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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
Supreme Court WI Not Review
Tie Big fina Casa
WRIT OF CER1lORlRI ASKED
Decision Simply Denies Petition
Of the Government.

Washington, Jan. The }2s,o0o..
900 lne case: Of the Standard Oh com.
pany will not be reviewed by the su.
preme court Of the United States.
The decision Of the court to this ef.
feet Was announced by Chief Justice
Fuller. The case came to the court
on petition filed by the government
asking the court In . petition for !
writ Of certiorari to order up the rec,
ord 81 the casesfor . review Of the
decision of the United States circuit
court Of appeals for the Seventh cir
cult, BY which Judge Landis' original
decision imposing q fine, Of $29, 900 900
against the Standard on company for
accepting /. rebates from the railroad
companies was reversed.
/: In the supreme court the case
turned largely upon the right of the
court to interfere In view Of the fact
thatsth case had been passed upon
BY me court Of appeals. the govern.
ment contending for such privilege gas
. right, while it was urged ii behalf
Of the,soil company that the prece-
dents were all against such q proceed.
ing. The action Of the court consist
ed III the announcement that the gov
ernment's petition would not i be
granted. The effect Of this announce
ment will : be to leave standing the
decision Of the court Of appeals, which
Was adverse to the government and
favorable to the company.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
NOTICE OF MORTGAGES FoREcLO-
- SURE SALE.

49, e J =
made Sssrss sh pGSH; eIei # ssl &c
phine Bickell. his wife, as mort s. oi1. ! 10
s sc Trust ConPanys Sae1~
the Register st Deeds Of Morrison County.
y on the 18th day Of March ie
in Book q 81 Mortgages On page les:
: Default haze been made in the condi-:
t tt;e. .,d sE.ses'eats5 END coysnsnts 81
due and is due the subscriber ct, the date
of this notice upon the said no1tgage che
sqm Of FIFTY Dollars end forty.eix ht cents.
that by virtue of power of sale contained
in eaid mortgage, and Of the statute In
such Gaze made and provided, said mort
de e ede . E. sae
and hereinafter described, to satisfy the
amount which shall at the date of eaid
with, the costs and expenses of said sale,
81 twentyf,Se dollars tssee' IS az as.or
gage TO be paid in case Of foreclosure.
Said sale will be made at the North Front
Door OF. the Court House, in the City OF
on Saturday the 18th day of February 1aeo,
BY Che sheriff Of said Morrison County al
public auction, to the highest bidder for
The premises aesctibed in said mort
gage and 20 70 be sold are situated in the
County OF MorEioon and State of Mime
sofa. and are known and deecrjbed AS
follows:
me west halt twa4) of the southeast
quarter t6Eht OF Section Thirtv-one ISL
In Township One hundred and Thirty-one
7 t13fl North Of RanRe Thirty-one t3i) west,
containing Eighty {6O( acres, more or less,
according 10 the U. S. Government Sur
We thereof
Dated January !, 1863.
SECURITY TRUST co.
txroxy
AMBROSE TIGHE, ..- -.
Its Attorney il
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TON FOR PROBATE OF WILL
ESTATE OF THOMAS F. MURPHY
State Of Minnesota, !
County of Morrison. J

State OF Minnesota,
County of Morrison
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas
F. Murphy, ST., deCedent:
The state of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the allowance and probate
of the will of said decedent:
The petition OF Hattie H. Murphy being
duly fled in this court. representing
thatThornas f. Murphy. then a resident Of
the County e. Morrison, State of Mime
sofa, died on the 29th day of Nov,
1905 leaving last will and testament
which is presented to this court with
said petition, and praying that said
instrument be allowed as the last will
and testament of said deCedent, and
that letters testamentary be issued
thereon 10 H attic III. Murphy.
Now Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, it any you have. before this court,
at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House. in the city of Little Falls, County
of Morrison. State of Minnesota, on the
9Th day of january, 1909, at 10 O'Clock
a, M, why the prayer OF said petitloa4
should not be granted.
E. F.SHAW,
Judge of said court, and the seal of said
court. this 18th day of Dec, 1905.
{Court seal) 8. F. SHAW,
DIS Probate Judge.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
BURTON HAS CLEAR FIELD
Taft and Foraker Quit Ohio Senator.
ial Contest

Columbus, O., Dee. 31.--Congress-
man Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland
was decided upon as the next United
States senator from the state of Ohio
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, brother
of the president-e elect and Mr.. Burton's
most formidable opponent. withdrew
from the race and Senator Joseph 8.
Foraker issued a statement later adj
hitting for the first time since the at
tacks made upon him during the re.
cent national campaign that his de.
feat for reelection was certain. AL;
the minor candidates have withdrawn
so that the naming of Mr. Burton IN
party caucus will be but a formal.
itv
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08


