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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
PARIS STRIKE AT AN END
General Federation of Labor Admits
Defeat.

Paris, May 22-The curtain was
iung down upon the general strike
amid recriminations by the leaders,
who tried to throw the responsibility
for the failure upon each other and
the defeated postal employees. The
end came when few hundred labor
ers voted to resume work. The gen.
eral federation of labor then threw up
the sponge and issued a manifesto in
which they seek to cover up their re-
treat, explaining that the postal en-
ployes were over confident of the sue.
cess of their second strike, which
everything shows was prepared and
instigated by the government, which
was DESTROYS of an opportunity for
avenging itself against the leaders of
the first strike"
With the surrender of the general
federation of labor the strike of the
postmen, which already had practical.
ly ended, collapsed entirely and the
few men who were still on strike de-
cided to return to their Offices and
try to secure their old positions The
postmen and few other unions are
now raising a fund from which to give
the dismissed postal employees $50 a
month until they can obtain other en-
ployment.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
TESTIFIES IN RATE CASE
J. J. Hill on the Stand at st. Paul
Hearing.

rearing,
James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of directors of the Great Northern,
was called to testify in the rate hear
ing case before Master in Chancery
G. E. Otis at st. Paul. Mr.. Hill was
on the stand all day supporting the
statements of previous witnesses of
the road regarding the cost of repro.
ducing the Great Northern and as to
the confiscatory freight rates in Min
i1esota. #s2~ ss @ny 4.G zsE.st e.si~4 eas'"
Mr.. Hill maintained that the rail-
road had always made its rates as
low as possible and that they have
been and are the lowest west of the
Mississippi between Manitoba and
Mexico. The reason given for the
rates being lower here than in Iowa,
Mr.. Hill said, was due to his policy
of building up the state.
Mr.. Hill paid a tribute to Patten,
the Napoleon of wheat, as the bene-
factor of the American farmer. He
said that if Patten hadn't cornered
wheat it would have been exported
and then no one, could say what the
price of wheat would have scared to.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
PIONEER PRESS is SOLD
st. Paul Dispatch Secures Control Of
Property.

The st. Paul Dispatch has bought
the Pioneer Press Of that city. Off
cial announcement has been made
and the property taken over by the
new owners, George Thompson and
Charles f. Grasty.
The evening edition Of the Pioneer
Press, which has been published for
some nine months, will be at once dis
continued. The morning and Sunday
editions will be published as at pres
ent, but from the Dispatch building.
Included in the Pioneer Press sale
are the newspaper proper, the build
icg at Fourth and Robert streets, the
manufacturing department on Third
street and the Northwestern News
paper union, which furnishes ready
print service for rural papers.
Walter Driscoll is now managing
the job business and will probably
take it over by purchase. The build
ing and the ready print service are
also likely to be disposed of, leaving
the new owners with only the news
paper property
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
WHEAT STILL HIGHER
Sensational Advance in Price
Of All Active Options.

Chicago, May 24.-Wheat prices adj
vanced sensationally on the board of
trade, gains ranging from IL cents
in July to 2B in September. May
wheat, the medium of the Patten op-
erations, and the other active options,
July, September and December, all
established new high record prices,
which were well held at the close
The best prices of the day were May,
S1.34A; July, $1.191s; September, ST.
IL, and December, $1.09A.
The relatively unimportant rise in
July was due to the fact that that OPP
ton was sold out by traders, who
transferred their deals to September
and December. There was evidence
that December was bought on huge
scale by prominent bull
The excitement of the day was
based on startling reports of prospec-
tive crop shortages in Kansas and
Oklahoma. One authority declared
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
BY A DECISIVE MAJORITY
Senate Kills McCumber's Free Lum.
Der Amendment.

