Bismarck daily tribune. [volume], February 20, 1909, Image 1

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-The senate Friday adopted a re|6
ltttfott fav«irtngr a retentton of a^pro-,
tecUve tariff on hides, wool tind farm
ers' produce, Mr .Martin presented
the resolution on Thursday and^mov
ed 1ta adopttea In the session Friday.
Senator Purcell wanted to amend* it
hjjj£ a^infttlng that the^ Republican
leaders did not know what t^ey Were
talking about when they advocated a
tariff revision. Senator. LaMoure
made a point of order on the amend
ment. President Lewis ruled tfrat
the amendment be out of order. Mr.
Martin *avored the adoption of the
resolution and Senator Purcell spoke
against it^ The resolution was finally
adoi»tei.X:",'?v5!i. '..- VU...
Senator Diflsalso presented a reso
lotion for an adjournment Ittian Fri-,
day antll 'Tne«^^,teM*^I^!f*?«?.
cnade a point oi.,bV^rl^aJ^.u^f^ait|
could npt «djquj6 lOR tjh^ long a time
wKnout a ooncurrent-Tesolution. Sen-
m^r".
iempUted toy the constttuttbn. Pres
ident Lewis referred the point of or
oW to the senate and it was not sus
tained and the senate adjourned until
:«.
Honolulu, Feb. 19.—Two bills s\%
rected against foreigners fishing in
Jlawaiian waters have been latroduc?
In territorial iegislai ir- One of
the bills proLJ. fts aliens :ro-n fishing
in Hawaiian waters. The other im
pos a heavy tax on fishing sampans
of over thirty-inch beam.
Japanese are practically the the on
ly Orientals engaged in the fishing
business and" the only ones using
sampans^ The only non-alien fisher
^en In Hawaii are Japanese. Tnti
bills were introduced by Senator
Coelho, Republican, who is a native:
Hawaiian, general sentiment here is
unfavorable to the measure
Mate a I of Mny Bills and Passed TWB-
Wiie li Way
When
pas^-by bdth houWsi
#v*.„a. frol^it^fitrfaj^ $
Tuesday next at the dose of the5
session.
The committee on game and fish
reported the Talcott game bill with:
a number of amendments. The com
mittee oh temperance held a session
in the morning and considered the
drug permit bill and, reported an en
tirely new bill which was ordered re
printed as amended.
Other bills reported were:
Senate ©ill No, 206, closing of tem
perance saloons at night, to pass.
Senate Bill No. 299, minors not al
lowed in pool halls, etc., to pass.
House Bill No. 131, patents for state
lands for townsites, to paas,
House Bill No. 125, right of way to
state lands, to pass.
Senate Bill No. 93, sale of lands at
Whltestone Hills, to pass.
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Senate Bill No. 245, regulation of
foreign Insurance companies, killed.
Senate Bill No. S47, deposits'-Of *e
ciiritles of domestic insJurahce cbini
panies, to pass.
I Senate Bill No.
propriation *f ftj^^ratttrai^ con
tor asp*
-*|ow«'- l^'ite. ^it construction of
drains, to paiC.• 'fr:, .-.''. "',•
Senate Bill No. 92 uniform^system
of drains, to pass.
(Continued on page 4.)
for the Hangman's Rope
When Soprerae Court
Grants Hlra a Reprieve
Lincpjn Neb., Feb, 19.—With only,
an hour to Ijjve tinder the terms of the
warrant read, to him, R.^ Mead Shum
way was reprieved by a supreme oourt
uispatch and stay,of sentence g.-duted
Until March 5th. Shumway wis ccra
dcinried to death for the murder of
M«.s Sarah Martin, the crime having
bv.e ncommitted" September 3, 1001.
The reprieve was granted under a
ihowing made in a. .dayit»that one rof
the jurors who sat in the case com
milted "suicide of remorse over his ac
quiesence, In the death penalty and a
further a..davit that Shumway. was
struck -on the head when a boy so that
his mind was affected in consequence.
F. G. Hamer, who worked, for Shum
way's reprieve, wilh seek commutation
of sentence to ltfe imprisonment
Shumway was to die. He-had put on
his death suit, dark gray instead of the
usual black, had eaten his last .dinner,
had heard the death warrant read to
Him, while he held the electric light
so that Clerk ^Heileman could" see'
plainly, iihd hadTistened^ tdiittie wordsi
ci the mmister ^Ever^ning wij sftjror
L»t death, and a crowd of pile 'hiiiidred
and fifty, the largest crowd ever gath
^rcd within" m^prisbia vfifils td w|tr«!Ssj
the isxecutiortx waited In the cold broom
cdr^. warehouse,, and the jikngroan was.
leaning against the scaffold waiting for
his victim. Then the warden ran across
the court crying dut ^eprtey^^^W
Th* state board of isii^af'cM^'
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stoneA a in a
to liear ^c]p»Uti«ik -!oF^':p!eopiS\oi
ii ii '&-$£
fcween the Great Northern and the
roads at that point.
lbo«hoke, Va,, Fel
Christian, the negro who yel
criminally assaulted and murdei
Miss Mary Bobbs, the rourteen-jN
old daughter of a Botecourt coutt
farmer, was today sentenced to die in
the electric tahair in the state pen
March 22.
