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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
Bribery is THE CHARGE
Another Batch of indictments
at San Francisco.

San Francisco, May 25.-The grand
jury has returned bribery indictments
as follows:
Against President Calhoun Of the
United Railroads, IA; against Assis-
tant to President Thornwa]l Mutually,
IA; against Attorneys TREY L. Ford
and w. NJ. Abbott of the legal depart
ment Of the United Railroads, II each;
against Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, IS;
against Abraham Ruef, IA; against
President Louis Glass of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph CON-
pany, 2; against Theodore V. Halsey,
formerly an agent of that corpora
ton, I.
Ruef, Schmitz, Calhoun. Mutually,
Ford and Abbott are charged with
bribing fourteen supervisors to grant
an overhead trolley franchise to the
United Railroads. Schmitz is further
charged with bribery in connection
with the fixing of the gas company's
rate and with receiving $4,000 in the
United Railroad franchise deal.
The indictments against Glass are adj
ditional to the eleven indictments al
ready returned against him on the
charge of bribing supervisors to re-
fuse competitive telephone franchise.
The indictment against Halsey is for
the same offense.
Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail in
the sum of $4,000 on each of the
charges and gave the accused one day
to furnish bonds.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
MRS, M'K|NLEY DEAD
Widow Of Late President Passes
Away at Canton, 0.
PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
Transition From Life to Death SO
Gradual That Physicians Noted
It With Difficulty.

Canton, O., May 27.-After thirty
William, Mckinley, widow of the late
ua:1.:red president, is dead. The
transition from life to death was SO
Gradual that it was with difficulty that
The g attending doctors noted when dis
sol:lt;o:l came.
There W:ss no struggle-no pain.
Mrs. Mckinley never knew Of the eI-
forts .c23c fer DAYS to prolong he:
life. rCl ct the sc!icitcus hope against
hole Of h" :. ttI and other relatives
Tor her recovery.
A. he Mckinley home when death
cs1n1 jl9"" were present Secretary
Cc-:~.. yo1:. vi. and Mrs. u. c. Barber
Airs. Sarah I),,:.c..l. Mrs. Luther Day,
Justice and MIS- William r. Day.
Doctors rolJmann and RiNey and the
ll]:r'.r:
It i a:rc.:~ccl that President
200: eve, :.-''l Secretary loeb will al
i"c ii L':0>oH N'nlnesda% morning. to
as:cn:. lie tunc:2!. Vice President
Fairbanks. Wj;v ::at, often been a guess
/ jtv A>.>:.:3"ys: is expected to
-. - '.,.rs Or 'i;-3c 10 attend the seTv-
l~n:
li1~ lu>lv u Airs. Mckinley will be
,>7~cnG? IL t'.e. rc:-'- i, West Lawn Gem
cry. witch hH,Hs the body. Of her
2":: ,::,::ttI ;ac com. !etion Of the
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
TO GUST OIL TRUST
Commissioner Named by Missouri
Supreme Court Reports.
FINDS COMBINATION EXISTS
Standard, Waters-Pierce and Republic
Companies in an Agreement to
Prevent Competition.

Jefferson City, Mo-. May 24.-Com-
missioner Anthony, appointed by the
Missouri supreme court to take testi-
mony in the custer suit Of the state
against the Standard Oil company, in
his report made to the court holds
that the evidence introduced before
him is sufficient to GUST the Standard
Oil company and tributary companies
from Missouri His findings hold that
the Standard, Waters-Pierce and Re-
public Oil companies entered into an
agreement to control the prices of oil.
He recommends that their charters
be revoked and that they be ousted
from the state. IN his report he holds
that the supreme court has the au-
thcrits to make the ruling of custer.
Attorney General Hadley filed the
suit in The supreme court two years
ago, charging that the Standard Oil
company, the Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany AND the Republic Oil company
Iwere in trust and were parties to
conspiracy to control the price of Oil
ana petroleum products in Missouri
and to limit and prevent competition
in the oil business. More than a year
has been occupied in the taking of the
testimony, witnesses having been ex-
amined in New York, St. Louis and
other cities.
TSc:ipo1c1n oor;c,AeL +aiI
In his report to the court Judge
Anthony reviews in detail the testi-
mony showing the organization and
conduct of the companies. He re-
ports to the court that the evidence
shows that in 1901 the Standard, Wa
ters-Pierce and Republic Oil CON-
panies entered into an agreement,
which continued to exist up to the
time Of the filing of the suit, for the
purpose of fixing and controlling the
lprices to be paid by retail dealers
and others in Missouri for the prod
ucts Of petroleum and to limit and
prevent competition in the business
of buying and selling oil.
The report of Commissioner An
thony will now be reviewed by the
supreme court. The court may affirm
the findings of the commissioner or
it may remand the case to him with
directions for further proceedings
If the report should be affirmed and
the findings of the commissioner
adopted by the court the court will
| then have power to take from the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, which is
, a Missouri corporation, it's franchise
rights as corporation. With regard
to the Standard and Republic COM
panies, both of which are foreign cor
| porations, tine court would have power
Missouri.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
THEODORE TILT0N DEAD.
Plaintiff in Famous Suit Against
Henry Ward Beecter.