Washington, May 25.-Free admis-
sion of foreign lumber was defeated
in the senate by vote of Sc to Is.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa, asserting
that the removal of the lumber tariff
would strike a serious blow at the
protective policy, gave unexpected aid
to those opposed to free lumber.
Democratic reinforcements came in
under the banner of Senator Bailey
of Texas, who asserted that a mod
crate lumber tariff was tariff for
revenue only. Those who voted for
free lumber were:
epublicans-Nelson and Clapp,
j., Minnesota; Johnson and McCumber,
North Dakota; Crawford and Gamble,
South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; La
Toilette, Wisconsin; Bristow and Cur
tbs, Kansas; Brown and Burkett, Ne
braska; Beverage, Indiana; Burton,
Ohio; Du Pont, Delaware.
Democrats-Clay, Georgia; Culber-
son, Texas; Frazier, Tennessee; Gore,
Oklahoma; Hughes, Colorado; New
lands, Nevada; Paynter, Kentucky;
Rayner, Maryland; Shively, Indiana;
Stone, Missouri.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
ALLEGES ILLEGAL MONOPOLY
Minnesotan Files Complaint Against
Express Companies.


A general attack on the system of
management of the principal express
companies doing business throughout
the country has been started by State
Senator B. E. Sundberg of this state.
Senator Sundberg has lodged a COM
plant with the interstate commerce
commission in which he declares the
American, Adams and United States
Express companies have formed them
selves into an illegal monopoly for
the control of the express business
throughout the United States and that
they are conducting such monopoly
in violation of the Sherman antitrust
act of 1887. He asks the commission
to break up the monopoly and fix
schedule of prices for the express
business which will bear a fair rela-
ton to the cost of transportation.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29

Boiler of Hoop Mill at Dowagiac,
Mich, Blows Up.

Dowagiac, Mich, May 27.-Of eight
men who were in the Geesey hoop
mill here when the mill boiler ex-
ploded, five were instantly killed, one
died later of his injuries, one was Sc
verely hurt and one miraculcusly es-
capped without injury, though the en-
tire building tumbled about him like
house of cards. The dead are:
Deforest Geesey, owner of the mill;
Frank Geesey, brother of the owner;
Otto Behnke, mill employee; Charles
Fritz, planer; Estil Gambler, fire.
man; Marvin Stewart, workman.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
MINNEAPOLIS MEN DROWNED
Their Skff capszes in Lake Near
st. Paul.

Their Skiff capsizes in Lake Near
st. Paul.
Through the capsizing of the skif
from which they we're fishing Thomas
Dunn and Roy Wagner, both of Min
neapolis, were drowned in Turtle
lake, which is located short dis
lance beyond the J. ]. Hill farm
near st. Paul. Several other boats
were on the lake at the time the ac-
cident happened, but were so far
away that the occupants could not
save the men. Dunn was taken from
the lake still conscious, but he died
shortly after reaching the shore, while
rescuers were desperately trying to
resuscitate him. Later the body Of
Wagner was recovered.
The accident happened in a part of
the lake which is included in Ramsey
county and Coroner Arthur w. Miller
brought the two bodies to ST. Paul.
They were later claimed by relatives
and taken to Minneapolis.
Dunn was the proprietor of sa-
loon. He was forty-two years old and
was single.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
FATAL FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA
Five Persons Drowned and Ten Seri-
ousIy Injured.

Oklahoma City, May 25.-Five peo-
pie are dead, at least ten seriously in
jured, several thousand acres of crops
are inundated and every stream in
the northern and eastern part of the
state is raging as result of almost
unprecedented rains in the past TWEEN
ty-four hours in Oklahoma. A num-
Der of houses have been washed away
The dead are:
Mrs. w. w. Brown and three chill
dren of Foraker; Mrs. Hattie Jones,
negro.
Railroad tracks near Shawnee,
Holdenville, Tulsa, Pawnee, Musko-
gee, Vinita and Oklahoma City are in
bad condition, and sections of track
are washed out. Bridges are unsafe
along the Arkansas, Cimarron and Ca
madam rivers and traffic is generally
DELAYED
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
PickpOckets Get Away With ST.
I29 at Minneapolis.
JOSTLED IN GETTING ON CAR
Cashier of Mill City Concern
Loses Weekly Payroll.

