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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-23
WILL l.. INVESTIGATE S
LA CROSSE MERGER
PROBE PRoM1SEDaFOR BIG ELEC-
! a>r"2 TRIO LIGHT DEAL. ">~aT
Protest OF, Stockholders Against Con-
soidation Results $. in Action Being
Filed Against Directors to Force
Them. to. Reveal Facts Concerning
Leasing .of Plant. 20 : .r~. ..2,,~
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. >"' 49, - -
La Crosse, Wis, March 2a.-Summons has been
served on r. b. Gelatt,r ]! r. Felber,,, William
Doerflinger. John Elliot, A. f. Reitzel and" other
directors in the" Central Electric company of this
city, under the discovery statute, to force them
to reveal on thel witness stand facts concerning
the leasing of the plant of the Central Electric
company to the La Crosse Gas & Electric COM
pany, thereby producing an electric lighting mo-
nopoly. The action is brought by Louis Kuehn
Of Milwaukee,, formerly Of La Crosse, and other
stockholders. 'i'''-: -a''.|',
The Central Electric company was organizedi by
local capital about six. years ago, and existed
for 4 year. when it was leased by its officers
and directors for a term Of ten years to the
competing company. against the protest of the
minority stockholders. Control of the stock was
secured by the directors and was voted by
proxy. at a meeting where. it has been claimed,
the rights Of the other stockholders were disre-
garded.E >r~.'L. , '"'A ~ a. -. 80. -
- ~ Consolidation Of Interests.
" Tn the simmons 1T is stated the complainant
| demand to- know what Considerations were giver
the directors for arranging the lease, and various
other pertinent questions The consolidation of
the La Crosse StreetHRailway company, the La
Crosse Gas & Electric company and the La
Crosse Hydro Electric Light & Power eompar,
and the taking over Of the new concern has just
been announced. The deal was brought about
by Stone & Webster, promoters, of Boston he
lieved to be acting for a client Of Farson Leact
& Co. of Chicago: The real details of til,
consolidation and sale are being withheld for tn,
present. a.: =" 49,.
The deal is one Of the largest which has bee,
contaminated in this part Of the state for man,
years. and involves about 81, 500. 600 or more
1t is also authoritatively stated that the sam
fnanciers are prepared to, furnish a million an,
a half of dollars to build the La Crosse & Blac]
River electric railway. which has been delaye,
for five years. owing to lack of financial back
ing. Power for this railway is to be %furnishe,
by the Hydro,Electric company. which propose
to build an immense waterpower electrical plan
near Black River Falls, Wis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-23
MARS HENRY AT POMPEII
Was Toy City Given Over TO- Imita-
ton and Luxury.

Henry Watterson in Courier-JOurnal.
Pompeii, as can be seen on every
hand, was what Bulwer-Lytton de-
scribes it, a toy city, given over to imi-
tation and luxury. Rome set both the
example and the pace.
The excavations which have pro
ceeded for more than a century and a
half may be said now to be fairly com
pleted. Nothing more is needed to
enable the Psychologist to"%reconstruct
the life Of the ancient Roman colony
nothing else to startle the modern
seeker after truth. + 49,
The temples, the villas, the theaters,
the baths, the gardens, disentombed at
last, lie gaping to the skies in heaps of
variegated marble and granite, whisper
ing their story mayhap to the moon,
yet telling it plainly enough to the
passer-by under the common light of
day; a story of Incidence and frivolity
mistaken by a semibarbaric mind for
pleasure; of gorgeous displays in public
places, mysterious orgies in private;
feasts incalculable; vinous libation tc
the gods; gladiatorial combats, chariot
racing, human beings fed to lions; ali
in mimicry of. Rome, of Rome already
beginning it's downward course toward
the fall. 49,.
Art they had to decorate the scene
within the peristyle, pictures and stat
ues, arches and colonnades in bronze
and ~alabaster, porphyry and carrara
made luminous by Tyrian dyes and E
local red we have not been able to re
peat, tho much of it is quite restored.f
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: PLANS ss5 900 O
School District at tHibbing, MINI.
Needs New Building ." :.

