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The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
soARDER sLAYs LANDLORD.
Argument Ends In a Fight in Which
Duluth Man Is Killed

OuIutn man Is Killed.
Duluth. - Duro Karakas, an EN-.
ploye of the Minnesota Steel Com.
pany at New Duluth, was murdered
and his wife was badly cut. Payo To-
dorovic, boarder at the home of the
murdered man, is sought by the po-
lice. There were no witnesses to the
affair, excepting the injured woman
and accurate details are hard to get.
Trouble started over religious ar.
gument, ending in fight between the
two men, and after Karakas had been
stabbed to death, his wife rushed out,
side the house where the trouble was
being enacted. Todorovic turned on
the woman and stabbed her seriously.
She is expected to recover. The de.
scription of Todorovic sent out by the
police is that he is slightly over five
feet tall, has red face and small
sandy mustache: He was dressed in
dark clothes and wore q derby hat.
The bridge tender at the Northern
Pacific bridge between Duluth and Su.
perior reported to the police that az
the train leaving Duluth for the Twin
Cities was crossing the bridge he saw
a man, answering Todorovic's descrip.
tion, boarding the train.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
cUMMiNs-poLLlvER SUPPORTERS
RULE CONVENTION At
DEs MONIES.
CARROLL TREATED COOL
Carry Every Question With Majori.
ties Ranging Close to 3oo-Resu-
lars Efforts to Eulosixe Taft
Turned Down.

Des Moines, Iowa. Republican
Iowa wrote herself vigorous progress
sive at a convention which was in
an uproar most of the time. Senator
Cummins and Dolliver and the insur.
gent delegation at Washington were
enthusiastically indorsed, the new tar
If law was branded as failure in
the light of the party pledge of 1908.
President Taft received the most
tepid of lukewarm Endorsements.
A sop to harmony was flung out in
the Endorsement of the administration
of Governor Carroll.
An attempt to use the steam
roller" to make the state central com.
mittee overwhelmingly progressive
was called of, presumably at the hint
of Senator Cummins.
Senator Cummings was temporary
chairman; Senator Dolliver, perma.
nent chairman.
The progressive majority ranged
close to 300 on every question.
The resolutions committee was prog.
ressive, six to five.
The foregoing is a synopsis of the
days events. To it may be added
cheers and jeers; applause and hisses;
music and howls of discord.
Steam Roller Appears.
The appearance and disappearance
of the "steam roller" was one of the
diverting incidents Of the day. 1t
came about through the insistence of
the stand pat members Of the plat.
form committee in demanding an un.
qualified Endorsement of the Taft ad.
ministration: the legislative acts of
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
JONATHAN p. poLLIvER.

OnIIeO otdteS senator from Iowa.
the regulars, and hostility to Cum
mings and Dolliver.
Judges Horace f. Deemer and w.
D. Evans were renoninated for the
supreme court bench by acclamation.
A. M. Deyoe was the choice on sec.
ond ballot for the state superintend-
ent of public instruction. The Second
ballot showed no choice among the
seven candidates, but at its conclusion
the counties began changing their
votes to Devoe until he had S93 out
OF the 1,183 present.
The committee on permanent Or
ganization, which stood to progress
sive, brought forward the names of
Senator Dolliver and J. C. Mabray, the
latter a stalwart of Abba for perlna-
nent chairman. This furnished the
first test of strength, Dolliver win
ming. The latter made brief speech
in which he declared that a party in
which there were no differences of
opinion could not live.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
PRESIDENT COMING I SURE ''llIi
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO VISIT THE
TWIN CITIES.
No lntimation Given Out a to What
He or Mr.. Roosevelt Will
Say.

