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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
COMMISSIONS RULE
BLAMED FOR TROUBLE
Reason for Railroads Surren-
dering Export Trade.
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Washington, July 31.-The report
that the transcontinental railroads
controlled by James J. Hill, Edward
III, Hartman, the Berwynd syndicate
and the Canadian government have
determined to surrender their export
trade to China, Japan, New Zealand
and Australia on Nov. has created
great deal of interest at the offices OF
the interstate commerce commission
in this city. If this action is taken
it will merely fulfill the prediction
that has been made by railroad Off
cials who have resisted the enforce
ment of the rule of the commission
by which they are obliged to publish
the portion of their export rate which
goes to the railroads for hauling ship
ments to seaports and to give notice
Of any increase or decrease in these
rates The purpose of the transcon-
tinental roads to take this action has
not been brought to the attention of
the commission, which has full power
to: modify its. rulings in order to meet
the objections of the carriers should
they care to do so. But as this mat
ter has been very fully considered by
the commission it is not regarded. as
likely that their rulings in this re-
spect. will be changed.
: The railroads have claimed ever
since this rule became effective that
they could not comply with it and
conduct their export trade. James J.
Hill gave an example of the difficulty
that confronted him in matter of
this kind when before the commits
sion, saying he had an opportunity to
bid on the delivery of $4,000 barrels
of flour to the Orient, but as he could
not quote rate without formally Civ
ing notice he was unable to make a
bid for the business and the delay
caused the order to be placed in Aus
tralia Constantly changing ocean
rates and the demands of trade, the
carriers have represented, makes it
necessary that they should be free to
quote rate on export business with
out moments delay. They have fre-
guently declared that the commits
sion's rule would put them out of the
export trade, with the result of caus-
ing an immense loss to the foreign
trade of the nation.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Got What They Wanted.

Got What They Wanted.
A good old Georgia brother who had
decided to leave an unremunerative
charge it impossible to COLES:
his SAL n his farewell sermon
81 ha :. more to add. dear
brethren, save this: You were all in
favor of free salvation, and the man
ner in which you have treated me
proves that you have got itr'-Atlanta
Constitution.
Costly Compliments.
'I'm afraid I shall be awfully stupid
now" exclaimed the foolish little wife
who had just returned to Ferndale
after a visit to the dentist
"Why so. my dear?'' inquired her
spouse.
''Why, my love. because I've had ali
my wisdom teeth pulled outr' explain
ed the foolish little lady.
"But, my darling" demonstrated the
husband, '9it's only a silly superstition.
you know, to believe that teeth really
have anything to do with wisdom. IL
you were to have every tooth in your
head extracted it wouldn't make you
any stupider, you know"
He succeeded eventually in smooth
ing matters over with his foolish little
wife. but it cost him new dress.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
MOTHER TO TESTIFY.
The Estate of the Late Timothy
Hennessy Still Unsettled.

The following news item relative
to the suit of Mrs. Mark Killoran to
establish her heirship to the estate of
Timothy Hennessy, appeared in Mon
days Minneapolis Tribune:-
Saltwater, Mimi, July 26-(Special.) }
The inability to secure the at
tendance of Mrs. Mary A. Coughlin of
st. Paul as witness has been the
reason for continuing for months the
final distribution by the probate court
of the large estate of the late pioneer
logger, Timothy Hennessy. The es-
tate was about to be divided among
relatives in Ireland when Morris Hen
messy of Duluth and Mrs. Anna A. Kill
oran of st. Paul made claim to the
estate alleging that they are children.
The alleged heirs testified in the
matter and old residents of Hastings
and Nininger told about James Hem
messy living in Nininger and conduc-
ing shoe shop in Has tings in the Sos.
From photographs they judged that
James Hennessy and Timothy Hen
messy were the same person. James
Hepnessy deserted his family about
40 years ago.
The mother of the woman failed to
appear as witness at several dates
fixed for hearing her testimony, and
deputy sheriffs failed to find her at
home in st. Paul. A detective agency
was employed to produce her and
after several visits in the guise of
peddlers an employe of Pinkerton's
surprised her at her home and brought
her to this city.
AS the attorneys for the children
live in Hastings another continuance
was ordered and the woman is under
promise to appear Tuesday to testify.
According to her story she married
James Hennessy in Massachusetts, and
they lived in several places before
going to Nininger. He left the family
40 years ago. Since then the wife has
not seen him and never saw Timothy
Hennessy, so that she is unable to say
whether her husband James was
Timothy Hennessy under different
baptismal name.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
OFFICERS and A
MOB in BATTLE
Two Dead and Nine Wounded
as Result Of Clash.
LYNCHING AT PENSACOLA

