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Final Hoars Narked ky Filibuster
la the Senate.
fcA FOLLETTE LEADS FIGHT
Was Assisted in Attempt to Defeat
Compromise Currency Bill by
Messrs. Stone and Goro.
Washington, May 30.—Just ten min
utes officially before the hands of the
big round clocks in the chambers of
the two houses of congress pointed to
the hour of midnight the first session
ef the Sixtieth congress came to a
close.
In the house the closing hours were
characterized by singing of songs by
Republicans in honor of Speaker Can
non and by Democrats in the interest
of William T. Bryan. The excitement,
which was great at times, finally sub
sided and the session closed with good
fellowship among members.
The senate was extremely quiet dur
ing the closing hours, held together
only by the necessity of remaining in
Bession for the engrossing and signing
o£ bills.
The last days of the senate will be
memorable on account of the filibuster
ef Meiara. La Follette, Stone and Gore
against the emergency currency bill,
by the remarkable interpretations of
the rules which go far to establish
jrioture in a body noteworthy for the
freedom of debate and by the final
passage of the currency bill.
At 4:30 o'clock the senate adopted
the report of the conferees of the two
houses of congress on the Aldrich
reel and emergency currency bill by
(he decisive vote of 43 to 22, and thus
Was taken the last congressional step
necessary toward the enactment of
emergency currency legislation, the
legislation toward which congress has
directed its principal effort since it
convened last December.
The downfall of the filibuster was
Inevitable. Nine-tenths of the sena
tors were opposed to It, but It was
marked by the breaking of all records
In the length of speeches, Mr. La Fol
lette occupying the floor for over
eighteen hours continuously, speaking
from 11 o'clock Friday morning until
after 7 o'clock on Saturday morning.
COMPROMISE BILL PASSED
Fourteen House Republicans Vote
With the Democrats.
Washington. May 28.—After much
preliminary work, more delay and no
little defiance the orders of Speaker
Cannon were finally carried out by
the majority members of the house of
representatives when the conference
report on the financial bill was jammed
through and unless Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin talks the bill ro
death in the upper house congress will
adjourn late this week after having
enaoted what the minority leader,
John Sharp Williams, described as the
"Cannon-Aldrich political emergency
bill." Senator Aldrich called it "more
than half faith cure.'
The fourteen insurgent Republicans
who voted with the Democrats against
Ihe bill were: Messrs. Cooper, Morse
and Nelson, Wisconsin Brumm, Penn
•ylvaala Fowler, New Jersey Hill
and Henry, Connecticut Lindbergh,
Minnesota Murdock, Calderhead and
Campbell, Kansas Prince, Illinois
Waldo, New York, and Darragh, Mich
igan.
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS
an Un instructed Delegation to
Denver.
^Coacord, N. H., May 28.—The Demo
crats of New Hampshire met here In
state convention, adopted a platform
at party principles and elected four
delegates at large to the Democratic
aatienal convention.
Thf platform calls for an immediate
revision of the tariff.
An attempt to insert in the platform
resolution favoring the presidential
candidacy of William J. Bryan was
defeated by a most pronounced ma-
I
ority, but the Bryan supporters were
Ictorious in selecting as delegates at
large the men on their own ticket.
SNELL WILL BROKEN.
Jury Returns Verdict in Sensational
Lawsuit.
Clinton, Til., y.ay —The jury in
the Sue!! .v ?, ir.:* 1-eon out
»ix hew, hrough. in .i \anlict setting
aside the will. The jury was unani
mous in declaring it- belief that Colo
nel Snell wf.5 of rnsi'ind mind.
The case was riv.en to the jury
ky Judge Ph ill rook lifter he had
read his instructions, which both sides
regarded as favorable. The case has
been on trial here in the circuit court
lor ten days »nd is the sewn! attempt
lo break the will of colonel Tom Snell
millionaire, which cut knell's only son
off with an annuity of ?"0.
Cleveland Continues to Gain.
