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The Billings Gazette.
VOL. XXI. BILLINGS. MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1905. NO. 48
HlILL MAKES ANSWER
Great Northern's Report His Reply
to Popular Demand.
SHOWS REDUCTION IN RATES
Increasing Business Enables Company to Reduce
Cost of Transportation Markedly In Years
Intervening Since 1881.
[By Associated Press]
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 12.-According
to the annual, report of the Great
Northern Railway company, made
public late today, that company has
saved to shippers by reason of reduc
tions made in freight charges since
1881 the sum of $676,983,820. In re
spect of the lowering of rates the re
port says:
Shown by Report.
"The subject of the control of rail
way rates by the federal government
has been prominently before the coun
try for some time past. It has been
stated that while tariffs have been re
duced (.by railroads) the various
classifications have been so changed
as to offset the apparent re~duction
in rates. Figures taken from the an
naul reports of this coampany show
the actual; yearly reduction in freight
rates for the past 25 years and the
total reduction for the same period.
These reductions have only been
made possible by the growth of the
company's traffic, as shown by the in
crease in tonnage hauled one mile
each year.
"The figures show that since 1881
DEATH BEFORE DISGRACE.
New York Man Under Indictment
Commits Suicide.
[By Associated Press]
New York, Oct. 12.-Rather thah
face trial on the indictments charging
him with fraudulently taking money
from the Welssel estate, Armitage
Mathews, lawyer and secretary of the
county republican committee, commit
ted suicide today by jumping from a!
window in his apartment to the stone
paved court yard.
He struck on his head and fractur
ed the skull and died in a short time.
(Mathews was a young man who had
advanced rapidly, both in the practice
of his profession and in politics. Hie
was indicted last May on charges of
conspiracy and grand larceny growing
out of the plotting for the Weissel
estate, of which David Rothschild,
wrecker of the Federal bank was ad
ministrator.
After Rothschild was convicted and
sent to Sing-Sing prison he drew up
on bits of paper a series. of state
ments in which he accused Mathews
of having a share in the looting of the
WReissel estate. Eventually the state
ments reached District Attorney Jer
ome and Rothschild was brought to
New York to testify against Mathews.
STILL REFUSE TO ANSWER.
Officials of General Paper Company
Punished for Contempt.
[By Assocatted Psess]
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 12.--C. I. Mc
Nair, B. F. Nelson and A. S. Bross,
witnesses recently ordered by Judge
Vandevanter to give testimony and
produce books before the special ex
aminer taking testimony in the case I
of the Government against the Gea
eral Paper company, refused to com
ply with the court's order today and
were adjudged in contempt. Judge
Vandevanter sentenced each to pay ,
a fine of $150 and to be confined in
the county jait until purged of con
tempt.
nmmediate notice of appeal to the(
supreme court of the United States
was given. This acts as a stay of
sentence and the witnesses are out on I
bail pending final decision.
a total of 35,818,206,224 revenue tons
hauled one mile, a grading in aver
age revenue per ton per mile of from
2.88 cents in 1881 to .792 of a cent in
1905. The total revenues collected
amount to $314,580,519. Based on the
average rates in force in 1881 Ithe
comnpany would have received for the
tonnage hauled $1,931,564,339. Hence
the actual savings to shippers by rea
son of the reduction in rates has
amounted to $676,983,820."
Great Northern Proper.
The gross earnings of Great North
ern proper shown by the report for
the current year amount to $43,526,
088, an increase over the previous
year of $3,168,735 or 8.66 per cent.
The operating expenses were $21,
441,927, beinig an increase of 4.115 per
cent from the previous year. The
taxes amounted to $1,516,922.62 and
the net revenue from operation
amounted to $20,567,283.
For the entire system, including
subsidiary lines, the gross income
amounted to $45,032,084, operating ex
penses $22,298,671 and total income
to $22,703,767.
DEMANDS LEGAL ACTION.
New York Merchants' Association
After Insurance Men.
[By Associated Press]
New York, Oct. 12.-The Merchants'
Association of New `York, through its
board of directors, today adopted res
olutions calling upon the district at
torney of New York to ascertain
whether an indictment cannot be
found against the officers of life in
surance companies who have con
tributed the funds of the companies
to political campaign committees. The
committee also asks that civil action
be instituted by the state attorney
general looking to the restitution of
the money so contributed.
