through tho combined action
nt the American and Canadian gove-l.
ments. for TIE preservation OF the NJ.
aGaia Falls and 10 prevent the diver.
sion OF their waters TO commercial and
industrial uses, They point out to Tie
resident thai ten companies now
have authority to utilize 1899 500
horsepower of the effective power OF
the Falls. In the judgment Of compe.
tent engineers, the delegation said, this
would destroy the American Falls.
Five companies now are actually de.
Weeping power from the Falls and the
cthers are preparing actively to utilize
the power.
President Roosevelt told the delega.
ton that he regarded II as a great M.
eonal duty to do all that might lie In
his power to preserve Niagara Falls.
aud that in his message RI f.,ngva,,,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-14
MOB HANGS THREE
AND SPARES TWO.
TWO HUNDRED TEXANS DEAL
OUT THE JUSTICE WHICH
THEY THINK HAS BEEN
DELAYED.

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 1.-two
hundred white men attacked the Rusl;
county Jail. at Henderson. Texas,
about two O'Clock Sunday morning
and lynched three negroes by hang,
ing them from sycamore tree in
the Courthouse yard, The negroes
lynched were John Reese. Robert
Askew and Henry Schorrow The
other negroes were spared because of
doubt Of their guilt in the murder of
Elias Howell, white man. and for
the further reason that they told the
story of the crime to the mob.
One of the negroes who was not
lynched is William Williams, and the
other is said to be n negro preacher,
but his name has not yet been ascer.
tanned.
The lynching was done with COM
parative quiet, not shot being fired.
The mob approached the jail, and af.
ter a short parley the prison officials
decided II was useless to resist. The
mob then entered and took out Ave
negroes. Among them was Williams.
who. the mob believed. was one OF the
men who stood guard while the muir.
der of Elias Howell was committed a
week ago.
Members OF the mob declared that
he made confession to the County
Attorney and to the sheriff. implicit.
ing the other four. Williams was
forced to mount box at the door Of
the jail, and to tell the story to the
mob as he was believed to have told
1t to the authorities. The Ave negroes
were arrested last Wednesday. and
Sheriff Stone and the county attorney
set about to get evidence. Sheriff
Stone went to Longview Saturday
and laid the matter before Judge
Levy.
The judge called special session
of the District Court, to. be held at
Henderson, on November 20, at which
time an investigation of the matter
was to be made.
This. is was believed, had pacified
the people, and the impression pre-
vailed that no violence would be at.
tempted. The belief of the officers
was that the people were willing to
let the law take its course. The mob
worked SO quietly that persons Nv
ing one hundred yards away from the
scene of the lynching were not
aroused from their sleep.