At a conference between lawyers
and the prisoner, Christian made, A
confession which he later repeated
in court to the judge.. The court
heard three witnesses who estaibliah
ed the time and place of the crime.
No jury was summoned. The judge
accepted Christian's '••onfesslon and
immediately imposed the death sen
tence. -:'^l
TAFI JOINS IM
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 19.—President^!?'
elect Taft was tonight" made a
Knocker "at sight" His inltiaOpfi1^*"
furnished entertainment for one hun
aired prominent business and profes
sional men of the city, at Knocker's
annual dinner.. ^fs:7j
Cincinnati Knocker's organization
ment of the city and to originate an^
promote enterprises and undertakings*
W *he dty's welfaJeeV^n Is unTau^Ifi
that It has no known organization and
no one" knows who are its members.
It makes members of whom it pleases
and dismisses them at wfil.
The annual dinners of the Knock
er's club have become famous for
their entertainment features and the
"stunts" which begin with the first
course and* continue throughout, ar3
all (calculated to have origin in some
series purpose of advancement, al
though deleted In merriment.
The president-elect was not allowed
to make a speech, which was inter
preted as a delicate compliment from
his townsmen, who were In fact say
ing farewell to him as a private citi
xen. As the guest of honor at the
dinner it was his first escape from
oratory for twenty years. The ten
sion upon Mr. Taft was made, even
lighter than freedom from speaking,
as a skillfully made up "double" rep
resented him in the entertainment
features, occupying a conspicuous
place at the raised table, With "Uncle
Sam" and "Miss Columbus."
The spacious rooms of the Business
Men's club were resplendent in drap
eries of flags and in decorations of
(Continued on page 8.)
.dison, Wis., Feb. 19.—--The bank
methods used' in handling the
aign expenditures of United
Senator Isaac Stephenson,
gh J. H. Puelicher, a Milwaukee
:er, took up the attention of the
nsin legislative: .committee in
ating the senatorial primary to-
elicher was on the stand all the
oon. He explained the manner
hich deposits were made and
of receiving amounts aggregat
$101,400 through J. A. Van Cleave
arinette, on Mr. Stephenson be
June 2$ and November 20, for
oampaign bills. The money,
(Continued on page 8.)
INDIANS TO
REPRESENT SO DAKOTA.
jg^yashington, D. C, Feb. 19.—Rev
John Eastman of Sisseton, S. D., a full
blooded Sioux' Indian, was today ap
pointed South Dakota's representa
iiei$1on the staff of the grand martial
is an auxiliary of its business men's of the inaugural parade. Eastman is
blub. Its particular business is to
knock hard, and effectively' everything
tending to hinder material adva«|| JUDGE GOES TO PEN
married to a white woman.
Hl^icago, -HI., Feb. 19.—Former Cir
c^K^Court Judge Abner Smith, and
5u*urt» P. Sorrow, under'thedecision
of the supreme court at Springfield to
days must go to the penitentiary.
They were convicted of wrecking the
Bank of America ten days after it
had been opened for business, the
stockholders losing $175,000.
RESTING PUCE FOR
JOHN PAUL JONES
Washington, Feb. 19. The house
committee on naval affairs has report
ed favorably a bill passed by the sen
ate appropriating $135,000 for finishing
the crypt of the chapel at Annapolis
naval academy as a permanent resting
place? for the body of John Paul Jones.
Gen. Horace Porter, former ambas
sador to France, who was largely in
strumental in arranging for the re
moval of the body of the commander
of the Bon Homme Richard from
France, expended $35,000 out of his
private purse in arranging for the re
moval., He has suggested that this
amount be appropriated for the com
pletion of the crypt instead of for the
purpose of reimbursing him.
$ TOyWMtb^THr SUFFRAGETTE.
orOiair txndon BbhMe being unaMe to handle the suffragettes,
duty.^Newa Item. -, .*^X
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Chicago, HI., Feb. 19.—Martin B.
Madden, president of the Associated
Labor and Trades council of Chicago,
and M. J. Boyie, business agent of the
Theatrical Workers' union, were
x1n-
dicted today by the Cook county grand
jury. True bills containing at least two
counts were returned in Judge Free
mans court. One count is said to
charge conspiracy against certain con
tractors.
Capiases were issued for the arrest
of the men indicted and bonds were
fixed at $5,000.
^Madden, who is known as "Skinny"
Madden, has been a prominent figure
in labor and industrial affairs in Chi
cago for many years.
