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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-06
In Conclusion

1. The AntSaloon League does not apologize for this
bill. It is demanding it's passage; the people of the
state are behind it and will it through. It is
fair and necessary measure. It is righteous and
practical. Public opinion has declared in it's favor
and will elect enough to the legislature to
it into law.
2 This bill is fundamentally American, and seeks to
for the people right too long denied them
B. To every honest American voter, believing in the
principle Of local option, desire to give fair
warning that the enemies of the bill The Illinois
Liquor Dealers Association The Illinois Botters'
Association the Brewers and Distiers' trusts with
their allies among the machine potcians-will by
plausible arguments, under the guise of friends of
local option, work against the county feature, with
the sole purpose and hope of defeating the whole
bill. Any working against the county feature
whether he intends it or not, will be cooperating
with the liquor interests in their feverish desire to
kill the local option bill in it's entirety.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-06
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE

which it should be denied The people have been ask
ing privileges while they should have demanded rights
which they entitled to- An exchange of position is
now taking place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
GRAFTERS SEIZED
CASH FOR RELIEF.
San Francisco Boodlers Charged
with Taking Sufferers
Money.
President Back Of Investigation
Into Alleged Thefts Of
Funds.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-The Chroni-
Gle says today: A new Investigation is
progressing in the court Of develop
ments in the local graft scandal. It
now appears that many sums Of money,
large and small, that were sent from
different states to San Francisco for re-
lief never reached sthe relief commit
tee. Some Of these were mailed to the
care OF: Mayor Schmitz. F. j. Henry,
Detective William Burns and about 100
government agents have been making
an investigation. sam.
President. Roosevelt is the moving
spirit behind the inquiry and he de-
clares that no man guilty Of diverting
the relief funds shall escape Justice.
The cases come within the iurisdic-
ton Of the federal authorities because
Of the interstate character Of the postal
service, which, it Is alleged. was crimi-
nally tempered with.
A considerable sum Of money was also
sent thru the express companies. The
Wells-Fargo company is now investi-
eating the disappearance Of $l0,580
sent in one package from the citizens
Of Searchlight, New. which the relief
committee says 1t never received. The
crime of forgery is said to be included
| in the offenses Of the raiders Of the re-
lief contributions.
It Is said that in the aggregate the
stealing will amount to million dol
lars. i, Il. IL g,t5 .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
RAN -FOUR MILES
HUGGING WILD CAT
Iowa Farmer Grips Attacking
Animal Close and Runs
for Help.
Special to The journal.

SPSoAoA ~ AA0 SVuAAoAs
Lake City, Iowa, Nov. 14.-John
sieh, a middle-aged farmer Of the Vi
entity Of Grant City, ran four miles
thru heavy timber with a fulRgrown,
ferocious wildcat Rugged close to his
chest, and is alive to describe his re-
markable experience. Sieh was hunt
ing quail in plum thicket, when his
dog flushed game. Sieh did not know
what kind it was and approached eau
tiously. He soon found out, for a
wildcat leaped at Sieh s throat. The
claws Of the cat did not do much harm,
on account of a heavy coat worn by
Sieh, who dropped his gun and Rugged
the cat close to keep it from clawing
him. One arm was close below the ami
mails head, which prevented its biting
him. -
In this death grip hunter and cat
travelled four miles before assistance
was obtained. =
Then two farmers procured a gun
and shot the animal in the head while
clasped in Sieh's desperate embrace.
Sieh was nearly exhausted whep re-
leased from the animals clutch. He
says he never wants to look into such
flaming eyes again. It has been many
years since an account Of mans be-
ing attacked by q wildcat in this part
of the state has been reported.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
GOURDAIN MAY BE DYING
Convicted Lottery Man Reported Be
yond Hope Of Recovery.