Baltimore, Maryland. - With the &C.
ceptance by President Taft of an in.
vitation to attend and address the Ma.
tional Conservation congress in st.
Paul in September, added impetus was
given to plans Of the officers of the
congress.
The presidents decision to attend
the congress is said to indicate that
Senator w. Murray Crane of Massa.
chusetts. who was in consultation with
Senator Knute Nelson in Minneapolis
Monday, wired the president advising
him to accept.
The presidents day will be the open,
ing day of the congress, when the 5000
delegates will be welcomed by Gov,
ernor Eberhart and by Mayor Keller,
Of st. Paul. President Taft will, in
his address, sound the keynote of the
congress.
Meeting Of Governors.
The afternoon session of the opening
day will be devoted to meeting of
governors. Twenty acceptances have
already been received by Mr.. Baker.
This session will be called the "house
Of governors" and will be presided
over by Governor Stubbs, of Kansas.
Problems concerning conservation
with special reference to the needs of
the state will be discussed.
On the morning of the second day,
Theodore Roosevelt will speak. In
the afternoon Francis ]. Heney, of San
Francisco, Herbert Knox Smith, direct
or Of the bureau of corporations; Sen.
ator Joseph M. Dixon, of Montana, and
Miss Madge Boardman, of the Red
Cross society will be the speakers.
Other Speakers on Program.
Other speakers who have accepted
invitations are: Senator J. P. Dolliver,
of Iowa; Representative F. C. Stevens,
Mimi; Senator A. ]. Beveridge, Indi-
ana; James Wilson, secretary of the
department of agriculture; Walter H.
Page, editor of Worlds Work; Cover
nor Hadley, of Missouri; Henry Wal,
lace, Des Moines, Iowa; Prof. Henry
S. Graves, United States forester;
John Barrett, director of the Bureau
of American Republics; James J. Hill,
St. Paul; Francis E. McVey, president
of the University of North Dakota;
James r. Garfield, former secretary Of
the interior; Thomas L. Lewis, presi.
dent of the United Mine Workers OF
America; Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of
the Denver juvenile court, and DR.. +.
F. Wesbrook, of Minnesota.
Mr.. Pinehot to Speak.
Last, but not least, to use Mr.. Bak.
cr's language. Clifford Pinchot, presi-
dent of the National Conservation as.
sociation, will deliver an address.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
TOM p. GORE.

SsasSo SSuseoE tTom SNtAnotuas
private secretary and brother to Sen.
ator Gore. D. F. Gore stated he was
in his brothers private Office at noon
on May 6, when Hamon appeared.
II stepped into an adjoining office
and left the senator and Hamon alone
except that once in a while went in
and out. When they cult talking, in
about 80 or 40 minutes, Hamon came
out into my room.
"Well, Dick" he said, "the senator
is getting awfully hard on his friends.
want to make lot of money, Dick,
and I don't care how make it." !
did not know then what they had been
talking about, but when Hamon left
the senator said he had been talking
about the McMurray contracts and
Hamon had offered him $25,O0O."
'"The senator said Hamon offered to
increase the amount. That's all that
was said to me about the matter at
that time. Later McMurray came to
me and said be was sure the senator
did not understand those contracts and
wished he knew of some way of max:
ing him understand. He invited me to
the hotel to talk it over. He also
wanted to know If would attend q
frog leg banquet which he was ar.
ranging. declined all OF these invf'
tations."
]. Leroy Thompson, stenographer to
Senator Gore, testified he also was in
and out Of the senator's room when
Hamon was present. He too was in
vjted to the frog Leg banquet. he
said, but declined.
That the Choctaw Indians who had
protested against giving 10 per cent
attorney fees to McMurray had been
asked to rescind their action, formed
the substance ot testimony offered By
w. A. Durant, Choctaw Indian, and
members Of the Oklahoma state legis
lature.
Durant asserted that at q Choctaw
council meeting resolution had beer
passed against the McMurray con
tracts. Later he said. several persons
had gone out into the Choctaw nation
urging the Indians to sign document
declaring themselves In favor Of thu
contracts, but most Of his tribe. ht
said, maintained their opposition.
Mr.. Hamon declined to discuss Sen
ator Cores charges and said he woult
make no statement except in response
to categorical questions.
Mr.. Hamon declined to answer ques
tions, saying he expected to appea
before the committee when he woult
tell all he knew.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
SLUMP IN THE AUTO BUSINESS
Bottom Seems to Have Dropped Out
Notwithstanding Boosting Efforts
of Manufacturers.