20. there will be a;meetisg Of the. qualified elect
ors of school district No. ~ for the purpose Of
authorizing the school board to expend $s5, 900 on
q new school building. - :; 49,: -. -
At a meeting Feb. 2. the board was authorized
to erect a high school building at Hibbing at a
the needs Of the district the board found that
this. sum would be inadequate and a further
allowance was asked. The sum Of $4,000 was
raised by the sale Of district bonds to the state
school department and the board now has avail:
able for building purposes nearly 60,0OO,1 and all
that is necessary to enable the board to proceed
with the work Is the further authorization OF
the voters Of the district. - -:
1t is possible to have the new building ready
for occupancy by the opening of the school yeal
in September If the plans of the board are ap
proved. but If the voters refuse their approval
new plans will have to be drawn and the build
ing will be delayed at least q year. =
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will be held at Ipswich on April IL and 13. The
association Is a branch of the South Dakota Edu-
cational association, and includes the counties of
Brown. Campbell, Clark. Day., Faux. Grant,
Marshall. MCPHERSON. Potter. Sphinx and Wal
worth An elaborate program has been prepared.
Among the subjects to be discussed are: Mod
ern Gaography-Its Use 1.-The Low Standard of
We Overcrowding the Pupils Tpi ?; How to Prepare
the Child to Meet and Overcome Difficulties. -
The, Value Of Higher Education '.HOw to Cul.
tivate a Better School Spirit in the Community, ,
Methods i'm History
State superintendent NJ. NJ. Ramer will deliver
an address on Friday. April ID. The officers of
the association are: President, Principal R.. L.
Kirk, Aberdeen; secretary. County Superinten.
dent Janette Lewis. Ipswich: treasurer. P%rincipal
j. r. Johnson, Bowdle,
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WANT VOTE ON LICENSE r..
Temperance Forces at Vermillion, SD,
File a Petition. ~ "';'

vERMILLION. $: D.-The temperance work
ers Of this city have asked that the proposition
next city election to the voters. They .cluim
that unless. a vote. is taken on the proposition.
even being molested.. as they. are. powerless' to
enforce that provision of the pharmac law
requiring that sales of Intoxicating. liquors shat
physician. So 49,
, The, situation here regarding license IS a. pc
culiar one. Heretofore it has always been
those favoring saloons who have filed the peti
ton. They have always been defeated at the
polls. In former years the druggists have al
ways opposed license. but this year it is under
stood they favor it. T..
In the town election at Wakonda on Tuesday,
the fight was on the proposition of license o,
no license. and the saloon element won by g
majority of twelve. : For the past few years
the prohibitionists winning one election ant
losing the next. -. ..t-. -:
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CHARTER AMENDMENT VALID
Moorhead Court Makes Ruling in I'm
portant Test Case. 80 -"

MOORHEAD, MINN.-Judge L.. l.. Baxter of
the district court has rendered his decision in
the test case of j.. Pierce Wolfe against the
city Of Moorhead, and the verdict is in the
city's favor. The action was brought rs a test
case on three points, the first being as to the
validity of the publication of the proposed
amendments, as were published before the re-
cent election; the second, as to the! validity of
the election, and third, as to re right Of the
council. on Its own motion. to- order improvements
without petition Of the property owners. s..~
The question Of the legality OF the election,
which also involves the first and third points, is
based on the population being greater accxoErd;
ing to the last census, than formerly. and
other election, laws would prevail, s,-,s 800
The court, in its decision, holds that the !elec
ton was perfectly legal and that the amend
ments voted On binds the city to support the
council as a board Of public works. -. The case
will be appealed to the supreme court at it,
April term. and an early decision by that body
is: looked for. -.}E <,:: - :N5I -
-" The northwestern Minnesota Educational asse
citation will meet at the normal school, in this
city on Friday and Saturday, April 6 and Z
An interesting program has been arranged,=and
special reduced rates on the railroads has beer
secured. rs 7: =, -!
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PATENT

ROBT. WATSON. WAR VETERAN. PENSI(
atty. box Alb. 32s Boston blk. Minneapol
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MAY MOVE
New Home Probable for Americas
Most Famous Hunt Club.
New York Press

new GOrk HrGSS.
Seeking to strengthen still further
the position of the Westbury section of
Long Island as the leading "sporting
.colony' of this coutry, the New
Workers who are turning the new Bel
mont park into an American New
market have hit upon a new idea.
They contemplate moving the Meadow
brook club from it's present site neal
Hampstead to a point nearer the north
shore. Clarence Mackay is one of the
prime movers in this enterprise. The
Hampstead plains are becoming so
thickly settled that "hunting' is grow
ing too much an affair of riding thru
back yards, 50 to speak. This question
revives stories, Of the feeling that exists
between the old New York families
who, have. had country. places on the
north shore for fifty years and their
new n%eighbors who live in palaces One
road in that section, lined with these
elaborate establishments Of the anew
corners, is mentioned by members of the
old families as "the tenderloin.'
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HOME o INDIANS
Red Men Have Mistaken Idea of Plan
IL - r"f"
-: y.@3.. for Relief. " 49,