Chicago, Nov. Al. A. Gourdain,
whose attempts to break into the peni-
Tertiary at Joliet q few weeks ago were
heralded from one end Of the country
to the other, is reported to be very
sick. 1t is not thought that he will
just received from his wife, who is with
him in New Orleans, his lawyer and
those who know him best have no hope
that the nerve Of the man that has car
ried him thru SO many hard battles will
be sufficient to overcome the illness
that has overtaken him.
At the offices Of the district attorney
and the postofice inspector In the fed
eral building =, little could be learned Of
prevail in those quarters was hope
that the bond had been forfeited and
that Gourdain would no more be seen
in a court in these parts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
John Baxter Comes Back After Ten Years
to Clear Up Mystery.
|CONVIC1s, BY Bolt,
| ESCAPE LIFE EXILE
Russ Sailors Condemned to Labor
in Mines, Mutiny and
Elude Keepers.

Kronstadt, Russia, Nov. 14.-Twenty-
five sailors who were sentenced to hard
labor in the mines for life after having
been convicted Of participation in the
August mutiny, escaped last evening
while awaiting deportation. They
were allowed to visit the baths under
an escort of sixteen soldiers, whom
they overpowered, killing one man. The
convicts then donned civilian clothes
and disappeared.
A strict watch is maintained along
only one of the fugitives has been cap
tured.
Irkutsk,. Siberia, Nov. 14.-The man
who, on Nov. IL, threw a bomb at Gen
eral Rennekampff, governor of Transbai-
kalia, has been identified as workman
named Nicholas Koshun. The drum
head .courtmartial before which he was
tried condemned him to death.
Hired Assassin to Make Hit?
Moscow, Nov. 14.-General Rheinbot,
project of police, has received hundreds
OF messages, including a personal COM
munication from Emperor Nicholas, con-
graduating him on his escape from as
sassination. 81.
In spite Of these congratulations,
sion Of the attempt on the project q
life, there are ugly rumors in Moscow
that General Rheinbot was himself the
author Of the plot against his own life.
He is thought to have schemed to re
trleve his sinking fortunes, and to
cided on in official circles to relieve
him from duty.
These suspicious are supported by
certain circumstantial evidence. General
Rheinbot at the time the attempt on
his life was made, was following an
unusual path On foot thru narrow alleys
The bomb exploded in manner de.
scribed as highly suspicious Pieces
picked up on the spot show it to have
been nothing more than an imitation
bomb, quite without effective covering
and perfectly harmless. It failed to
explode until il had rolled to She. Oh
posite side Of the street and to a safe
distance from the project.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
CASTRO IS DEAD,
DEATH CONCEALED?
Rumor in Curacao that Vene.
zuela s President Has Passed
Away.

Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
Nov. 14.-The Dutch cruiser Korte-
naer arrived here from Willemstad,
island Of Curacao, and reported today
that at the time Of her departure from
Curacao it was reported there persis-
tently, and it is generally believed, that
President Castro Of Venezuela was
dead, but that his death was being con-
cealed by the Venezuelan government
in order to maintain itself in power.
The Kortenaer has received orders to
again and to leave Fort de France for
La Guayra, Venezuela, if the death of
President Castro is confirmed.
The French cruisers Jurien de la Ga
viero and Du Quay Troin are off this
port. .t-/
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
sULLY PLANS SOAP TRUST
;Earstwhie "cotton kIng,' Heads Cor
poratIon with $1,000 900 Capital.

New York, Nov. 14.-Daniel J. sully,
the erstwhile cotton king" has aban-
doned cotton, the field in which he made
his spectacular coups, and has gone into
soap and tallow. He has become the
head Of Buchan's soap corporation, which
has $1,200,O00 capital. The plant is in
Brooklyn.
. Sully, it has become known, was be-
hind the recent mysterious movement in
the tallow market, which has forced. that
commodity up Is per cent within the last
few weeks. There were many who be-
lieved someone was trying to corner the
tallow market, possibly in anticipation
Of the formation Of an American soap
trust. Several small soapmakers went
to the wall during the rise in tallow and
the whole trade has been excited. Sully
declares that he is not trying to corner
the tallow market.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
PANAMA DooMs GAMBLING
Republic Seeks to Danish Games Be-
fore President Arrives.

