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RECORDS BROKEN
Iff IALL STREET
Total Business on '$hange in 1905
Is Over a Billion and a
Quarter.
Special to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 29.The total
amount of business done on the stock
exchange during the business year end
ing at noon tomorrow breaks all pre
vious records. The grand total for 1905
is over a billion and a quarter, $1,287,-
925 440.
df this figure, stock sales constitute
$260,559,590, compared with $185,215,251
last year. Transactions in listed stocks
totaled $212,042,592, and in unlisted
$48,516,637. The bond sales, calculated
on par value, aggregated $1,027,365,850,
a small increase over the total for last
year.
This year's total is made up thus:
State and railroad bonds, $834,0S0,700:
men bonds, $1,633,650. The sales of
geavty
overnment bonds are three times as
as they were last year
The eYar's Charters..
Charters taken out in eastern states
during 1905 represent a total capitali
zation of well over $2,000,000,000. The
exact figure is $2,153,334,811.
During December the big companies
incorporated totallev $11,890,910, bring
ing the total for the year to"*!l,674,-
105,211, compared with $1,003,242,200
last year and $1,572,204,000 in 1903.
The companies having an authorized
capitalization of $100,01)0 and less than
$1,000,000 represented a total of $39,-
322,000 this month, a slight increase
over November. For the year the total
is $479,229,600.
LOAN RATE LORES
OUT RUSSELL SAGE
Call of 100 Per Cent Is Answered
to Extent of $30,000,000
by Aged Financier.
New York, Dee. 29.The alluung
call of 100 per cent reached Russell
Sage yesterday, dragged him from the
warmth and comfort of his Fifth ave
nue mansion, and planted him in his old
Wall stieet office for the first time
many weeks.
For ti cc hours the 90-year-old finan
cier i cd out money to Wall street
borrows and that time he got rid
of about $30,000,000$10,000,000 an
hour. This money was loaned at from
85 to 90 per cent. The interest rate
jumped to 125 when all the Sage money
was gone, but later on it dropped back
to 50.
"Don't crowd the boys too hard,"
instructed Mr. Sage, as he started home.
The weakening effects of Mr. Sage's
illness have kept him out of Wall street
for a long time, but he has kept in close
touch with the situation and the mar
kets. When he heard that borrowers
were offering 100 per cent money be
fore the opening of the market, his
house couldn't hold him. He felt that
Wall street needed him and his money
at 100 per cent or thereabouts.
Calling an automobile, Mr. Sage was
rushed to his office. There he opened
his safes. He could have got as high
as 120 per cent, but all he expected
was from 85 to 90, which was about
the average between the extreme fluctu
ations.
In the course of the day the interest
rate made such leaps as from 110 to 50
and back. The Sage money had a tonic
effect upon the market. Trading was
remarkably brisk and all lines ad
vanced. Generally when money is high
stocks are low.
Mr. Sage remained in his office until
everybody that called had been ac
commodated. When he .started uptown
he said that he believed the little re
laxation has done him a lot of good.
Half an hour before the close of the
market the interest rate dropped to 6
per cent. Mr. Sage's little excursion
was made just in time.
BOSTON BROKERS
GO TO THE WALL
Leighton & Co., Caught on Rising
Market, Assign, Owing Half
a Million.
Boston, Dec. 29.H. R. I/eighton &
today for the benefit of creditors.
liabilities are stated to be $500,000.
The rising market is said to be the gen
tial cause of the suspension.
The firm was not a member of anv
stock exchange, but had branch offices
in various New England cities and
transacted a large brokerage business.
At the offiee of the firm, the state
ment was given out that the trouble
was due to the failure of a member of
the Boston exchange to meet his obli
gations and to the fact that money
could no* be realized at once on cer
tain outstanding investments.
DEATH IN CAPITAL CAVEIN.