Jostled by four men while going
aboard a Bloomington street car in
front of the Security bank building in
Minneapolis c. c.. Reynolds, cashier
of the Housekeeper Publishing com.
pany of the Mill City, was robbed Of
$1,129 -
% Reynolds had just drawn the money
in Currency and it was in small
canvas bag. which was in the inside
pocket of his coat,
While entering the car the four men
crowded about him. He had not
walked more than few steps into
the car before he realized what had
happened and he ordered the con-
ductor to stop the car. He was too
late. The pickpockets did not get on
the car and by the time he reached
his starting point no one was in
sight. ,ss~9'S~.f'r7' :, q
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29

that the two states combined would
not produce more than 100000
bushels. A private wire from Kansas
City stated that -four mills were in
creasing their warehouse capacities
in order to store more wheat, thus
preventing it's being shipped out.
These and other items of similar
import aroused bullish enthusiasm
fully the equal of any during the
height of the Patten operations in
May wheat
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Slight Shocks Felt In States Of
the Middle West.
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE
Many Chimneys Raced and Few
Small Fires Started.

Chicago, May ga slight earth
quake shock lasting only a few sec,
onds was felt in the states of Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa
and contiguous territory, beginning at
8:41 a. m. :
Reports of the vibrations, but record
ing no material damage were received
from the following cities: Peoria,
KeWanee, Rockford, Joliet, Dixon,
Streator, Galena, Freeport, Blooming
ton, Moline, Elgin, Aurora, Springfield,
ILL.,; Beloit and GAINESVILLE, Wis;
Davenport and Dubuque, Ia, and Mus
kegon and Kalamazoo, Mich.
Throughout the territory affected
the only damage was of minor ma
ture. Several Small fires were start
ed by the overturning of stoves and
many chimneys were razed. Aurora,
Ill, is said to have suffered particu-
larly in this respect.
At Beloit, Wis, all the college build
ings rocked violently. Many persons
experienced difficulty remaining on
their feet.
At Joliet, ILL.,, chairs and other light
objects were overturned and at Dixon
gas fires were shaken out At South
Haven and Benton Harbor, Mich,
windows ratified violently and much
chinaware was broken. At Dubuque,
a., the vibration seemed to have had
the effect of two shocks. Davenport.
Ia, also felt two shocks, the first
shock being the more violent.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
st. Paul Banker Sentenced.

Arthur z. Drew, former Hamline
banker, found guilty at st. Paul of
having received a deposit of SIG in
the Bank of Hamline when he knew
it was insolvent, was sentenced to
two years in the state penitentiary by
Judge Olin B. Lewis of the district
court. Pending an appeal Drew was
released in bail of $4,000
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
AFFECTS LONG ROUTES ONLY
Bill to Increase Pay of Rural Mail
Carriers.

An increase in the rates of pay
for rural free delivery mail carriers
is provided for in bill intro
duced in the house by Representative
Stevenson of Minnesota. It provides
that after July 1, 1911, letter carriers
of the rural delivery upon routes ex-
ceeding twenty-four miles in length
shall be paid at the rate of $3.50 per
mile per annum for the first twenty
four miles and s1S.75 per mile per
annum for each additional mile of
route over twenty-four miles.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
In BATTLE WITH BURGLAR.
Mayor Carmody of Cedar Rapids, la,
Dangerously Wounded,

Cedar Rapids, Ia, May PA series
of sensational burglaries came to
climax here when an unknown thief
shot and dangerously wounded Mayor
John T. Carmody. Previous to enter
ing Carmody's house the burglar
robbed Father ]. J. Toomey's home,
covering the priest with a revolver.
While the police were investigating
the Toomey affair the bandit entered
the Carmody home, two blocks dis
tant. The mayor grappled with the
intruder and was shot in the abdo-
men. Carmody continued to fight, but
finally fell exhausted at the bottom Of
the stairs, while his assailant es-
capped.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
FOREST FIRES ON RANGE
Many Small BIazes Reported From
Various Points.

Reports of forest fires on the ranges
of Northern Minnesota are once
more beginning to be heard. There
is fire raging near the town of Au-
rora and force of men from that vii
1age is at work fighting back the
flames. The flames destroyed an Aus
trian boarding house two miles north
of Aurora, but all the inmates escaped
in safety.
Many small fires are reported at
other points on the range, but as yet
none of the other range towns or vii
lagos is threatened.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
HELD TO THE GRAND JURY
st. Paul Girl Accused of the Murder
of Her Father.