Paris, May 25.-Theodore Tilton is
dead For some days past Mr.. Tilton
had been suffering from double pneu-
monia, complicated with heart trouble.
Theodore Tilton, author and jour-
nalist, was born in New York Oct. 2,
1885, and graduated at the College of
the City Of New York. He was editor
Of the Independent, New York, from
1856 to 1870; editor of the Golden Age
from 1871 to 1874 and from 1874 to
1875 he was editor of the Brooklyn
Union. In August, 1874, Mr. Tilton
sued Henry Ward Beecher for 100000
damages for the alienation of Mrs.
Tilton's affections. The trial lasted
112 days and resulted in disagree
ment. Mr. Tilton had lived in Paris
since 1888 His last known work was
a poem, published last year, entitled
'The Fading of the May Flower"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
AFFECTS $4,000 OPERATIVES
-: ease in Wages in New England
Cotton Mills.

In3tor, May 27.-Tha general up
':.Hr.i movement in tic wages Of New
md Gotten ll!ill operatives Mon
..-,. affected about $4,000 operatives
= Rhode leland, Southeastern and
= %,J'-ln massachusetts,, Ames5uly,
-:Ass., Povnavale an(, other places in
g MON New England. The advances
IL he @ccvions named amount to about
!" '"r cent. Early next month it is
'-::''.c~e ed al Increase Of Per cent will
X: @:Ttn in many mills in ether manu-
-1ot;ilil3 DISTRICTS. The cotton mills
i New England employ upwards OF
+" ,ojJ hands VIXEN the machinery is
80: manned.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
CREWS REPORTED SAVED.
Lake Steamer and Barge Go Aground
During Dense Foo.

Harbor Beach, Mich, May 27.-The
lifesav;ng station here has received
notice that the wooden steamer B. F..
Bieiman and the barge McLeachlan,
bound from Escanaba to Lake Erie
loaded with ore, Went hard aground in
dense fos at Port Austin at 2 "a. m.
1t is understood that the crews were
taken off by the Port Austin lifesavers.
There is heavy sea running and a
bad northwest wind, which, unless it
moderates soon, will work havoc with
the vessels
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
.'- = Thrift REVISION.
':;,.,1 /: Manufacturers Association
GcSs CT Record.

IKE, "a: Manufacturers Association
Cc-s CT Record.
NV Eo,i., Nay 23.-TAe National
80; y Ct manufacturers Of the
=. 81 Sites las gone On record il
-. ,..-. + = revision Of the tariff at the
':'~t ,:,,noltunjt! and the negotia-
"A {: note reciprocity treaties.
: lively debate preceded the vote,
'T:.::"l N.:o u;.Cl the acceptance Of the
! Ct OF the committee on tariff and
*: :Cc:jr. The committee based its
's'::oi::' Tx :i&:a atoms On poll of 5000
;>.":1'>ers Of the association. Of the
;t;,,, number replying SIS per cent de-
ca->tl fer immediate revision, while
- ! or cent expressed a hands Off
:; attn enl. Eight per cent believed
t!!:t the time for revision had not
*r.iTed and the other II per cent ex-
:>rcsf Ell Indifference or made nonconl-
i!!tlal answers
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
BLIZZARD IN MICHIGAN,
Heavy Fall Of Snow Accompanied by
.H:1h Wind.