Journal Special Service.
Panama, Nov. 14.-Gambling, which
has fourished since Panama was
founded in 1856, will be suppressed
here if the law pushed thru the assem-
bly, yesterday is enforced. The lottery,
with a concession for twelve years, is
not affected, but all keno, fantan and
roulette houses must be closed. The
United States is working for the sup
preston of gambling and the Panama
government is anxious to have the law
effective before President Roosevelt ar
rives.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
MOTHER AND THREE PERISH
Woman and Children Die in Flames
that Destroy Home. -

Coldwater, Mich, Nov. 14.-Mrs.
Charles Mowry and her three children,
Homer, aged 6, Louise, 3, and a baby
of 6 months, were burned to death
early today in their home on farm at
Batavia station, six miles southwest Of
this city. .'
Charles Mowry, the husband, rose
early and built two fires in the house.
He then went to the barn to do chores
and while there discovered that his
house was afre. He rushed back, but
the flames had made such Roadway
that he could not enter the house, and
his calls thru the window to his family
brought no response. It is thought
that the mother and three children
were suffocated while asleep. 1.'.."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
WOMAN, 81, HUsKs CORN

osIer's Theory 10 Disputed by Active
Indiana Woman.
Journal Special Service.
Richmond, Ind, Nov. 14.-Osler's the
DRY was disproved In Hamilton county by
Mrs. Laura Ann Owen while celebrating
her 91st birthday anniversary.
When she arose from the dinner In her
honor she spoke Of being in unusual
health for one so far advanced In years
and said she believed she had the
strength to do the work which she per-
formed daily fifty years ago. Some of
her relatives questioning this, made Mrs.
Owen anxious to prove she had not yet
outlived her usefulness.
Throwing a shawl over her head and
shoulders and DOMINIC q pair Of gloves,
Mrs. Owen went to the farm and husked
a row of corn around a thirty-acre field
without stopping to rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
Courts Decree Rids American
Heiress of Spendthrift
Husband. N
CUSTODY OF CHILDREN
rs GIVEN TO COUNTESS
Decision Complete Victory for
Wife, Who Charged Count
Was Cruel.
THE COUNTESS CHARGES

Paris, Nov. 14.-There were SIX
teen principal and separate charges
in the petition of Countess de Cas-
tellane. The first dealt with the
counts extravagances, and charged
him with abusing her in the pres
ence of the servants. The second
dealt with other incidents of cruel
ty, 1t being said that on one par
ticular occasion the countess was
brutally pinshsdi BY her sRenat 9TH
the remaining charges accused him
him of intimacy with divers women
Of the monde and demimonde sets,
the married women being desig-
mated as Mime. A. etc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
WRECKS DEAD NOW 81
Youth Injured in Woodville Crash Elk
pries-To Exhume Bodies. 4:

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Zaslaw Palovicz,
youth Of II years, who was injured
in the recent wreck on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad at Woodville, Ind,
died in the Mercy hospital today. His
death makes the total Of fatalities ff-
ty-one .zF az .2..s = 49, .,.a
Much dissatisfaction has been
wreck over the fact that the dead, the
majority of whom were Roman Catho-
lies, had been buried without religious
rites. Local church officials have ar
ranged with the railroad to have the
bodies dug up and reburied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
Body Inferred as His, and
Insurance Awarded to
His Wife.
Meanwhile, Lured by Gold,
Baxter Pursues Quest on
Two Continents.

Mourned as dead for ten years fol-
lowing the interment Of body sup
posed to be his, John Baxter, formerly
engineer at the Central high school,
has returned to Minneapolis to tell Of
a strange quest for gold that led him
across the seas and made him forget
everything but the happiness lucky
find might bring him.
Gold fever was not myth with Bax.
ter, for he Is not yet completely cured
of it, and says he will one day make
himself rich as he has many others.
Baxter's return has cleared up a mys-
terry that for decade has puzzled the
members Of his family, the police and
the officials Of an insurance company.
He was proven legally dead and body
thought to be his, was buried with the
usual rites. An insurance company
failed just in time to avoid paying for
the policy on his life.
But his return has developed an.
other mystery. Whose was the body
buried as Baxter's ten years ago?
What tale Of privation, Of hunger, of
misery--even, it may be, Of murder
was covered over by the earth that
hid that body in the gravel
At Central High School.
Ten years ago Baxter was an engi.
neer at the Central high school, and
was well known in the city. He had
been sufferer from sciatic rheumatism
for years and one day adesire came
over him to get away from his confines,
and to gain health and riches at the
same time.
Telling his family he was going to
leave the city for few days, he
boarded train for the Black Hills
in South Dakota, little thinking Of the
effect the gold country would have on
him. Once in the hills he was a
changed cha s man. d He forgot home f3T
Joined in the wild search for wealth
and never wrote home.
4 You don't know what the gold fe
yer is, said Baxter to a Journal re.
porter last night. cit drives every
thing else from your mind and you will
90 on and on until you strike right OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
ACTRESS MAY BE BANISHED
Woman Who Offended Kaiser by Wed
ding Baron, Faces Deportation.

