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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-03

Frank Canton, negro employed
on Point Houmas plantation, was en-
ticed into vacant house in the tender
loin district last Saturday afternoon
and there robbed of his watch and Is
cents by Chas. King. Jos. Meter.
and 'sSweet Dick,' three notorious
young negroes who infest the rear
portion of this town. The matter was
reported to the proper authorities and
Killing was soon taken into custody
and lodged in jail, but Meter and
Sweet Dick' managed to make their
escape. The former was arrested at
Baton Rouge Tuesday and the follow
ing day Deputy Sheriff Lucien Acosta,
acting under Instructions from Sheriff
s. IL. St. Martin, repaired to the state
capital and took charge Of the pris-
oner, returning with him Wednesday
afternoon. "Sweet Dickn is still at
large.
George Smith, an obstreperous ne
gro, was shot and instantly killed last
Saturday afternoon by Addison Hud-
son, Well-knoWn cotton farmer OF east
Ascension. The negro cultivated a
portion of Mr.. Hudson's land on the
tenant system and was OF the type
known as bad man. among the mem
bers OF his race, being very unruly
and belligerent. Last Saturday he
quarreled with MIR. Hudson when the
latter sought to have settlement with
him and attacked the farmer with
knife. Mr.. Hudson retreated into his
residence, closely pursued BY the MUIR
Ekerous black, aud, gaining possession !
Of his shotgun, fired at Smith at close
range, the load taking effect in the
negroes heart and killing him in
stantlv
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-03

IEO. ~ T a V EkOI-
is hereby announced as the nominee of the
Democratic party of the sixth congressional
district OF Louisiana for member of the sixtieth
congress. Election to be held Nov. g. 1908.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
Sun SHINES At NAPLES
Fall Of Ashes from Mount YesuVius Has Almost Entirely
Ceased-City is Crowded With Refugees
Five Thousand Already There

- = : 80 . a
s Naples, April i 4. All the news re
ceiYed here during the day is encour-
aging. For the first time since Tues
day the sun is shining all over Ma
pies and although above the city the
,:;;sss,iai gray cloud is discernibla the fall
OF ashes almost entirely ceased Ashes.
however. continued to fall throughout
the night, adding several inches to the
accumulation in the streets. Nearly
g, coo people are employed in clearing
the roofs and main thoroughfares
Gangs of men are employed in piling
the ashes in the middle of the narrow
streets, which makes the passage of
vehicles exceedingly difficult and adds
to the d isconfort Of pedestrians. @
5S Nearly 5000 refugees are already
housed here and the number is rapidly
increasing. In fact all the buildings
available for the accommodation of
the flgitiyes are crowded and if many
more people seek shelter here it will
be necessary to place them in army
tents. The municipal and military
authorities have already taken steps
to accommodate a large number of
people in this manner. ~ s1 -.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
INDIANS
Refuse to Permit Sheep To
Be Driven Across Their
Reservation

Washingts a pril 1 4 Senator Ful-
ton of Oregon discussed with the pres
ident during the day a peculiar situa-
ton which has arisen in his state.
The sheep raisers of the state have
been In the habit of driving their
flocks, numbering In the aggregate
about 250,o 900 head, across the Una
tiIla Indian reservation from the win
ter rendezvous of the docks to the
summer. ranges and back again in the
fall This spring the Indians refused
to permit the st ockmen to drive their
sheep across their reservation dis
lance of about afteen miles unless
the owners paid them 81 q head. As
the sheep are worth about S1.50 each
the stockmen regarded the proposed
tax as rather heavy. AS the Indians
have the law On their side end the
indian police to enforce 1t there Is
nothing for the stockmen to; dc but
drive their sheep entirely around the
reservation unless they ecu make
some reasonable arrangement with
LIS Indians through the government.
it was with q view TO making such an
arrangement that Senator Fulton had
his talk with The president, The sub
ject win be considered further BIZ the
presid lent ina Connection with officials
of the interior apartment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
OPTOMlSIlC
President Mitchell Hopes
Operators Reply viii Per-
init Further Negotiations

