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SUICIDE BREAKS
UP MERRY PAR1Y
Ouest at Easter Christening
Party Kills Himself in
Dramatic Manner.
M.RRYMAKtRS IN MAD PANIC
Suicide Falls With Crash on Table
Whereon Was Laid the Nearly
Ended Feast.
Chicago, April 14.—Standing' on a
chair at a I able surrounded by merry
guests at an Easter christening, Al
fred Lilja, twenty-five years old, drew
s; revolver from his pocket, placed the
in izzle in his mouth and fired twice.
Lilja was one of the guests at the
gay party, which was held at the
heme of Charles Beckman.
Amid the shrieks of women and the
ci ies of children, Liija's body swayed
ii moment and then fell with a crash
into the middle of the table, where
u; en was laid the nearly ended feast.
M omen screamed and several fainted,
while men, pule with horror, sprang ]
a.v ay from the table. The party of I
11 errymakej's was instantly Irans- j
i'trnvd into a panic-stricken, horrified |
crowd of nitn. women and children. !
The twenty-five guests of the Beck
in ns, invited for the Easter cliris- i
t> ning of the latest addition to that j
J'm.ily. were drinking the health of j
1! < ir host and pledging a long life to j
1 ! > Heel;man baby, when Lilja enter- j
«•<! hy a side door from a bed room, j
With a merry largh he mounted a I
t f:\lr, and the merrymakers, expect
i; i\ some soi t of speech turned their
• : ■ .- tc-wurd him.
"J«>t watch me, people," he cried.
* 11 * • 5 i-'s t lit? real show of the even
il g". '
And lie waved his arms about his
I.' n<i as the guests began to laugh in
ant ie:i at ion of the joke they thought
vas surely coming. Then, reaching!
into hi", trousers pocket, Lilja drew i
a revolv r and flourished it before
tho diners. The n"xt moment lie had !
pltcccl the muzzle in his mouth and j
two reports had sounded in quick !
sur cession.
In Horrified Stampede.
As the body fell upon the table be
fore them the banqueters engaged in i
a mad scramble to get away. Several |
tumbled over their chairs and dishes
were scattered about the floor. Some
of the women fell in a faint.
Lilja was married and was employ
ed by a street ca company. No rea
son for his suicid e h as been learned,
and it is believed the man suddenly
became insane.
IS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
Neçro Out of Jail Four Hours Murders
One of Own Race.
Fargo, April 14.—Released from the
county jail at 5:30 last night, Edward
Simpson, colored, got into an alter
cation with Charles Clarke, colored,
restaurant keeper, resulting in the
cold-blooded murder of the latter at
9:30 p. m. Clark died almost instant
ly. Simpson was a member of a gan§
of safecrackers which he helped to
break up by turning state's evidence.
Scorned by his former companions as
a traitor, he resented their reception
with bullets. Seven shots were flred.
Simpson made no attempt to escape,
and at the police station made a full
confession. Clarke came here from
Iowa and was believed to be a peace
able citizen by the police. It is known
that Simpson secured liquor after his
release from the jail and it is be
lieved he was crazed by it.
WILL ABANDON HASKELL CA8E.
Government Will Attempt No Prose
cution in Alleged Land Frauds.
Muskogee, Okla., April 14. — The
statement was given out from the
United States district attorney's office
here yesterday that Special Attorney
Sylvester Rush and District Attorney
Griggs at Tulsa had decided to aban
don any further prosecutions of Gov.
Charles N. Haskell and the six other
prominent Oklahomans recently in
volved in the Muskogee town lot
cases.
This course, it was stated, had been
dictated from Washington.
HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
Treasurer of Marinette Church Socie
ty Arrested in Montreal.
Menominee, Mich., April 14.—F. J.
Hubert, the alleged absconding treas
urer of the St. Jean Baptist society of
Maiinette, was arrested in Montreal
and brought back by Sheriff Smith.
The charge against him is the embez
zlement of $2,000 from the society of
which ho was treasurer. He will
waive examination and be bound over
for trial at the next term of the cir
cuit court.
CUT TAX ON BREAKFAST TABU
Bill
Will Provide Sufficient Revenu«
Without Resorting to Any but
Import Taxes.
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Washington, April 14.—The amend
ed tariff bill is now on the senate cal
endar, and, by an agreement reached
on the floor, consideration of the
measure will begin on Thursday.