Detroit, May 27.-Snow is reported
from all over the lower peninsula of
Michigan, with veritable winter
blizzard prevailing over the Saginaw
valley Cadillac reports five inches
of snow, with more coming. and six
inches have fallen at Petoskey. Snow
fell during the morning at Jackson
and Kalamazoo High winds are re-.
ported from all Of the lakes. It is
feared that the cold will cause heavy
damage9to vegetation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
PANEL is EXHAUSTED.
Steunenberg Murder Trial Is Again
INTERRUPTED.

Boise, Ida, May 2S.-The Steunen-
berg murder trial has again been in
terrupted by the exhaustion of the
jury panel. The last man of the Sec
ond special venire was disqualified and
Judge Fremont Wood postponed the
trial until Friday morning, when Sher-
if Shad Hodgin is to produce another
special venire of sixty-one men. The
odd number was jocularly asked for
by the defense in the hope Of changing
the luck that has logged the even
numbers used.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
THREE PERSONS PERISH.
Disastrous Fire Along Water Front at
Boston,

Boston, May 25.-Three men lost
their lives in fire which broke out in
he heart of the Woodworking district
long the East Boston water front
Trey We're Patrick Eourke of East
':cstcn, member of the firm of John
On q Rourhe; James Varassc of East
Boston and an Italian known as Tony
Hc:e.
The victims were working in the
9l'cer part of the building and the fire
CIR Off tier means of escape.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
PLOT TO KILL KAISER.
Thlrty-five Suspects Arrested in Ger
man CAPITAL.

man Capital.
London, May 25.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says that
the arrest recently of several Russian
students there was the result of accu-
mulated evidence that they were asso-
ciated with a Russo-German plot to
assassinate the kaiser. Thirty-fve, in
Guiding three women, were arrested.
Twenty-Five have since been released
upon the establishment Of their COM
parative innocence Six of the others
were expelled from the country.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
SIGNED BY The EMPEROR
German Modus vivendi Regulating
Tariff Rates,

Washington, May 25.-The secre-
tary of the German embassy has mott
fed Secretary Root that the German
emperor has signed the bill passed by
the reichstag recently giving effect to
the modus vivendi regulating the tar
if rates between Germany and the
United States. Accordingly in a few
days the president will Issue a proc.
lamation announcing this fact. The
new duties provided for in the ar
rangement will go into effect July /,
but the amended treasury regulations
In Difference to German desires will
take effect Immediately upon the issu-
ing of the proclamation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
JAPANESE ARE INDIGNANT.
Resent Renewed Attacks on Country.
men in San Francisco.

NTtIF TT SdH IT e1ICTSC0'
Toxic, May pa report from the
consul for Japan in San Francisco
confirms the news Of attacks made
recently upon japanese restaurant
keepers in that city. The public here
is indignant, but the press refrains
from any hostile comment, trusting
the Washington government to pre-
vent the repetition of similar occur
rerces
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
Held Guilty Of Contempt,

Topeka, Kan, May 25.-David w.
dulvane, Republican national commit
teeman for Kansas, was fined SIS by
Justice of the Peace Bollinger and or
dered committed to the county Jail
until the fine is paid for refusing to
testify in a suit brought by II. H.
Tucker, Jr., former secretary treas
nrer Of the Uncle Sam Oil company,
gov In tia hands of :acaivers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
SUES ROCK ISLAND SOME MORE
U. s. Attorney Wants $4,000 for Viola
ton of Stock Shipment Law.

Eight thousand dollars, $500 on 16
counts each, is involved in third adj
ditionaI suit brought against the Rock
Island by H. ]. Bone, United states
district attorney in the United states
district court under instructions receiF-
ed from the attorney general. This Is
the heaviest suit to be filed yet under
the law passed last June, making II
punishable by fines to keep cattle, hogs.
sheep etc, on the road for a longer
period than % hours without feeding or
watering.
In one instance, in one of the counts
enumerated, it is claimed that cattle
were not unloaded for feeding and Wa.
tering for II hours, lacking one nour OF
being three days. This is the extreme
limit mentioned in any of the violations
of the law in the suits which have re
Gently been filed here in the Unlted
States court.
The shipment of cattle was mace by
r Dawson of Kingfisher, Ok, and were
consigned to Paugh & Co, OF Kan Sas
CITY. on December 8, 1906. seventy
one hours later they were unloaded AT
wichita to be fed and watered for the
first time since they left the 1eed-
Yards The other counts mention state
snecifically that the violations were A
hours 81 hours, So hours, 20 hours ana
~ hours All of the shipments Original
ted in Oklahoma and were routed VIA
wichita where the cattle was UNI
loaded for the first time for water ara
feeding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27

