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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
COTTON VERY SHORT
Bales Ginned to 18th 0cto-
Der Were Only 4,940, 728.
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT
On Same Date Last Year Ginners
Figures Were 6,417,894 Bales.
Two Hours Delay of Report
Brings Complaint.

A total of 4,940,72S bales Of cotton
ginned in the United States up to Oc
tober 1S is the statement announced
in a bulletin issued by the census
bureau at Washington Wednesday. In
this calculation, round bales are coun-
ted as half bales, and the figures CIV
en- in the bulletin are based on re
ports made by the bureaus special
agents in the field.
No estimate is made of the total
crop for the year, but figures are
given out concerning crops Of former
years. These figures show that up tt
this date in 1904 the product OF the
gins had reached a total OF 6,4lf,-
S94 bales, out of a total OF 1858,
279 bales for the year. In 1905, the
total production was 1o,O45,615 bales,
and the ginning output up to OCTOBER
25 was 3,7O6,248; in 1902 the total
was 10,827,16S, and the amount TO
Oct. 25 was 5 5,683,006. Wednesdays re-
port covered 26,364 ginneries, and the
statements upon which it was prepar-
ed were supplied by telegraph by 7O2
special agents in the field, most of
them representing one county each.
The fact that the bulletin was not
issued until 2 o'clock, two hours al
ter the usual time, caused some COM
plant from brokers in different cities,
and some of these, which reached the
bureau before the document was CIV
en- to the public, were of a sensa-
tional character. One from Secretary
Hester of the New Orleans cotton ex-
change was as follows:
New Orleans, La, October rs, 1900
Hon. S. D. North Director OF the
Census. Washington, D. c.: Mucn
disappointment and dissatisfaction
here at delay in issuing ginners' re
port to 2 p. m. Bache & Co. OF New
York wired Hey.ard. Wick & Glars
of New Orleans as follows:
"David Miller has just made the
statement to the effect that the gin
ners' report has been delayed from
"a O'Clock to 2 o'clock, so as to al
low more time to certain parties te
sell cotton on, and says he will stane
by the above
zone rumor here is that the re
port will show, counting round as hal
bales, 6,100,100. All kinds OF rumorS
are being spread and parties are sell
ing the market down under suspicion
of something wrong in your bureau
I send this because l think it proper
YOU should know it. The David Mile
referred to was the receiver OF Sui!
& Co., and is a prominent membel
| of the New York cotton exchange.
III. G. HESTER"
Report of the Ginners.
A synopsis of the report Of the Ma
tional Ginners' Association was mad'
public at Dallas, Texas, Wednesday
From reports received the associa
ton estimated the amount OF cottol
| ginned to October Is to be betweel
| 4.4OO. 900 and 4,500,000 bales. Thes'
reports show about 46 per cent of tn
crop ginned and indicate a crop YIN
der 100000 bales. Crop is 81 t
| 80 per cent ginned in south half 0
| belt, 25 to so per cent in balance o
belt. Very little top crop and recen
| frosts killed top plants in lowlands Il
| northern part of belt.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
SOUTH TO AID ROOSEVELT.

In Carrying Out His Fight for Rail-
road Rate Control.
The New Orleans Picayune has be-
gun a canvass of southern democratic
members of President Roosevelt's plan
to give the interstate commerce COM
mission authority to fix maximum rail
road freight rates, and in response to
telegraphic inquiries number of SEN
ators and representatives have ex-
pressed their views on the subject. So
far every member of congress heard
from has declared in favor of the leg
islation demanded by the president
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
ROOSEVELT IN DANGER.
Boat Carrying President to Cruiser
CoIides With Fruit Steamer In
Mississippi River.

