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Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
NORTHWEST BLIZZARD
Severe Storm Seriously Inter-
rupts Traffic.

st. Paul, Feb. 10.-Seven inches of
snow in twenty-four hours is the rec
ord made by the blizzard that swooped
down on St. Paul and which, coming
from the Rocky mountain region,
buried the entire Northwest under
heavy drifts, tied UP traffic almost
entirely and caused damage and dis
tress as far east as Central Illinois.
The schools in Duluth were dis
missed at noon and business was prac-
tically suspended. All trains were
handled by two engines and were from
one to three hours late.
Superior and Manitowoc, Wis, other
lake points, were also badly affected,
traffic of all kinds being tied up and
boats lying in their slips were badly
damaged by being driven with great
force against their piers.
In Wisconsin the force of the storm
was much heavier than here, the snow
being accompanied by a wind storm of
great velocity.
In South Dakota the kind blew at
sixty miles an hour and all business
was practically suspended. Trains
bound for this city over the North
western were tied up somewhere be-
tween Watertown and Balaton. MINI.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Street Gar Magnate Passes
Away at Minneapolis.
HAD Been I'LL THREE YEARS
Suffered From tuberculosis and
Complications.

Thomas Lowry, president of the
Twin City Rapid Transit company
and the Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Sault Ste. Marie Railroad company, is
dead at Minneapolis, aged sixty-five.
Death came as the result of linger-
Ing illness. For many months the
public has understood that Mr.. Lowry
was battling with hopeless illness,
tuberculosis, aggravated by paralysis
and other complications. For weeks
he has grown slowly more feeble. Sew
eral days before the end a decided
change came for the worse and from
that Gay he grew constantly weaker.
No man in the Twin Cities is more
generally known than Thomas Lowry
He was born in Logan county, ILL.,.
Feb. p, 1843. He was admitted to the
bar at Rushville, ILL.,, in 1857, coming
to Minneapolis the same year.
That marked the beginning of a
career which meant much to the Twin
Cities, as well as to the state and the
entire Northwest. He was the
father" as it were, and present head
of the Twin City Rapid Transit sys-
tenn. He was president of the Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
railway and was financially interested
in many of the large corporate enter
prises of the Northwest. He was
member of many of the leading clubs
here and in the East.
In politics Mr.. Lowry was a Repub-
lican, although he never held Office.
In 1901, following the death of Sen
ator Cushman K. Davis, his friends
persuaded him to seek the place, but
Moses E. Clapp was selected by the
legislature after a short, strenuous
campaign.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
NEEDS OF COUNTRY LIFE
President Transmits Commissions Re-
port to Congress.

Washington, Feb. 9. President
Roosevelt, in a special message to
congress today transmitting the re-
port of the country life commission.
says:
From all that has been done and
learned three great general and inn
mediate needs of country life stand
out:
'First - Effective cooperation
among farmers, to put them on a level
with the organized interests with
which they do business.
"Second-A new kind of schools in
the country, which shall teach the
children as much outdoors as indoors
and perhaps more, so that they will
prepare for country life and not, as at
present, mainly for life in town.
"Third-Better means of communi-
cation. including good roads and a
parcels post, which the country peo-
pie are everywhere, and rightly, unan-
imous in demanding.
Ito these may well be added better
sanitation; for easily preventable dis
eases hold several million country
people in the slavery of continuous ill
health"
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
ECHO OF TARIFF HEARING
Chicago Editor Assails Minnesota
a
Lumbermen.


In statement filed with the house
ways and means committee at Wash
ington by James Elliott Defebaugh
Of Chicago, editor of the Amer
lean Lumberman, regarding the eff
forts that are being made to induce
congress to remove the present duty
on lumber, it is asserted that the
principal witnesses who appeared be-
fore the committee in advocacy OF
free lumber are officers of British
Columbia lumber company. ~
The statement contains the an
nouncement of the organization of the
American Timber Holding company,
with a capitalization of $6,000,000,
holding title to about 1,500,000,00
feet of timber, located principally in
Western British Columbia, accessible
to tidewater. The purpose of the
company is to float, it is stated,
considerable part Of the stock on the
American market, particularly in the.
event of the removal or material re-
duction of the duty on lumber
zone of the chief witnesses on Nov.
20 was M j. Scanlon of Minneapolis,
who is president of the new COM
pany,' says Mr.. Defebaugh. ''The
leading witness of Nov. 20 was Theo-
dore M. Knappen of Minneapolis, who,
is now announced as secretary of the
Pritish Columbia Timber company.
Another important witness was F. B.
Lynch of st. Paul, who is one of the
directors. Further, an exhaustive
written brief, printed Dec. 10, was by
W. S. Dwinnell, who is treasurer Of
this timber comnanv"
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
TOTALS BILLION DOLLARS
Assessment of Minnesota as Figured
by State Auditor.