New York-Indications point to the
bottom having fallen out of the auto.
mobile business. The manufacturers
making strenuous efforts to keep up
show of continued prosperity, but
it is also said that they are not sell
ing their product, but are storing ma
chimes throughout the country at their
various. agencies to prevent the pub.
lie realizing the true conditions of the
market.
Several large concerns are laying
off men and. giving all sorts of rea.
sons for so doing except the state.
ment that they are overstocked. Two
or three of the largest factories re.
Gently closed entirely, ostensibly for
the purpose Of taking inventory, but
the workmen were not given any def.
mite time at which to again report for
work, and it is not excepted that
these factories will again be in oper.
alton this year.
A well-known automobile agent OF
this city said yesterday that all cars
would undoubtedly be selling at from
25 per cent. to SO per cent. less than
present list prices within the next
two OF three months. He added:
THE trouble with the automobile
business is that the farmers and peo.
pie of the smaller cities and towns
have not taken as kindly to the idea
as was anticipated. The farmers find
that the cost Of keeping them in re-.
pair and operation is more than the
cost of keeping horses to perform the
same work, and while there was, for
a time, tendency among the farmers
to invest in the machines. the demand
for cars from this class of buyers has
practically stopped. and I venture to
say we will not again sell to the farm.
ers to any extent until prices are ma
terially reduced"
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

.LaFollstte calling attention M tls
great wealth Of tho COL ana aSpha1t
lands owned BY tho IuAiaAs,
He said the United states govern.
ment survey had estimated the min.
eral deposits to be worth Sleo,000. 900
In 1906 he said McMurray had %.
tanned contracts with the tribes Of In.
dams for the sale Of the lands on .
10 per cent basis. In 1908 President
Roosevelt had registered hfs disap.
proval Of the contracts.
In the same year McMurray obtain.
ed contracts individually with 10000
Indians, there being then no law
against the execution Of contracts
with individual Indians. 1t was this
condition that aroused him to intro.
duce resolution in congress declar-
ing that all Indian contracts must be
approved by congress before they be-
came valid.
IA great many interests were at
work in promoting contracts. The
FIRST I knew that former Senator Long
was acting in behalf Of McMurray was
one day when I walked into the Office
of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger.
began to protest against the con-
tracts and was told not to talk so loud
as Mr.. Long was present and he was
interested in them
MeMurray's Denial.
Mr.. McMurray in an interview said:
Il have never approached any one
in this matter upon its merits. I took
the contracts in good faith. believe
they are legitimate and the compensa-
tion is not too great. Practically all
the Indians in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations want their land sold.
II do not know anything about the
incident of which Senator Gore and
Congressman Creagor speak. have
gone to them many times, but went
to them in person and did not send
an agent"
References to invitations to frog
leg" banquets and to alleged asser-
tions by Hamon, that Senator Gore
was "going back on his friends" were
made in the testimony of d. F. Gore,
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

The little submarine boat Salmon.
built for the United States navy,
seems to have shown beyond a doubt
that she is seaworthy. She made a
trip from Quincy. Mass, to Bermuda.
over course where rough weather and
heavy waves are frequently. encoun-
tered, and went through rather try
ing experience. But she stood the test
and has demonstrated that craft of
this kind may be operated effectively
on the surface of the water as we'll as
below. Her exploit adds another to
the list Of Observation-Disclosures.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Everybody will rejoice that the for
est fires which threatened destruction
to the big trees Of Sequoia National
park In Californa. have been brought
under control and that the danger is
past for the present. The big trees
are unique, and once burned could
never be replaced. They are among
the most interesting of the natural
curiosities of the United States, and It
1s to be hoped may be preserved for
hundreds of years in addition to the
long life they have already enjoyed.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A California girl. fined s25 for rae
ing her automobile against a steam
locomotive. told the magistrate that
the fun was worth the price. That is
the trouble with the speed maniacs.
The fun is more important to them
than the safety of the public highway
and the fine that may be thrown in.
The only way to stop it is to impose
a penalty that is weightier to them
than the excitement of railroad speed
on an open road.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
Want Land Rulino Modified

Pierre, So Dak.-Governor Yes
sey received telegram announcing
a meeting Of la commercial clubs at
Lennon at which meeting delegates
we're appointed from this state and
North Dakota and they request Gov
ernor vessey to accompany them to
Washington In an attempt to secure
q modification Of the executive order
which withdraws two hundred town.
ships In the Lennon districts from
homestead entry on the ground that
the lands are subject to control as
soal lands.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Americans are winning in fields
where intellectual ability counts. as
we'll as in more materialistic lines.
The Royal Academy of Science of
Prussia has conferred on young man
who formerly was a student at Colum.
bia university, New York, the Leib.
nitz gold medal, very notable dis.
tinction, and awarded only to those
showing high scholarship. The win
ner is the first American to whom
the prize has been given.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
Ry. strikers Return to Work.

