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Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
SUIT AGAINST SUGAR TRUST
Government Seeks TO Recover More
Than S3,6oo, 900.

New York, Nov. 17.-That the Unit
ed States government has been de-
frauded out of millions of dollars by
the sugar trust is the allegation ia
suits brought by United States Dis
trict Attorney Henry L. Stimson
against the mother of trusts" .
Papers have been filed in seven
separate actions in the United States
circuit court, in which it is sought to
recover $3,600,000. Of this sum ST.
SOC, 900 is alleged to be duties on i'm
ported sugar fraudulently withheld
from the government by the American
Sugar Refining company.
The balance of $2,100,000 is the val
le of goods upon which duties were
likewise fraudulently withheld during
the past three years. it is claimed. by
the same corporation II also includes
the duties on such goods.
Manipulation of the scales is the
method alleged to have been used by
the trust to escape payment of full
duties.
Further investigation is expected to
prove that the s3,6O0,0OO sued for is
only percentage of what is due the
government.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
WILLIAMS LOSES POSITION
w. e. McEwen Appointed State Labor
Commissioner.

w. {. McEWen Appointed State Labor
Commissioner.
Governor Johnson has announced
the appointment of W. e. McEwen as
state labor commissioner to take the
place of w. Fl. Williams of Minneap-
oils, the present commissioner, and
also promoted e. J. Lynch from dep
uty labor commissioner to state oil
inspector to take the place made va
cant by Mr.. McEwen's promotion
Mr.. Williams has not been on the
best of terms with the administration
and it was generally expected that he
was slated to walk the plank" Mr..
McEwen is closely identified with the
labor interests of the state. He is the
owner of labor paper at Duluth and
is secretary of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor. He has been
oil inspector for two years. He sue
ceeded John A. McDermott when the
latter resigned. .#
e. J. Lynch is a brother of F. B.
Lynch, who was Governor Johnson's
campaign manager when the latter
was a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21

that the bullet, which had entered
the right cheek, had lodged under the
left ear and had not entered his brain
When he was arrested, Haas said
he had shot Heney because he had
ruined him. He is a married man
and has four children. In state
ment made to Police Captain Duke
ne said:
"Heney denounced me in public,
which ruined my life and branded me
as an ex-convict. 1t was an outrage.
am the wr0nged man. ! do not care
what becomes of me now l have
sacrificed myself not for my own hon
or, but for those who are situated like
Myself. By God, I would not have
brought nay four children into the
world to bear such a brand il l had
known that the fact that was an
ex-convict would become known.
Heney ruined me. That is why I
shot him"
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
ROCKEFELLER ON STAND
Relates History Of the Stand
ard Oil Company.

New York, Nov. 19.-Relating his
story with the air of a country gen.
tleman of kindly mien engaging
host of friends with incidents of days
long past, John D. Rockefeller, presi-
dent of the Standard Oil company,
though for nearly ten years retired
from active cares of company direc-
tion, for over two hours reviewed the
history of the early oil trade and the
development of the first companies
that later grew into the present So
called oil trust. Mr.. Rockefeller was
a witness for the defense in the suit
to dissolve the Standard. which is be-
ing prosecuted by the United States
government, and his appearance at
the hearing before Judge Franklin
Ferriss. the referee, brought a large
crowd to the customs building.
The development of Mr.. Rockefel
ler's testimony, which carried him to
the organization of the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, indicated that one
of the lines of the defense would be
that the Standard Oil company is not
the result of an aggressive policy to
gain the mastery of the oil trade, as
charged, but the natural outcome Of
an economical development which the
exigencies OF the oil industry demand
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
NINE DIE IN the ATTEMPT
convicts Fire Alabama Mine in Effort
to Escape.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 1S.-Fifty
state convicts employed in the mines
ut Pratt City formed conspiracy to
set No. 3 mine afire and escape during
the confusion, and as result eight
of them are burned to death, one is
missing and the other forty-one are
safely locked in the stockade. The
last body has been taken out.
A lot of timber lying in the manway
was ignited and the convicts hoped
when attention had been attracted
to the flames they could make their
way through the mine ahead of the
smoke and fumes from the fire, and
escape by the main entry In this
they miscalculated, for nine appear
to have been suffocated. The others
appeared to be meeting with success
when the mine officials suspected
something. One employe saw the
flames burst out. Making his way to
the outside, he informed others.
Guards were at once placed. and the
forty men were caught as they came
from the main entrance.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
FIVE MEN KILLED IN BATTLE
Oklahoma OFFICERS Fight Negro Dss-
perado.

