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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
SHtPPY EXONERATED.
Chicago Police Chief Justified in Kill
ina AVerbuch.

Chicago, March PA coroner's jury
declared Chief of Police Shippy and
J. F. Foley, his driver, to have been
justified in killing Averbuch, the
young Russian Jew who attacked the
chief in his home recently. The YER
dict was rendered after a short de-
liberation following an exhaustive in
Quiry into the circumstances surround
ing the shooting More than a score
of witnesses were examined, chief
among whom were Olga Averbuch, sis
ter of the dead man; Chief Shippy
himself, his son Harry, who is recov-
ering from an all but fatal sho
through the chest received in the a
fray, and other members of the chiefs
household The verdict, after brief
recital Of the jury's finding as to the
cause Of Averbuch's death, said:
From the testimony presented we,
the jury, believe that said shooting
was justifable and exonerate said
George M. Shippy and James F. Foley
from blame"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
BLOW TO STATE RIGHTS.
Decision of Supreme Court in Mime
sofa Rate Case.

Decision OF supreme court IN MINNIE
sofa Rate Case.
Washington, March 24.-In refusing
to grant to Attorney General Young
of Minnesota a writ OF haDeas corpus
releasing him from the penalty i'm
posed by the United States circuit
court for the district of Minnesota on
the charge of contempt of court in in
shutting a proceeding in a state
court for the enforcement OF
the railroad rate law after
the federal court had prohibited
such a course and in affirming the de-
cision of Judge Pritchard of the Unit
ed States circuit court for the West
ern district of North Carolina dis
charging from imprisonment James H.
Wood, a ticket agent of the Southern
railway at Asheville, after he had been
sentenced by the Ashevil1e police
court to serve a term on the rock pile
on the charge of collecting for a ticket
on that road a greater price than was
permitted by the state railroad law,
the supreme court of the United
States added another to the series of
decisions which have rendered notable
the present term of that court
In both cases the right of the states
to fix rates for railroad transportation
was the issue and both involved con-
hicts between the federal and the
state courts.
The court pronounced invalid the
Minnesota law regulating both freight
and passenger rates. The opinion
held the Minnesota law to be uncon-
stitutiona1 on it's face because of the
enormous penalties imposed for dis
obedience to it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27

ITS FATE is PR0BLEMATlCAL
One Section Seeks to Relieve Labor
From sunpressive Effects of
Supreme Court Decision.

Washington, March 23-The bill
prepared by the National Civic Fed
Grafton, after conferences with the
president and representatives of cap
1tal and of labor, to relieve the strin-
gency of the Sherman antitrust law
was introduced in the house by Repre-
sentative Hepburn of Iowa, chairman
of the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. 1t was referred by
Speaker Cannon to that committee for
consideration and report and it is IN
derstood that President Roosevelt
will, in a message to congress, make
recommendation concerning it.
There is no information on which
to frame a prediction of the failure or
success of the bill in the house, nor
will there be until hearings have been
given in committee. Party leaders
professed to be wholly ignorant of the
details of the bill and TO have only a
general understanding of its purpose
One of the most interesting sections
of the federation bill is that which
seeks to relieve organized labor from
! the suppressive effects of the recent
supreme court decision declaring la
!! Dor unions to be conspiracies in re-
straint of trade and therefore unlaw-
| full The bill, broadly speaking, aims
to restore to unions their right of
practicable existence, including the
right to strike, but leaving them still
amenable to the Sherman act in the
matter of boycetts, picketing and sim
liar coercive measures. This section
is as follows:
Nothing in said act approved July
2, 1890, or in this act is intended, nor
shall any provision thereof hereafter
! be enforced, SO as to Interfere with or
to restrict any right of employees to
! strike for any cause or to combine or
to contract with each other or with
| employers for the purpose of peace
/ ably obtaining from employers salts
| factory terms for their labor or salts
factory conditions of employment, or
so as to, interfere with or to restrict
any right OF employers for any cause
to discharge all Or any of their en-
ployes or to combine or to contract
with each other or with employees for
the purpose of peaceably obtaining Ia
Dor on satisfactory terms"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
RESULT OF RATE DECISION
Extra Session of State LEGISLATURE
Probable,