Ry. Strikers Return to Work.
Montreal, Can. - About so per cent
81 the 5000 Grand Trunk conductors.
trainmen and yardmen who struck on
July 1S are reinstated. The develop
ments tended to show 2 liberal policy
on the part Of the railroad toward the
strikers. thesdelay. In placing many Of
them being due to the disorganized
condition 81 schedules and the impos-
sibility of re-estabhshing them Ia II
hours. Many Of the men running
trains were taken from other branches
Of the service and will be sent back
g their former smplpymsnt.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. S.-Cattle Steady: {:
beeves. $4.90@s.30; western steers,
$4.00@6.75; stockers and feeders, $4.Oo
@6.25; cows and heifers, $2.7p0e.60;
calves, $6.50@8.40.
Hogs-Market 10c to 15c lower;
light. $S.30@S.90; mixed, $7.7O@s.70;
heavy, $7.40@S.25; rough. $7.4O07. .6O;I
good to choice heavy, $7.6O08.25; pigs.
$8.25@8.90.
Sheep-Market steady; native, $3.50
@5.75; lambs, native. $4.5o@7.15;
western $4.75@715.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
OKLA. DEMOCRATS NAME cRucE.
Bird s. Mcclure Nominated for Con.
Qress.

Bird s. Mcclure Nominated for Con.
gress.
Oklahoma City, Okla. = Figures
from six-sevenths Of the voting pre-
cincts in Oklahoma give Lee Cruce a
lead of 16.139 over his nearest com.
petitor for the Democratic nomination
for governor.
Meager returns have been received
on the Republican ticket but McNeal
is leading with Ferguson and Fields
running hard race.
w. B. Harrison, campaign manager
for M. c. CARRIER, comedies the first
district congressional nomination to
Bird 8. MCGUIRE by 800 votes. Other
estimates give Mcclure $500. CARRIER
Is an insurgent.
The suffrage amendment disfranchis-
ing negroes is carried, judging from
fairly full figures.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A new use for ice is disclosed in
adyices from Waukesha. That was q
daring farmer who piled crystal blocks
about his fruit trees. to delay their
time for blooming till there was no
lonser danger Of q nipping change in
the weather.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
ALFONSO TO SEEK ADVICE.
Rulers Visit to England Not a Pleas
ure Trip.

London. England. Members Of the
British foreign Office practically ad.
mitted that. King Alfonso's trip Ia
England ct this time is not . pleasure
trip as announced, but for. the purpose
Of seeking advices regarding the desi
perate political situation that has aris
en- In Spain as the result Of the rup
ture between the government and the
Vatican.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A Florida woman who is the moth.
er of 19 children has received SOU
venfr spoon from the state. AS doz-
en- spoons constitute a set, it will read
lily be seen that she can furnish her
table sooner by saving trading stamps.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A st. Louis professor has discovered
that noise shortens life, and this dis
covery We recommend to the whis-
tling milkman and the neighbor who
rises at 400 a. m. to NOW his lawn.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A financial news item reports "su.
perfuity of money in London" But
even under such conditions and with
summer heat prevailing the average
Engl.shman probably will not admit
that he has money to burn.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

1t may be true that a COW gives
down her milk better when there is
music in the air, as an expert says,
but that is no reason why the milk
man should whistle while making his
early morning calls.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A New York woman has recently
been hunting through that city for
an honest lawyer. When last heard
from she was reported to be hoping
on.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
Quake In California.

Redding, California. An earth.
quake lasting about 10 seconds was
felt here, causing many to run to the
streets fearing their houses would
fall. There was no damage. The
quake was felt at Chico.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

The emperor of China is to wear a
military coat Of European cut and
tuck his shirt into his trousers. China
Is up and coming
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
GAYS STORY Is WITHOUT THE
SLIGHTEST SHADOW
OF FOUNDATION.
SPRINGS Big SENSATION
Congressman Mcclure, Senator Cur
tiss and Ex-senator Long also ai.
legged to be "lnter.
ested."