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s.. 96 NeWkifk /. z. Il. O4
Patch. 4. 06; Palmer, Z. 81.
1910 Penfeld, j. u s. 50 i; Palmer.
u j. 9. IS; Patel, Dwight, .18.
Ross, wv. a. l.86s 81: :.
Schmidt, Jacob. Brow. Co, .94
Sears. r. p 8.68 Seeley, G. II, AZ
y Townsend, a. G. ~ :; Townsend.
Gaud, .80; Theodore, Hamm Brew.
ing Co., 4.68; Torgerson, O. O., 228;
Townsend & Hodge, 400. Wilson,
Alfred. 40; Wickund, John, $50;
WEIGH, w. H., Q. A. Wilson, G.. 4.72;
Waite. s., 1 80; Wilson, Ames, {. o.
Wolf0rd, And, q. 81; Wilson, 4. L. !,
%; Wolf q Torgerson, 9. co.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
'EN \! ! j ! TRAGEDY | | ]
IN WITNESS BOX
LIS. Beisel Tells Of Killing
Of Captain Erb.
SAYS HE THREATENED Her

Appeared in Hall With Revolver and
Che Grappled With Him in strus.
gle for Life-After Securing the
Weapon She "Fired and Fired and
Then All Grew Dark Before Her and
She Remembered No More"
Media, Pa, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Catherine
Deisel, on the stand in the trial in
which. she. and her sister, Mrs. NJ.
Florence Erb, are charged with the
Killing of the latter's husband, Cap
tain y. Clayton Erb,. continued under
direct examination her story Of the
shooting of Erb. The witness told Of
having been summoned by telephone
from . nearby hotel by her sister,
who said that Captain Erb had been
beating her.
when got to the house," she con.
tinued, I'VE went to my sisters room
andbA minute later my sister went to
the, Bathroom, saying that she would
tell me all about Erb beating Her
.sinoS, he came home. Then heard
Mr., Erb's loud voice. ~
Mrs. Beisel covered her face with
highlands and shook with emotion.
She went on: , @'; y
ran into the hall. I saw him with
revolver. I'll get you now he said,
and,he came toward me. AS he came
K sprang at him."
"'' Re-Enacts the Tragedy. ,...
The spectators In the room CAPPED
open eyed at the witness as she en-.
actedain the witness box the tragedy
Of Erb's death. She said she did not
know whether she got the revolver
theAf'or during the struggle after
wafds.. She told of the tussle with
Erbnfos5 life; how he held the pistol
toward her face; how she knocked It
up, Ibraced herself against the door,
released herself from his grasp and
how he caught her again. I
y fired at him"
j Mrs. BeiseYs, voice rang to the farth-
est.scorner of the courtroom. She
fred, and fred, she said. Then all
grew dark before her, she said, and
she did not know what happened next.
She had tainted.
The witness told Of events subse-
Quent to the shooting and was then
cross examined by District Attorney
.MacDade. This brought out nothing
new.
Mrs. Beisel was followed on the
stand by several physicians. The
medical men told of having treated
Mrs. Erb for injuries she said had
been inflicted upon her by Captain
Erb. The defense then rested.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
IOWA W0MAN'S AWFUL DEED
Kills Her -Four Children and Commits
Suicide.

Rockwell City, Ia, Jan. 6.-Mrs
John A. Powell. young mother, shot
to death her four children following
quarrel with her husband. She then
placed the rifle against her body and
fred, the bullet piercing her throat.
She and the eldest boy, Ned. nine
years old, fingered for time, when
both died within an hour of each
other.
Mrs. Powell lined the children up
against the wall and fired a bullet
into each. After she had shot all the
boysrshe fired at her heart by placing
the rifle on the floor and pulling the
trigger with her foot.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
FIGHT MATTER IN COURTS
Foraker to Become Attorney for Dis
charged NEGRO Soldiers.

washington, Jan. 6.---After March 4
next the activities Of Senator Foraker
Of Ohio awill be transferred from the
United States senate to the courts.
While no definite understanding has
been reached concerning his course it
Is believed he, will become attorney
for some of the Brownsville soldiers
In an effort to test the constitutional
fly of the presidents action in dis
charging them without honor before
The end of their enlistments.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
COUNTS PETITION ]. DENIED 0,
Princess de saaan Retains Custody Of:
Her Children.