Governor Johnson will undoubtedly
call a special session of the leg
1slature to repass the rate bills which
were knocked out by the United
States supreme court with such
amendments as will make them &C.
ceptable to the court.
The governors action will depend
on fuller information as to the grounds
OF the decision of the court.
If, however, it turns out that the
penalties imposed are the controlling
objection" said the governor, "the
matter can be remedied undoubtedly
and should be at once.
Il can see no reason for waiting a.
year for the regular session.
THE rate laws are estimated to
effect a saving of 100000 annually to
the people of Minnesota. The extra
session would cost but a very small
fraction of that sum- Besides, the
legislature would have an opportunity
to consider the rate problem fully, un-
veXed by all the other problems of
state government which will confront
the regular session.
ITO await the regular session would
merely defer from ten months to a
year the accomplishment of rate re-
form, for no matter how good a law
we enact I have no doubt that either
the railroad oficials-or their share
hold ers-will contest it as long as
they can
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
RATE LAWS ILLEGAL
Federal Supreme Court Knocks
Out Minnesota Statutes.
HABEAs CORPUS Is DENIED
Attorney General Young Guilty Of Con-
tempt for Refusing to Obey Cir
cult Court Injunction.

The supreme court of the United
States, sitting at Washington, de-
MED the petition of Attorney General
Edward T. Young of Minnesota for a
writ of habeas corpus in the case in
which he is held for contempt of court
by the United States circuit court of
Minnesota because he refused to abide
by an injunction issued by that court
1orbldding him from taking anv action
looking to the enforcement of the
maximum railroad rate law. The
court at the same time pronounced
invalid the Minnesota law regulating
both freight and passenger rates. The
OPINION was announced by Justice
Peckham, who held the Minnesota law
to be unconstitutional on it's face be-
cause OF the enormous penalties i'm
posed Tor disobedience to it.
Justice Harlan delivered a dissent
Ing opinion, in which he expressed the
view that the decisions of the court in
the Minnesota and North Carolina
cases marks new era in the rela-
t1onshlp between the states and the
federal government and between the
federal and state courts. He con-
tended that the suit of the railroad
company in the Minnesota case was in
reality suit against the state and he
dWelt at length upon the enormity of
permitting subordinate United States
court to order the Imprisonment of an
official of a sovereign state to test a.
law of the state. IF this can be
done,' he said, why can't similar
injunction be put on a grand jury or
district attorney in any criminal
prOceeding?'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
'R[S[N HIS OPINIONS
Koreans at Frisco Shoot AmerF
can Adviser Of japanese.
WOUND MAY CAUSE DEATH
Attack Was the Second Made on Mr..
Stevens Since His Arrival
From the Orient.

San Francisco, March 23.-Follow-
ing an attack upon him by four Ko-
reans at the Fairmont hotel Sunday
night D. w. Stevens, member of the
Japanese council at Seoul, vas shot
and perhaps fatally wounded at the
ferry depot as he was about to leave
for Washington. The shooting was
done by n w. Chun, a Korean. Ste
1ens was shot twice, one bullet pene-
trating his right lung and the second
the groin. A third bullet struck I.
w. Ching, a companion of Chun. A
mob of 500 men pursued the shooter,
who ran from the scene, and he was
captured by H. Sexton, a deputy in
the assessors Office.
Mr. Stevens and the wounded Ko-
rean were taken to the Central Emer-
gency hospital Mr.. Stevens, accom-
panied by the Japanese consul, had
just stepped out of the hotel omnibus
when several Koreans approached
them, one Of whom said a few words
to Stevens and then struck him in
the face.
He then drew a revolver covered
with handkerchief and began shoot
ing at Stevens At the hospital DR..
Hill extracted a bullet from the
wounded Korean, who had been shot
through the lungs. Stevens is man
of strong physique. He is in splendid
health and NAV recover
Stevens, in an interview upon his
arrival, said the Korean people have
been greatly benefited by Japanese
protection and that they are begin
Mug to look more favorably upon it.
He also said that the Korean peas
ants have welcomed the Japanese and
the official class is beginning to mink
we'll Of them on the ground that the
only hope for Korea is in reorgan-
ization of the old institutions on the
lines proposed by Japan. Other state
ments, all of which were favorable to
Japan in relation to their native coun
try, made the Koreans angry.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
LITTLEFlELD RETIRES.