In addition to the adoption of the
resolutions the association' announced
that District Attorney Jerome would
be requested to reconsider his deter
mination not to ask for an extraordi
nary session of the grand jury to con
sider the matter at this time.
TO SUCCEED HUGHES.
IvinS Republican Candidate for Mayor
of New York.
[By Associated Press]
New York, Oct. 12.--Wil0lam Miils
Ivins, who acted as counsel for the
Fassett legislative committee in 1892
and was city chamberlain under May
ors Hewitt and Grace, today became
the republican candidate for mayor
of New ,York City, when he accepted
the nomination offered by the commit
tee appointed by the republican city
convention to fill vacancies in the
nominations of 'that convention.
ANOTHER AGAINST JEROME.
Former Assistant Nominated by Demo
crate for District Attorney.
[By Associated Press]
New York, Oct. 12.-James W. Os
borne, formerly an assistant district
attorney under District Attorney Wil
liam Travers Jerome, tonight was
nominated for district attorney of New
York county by the demoCratic coun
ty convention held in Tammany hall.
Mr. Osborne acepted and will be one
of the opponents of Mr. Jerome, who
is making an independent campaign
for re-election.
WAS JUST TRIFLE NAU(ilTY
Heyl c.ompelled to Make an Admission Substantiat
ing Charge of Sister-in-Law of'Improper
Conduct Toward Her.
[By Associ.ated Press]
,Milwaukee, Oct. 12.-Jacob Heyl,
charged with using undue influence
upon his mother-in-law, Mrs. Schan
dein, concluded his testimony in his
own behalf today.
On direct examination Oharles F.
Quarles questioned Heyl relative to
every change made against him. Prac
tically all of the sensational charges
were denied. Heyl admitted, how
ever, that he entered the room of his
sister-in-law, Ella Frank, When she
was in her teens, but declared he was
under the *nfluence of liquor at the
time.
IHe was sharply cross-examined by
Attorney Flanders this afternoon rela
tive to the circumstances of his en
tering the bed-room of Miss Ella
Schandein, ipw Mrs. Ella Frank.
Crawled Through Window.
After being asked how he got in
and after parrying questions and de
claring that he got in by physicall
WEAVER'S NET DRAGS MORE
Predecessor's Administration Hauled into Arena by
Arrest of Former Mayor Ashbridge's Director
of Public Safety and Four Others.
[By Associated Press]
!Philadelphia, Oct. 12.-The admini
stration of former Mayor Samuel H.
Ashibridge was brought into the local
(political turmoil today, when warrants
were sworn out for the arrest of Ab
raham L. English, who was director
of public safety during the term of
Mayor Ashbridge, and four otheirs,
charging them with conspiracy to
cheat and defraud the city in connec
tion with the execution and carrying
out of a contract for the erection of
a small police hospital which is one
of a group of buildings forming the
new municipal hospital.
Thel accused men are John F. Hen
derson and Henry E. Baton of the
contracting firm of Henderson & Co,
Phi-tp E. Johnson, a former city archi
DOCTOR SAVAGE ANGRY.
Resents Exclusion of Unitarians From
Interchurch Conference.
[By Assoolated Press]
New York, Oct. 12.-The Reverend
Doctor Minot J. Savage of the Church
of the Messiah, Unitarian, said today
that the executive committee of the
interchurch conference on federation,
which is to be held in this city next
month, was as consistent in voting to
exclude representatives of the Uni
tarians from the conference as were
the Catholics, who burned Protestants,
and Protestants, who murdered Cath
olics, in the middle ages.
The American Unitarian association,
the national organization of the de
nomination, had elected three dele
gates to attend the conference, name
ly, the Reverend Edward Everett Hale,
chaplain of the United States senate;
ex-Secretary of the Navy John D.
Long of Massachusetts and Doctor
Samuel A. Elliott, who is a son of
President Elliott of Harvard.