Soon after the senate met yester
day Senator Aldrich presented the
amended bill. .As reported the bill
does not contain all of the changes
in rates which the finance committee
proposes to make. Although several
important amendments, such as the
restoration of the Dingley rates on
women's gloves and hosiery, the plac
ing of works of art on the free list
and the assessment of a duty on iron
ore, have been n ade, the revenue pro
ducing possibilities of the bill are lit
tle changed. The increases are pro
vided mainly in the schedule cover
ing luxuries, the entire liquor sched
ule being materially advanced.
Boost Wines and Spirits.
The increase on wines and spirits
is expected to bring in about $3,000,
000 additional revenue. Senator Aid
rich stated that the committee real
izes that the increases thus far rec
ommended will not lie sufficient to
counterbalance the loss in revenue
that will result from the reductions
and 1 lie lengthening of the free list.
This shortage will necessitate further
increases on certain luxuries, and the
committee intends to report some
changes at an early date which it will
ask the senate to adopt.
In discussing the revenue features
of the bill Senator Aldrich insisted
that, as it will lie amended by tin
senate, the Payne bill will provide
sufficient, funds to meet expenses of
the government without resorting tc
any but import taxes.
Bid for Popular Favor.
By restoring the Dingley rates to
barley and barley malt and by reduc
ing the taxation on the breakfast ta
ble by cutting* down the duties on
coffee substitutes and placing cocoa
on the free list, the senate amend
ments to the Payne bill present a bid
for popular favor. The numerous in
creases in the agricultural schedule,
intended for the protection of the
American farmer and provided for
among t lie amendments largely
through the effort of Senator Me
Cumber, a n-w member of the com
mittee from the West, were framed
with a view to gaining favorable criti
ci?m.
Would Correct "Joker."
The house was in session two hours
an<] fifteen minutes yesterday. The
first action taken was the adoption of
a resolution calling upon the senate
for a return of the Payne tariff bill
next Thursday in order that it might
be corrected so as to include prod
ucts of petroleum in the free list.
During the confusion incident to the
passage of the bill Friday last it was
believed that this provision was em
bodied in it, but it developed that
such was not the case, although it
clearly was the intention to include
those products along with crude and
refined petroleum.
DUTCH ARE WORRIED.
Pessimistic Rumors Regarding the
Qu:en's Health.
The Hague, April 14.—The expected
birth of an heir to the throne of
Holland has gjven rise to anxiety on
the part of the whole population, and
in some quarters alarm is felt, owing
to pessimistic rumors concerning the
queen's health.
It was officially announced at the
palace, however, that Queen Wilhel
mina was in good health and good
spirits, and that her attending phy
sicians were well satisfied with con
ditions.
WATERS-PIERCE MUST PAY FINE.
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing and
$1,600,000 Judgment Stands.
Washington, April 14. — The su
preme court of the United States yes
terday denied the motion for a rehear
ing in the case of the Waters-Pierce
Oil company, in which the supreme
court affirmed a decision by the Tex
as courts imposing a fine of $1,600,
000 on the company and ousted it
from the state.
EXECUTED FOR MATRICIDE.
New York Murderer Pays Death Pen
alty at Ossinlng Prison.
Ossining, N. Y., April 14.—For the
murder of his mother, Susan Carlin,
in her home in Brooklyn one year
ago, Bernard Carlin, aged twenty-two,
was put to death by electricity in the
state prison here at 6 a. m. yesterday.
One shock of the current, consisting
of 1,840 volts only, was applied.
Blackmailers Are Caught.
Erie, Pa., April 14. — Three young
men were arrested yesterday charged
with having sent blackmailing letters
to Charles H. Strong, president of the
Erie & Pittsburg railroad, demanding
$500 on penalty of death. The me«
were bound over.
MONTANA NEWS
ELECTIONS IN MONTANA.
Local
Democrats Had the Best of
Contests in the State.
The municipal elections held
throughout Montana were on the
whole favorable to the Democrats,
but in some cities party lines were
not drawn. The chief interest center
ed in Butte and Helena, where the
Democrats and Republicans, respec
tively, won. A special election will
be required in Helena to determine
a tie for alderman in the Sixth ward.
The feature was the small vote polled
by the Socialists. The results are
summarized as follows:
Helena — Five Republicans, two
Democrats and one tie in aldermanic
contests.
Butte—Democratic mayor, treasur
er, police judge and four of eight
aldermen.
Anaconda — Democratic mayor and
aldermen.
Great Falls—Democratic mayor and
aldermen.
Kalispell—Two Democratic and one
non-partisan alderman.