Paris. Dec 31-The petition Of
Count Boni de Castellane that the
custody of his three sons be given to
his mother, the Marquise de Castel.
lane, was denied The court ruled
that the children remain in the Gus
tody Of their mother. Princess de sa-
gan, formerly Miss Anna Gould Of
New York.
The court ruled further that the
children should not leave the Con-
tinent without its permission Begin
ming Oct. 10, 1909, they are to be
placed in q college: situated within q
hundred miles Of Paris.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
YANKT0N SAILS FOR MESsINA
Has Medica! Supplies and Doctors on
Board

Port Said, Jan. 6.-The American
scout cruiser Yankton has left here
for Messina with medical supplies and
provisions on board for the earth
0uake sufferers She carried also y
number Of doctors.
The Connecticut, the flagship of
Rear Admiral Sperry; the Vermont,
the Kansas and the Minnesota arrived
here from SueZ. They will sail for
Naples as soon as they have taken on
coal.
The itinerary OF the feet is being
modified in consequence of the Mes
sina earthquake, but the details of
the new programme have not yet been
announced.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
Relief Train in Collision, :.
ANSWER TO The HOUSE:


Washington, Jan. 4.-Replying to
the resolution of the house of repre-
sentatives asking the president TO- ex-.
plain the references to the secret
service in his recent annual message
Mr.. Roosevelt sent a special comm,l-
nication to the house. a,ss..5yE 90.
HE declares that the representatives
are wholly unjustified in assuming
that the language of the message,
which commented on the prohibition
placed by congress on the use of the
secret, service men in cases other than
those of connterfeiting ("and one or
two other matters which can be dis
regarded''), is intended to cast slur
upon them: -.
The language which the representa-
tives wanted explained is as follows: ::
"1fle amendment in question oper-
stes only to the advantage Of the
criminal, of the wrongdoer The chief
argument in favor of the provision
was that the congressman, did not
themselves wish to be investigated
By secret service men. A special ex-
ception could be made in the law pro-
hihiting the use of the secret service
force in Investigating members of the
congress. Tt would be far better to do
this than to do what actually was
done and strive to prevent or at least
to hamper effective action against
criminals by the executive branch of
the government"
The special message declares that,
notwithstanding the umbra9e taken
by congress at this wording, "a care
full reading Of this message will show
that said nothing to warrant the
statement that the majority Of th*,
congressman were in fear Of beii3g
Investigated by the secret service
mon CT that congress as a whole
was actuated by that motive
Denies Making Statement.
"I did not make any such statement
IN this message. Moreover, ! have
never made any such statement about
congress as q whole nor, with a few
beIs OF congress in any message O.;
article of speech. On the contrary.
have always not only deprecated, but
vigorously resented, the practice OF
indiscriminate attack upon congress
and iEdiscriminate condemnation OF
all congressman, wise and unwise. fit
and unfit, good and bad alike"
| Mr.. Roosevelt declares the evidence
! that members of congress did moi
! wish themselves investigated by secre;
service men is found in the debates
| recorded in the Congressional Record
He denonnces as wholly unfounded q
newspaper story 20 the effect that he
wishes to make Chief Wilkie of the
secret service "a second Fouche, mod
e'ed after the notorious chief of pc
lice Of Napoleon.
The real Issue, says Mr.. Roosevelt
is, Does congress desire that the
government shall have at it's dispose
the most Efficient instrument for thu
detection Of criminals and the proven
ton and punishment of crime, or doe!
it not?'
He cites cases in which the secre
service has secured evidence enough
to convict offenders against the fed
tral laws.
| A letter from the president t,
Speaker Cannon protesting agains
the cutting down of::the appropriation
for the secret service. two letter
from Secretary Cortelyou on the sam
subject and the. newspaper article Al
ready mentioned are appended to tn
message.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
cairo. Making Good progress.

Berlin, Jan. 6. Cipriano Castro, the
former president of Venezuela, who
vas operated upon by DR.. James ls.
rael for malady Of the kidneys, II
reported as making satisfactory prog
ress. IL will be several days, how.
ever, before the danger point =
passed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08

John J. Goar, an organizer for the
Nh who is we'll known here,
MAJ Ian made district manager Of the
order for Eastern Washington and
Eastern Oregon, -. -.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
ADD 70 TERR0R OF RE PLE
Slight Earthquake efoctss Occur d
Stricken District

SsssO0Ssv ~ -
Rome, Jan. mo serious damage
has resulted from any Of. the new
earthquakes. according to reports
made to the government.
There have been recurring shocks
IN stromboli and a distinct shock In
Southeastern Sicily: Messina, Reg
eio, Paint and other Of the devastated
cities have also, been slightly shaken.
"A tremor hardly appreciable was
felt at Pcsaro and Fano, Adriatic
coast towns in the department Of Mar.
chest, many miles north Of the recog-
nized quake region. i i5s..
While but little damage has been
done by this new series &c has served
to terrify the people throughout all Of
Italy, as 1t is feared that another vio-
lent shock will come and duplicate
the ruin wrought along the Strait Of
Messina.
Scientists say that the seismic dis:
turbances are lasting an unusually
long time and that the "earth's un.
rest" is likely at any moment to mani
fest itself in another wrench such as
the Calabrian and Sicilian coasts suf
fered.
Relief Train in Collision, {.
Messina, Jan. AT Nivza, between
Messina apd Catanfa, a freight. train
ran into and telescoped q, relief train
crowded with injured persons, FIVE OF
whom were killed. -. .s.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
NEW AERoPLANE RECORD