Louise Arbogast has been held for
the grand jury at st. Paul on
the charge of numbering her father,
Louis Arbogast. Following the action
of the court she discussed business
affairs clearly and lucidly, with no in
dication of mental trouble.
Louise Arbogast, in an interview
with friends, positively denies having
done the murder and says she does
not know who did it.
Miss Arbogast's arraignment was
private, Judge Hanft excluding all but
attorneys, attaches Of the court and
representatives of the press.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Woman Attempts Suicide.

Miss Lizzie Dewald, twenty-five
years old, was found near death in her
room at st. Paul from the effects of
drinking carbolic acid. She was hur-
riod to the city hospital in patrol
wagon and later it was said that the
young woman would probably recov-
er. 1t is supposed that she intended
to end her life. The motive is un-
known
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Second Robbery in a Year.

A gang of burglars blew open
the safe in the North St. Paul post
office and secured about 5000 in cash
and stamps. The safe was blown to
pieces and the two-story brick build
ing was badly damaged by the explo-
sion. It is the second time the office
has been robbed within a year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Mistake Proves Fatal.

Mistaking a bottle of carbolic acid
for a medicine he had been in
the habit of taking Theobald Ratz-
ner of Minneapolis, thirty-nine years
old, swallowed the poison and died q
short time afterwards.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
LAUNCH CARRIED OVER DAM
Four of the Occupants Drowned at
Grand Rapids, Wis.

Grand Rapids, Wis, May 27.-Four
persons were drowned and four 9th
ers rescued from capsized gasoline
launch which was carried through the
sluice gates of the dam of the Con-
solidated Water Power company of
this city and dashed to the rocks be-
low. The drowned are: Miss Bessie
Anderson, Miss B. Bogiger, Miss May
Forse and Ralph Anderson,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Minnesota Cases Advanced.

A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that the cases of the Chi
cago Great Western and Great North
ern railroads against the state of Min
nesota were advanced for argument
in the supreme court on Nov. 2. The
question involved is the validity of
the Minnesota gross earnings tax law
of 1905.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Garment Factory Destroyed.

The garment mandatory of Kol-
liner Bros. & Neuman at Still
water has been completely de-
stroyed by fire. The flames started
in the basement and spread rapidly
throughout the entire building There
were over 100 women and men en-
ployed in the factory. The loss is
estimated at $125,000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
Balm for Broken Heart.

Miss Olive NJ. Hill, nurse of st.
Paul, was awarded verdict of $4,000
against Hugh A. Jones, the station
agent at the village of Newport, in her
breach of promise of marriage suit at
Saltwater.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-29
ELLIOTT GOING TO MANILA
Minnesota Supreme Court Judge Will
Resign.

It is officially announced at St.
that city will be named a justice of
the supreme court to succeed Charles
B. Elliott of Minneapolis, who will
tender his resignation to Governor
johnson before the close of the month
Judge Elliott goes to the Philip
pines, where he will succeed Judge G..
A. Willard as associate justice of the
supreme court of that district. Judge
Willard is now federal Judge, having
been appointed by President Taft vice
Milton D. Purdy, whose appointment
by former President Roosevelt was re-
fused confirmation by the senate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
Taxicabs for Rent

At all hours. Taxicab Auto Livery Co.,
S19 Van Ness av. Phone Market $50. :
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
CHARGE MADE AGAINST
"RAFFLES" AND DOUBLE
Accused of Attempt to Commit
Petty Larceny