BLACK RIVER FALLS, WIS.-Congressman
-Eschl has. received a petition from here. signed
by more than; 100 Winnebago Indians, protesting
against building a home for the destitute.
: The Indians had an erroneous idea of what
was meant by the name, 'home." 1t was repre-
sented to them that it was the intention to
build a great building and send the needy and
destitute there. as a kind Of detention home, and
to deprive them Of their freedom. The idea
has been to build comfortable little houses; make
them warm; give each a little garden, and let
the destitute, blind, lame and sick Indians
occupy them in their family relations. 1t is
setting aside of part of the principal on which
the Indians draw their annuity for immediate
use for these needy red men. as the bill ap.
proprlating $4,000 has passed the house and
has gone to the senate.
The suffering among the old and infrm In
dams has been intense this winter. In spite OF
mild weather and what aid could be given them.
One old couple. both nearly 80 years old, the
nuity Of about $40 each. There are many other
cases cutie as pitiable.
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RHEUMATIC PAINS
THEY INVARIABLY YIELD TO DR..
WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
Because the Poisoned Blood Is Made
Pure and lnflamed Tissues
- Are Healed.

When, in cold or wet weather, the
rheumatic patient feels twinges Of pain
in the joints aud muscles it is natural
to think that the trouble is local and
that it is caused by the chill or the damp.
The truth is that rheumatism is a disease
Of the blood, caused by the failure of the
body to cast off certain poisons. It is
hereditary and often runs in several
generations of one family. Gold, damp
ness and certain localities do promote
the development Of the disease, but the
root Of the trouble is always in the blood.
With this in mind, it will be readily
seen how useless it. is to try to cure
rheumatism by rubbing liniments OH
the skin. External applications are Of
use in securing temporary relief from
pain-the cure for rheumatism lies in
purifying and enriching the blood.
Mrs. Frederick Brown, Of 40 Sumpter
street, Sandy Hill, N. Y, was a sufferer
from infammatory rheumatism from
the time she was sixteen. She says
at. first appeared in my knee joints,
then i'll my hips and waist. 1t became
a regular thing that I would be laid up
all winter. The rheumatism affected
mostly my hands, hips, feet and
shoulders. My hands were all pulled
up and my feet became defor,ned. !
lost my appetite, couldn't sleep and
sometimes 1 was compelled to cry out,
the pain was so intense.
"For several winters I was under the
doctors care and while his medicine re-
lieved the pain for a little while there
seemed no prospect for a permanent
cure. I was confined to my bed, off and
OH, for weeks at a time. Ny limbs
swelled dreadfully at times and I was
reduced almost to nothing.
"In the spring Of 1904, upon the ad'
vice of a friend, I began to use DIR
Williams Pink Pills. At that time ]
wasn't able to do anything and could
barely eat.enough to keep alive. I fell
a change for the better in about a month
I began to eat heartily and I suffered
less pain. Of course I kept OH the
treatment, using care i'll my diet, anG
III about three months I was. cured. 8
am entirely well today and do all my
own work.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs
Brown by driving the rheumatic poisonl
out other blood. But you must get til,
genuine Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, sole
by all druggists or by the DR.. William
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-23
COUNTY A SUIT :
Official at Duluth Says More. Money Is
Due from State, rt>@:"'

