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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
A SUGGESTION.

'FHere, you!' angrily shouted the beginner at golf, ''quit laughing at my game. If I hear any more impudence from you I'll crack you over the head"
 "All right, sir" replied the cad- die; 'your cleek is de best stick to use fur dat"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
THE FUN OF IT.

"Why did you do that" demand- ed the teacher.
 "Ol just for fun,' replied Tom- my.
 "But, didn't you know it was against the rules?'
 Sure! dat's where de fun comes in"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
ALL HIS OWN.

"Yes," said Woo1by, ''this is my coat-of-arms."
 ''By the may" remarked Gaddie, "do you know that Sneerwell has been telling everybody that it's not really your coat-of-arms at all7"
 "The idea! Why, I designed 1t myself"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
BOTH PERISHABLE.

"Smoothers is exceedingly care- full never never to let a woman. get any strings on him."
 ''That's right. Not one can point to a. thing he has ever given, her; he never sends anything but candy or flowers"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
poUBLY oBJEcTloNAeLE.

q don't like Gadboy's line of talk"
 "He does tell long stories"
 "Yes; and they're as broad as they're long."-Louisville Courier Journal. ,so.. .....,...4 ..sss..,.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07

Representative W. K. oldham of Lonoke county and W. E; Owen or Miller Her county rage bill as they were leaving the hall of the House of Representatives Friday night IL Is stated that several blows were passed htf, re the legislators were separated by their colleagues.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07

Hungry Pete Gas he reaches the point of satiety)-I was starvin', lady. before began on this beautiful Thanksgivin' meal.
 Mrs. Goodheart-And how do you feel now, poor man?
 Hungry Pete (equivocally)-I feel as if I'd like to be starvin' all over agin, lady.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07
Arkansas General Assembly.
Continued from 2ud Page.
Stafes sennrnr

If it Is any hardship on the Republi- can senator" said Senator Oldham, speak ing to the Legate motion to adjourn, for him to participate in the election of q United States senator. I move that we ex- cuse him until tomorrow"
 Probably the duty is not as dtstasteful to me as to the majority of my Demo cratic friends responded Senator Legate.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-07

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19

Washington, April 18.-In what is
known as the Peavey elevator case, the
interstate commerce commission today
announced a decision against the
Union Pacific. The commission holds
the arrangement between the Union
Pacific and the Peavey elevators was
unlawful, as it was in excess of the
actual cost Of the, elevation Of the
grain and therefore rebate.
The decision was prepared by Com
missioner Harlan and his opinion is
concurred in by majority of the COM
mission. Commissioners Clements and
Lane, however, filed dissenting opin-
ions.
The proceedings are entitled I'm
the Matter of Allowances of Elevator
Charges by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company"
1t was subject of investigation Of
the commission on its own motion,
prior to June Is, 1904, on which date
the commission, on the evidence then
before it, decided that there had been
no violation Of law.
Subsequently in July, 1906, on peti-
ton of certain railroad interests inter
ested in the grain traffic of the north
west, the case was reopened and much
additional testimony was taken. The
case was then argued to great extent
before the commission, and briefs
were filed by counsel representing all
parties in interest. Upon this record
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
{Specfa! to The Gazette).


Helena, Mont, April :18.-The su-
preme court today handed down seven
opinions. OF these five were revers-
ais Of the findings Of the lower court.
Five were criminal cases and two
civil.
These decisions are all very import
amt, as may be cleaned from the fol-
lowing synopsis:
In an opinion by Associate Justice
Smith the ruling of the district court
Of Silver Bow county in the suit of
Alice Olsen against the Montana Ore
Purchasing company was reversed,
and the cause remanded. The action
was instituted to recover S110,O0O
damages for the death of Samuel o.
sen, an employe at the Pennsylvania
mine; 100000 compensatory and $780,
600 punitive.
Associate Justice Holloway deliver
ed the opinion Of the court in the case
OF Martha Storm against the city OF
Butte, which had been instituted for
the purpose of recovering damages
for injuries sustained Through falling
on a slippery sidewalk, and who was
so awarded. The opinion directs a
modification Of the damages to the
extent of $56, and this not being &C.
cepted within 80 days by the plaintiff,
a new trial is ordered. The $50 de.
duction is an amount alleged to have
been paid for medical services by the
plaintiff, which was stricken out be.
cause there was no evidence adduced
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
Freight RATES UNJUST
Many Witnesses Testify Before Inter
state Commerce commisson-Argu-
ments to Be Heard at Washington
at Later Date.