Protectors of Jail Finally overpow-
cred by Force of One Thousand De-
termined Men and Negro Accused
of Assault Taken From Lookup and
Strung Up to an Electric Light Polo
In Principal Park.
Pensacola, Fla, July 31.-Two men
them fatally, is the result of the clash
between mob bent upon lynching
Leander Shaw, a negro, and the sher'
lie and his forces, in which the mob
finally overpowered the authorities
The lynching was carried out in tho
most prominent park of this city,
Shaw assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis
a highly respected lady, near this city
during the absence of her husband
and, after cutting her throat almost
from ear to ear, dubbed her over tho
head with a revolver which he had
taken from the house.
When it became known that the ne
gro had been arrested crowds began
forming upon the streets and later
they were reinforced by large NUM-
bers of men from the country. The
mob formed about 8 o'clock in tha
evening and made an attack on tha
county Jail, where the negro was con-
fined. The Jail gate was broken down
by the mob and the sheriff and his
deputies opened fire. Three men
dropped with the first volley from the
sheriff's forca, who were using Win
chester rifles and shotguns. Volley
after volley was then fired by the
mob and the sheriff's force, but the
mob was repulsed. ~.
About midnight another attack was
made, the mob having been increased
to 1000 determined men. The sec
ond attack was successful, for the
reason that it was made upon all
sides of the Jail One party forced
it's way through the rear, overpoWered
the Off GERS and secured the trembling
negro.
A moose was slipped about his neck
and after being dragged for ten blocks
he was strung up to an electric light
pole in the center of the park where
fully 1000 bullets completely riddied
his body.
Mrs William Davis, whose throat
was cut by the negro, is still aliVe,
but it is said she cannot recover, The
baby, who was struck by the negro at
the time he tried to kill the mother, 1t
is said, will recover. slars~T.srs.<si
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
cordovan Leather Boots.

At the court of Elizabeth the wide
topped Spanish boot, handsome, and
to our eyes, theatrical, became popular
among the rival courtiers, each en-
deavoring to outvie the other in the
queens eyes. The most handsome and
admired Of all were made of white
Cordova leather, edged with costly
lace and having gold spurs. Some
times buff and red and much more
rarely the now prevalent black leather
was the material. Shoes for men
seem to have gone out Of fashion dur
ing the Stuart era, so far as the upper
classes went. Your plain citizen al
ways adhered to more or less sub
stanttal shoe when at home and eel
dom drew on boots save when on a
journey.-London Saturday Review.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01

Politics are only part of a country
EDITORS life. The social affairs of the
community are nearest to him. The
proud father who brings in cigar
with the notice of the seventh baby's
arrival (why cigars and babies should
be associated in mems minds never
understood), the fruit farmer who
presents some fine Ben Davis apples
in the expectation that he will get a
notice, are but types. The editor
may have doubts concerning the needs
of family of the proud father, and
he may not be particularly fond of
Ben Davis apples but he gives gener
GUS notices because he knows that the
gifts were prompted by kind heart
and the giver are his friends.
When joy comes to the household
it is but the working of the hearts
best impulses to desire that the
princess of the family has, after many
years waiting, welded prosperous
merchant of the neighboring county,
brings the family into prominence in
the home paper. Seldom in these
busy times does the editor get a piece
of wedding cake, but nevertheless he
fails not to say that she is Zone of our
loveliest young ladies and the groom
is worthy of the prize he has won."
The city paper does not do that.
Here and there country editor
tries to put on city airs and give the
bare facts of E'social functions" with
out personal touch to the lines. But
infrequently does he succeed in
reaching the hearts of his readers and
somehow he finds that his contem-
porary across the street, badly print
ed, sprinkled with typographical
errors and halting in its grammar;
but prof fuse in its laudatudes is get
ting an unusual number of new sub
scribers. Even you, though you pre-
tend to be unmindful, are not dis
pleased when the day after your
party YOU read that the guests "went
home feeling that a good time had
been had" .
And when sorrow comes! Into the
city home of a city friend of mine
death entered, taking wife and mother.
The family had been prominent in
social circles, and columns were
printed in the city papers, columns OF
cold, biographical facts-born, mar
ed, died. But the news went back TO
the small country town where in their
early married life, man and wife had
spent many happy, happy years, and
in the little country weekly was quite
another story. It told how much her
friends loved her, how saddened they
were by her passing away, how sweet
and womanly had been her character.
The husband did not send the city
papers to distant acquaintances; he
sent copy after copy of the little
country weekly, the only place where
despite his prominence in the world,
a sympathetic relation of
he loss that had come to him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
County Exhibit at State Fair