Maine Congressman Sends Resigna-
ton to Governor.
Rockland, Me-, March 23.-Political
circles are stirred by the receipt of a
letter by Governor William T. Cobb
from Congressman Charles E. Little
field rendering his resignation as a
member of congress to take effect on
Sept 80 next. ~ rs. 49, j.. -.
In the same mail was communi-
cation to the chairman of the Second
district Republican congressional com
mittee from Mr.. Littlefeld in which
he gave as the reason for his resigna-
ton his desire to resume his law prac-
tice, which in a large degree he has
been compelled to abandon because
Of his congressional duties.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
BREAKS AMERICAN RECORD

John Evanson Jumps a Hundred and
Thirty-one Feet on Skis.
John Evanson of Duluth broke the
American ski record on Chester hill
in that city with jump of 131
feet in the last tournament of the sea.
son. The former record was l24 feet,
made by Evanson at Ishpeming, Mich,
four weeks ago. Ole Feiring of Du-
1uth jumped 1876 feet, but fell Four
riders distanced the former American
record. The new mark is the more
remarkable because the day was warm
and it was necessary to haul snow
from nearby woods to prepare the
slide for jumping.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Lives After Being Declared Dead.

New York, March "a. Declared
dead by a physician after having re-
.ceived a 1900 volts shock from a feed
wire in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
5company's power house Stephen Cur
It's, fifteen years old, was restored by
artificial inducement of respiration.
After two hours work young Curtis
was sufficiently recovered to allow of
his removal to a hospital. It is feared
he will lose his eyesight.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Friday, March 20.

senate-Ship subsidy bill passed. It
pays to 16-knot vessels plying be-
tween this country and South Amer
lea, the Philippines, Japan and Aus
tralia 81 per mile, the amount award
ed by the act of 1891 to vessels OF 20
knots only.
House-More criticism of President
Roosevelt INDUCED in when he was
roundly denounced by Mr.. Hardwick
of Georgia for failing to send to con-
gress all information regarding cor
porations which had come into his
possession. Notifications appropria-
ton bill discussed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Injured in an Elevator,

jeremiah DAILY, a retired farmer of
Langdon, was caught in an ele-
vator in the Manhattan build
ing at St. Paul, sustaining in
juries that may prove fatal His right
hip is dis1ocated and he also received
q double rupture besides other internal
injuries He is in a serious condition
at st. Joseph's hospital.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Tuesday, March "a.

House-Giinority Leader Williams
has notified the Republican members
that unless they take up and endeavor
to pass the employers liability bill,
the bill for publicity of campaign con-
tributions, the free wood pulp and the
free print paper bills the Democrats
would obstruct all efforts at other leg
islation by refusing to grant unani-
nous consent for the consideration Of
bills.
Senate-Nr. La Toilette (Wis.) con-
clUded his speech in opposition to the
Aldrich currency bill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
WORK Of CONGRESS
Thursday, March 10.

Hcuse-Pension bill passed carry
Ing over $4,000, 900, the largest sum
ever authorized by that measure. Com
mlttee's recommendation to CONSOLE
date pension agencies was approved
by vote of 1879 to sc.
senate-La Toilette (Wis.) contin-
ued his speech on the pending cur
rency bill. Omnibus claims bill also
under consideration.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
itasca County Farmer Is Placed Under
-. ...s..'# 7-@@- Arrest, = - .Ea.s&5

Barney Dyer, farmer living at
Hines, Itasca county. has been arrested
charged with the crime of murder in
the first degree, in having, it is al
legged, caused the death of his wife,
Florence Dyer, by administering poi
son to her. A warrant for the arrest
of Dyer was issued by County Attor-
ney Henry Funkley, as a result Of in.
formation filed with the county attor-
ney. Mrs. Dyer died about week
ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March "a. g Cattle Beeves,
$4.70@7.00; cows and heifers, $4,000
ESQ; Texans, $4.40@5.50; calves, $500
@6.50; Western cattle, $4.50@5.5o;
stockers and feeders, So. 15m5.10. Hogs
s4.S5@5.1211a mixed, 1850
|5.15; heavy, s4.85@5.15;; rough, $4.s5
|@495; pigs, $4.00@4.65. Sheep. $40
OTIS; yearlings, s6.oo@7.60; lambs.
81. SCOT II. ss5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Thousand-DoIlar Bill Burned.