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Okmulgee. Okla, Nov. 16.-Five
persons were killed and ten others
were wounded in fight between Jim
Deckard, negro desperate, and law
officers. The dead are: Sheriff Rob-
inson, Assistant Chief of Police Kla-
Der, two brothers named Chapman,
colored, and Deckard, the desperate.
The disturbance began at the ST.
Louis and San Francisco railroad sta
ton, where jim Deckard engaged in
a fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray
son, and beat him into insensibility
with rock. Friends of Grayson no.
titled the police and when Policeman
Klaber went to the station Deckard
fed to his house nearby, barricaded
himself in and when Kaber ap-
preached Deckard shot and instantly
killed him. Sheriff Robinson gathered
a posse in few minutes and hurried
to the scene. Part of this posse was
made up of a group of negroes whom
the sheriff commissioned as deputies
AS the posse approached the house
Deckard opened fire with rifle, firing
as rapidly as he could load his weapon.
The sheriff fell first. instantly killed.
Then the two Chapman brothers, ne
gro deputies, were slain. A frenzied
mob then surrounded the house and
Deckard was shot to death.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Famous Prosecutor Shot in a
Frisco Courtroom.
REVENGE MOTIVE FOR ATTACK
Deed Committed by Ex-COnvici
Exposed by Victim.

San Francisco, Nov 14.--Francis j.
Heney, a leading figure in the prose
cution of municipal corruption in this
city, was shot and seriously wounded
by Morris Haas, a Jewish saloonkeep-
er. who had been accepted as juror
in a previous trial and afterwards re
moved, it having been shown by the
prosecution that he was an ex-convict,
a fact not brought out in his examina-
tion as a venireman.
The shooting occurred in Superior
Judge Lawlor's courtroom during a
recess in the trial of Abraham Ruef,
on trial for the third time on the
charge of bribery.
The physicians in attendance on
Heney expressed the opinion that he
would live. It has been ascertained
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
PREDICT SHORT SESSION
Members Of Legislature Have No Rea-
son for Delay.

MEMBERS OF 6G9fStdtdFS TMVS NO H0a"
son for Delay.
A short session for the 1909 legis-
lature is the prediction of many Of
the members.
In previous years the members have
been paid by the day. They were al
lowed to be in session ninety days
and if they adjourned sooner they
would get paid for less time The
law was construed so that the ninety
days provided in the constitution was
made to mean working days. Then
they drew pay for the Sundays and
holidays in between, so they actually
got paid for about 106 days
But after this they will have a reg
ular salary, $500 for each of the two
years, whether they have one session
of ten days or the regular session of
ninety days, plus a special session of
sixty days.
In former sessions it has been Gus
tonary for the legislators to take it
easy at the beginning of the session,
meet Tuesday morning, adjourn on
Thursday until Monday evening, then
meet without quorum and adjourn
till Tuesday afternoon Little was
accomplished until the last thirty days
of the session.
But this year the members will be
minus their passes and they will not
be as anxious to go home every week.
A majority will spend their Sundays
here and they think they might as
well work. If they can get their work
done before the usual time it will be
no profit to them to stay until April
16. 1t would mean additional expense,
without additional income.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Curiosity Kills Farmland in 81.
Louis County.
THROWS EXPLOSIVE INTO FIRE
Conclusion Sets Off Dynamite
With Fatal Result.