Portland, Ore, April 1s.-After lis
tening to other witnesses as to con-
struction work, the hearing of the
Spokane rate case ended and Commits
sioner Prouty announced that argu-
ments would be heard in Washington
at date to be given out later by the
commission.
The afternoon was devoted to an
adjourned hearing Of the case of the
Howard Milling company of Wichita,
against the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe, the Burlington, the Rock Is
land, the d. & r. G., the Southern Pa
citic and Union Pacific railroads. The
compliments contend that there
should be no differential in the freight
rates on wheat and -four between Kan
sas and California points.
J. f. Howard, president of the How
aard mills, testified that the present
rate on corn is S. cents per hun
dred pounds and on wheat is IS cents,
and is discrimination.
Charles w. Black and w. 7. Black
OF California testified that they bring
large quantities of wheat from Kan
sas and grind it into -four. They as
serted that the present differential is
not enough.
The hearing was continued until a
date later to be announced.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
|SEAMEN FACE DEATH
Chew Lead for Five Days in Effort
to Assauge Awful Thirst-Encount-
er Other Hardships.s

New York, April 18.-A reminder Of
the bitter hardships encountered at
times by those who follow the sea was
revealed yesterday upon the arrival
of the Ward line steamer Seguranca,
which, coming in from Santiago and
Nassau, brought from the latter place
Second Mate Qeust and five seamen
of the British brigantine Trinidad a
vessel that was lost off the Bahama
islands about 10 days ago.
Almost at the outbreak of the storm
a big comber hurled itself aboard the
vessel, smashed in the cabin skylights
and flooded the cabin and lazarretto,
ruiring all the provisions and sup
plies. AS coincidence of misfortune
the casks containing the vessels sup
ply of fresh water went over the side
in the same smotherdng rush of sea.
For live days that that, while they
faced violent death, starvation crept
closer and closer, and all hands were
almost crazed from lack of food and
water. So desperate had the situa-
ton become when they were finally
rescued that the casbaways were
chewing lead in an effort to assuage
their awful thirst.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
ONLY TWO ARE SUSTAINED
Hedican and Earnham Held TO be With
out Ground for Appeal.

to show that it was q reasonable
charge.
Roland Il. Slowen was convicted in
Gallatin county on the charge Of grand
larceny and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. FROM this Judgment an appeal
was taken and reversal sought, on the
ground of erroneous instructions to
the jury. The contention, In an opin-
ion by Chief Justice Brantley, Is sus-
tanned. For the same reason the find
ing the district court of Gallatin cOun-
ty in the case of the state against
Anderson and Smith, charged with
assault in the second degree, was re-
versed in an opinion by the chief
justice. In still another opinion by
the chief justice, another finding of
the district court of Gallatin county
was reversed, and a new trial order
ed, dhis being that of tine state against
Mcleod, convicted of grand larceny
charge.
r. F. Farnf,ann and Barney Hedican
did not fare so we'll. They were con.
victed in Silver Bow and Fergus coun-
ties, respectively, on charges of as;
sault and grand larceny, and these
findings are affirmed, the FORMER III
an opinion by Justice Holloway, and
the latter by Justice Smith.
Hedican assigned prejudice as a
reason why he could not and did MOI
receive q fair trial, while Fa.rnham
was dissatisfied with the finding con.
victing him on the charge of third
degree assault.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
finds u. P. GUILTY OF PAYING REBATES
Interstate Commerce Commission Renders Decision in Lone
Pending Peavey Elevator Case-Dksenting
Opinions Filed