Princeton, N. J.,- May 30.—Airs. Gro
wer Cleveland, her children and her
Mother, Mrs. Perrine, have left here
for West Ossipee, H. it is said
that Mr. Cleveland will join hig fam
ily there shortly. All reports from
Lakewood regarding Mr. Cleveland's
health are of an encouraging nature.
Ik* reoisive vet* of to
ii,
and thua
FOUR AREJND1CTED
Conspiracy Charged in Connec
tion With Cotton Scandal.
LEAK IN THE CROP REPORT
Theodore H. Price of New York, a
Prominent Operator, Among
Those Involved.
Washington, May 30.—Almost simul
taneously in Washington and New
York indictments were returned
against Theodore H. Price, a promi
nent New York cotton operator Fred
erick A. Peckham and Moses Haas,
both of New York, and Edwin S.
Holmes, Jr., of this city, formerly as
sistant statistician of the department
of agriculture, for alleged participa
tion in government crop report leaks.
Price is charged with Iiaving con
spired with the other three men to
furnish advance information regarding
the crop reports of the department or
agriculture and Price, Peckham and
Haas are charged with conspiring to
bribe I-lolmes to shape the official re
ports to suit their interests.
According to one of the indictments
Price made $750,000 as a result of his
advance information regarding the re
port for December, 1904, and paid
Haas $125,000 out of this sum. The
indictment charges that Haas paid
Holmes $1,000 for information on the
June report of 1905. The second
count of the indictment says Haas
and Price conspired to bribe Holmes
to arrange the June report so as to
show a greater cotton crop than the
information in the statistician's office
justified.
The other indictments charge the
three New York men, in eight counts,
with bribing Holmes for the informa
tion and with conspiracy to shape the
report as mentioned charge Holmes,
Peckham and Hass with conspiracy to
defraud the government by getting in
formation in advance and the fourth
indictment charges Peckham and Haas
only with conspiracy to bribe Holmes
to give out advance information.
BOYS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Rob Passengers on Great Northern in
Montana.
Great Falls, Mont., June l.-^-A north
bound Great Northern passenger train
was held up near here by three boys,
aged from fifteen to seventeen, who
are under arrest.
The train was run onto a siding by
the bandits, who fired a fusillade up
and down the train. William Demp
sey, an Augusta rancher, was shot
through the leg in attempting to es
cape from the train after it had
stopped.
Conductor Hayes was compelled by
the robbers to precede them in pass
ing through the cars, carrying a
in which the passengers were invited
to dump what cash they had about
them.
Most of them deposited from $1 to
$10 and the booty of the desperadoes
is not believed to be greater than sev
eral hundred dollars.
MURDERER IS CAPTURED.
Young Man Who Killed Woman in
Church Behind the Bars.
Fond du Lac, Wis., June 1—Grant
Poole, who shot and killed Mrs. E. H.
Orvis at the Methodist church at Oak
field as the congregation dispersed
from the morning services, was cap
tured fey a farmer named Morgan near
the village of Ladoga, eight'miles from
Oakfleld. Poole was turned over to
officers and was at once brought to
this city and landed in Jail. ...
Pool* has been madly In love with
the daughter of the dead
woman, and his attentions toward her
have not been countenanced by the
family or the young woman.
His victim was fifty years old and a
daughter of Abel Bristol, the banker.
Grace, the daughter, is twenty-one.
The Orvis family is prominent in the
county and Mrs. Orvis was the social
leader of the village and highly re
spected.
WHOLE FAMILY DROWNS.
They Were Celebrating Payment of
Mortgage on Home.
Philadelphia, June I.—An Entire
family, consisting of William Eidel
man, aged thirty-eight yesrs- his
wife, Elizale'h. a I •. fi* nrd
their !v. -l.i dre :. A:
it
el -even-
teen, and liliani, aged seven, were
drowned in West Pcnsaukea creek, be
low Riverton, N. J., by the capsizing
of a small row bout.