Conrad S. Or1and, a farmland EN-
ployed clearing land near Adolph, st.
Louis county, paid the penalty of3cu-
riosity with his life and relative of
his employer is seriously injured. The
latter's name is Charles Burland.
Dynamite was being freely used to
dislodge stumps from the ground. The
men were sitting about a fire just
after dinner and Orland was finger
ing dynamite cap.
Il wonder how much of noise
this would make all by ITSELF" said
Orland, as he tossed the cap into the
fire.
The explosion of the cap was of
sufficient energy to set off nineteen
sticks of dynamite that lay nearby:
Orland was picked up in pieces.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
NEARLY UP TO LAST YEAR
Lumber Production in Minnesota in
1908.

1yU8.
Minneapolis saw mills have turned
out fully as much lumber in the sea.
son just closed as last year and the
aggregate figures for the whole north.
ern pine territory will fall but little
below those for 1907, as shown by
advance reports in the hands of J. E.
Rhodes, secretary of the Northern
Pine Manufacturers association. Mr..
Rhodes has not compiled definite fig
ures yet, as several of the Minneap-
oils mills and some in the northern
part of the state are still running, but
he has information sufficiently accu-
rate for purposes of general compari-
son.
Tie lumber production in Minneap.
oils in 1907 was 210,000,0O0 feet and
Mr.. Rhodes says that the cut for this
season will run slightly more than
that rather than less. The output for
the northern pine area in 1907 was
2,519, ,096,000 feet and Mr. Rhodes says
that the cut for this year may run Is
per cent lower, but he is inclined to
believe that the falling off will not be
more than 10 per cent
For several years the lumber output
of Minneapolis and the Northwest in.
general has been dwindling steadily
and the record for 1908 is a surprise
to lumbermen and others who have
become firm in the belief that the
depletion of the forests and the pass
Ing of the lumber industry would be
marked by reduction in the output
each year.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
FOURTEEN SENT TO PRISON
Montana Men Plead Guilty to Man.
slaughter.

Great Falls, Mont, Nov. 19-Four-
teen men charged with murder in Val
ley county, in the northwestern part
of the state, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter and were sentenced to va
rious terms in prison.
The crime to which these fourteen
men pleaded guilty was the raid upon
the cabin of John Hayes. an alleged
claim jumper, and his family, which
resulted in the death of Hayes and his
daughter.
In all sixteen persons were arrest
ed for the crime. The first trial was
that of Walter Long. 1t resulted in
his conviction and sentence to thirty
five years. Then followed the trial of
his brother, Milo, who was given thir-
teen years. Two of the men in the
gang turned states evidence and they
got off with jail sentences.
1t was arranged that all the remain
ing defendants should plead guilty to
manslaughter Two of them were
given sentences of one year and nine
months. five drew year each and
five others went to jail until May l.,
1909.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Prominent Chicagoan Sent to
Prison for Forgery.
PLEADS guilty TO CHARGE
Sentence Passed Within Four
Hours After Arrest.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Peter Van Wis
singen, real estate dealer for years
cIassed among the first of Chicago's
prosperous and reputable business
men, has confessed to having obtained
through forged deeds and notes more
than 100000, and few hours after
his arrest, on his own urgent appeal
to he punished, was sentenced to the
penitentiary. The arrest, the indict-
ment, the confession, and the sentence
were the work of less than four hours.
Taken In the midst of business from
his Office desk at 172 Washington
street shortly after the noon hour,
Van Vlissingen, venerable looking
man, appeared before the court and
In tears confessed that for from eigh-
teen to twenty years he had been Sc
curing money through the sale of
forged documents and that though he
had bought back many of these spu-
rious instruments without detection at
least twenty-five people would lose an
aggregate of more than 100000
through the paper which he has not
yet redeemed.
In forging notes, he declared. he had
perfected unique device. This con-
sisted of plate glass desk top, so
arranged that by an electric light
thrown up from beneath he could read
lily trace from originals forged sigma
lures onto worthless paper.
Throughout his arrest and sentence
the prisoner made no effort to defend
himself, but only asked that his pun
ishment be speedy. Asked if he had
anything to say before sentence was
imposed, Van Vlissingen. bowling his
head, replied: "Only that be given
my punishment at once"
His term in the penitentiary was
fixed as indetern,inate from one to
fourteen wears
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
FIRES BED WHILE SMOKING
Aged St. Paul Laborer Burned to
Death.