Two separate indictments were found
against each of the men, one charged
extorting $1,000 from H. H. Nelson of
the F. Nelson Piano company, for al
leged calling off of a strike on the com
pany, and .the other charge is of ex
torting from Joseph Klicka $700 under
similar circumstances. Many contrac
tors, architects, owners of buildings
and labor officials had been called be
fore the grand jury.
Tremendous Expansion of
the Tobacco Trust in
HwartTew
Washington, D. C, Feb. 19.—Tn a re
port transmitted to President Roose
velt today, Herbert Knox Smith, com
missioner of corporations, presents
some highly interesting history of the
organization of the "tobacco combina
tion," which in the magnitude of its
business operations, is one of the
greatest organizations in America. The
report is a result, in part, of an ex
tensive investigation into the tobacco
industry made by the bureau of cor
porations. Subsequent reports will
deal with the control of the tobacco
industry, with prices and profits, and
with competitive methods.
Today's reports set forth the rise of
one of the great combinations of the
country. In his letter of transmittal,
Commissioner Smith says that it
"deals with the history from the stand
point of its organization, of the great
tobacco combination. Starting in 1890
as the American Tobacco company, a
manufacturer of cigarettes, with a cap
ital of $25,000,000, the combination has
now a net capitalization (excluding in
ter-company holdings) of $316,346,821.
It has absorbed about 250 separate con
cerns, and now controls substantially
four-fifths of the output of each im
portant kind of tobacco manufactured
in the United States, with the excep
tion of cigars.
TRUST COTS OUT
THE RACY PLAYS
New York, Feb. 19.—Bitter war be
tween the theatrical syndicate and the
Shuberts is expected because of the
announced intention of Abraham Er
langer, spokesman for the syndicate,
to close its theatre to all shows com
plained of on the ground of im
morality.
This dictum by the syndicate is sup
posed to include the Blue Mouse, now
playing at the Shuberts': Lyric theatre.
This latest Clyde Fitch comedy has
ijeen booked by the syndicate through
out the country, but it is understood
that these bookings will be canceled.
MYSTERIOUS AUTO SEIZED.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 19.—The police
of Riga today seized a mysterious au
tomobile that frequently of late has
been seen in the streets of that -city.
An examination showed it to contain
complete emiippment for printing re
volutionary literature. Six men con
nected with the plant were taken in
to castody. -...J,'..
Tittey Served Will
Warrant NikiBg Ibis
He Will Deny the Charge
and Ask
Bearioj
Complaining Witness Is lln
hnowo and Not at Pres
entinCily
Another chapter in the firama of
sensations which is just now on the
stage at Bismarck was enacted yester
day when', early in the morning, a war
rant was served by Sheriff McGillis on
Landlord Tatley of the Grand Pacific
hotel. The complaint being the main
tenance of a "common nuisance."
It seems the warrant was issued
through Justice of the Peace Pierce on
complaint of someone at present un
known to Mr. Tatley.
Mr. Tatley sa\rs he wants a prompt
hearing and the date will be set today.
It is said the complaining witness is
not at present in the city, and this leads
to speculation as to what is at the bot
tom of this matter whether some
spotter from the Enforcement league has
been around or whether it is a sort of
dragnet proceeding instituted by some
of the blind piggers who have recently
been bound over to the district court
Probably warrants are out for the
other hotels. The fact of their not
having" been served promptly does not
argueTagsmst their issue,"as'Mr/^Tatley
was informed when served with his war
rant that the sheriff had had the same
for a couple of days and had just got
around to serve it—there being no spe
cial reason for haste.
Mr. Tatley emphatically denies the
presence of any blind pig attachment to
his hotel and it is pretty generally be
(Continued on page 8.)
IMPORTANTTO
INDEPENDENTS
Illinois Supreme Court De
cides Outside Corpora
HODS
Cannot Gobble Up
State Independent Com
panies
Springfield, HI., Feb. 19.—A decis
ion said to be of great importance
throughout the country was rendered
by the supreme court today when a
decision was handed down invalidat
ing the sale of the majority stock
of the Kellogg Switch Board Company
to the American Telephone and Tele
graph company.
The contract for the sale of the
stock of the Kellogg company, a big
independent concern, was entered into
eight years ago. It was fought to
the supreme court on technicalities,
and then sent back to the lower
courts "to be tried on its merits.
The suit was filed by the minority
stockholders through one of their
number, F. W. Dunbar, F. H. Robbins
acting as attorney in the matter. The
sale was opposed on the. ground that
it is against the public -policy of the
state to allow a foreign, corporation
to secure control of a corporation for
the purpose of creating a monopoly.
"I think today's decision will end
the -case," said Mr. Robbins. "I see
no point in which it can. be earrteB
to the supreme court of the United
States, and the settlement ought to
be regarded as great good news hfr
the independent telephone companies
throughout the country.- They havt
watched the case closely throughout
long years of HtigatW and similar
cases in ottwr Mates cannot but be
affected fcy the decision handed 4own
is