DULUTH, MINN.-The Duluth real estate ex-
change has resolved to try to make the state of
Minnesota give a larger share Of tax money to
st. Louis county, which it is. claimed should be
done under a just and proper distribution of
the taxes paid by the railroads i'll this division
Of the state under the gross earnings law.
County Auditor Halden's plan is to have a test
suit started in the state ocurt, to be carried If
necessary to the United States supreme court.
1t is alleged that the money is not being dis
tributed according to the provisions of the
constitution and that st. Louis. county is being
defrauded out Of vast sums annually"
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Masonic. fra ternity of the city with the women
of the EASTERN Star in direct charge. The pro-
iceeds are to be devoted to the furnishing OF the
new Masonic temple, and the affair will be held
in the new temple. the first floor 9of which will
be- finished, In time for the event.
The barn Of T.. O. Fisk on the farm known as
the Wedge place, about two and a half miles
out Of Chatfeld, was burned. with considerable
grain, also n stack of hay. The loss is 81, 900,
Joseph Luther. 70 years of age. formerly
porter in the Griesel saloon. dropped dead
from heart trouble while sitting in Il chair.
The remains have been placed In the vault at
Woodlawn and will be held until something can
be found out about his relatives. He claimed to
have a brother in the south. but other than
this, no relatives are known.
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|FORGER GETS 20
T. YEARS. SENTENCE
49,. So. -.." 49,.
v. G. GRAY BREAKS DOWN AND
MAKES CONFESSION.
Trial AT :Marshalltown, Iowa. Closes
Suddenly and Court Severely. Scores
SSPrisoner-wonnan Wins suitIAgainost
: Iowa Falls Surgeons, Who Appeal
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal: o~.E a"2 #
: 6IarshaIltown, Iowa, March 23.-With the, evi-
denlce clearly against him, and seeing no hope of
extricating himself from his predicament, w: G
Gray, the forger who escaped in a sensational
manner from the sheriff Of this place, at Des
Meines and was recapturcd two weeks later at
Kansas City, pleaded guilty yesterday after
noon. He was Immediately sentencedrto twenty
years In the Denitentiary. Judge Burnham, in
pronouncing sentence, severely scored the pris-
oner, declaring that's his long. series Of crimes
had dissipated any claim which he might have
for clemency. HeS was sentenced on three
counts-ffteen years for uttering a forged in
strument. three years: for forgery, two years for
obtaining money under false pretcnses. :, Sheriff
Hutson left last night for Fort Madison where
Gray will be confined: - :afsa s%.e
Gray declared. hes was guilty Of nc crimes
prior to the one committed here six weeks ago,
but it is said he, is one@of the smoothest forgers
in the west. He is %&anted by the American
Bankers associa ton; |by a Des Moines. hardware
firm and at several other places. ~.
The day after he committed forgery here he
induced a prominent young woman to elope with
him, and they were married in Dubuque. She
knew nothing Of his character as a criminal,
and has denounced him since his arrest, re-
fusing to see him when he was brought back
to this city. She is now living with her sister
~ ft'
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3. DAH MURDER MYSTERY
Third Man Accused Of Crime Is Re
leased at Bemidii,

BEMIDJI.. MINN.-..'Shorty'' Wesley was today
released from Beltrami county, Jail after a
gree had been nolled By County Attorney Nc
Donald, who declared evidence against Wesley
Insufficient to warrant trial at this time. This
makes the third man who has been arrested
FOR the murder Of NJ Dahl and daughter.
AaGot,; which occurred; at the formers cabin
near .Quiring IN April; 1903: Paul Fournicr
arrested. 4
Deep mystery seems to surround the murder
of the Dahls, and up to the present the authori-
ties have been unable to find, enough. evidence
AGAINST any one man to do. anything in the case.
SAll three men who were charged We're turned
out of Jail by the county attorney and it seems
that the perpetrators of the crime will never be
apprehended.
Detectives were employed on the case fol-
months following the murder. but nothing tangi
bile in, the way of. clues leading to. the: identity
OF the nurderers was discovered by them.
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cc< BOTTLES AS EVIDENCE
Saloonkeepers of. Wisconsin Town
:r?5 Charged with Violating Law.

ffG0C0NTO, 'aWIS.-Pint bottles of whisky al.
legged, to haveSbeen purchased in saloons by detec-
tives employed by Mayor Holt are to be used
as evidence in an effort to convict about a dozen
law. =! ~" 49,: i:"-
In some place the saloonkeeper. is alleged to
have written his name on the bottle; the detec-
tives saying that it was such good whisky that
they wished to remember where they got it.
A. Nichola; William Finger. J.. Riley. G. w.
rested and when a~rraigned Nichola. Finger, Da-
Wis and Isakson pleaded guilty and were fined.
Riley and Noel pleaded not guilty.
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APPLETON GETS A SCARE
Politician Stricken with Smallpox and
Rush Is Made for Vaccination.