Assessment of Minnesota as Figured
by State Auditor.
Minnesota's total assessed valuation !,
for 1908 is $1,o65, ,O10,2OO, an increase
of $16,S07,743 over that of 1907, ac-
cording to figures just compiled by
the state auditors office.
The total taxes levied for all pur-
poses are $2S,732,636.97 and the aver
age tax rate for the state is 26.9S
mills, compared with 25.91 mills last
year.
The assessment does not include
values of companies paying tax on a
gross earnings. The total assessment
on acre property is $5S2,430,504 and
on city lots and buildings $316, ,963, PIT. -
The personal property assessment is
$166,016,420. The total acreage as
sessed is 41,331, ,2SS. compared with
4G,676,115 acres last year, but the
average rate of assessment per acre y
decreased from $14.23 to $14.07.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
UPHOl.DS PURE FOOD LAW
Decision Rendered by Minnesota su-
pren1e Court

Decision Rendered by Minnesota su-
preme Court.
The pure food statute was upheld
by the state supreme court when
it affirmed the decision of the
Hennepin county district court,
which granted judgment in favor of
Jacob Meshbesher against the Chan
nellene Oil and Manufacturing COM
pany, which was an action for dam
ages on account of sickness caused
from eating oil sold by the defendant
concern.
Another phase of the decision is to
make the manufacturer, instead of the
dealer, liable for violations of the act
The defendant sold the oil to re-
tail grocer of Minneapolis and the
plaintiff purchased a quart of it for
cooking purposes. It was guaranteed
to be pure, but an analysis showed it
consisted of 40 per cent of mineral oil
and so per cent of cottonseed oil. In
the lower court the plaintiff was
awarded 500 damages.
The court also holds that even
though there were no express war
ranty that the oil was pure the de-
fendant was liable in an implied war
ranty, since it was sold for cooking
purposes.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Soldier Ends His Life.

John Dye, popular gunner, men,
ber of the machine gun platoon at
Fort Smelling, recently returned from
Cuba, was found dying in the base
ment of the artillery barracks at the
fort by comrade. He was removed
to the post hospital and died. When
found revolver was clutched in his
hand and he was lying in a gathering
pool of blood. A bullet wound was
found in the left temple. A love af-
fair is held to be the cause of the act.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
California Assembly Yields to
Executive Pressure.
FORMER VOTE RECONS|OEREO
School Segregation Bill Recalled
and Killed.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 11.-Yielding
tc the pressure brought to bear by
President Roosevelt and Governor Gil
lett. the California assembly retired
from it's previous position on the anti
japanese matters by reconsidering the
former vote on the segregation of ia
panese students in the public schools
and finally rejecting the measure by
O vote of Al to 81. An effort by the
supporters of the bill further to re-
consider was lost by a tie vote and
the assembly is now clear of any anti
japanese measure objected to by the
national administration.
The fight for the suppression OF the
bill was won only after many hours of
heated debate on the floor. The strug'
gle started at 10:30 o'clock in the
morning on the presentation of a reso-
luton by Assemblyman J. P. Transue
of Los Angeles affirming the right OF
the state to govern it's schools, but
withdrawing the Japanese segregation
measure because of the presidents OBJ
lection to it and lasted until 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, when Grove l..
Johnson's motion further to reconsider
was defeated on a tie vote, 50 to SO.
The school bill is still to be consid-
cred in the senate, having been pre-
sented tfnr2 by Senator A. Caminett1,
but there IS little chance that the
measure will be approved when
brought up
81 am highly pleased with the ac-
tion of the assembly" said Governor
Gillett. The East has been deeply
concerned in the measures pending
here and feared that if the antiJapa-
nese 1egisl2t ION were pressed at this
time it wc;id have disastrous eff
feet"
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
MURDER IN MINNEAPOLIS
Slavonian Found Dead on Porch Of
Boarding House.