and the record of the previous pro-
ceedings the commissions decision is
based. The opinion Of Commissioner
Harlan is summarized thus:
Elevation is defined as unloading
grain from cars or grain carrying YES
sells into grain elevator and unload
ing it cut again, after a period Of not
to exceed 10 days; it does not include
treatment of grading, cleaning or
clipping Of grain; and retention in an
elevator beyond 10 days becomes stor-
age and is not a part Of the service of
elevation as that word is used, in the
statute.
"The law clearly recognizes eleva-
tion as a facility which the carrier
may provide, and this authorizes the
carrier to grant grain elevation at des-
tination or while the grain Is in tran
sit, subject only to the restriction i'm
posed by the act that elevating like
any other service, offered by the car
riers to shippers must be ojen to all
on equal and reasonable terms.
"Since carrier subject to the act
to regulate commerce is entitled to
provide elevation for grain shipments,
such carrier may either construct and
operate the elevators itself or furnish
elevation by arrangement with an
owner of an elevator; and the limit of
compensation paid by the carrier to
the owner of an elevator is no concern
to shippers or to other carriers, unless
it operates to affect the rates charged
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
DEATH /! LIST is SMALL
Large Number Of People, However,
Are Injured in Recent Mexican
Earthquake--President Diaz IN
structs officers to Give Relief.

City OF Mexico, April 18.-Today the
Associated Press was in direct teie-
graphic communication with a number
of towns in the district afected by
Sundays earthquake.
From many different towns it is as
certained that the dead list will ex-
ceed 100. There are a number Of
small places yet to be heard from, but
up to date the average number of
fatalities at these places has gained
from 9 to 12, and the numner of in
jured from 80 to 40.
A movement is under way in the
City of Mexico to furnish relief TO
these homeless and destitute I'm Guer-
rero.
Vice President Correl, acting for
President Diaz, has sent a message TO
the governors Of the different states
asking for aid in relieving the suffer
ers In the two states most affected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
DR.. haugh Electrocuted for Murder
Of Entire Family.
GUILTY OF OTHER CRIMES
Pleads Insanity But Was Proved Sane
Victim of DRUGS.

Columbus, Ohio, April 1S.-Dr. Oil
yer c. Hnuga1 Of Dayton, Ohio, con
victed Of the murder of his father,
mother and brother, on the might or
November 4, 1905, was electrocuted
in the annex at the Ohio penitentiary
a few minutes after midnight.
Haugh manifested an apparent in
difference to his fate until the last.
All visitors were excluded from The an
mex at the penitentiary today and
Haugh has seen no one outside Of the
prison officials.
He has never discussed the crime,
so his attendants say, since he enter.
ed the annex. He is reported, how
ever to have protested his innocence.
Tue murder of mis- parents and broth
er occurred in Dayton on the might
of November 4, 1905. The house in
which the Hanghs lived was burned
and a search Of the ruins revealed
the bodies OF the elder Haugn, his
wife and a son. All circumstances
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19

Madison, Wis, April 18.-A deadlock
exists for the seat in the United States
senate vacated by ]. c. Spooner. At
ter several caucuses by the members
of the legislature and taking of two
formal ballots in joint session, there
were no indications of an election.
There are 10 candidates in the race,
five of whom led with about the us
ual number of votes. Isaac Stephen
son, wealthy lumber man of Mari
nette, and who has been a staunch
supporter of United States Senator La
Toilette, both on state and national
issues, in today's joint ballot showed
a. strength of 10 votes, being tied by
Congressman Esch Of Lacrosse. Ir-
vine Lenroot of Superior, former
speaker Of the assembly and also a
strong adherent of LaFollette, re-
ceived 18 votes, as did also Congress-
man Cooper of Racine. VIM. G. Hat
ton of New London came next with
is votes. Emil Raensch of Manitowoc
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19

by the carrier On grain tPaEac or by
some device portion Of the allow.
ance is to be returned to the shipper,
and this becomes rebate.
An allowance made to shipper of
grain who furnishes elevation service
under an arrangement with carrier
is rebate and unlawful discrimina-
tion when it involves profit over and
above the actual cost to such shippers
for the service rendered. It Is not a
rebate when the allowance does not
exceed the actual cost. The arrange
ment between the Union Pacific and
the Peavey elevators at Council Bluffs
and Kansas City is not in itself un-
lawful. But the allowance of one and
q quarter cents per hundred pounds
paid by the railroad to these elevators
controlled by the Peavey interests,
who are large shippers of grain and
own practically all of the grain going
in the elevators is in excess Of actual
cost of the service and is a rebate and
therefore unlawful. The commission
orders that the allowance by the
Union Pacific to the Peavey elevators
shall be reduced and shall not exceed
three-fourths Of a cent per 100 pounds,
the order taking effect on June l,
1907"
Both Commissioners Clements and
Lane take issue in their opinions
with the opinion of the majority of
the commission. Their opinions will
be available in a day or two.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
QUEER COURT DECISION.
Woman May Dance With Ghost O
Husband, If She Wishes.