New York, april 14.-President Nit
ehell of the Miners union is busy pre-
pairing to close his headquarters here
and return to indianapolis. All the
members of the general scale commit
tee have left for their homes in the
anthracite regions and will not be
called together until after the oper-
ators reply to the propositions sub
mitted to them by the miners.
In the face of pessimistic express
sions of some of the members Of the
scale committee President Mitchell is
hopeful of a peaceful ending of the
controversy with the operators. He
believes that the operators will make
an answer which will permit the con-
tinuance of the negotiations instead OF
abruptly ending them.
President Mitchell goes to Indianap-
oils to prepare for the meeting Of the
international executive board Of the
miners union AT this meeting the
proposition made last week by the
Ohio operators to arbitrate the dis
pute between, the mine, owners and
the striking miners in that state will
be considered,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
Will Pre- VENT DELAYS
President Urges Adoption Of Simmons amendment to
Railroad Rate Bill Senator Nelson Of Minnesota
Participating in Discussion

Washing on, "a pril il ~ r abroad rate,
legislation again was a topic Of inpor-1
tant discussion at the White House
during the day The president talked
over the subject with Senator; Nelson
of Minnesota, one Of the staunch sup
porters of rate regulat alton, and later
discussed it with Senators Simmons
and oyerman Of North Carolina.
The presid ent suggested to Senator
Nelson that iii his Judgment It would
be wise to attach to the Hepburn bill
either the amendme nt offered by SEN
ator Simmons or that by Senator Nal
Tory, both Of which are designed to
prevent unusual delay in the consid-
Grafton Of applications for temp orary
injunctions The proposed amend
ments provide that procee dings for
preliminary injunctions must be begun!
before the rate fixed by the commits
sion goes into effect. The complain
ant must begin proceedings within fiji
teen days after any given rate is fixed.
by the commission and the otification
has been received. . Ten days then are
allowed for the taking Of the testi-
mony and the return Of papers. In
thirty-five days all the facts in the
case must be ready for submission TO
the court on a motion for the tenn
porary III jnrsnt ion. Such an amend
ment, II is believed by the advocates
Of rate reguIat On, would insure a
speedy determine lion OF any given
case and would prevent the delays
which they fear. IItt is regarded as
likely that such an endment may
be adopted
Senator Morgan has offered AZ,
amendment to the raiiroad rate bill
providing for the reVieB BIZ the fed
eia1 courts Of findin hyS iisltsesis
state commerce cnmmissio ion: s NJ: @
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
RATE BILL.
Will Be Acted Upon Early in
May IS Prevalent
Opinion

HNashing ton, April Al early
agreement to conclude general depate
on the Hepburn rate bill and fix a.
time for. taking the final vote now
seems probable Mr. Tiilman renewed
his request that such an arrangement
be made and Senators Aldrich and.
Foraker expressed the belief that this
can be done whenever the set speeches
are out of the way. The last Of these
Is scheduled for next Tuesday, when
1 Mr. La Toilette expects to speak. Al
lowing three or four days of grace It
is believed that the end Of next week
will see a definite plan outlined for
ending the rate discussion.
Mr.. Morgan served notice that he
will object to all suggestions which
do not include taking the bin up by
sections for amendment, MI. Allison
~had previously proposed this method
and It met with general assent. Ia
this way all \ the amendment would
be classified according to the section
they affect and could be voted upon
when debate on each closed.
1t is expected that a week viii be
allowed for amend ments and probably
another week for general discussion,
4 bringing a final vote early in Ma
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
WILL BE TAKEN INTO COURT.
Fight for Control of Dowieite Prop
erty at Zion City. 81

Chicago, April Unless confer
ences between attorneys representing
the warning interests in the Zion- City
controversy reach some sort of an
agreement at conferences which are
to be held late in the day the matter
will be taken into the courts. 1t was
announced by the attorneys retained by
Dowie that they will probably file a
bill asking that the transfer of the
Zion City and Zion church properties
to Deacon Alexander Granger by Over
seer Voliva be set aside. The bill will
probably be filed in the courts of Lake
county at Waukegan and in the courts
here at the same time. The attorneys
for Voliva contend that the bill will
be denied for the reason that all the
property assigned by Voliva to Gran
ger was: not the property of Dowie,
but was held by him as trustee. 1t is
also expected that application will be
made for the appointment of a re-
ceiver pending the, settlement of the
dispute as to the control of the prop
erty.,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
IN DEFENSE OF sMooT.
Attorney Worthington Addresses SEN
ate Committee,