Members of the executive commit
tee, which was presided over by the
Reverend W. H. Roberts of Philadel
phia, declared that the original letter
of invitation was not sent to the Uni
tarians, nor the Universalists nor Ro
man Catholics. Neither of the latter
two denominations, it was asserted,
had taken any action in the matter.
KILLED IN COLLISION.
[By Aesocialed Press]
Valmeria, Ill., Oct. 12.-Two men
were killed and six injured in a col
lision between two work trains on the
Illinois division of the Iron Mountain
railway, a mile and a quarter north
of here, today.
force and on his feet he was asked if
he got in the door. He declined to
answer, but was instructed to do so
by the court.
"Did you get in through the win
dow?" Mr. Flanders asked.
"I did," was the reply.
The witness denied that he *at
down on the edge of the bed or
flourished a knife. He said that he
stood in the middle of the floor ,nd
called the girl's name. She jumped
out of bed and although he assured
her le meant no harm she ran from
the room.
Further questioning brought out the
fact that the witness entered Mrs.
Frank's room on another occasion.
Asked what his acts were which Mrs.
Frank might have thought indecent,
he said:
"I put my arm around her' in what
you might call hugging her and sit
ting her on my lap."
tect and brother-in-law of Israel E.
Durham, leader of the local repub
lican organization, and James D. Fin
ley, a cousin of Durham and a former
inspector at the new municipal hos
pital. Henderson, Baton and Finley
entered bail in $5,000 for a hearing
tomorrow afternoon.
Former. Director English and Archi
tect Johnson were arrested, but
friends of the latter entered bail for
his appearance. Close friends of Eng
lish said tonight he will also appear
at the hearing.
The warrants were sworn out at
the Instance of Mayor Weaver and are
based on the results of an investiga
tion covering a period; of several
years.
KEEPING DOUGHERTY COMPANY.
Grand Jury Indicts Another Man Con
nected With School Steals.
[By Associated Press]
Pepria, Ills., Oct. 12.-0. J. Bailey,
chairman pf the finance committee of
the Peoria school board, was this
evening charged with malfeasance in
office by the grand jury.
The indictment follows the investi
gation of the conduct of former Super
intendent N. C. Dougherty, who is
now in the county jail underc indict
ments for forgery and misappropria
tion of school funds.
The grand jury tomorrow will re
turn 43 additional indictments against
Dougherty. It was figured up today
that the loss to the schol board since
January 1, 1903, amounts to $280,000.
FAVOR SUBSIDIZED SHIPPING.
Banks Adopt Resolutions Urging Pas
sage of Subsidy Law.
[By Assodlaed Press]
Washington, Oct. 12.-The Ameri
can Association of Bankers today
put itself squarely on record as fa
voring government subsidies for the
upbuilding of the American merchant
marine.
Resolutions reviewing the growth of
American commerce and the decline
in American shipbuilding, and pledg
ing the association to throw the
weight of its influence toward the
enactment of a ship subsidy law were
presented by the executive council of
the association and adopted by a ris
ing vote, in which it was estimated
that three-quarters of the delegates
took the affirmative side. ,
DE(iENERATE'S CRIrI
An Unusually Revolting Murder
Committed in New York.
VICTIM'S BODY CUT TO PIECES
Head Wrapped in Newspaper Found Long Distance
from Remaining Portions-Police Arrest
Suspected Murderer.
[By Associated Press],
New York, Oct. 12.-The finding of
a man's head in East Eighteenth
street near Avenue C·, early today re
suited in the discovery of an unusual
ly revolting murder, the victim of
which was Thomas F. Corcoran.
Corcoran was killed probably last
night in the house at No. 149 Third
avenue.
After the picking up of the head
the other portions of the body were
found cut to pieces in the Third ave
nue house. The arms belbw the elbow
and legs below the knees had been
packed in a suit case and the torso
and the remaining portions of the
arms and legs were hidden in a
clothes hamaper in a room occupied
by Frederick Bauer, an elevator run
ner. Bauer was arrested.
The mclnt at which the head was
found Is more than a quarter of 'a
mile away from 149 Third avenue.
The head was wrapped in the Sunday
supplement of a German newspaper
and a blue and white shirt.
Discovery of the Murder.