A New Orleans dispatch says: After
narrow escape from losing his life
in an early morning collision in which
the light Lcuse tender, Magnolia, on
which he was travelling, was struck
by the steamer Esparta, and was so
much damage that he had to abandon
her, President Roosevelt went safely
aboard the armored cruiser West Vlr-
ginia, bound for Hampton Roads. Mel
ther the president nor any member
of his party was injured in the acci-
dent.
The first news of the mishap reach
ed New Orleans by telephone early
Friday morning in an appeal for help
from Captain Rose of the United
Fruit company's steamer Esparata,
which came from Nairn, La, near
where the accident occurred. The
Magnolia left New Orleans at $50
o'clock Thursday night, and the Es-
parta was due to arrive Friday at
Chalmette The weather was fine.
with comparatively little wind on the
river.
At the time of the accident the
president, absolutely worn out by his
strenuous experience in New Orleans,
was fast asleep. He had turned in
shortly after the vessel left New Or
leans The two ships were near the
west shore when they came in contact
in an effort to avoid running into each
other.
Both vessels grounded before the
Esparta got off under her own steam.
The president showed no excitement
when informed of the extent of the
disaster. He dressed Immediately,
and those of his party hurriedly made
arrangements for his transfer to the
| lighthouse tender Ivy, which was ur-
ried to the scene of the accident. Elk.
cent for the loss of some sleep, the
president suffered nothing by the col
lision.
With the whole party transferred to
the Ivy, that vessel was speeded down
the river to the cruiser West Virginia
meeting with no further mishap.
Immediately upon hearing OF the
accident and escape of the president
Mayor Behrman sent the following
| dispatch by wireless to the president:
New Orleans is overjoyed to learn
that you and your party escaped with
cut injury, and regrets inexpresslbly
| the discomfort the accident occasion
ed. We pray that your voyage home
will be safe and delightful
Governor Blanchard also sent the
| following: President Theodore Roose
welt, Aboard Cruiser West Virginia:
| People of Louisiana regret accident
| of last night. Rejoice it had no serious
consequences. Trust your voyage to
| Washington will be pleasant and de
| void of further mishap.
IN C. BLANCHARD, Governor"
The West Virginia was spoken Fri
| day from Pensacola by wireless tel
egraphy, the ship at that time being
about three hundred miles off, The
message was received at the Pensacola
navy yard, where the DeForest sys
| tenn had been installed and stated that
the West Virginia would reach Key
| West Saturday night.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
SITUATION AT PENSACOLA.

Nine New Cases of Fever and Two
Deaths Fridays Report.
The fever summary in Pensacola
Friday was as follows: New cases 8,
total cases 526, deaths 2, total
deaths "a, discharged 374, under treat
ment 7.
Although the number of cases re-
ported shows but little decrease, the
officials are nevertheless not discour-
aged and believe that big reduction
will be noticeable in three or four
days.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
AN 4INsIDE" INVESTIGATION.

Committee of Trustees to Probe AlIeg-
ed Grating in Mutual Life.
More startling than the testimony
before the legislative committee inves-
tigating the methods of insurance
companies at New York Wednesday
was the announcement by President
McCurdy of the Mutual Life that a
committee of the board of trustees
of his company had been appointed
to investigate the company and its
methods.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
HOCH DECLINES REQUISITION.
Governor of Kansas Turns Down Tex
as Chief Executive.

At Topeka, Kansas, Thursday, Gov
ernor Hoch declined to honor the
requisition from the governor of Tex
as for the return of Charles Evans, a
negro, to that state. In doing so, the
governor said:
'1 believe that it is good thing
f7r Texas that Evans be not returned
there. All the testimony tends to
show that if the negro were returned
to Texas, some serious harm would
come to him."
Evans is under Indictment for shoot
ing a white man with intent to kill
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
WIDOW SUES LYNcHERs.
Kentucky Mob Called on to Pay $50
600 in Damages.

A sensational suit, the echo of the
lynching of William Thacker at Flem-
ingsburg, KY, in 1908, has been filed
in the federal court of Covington, KY,
by Mrs. Mary Thacker, the. widow.
She is suing George Gordon and 9TH
er citizens of Flemingsburg for $780,.
coo damages for mobbing her hus-
band, who had been indicted for the
killing of the son of Gordon.
The most sensational charge is the
one made that an arrangement exist
ed between the mob and the jailer.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
cUATEMALAN ANT EFFECTIVE.
Enemy of Boil weeviI Recommends

Enemy of Boil WeeviI Recommended
by Agricultural Department.
Announcing the results of the re-
cent Investigations of the future of the
cotton projecting kelep of Guatemala,
a report now being issued at Washing
ton from the department of agricul-
ture declares kelep to be wonderfully
adapted to the destruction of the cot
ton boil weevil, "and portrays its pos
sibilities in checking pest ravages"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
DIVORCE LEADS TO A TRAGEDY

When Wife Presented Decree to Hus
band He Sho. Her Dead.
Mrs. James Russell was killed on
Monday by her husband, who lives in
the eastern part of Baxter county
Missouri. The tragedy grew out ol
a divorce suit in which the wife Sc
cured divorce and the custody Of
an only child.
When she presented the courts or
der for the child, Russell shot her. He
then turned the gun on himself and
inflicted wound that is likely tc
prove fatal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
KEPT WIFE's BODY IN CAVE.