Attorney Worthington Addresses SEN
ate Committee,
Washington April IA The final ar
gument In the investigation Of pro-
tests against Senator Reed smoot be-
Ing permitted to retain his seat was
made during the day before the COM
mittee on privileges and elections by
a. s. Worthing ton, counsel Of the
Utah senator. In opening Mr.. Worth
ington took up the subject Of Mr..
Shoots quail fcation to serve as a
senator and followed this by citing
authorities in support OF his conten-
ton that It required a two-thirds vote
of the senate to GUST Mr.. Smoot. An
3swering Mr.. Carlisle's argument that
Utah might go so far as to send Pres
ident Joseph +. Smith to the senate
Mr.. Worthington said that if such
should be the case he should be per
.mitted to serve if lie gave up his plu-
raj wife and lived only with his legal
wife. In the event that Smith should
fail to live in obedience to the laws.
said Mr.. Wort Ellington. then he should
be expelled. Mr.. Worthing ton pointed
out that Mr.. Snoot IS life had been
blameless and that he Is q law abider
Ia every sense OF the word.
It was contended by Mr.. Worthing-
ton that plural marriages are no
longer performed with the sanction Of
the Mormon church He said that
Utah had been t'raked and scrapeds
and the plural marriages brought ID
light since tho manifesto would moi
amount to one d year and that these
offenders are new virtually fugitiyes
from Justice. $50
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
POT OF MONEY !.
Found Nearly 81, 900 Found I 1
Buried Under a
PIulIltfee

New ulm, Mimi, April 4 e.. Fred
Kuehn, an old farmer died several
weeks ago In the township OF Sigel
and left an estate which was valued
at ST 900. Otto schen was appointed
special administrator by the probate
court and in making an inventory OF
the property only about $40 900 could
be found, being mostly In land and
live stock.
Kuehn was known as an centric
character and always kept his finan-
SciaI affairs to himself.
The premises were repeatedly
searched since his death for hidden
treasures and work was about to be
abandoned when the special admins,
traitor and August Schultz, a relative,
stumbled upon q suspicious ooking
place near some plum trees.
They began excavating and found a
lar encased with shingles. barely GOV:
erred with earth. II contained SO, 8l5i
or which 81 ,6s5 was IN gold and $40 u
currency and the rest In notes and
certificates of deposit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
Will LAST THREE MONTHS.
,castro's Retirement Understood Not
%&.&# 70 BE parno,nan+ a.t--

5$}tFsN ~ DC FSfHIc1NGUTs:
Caracas, April 10, via Willemstad,
Island of Curacao, April nc General
Castro yesterday transferred the pres
idency of Venezuela to Vice President
Gomez. In an address which he made
on that occasion General Castro said
that his retirement was due to i'll
health, but he did not say whether it
was temporary or permanent. 1t. is
generally understood, however, that
his retirement will last about three
months. General Castro said: s
t55*" Our present International position
Is completely defined and cleared up
and leads us to hope that everything
will proceed with the utmost harmony
on the foundation of mutual respect
and consideration for our rights, as
universally recognized, and that all
pending matters will necessarily be
settled by some friendly arrangement
or. by arbitration, the last resort of
civilization. &c.. f. -
"The financial situation of Venezu
ella cannot be more fattering. It is
known in Venezuela and abroad that
all Venezuela's engagements are reHg
iously carried out" s.
As result of General fCastro's re-
tirement the Venezuelan cabinet has
resigned. Wis. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
lMPssis oNMENT AND FINE.
Greene and GaYnor Sentenced al sa
3 ass5 vannai1, Ga.3 Il

Greene and GaYnor Sentenced al sa..
\ 81 ,5 vannan, Ga.s
Savannah, Ga, April ~ Judge
Speer, in the United States cotistt
sentenced Greene and Gaynor each to
a ter M Of four four years in the peniten.
tiary and to a fine Of S575,749,8 the
amount each is charged with having
fraudulently obtained from the United
States government. /. III ss a7s3S 81
u When the prisoners were brought
into court Judge Speer asked counsel
for: the defeAse if they had anything
70 say why sentence should not be
pronounced. Colonel p w. MeldriTn
answered in the negative, Whereupon
the court imposed sentence. Each
defendant had been found guilty upon
all the counts of three indictments
charging conspiracy, embezzlement
and presenting false claims. The sen.
fences upon the three indictments
were respectively two, four and four
years, but the court ordered that these
run concurrently, SO that the sentence
was really for four years. Imprison,
ment is. to be in the federal prison at
Atlanta. .8I 53:,s5z. 49,
II The defense will file a bill Of excep-
lions and they asked for an order of
court extending to thirty days the
time permitted counsel for preparing
this bill. 49, !ts .: 5sse- s5,5 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
MADE POLICY loans
Wife Of Insurance President Did Business With COmpanys
Patrons. Evidence Showing Absolute Control Of
Elections by Those in Power