Wilbur Wright Remains IN Air Over
Two Hours.
Lemans, France, Dec. 31.-Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplanist,
beat all previous aeroplane records
here with magnificent fight that
lasted for two hours and nine min.
utes. He covered oficially q distance
of seyenty-three miles, but as mat
ter Of fact, counting the wide curves,
he made over ninety miles. Mr..
eright's feat was the more remark.
able because Of the intense cold.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
TOWN. OF MOTLEY.

Burglund, John. $12.1 IA; Green,
John. 3. A; Marriage, Howard, 1895
Morey, w. E, 9;34; Morey, A; f..
Jr.. 4.82; Nygren, John. 5. 81: Oliver.
r. H., 5.61; Randall, Ole, 80
Scherling, j. p, 1872; Swedberg.
Peter, 0.28.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
CHICAGO PASTOR GIVES
INVITATION TO ANGELEN0S
DR.. Dixon Says Cordial Greeting viii
b. Given to Westerners at Moody
Church in Windy City

DR.. A. c. Dixon preached his closing
sermon last night at the Temple Bap-
tist church. In the course of his pre-
liminary remarks he invited the mem
bers of the congregation to go to
Moody church when they visit Chicago.
81 would be glad. for you all to come
to my home-if you don't all come at
once" said DR.. Dixon to the congre-
CATION that filled the large audi
torium. He took for his text Luke
14:17 He said:
1.-The gospel is a feast. If you make
it a funeral it's your own fault. The
gospel of Christ is like the old-fash-
ioned country dinner table--it's all
there, and you can just reach right
out and take what you want. I like
that better than the modern small
sample style, not knowing what is
coming and eating largely by faith.
"Come, brethren, the feast is waiting
for you. You don't have to make your
devil can make it the next day. Peace
has been made for yeu by Jesus Christ,
and all you have to do Is 70 accept 1t,
and. better yet, the God of Peace.
"It is the mission of every Chris
tian to make definite Gods invitation.
It is your mission to go to the indi-
vidual and say That means you The
greatest neeQ OF the CHuTCn is IIlat
every member should become a soul
winner, not simply on Sundays, but on
every day in the week.
Some people are so terribly polite
and oily that when you think you have
them they can wriggle out in the most
courteous way, and while they are
perfectly polite to you, and admit
everything in the Bible, they are i'm
polite to Christ-they are polite to you
but impolite to your Master. If a fell
low gets mad and says that he never
will listen to that preacher again, he
will come back. But it is the fellow
that never gets mad who can excuse
himself so eloquently that you admire
his eloouence. that never comes back.
"In Chicago a good MANY of these
people say that they would become
Christians if there were not so many
hypocrites in the church. Do they say
that in Los Angeles? A man that pre-
tends to be good when he is not is a
hypc crite. but if you go to perdition
through fear of the hypocrites you will
spend all eternity with all the hypo-
critics If I have to take my dose of
hypocrites would rather take it right
here on eartht for where I expect to
go there will be no hypocrites.'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-16
DELUSION OF OUR AGE
is RACE FOR WEALTH
Minister Points to Fact That Morgan
and Carnegie Are Known Where
Plato Is Forgotten

EVERY age has it's overmastering de-
lusion," declared Reynold e. Blight,
minister of the Los Angeles Fellow
ship, yesterday morning, "and'the stu
pendous delusion of this our age is
that happiness is to be found in the
possession of material things. This is
why the whole nation seems to be al
flicted with mania to get rich. Our
customs laws, ideals, education and
ethics are colored by this delusion. The
boy is not crudely told that he must
get rich, but he is given the achieve
ments of money kings and industrial
magnates to emulate, and he is taught
that success, defined in terms of ma
terial possessions and commercial or
political power, is the great thing to
be desired The average American boy
is more familiar with the names of
Morgan, Carnegie and Gould than he
is with the names of Buddha, Socrates
or Newton. He probably has never
heard of Arnold's Song Celestial or
Plato's Republic, but he knows the
output of the Chicago slaughter houses
and how John d. Rockefeller accumu-
lated his millions.
There are riches more real than
gold, or precious stones, that cannot be
taken away by force, that cannot be
bought in the markets of the world
and that grow more precious as the
years pass by. There are the riches
of friendship, of beautiful and uplift-
ing thoughts, of a clear conscience, Of
contentment, of tender love. of q
strong, noble character, and of spir
itual experience. These unpurchasable
riches are available to all who desire
and earnestly seek the highest good" 3"