Eccentric kentuckians Devotion te
Memory of Deceased Better Half.
Uncle Bile Humphrey, an eccentric
character, was found dead by the
roadside near his cabin in Adair coun
ty, Kentucky, aged s5 years. Since
the death of his. wife ten years age
he had lived the life of hermit.
A few days after her death the
grief-stricken husband dug up and
took the body to cave, where he
made regular daily trips up to the
time of his death.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
LAWYER PATRICK DOOMED.
Murderer Of Millionaire Rice Must Go
to Electric Chair.

The court of appeals at Albany,
N. Y, Friday denied the motion for
re-argument Of the appeal of Albert
T. Patrick from conviction of murder
in the first degree and sentence of
death for the killing in 1900 of w. M
Rice, an aged millionaire. Of New
yeEk city.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
FOUR KILLED; SCORE HURT.

COLLISION Of Trains Occurs on Rock
Island Railway.
Four persons were killed and be
tween fifteen and twenty seriously
injured in wreck near Fairfield
iowa, Thursday, between two fast
passenger trains On the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway. The cause
Of the wreck is laid to the train dis
latcEer's Office
AT the time of the accident the
trains were running at the rate OF
atoct 80 miles an hour. Both engines
were demolished.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
OSCAR osTRAcIzEs NORWAY.

Offer Of Throne to a Bernadotte Prince
is Declined.
A special from Stockholm, Sweden,
says: King Oscar has definitely and
formally declined the offer of the Nor,
wegian throne to a prince of the
house of Bernadotte. and in letter
to the president of the storthing final.
ly sewers his connection altogether
with Norway,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
WONDERFUL WORK OF WIRELESS
Presidents Cruiser is Spoken at Dis
tance of 375 Miles.

tance of 375 Miles.
According to report received at
the navy department in Washington
Friday, the wireless telegraph station
at Key West picked up the armorel
cruiser West Virginia at distance Of
225 miles as that vessel went down
the coast en- route to New Orleans
and was in communication with the
cruiser at distance of 375 miles after
she had passed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-02
SITUATION WELL IN HAND.
Government to Withdraw Guard Yes
sells of Fever Section,

SSlS OF fcVSf oeCtion.
A Washington special says: The
yellow fever situation in the south is
regarded at the treasury as so well
in hand that orders have just been
dispatched for the withdrawal of the
two revenue cutters at all gu!f
ports except at Pensacola, and the
two vessels still there will be soon
withdrawn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20
Primary Election Mess ure

Senator j. T. Schain of Browns Val
ley has come to the front with bill eX-
tending the primary election law to
state officers. This measure also pro-
vides for holding the primaries in June
instead of in September. This provision
is incorporated with the belief that the
farmers will bave more time in June to
devote to the primaries than in Sep
TENDER. If this feature of the bill should
prevail candidates for office-those sue
cessful at the primaries-would be un-
der the necessity of charging their
pocketbooks so as to be able to carry
on five-months campaign. The general
complaint now is that the campaigns
stretch out over period that makes the
candidates weary in mind, body and soul,
and their bank accounts are given a
most severe strain.
Another feature of Senator Schain's
bill is that one which provides for plac-
ing on the ballots of all parties the can
didates for judges of the district court
and justices of the supreme court. This,
the senator contends, will aid in the Sc
lection of bipartisan judiciary.
j. G. Lund, representative from Hen
nepin county, has introduced measure
in the house which provides for the ex-
tension of the primary election to state
officers, but makes no changes in the
time of holding the primaries.
Is it not just possible that the dear
people might object to long-drawn out
campaigns? The people are entitled to
some consideration.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20