Washington, Dec 20-is the result of a
Mv In which occuired today at the site of the
new National Metropolitan Citizens' bank build
ing, opposite the Ueasurr department, Pedeee
(hadion, an Italian laborer. Is dead, and two
ether woikmen mjmed
Co.n stock brokers of this city, assigned gaged i work on the roads
Elizabetn and Ne Brunswick,between N. J.
riho
tELLS BY
THEIR SLEEP
I can tell by my little
ones' sleep when si cold is
coming on" said a mother
when speaking of the advance
symptoms of colds in children.
They toss about, are rest
less, their breathing is heavy
and there are symptoms of
njght sweats. The next morn
ing I start with Scott's Emul
sion. The chances are that
in a day or two they are all
over ft. Their rest is again
peaceful and the breathing
normal."
Here's a suggestion for
all mothers. Scott's Emul
sion always has been almost
magical in its action when
used as the ounce of preven
tion. Nothing seems to over
come child weakness quite so
effectively and quickly as
ScottVEmulsion. ^**M^^
tCOTT & BOWNB, 409 Fearl St., New-York.
FridaWrEvenassr,
IOWA'S OTERNOR
SEEISTHIRMERM
Authoritative Statement la Made
that Cummins Will Ask
Renomination.
Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 29.The posi
tive statement is made that after nu
merous conferences with hiri party
leaders Governor Cummins has decided,
notwithstanding the two-term prece
dent, to ask for a renomination at the
next republican convention. I is said
this will be done while the opposition
to the governor is in a measure disor
ganized by the recent division over the
candidacy of G. D. Perkins of Sioux
City.
It is believed that no other person
in the ranks can be found who can take
the reins from Governor Cummins.
Par ty leaders say it is imperative for
him to retain such organization as he
has and not be backed by such forces
as railroads, and that the only way he
can do this is to stay in the governor's
chair. Circumstances might arise that
would enable him to step aside for an
other whose views are similar, but a$
present, they say, his intention is to
seek renomination.
COFFIN'S CASE IN
HANDS OF COURT
Midshipman's Hazing Case Soon
to Be SettledDecatur Trial
Comes Next.
Annapolis, Md., Dec. 29.Thie second
day's session of the eourtm&artial of
Midshipman Trenmor Coffin, r., for the
alleged hazing of Midshipman Jerdone
P. Kimbrough, began this miorning.
The case is generally regarded as the
forerunner of a series of cases, the
facts in which have been discovered
by the board of investigation now in
session at the academy.
Midshipman Overdown Whitmeyer,
the roommate of Kimbrough, in rebut
tal of testimony reflecting on Kim
brough's truthfulness, said that he had
never heard Kimbrough's reputation,
for veracitv questioned, and that in
his personal relations he had always
found Kimbrough entirely truthful.
Midshipman Frank A. Braisted, a
classmate, gave similar testimony.
The case was given to the court, fol
lowing the arguments.
Decatur's Case Next.
The couit will take up that of Mid
shipman Stephen Decatur, Jr., a mem
ber of the first elass, the charge of haz
ing against whom rests on four specifi
cations. Threer of these refer to the
hazing of Isaac N. McCrary of Calvert,
Tex., and the other to the hazing of
Gaylord Church of Meadville, Pa. Both
of these are members of the fourth"
class. It is alleged that Decatur hazed
the former by compelling him to stand
on his head and also by compelling' him
to continue two different physical exer
cises until he reached the point of ex
haustion. In connection with Church
a similar specification is made out.
Decatur stands No. 6 in the class of
119 members which will be graduated
early next year. will make a bitter
fight against conviction, and, it is un
derstood, he denies the charges abso
lutely.
Different Court for Vandever.
Midshipman Warran A. Vandever
of Mount Holly, N. J., who is under
charge of neglect of duty in failing to, JSC'
had been madeTcnown to him by an f^^*^*^
court was constituted applies only to
cases of hazing.