Gleefully waving a crisp $1,000 bill
which her husband had given her as
birthday gift Mrs. Nellie Nash
MacVay, wife of J. E. MacVay, a
young business man of San Fran
cisco, who is guest of friends at
Minneapolis, dropped the precious
bit of paper squarely into a gas jet.
IT became ignited and was quickly re-
duced to ashes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 24.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s5.25@6.00; fair to good,
s4.25@5.0O; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.5004.75; veals, $3.75@5.00.
Hogs-$4.60@4.9O. ep-Wethers,
s5.50@6.00; good to choice lambs,
s6.5O0D7. 90. ,N*
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Woman Badly Injured.

Struck by a Westbound 500 passen-
ger train while driving across the
track Mrs. Regina Smith, fifty years.
old, widow living on farm near
White Bear. Ramsey county was car
ried 800 feet on the pilot Of the en-
CINE and then hurled TO one side OF
the track. She is seriously hurt but.
may recover
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Finally Dies of injuries.

J. New York, March 90 After having
received treatment tWenty-fo times
in twenty years at the Long IslaEd
College hospital Broo klyn. for sixty
eight fractures Of various bones John
Furey, = bootblaGk, died ii that insti.
tuition Of internal injuries received ID
falling down stairs several days ago
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Monday, March %.

House-Mr. Mann (Ill.) charged MIR.
sulzer IN. " with having placed in
the record speech purported to have
been delivered by the latter, but
which Mr.. Mann declared was not the
one delivered. It was stricken from
the record by strict party vote.
Senate-Adjournment taken on an
nouncement OF the death of Senator
Bryan of Florida
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 24.-Wheat-
May, $1O61a; July, s1O3M. On track
NO. 1 hard, s1.10A; No. 1 Northern,
l$1.08A; No. 2 Northern, $106H; No.
| 3 Northern, 99Ac@Sl03A
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Duluth Wheat. and Flax.

Duluth, March 24.-Wheat-To ar
rive and on track-No. hard, ST.
I0s1s; No., Northern, $1.061a; May,
$1.04k; July, $1.04A. Flax-To arrive
and on track, $1.1eA; May, $11eA;
July, S1.1SA.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Governor Guild FaiIino.

Boston, March 23.-The following
bulletin on the condition of Governor
Curtis Guild, Jr., was issued by Dr.
Winslow: THE governor has failed
somewhat His condition is not so
good.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
WILL GO UNPLEDGED.
New York Delegates to Democratic
National Convention.

= s s1lsoIiei SOHVeHtton.&1:#
S New York, March 20. S predicted
by Chairman w. ]. Connors, the Demo
eratic state committee voted almost
solidiy in favor Of an uninsfructed.
delegation TO the national convention.
But one voice was raised III oppo-
sition, that OF Charles r Williams OF
Lyons. who subsequently ex planned
that tl1i he stood for William j. Bryan,
and It Mr.. Villains could have had
his way the birthday gifts to the Ne
braskan Mould have included the
promise 81 united support by the
Democracy Of New York state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
T'uznors, Goiter, Fistula, Piles.

Va-icoceIe, Rupture and enlarged glands
treated and cured without pain and without
the loss Of blood. This is one of his own dis:
certainly sure cures of the. nineteenth cen
tury. Consultation to those interested, 81 90
DR. REA & CO.,
2o2 Nico!let Ave, Minneapolis, Mimi
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
ALLEGED ROBRER BEATEN
May Die of Injuries inflicted by Rail.
road Man.


A desperate fight between Adolph
Griffin and Conductor J. w. Saxton
OF the Northern Pacific railway in
the Gladstone yards of the. rail-
road, in which revolvers and drawpins
were used, resulted in Griffin being
taken to the st. Paul city hospital by
Sheriff Gerber. 1t is thought that the
man is fatally hurt. Griffin has sew
eral scalp wounds and it is thought
that there is a fracture at the left tenn
pie. His left arm is broken and he
is otherwise badly injured. Mr.. Sax
ton, the conductor, escaped with a
number of scalp wounds. He was
taken to his home in Gladstone.
The affair is said to be the result of
several robberies in the yards, and
the detection of Griffin in the caboose
of Saxton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
GENERAL Z Y KLINE DEAD.
Served in Civil and spanish-Amer-
lean Wars.