Journal Special Service. '-ss-=s=5
Berlin, Nov. 14-Taking advantage
Of the fact that by marrying Baron
i iebenberg, Marie Sulzer, an actress,
became an Austrian subject, the Prus-
sian government has served notice on
her ordering her to quit the country
within two weeks on the ground that
she is an undesirable alien. If sho
does not comply she will be forcibly
expelled by the police. This step is
taken to supplement the kaiser's ban
ishment to German Southwest Africa
Of Prince Joachim, his majesty's cou-
sin, who intended to marry the actress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
sEARoHFs FOR IosT sH1p

Washington, Nov. 14.-At the request Of the
Portland (Ore) Chamber Of Commerce the
revenue cutter Thetis has been ordered to pro
coed to sea to search for the British ship
Ivernia, which was last spoken OF Astoria,
Ore, on Oct. Is, and which, 1t Is feared, has
met with serious accident.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
FIRE COSTS LIVES OF TWO
One Killed, One Fatally Injured in
Tenement House Fire. .

New York, Nov. 14.-Frederick
Rutter, clerk, was suffocated and An
drew Erickson, also clerk, was in
jured, probably fatally, in a fire in a
three-story tenement in Brooklyn early
today. The fire loss was small.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
rRAyEE1INe MAN, 1s1r1s SELF.

q st. Louis. Nor 14-k1ysman believed to be Len
Harris Of sturgeon, No twas found dead from
asphyxiation In a room fat the Hoefner hotel
The gas. jets were open a9d the'room; was filled
indicate that he was q travelling sa1esman for
Armour & Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
BRIDGE FALLS; FIVE HURT.

Loveland, Ohio. Nov. "A span Of a new
bridge being built across the Miami river at
Loveland fell into the river today. Five men
were injured, one Of them probably fatally.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
What the Farmers Say.

ssThe American Society Of Equity
is different, from the old farmers move
ments which sought to build up their
prosperity at the expense of every other
class Of producer" said Mr.. Tubbs.
stores or hunt about the country look
ing for cheap goods.
We are not running about the coun-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
Loses All Advantages.

The count s demand for an tsalimen-
tary allowance Of $4,000 annually
was denied on the ground that the
guilty party to the divorce loses all
the advantages accorded by their mar
riage and consequently the court re-
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Continued on Cd Page, Sd Column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY.
Arranging for Second Trial of George
E. Green.

The trial OF former State Senator George
E. Green of Binghamton. N. Y, and VIII
lard D. Doremus OF this city, under con-
solidated indictments charging bribery and
conspiracy In connection with the Post
Office Department irregularities, will be
opened next Monday morning before Justice
Gould, in Criminal Court No. /, unless some
thing TO prevent now unforeseen should
occur in the meantime. Attorney A s..
Worthington of counsel for the defense,
who has been i'll for several weeks, may
not be able to appear Monday, but should
he be absent the case will not be delayed
on that account. Mr.. Worthngton has
not yet returned to this city. 1t could not
be learned here TO-DAY whether other coun-
sci had been engaged to take his place for
the defense. Former Senator John NJ
Thurston of Nebraska and Attorney John
B. Stanchfield of New York, who were as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Wort hngton in the trial
of Green in March under indictments
charging conspiracy, which ended In ac-
quittal, are expected to appear for the de-
Tense next Monday.
The case OF the government will be in
the hands of United States Attorney Baker
and Maj. Holmes Conrad of Virginia, spe-
cial counsel for the government in the post
office cases.
A large number of witnesses are expected
to testify both on the side of the govern
ment and for the defense. Among the wit
nesses for the defense will be Consul Gen
eral Robert J. Wynne of London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
Yadnus Club Outing.