24th Annual Reduced-Price Sale.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
WORKMEN RIOTOUS,
THEIR PAY STOLEN
Paymaster Robbed, bat Laborers
Doubt His Story and Start
Trouble.
New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 29.
When the 200 employees of the Dela
ar River Construction company, en-
reported for work today and found they
would not be paid at once, they became
very much excited. Apparently they
did not believe the statement that the
paymaster was- robbed of $5,000 last
night and were inclined to think the
robbery story was a ruse to cheat them
out of their pay. Most of the work
men are Italians, and ,iust as soon as
they learned that their money was not
ready they made an attack on the com
pany's toolchests, dragged out all the
picks, shovels and crowbars, and piled
them on the trolley tracks.* They
smashed all the lights oyer the excava
tion for the underground conduits and
wrecked several small buildings.
The foremen were unable to handle
the riotous laborers, and telephoned to*
New Brunswick for help. Several po
licemen were sent to the scene in a
trolley car. When the rioters saw the
uniforms they scattered to the woods.
Later on they organized an indignation
meeting and sent a committee to de
mand their money. It was easier to
treat with the committee than with the
mob, and the men were finally made to
understand that they would be paid
later.
The reward of $1,000 for the capture
of the robbers who held up the pay
master has not yet resulted in a cap
ture so far.
WISCONSIN TEACHERS
ELECT SIMS PRESIDENT
Milwaukee, Dec. 29.Professor John T.
Sims, of the normal school of River Falls,
was today unanimously elected president
of the Wisconsin Teachers/ association
The officers elected are as follows:
First vicepre^aent, Superintendent F. B.
Converse, Belolt second vicepresident,
Frances M. Walsh, Milwaukee third vice
president, Superintendent J. T. Hooper,
Ashland members of executive commit-
tee,'F. S. Hyer, Stevens Point treasurer,
MJJSS Julia Rockefellow, Waukesha. Sec
retary Catherine Williams- wUl hold ovar
two years more.
A plea for the country school teacher,
the teacher in the little red schoolhouse,
Vwhich is generally white," as the speaker
said, was made by Alfred Bayliss, super
intendent of public instruction in Illinois.
STXLLWATEa STEIKE AVERTED.
Special to The Journal.
Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 29.A threatened
walkout of printers in Stillwater, who de
manded an eight-hour day after Jan. 1, was
avoided by the employers agreeing to the 4e-
mand\ of the union.
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REDS RAGING IN
POLISH CAPITAL
Continued From F^rsjr Pajfe* i
will be distinguished, the Moscow revo
lutionists have made good use of their
instruction, to start fires elsewhere.
New Flames of Revolt.
For the first time the provinces east
of Moscow, in the heart of great Rus
sia, are aiffected. At Zlatoust, a town
in the government of Dofa, where a
large government arms factory is sit
uated, the workmen seem to be in com
plete possession of the town. They have
seized the works, hoisted the red flag,
have declared a republie and all the
authorities have been made captives
and are threatened with instant death
of troops are sent to Zlatoust. In ads
dition the workmen have organized
themselves into a small army and daily
parade the streets, headed by a band of
music playing the "Marsaillaise/'
Here, too, German socialists have ap
peared, i
20,000 Workmen Rise.
At Zamora, near Nizhni Novgorod,
also a large manufacturing town, 20,000
workmen rose and attempted to march
on Nizhni Novgorod, but were met by
troops with artillery and were routed
with the loss of several score of men.
Eventually the workmen were driven
back to Samara, where they erected
barricades which the artillery have been
firing at for two days. The workmen
used bombs freely at Samora, which is
now separated from Nizhni Novgorod,
but a rising is expected at the latter
place, which has about 95,000 inhab
itants.