The murder was discovered through
a story told by George Lanole, who
had a room adjoining Bauer's and
who rushed to a police station today,
saying that he had 1lain awake for
hours listening to uoises which he
thought proceeded from Bauer's room.
He said late last night he heard at
least two men quarreling in the ad
joining room. He heard a shot and
the sound of some one falling to the
floor. Then he went to sleep. About
RUSSIAN EDUCATOR DEAD.
Prince Troubetskoy, Foremost Liberl,
Stricken With Apoplexy.
[By Assoclated Prees]
St. Petersburg, Oct. 12.-Prince Ser
gilus Troubetskoy was stricken with
apoplexy today whlie attending a con
ference of M. Glasoff, minister of edu
cation. He died in two ohurs.
Prince Troubetskoy was regarded
as the foremost liberal in Russia and
headed ths delegation which in Junb
last presented the petition of the all
Russian congress of zemstvos and
municipalities to Emperor Nicholas.
September 15, last, he was elected rec
tor of the University of Moscow by a
large majority, being the first elected
head of a Russian university since
1880.
ARSENIC FOR BAKING POWDER.
[By Associated Prese]
Niagara Falls, Oct. 12.-John Holli
lay and his wife are dead and their
grandson, Harry Holliday, is expected
:o die from arsenic poisoning. Mrs.
Eolliday used arsenic in biscuits, mis
:aking it for baking powder.
UOVERNOR CENERAL WRIGHT
IS BILLED TO RETIRE
[By Associated Prese]
Washington, Oct. 12.-By reason of
what appears to be dissatisfaction
with the situation in the Philippines,
Luke E. Wright, governor general of
the Philippines and president of the
Philippine commission, will retire
'rom that position about the 1st of
December.
General Wright is expected to ar
rive in the United States during the
month, and is entitled to six months'
2:30 this morning Lanole said he wa.
awakened by strange noises in the
room where the shot had been hearl.,
Twice a man opened the door and
went out and Lanole, after laying
awake listening for some time, decid
ed that some of the sounds he heard,'
were the noises of bones being brok~
en. This suspicion caused him to no
tify the police.
Bauer's Improbable Story.
Bauer was found. leaving his room
b:- the police and said to them: "I
found my room like this when I
awoke this morning."
H.e said that he had brought two
men to his room last night, one a
soldier. Bauer fell asleep while these
men talked, he said, and. when he
awoke the soldier was gone, leaving
the other's body as the police found
it. The police found that Bauer's
socks, the right arm of his undershirt
and the right arm of his outer shirt
wcre covered with blood. A badly,.
nicked razor was found on top of a
trunk in Bauer's room and a revolver
with one chamiber empty was also
found in the room.
IBauer, who is 39 years old, is emr
Iployed as an elevator man at the.
Union Square hotel and when he went,
to work today he was sent home be
cause of extreme nervousness.
An examination of Corcoran's head
showed that he had been shot in the,
face.
The police make the allegation that"
it was a crime of degeneracy.
ON JUSTIFIABLE GROUND.
[By Associated Press]
Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 12.--:Be.
cause, as the plaintiff alleges, her
'husband has not bathed for 22 years
and brags of the fact, Mrs. Phoebe
Naumann, wife of a farmer, today il
ed a petition for divorce. She asks
the custody of seven minor children
and $8,000 alimony or one-third of
the defendant's property.
Greeks and Bulgarians.
[By Associated Press]
Salonica, Oct. 12.-A Greek band at
tacked a party of Bulgarians between
Vodona and Discovitz. Twenty-three
of the Bulgarians were killed. The im
perial troops then attacked the Greeks
and killed their leader. On the follow
ing day a band of Bulgarians in re
venge attacked a village near Florina,
and killed seven Greeks.
MONTANA WEATHER.
[By Associated Press]
Washington, Oct. 12.-Fair Friday.
and Saturday.
leave of absence prior to the forg
relinquishment of his labors as go
ernor general.
President Roosevelt and Secre
Taft, it is believed, practically h~
decided upon the successor to Gen
Wright, but no intimation has
permitted to become public as to
identity. It can be stated reasona
definitely that General Wright's
cessor will not be a man now cona
ed with the commission.