| ing the matter over and as she knew a
Ned Weaver, who had left his wife and
f, family, she told the mother of the
\ young lady what she knew This
| brought on a communica ton between
| the original wife OF the man and the
parents of the young lady Mrs. Weaver
presented a photograph of her husband.
and Mrs. Hutchinson identified it as the
man her daughter had married This
was about three weeks ago. The par
ents of the deceived girl Immediately
telegraphed their daughter that her
father wanted her at once. The next
day they sent another telegram for her
to take the next train, as Mr. Hutchin-
son had met with an accident. The
daughter thinking that her father was
dying Immediately came home. Mrs.
Weaver had refrained from taking ac-
ton against her husband until Miss
Hutchinson returned to her parents
Upon arriving home and learning of the
base deception of the man she had mar
ried, she sent a letter telling Weaver
that she had found him out and knew
all, and requesting that he send all of
her household belongings. which he did.
The original Mrs. Weaver has sued
for a divorce and Weaver is to be pros
ecuted for bigamy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27

Telephone company on Jackson street
ened.
Frank Mileham has resigned his place
in the Santa Fe offices and has taken
position on the road for a dairy sup
ply house.
Councilman Horns new residence
which he is building at the corner of
Fifth street and Topeka avenue will
cost $4,000.
Mr.. James Miller is able to be around
again after a serious illness of six
weeks, resulting from an acute attack
Of pneumonia.
H. U. Nudge, second vice president
of the Rock Island. is spending several
days in Topeka and vicinity. Yesterday
he visited in Lawrence. He Will re-
main here until Friday.
A move which has received much ia
Vorable comment from all sides. is the
sprinkling of the streets which was
started yesterday. 1t would not be a
bad plan, however, to sprinkle Kansas
avenue further south and settle some
of the dust that insists in blowing rorth
all the day long.
A meeting was held in the CONNER
c1al club rooms last night and the pre-
urinary steps were taken for the or
ganization of Shawnee County
League. Six Topeka teams were repre-
scented There are about Is teams in
the county who will probably be taken
into the league. A meeting will be held
in the Commercial club rooms next
Tuesday night at which the arrange
ments will be completed and a sche-
dule adopted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
THEY CAN NOT AGREE.
Baker and Washburn at LlOggerheads
Over Judges for Debate.

There is a possibility that the Wash
burn-Baker debate which is scheduled
to take place at Baldwin Friday night
of this week will fall through and be
called off. Baker and Washburn after
weeks of struggling have been unable
to get together on judges and Washburn
lays the responsibility for this failure
at the doors of Baker.
According to the agreement which
was entered into a + the time the debate
was arranged, Baker was to submit a
list of six candidates for judges to the
Washburn committee and they were to
select one judge. Judge w. A Johnston
of the Kansas supreme court was Sc
lected by Washburn. Washburn was
then to submit a list Of twelve men
from whom Baker was to have two Sc
lections, thereby completing the list of
judges.
The debate is on the subject of tariff
revision and Washburn has the Demo-
cratic side of the argument Hence,
Baker is very anxious to secure judges
whose position on the tariff is known
to be in her favor.
The Washburn committee submitted
the list of twelve men, among whom
were conservative men from all parties
and very representative list. 1t In
cluded William Allen White.
Baker turned this list down and
Washburn was compelled to draw up
another list. This proceeding has drag
geo along for several weeks and Baker
has in all turned down three lists or thir-
ty-six men who were submitted by
Washburn. Washburn yesterday after
noon wrote severe letter to the Baker
management and submitted another
list of twelve names to Baker. At the
same time they also issued an ultimat-
UNI over the signature of President Nor
man Plass, and said that If Baker did
not select two men from the last list
that there would be no debate and that
hQ RI ho red 101fn loxv
of the debate so that the Washburn de-
bators could be notified as to who the
judges would be before the team leaves
Topeka Friday.
Whether there is a debate or not de-
ponds on the action of Baker. If the
debate is called eff the baseball game
between the two schools in the after
noon will also be postponed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
THE Y. w. c. a. ATHLETES.
An Excellent Exhibition by Miss Doug
lass Glasses.