At Veronozh, South Russia, the work
men decided in favor of an armed revo
lution, but the authorities succeeded in1
arresting eleven of the ringleaders,
whereupon the revolutionists halted
three trainloads of sailors of the re
seive who were on their way to the
far east. The latter responded to the
appeals of the workmen, promptly
joined them, marched into the town and
aided in the liberation of the prisoners-
CZAR AND KAISER OUT
Clash With Germany Over Uprising in
the Baltio Provinces.
London, Dec 29.The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Times re
ports that the relations between Rus
sia and Germany are distinctly
strained and that there is a possibility
of international complications arising
from the rebellion in the Baltic prov
inces.
The Times prints a dispatch from
Moscow, dated Dec. 27, which says:
"If the revolutionaries could secure
guns they -would be assured of vietory
and the troops would be obliged to
take refuge in the Kremlin, where the
governor
general and other authorities
ave already sought safety. Fortun
ately the arsenal is inside the Krem
lin.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
St. Petersburg says that the revolu
tionists in the Pressnay quarter of
Moscow are negotiatingfor terms of
surrender with the authorities.
How Police Chief Died.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph describes as fol
lows the execution of the chief of
police of Moscow.
"The revolutionists entered the
lodging of the chief of police at mid
night and told him to bid farewell to
his family, because he was condemned
to die. Finding that it was no joke,
the chief expostulated, but to no'pur
pose.
"Realizing his awful position, he
said farewell to his family and was
hurried into tht and shot. His
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skirts of the town, laid flat on the,
ground and shot
Boy Assassin Fails.
Moscow, Dec. 29.A boy tried to as
sassinate Baron Medem, civil governor
of the city yesterday, and failing, in
stantly committed suicide.
Wearing the Red Cross uniform, the
assassin gained admission to the baron,
and, approaching him, drew a revolver
and fired three shots. All missed their
mark and the noise brought soldiers,
secretaries and servants running. With
out a moment's hesitation, before any
one could seize him, 'the young man
swallowed the liquid in a small vial
whieh he had hidden in his clenched
hand, fell unconscious and died in a
few minutes.
Death warrants for Baron Medem and
other state officials such as the terror
ists put forth were in the assassin's
pockets.
All the members of the social revolu
tionary committee have been arrested
and a quantity of bombs, infernal ma
chines and-correspondence seized.
At the medical bureau 660 wounded
and 105 killed have been registered, but I
it is known that-there are fully 1,000
nnidfintififid d*a in the T,nnt.*iinw
Fighting Growing Less.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.According
to advices received by the government
last night the "rebellion" at Moscow
is entering on its final stage. The
same guerrilla warfare was continued
today, but on a smaller scale. Govern
or General Doubassoff is acting with
great energy and hundreds of jaembers
of the "Drujina" are already hehind
the bars. The strikers have lost heart
and the workmen's council is consider
ing the question of calling oft the
strike.
The principal danger now seems to
be that the "131aek Hand" will
complete the work begun by the troops
and end the revolt with a horrible mas
sacre of the "reds/' The lower classes
are represented as enraged at the at
tempt of the revolutionaries to over
throw^ the emperor, and even with the
best intentions, it may be impossible
for the authorities to restrain the firry
of these classes once the opportunity is
offered them. The attacks made on
striking railroad men at wayside sta
tions sufficiently sh*w the temper of
the peasant class.
Four thousand strikers marched out
of Moscow and completely destroVed
several miles of the railroad track be
tween St. Petersburg and Moscow,
thirty miles outside of Moscow, in or^.
der to prevent the, arrival of troop
trains bearing the Seminovsky bat-,
talion of the horse guard, and the trains
backed twenty miles to Clyne, whence
it is- understood the troops will pro
ceed on foot for their destination.
The Bourse Gazette prints a rumor
that Lieutenant General Mistchenko,
while in the streets of Moscow, was
wdunded by a stray bullet.