The family was taking an outing
partly in celebration of the fact that
the father had just cleared off the
mortgage on a home he had purchased.
Southern Industries Resume.
Birmingham, Ala., .lane 1.—With
the resumption ct mines, furnaces and
other industries this week 8,000 men
who have been idle or practically so
for several months go back to work.
Twenty-five hundred resumed in mines
and coke ovens. The others will fol
low as the furnaces are stocked with
the result of their labor. It is also
understood that the United Stales
Steel corporation v. ill begin in the
iron territory a general revival of ac
tivities that will give other thousands
work in the near future.
Tornado Demolishes Farmhouse
Near Fairmont, This State.
SOME OF INJURED MAY DIE
Dwelling Completely Wrecked and Its
Occupants Are Blown Into a
Nearby Slough.
A tornado struck about five miles
east of Fairmont, in Pleasant Prairie
township, causing havoc and disaster
on the farm of Albert Manly.
The tornado formed in the open
prairie and then made straight for the
Manly farm, blowing the farm dwell
ing house, barns and other buildings,
and the occupants of the house into a
nearby slough, where it completely de
molished the buijdings^
After leaving the Manly place it
struck again, into t^ open fields,
where it "soon s^lnt its fury" without
toing any further damage. The torna
do was accompanied by lightning,
thunder and rain.
Mr. Manly and the members of his
family were seriously injured. His
aged father's back was broken Mr.
Manly's leg was broken Mrs. Manly
and the baby were seriously hurt, the
child probably fatally, and a nephew
of Fairmont received severe injuries.
LAUNCH GOES OVER DAM
Youth Drowns and Companion Has
Narrow Escape.
Bern Livingston, a second year stu
dent in the Northfield high school,
wai* drowned and Alson Blodgett, a
companion, almost met a similar fate
wh*«n their gasoline launch went over
the dam at that place. The disaster
occurred just below the lower bridge
ana between 150 and 200 people saw
the accident, but were powerless to
help the boys. Among the crowd on
the bridge was Blodgett's mother.
The two boys, Livingston, eighteen
years old, and Blodgett, seventeen,
went for a ride in Blodgett's launch
after school and had reached a point
abo\« the dam where they brought the
launch around to go back up stream,
when the engine stopped and could
not be started. The water in Cannon
river is very high, running four feet
orer the top of the dam, and the swift
current swept the launch over before
the boys even had time to jump. The
Vaunch sank at once, but the boys
fought hard for life, but the shores of
that part of the river are formed of
perpendicular cliffs of stone and there
was ho chance for the swimmers to
get ashore. When they reached a,
place about a block -l?efiw, where a
street comes down to the river, Ed
Rice swam out and dragged .Blodgett
ashore.
CIRCUS TRAIN DITCHED.
Runaway Empties Cause Wreck Near
Alpha, Minn.
A special circus train, carrying
twenty-six cars and pulled by two
engines, was wrecked in an extraor
dinary manner two miles west of
Alpha, Jackson county, oh the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road.
Five empty box cars on a siding were
started in motion by a terrific wind
and, running into an open switch,
struck squarely upon the main track.
The empty cars then rushed down the
steep hill with the speed of a passen
ger train and crashed Into the ap
proaching circus special. The empty
cars were smashed to pieces and the
circus train was wrecked and thrown
into the ditch.
The engine crews jumped just in
time and the circus performers, who,
were in the last' car, were badly
shaken up, but none seriously injured.
STEERERSON'S BODY FOUND
Corpse of Minnesota 'Congressman's
Son Recovered.
The body of Benjamin J. Steener
son, a private in the marine corps,
who was diWned last February while
attempting to save the life of his com
panion, John M. Mcintosh of Pennsyl
vania, was picked up off Prudence
Island near Newport, R. I., by a fish
erman. Steenerson's father is Con
gressman Halvor Steenerson of Minne
sota.
Cuts His Throat With Razor.