Baltimore, March Brigadier
General Jacob Kline, u. S. A., retired,
Is dead at Johns Hopkins hospital Of
kidney disease. He came to- BaItI
more some time ago from his home at
Newport News, Va, to undergo treat
ment. at the hospital for his maIady.
For time he seemed to improve, but
Sunday suffered q relapse. General
Kline was born ii Pennsylvania sixty
eight years ago He served ia the
Civil and Spanish American wars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Minneapolis sends Aid.

Fire destroyed eight business houses
Ut Braham, Isanti county The blaze.
was finally gotten under control
sby the aid 81 squad Of firenen from
Minneapolis The total loss N il not
exceed 500, 600
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Great Western Wage Dispute.

Word has been received at St,
Paul from Chairman Knapp of the
interstate commerce commission and
Commissioner of Labor Neill that they
will be unable to give any attention
to the question of change in the
working schedule of the employees on
the Chicago Great Western for at
least two weeks, and possibly longer,
On account of the press of other rail-
road matters which they are consider
ing at Washington.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-27
Horse Thief Kills Sheriff.

Butte, Mont, March 24.-Sheriff
Webb of Yellowstone county was shot
and killed by horse thief whom he
was attempting to arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-24

speed. as recent events both on level
ground and on hills will show
The more important of the prelimi-
nary events are the Denver. Col, $50
mile road race and a similar event at
Lowell. Mass. The Chalmers Detroit
Blue Bird which has a record of O.5l
for mile straightaway. was shipped
to Denver from the Chicago hill climb
to participate in the road race, while
the two Knoxes, shaft and chain drive,
were shipped from the Chicago AFFAIR
to Lowell. Mass.
American manufacturers find that
they learn from these road races more
than they can possibly get out of their
experimental work. The strain of run
ming a motor at its full capacity over
all sorts of road conditions not alone
develops what the motor can stand and
demonstrates its weak points, but also
shows the reliability and staunchness
of the rest Of the construction. 1t is for
this reason. quite as much as for the
publicity to be obtained. that the
American makers have gone into the
racing game quite as heavily as their
foreign competitors.-By Magnetic Jun
ior. Automobile Editor Chicago Exami-
ner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-24
NO HOME FOR Them.
Once an ImbeciIe. Always an Imbecile,
Says DIR. Clark

who enters here leaves hope be-
hind" would be suitable motto for
the front door of the state school for
feeble minded. at Winfield, Kan.
This does not mean that inmates of
that institution are getting into bad
quarters; on the other hand, the Win
field school is the best place for them.
But it means that a person who is
born an imbecile will never be right"
This is the verdict of DR.. I. w.
Clark, superintendent of the Winfield
school. in his report filed today with
the state board of control.
There is absolutely no cure for
imbecility." says DR.. Clark. "At best
we can only hope to partially over
come the mental defects of the in
mates SO as to make them in a meas
ure less dependent upon our care"
DR.. Clark goes on to explain that
the trouble with an imbecile is in the
structure of the brain itself 1.-The
BRAIN he says. presents arrested de-
velopment at stage corresponding to
a period before birth, or soon after
DR.. Clark goes on to comment on the
wonders of surgery and medicine, but
says that science holds out no hope to
the imbecile, because man is not en-
dowed with the powers of creating
that which is absent at birth.
DIR. Clarks report gives an interest
ing account of what is being done at
the school; how the 400 inmates are
being taught the elementary branches
and some manual training; how
amusements and entertainments of va
rious kinds are provided for the I'M
fortunates, and how the facilities of
the institution are being improved In
cidentally, it might be mentioned that
the per capita cost of caring for in
mates has increased only 90 cents dur
ing the past year.
OF the 407 inmates. 223 are boys
and 1874 are girls. There are II COL
ored inmates. The average age is Is
years. There are 20 employees.
DR.. Clarke says that the institution
should have more land for agricultural
purposes; that it needs $4,000 for a
superintendent's cottage. 1t also needs
a greenhouse, new school building.
and a store house, to cost whatever
the legislature can afford to give.