SOdT0in9 F1OuSe.
Mayk Mates, supposed to be Sla
vonian, twenty-four years of age,
was murdered in q boarding house
at Minneapolis conducted by Andrew
Ocak. Mrs. Ocak notified the police
that the body of man was lying on
their front porch. The police found
that the mans head had been beaten
in and continuing their investigations
they discovered a bloody trail leading
from Mates room in the house
through the hall to the front porch.
In Mates room they found bucket
of bloody water, an iron poker COW
cred with blood and suit of blood
stained clothes.
The police are searching for John
Baca, who roomed with Mates. The
two men worked in local grain ele-
vator, but Mates had not been work
ing for couple of nights and the
police learned that Baca and Mates
quarreled because Mates had not been
at work.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
POSITION OF ADMINISTRATION
President Discusses Jap Question
From National Point of View.

President Discusses Jap Question
From National Point of View.
Washington, Feb. 9.-'The policy OF
the administration is to combine the
maximum Of efficiency in achieving
the real object which the people OF
the Pacific slope have at heart, with
the minimum of friction and trouble,
while the misguided men who advo-
cate such action as this against which
I protest are following policy which
combines the very minimum of eff
cheney with the maximum of insult,
and which, while totally failing to
achieve any real result for good, yet
might accomplish an infinity OF
harm"
In this language President Roose-
vet in a long telegram to Speaker
P. A. Stanton of the California assem-
bly, set forth the governments view
Of the anti.Japanese school legislation
now before that body.
The president stated that the bill
tion and that the government would
be forced Immediately to take action
In the federal courts to test such &C
tien as it is held to be clearly viola
tion of the treaty obligations of the
United States. The telegram to
Speaker Stanton was sent only after
conference with Senator Flint and
Representative Kahn of California
and F. X. Lane of the interstate COM
merCa commission.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
CLAIMS TWO NOTED MEN
Death Ends Careers of Prominent
Frenchmen.

Paris, Feb. 9.-Death claimed two
of the best known men in France,
Catuelle-Abraham Mendes, the poet
and novelist, and Ernest Alexander
Honore Coquelin, known familiarly as
Coquelin Cadet, one of the last of
Frances celebrated actors.
M. Mendes' body was found mangled
in the railroad tunnel near Saint Ger
main, he having fallen accidentally
from a moving train. M. Coquelin,
stricken by the news of the death
of his brother, Benoit Constant Coque-
lin, on Jan. s7, expired in the arms of
his valet
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
ON LAST LAP OF CRUISE
American Battleshp Fleet Leaves
Gibraltar

Gibraltar, Feb. 6.-With the bands
on board playing Home, Sweet
Home" the fleet of sixteen battleships
under Rear Admiral Sperry left Glib
raltar for Hampton Roads on the last
lap of it's famous around the world
cruise of $4,000 miles.
The trip has been watched with the
greatest interest by all foreign pow
ers and wherever the vessels called
South America, Australia, Japan,
China, Ceylon, Egypt and the ports of
the Mediterranean-the officers and
men have been given hearty official
and private welcome.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS
Captain QLaItrough Found Guilty of
Being Intoxicated.

Gibraltar, Feb. Captain Edward
F. Qualtrough of the battleship Geor-
gia, having been found guilty by
courtmartial of being intoxicated
while on duty and of conduct preju-
dicial to the good of the navy, has
been suspended from duty for six
months, with an additional punish
ment of the loss of ten numbers in
rank Rear Admiral Sperry, comman-
der-in-chief of the Atlantic battleship
fleet, has approved the findings of the
conrtmartial. but the secretary of the
navy must take official action on the
recommendation for loss of numbers
Captain Qualtrough has been de-
tached from the fleet and ordered
home. He will go as passenger on
:he Georgia. Lieutenant Commander
George w. Kline, who was placed in
command of the Georgia, will con-
tinue in command on the homeward
iOurney
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
King and Queen Of England on
Visit to Germany.
PUT DOWN BY the POLICE
Demonstration Planned by Un-
employed Suppressed.