Livingston—Democratic mayor and
judge and one alderman, Republican
treasurer and two aldermen.
Missoula—Two Republican and two
Democratic aldermen.
Glendive — Citizens, mayor, treas
urer, judge and two aldermen; Re
publican, one alderman. With the ex
ception of mayor, however, all are
Republicans.
Billings — Republican mayor and
aldermanic ticket, with an independ
ent treasurer.
Bozeman—Democratic mayor, police
magistrate and four aldermen; Re
publican treasurer.
Glasgow—Entire independent tick
et.
ELECTRICAL SHOW PLANNED,
at
Students of Agricultural College
Bozeman to Hold Exhibition.
Plans are now being made at the
state agricultural college at Boze
| man for the annual electrical show,
which will be held this year on May
IL A general invitation will be ex
tended to the people of the state to
visit Bozeman at that time and note
the work being done in the institution
here. The exhibition will be given by
students in the department of electri
cal engineering.
Invitations have just been received
at the sheriff's office at Bozeman to
attend two hangings in Montana on
April 2. One is of William Hayes,
who will be hanged at Deer Lodge,
and the other ir? the hanging of Fred
Le Beau at Kalispell. Both were
convicted of first degree murder.
W. W. McKee of the Westinghouse
Church-Kerr company of New York
has just arrived at Bozeman to su
perintend and have active charge ct
the construction of the electric inter
urban railway which will lie built this
summer through the Gallatin valley.
TO BE REMOUNT STATION.
Quartermaster General Confirms Fort
Keogh Report.
That the government has fully de
cided to establish a remount station
for cavalry and artillery horses at
Fort Keogh is set forth in a commu
nication received fram the quarter
master general, who was requested
by stockmen in Miles City to grant
them, if possible, pasturage conces
sions on the reservation. The gener
al replied that the remount station
was to be established and the con
cession must be denied, as all of the
57,000 acres of the reserve would be
required for the uses of the station.
Governor Appoints.
Gov. Norris made a number of ap
pointments, including the following;
State fish and game warden, Henry
Avare; to represent the state at the
conference of commercial organiza
tions in Detroit April 22 and 23, W.
T. Hull of Helena, P. J. Brophy of
Butte and W. A. Selvidge of Billings;
executive board state reform school,
W. W. D. Terrett and C. M. Butler
of Miles City; executive board or
phans' home, P. Carney of Waterloo
and E. D. Marsh of Sheridan; execu
tive board state normal school, J. T.
Murray and R. R. Rathbone of Dillon,
Reduction Ordered.
The state board of railroad commis
sioners, as the result of a recent pub
lic hearing at Helena, ordered a re
duction in the rate on limerock from
Burlington & Missouri Siding to
Great Falls from 60 to 45 cents, but
decided to make no changes into
Butte, Helena, Anaconda and other
smelting points.
Montana Gold Output Increases.
There has been a gain of $106,
378.72 in the amount of gold received
at the United States assay office at
Helena from Montana mines in the
quarter ending March 31, 1909, com
pared with the same quarter in 1908.
IN THE SCA NDINAVIA N NORTH :
Gleaning» of Important New» of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, with Occasional Comment»,
By MARTIN W. ÖDLAND.
NORWAY.
It is highly probable that a monu
ment to the memory of Asbjorn Klos
ter will be erected at Stavanger this
year. Gustav Laerum, the sculptor,
has promised that he will finish a
statue of the honored dead before the
first of August, so, if it is decided to
go ahead with the work, the unveiling
will probably take place during the
convention of the total abstinence so
ciety Aug. 12, 13 and 14.
• • •
According to the following dispatch
It seems that the anti-emigration so
ciety of Norway is not having as clear
sailing as it might: The association
formed to oppose emigration sent ap
plications to all parts of the country
for the purpose of forming branch or
ganizations. Some have been formed
in certain districts, but the replies re
ceived from the southern part of the
kingdom were not favorable, the peo
ple there maintaining that emigration
is a benefit to Norway, chiefly because
the emigrants send back so much
money from America to their relatives
at home. The new association there
fore is strenuously opposed.
• • «
A dispatch from Christiania says:
Roald Amundson, the Arctic explorer,
lias written to Dr. Harry Edmonds,
manager cf the magnetic observatory
in Sitka, Alaska, accepting his offer
to accompany the projected Fram ex
pedition to the north polo. No Nor
wegian physician having expressed a
d< sire to make the trip, the American
will be given the post of medical offi
cer. The doctor made the acquain
tance of Mr. Amundson in Sitka when
the ex| lorer reached that place after
finishing his journey through the
Northwest passage in 1900.