The paper also prints a rumor that
Count Yorentsoff-Daschkoff, viceroy of
the Caucasus, "has "been recalled on ac
count of his failure to pacify the lieu
tenancy. c&a
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
MS. BRENNAN IS
MOYED TO TEARS
were found with identical marksfour there's a woman on trial? Do you not
bullet wounds on the breast, four on the think that to me as to every true man,
back and the skull cloven in twain. Of I a true woman is the dearest thing in
the many brought before the vehmg^er-1 this world? Do you think I do not
ichte' one escaped death, but in so doing know that the strongest part of this
he was seriously wounded, probably I defense is that the accused is a worn-
owing to some interruption of his execu- an? I know, but what would you think
tioners. This person says that he was of me if I said, I won't prosecute this
seized and bound and hurried to the defendant because, she is a woman?'
room, in which the tribunal was sitting. Would you listen to me a minute on
The proceedings were brief. He was that kind of a proposition? What
condemned to death, carried to the out- would -you say if I should say 'I'll
Continued From First Page.
looked over the great crowd that
'watched her entrance with craned
necks. She seemed mildly interested in
them, but showed no signs of being
distracted by the glances of those who
were anxious to see the woman who
may be hanged.
Her black veil was thrown back from
her face and she smiled pleasantly as
she seated herself behind her lawyers
and exchanged greetings with them and
w$h the others who have been near
her during the long trial. When
Jame,s Brennan entered the room she
looked up* and spoke pleasantly, and
when he sat down feeside her she be
gan an animated conversation with her
husband.
The County Attorney's Argument.
Oratory is the program for the day.
County Attorney Al J. Smith arose
promptly at 10 o'clock and after an
eloquent introduction in which he dwelt
upon the sacredness of the duty that
compelled* him to enforce the laws of
the great state of Minnesota even
against a woman, and upon the heinous
ness of the crime of murdering three
innocent babes, he launched into a min
ute review and analysis of the evidence
in the case. His bearing bespoke the
dignity of the state. He was quiet, seri
ous and intent and impressed all who
listened with the enormity of the of
fense and the necessity for the safety
and welfare of the community that the
terrible crime should not go unpunished.
"If I shall aid you, gentlemen of the
jury, in determining where the truth
lies, then I shall have done my duty,
said the prosecutor. "It is your duty
to determine where the truth does lie.
An Unusual Theory.
"The defense advances an unusual
theory. They say that Stella Brennan
did not kill Elizabeth Brennan, but if
she did kill her she was not sane when
she did it."
Mr. Smith then read the statutes re
lating to the various grades of homicide
and jjwoft upon the definition of mur
der in the first degree.
"And those, gentlemen of the -jury,
are wholesome laws. Those have been
the laws of the state of Minnesota for
many years and were the laws of the
state of Minnesota when this defen
dant, Stella Brennan, came froirt the
state of Illinois into the state of Min
nesota."
The Matter of Insanity.
"In the matter of insanity, gentle
men, the & ates say that a person is
responsible ior his own aets unless he is
suffering fiom such a defect of reason
as not to know the nature of the act he
doesas not to know right from wrong.
And that law has been the cause of
stopping just such faking defenses as
the one in this case'She didn't do it
but if she did she was crazy.'
That's the law and it 's good, every
day common sense. Yes. it's the law,
and no expert, whether he's been cor
oner or not, can change that law.'''
Defense a Fake.
I would not say this defense is
double. It's not. It's fake, it's false
and has been brought before this jury
that this woman may escape and walk
out of this courtfoom, perchance, with
James Brennan. It- is a straw that
they grabbed at floating down this tor
rent of evidence that flows to but one
conclusion, that^hafc maqpafr murdered
those1-
children in ^colcT'blood and with
a premeditated^tleBign ~ty effect the
death of those innocent little ones.
"There's only one person who hasn't
been affected by this tale of murder
and blood. Thafperson is this defend
ant. Why! Because she is wicked.
Because she knows in her heart that she
murdered those children. She's got tho
nerve and she proposes to keep it. And
she has done it during this trial.