Berlin, Feb. 10-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra have arrived in Ber-
lin in fulfllment of a promise made
last summer and were warmly vel
coined by Emperor William and the
people of Berlin.
A demonstration by the unemployed
here planned to coincide with the ar
rival of the visiting monarch was only
partially successful. Several meet
ings of the unemployed were held in
various parts of the city, after which
those present formed in two process
sions and started to march to the pal
ace, whittier King Edward had been
escorted by Emperor William, and
the town hail. Their progress was in
tercepted by the police. The crowd at
first refused to be turned aside and
the police attacked it with drawn
sabers. Several men sustained saber
wounds and others had to be arrested
before the demonstrants could be di-
verted and order restored.
h1uS HuW dIO dA0 OuCCu AI0Aduuid d
received hearty welcome from the
emperor and the German people. The
principal interest of the first day of
the visit of the British monarchs CEN
tered in the speeches of the emperor
and the king, when proposing healths
during the course of the gala ban
quet at the imperial palace. The ut
terances of both were of the most cor.
dial nature, each emphasizing the
peacefl! sentiments and the close re.
lationship of the two nations
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
CHICKEN THIEF SUSPECTED
Minneapolis Man Found Dead in His
Chicken Coop.

George F. Hartin of Minneapolis
was found dead in a chicken coop at
his home with bullet wound in the
right side of his head just above the
ear.
The theory advanced by the friends
Of the dead man is that he surprised
a robber in the coop when he opened
the door and that the robber fred a
shot at him as he dashed through the
door to make his escape. A small 32-
caliber revolver with two empty cham
bers was found on the floor beneath
the body, covered with blood, while
several feet from the door of the coop
a shattered lantern which Hartin had
carried from the house was found
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
corned Beef for British Army.

London, Feb. 10.-A Chicago firm
has been awarded contract to supply
the British army with corned beef for
Q period of three years. The first de-
fivery, between 100000 and 1000 900
pounds, will be made next July and
further deliveries will be in accord
ance with the requirements of the
army. The meat will be packed at
Chicago under the supervision of Brit.
lsh army officers.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
AROUSED BY FAMILY DOG
Animals Barking Probably Saves a
Number of Lives.

New York, Feb. 10.-The barking of
a collie dog owned by Oresto Giolito,
proprietor of the Hotel Daleurope,
probably saved the lives of the dozen
guests who were asleep in the hotel
when fire broke out in the basement.
Giolito, who slept on the second
floor with his wife and three children,
when awakened by the dogs barking
found the hallway filling with smoke
An alarm was sent in and the fire was
checked Several of the guests were
overcome by smoke and had to be car
ried to the street.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Watchman Shoots Prowler.

A tragedy was enacted in the sum-
mer home of H. B. Gates at Lake
Minnetonka, when an alleged burglar
was fatally shot by Gustav Fabin, a
watchman at Woolnoughs hotel near
by The wounded man is dying as a
result of three bullet wounds inflicted
by the watchman, who opened fire at
him through window of the house
as he saw the man prowling about the
house left vacant by the owners
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
ANTl-ALlEN LAND MEASURE
Passed by Lower House Of Nevada
Legislature.

Carson, New, Feb. 6.-The Nevada
assembly passed the Giffen anti-alien
land bill, which provides that no
Asiatic, including the Japanese, shall
own land or land mortgages in the
state. .s.~
The measure passed in the lower
house of the legislature without op-
position, but it is believed the senate
by amendments will practically kill
the purposes of the bill so far as it
Is aimed at the Japanese Both the
assembly and senate adjourned until
Monday
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Senate-Salary Of secretary of state
reduced from $4,000 to $4,000, fellow
ing the discovery that Senator Phil
ander c. Knox of Pennsylvania could
not without violating provision of
the Constitution of the United States
accept the state portfolio in the Taft
cabinet.
House-Number of minor measures
passed and consideration of the agri-
cultural appropriation bill resumed.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Illinois Senatorial Deadlock,

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 10.-On the
thirtieth ballot the total vote in the
joint session for United States SEN
ator was: Hopkins, 73; Foss, 19;
Stringer, So; Shurtleff, ID; Mason, 4
Mckinley, Lowden and Calhoun, each
1; Sherman, 2; Mitchell, 4; John East
man, IS; constitutional majority of
joint session, 103; majority of those
present and voting, 93
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
INSURGENTS ARE DIV. )ED
Not q Unit in Attempt to Amend
House Rules.

Washington, Feb. 9.-An insured
ton within an insurrection occurred
in the house when a resolution was
introduced to change the rules of the
house. Two plans were presented in
two resolutions. One resolution, pro-
viding for what is designed as "calen-
dar Tuesday" and for the appoint
ment of committees by committee
on rules and committees to be select
ed by election from geographically
grouped states, was signed by twenty
nine members. The other resolution
provided merely for calendar Tues
day and was signed by seven mem
bers, who refused to sign the first
resolution.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
REDEEMED BY DRAINAGE
Million Acres Reclaimed In Minnesota
in Two Years.