place that power in the hands of any one
man."
Arthur Schaub: 81 favor the continu-
ance of the grand jury"
Jay Henry Long: 81 think the aboli-
ton would be good thing. The grand
jury is a relic of the times when there
were no mails OF telegraphs or tele-
phones or newspapers, and people came
from far and near to inform the gov
eminent of what had been going on.
Nowadays the county attorney knows
about the crimes that have been commit
ted long before the grand jurors them
selves"
C. n. Andrews: "The grand jury sys-
tenn is unwieldy and expensive, yet it is
safe, effective and educative. | think
its advantages greatly counterbalance its
expense. The system might be modi-
fled and improved, but would not favor
abolishing it,"
Judge Severance: "The system is ex-
pensive, but necessary. Without the
grand jury it will depend on whether
an individual in question is friend or
an enemy of the county attorney
whether he will be presented or not
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20
C0NSIGNE0 TO EAT.
Funeral Of Late Frank Freundl Held
This Forenoon.


Funeral Of Late Frank Freundl Held
This Forenoon.
From Thursdays Daily.
This morning the funeral of the late
Frank Freundl took place from the st.
Peter and Paul's church, the services
opening at ten o'clock. There was a good
attendance considering the inclement
weather. The floral tributes were in
deed beautiful, and included a lovely
pillow from Superior Hose Company No.
2, with the initials of the company rep
resented thereon. The pail bearers were
NJ. Fallenstein, Lorenz Henlein, Frank
Kiffe, Frank Neubel, Frank Mahowald
and Peter Krost. Among those who
came from outside the city to attend
was the sister of the deceased, Mrs.
Theodore Scholtz of Minneapolis. The
remains were laid to rest in Calvary
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20
attorney general will receive the approx

attorney general will receive the approx
al of the people. Under these eondi-
tons there would be too much of an OPP
portunity for "log-rolling," and would
remove the selection of the assessor far
from the people, which is directly in OPP
position to the principles upon which
this government was founded. The peo-
pie are capable of choosing their own of
ficials, and the task is one which they do
not hesitate to perform. AS rule good
men are selected for the offices within
their gift The suggestion of county as
SCISSORS is one which is not without merit
This plan is in vogue in some states, anu
it works WELL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20

W. Eibner of New UIm Thinks Jurors
Won't Decide Koch Case.


Won't Decide Koch Case.
From Tuesdays Daily
w. Eibner of New Ulm, one of the
members of the citizens committee,
which worked on the Gerhard murder
case, and collected much of the evidence
that the state has made use of, was in
the city today. Mr.. Eibner is the bank
er, whose employee, Frank Kiesling, Il boy
of about sixteen, discovered the bloody
finger marks on the door of the Minis
creamery on the day following the muir
der. The boy said little about the fin
ger prints at the time. He happened
to go to the creamery to get cream. The
discovery after some days reached the
ears of Detective Rydell, who went to
the creamery and made pencil mark
about the finger marks, which were at
Che time very plain. When he came back
to cut out that part of the door, the
marks had somehow become so faint that
they were useless as evidence. It was
at this creamery that Koch was sus
pected of washing the blood from his
hands and burning his bloodstained gar
ments.
Mr.. Eibner thinks the state has had
the best of it so far as the trial has
gone and he thinks the states rebuttal
will establish the guilt of the accus-
ed in the mind of anyone who was un-
prejudiced. Yet he does not look for
disagreement of the jurors. That is what
the people of New Ulm generally ex-
pect
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20
Cert a Mue.

Difiia! announcements were made to-
day. by the 81. Paul lines. that rates to
TIE ( A. Y. national encampment in
Denver This wear will b. made on the
cents mile basis, which in former years
has always been fruitful source of
trouble .,he rates have been settled up
on by Joint agreement and viii prevail
in Western Passenger association terri
tory For the FIRST time in years the
question has been settled far IN advance
Of the enoampment. The usual procedure
has been to announce a Tighter basis
Prior tn the encampmeut one OF two
lines have Invariably broken away from
the agreement. precipitating a sharp rate
SIGHT whici, has sent the fares to bed
rock basis immediately before the bus
mess moved Constant friction and de-
terinined contests for the travel have
been the rule in previous years.
The basis announced today provides a
round-trip rate to Denver OF $l7.75 from
st Paul, 300 from Chicago and SO -
from the Missouri river From point,
NOS specifically named the rates viii be
one fare 70 the Missouri river plus
slo75 Tickets viii be placed on sale
from Aug. 30 to Sept 3. good returning
until Sept 2, and subject 10 extension
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20
wisconsin for Rsvisi n.