WIS.-Mayor Frank Hartman,
several aldermen. politicians and newspaper men
are %greately worried over being exposed to
local physicians TODAY for yaecina tons = The
scare is due to the announcement being made by
the health officer that Michael Lockery, chair
man Of the democratic city ticket, is down
with smallpox. The mayor. with several of the
aldermen, constituted the canvassing board.
I.ockery was present in the crowded room. 1t
was noticed that he had a rash on his face at
the time, but nothing was thought of it. Two
hours later he went home. and late that night
He has not been sick long enough to know
whether it will be a mild attack or not, but the
report has caused much alarm. not only to those
who came in direct contact with him, but also
to those who came in contact with his asso-
ciates. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-23
CALL FOR
South Dakota League of Republican
Clubs to Meet in June.

SIOUX FALLS. s. DIV G. Porter. presi-
dent; and VIM; H.. Stanley, secretary of the
have issued a call for the ninth biennial con-
yention OF the league. to be held at the audi
t1rium here on Monday and Tuesday, June
and g.. .
Each club in the state is entitled to one dele.
gate for each fifty members or fraction thereof,
me coming convention will be held for. the
purpose of e~lecting officers for the ensuing
two Years. for the election of fourteen delegates
ana fourteen alternates: to represent the league
at, the next biennial convention of the NatiOna
Republican league at, Philadelphia.
The convention of the national league will BIZ
held on June II. Is and 10 and will mark thu
half-century anniversary of the INST nationa
convention of the republican party In addition
to the regular delegates, it is expected tina
the alternates as well as many other leadin,
South Dakota republicans will attend.
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SILO CONSTRUCTION
Farmers of New Sweden to Hold Meet
ing This Evening.

ST PETER, MINN.-Silo construction Is to
be. thoroly explained at a meeting of farmers
to be held in the township of New Sweden this
afternoon. Leading creamery experts and agri-
culturists are to be present.
Among the speakers will be l.. A.: Sweet of
Fairmont. president Of the Minnesota Dairymen's
association; A. W. Trow of st. Paul. Samuel
Haughdahl Of this city, Professor J. +. Volta.
agricultural instructor at Grstavus Adolphus
college. and Frank Shrewsbury of Long Prairie,
an inspector for the state dairy and food com
mission. -
Several Of the more prominent dairymen of
New Sweden propose to build silos this season.
Theodore Ostrom. A. P. Anderson and NJ T.
Quist, president, secretary and treasurer OF
the New Sweden Creamery association, Will sci
the example for their neighbors and it is ex'
pected that others vii! make investments OF
the same kind. -
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DICE SETTLE ELECTION TIE
Candidates at Superior, Wis, Shake
Bones for Office,

SUPERIOR. WIS.-"Four skies in ONE an
nounced Louis Westlund. with an air of i'll
cor cealed triumph, as he rolled the
'bones' out on the counter in front of J. A.
Erickson. Erickson ratified the box vigorously,
blew on the dice, and taking a rabbits foot
out of his pocket, laid it beside him. Then he
threw" Three aces. a four and a deuce
turned up. and Erickson had lost the republican
nomination for supervisor Of the fifth ward.
In the primary election held Tuesday, the
men had been candidates on the republican
ticket for the office in question. Each man re-
ceived 256 votes and as none Of the ballots
could be protested, the men had to resort to the
provision of the law which says that in case
of a tie vote lots shall be drawn to determine
the successful candidate.
Instead of pulling straws." the men deter
mined there would be more excitement in shak-
ing dice, and they proceeded, with the result
stated
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BUELL's :.
Black Hills Man Announces Reasons
y. TX ~ for His Retirement,

RAPID CITY. S. acknowledgements Of the
from the congressional, race, has, provoked. a
storm of protest among the Insurgents, and an
other Black Hills man. and probably a Rapid
City man. will enter the list Mr.. Buell. made
the following statement concerning his retire
ment:
"As. is known, my candidacy originated in
local grievances. Congressman Martin has spent
the past few days il. our city and has taken
political situation and has assured us that
his candidacy for the United States senate Is in
no sense inimical to the welfare of our own
or any other, Black Hills county. and that all
will receive a square deal. Under these circum.
stances. I feel at greater liberty to respect
draw FROM tile congressional race