Milwaukee,, April 14.-The most
sensational feature Of the day in the
examination of the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance company by the
special Legislative Investigating COM
mittee was the production Of docu-
mentarV evidence tending to show
that Mrs. Henry E. Palmer, wife of
the president Of the company, was
frequent investor in loans on policies
of the Northwestern Mutual Life T.
surance company and that on one OF
these loans atsleast, negotiated in 1899
but which was still running in 1905,
she obtained an interest rate of 8 per.
cent. During a portion of the time
Mrs. Palmer was obtaining this inter
est rate policy loans were being made
by the company itself at an interest
rate of 6 per cent. President Palmer
admitted that no notification was sent
to policyholders who had loans from
private parties that the company was
making policy loans, but said he sup
posed the policyholders could have OBJ
tanned general knowledge of that fact.
An admission by President Palmer,
showing how firmly iI1trenched the
officers of the company were In the
control of elections, was to the effect
that all nominations for trustees made
by the agents association were passed
upon by the board of trustees before
the election.
Pass on Their Own Qualifications.
Trustees who were up for reelection
were present at the meetings where
their own qualifications were passed
| upon. AS q matter of fact, however,
Mr.. Palmer declared, no nomination
of the agents of a trustee had even
been rejected.
The records of the company for the
election of 1904 were produced, show
| ing that a majority Of the persons
| who voted proxies were not policy
| holders of the Northwestern Mutual
| Life Insurance company and that thus
| the rather strange situation was Gre
| ated OF -policyholders in the COM
| pany actually electing the officers who
lsg
The records produced in regard to
the loan to a policyholder by Mrs.
/ Henry L. Palmer showed that Mrs.
Palmer had printed notices to be sent
out as reminders of the date of the
interest payments on these loans, thus
giving the inference that the business
she has done in the line of loaning on
company policies has been sufficient
to warrant her having printed blanks
for the formal notices on the loans.
President Palmer did not like to
talk about these loans and when asked
il they were not for very consider
able amount he said he did not know,
but that the whole facts could be OBJ
tanned if the committee would call the
proper witnesses.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
RUSSIAN PEASANTS STARVING.
Famine in Several Provinces Assumes
...s. I. Acute Phase. l-

Kharkeff, Russia, pril il The
famine among the peasants in the
Riazan, Kazan, Sinbarsk and Tula
provinces has assumed an acute
phase. The grain has all gone and
among the peasants, who absolutely
are without bread, hunger typhus has
appeared. The mortality is especially
large among the children. Several
famine committees are issuing appeals
for funds to rescue che starving. In
these appeals they state that 90 cents
will preserve tiia life of Ii child for
week and 90 cents that Ok an adult
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
ONE DEAD, TWO WOUNDED.
Ex-Army sharpshooter Turns Loose in
I 90 -. New York City. -

Ex-Arny sharpshooter Turns Loose in
I New York City. :,e
New York, April 14.-Edward Scan
Ion was shot and killed. and Patrick
Donovan and Mrs. Herman Miller
were wounded by Miller in the apart
ments of Miller in East Thirteenth
street. Miller. asserts that the shoot
ing was done to protect his wife, who.
he alleges, was seized by the throat
by the men when she answered their
knock on the door. Miller also said
the men, who had been his friends.
attempted to rob him. He was arrest
ed on a charge of homicide. Miller UP
to six months ago was sharpshooter
in the UAited States army, serving in
the Philippines. The wounds of DON
ovan and Mrs. Miller are not regarded
as dangerous. ts.& -zs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
RESULT Of. coal STRIKE.