"Do you think I do not know that
nolle this case because Stella Brennan
is a woman?' If I should say, 'let her
go back to Brennan because she's a
woman'if I should say, 'she's crazy
because she is a woman?'
"Why, you would say to me as I
shall say to you, 'Do your duty. En
force tho laws of the state of Minne
sota.
"When they talk to you about sym
pathy for this defendant because she
is a woman, let your minds go back to
the little innocent children, in their
borrowed graves in Chicago. Remem
ber the little pieces of bleeding clay,
made so by the terrible murder of this
woman, their stepmother."
The Suicidal Attempt.
Mr. Smith referred in passing to the
evidence showing that the defendant
attempted to commit suicide in Chi
cago. He brought out that one who
attempts to commit suicide in Minne
sota is guilty of a felony and liable to
imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
"And yet they say that this defend
ant attempt tto suicide is an
evidence^of insanity. Why, they might
ass well sayc that attemprt to ro a
.commit
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unidentified dead in the Loutcho quar
ter alone..
any othe
felonyb
is
an evidence of insanity."
Counsel then proceededg tto point out
the -undispute facts goin prove the
corpus delicti" and emphasized the
heartwringmg details of the murder.
Mrs. Brennan Weeps.
As he pictured with graphic touch
the harrowing effects of that crime the i
!&
te
defense. After reviewing the testimo-'
ny thee firemen an, detectivesovwho
founof th dead bodiesnd heVpassed the
Slv TM
"21 *$J\ ^dry^who, hving
next door, heard a shot, got up, heard
two more after short intervals, and,
looking out of her bathroom window,
saw no sign of anyone around the Bren
nan residence or on,tUe roof of the Bren
nan shed.
The testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Far
mer, living in rooms below- the Bren-
above them an saw or heard no one
outside.
Therefore it must stand uncontra
dicted on the testimony of Mrs. Sidney,
Mr. and Mrs. Farmer and of Tommy
Brennan that there was no one in that
flat before
thed
DeCemV^v
kill the children -and then fade into
Gentlemen, think
sno"t
innocent babes found shot, lying No. In the breast". Is that a reasonable
their own blood, and the ghasthness' thing to believe about an insane wo-
that pervaded the house of death, there *whole
were teas in the eyes of several jurors,
and handkerchiefs were freely used
the audience. James Brennjhn cried,
and for the first time during the long
trial Mrs. Brennan could^not keep bac
the tears. For several moments she insane because her crime -was such an
covered her eyes with her handker- atrocious and horrible one. He -went
chief. Her wonderful nerve soon re- down the line with the insane theory
asserted itself, howevers and she sat and punctured it in manv places.
dry but red-eyed and listened to the
terrible arraignment by the county at
torney.
Mr. Smith then took up step by step
ofe
29, 1905.
the regular $20.00 kind else
where. Saturday special,
only
Derrick screw and spring,
office chair made of elm,
finished in golden. Sat
urday only
cept the statements of #ds defendant
herself, .v A
I wouldn't'dignify the story of the
man and the black eat except to say
.that it is foolish. They don't connect
the cat with the man, the man with the
defendant, and so what's the use of
wastini? time with it? I won't.
Who would have gone up into those
rooms? Was it a burglar? Would a
burglar go into a half-deserted house?
Would a burglar go up there to kill
Elizabeth Brennan, the little mother? The decision is considered a great
Would a strange man, looking tor a personal victory for Attorney General
black cat, go up, break into the house,
it. ^J^ou gt
fered?escape it. Who did th children
interfere with? Think of all the people
on earth and you can't think of any
one except the defendant, Stella Bren
nan.
"This*defendant never intended to
kill Tommy Brennan." With this
statement the couhtv attorney argued i
that Mrs. Brennan wanted to save
Tommy, while she murdered the other
three, and with this in mind, she had
Tommy keep on his clothes so that af
ter she had killed the^ others, she could
send Tommy over to the firehouse for
his father. But the shots awakened
Tommy. There he was, looking at her,
and she had to change her plan.