John Fox, laborer employed at
the Great Northern shops at St
Paul, sixty years old, was burned to
death in his bed at his boarding
house.
Inmates of the boarding house were
aroused by sitting smoke which came
from Fox's room. John Kalgren. a
fellow boarder, and Mrs. c. e. Bray, a
chambermaid, rushed to the room and
dragged Fox from the burning bed,
but the flames had accomplished their
fatal work
Fox was partially dressed and ap-
parently had been smoking in bed 1t
is supposed sparks ignited the bed
clothing and before the man was
aware Of his danger. probably while
he was doing. the flames made rapid
headway
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
HAAS ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
WeuId-Be Slayer Of Heney Suicides
i'm Jail.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Morris
Haas, who attempted to assassinate
Francis J. Heney, the graft prosecu-
tor, committed suicide tonight in his
cell in the county, Jail by shooting
himself through the head with small
derringer pistol.
Haas ended his life while four
guards, detailed to prevent just such
a move, stood within three feet of
him.
The weapon with which the would
be assassin shot himself he had Sc
creted in the top of his gaiter shoes
He fired the shot while lying on his
cot and covered with the blankets.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
SERVED UNDER MANY FLAGS
John 3. Gon, Soldier of Fortune, Dies
at JanesViie. "a


The life story of John B. Golf, for
merly Of Minneapolis, who died last
week at GAINESVILLE, this state, reads
like a chapter from romance In Mr..
Goff Minnesota had an Irish-American
adventurer whose career was that Of
a soldier of fortune from 1S43, when
he was fourteen years old, until the
close of the Civil war. Soldier in the
United States army, sailor in the
navy, active participant in three Cen
trail American revolutions, veteran of
the Civil war and scout for the Union
army, his career of adventure had
its last chapter when, as a member
of Southern Minnesota posse. he
participated in the gun fight which re.
suited in the arrest of the Younger
boys after their daring raid at North
field
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
ExONERATED FOR KILLING
Grand Jury Frees Man Who Defended
Home Against Intruder. ~

. S88
The grand jury of Otter Tail coIin-
ty, at it's sessions just closed, inyesti-
gated the shooting of Landolin Harter
in the town of Bush Lake, but re
turned no indictment against John
Lahdi, the man who did the shooting
Harter was infatuated with a young
lady, the daughter of one of Lahdi's
neighbors, but his attentions were not
welcome and he was ordered to keen
away from the place. He was a bach
elor, living alone, and was apparently
somewhat demented. During the night
he took large knife and started for
the neighbor's home, where the young
lady resided, but seems to have be
come confused in the darkness and
reached Lahdi's home instead. He
smashed in the panel of the door,
whereupon Lahdi shot him dead The
jury felt that the shooting was fully
justified and the case will now be
dismissed.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
BRYAN WOULD RUN AGAIN
Ready for Battle in 1912 if Circum-
stances Demand 1t.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 1S.-"I
would much prefer to retire to private
life and | hope that four years hence
circumstances will not be such as to
force me into the campaign. but if
circumstances should demand me to
do battle. battle / will
Thus spoke, William J. Bryan when
asked whether he would ever. again
run for president Regarding the fu-
ture of the Democratic party he said: !:
Il am not at all discouraged as to
the future of the Democratic party. |
have no doubt that the country will
see the necessity for the adoption of
the reforms advocated. by the Demo
cratic party"
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Former Legislator Dead.

sKnud w. Bondy. who was mem
ber of the board Of equalization for
two terms and member of the Min
nesota house in the legislative ses-
sions of 1903 and 1905, died suddenly
at Fergus Falls from heart disease,
with which he had been affected for
years. He was one of the earliest
residents of Otter Tail county, arriv-
ing at Fergus Falls in 1866. and is
survived by his wife and several chill
dren.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Cut to Pieces Under Wheels.