: "a z
Many Western Railroads Are Laying
OF Employees. s.51
Chicago April IA. Many employees
of various railroads entering Chicago
have been laid OFF on account Of the
decrease in business resulting from
the coal strike.
The Chicago and Northwestern laid
of 500 employees. " ss ri 4. s.ss
3 1t was announced that the Chicago
and Alton had dropped nearly 200 enl-
ployes from the payroll. s.5 55sss5]5
-Four hundred mechanics Of the Chi
5cago and Eastern Illinois are now idle.
Curtailments in the yard and train
service are general on all roads owing.
to the cessation of the demand for,
fuel hauling. ~. Iss5 KS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
TO REGULATE MONEY RATES.
New York to Have Bank With Capital
" OF SEC, GOO, 600.

New York, April 14.--It was report
ed during the day that proposition
to establish a bank with a capital Of
$50,000,000 for the purpose. of regulat-
ing money and exchange rates during
times of financial ,stringency such as
that recently experienced in Wall
street is under: consideration by inter
ests. connected with the Stock Elk
change and by the National City bank
of this city, ..c =. t<5sa =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
Scale Approved by Miners.

Athens, O., April. 1.-THE dead
work scale agreed upon for the Hook
ing district by the joint committee Of
miners and operators was formally
ratified by the convention of miners.
The result is that all the mines Of sub
district No. / of district No. s, with
the exception of the Sunday Creek
and the Luhrig companies, will resume
work at once. III. $780,. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
EARTHQUAKE
In Fornosa Causes Thou
sands Of Destfs and
Tremendous Loss
BULLETIN.

Toxic, April ia violent earth
quake occurred this morning in the
southern part of the Island of For
mosa. The casualties and damage
done are reported to be heavier than
those of the earthquake Of a mouth
ago. when over one thousand persons
were killed and forty-fiye million dol
lars damage was done. );
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
no PROTECT INDIAN AGENT.
Troops Will Be Sent to UmatiIla
Y AGENCY in Oreaon.

Washing on, April 14At the in
stance Of the department of the In
terror the war department has taken
steps to send whatever military force
may be necessary to protect Major O..
q. Edwards of the Umatilla agency in
Oregon from the Indians, who have
threatened to do him bodily harm.
Orders were sent to Brigadier General
Williams, in command at Vancouver
Barracks, tossend reliable officer. to
Pend1eton to investigate conditions at
the agency and, il need be, to send
one or two troops Of cavalry to the
agency from Fort Walla Walla. sa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
PROMINENT People Involved.

Sioux City. La. April IA aditional
,discI osures regarding the systematic
robbery Or the Pelletier slapa rtment
store have Involved SOME Of the most
highly respected families Id Sioux
City Although but 81 900 worth Of
stolen palnd er has been recovered It
Is suspected more may have been
taken. number al arrests have been
made.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
D Involve HUNDRED Men ouit.

B Pittshurg, April 14TwelEe hun
5.dred miners employed at the Great
Lakes Coal company at kaylor, Pa,
quit work by order OF the district Off
'cials because the company refused to
agree to certain concessions. .sg
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
MuTILATED FOR LIFE.
Chicago Boys Experiment With Dyna.
~ ~ mite CARTRIDGES.

y. - = '''N~ ~ al e''a9SS' :
Chicago, April 14.---Threesboys who
released some, dynamite cartridges
and proceeded to set them Off in a
vacant lot were nutilated for life by
the explosionaof one of the cartridges.
They We're: Henry. Polhanus, hand
blown OFF; Frank Ryan. thumb and
two fingers blown off; Herbert Gren-
die, thumb of right hand and left hand
blown of. The ages of the boys range
from eleven to fourteen years.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-14
Aged Man FatalIy Shoots Niece and
Kills Himself. ss d. 81

Mipneapo april ~. Calling his
niece Into his room and telling her
that he had a present for her Herman
Koenig, aged sixty sent a bullet crash
ing through the head of Mrs. s. 2.
3Boothman, aged tWenty-six, causing
what may prove to- be a mortal wound,
and then turning the weapon lpon
himself blew out his brains.
sSs The whole affsii stss ouded in. !, !.
terry. No one knows of any trouble
between the two and no cause for the
terrible double tragedy can be learned.
s Koenig is a retired business man
from saltwater. For the past year,
since the Boot mans moved into the
house at Ninth street south, he has
made them frequent visits and about
two months ago he took up his per
manent residence with them. Mr..
sBoothman is a travelling man and was
absent from the city at the time of the
tragedy. I 5ss. IS 4 Tz ,%,