George H. Donahue, "the mysterious
Mr. Rafles'' of the Chronicle. and
Leonard Simpson, his companion and
double, were booked at the city prison
yesterday on charge of attempting to
commit petty larceny. The complain
ing witness is C. A. Nidever, clerk in
a book store at 724 Market street,
where the two defendants tried to short
change him out of SIS on the night of
August IS.
Joseph G. Gallagher. plumber. 1880
Valencia street, who positively identi :
fed Simpson as man who short
changed him out of SIS about two weeks
ago. promised to call at police head
quarters yesterday and swear to a
complaint charging Simpson with
petty larceny but he failed to make
an appearance.
Detectives Bunner and Freel have
been detailed by acting Chief Anderson
to find victims of Donahue and Simp-
son and they will endeavor to get as
many as possible to swear to com
plants against them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25

court for last month. when Judge
Deasy's court collected fines far in
excess of the courts or Judges Shortall,
Conlan and Weller. They want to
know what becomes of the various ar
rests of chauffeurs for violating the
speeding ordinances; why notorious
criminals are so often discharged.
POLICE ARE BLAMED
The police judges blame the police.
declaring that insufficient evidence
forces dismissals. The police blame
the police judges, and the grand jury,
in its deliberations, after comparing
the convictions in this city to those in
others and in the face of the differ
ence existing between Judge Deasy's
court and The others, are inclined to be-
lieve the police.
The data on the subject before the
grand jury is voluminous and gives
rise to some of the following pertinent
questions:
what relation exists between Nc
Donough Brothers. saloonmen and bail
bond brokers' and the workings of the
police court?"
what basis is there for the widely
circulated report that certain of the
police judges are indebted to Nc
Donough Brothers."
why undesirab bic Migrants like Ike
Willis and Frank Harris are allowed
TO openly boast that they can make
things right with Judge ConlanT
Whether there is any. basis in the
common accusation that Nick VAL
lianos, the official court interpreter, is
the owner of a gambling den on Third
street, and which the police have
raided repeatedly without being able
to close it up?'
These are some of the many queries
which the grand jury is attempting to
have answered TO the satisfaction of
the people. Judge Shortall is out of
the city, but he will in all probability
be hailed before the jury when he re-
turns in the hope that he may be able
to throw some light on the mass of
scandal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
CHECK PROVES woRrHLEss-R MeIallar

rant charging him with passing fctitiou,
check for S44 drawn the Bank of Italy OF
A. Moro, 1917 Dupont street. June Is.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
DISCUSS SITE FOR NEW
LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL
Supervisors Offered Land at
Pine. HYDE and Bush Streets

Where the Lowell high school shall
be built occupied the attention of the
supervisors building committee yester-
day, and three sites were put forward
for the new bond issue structure. No
decision was reached.
Anton Borel for the lie Roys, now
living in Paris. rejected a tentative
offer OF $4,000 for the First avenue
property in Richmond, which it had
been proposed to use. the property
having been offered to the city at
$130.5o0 by the owners and appraised
by the city's experts at $114 900.
The use Of the present site of the
Denman school at Bush end Hyde
streets by the purchase of the adjoin-
ing holdings of the De Laveaga estate
and others. represented by Lyon &
Hoag. was advocated by George Beloel,
who contended for a central position
for the school. and said this site would
be equally accessible from all districts.
With the city's Denman lot, a site
fronting 252 feet on Bush, 240 feet on
Pine, and 273 feet on Hyde might be
secured for $4,000, Beloel said. and
the committeeman were impressed with
the location.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
MAN TELLS THRILLING
STORY TO CHAUFFEUR
Says He Was Held Up and Shot
FOotpad

A. M. Winters. chauffeur for the
'Taxicab company, picked up a man AT
Twenty-third and Mission streets ahout
2;30 o'clock yesterday morning who
said he had been held up by two men
about an hour previous at Twenty
fourth and Dolores streets. He had
been shot In the leg, and thought he
had wounded one Of the robbers.
Winters drove the man to a house
in Pennsylvania avenue, but did not
know the number, nor did he get the
mans name. No such holdup was re-
ported to the police, and no one heard
any shooting in the locality mentioned.
Dennis Burke. 1904 Hampshire street.
was held up by three young men as
he was entering his home shortly after
i o'clock yesterday morning and
robbed of a gold watch One kent
him covered with revolver.
William Norme, 247 Steuart street
was relieved of a gold watch. chain
and locket. valued at $715O, on the
Barbary coast early yesterday morning
The office of DR.. d. F. Mulvihill. den
tist $3.50 Mission street, was entered
by thief Monday during his absence
and six gold crowns a gold plate and
scrap gold valued at $50 stolen.