The gymnasium classes of the Y. w.
{. A. gave a gymnastic exhibition in
the Auditorium last night which was
we'll attended and proved very popular
among the audience. The most inter-
esting features were the free exercises
of the Seniors and the closing number
which was a three legged race by the
Seniors. The following is the FRO
gramme which was rendered:
Wand drill-Seniors.
Free EXercises-Juniors.
Dumb bells-Intermediates
Jumping ropes-Seniors.
Apparatus, parallel bar, free exercises
Seniors.
Games, leap frog-Intermediates
Passing dumb bell-Juniors
Apparatus, horse, three legged race
Seniors.
The exhibition was a distinct per-
sonial triumph for Miss Douglass, the
physical director.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
ONE WIFE WAS NOT ENOUGH.
Ned Weaver. Having a Family, Mar
ries Wichita Girl.

Wichita, Kan, March ga case OF
bigamy has been unearthed in this city,
which is probably the most brazen and
deliberate villainy of the nature ever
perpetrated in the west. Ned Weaver.
who was a telegraph operator on the
Missouri Pacific, last November per-
suaded Miss Artemussia Hutchinson to
become his wife, at the same time he
having a wife and family living in this
city, within a few blocks of where the
young lady lived with her parents.
Weaver was at the time a telegraph
operator at the Eleventh street station,
on the Missouri Pacific. He was board
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Hutchinson 1919 North Main street.
The discovery was made known to
Mrs. Hutchinson, by a neighbor. The
friend was inQuiring of Mrs. Hutchin-
sons as to her daughter. and upon be-
ing told that Miss Hutchinson was mar
ried to a man named Ned Weaver. and
lived in New Mexico, she began think
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
MURDER THEORY ABANDONED.
Man Found Dead in Strawstack May
Have Been Frank Mcclure.

Arkansas City, Kan, March IL
No light was thrown on the 1dentlty
Of the dead man found in the straw
stack Monday, by the coroners jury,
which finished its investigation last
nipht The murder theory was aban-
doned and the theory of suicide ac-
cepted when a bottle containing a
small amount of strychnine was found
in the pocket. The man was Wen
dressed.
His description answers closely that
of Frank Mcclure, brother OF Hon
BIRD S. Mcguire of Oklahoma, who dis
appeared from his home In Tulsa, l.
- McGI1ire are now investigating. A
small amount of money was found in
the clothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
TO MEET TIE DEMANDS
Roumanian Government Takes Meas
ures to Stop Revolt.

Bucharest, Roumania, March 81
me measures proposed by the govern
ment to meet the demands of the re-
VOTED peasantry and end the civil war
which is devastating Moldavia and
Wallachia were announced in today S
issue of the Official Gazette in the
shape of a proclamation issued in the
name of King Charles. The royal
proclamation appeals for the patriotic
cooperation of the people to secure
the re-establishment of tranquility
and announces that the sovereign has
agreed to the imme diate suppression
of some of the heavy taxes while
hereafter the farm lands will be culti-
waited by the state or leased direct to
the peasants. None of the larger syn
dicates hitherto engaged in farming
vast tracts of land will be allowed to
hold more than 5000 acres.
The document also gives notice Of
the Introduction of laws to ameliorate
the condition of the peasantry, facili-
rents, reforming the taxation of small
holdings and revising the terms of the
agricultural agreements which at
present practically enslave the peas
antry.
'@These reforms the proclamation
concludes, being the desire of the
sovereign and the government. all
Roumanians are urged to give all pos
sible assistance to the government
which while scrupulously applying the
laws and avoiding the injustice will at
the same time vigorously suppress all
disorders and severely punish all VINO
seek to profit by robbery"
The minister Of the interior an
nounced that the situation in Molda-
via has improved but there is not
much evidence in support of the state
ment in the reports of disorders com
ing in from numerous points From
the districts of Vlashica, Dambo1tz'
Tecuci, Buzen. Doll, oft and Telerman
come the familiar stories of incen-
diarism, pillage and excuses OF AZ
kinds The censorship is strict with
the result that details of the occur
rences are lacking.
The workmen in the petroleum dis
tricts are also in a state of excitement
but the authorities believe that the
measures taken will prevent any dis
orders among them.
Plenty of troops have been concen-
trated here to protect the capital ana
endorsements are being distributed
in the disturbed sections of the country
as speedily as possible.
The new cabinet ministers propose
to make a tour of the country and per-
sonally superintend the measures
taken in order to end the agitation.