Stevens county expects to have a
creditable exhibit at the state fair
this year and the committee having,it
in charge desire the assistance of
farmers and gardeners in gather
ing samples which will creditably
represent the products of the county.
The committee is composed of F. r.
Putnam, D. T. Wheaton and Boyer
Aune, and samples can be left at the
Morris National Bank.
Samples of grain should be pulled.
and made into sheaf about two
inches in diameter. Samples of vege-
tables and other field crops should be
saved, and brought in just before the
fair.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
SUNDAY Games Prohibited.

On account of considerable obiec-
ton having been made to the playing
of baseball here on Sunday, the execu-
tive committee of the Stevens County
Agricultural Society, at meeting
this week, passed the following reso-
lution:-
"Be it resolved by the executive
committee of the Stevens County
Agricultural Society that no games,
or sports of any kind be hereafter
permitted upon the grounds of this
society upon the Sabbath day"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
The Country Editor.
CHARLES MEAUGHER HARPER,
IN ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

Eulogles and laudatory paragraphs
alternating with sneers, ridicule and
depreciations, long have been the lot
of the country editor. Pictured in the
comic papers as an egotistic clown.
exalted by the politicians as a mighty
'smoulder of public opinion" occas-
ionally chastised by angry patrons
and sometimes remembered by de-
lighted patrons, he has put his errors
where they could be read by all men
and has modestly sought fair credit
for all his merits.
At times he has rebelled-not at
the treatment from his constituency
but at patronizing remarks of the
city journalist who sits at a mahog-
any desk and dictates able articles
for the eighteen page daily, instead of
writing local items ata pine table in
the Office of four-page weekly.
Thus did one voice his protest:
'sWhen you consider that the coun-
try weekly is owned by it's editor and
that the man who writes the funny
things about the country papers in
the city journals is owned by cor
poration for which he writes, it
dosen't seem SO sad. When you see
an item in the city papers poking fun
at the country editor for printing
news about John Jones' new barn
and you laugh and laughter you
know ON one of the pages of that
same city daily is two column story
in regard to the trimmings on the
gowns of the Duchess of wheel-bar-
row. And it is all the more amusing
because you know that the duchess
does not even know of the existence
of the aforesaid city paper, while
John Jones and many of his neighbors
take and pay for the paper which
mentioned his new barn. Don't
waste your pity on the country news
paper worker. He will get along"
After all, no one man in the COM
munity has SO large an opportunity to
assist the town in advancement as the
editor. 1t is not because he is smarter
than others, not because he is veal
thy but because he is the spokesman
to the outer world.
The country editor leaves out GER
tain good things and certain bad
things for the very simple reason
that the persons most interested are
close at hand and can find the indiv-
idual responsible for the statements.
He becomes wise in his generation
and avoids chastisements and libel
suits. He finds that there is no last
ing regard in sneer, no satisfaction
in gratifying the impulse to say
things that bring tears to women's
eyes, nothing to gloat over in open
ing wound in mans heart. If he
does not learn this as he grows older
in the service he is poor country
editor.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Death of c. III. Colyer.