New York, April 1S.-A woman may
dance with "the ghost of her dead hus-
band" every night before going to bed
and still not lack testamentary ca
pacity.
Such is the essence Of verdict rem
,aered yesterday before Justice Abbott
: in the Queens county supreme court
And, moreover, the fact that the
widow used kitchen chair in lieu of
the physical body of her deceased
spouse does not denote testamentary
incapacity. A woman may also wear
one green and one purple stocking
without fear that her will cannot
Withstand a contest.
All this was established through
the failure Of a suit to break the will,
ON the ground of insanity, of Mrs.
Phoebe Ann Berrian of Flushing, who
left the bulk of her fortune, about
$4,000, to Elmor A. Holden of Frank
lin, N. Y, comparative stranger. ).
contest was instituted before Sur
rogate h.ohIt, who decided that tesla
mentary capacity did not depend upon
uniform cE,lor in a woman's hosiery
or daLsaa with defunct husbands.
Now D supreme court jury sustains
the surrogate
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
HooslER WITH LONG MEMORY.
Asks Arrest of Man Who Robbed Hin
During Civil War.

, q IL. il
Indianapolis, Auril 1S.-George w.
Morgan, aged "a, a veteran of the
civil war, applied to the police yes
terday for the arrest of man who,
he says, robbed him in Virginia in
1862.
Morgan said that he was taken sick
in Virginia and was sent to a conva-
lescent camp on the Potomac. On the
way he was attacked and robbed by
four men whose names he gave One
of these, whom he called Bill, he re-
cognized on a street car here yester-
day. He at once went to the police
station, gave a description of the
man and asked that he be arrested.
While the police questioned him
whether the case could be made
against the man after a lapse Of so
much time, and when the crime com
mitted was in another state, the man
made his escape. They are looking
for the alleged robber.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19

indicated that the family had been
murdered and the house burned to
conceal the crime.
DR. Haugh declared he had barely
escaped from the house with his Life,
and though he denied that he had
committed any crime, suspicion point
ed toward him, and after his arrest a
strong circumstantial case was made.
His defense was insanity, but he was
declared to be same. 1t was brought
out, however, that he was addicted to
the use of drug.
Attempts we're made to connect him
with the murder of several women at
Cincinnati who were mysteriously
strangled. He was also suspected Of
being involved in the death of Mary
Twohe who died under suspicious cir
cumstances at Lorain, Ohio, and with
a Mrs. Patterson, who died myster
iously at Chicago. Haugh was mar
ried and hills wife, now divorced, with
two children, are living in Dayton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
WILL INVESTIGATE 1T
jerome Begins Inquiry into Report
Concerning Alleged Approach Of
Thaw Jurors.

New York, April 1s.-It was an.
nounced this morning that the dis
Uric attorney had begun the inves-
tigation of the report that one Of the
jurors in the recent trial of Fl. ~.
Thaw had been approached by a po-
liceman before the trial closed.
Henry H. Brearly, one OF the 5uT-
ors, had an interview with District
Attorney Jerome late today. Later
1t was announced that several others
of the Thaw jurors would be asked
to come TO the district attorneys oflice
tomorrow and tell what they know
of tho report in question.
It was reported that a policeman
talked with one of the jurors during
the walks the jury took from the
Jury room to the Broadway Central
hotel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
DEADLOCK IN WISCONSIN
Legislature Badly Split on Election Of
Successor to Spooner.

and F. G. Winkler Of Milwaukee, both
so-called stalwarts, received six and
three votes, respectively, with the re-
naming republican votes scattered.
The "a democrats have been thus far
voting for Geo. w. Bird of Madison,
while the socialists have been, sup
porting Senator j. P. Rummel of Mil
waukee.
Several conferences were held with
Senator LaFollette while he was in
Madison at different times lately, in
the interest of Stephenson, bit it ap-
pears not enough strength could be
mustered to carry out the plans to seat
the Marinette man.
While considerable gossip has con-
nected Gov. Davidson's name with the
contest, he has as yet received no
votes. Talk is heard Of Davidson as
compromise candidate. With the
democratic and socialist votes elimi-
mated, the republican strength is
shown to be 1913 votes, thus requiring
So necessary to elect.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
PosToFFlcE is BoYcoTED.
Business Men Mail Letters on Train
for Revenge.