Charles Soderlind, a prominent
farmer residing near Ivanhoe, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. He went to the haymow to
kill himself. Soderlind was tho -vn~r
of a section of land, had o:
money and was vice president of
First National bank ,^f I\ lice. He
had been clerk of his township for
eighteen years and was president of
the Farmers' Institute Elevator com
pany of Ivanhoe. Temporary insanity
brought on by melancholy and ill
health is believed to have caused the
act.
Hart Case le Ended.
Francis B. Hart, the .Minneapolis
attorney, has been denied a re
argument in his case by the special
supreme court and will now have to
take an enforced vacation of six
months during which he will not be
allowed to practice as an attorney' at
law in this state. An order was filed
by the special supreme court with the
clerk of the supreme court denying
Captain Hart's petition for a reargu
ment in his case and vacating the stay
granted some time ago. He criticis«4
the state supreme court.
WITH SOLEMN RITES.
Cornerstone of Pro-Cathedral Laid in
Minneapolis.
With all the solemn splendor and
dignity characteristic of Roman Cath
olic ceremony, the effect of Which
was heightened by a crystal blue
sky, the ceremonies attendant upon
the laying of the pro-cathedral
cornerstone at Minneapolis were
carried out to the minutest detail be
fore a vast concourse of people which
extended for blocks around the review
ing stand. It was an epoch-making
event for the church, not only in Min
neapolis, but the Northwest.*
For more than an hour and a half
devout parishioners from the two
cities, as well as scores of communi
ties in the state, filed past the review
ing stand, 30,000 strong. This tribute
to the strength and influence of the
churc^ was viewed by distinguished
prelates from various parts of the
country and tjie apostolic delegate
from the Vatican at Rome,Thei?§Sem
blo.ge including archbishop?, bishops,
monsigtiori and abbots. Following
the sacred- rites at the laying of the
cornerstone a multitude surged about
the r-peakei'b' platform and the review
ing stand. Including both those seat
edjn the stand and the thousands who
packed the street it is probable that
fully 50,000 persons attended the cero
id OPies^
The actus 1 rites attendant upon the
laying of the cornerstone were per
formed by Monsignore Diomede Falco
nio, apostolic delegate. The opening
address was made by Archbishop John
Ireland, followed by Governor John A.
Johnson, representing the state James
J. Hill, the foremost figure in the up
building of the Northwest and dis
tinguished patron of the church May
or J. C. Haynes, representing the city
of Minneapolis F. A. Grosse, who
spoke for the laity of the city, and W.
P. Devereaux, representing the pro
cathedral executive committee.
TWO HUNDRED IN PANIC.
Explosion at St. Paul Picture Show
Ctuses Wild Rush.
The blazing of films used in a ste
reopticon exhibition created a panic
among 200 children who were gath
ered at Hope chapel, St. Paul.
Many leaped through windows in
their fright and others tore down the
stairway pell mell and fell into a pro
miscuous heap into the street. Sev
eral children were scratched and
bruised, while the older people were
considerably shocked by and un
nerved by the explosion and the panic.
The machine was working in fine
shape when without the slightest
warning came a flash of white, flame
that gave the hall a lurid and terrify
ing appearance. Almost instantane
ously there came a sound of breaking
glass in the rear. The children in the
dark room got wildly excited and tore
madly fpr the doors and windows. The
cries of the older people passed by un
heeded in the din. Girls and boys
jumped over each other, knocking
down chairs and one another in a mad
desire to get out of the building.
At the door there was a mad scat
ter. There is a short turn leading to
the main steps and in the narrow pas
sage there ensued a desperate strug
gle among the children to gain the
open. It was half an hour before the
excitement subsided and all the chil
dren had been able to leave the build
ing.
RETURNS FROM THE SOUTH
Minnesota Governor Discusses Alaba
ma Primaries.
Governor John. A. Johnson has re
turned to St. Paul from his trip to
Virginia and Alabama.
He was much impressed with the
growth and activity of some Southern
cities. "I found Norfolk, Atlanta anil
Birmingham particularly alive," he
said, "and in every way like Northern
Cities."