H. Colyer, of Wheaton, a brother
of W. L. Colyer, of this place, died at
his home in Wheaton on Tuesday
morning, July 2Sth, from diabetes
Mr.. Colyer's death was unexpected
at this time, tho it was known that he
has not enjoyed good health for
several months. Deceased was so
wears of age, and has been resident
of Wheaton for thirty years. He
was we'll and favorably known not
only in Wheaton, but thrUout this
section of the state, and had a wide
circle of friends in legal and political
circles. and was prominent Mason.
He was to have been candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
legislature at the coming primaries.
Deceased is survived by his wife, and
also by his father who lives near
Wakesha, Wis, four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Miller, Mrs. Allie Gaspar, Mrs.
Martha Lins, residing in Wisconsin
and Mrs. Adelia Baily of Los Angeles,
Cal, and two brothers, Dewitt Colyer,
ofLos Angeles, Cal, and W. L, Colyer,
of this place. Funeral services were
held at Wheaton on Wednesday, after
which W. L. Colyer accompanied the
remains to Wisconsin for interment.
Real Eestate Transfers.
William F. O'Brien to Mary Fitz-
gerald, ne14, sec. "A, Darnen, S4,325.
P. j. Raw to L. M. Bickal, 81, sec.
IA, Eldorado, $4,000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
ON STRIKE FOR A DAY.
French Workmen Stop Labor as q
Demonstration.


Paris, July 31.-The general strike
of twenty-four hours declared by the
General Federation of Labor as dem
onstration and protest against the
killing of workmen by troops at Wig
neux is in operation. The reports in
dicate that $4,000 men of the build.
ing and allied trades, including elec-
tricians, stopped work No trouble
is feared in Paris, but an extra regi-
ment of cavalry has been ordered to
Vigneux, where gigantic demonstra-
ton is planned The authorities have
decided to prevent labor organizations
from leaving Paris by train.
Vigneux. France, July 31.-Vigneux
was invaded by several thousand
strikers from Paris, carrying red flags
and singing socialist songs While
squadron of cavalry. was passing
through the streets the crowds stoned
the soldiers and four shots were fired
at them. Fortunately no one was hit
The commander of the cavalry turned
his men down a side street in order
to avoid collision.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Ex-Governor Budd Dead.

Stockton, Cal, July 31.-James H.
Budd, former governor of California
and long prominent in Democratic
politics, died at his residence in this
city after an illness of fortnight Of
uraemia He was fifty-eight years old.
Husband-I'm afraid I'm becoming
cross eyed, my dear. ~
Wife-The idea! Why do you think
that? -,--4szsaa@sSkasasAns"~- =
Husband-This thing Of trying to
look at my income and our expenses
at the same time is slowly but surely
getting its work in.-Chicago News. |
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Taft Reaches Hot Springs.

&. Hot Springs, Va, July 31-Judge
Taft and party have reached Hot
Springs from Cincinnati The trip
was without incident General and
Mrs. Henry C. Corbin were travelling
companions and Senator Scott OF
West Virginia. who boarded the train,
had an extended talk with the candi
date regarding national committee af.
fairs
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Killed by Missouri Marshal.

Deseto, Mo-, July 31.-A young man
representing himself to be J. II. Pol.
man of st. Louis was shot and instar.,
ly killed near here by Marshal CID
wallader as he was endeavoring to
escape arrest on charge of passing
forged checks. Pollman tried to get
away in buggy, but the marshal
overlook him in an automobile.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
ARSENIC CAUSED
THEIR DEATHS
Poison In StomachS Of Mrs.
Gunness and Children.
FORMER THEORIES UPSET