Business Men Mail Letters on Train
for Revenge.
Crookston, Mimi, April 1S.-A mer-
ry war is on in the village Of Plum
mer between the business men and
Charles w. Latta, editor amd prOpria-
tor Of the Plummer Pioneer, and post
master. Something Latta printed in
his paper displeased the business
men, and by a concerted movement
on their part the paper lost most Of
dts local advertising patronage.
Latta's commission as postmaster
has about three years to run. His
salary as such officer depends upon
the number of stamps cancelled, and
in their campaign against the post,
master-editor the people. have been
making it point to mail all their
letters on the trains that carry mail
Through the village.
However, the postoffice department
has taken up the matter and has
threatened to close the office unless
this practice is stopped. The business
men, OF course, do not want the
postoffice taken away from the town,
and consequently the postmaster ap-
pears to have the whip hand in that
feature of the contest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
LIFE sTAkED IN COIN FLIP.
Husband Tossed Quarter totDetermine
Wife's Fate.

Chicago, April 1S.-" Heads you live;
tails you die.' The preceding is the
pleasant salutation with which Mrs.
Hattie M. Kuhnell, 6942 Kimbark ave
nue., alleges in her bill for divorce, her
husband, Theodore F. Kuhnell, greeted
her on the morning of July 8, 1906,
after he had dreamed that he was go
ing to kill her. Then he tipped a
quarter, but it turned up heads So
he compromised, she AYERS, by only
beating her.
She also records several other beat
ings, which she says were bestowed
upon her, because a neighbor COM
planned Of her singing. The beatings,
she says, ceased two weeks ago, when
she consulted a lawyer. But the bliss
full interruption lasted only five days
and then the beatings began again.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
SURE OF ELECTION.
Mrs. Donald Mclean to Again Head
Dauqhters of Revolution.

Dau9nIeTS OF NSvolutioH.
Washington, April 18.-While the
vote Of the continental congress for
national officers of the Daughters of
the American Revolution will probably
not be announced until tomorrow, it is
freely admitted by both factions to-
night that Mrs. Donald Mclean has
been reelected as president general
of the society. Mrs. McLean's sup
porters claim that the entire admins
tration ticket will be elected by an
overwhelming majority The vote re-
ceived by Mrs. Elizabeth Howard of
Alexandra, Va, the "insurgent" can
didate, her friends declare, will make
her the logical candidate to succeed
Mrs. Mclean at the next session of
the congress. At II o'clock tonight
the tellers, who are canvassing the
vote announce that their work would
not be completed for several hours.
The official report will not be made
public until submitted to the con-
gress tomorrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
CHICAGO POLICE GRAFT.
City Civil Service Commission Will
Apply Probe.

Chicago, April 18. Charges that
the Chicago police department has
been collecting contributions from
dives, disorderly resorts and gam
bling houses will be investigated by
the civil service commission.
That the investigation by the COM
mission of corruption in the depart
ment will so further than was the
original intention was shown today
during the examination Of Capt Glib
bons of the Central police station. AT
ter testifying that he had collected
$4,000 from his men for the promotion
OF former Mayor Dunne's candidacy
for reelection, Capt. Gibbons was
asked what he knew Of the practice Of
protecting disorderly houses, the pro-
prietors of which had been paying for
immunity He pleaded ignorance, and
was excused. The commission stated
that several of the other witnesses
would be asked to tell what they
knew about the charge that the police
department was guilty of accepting
protection money!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-19
REMEMBERS DOG IN WILL.
North Dakotan Wanted Future Of His
BulIpup Assured.

Minot, N. D., April 1s.-That his
bullpup, Paddy, be taken care of for
the remainder Of his life and the
charges paid out of the proceeds of his
estate, is one of the provisions of the
will of William w. Fremont, whose
estate is now in the hands of Public
Administrator A. W. Gray of Kenmare
for settlement.
The will is an original document. It
was found in an envelope which bore
this superscription: 'Take Notice
Read this when cash in to the head
dealer" It is dated at Coteau, Ward
county, N. D., January 10, 1905