The governor did not discuss the
general political situation except to
say:
"I got 38 per cent of the Democratic
•ote of Alabama in the primaries,
which was quite a satisfaction to me.
I carried nine counties and in spite of
the talk about steel trust support my
majorities did not come frcm he iron
district. Mr. Eryrji carried these
counties."
Falls Dead on Wife's Grave.
Tragic features attended the Merc
rial day exercises at Calvary ceme
tery at St. Paul. Timothy J. Mc
Carty, an a„ed acd well known resi
dent of that city, fell dead while plac
ing flowers en Lis wife'd grave. Apo
plexy was assisted as the cause. Later
Dr. J. M. Finnell, delegated by Cor
oner Miller to view ihe body, suffered
a stroke of aj.'oplexy while eu route
to Me "e:iris c.r.di.:..n is
scr!-.'. s.
Minneapolis Csy D.-c vned.
\VM» number of workmen nearby
ar-i a Liy cp.,.pa: iqn fU::lr.£ scarcely
a hundred teet away Horace Thomp
"u. eleven year:? old, ton of U. L.
."i ompson, a 'grocer of Minneapolis,
illpped cn the bank of the Siississ'ppi
river and sau!: to a.silent deaih in the
river. The ili'o\vr::r tc. place ju~t
south of the I iU'I road'i l-i idge,
twenty feet o.i ihe Si. Paul i!^
Twin City tcund:.ry line.
vi
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Two Brothers Are Drowned.
Edward and William Maureke, ten
and twenty-four years old, drowned
in a lake north of Austin when the
boat in which they were rowing cap
sized Another brother, aged nine
teen, was also a member of. the party.
He was rescued by Herman Baudler,
who happened to be passing in a boat
near the scene of the accident.
Austin Markets.
Subject to Market changes
Hop.
TpnqgFat Ho*s................... 15.00
Light Hogs..... $3.80to$4.60
Packer Hon............. $4 50 to $4 85
Fat PJga 1W to 140, priced accord
ing to weight and quality.
Veal, Sheep and Lambs.
FatLunba $150 to *5.50
Fat Sheep $8.00 to$3.50
Fat Veal 98.75 to $100
Cattle.
Pat Steers .. $3.50to$4.5C
Fat Butcher Cows Heifers $8.00 to $3.50
gulls $8.85 to$3.75
Caanera 75c tofl.60
Poultry.
Turkeys 8c-10c
Spring chickens 15c
Ducks
Geese.
eoaiaonp alsx oamvbili
Wheat $1.00 per bo
OOBBBOTBD BY M'BBIDB, TD
Butter, 16-eOo per lb.
Kggs, r«M4c per dosen.
Beans. $2.0042.50 per bu.
Potatoes, 40e-5Qc par bn.
«BCOn,
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.
Minneapolis, June l.—Wheat—July,
$1.06j/8 Sept., 91%c. On track—-No. 1
hard, $1.11% No. 1 Northern, $1.09%
No. 2 Northern, $1.07% No. 3 North
ern, $1.02@1.06.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.
Duluth, June 1.—Wheat—To arrive
and on track—Xo. 1 hard, $1.10% No.
1 Northern, $1.07 V4. 1.0r%: No. 2
Northern, §1.04% July, ipi.uo^ Sept."
92%c. Fir.—To arrive. o:i track and
July, $1.23 Sept., $1.22 Oct., $1.2^14.
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.
St. Paul, June 1.—Cattle—Good to
choice steers, $5.00ff S.75 fair'to good,
$5.00@5.75: geed vo choice cows and
heifers, $4.50(5 5.50 veals, $3.75@5.00.
Hogs—$5.30f/ 5.40. Sheep—Wethers,
$4.50@5.00 good to choice lambs,
$5.50@5.75.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, June l.—Wheat—July,
90%@/90%c Sept., 87%c Dec., 88%c.