She had to shoot Tommy. She
didn't intend to kill Tommy originally
And she never intended to kill her-
self."
Mr. Smith then took up the theories
of the defense, that a robber came in
to the house and killed the family.
Now, when they argue that to you,''
he said, I want you to think of this.
When that man, who they will claim
went up there to kill the whole family,
had shot four chcildren thru the head
then when he came to this defendant,
when he walked up to her and had every
chance to put the gun up to her head
what did he do? Shoot her in the head?
No he politely put the gun down at the
ed?e of her nightdress- and put the
ball wneie it could do no mortal in
jury. Think of that, as men of com
mon sensewhy didn't that robbe*
shoot the defendant in the head* as
he had done the children?
"And when they argue she was in
sane, think orf an insane woman wha
had sho fouur chcildren thru the head
man seeking to blo-t cut a fa
ilv?"
Mr. Smith then cited murder cases
and incidents and deduced from them
arguments that threw ridicule upon the
defense's theory that Mrs. Brennan was
At 1:30 p.m. the county attorney re
sumed his argument, pointing out tha
inconsistencies, contradictions and im
possibilities of the defendant's story.
\!w^ ten turned k*s attention to lorn-
mv'- evidence and showed the strong
points of it. Mr. Brennan's testimonv
a wh i was next taken up and in scathing
terms
first Shot fired,
he
brande(ioa^
nan flat, was next taken up, and the quoted rt length and Mr. and Mrs
fact that they had heard the five shots Brennan*s denials of facts conclusively
at intervals, heard talking and steps proven by the state were cited ns tend-
Mm a caw nr haarH on
thIe shot that kille Elis&bethwas Brennan.
must stand that the four children were
asleep, and this defendant was awake,
prowling about, a midnight assassin, before adjournment and the iury will
There is no evidence to dispute this ex-^Jiave the case about o'cloek.
fael
and statements th father of the
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FOR SATURDAY.
Office Desk
Golden oak, 42 inches widt, 30 inches deep,
46 inches high, automatic
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roll top
cs roll top
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Office Chairs
revolving
$3.75
a
children thr the head
tb6 (lenjal
murdered children.
As a climax to his argument, Mr,
Smith took up the motive for the mur
der, as shown in Mrs. Brennan's dis
like for and trouble with her stepchild
dren. Mrs. Brysou's testimony was
the defendant's guilt.'
Shortly after 2 o'clock Mr. f'ary
took up the argument and in a long and
at times eloquent ulea, attempted tc
prove on scanty evidence, first, that
Mrs. Brennan did not murder her step
children, and, second, that If she JM,
she was insane.
Judge Dickinson will charge thr iurv
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INHERITANCES
MUST PAY TAX
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OUI1
a
air? _, ablee counsel representing four large
"That's a fiction, created by the de-|
prepared the brief for the
and argued the case alone, against
eatateS i
fendant to escape the responsibility of. What Decision. Holds.
her terrible act.
"Who was the only person on earth I The syllabus of the decision is as
with whom the sleeping children inter- follows: re Jesse Foot, count
of Ramsel county appellant,y vtreasurer. E. W
Bazille, judge of probate of Ramsey
county, respondent.
Syllabus: FirstDrew vs. Tift, 79
Minn. 173, construing Section 1, Article
IX, of the state constitution, as modified
by the inheritance tax amendment, fol
lowing and applied.
SecondCh. 288 General Laws 1905, im
posing a tax upon certain devices, be
quests, inheritances and gifts, held a con
stitutional and valid legislative enactment.
ThirdThe classified and progressive
features* of the statute are iifaccordance
with the general principles of the. law on
the subject of inheritance taxation and
authorized by the amended constitution.