Despondent because of the loss of
his sweetheart's affections and be-
cause of the fact that he had over
drawn his account with his firm to
"give her good time" J. F. Delaney,
ployed by a ST. Louis wine house,
threw himself in front of a Northern
Pacific train at Minneapolis and was
instantly killed His body was cut.
into a dozen pieces
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21

Proposed to Indict Hunter Who Slew
Man for Bear.

For the first time in the history of
st. Louis county man is to be prose
cuted for mistaking another man for
game and shooting him.
. Edward Tonkin, who shot and killed
Roger Olds of Cloquet. was exoner-
ated by the coroner's jury, bat infor-
nation was afterward flied against
him by the assistant county attorney
and he was arraigned and bound over.
.Tonkin furnished $l,500 bail. An ef-
fort will be made to convict him of
manslaughtsr in the second degree.
Tonkin mistook Olds for a bear.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
AUSTRIA REPEATS WARNING
Ssrvia Must Cease Provocations or
Suffer Consequences.

Vienna, Nov. 1.-THE possibility of
trouble between Austria-Hungary and
Servia has not yet been eliminated.
A semi-offi cial statement issued here
says that the Austro-H Hungarian gov
ernment will be compelled to take de-
cisive steps if the Servian provcaa-
tions do not cease. The dignity of
the dual monarchy forbids it longer
to tolerate Servia's actions. A final
decision as to the course of the gov
srnment will be reached in a few
days @
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Bullet Successfully Removed.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.-The bullet
fired by Morris Haas at Francis J.
Heney was removed from the muscles
of the lower left maxillary, where it
was located by means of the X-ray.
Mr.. Heney bore the operation well
and is reported to be resting quietly
and showing no i'll effects.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Minneapolis Bribery Trial.

w. K. Hicks, secretary of the Min
neapolis board of education, is on
trial in the district court in that
city charged with receiving a bribe.
He was indicted on four charges of
bribery He has not resigned his po-
sition as secretary of the board of
education and is still acting. 1t is
charged he accepted $50 for his serv-
ices in securing a plumbing contract.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Boy Accidentally Kills Self.

Dan Larson, eteen-year-old boy,
accidentally shot and killed himself in
the woods south of Hibbing In climb
ing over a windfall Larson pulled the
gun after HIM One barrel was dis
charged and he was instantly killed.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Two Boys Drowned.

/ While skating on the artificial lake
of the Great Northern Power
company at Duluth Frank Mcleod.
aged twelve, and Ralph Hynes, aged
were close together when the ice gave
way and both went down and were
drowned before help could be given
them The bodies were recovered.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Decide to Continue Strike.

New York, Nov. 16.--According to
resolutions adopted by striking chauf-
feurs of the New York Taxicab COM
pany they have decided to continue
the strike Indefinitely. The strike has
been marked with much disorder and
violence and the destruction of sew
eral taxicabs.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
Dividend for Chadwick Creditors.

Cleveland, Noy. 17.-There was an
echo of Cassie Chadwick's dealings
when dividend of 21s per cent was
declared before Bankruptcy Referee
Remington for the benefit of the credi-
tors of Cassie L. Chadwick. This is
the first and may be the last dividend
that the Chadwick creditors will re-
cejve.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21
KAISER AGREES TO BE GOOD
Will Conform to Constitutional Meth.
ods Hereafter.

Berlin. Nov. 1S.-Forced by the
angry tide of popular feeling that
swept the empire from end to end,
Emperor William yielded to the ma
tion and promised henceforth to con-
form himself to constitutional meth
eds of conducting the policies of Ger
many.
Morris tribune., 1908-11-21

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