Big Moose, N. ", Aug. g.
vice-President James s. Sher-
man issued the following state
ment last night concerning the
charges made by Senator Gore
at Muskogee.
1.-THE story that comes to me
about the charges made by Sen.
ator Gore at Muskogee 10 alb.
soIutely without the slightest
shadow Of foundation"
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

That boy aviator who cuts circles
in the sky will not have to wait more
than week or two before finding
himself The hero of scent thriller.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

That New York woman who sent
$500 worth of jewels to the iceman by
mistake did not wrap up the chunk of
ice he left under the impression that
1t was diamond.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Instead of trying our popular songs
on the dog We should first have them
sung to the COW and note results.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Man has constructed the flying ma.
chine. but he has not succeeded In
tanning It,
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Life-insurance men who refused tc
take chances on the lives of aviators
made good guess.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
NORTH DAKOTA
Why worry when the swimming ID
good?

Flying is sadly in need Of safety
attachment.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
Don't make a man hot by telling
him to keep cool.

Among the few things that are bet.
ter broken may be mentioned heat
waves.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12
Dies Of InfanttIe PARALYSIS.

OIeS OF JHtdHtHe PaFaJyS1t.
Mason City, Iowa.-Burchell, the
3-year-old son of w. A. Nichols, died
of infantile paralysis. One new case
is reported from Burlington.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

A German scientist has found 61,.
100000 germs in raisin. Boil your
raisins.
The pioneer express., 1910-08-12

Former Albany Mayor Dies.
Bar Harbor, Maine. - A. B. Banks,
formerly mayor Of Albany. N. T., IL
dead at his summer home here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-26

Special to Times Republican.
GrinneN, May 26.-The many friends
in Grinneu and vicinity of Mrs. Jo-
sephine James, who lived in this city
for several years but who now lives in
Davenport, viii be pleased to learn that
her son, T NJ. James. who entered the
navy from the high school of this city,
has been promoted thru successful
examination. to the position Of ensign.
He mas been on the battleship Mime
sofa, now in the Portsmouth. Va. navy
yard and has just completed six
years course Of study and practice
Mrs. Samuel Nelson and her daugh-
ter, Grace Nelson, of this city, went
10 Des Moines yesterday TO attend the
funeral Of ]. W. Hulsizer, which oc-
CURED in the afternoon. Mr., Hulsizer
was one Of the Old settlers of Grinnell
and was for many years enga ged here
III the business of florist. Some ten
years ago he and Mrs. Hulsizer re-
moved to Des Moines where they have
since lived
Simpson met Grinnell on the Ward
Field diamond here on Tuesday and
went down 10 defeat by score Of 4 to
0, their principal difficulty being to
guess right about Zieglers pitching.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. VI. Brown, 432 Main
street, are enjoying a weeks visit from
their daughter, Mrs. Vera Brown
Noyes. Of Chicago.
Prof F. A Harvey is having the
pleasure OF visit from his mother,
Mrs. Mary L. Harvey. Of Denver, Colo.
who plans TO prolong her stay thru the
commencement season.
Iowa College will be in the Missouri
Valley meet on Saturday with the men
who Won at the trian gular meet at
Anes and the winners here al the state
meet last Saturday. In all there viii
be about twelve Representatives in at
tendance on that event.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Adkins of
North Spencer street. this city. ar
nounce the birth of a daughter to them
on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Laura A. Hoskin. wife of Mr.. E.
NJ Hoskin, 1880 Chatterton street, was
taken to the hospital Tuesday evening
for an operation for relief from cancer
but died suddenly before the operation
was attempted. The funeral took place
from the home this morning at 40
with services conducted by Assistant
Pastor T. A. DUNCAN of the Consrega-
ton church and the body was taken to
Big Rock, Iowa, for interment. Mrs.
Hoskin was nearly 81 years Of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mary Holmes. who live
on a farm some distance east of the
fair grounds, are in quarantine because
of mild case of scarlet fever from
which their infant daughter is suffer-
ing.
J. w Robson, the matchmaker re-
Gently bought Of George NJ. Christian
the lot and CID bricl. building facing
on Commercial street and adjoining the
alley between Broad and Main streets
1t is reported that he will reno the
present building and put up one suit
able for his business.