Swamp lands in Minnesota to the
extent of 100000 acres were re-
deemed for agriculture through drain
age the past two years by the drain
age commission, according to the re-
port of George A. Ralph, state drain
age engineer. To accomplish this
seventeen bitches reaching nearly 200
miles were constructed, the cost
amounting to 1921, ,26O9O. The ex-
pense was shared between the state
and the counties, the state paying
$152,732.49 and the counties $142,725.-
"a. The commission spent $340,8S421
for the biennial period.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
IS CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Warrant Issued for Chicago Real Es-
tate Man.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Obtaining be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 by means
of forged mortgages is alleged by the
police against Elmer C. Duensing, a
Chicago real estate man, for whose
arrest warrant was issued. Duen-
sing is said to have disappeared from
his home on Dec. 80 last. The police
declare that Duensing's method of
operation was similar to that of Peter
Van Vlissingen, now serving a term
in prison for forgeries aggregating
500, 900.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Feb. 1O.-Cattle
s4.75@710; Texas steers, s4.35@5.20:
Western steers, S41065.70; stockers
and feeders. s3.3095.55; cows and
heifers, $1.90@5.10; calves, $3.50
500. IIogs-Light. se.O00e.50; mixed.
$610@6.60; heavy, s6.150665; rough,
$s.15@630; good to choice heavy
s6.30@6.65; pigs, $5.0065.90. Sheep,
s3.25M5.10; yearlings. $6.0007.10:
lambs, $5.75@770.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
HEAD OF BIG GAS COMPANY

corteiyou Goes to New York When
He Leaves Cabinet.
Washington, Feb. Sit is well un-
dsrstood among prominent officials in
Washington that Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelyou has accepted the
presidency of the Consolidated Gas
company in New York Mr. Cortelyou
has declined to either affirm or deny
the statement. but there does not
seem to be any doubt as to its truth.
It IS understood that the secretary
will leave Washington about March
for a rest of a month and possibly
longer and upon the termination. of
his vacation he will go to New York
and assume charge of the gas com
pany
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Lahr Acquitted Of Murder.

The jury in the case of Martin T.ahr,
charged at st. Closd with murder in
the second degree, returned verdict
of not guilty Lahr shot Vinus Esser
of Opole in saloon row. The testi-
mony of the defense showed that
Esser was the aggressor and verdict
of acquittal followed.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
DOINCS OF CONGRESS
Friday, Feb. 5.

House-Most of the session devoted
to private claims bills, scores of them
being passed. Message from presi-
dent vetoing the census bill received
late in the day.
Senate-Conference report on urg-
ent deficiency appropriation bill
agreed to. AS finally passed 1t ap-
propriates $4,000 for automobiles for
White House.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
DISCUSS LABOR QUESTIONS
Prominent Leaders Confer With Sec
retary Straus.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Many prom
inent labor leaders participated in a
council of labor" at the department
of commerce and labor and discussed
questions of vital interest to the wage
earners of the country, including the
problem of the unemployed. Presi-
dent Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and Commissioner
General Keefe of the immigration bu-
reau were among those active in the
gathering
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Tuesday, Feb. 9.

Senate-Question of the type that
should be adopted in the construction
of the Panama canal discussed, Sen
ator Kittredge, chairman of the COM
mittee on interoceanic canals; Sen,
ator Foraker and Senator Teller all
declaring that they believed a grave
mistake had been made in adopting
the lock project.
House-Bill changing methods of
administration on the Panama canal
zone discussed for six hours, many
amendments being offered and most
of them defeated Final vote on meas.
ure not taken.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-Wheat-May,
s1.11gz; July, s1,O0k k@1.O0a; Sept,
e61s @96Ac; Dec, 96Ac. Corn-Feb.,
61Ac; May, 641ac; July, 64@64hc;
Sept, 64A@64Ac. Oats-May, 53A
m533sc; July, 47Ac; Sept, 39%c.
Pork-May, S16.92k @16.95; July, S17-
O2.a. tter-Creameries, 23@30c;
dairies, 21025c. Eggs-30@34c. Poul
try-Furkeys, lie; chickens. 12Ac;
springs, 15c.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-13
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Feb. 10.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track--No. hard, $1.10B: No.
l Northern. $1.09%; No. Northern,
s107B, May, $l.O9B; July, $1.1OA.
Flax-To arrive, on track and May,
$16OB; July, $1591a; Oct, $1.33A