Growing Belief That Woman Accused
Of Many Murders May Have Killed
Her Offspring by Administering
Drug and Ended Her Life in Like
Manner-Move to Be Made to Sc.
cure Release of Ray Lamphere.
Laporte, Ind, July 31.-Coroner
Mack has announced that DR.. Walter
Haines of Rush Medical college, Chi
cago, who analyzed the stomach OF
Andrew Helgelein of Aberdeen, S. D.,
last victim of Mrs. Bella Guinness.
finding strychnine and arsenic in IA
tai doses, has also found in the stom-
achs of Mrs. Guinness and two of the
children arsenic and stryehnine in
quantities sufficient to have caused
death. The discovery of poison in
the woman's stomach and that of her
children has upset many of the former
theories in the case and has opened
UP the possibility of Mrs. Guinness
having killed the children in the same
manner in which she took the lives OF
her victims and then having ended
her own life with a fatal dose.
AS the result of the finding of poi
son in the stomachs of Mrs. Guinness
and her children and the contention of
Attorney Worden that it establishes
the innocence of his client the lawyer
announced that he would at once pre-
pare papers to go before Judge Rich
ter in the Laporte circuit COURT and
either ask for the release of Ray Lam
pnere upon a writ Of habeas corpus or
would ask for the reduction of bail
Lamphere is now held without bond
on six murder charges.
A conference between Prosecutor
Smith, Sheriff Smutzer and Deputy
Sheriff Anstiss, who are working on
the Guinness case, resulted in the fol-
lowing formal statement being issued
jointly by them:
Officials Issue Statement.
''The report of DR.. Haines that he
found arsenic and strychnine in the
bodies of Mrs. Guinness and her two
children makes it absolutely sure
thing that Mrs. Guinness is dead,
which position, the public will remem-
ber, has been maintained all the time
by the sheriff's Office and the prose
cutor's Office Whether Mrs. Guinness
killed herself or not is mooted cues
tion. We hope now that this report
will set at rest the wagging tongues
of few who have seen fit to declare
that Mrs. Guinness is still alive for
the seeming purpose of creating a SEN
timent TO that effect among the citi-
zens of Laporte and elsewhere: AS
officials of Laporte county. and Off
ciais sworn to do their duty, we have
no desire, and never had, to punish
any one unjustly. Just what effect
this report may have upon the trial of
the case against Ray LampheFe we
are unprepared to say at. this time
1t is a sure thing, however, that un-
less we have meritorious case and
we are quite sure of results we will
not unnecessarily put the county to
expense. At the present time it does
not seem that the report of DR.. Haines
will have much bearing upon the ques-
but the main issue, it strikes us, is
the establishment beyond any possi-
bility of contradiction that the much
found Mrs. Bella Guinness is dead"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
LANDSLIDE Destroys Village.

innsbruck, Austria, July 31.-The
village of Merh les Bains has been
destroyed by landslide. Sixteen
persons are reported to have been
killed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Licking Them In Advance.

There is custom which embodies
the wisdom Of Solomon observed by
the Pueblo Indians. Once a year an
Indian, garbed in the skin Of a noun
tain lion, which represents his God,
whips such of the children of the COM
munity as are between the ages OF
four and ten, both for the wrong they
have done and the wrong they are go
ing to do. The happiness Of these chll-
dren, who have paid the penalty Of
their misdoings for year in advance
is difficult to estimate. The respect
of the Indian boy for his elders and
his obedience to his parents testifles
to the efficacy of this treatment and
suggests thr wisdom of its introduc-
ton to tb1 gilded youth of the metrop-
olis.-A ". Dimock in Outing.
Fun ls a Necessity.
Most people have the impression that
fun and humor are life incidentals, not
necessities; that they are luxuries and
have no great bearing upon ones ca
reer
Many think of fun as frivolous, indi-
eating lack of serious purpose in life.
There are parents who rebuke their
children because they want to have
fun and go in for good time. These
parents have yet to learn the great
part which fun and humor play In tho
physical economy and their influence
on the life.
What a comDlete reyolution In yonr
whole physical and mental being
comes after seeing really funny play!
You went TO the play tired. jaded.
worn out, discouraged. AL your mental
faculties were clOgged with brain ash.
You could not think clearly. When
You came home you were new being.
Success Magazine.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-01
Extremes,

ChamS the French caricaturist. was
talking one day with a Gascon, who
Dragged that his fathers ancient baro-
nial dining hall was the wonder of the
world. It was so high you could hard
" see the roof
''AIys father had a dining room" said
Cham, (which was just as remarkable
the other way. 1t was so low that the
only fish we could serve at table was
Hn,Jndarfn