Corn—July, 68V»(SQSV4,c Sept., 66%@
66%c Dec., 57%c. Oats—July, old,
46%c July, 45}ic Sept., 37%c. Pork
—July, $13.72% Sept., $13.97%. But
ter—Creameries, 18@22c dairies, 16
@20c. Eggs—14c. Poultry—Turkeys,
He chickens, 12c broilers, per dozen,
$2.50Co6.00.
Chicago Union Stock Yards.
Chicago, June 1.—Cattle—Beeves,
$4.80@7.35 Texans, $4.60@5.70 West
ern cattle, $4.50@5.75 stockers and
feeders, $3.50(f?~5.40 cows and heifer-.
$2.30(!.'fc.lo calves, $4.fj,)^G.2o. Ho^s
—Light, $5.25@5.65 mixed, $5.305/
5.70 heavy, $5.2'5@5.67% rough,
$5.25$r5.40 good to choice heavy,
$5.40@5.67% pigs, $4.25@5.20. Sheep,
$3.60@5.25 yearlings, $5.50 @6.25
lambs, $4.50@6.70.
For Sale.
Houses on Water, Bridge, Kailway
St. Paul, Winona streets and Oakland
ave., also town lots and farms near
Austin, and in the northern part of the
state. Gall and see me.
G. SORFLATEN.
Office 223 N. Main street, west of
Court House. Sept. 30
No Need of Suffering from Rheuma
lism.
It is a mistake to allow rheumatism
to become chronic, as the pain can al
ways be relieved and in most easetTar
cure effected by applying Cham beriain's
Fain .Balm. The relief from pain
which it affords is alone worthy many
times its cost. It makes sleep and rest
possible Even in cases of long stand
ing this liniment should be used on ac
count of the relief which it affords.. Do
not be discouraged until you have giv
en it a trial Many sufferers have been
ifs
surprised and delighted with its pain
relieving qualities, 25 and 50 cent
sizes for sale by all druggists.
(Correct Shapes Won't Break
PATENT LEATHER SHOES
GUARANTEED NOT TO BREAK
If the patent leather in this pair of
BUST & PACKARD
Korrect Shape Shoes
breaks through before the first
sole wears through, we will give
you anew pair free.
Southern Minnesota Land Company
A MAN
iperio.
Why 1 Beoan— men ltha^a^ood ttdnj.^|(enn-
J. Schwan & Son
Austin, riinn.
Only $10.45
TO CHICAGO
AND RETURN
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Account of Republican National
Convention
JUNE 17, 1908
Phone 179. Office in Odd Fellows Block.
L. M. TOLLEFSON,
House and Sign Painter,
Paper Hanging, Graining and Hard Wood Finishing,
Surburban Towns and Country Work Solicited
Dealer in PAIN TS, WALL PAPER, A is
ROOM MOULDINGS
Tickets on sale June 12th to 16th
Return limit June 30th
THE LOWEST RATE OF THE YEAR
AUSTIN, A1INN.
Do you know there is fine land, best
water, excellent railroad facilities,
plenty of fuel, close to Minneapolis,
St. Paul and Dul|ith, at only $8.50
per acre, on easy terms? We sell it.
See us about it.
ASK THE GREAT WESTERN AGENT FOR FULL.
INFORMATION.
Establishedi868.
The First National Bank,
AUSTIN, MINN.
U. S. DEPOSITORY.
O. \v. SHAW, President. H.
AUStlll, MUlll.
L.
A N I E re an as O S A as
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $90,000.00 Deposits, $800,000.00.
YOUR BUSINESS INVITED.
tJ. FAIRBANKS
DEALER IN
Hard and Soft Coal,
BANFIELD, Ass't. Cashier.
WOOD,
factored by THB PA81'
CO. Adrian, Mich.
We keep it. Ihtonli (anN lolly inuiuitMd Once corner Bridge and Franklin Street
by the raannfactarara.i AUSTIN, MINN,'
LIME, SEWER
COMBINATION!:
FENCE,
BRICK, ETC