FourthWhether a distinction should be
made between collateral and lineal de
scendants is a matter of legislative discre
tion and not a judicial question.
FifthCertain indefinite and ambiguous
provisions of the statute above referred
to, considered in. the light of the general
rule that inaccurately drawn statutes will
be construed to effectuate the intention of
the legislature, and the statute held not
Inoperative or void for the ambiguities re
ferred to.
SixthThe rule of strict construction
ordinarily applied to the operation and
effect of the statute imposing a tax upon
the citizen, and to proceedings thereunder,
does not apply to its interpretation.
Judgment reversed. Brown, J.
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"Merit will bear criticism." Pick
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Broke Lots
Girls' Slippers
All our girls* and children's fur
trimmed slippers regular 59c, 69c
"and 79c values are ^Q/
now JC
Overshoes
Men's $1.50 Boston Rubber Co.'s
Jersey cloth storm Alaskas Qfi/
medium widths, at
Broken, sizes in men's $1.50 Jersey
cloth Safckle arctics sizes Qfi/
6 to 8 and 10 and 11, at 57^
Children's and misses* 85c and 98c
Jersey cloth buckle arctics sizes
4 to 10 and 11 to 5Q/
13, at. *J57
Men's black lined low
overshoes at
Women's Jersey buckle arctics and
storm Alaskas, heel or spring heel
sizes 2% to 7 value fiQi*
98c, at "H*-
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About a thousand
pairs of denim
cloth house slip-
perB with carpet
soles, in nearly ev-
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women,- boys and
KZ grirls. will be placed
on tables Saturday,
ticketed per Qj*
pair
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NATION EYADES COST
OF SOLDIERS* BURIALS'
Washington, Dec. 29.The body of
a soldier Jcilled in active service can
not be sent home to his relatives at
government expense for burial if he
dies in the United States. Moreover,
the body must be placed in the coffin
issued by the quartermaster general's
department. This was the decision of
the controller of the treasury in the
case of Private Albert Laste, Twenty
ninth battery field artillery, who was
killeoTat Fort.Riley, Kan., last October.
His commanding officer wished to send
his body to his relatives for burial, find,
desiring a "better coffin than was sup
plied by the quartermaster's depart
ment, which was only allowed to spend
$35 for that purpose, he offered to sup
ply the necessary additional funds.
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The Roya Inn
40 South Third Street.
Will serve Free with each order, SUNDAY,
December 31st, a full bottle of
Dr. Lauritzen's "Health Table
Malt" or "Gold Foam,"
TRY THIS NEW CAFE.
Miller Dairy Go.
Saturday Bargains
Fancy Separator Creamery Butter,
5-lb jar S1.25
Fancy Separator Dairy, 5-lb jar $1.10
Coffee from ISc 40c P**
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Lat
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latam
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1D-
Mincemeat, per lb U2c
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Our big Christmas business has left us
with many broken lots. These have
been reduced for quick clearance as
follows: Ladies' Slippers **fe?r*
Several broken lines of ladles' 98e
fur trimmed Juliets, AQ/*
now \JZ7\-
All our ladies' $1.25 fur QA/
trimmed Juliets, now ?0*
Other ladies' house slippers *3Q/*
on tables at 49c and J7*-
Women's Felt Shoes
Women's felt lace shoes with leath
er soles and side patches fiQ/
98c value sizes S to 8 now. .vl****
Broken sizes in ladies' $1.48 Qfi/
i warm lined shoes, now OvJV
Child's Sample Shoes:
Home Trade
Shoe Store
ai-m1ltcoUt
Nearly a thousand pairs of about
40 different styles in children's
"sample shoes, at one-third below
regular prices in
button kid and
patent leathers
with plain or
fancy top3, sizes
3, 3%,- and 4.
values 60c AQ/i
to 85c, at../****-
Sizes 6, 6^ and 7,
values 75c toRQ*
$1.25, at....7*'*'
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