The members of the Yadnus Club, social
organization of this city returned home
early this morning after trip around from
Baltimore by water, aboard the steamer
Anne Arundel of the Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia Railway Company
The party, numbering about thirty, left
this city Saturday afternoon by rail for
Baltimore, where the steamer was boarded
The excnrsionists spent Saturday night
yesterday and last night on the bay and
river. visiting all the landings or Smiths
creek. the st. Marys river. Breton's bay
and the Wicomieo river, in Maryland. and
the Gran and Yeocomico rivers In Virginia
ST. Georges Island. Piney Point and other
landings on the Potomac proper
capt VIM. Geoghegan, the master of the
Anne Arundel, gave interesting data of the
points visited
Most of the members of the party are
Roman Catholics, and mass was celebrated
aboard the steamer yesterday morning by
the Rev Father Dougherty of this city
rms Is the first time mass has ever been
said ON a steamer out of Baltimore. The
party was a merry one and everybody
aboard the steamer had most enjoyable
time, and the trip will be repeated again
later in the season.
Those IN the party were. Geo r. Reuetti
and wife. Oscar Luckett and wife, Hugh
Reilly and wife, Il. j.. Walsh and wife. 7
III. johnson. jr.. and wife. David Moore and
wife, DIR. c. X. Koones and Wife DR. T. E
Mallon and wife, Henry Sohon and wife,
DR.. III. J. Crosson and wife, Miss Maud
J. L. Heiskell, f. ]. Fowler, D. Dagneaux.
Mr. Aubery Clark, Miss A. Kaufman, b. M
Bridget Chas Rauscher DR. w p Malone
Kew. Father Geo. Dougherty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
SINGERS REHEARSAL.
Local Organizations Getting Ready
for National Fest at Newark.

The members Of the Arion Maennerchor
and the Saengerbund assembled at the
Saengerbund club house yesterday to re-
hearse the songs which are to be sung at
the national saengerfest which is to be held
tn Newark, N. j., during the summer
Julius Lorenz, director Of the Arion Sing
ing Society of New York. who will have
charge of the singing at the saengerfest at
Newark, listened to the singingof the local
people
The leaders of the singing societies of
this city. including Henry Xander, Emil
Christani and Emil Holer. were present
yesterday, as well as many listeners. Mr.
states and while in this city he called those
singers who will be in attendance at New
ark together to hear them sing. Mr.
Xander will be the Washington conductor
at the saengerfest.
After the rehearsal Mr.. Lorenz expressed
himself as very much pleased with the
singing of the local people. The twelve
songs that the local societies will sing in
Newark are:
Kremser's I'm deutschen Geist und Her.
zen sind wir ems" Bruchs "Kriegsgesang
aus dem Feuerkrenz;'' 'Geloebnis,' by Sey-
fardt; "Dankgebet," Kremser choruses
without accompaniment; I'm Field des
Morgens frueh,'' by Burkhardt; "Das elm
same Roeslein i'm THAI" by Hermes;
'Neuer Fruehling.'' Petschke; ''Zieh'
hinaus," by Dregert; "Singe, du Voeglein,
SINCE" Tauwitz; ''Deutsehes Lied" by Won
Weinzieri; "Spinn. Spinn!' Juengst, and
Mum leb wohl du klene Gasse," by Silcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
Statesmen at Song Service.

Many senators and representatives, to-
gether with their wives and friends. at
tended song service given at the Dewey
Hotel last evening under the leadership of
Representative Often OF Milwaukee The
soloists were Mrs. Pennybaker, contralto
and Mr.. Charles E. Meyers tenor of ST.
Johns Episcopal Church. Mrs. Pennyhaker
sang Face to Face by Mascheroni, and
Mr.. Meyers gave BE Thou Faithful Unto
Death" from Mendelssohn's oratorio st
Paul." and If With All Your Hearts, y
from the oratorio Elijah. Mr.. John Por-
ter Lawrence, organist of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and special
orchestra, consisting of E. L. Miller cello
soloist of the United States Marine Band
ElphonZo Youngs. cornetist; William H
Scholz violinist. and L. 8. Gee, pianist, also
took part in the program.