Thr republican congressman from Wis
cansin have unanimously adopted reso-
hut ions savoring "the early revision of
those schedules in the Dingley act which
are higher than is necessary to afford
adequate protection, says The Chicago
Record Herald. Hereby Wisconsin ar
RAYS herself by the side of Massachuset-
Is, whose republican congressman unani-
n,ously flavor readjustment of the tariff
in accordance with the principles of
time"
II is significant that two states as
widely separated in space and in the
character of their local interests as these
should be speaking out so boldly for re-
vision. Together they should do much
to aid the spread of the movement,
which has thus far been treated gingerly
by most of the congressman.
The Massachusetts, and Wisconsin rep
resentatives undoubtedly have taken the
stand they have because they have heard
directly from the people of their respec-
tive states in no uncertain tones. There
is reason for believing that in most
states of the Union the sentiment of
the rank and file of the party is akin to
what it is in these states, though per-
haps not yet so intense nor so clearly
expressed.
Now is the time to voice the senti-
ment. If congress is made to hear, there
is reasonable certainty that before an.
other twelve months have passed a num-
Der of the excessively high duties, under
the shelter of which extortion flourishes
viii have been reduced to genuinely pro
tective basis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20

Two bills have been introduced in the
senate providing for the appointment OF
election of county assessors. One of
these authorizes the board of county
commissioners of counties having less
than 1000 inhabitants to elect county
assessor at the annual meeting of the
board held in March. The assessors are
to serve two years. Their duty is to
meet the township assessors and the
county commissioners once each year
for the purpose of egualizing assess
ments.
The other bill provides for the ap.
pointment of county assessor in each
county by the governor, the state audi.
tor and the attorney general. The term
the bill provides, shall be four years, and
the compensation is regulated according
to the valuation of the property in the
county. In counties having less than
S2000,O00 property valuation, the remu-
neration shall be one-half of one mill
1t is correspondingly larger in counties
having more than $2,O0OOOO
The purpose of both bills is to pro.
vide more equitable method of equaliz
ing assessments. Those who advo
cate the appointment of county assess
ors say that the assessments in the sew.
eral townships would be more nearly
equal than under the present arrange
Iuent
The purpose Of the bills is il the right
direction, bat it is doubtful ii that one
which provides for the appointment OF
assessors by the governor, auditor and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-20

quit him. A reasonable doubt and a
presumption of innocence follows him all
along. This is safeguard the state
provides"
Mr.. Somerville went on to say that
while the defense would not seek to
blame any other persona in particular
for the murder, they would show that
someone stepped into the doorway at the
foot of the stairs leading to DIR. Geb-
hard's office just before DIR. Koch passed
that way; that the authorities, Jump
ing to the conclusion that Koch was the
guilty party, ran down all clues point
ing to him, and neglected clues of equal
import which would tend to show that
Koch was not the murderer.
'In the first place." he said, 'the de-
Tense will prove the alibi of DIR. Koch.
1t will prove that he was at home ON the
night of the murder, several moments
before the murder was committed. We're
going to introduce evidence which will
point to the real culprit. We will show
that DIR. Koch did have wounds on his
hands. There was a scratch on the right
palm and a sore on the third finger. We
will show that he received these wounds
the Sunday before the murder, while
hunting with Miss Fitzpatrick.
1--WE will not say that the handker.
chief is not Dr. Koch's If we said that
we would be committing perjury, for DIR
Koch has not seen the bloody handker.
chief, and we cannot say whether it is
his or not until we have his word
eve will show that DR.. Koch did moi
mail the poison to Dr. Gerhard. We viii
shrow that DIR. Koch had in his office fol
dental use enough arsenic to kill 500 OIL
600 men, and that he had no reason fol
stealing strychnine, which is a bitter
poison, and may be elected before il
causes damage, when he had tasteles:
arsenic at hand.
1--WE will show that DR.. Koch has the
very lead pencil that was handed to hin
by A. Vogel, the lumberman, ON the
night of the murder.
eve will prove beyond all doubt that
the hammer with which the killing was
done belonged to DR.. Gerhard, and was
kept in his office all the time