Lr. Edmonds is forty-three years
eld. He was engaged in the practice
of medicine until eight years ago,
when he began his magnetic studies.
He is also an expert mechanic, black
I smith, instrument maker and photog
rapher. He will lie the chief mag
netic expert of the expedition, and will
: lie assisted in this work by Amundson
; lr'm-ielf.
The offer of Dr. Louis A. Bauer of
the Carnegie institution in Washing
I ton to send an expert in magnetic
study with the expedition, will have
to be declined, but several instru
ments, offered by the institution, will
be thankfully accepted.
SWEDEN.
"Ir. B. A clone, vice consul for Swe
den at Galveston, Tex., has, by the
king, been named a knight of the Yasa
order because of his services to his
country.
* • •
Bislop Ritter of Stockholm is soon
to leave for Rome to deliver to the
poi e the collection of "Peter's pence,"
v. hic h h.a.- just been taken in I he
Catholic churches of Sweden.
• * •
The bill abolishing capital punish
ment in Sweden was defeated in both
chambers of the riksdag, and no fur
ther attempt along this line will be
made for a long time to come.
• * *
Erik Wiik has recently donated the
Gothenburg high school the handsome
sum of 100.000 crowns. Mr. Wiik has
made himself famous in his home city
by his donations to charitable and
philantropic purposes.
• * *
The opening of the Tingstod-Gothen
burg railroad in March was the source
of much gratification to residents of
this fertile country. Traffic has been
heavy from the start, this section be
ing largely agricultural.
* * *
A common school kindergarten was
o; ened at Upsala a short time ago.
Mrs. Agnes Peterson is head of the
school. She lias studied kindergarten
methods in a number of different
schools, and is eminently fitted for
thv? place.
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An international anti-tuberculosis
congress is to be held in Stockholm
this sun: m r. July 8 to 10. The riks
drg has apropriated $10,000, and the
city of Stockholm will contribute $5,
00*0 for the expense fund of the con
gress. No efforts will be spared in
making this congress important and
; enjoyable to ail who attend.
* * *
The death of C. M. Jentzen, which
occurred last month at Stockho'nt, re
moves one of the city's most piomi
l nent and well-known citizens. For
i many years he followed the prrfes
! sion of medicine, but o? late years he
: h;:s been a hanker. He was a gradu
ate of Upsala university, taking his j
; degree in lS-i2. He was associated j
with bis father-in-law, C. G. Cervi:i, In i
the banking business. Dr. Jentson
was over seventy years of age at tha
tiuie of his death.
From answers received to a circular
sent out, it appears that labor condi
tions in the province of Norrland are
about as good as usual for this time
of the year. One parish only, that of
Mala, has had to give special aid to
the poor this season.
• • •
Gustaf Geijerstam, the author and
dramatist, died recently at the age of
fifty years. He was one of the most
popular writers of the modern era, and
his pen was a prolific one. His best
known works are the drama "Per Ol
son and His Wife," and "Woman's
Power" and "Little Brother." Gei
jerstam was born at Hed, in Vestman
land in 1859. He was well educated,
having taken a degree at Upsala in
1879.
• • •
The anniversary day of the poet,
Runeberg, was fittingly celebrated at
Helsingfors. There was a gathering
in the square before the statue of the
great writer at noon, when a company
of student singers sang a number of
selections in the Swedish and Fin
nish language. In the evening there
was a grand torchlight procession and
more music, while the theaters gave
performances in which the anniver
sary was remembered. The festival
of the Swedish Literary society was
especially noteworthy as being one of
the most impressive of the many pro
grams arranged. Addresses were de
livered by the society's president,
Prof. M. C. Schvbergson and Prof. Ed
ward Westermark.
• • •
Riksdagsman Bogren of Falkoping
l as stirred up a hornet's nest by a
recent speech in the house in refer
ence to a motion in regard to slioot
ing and sportsmanship. Mr. Bogren
took occasion to deplore the fo.ct that
pleasure and luxury seemed most im
portant in many of the gun clubs now
adays, and this the Falkoping club
understood to reflect upon them. A
circular of protest has been sent, stat
ing that they have never had dances,
or used liquor at their shooting tour
naments. Furthermore, they claim that
Mr. Bogren does not know the condi
tions in his own district, not having
shown any interest in the affairs of the
club, or even joined as passive mern
er. And in the meantime Mr. Bo
gren is busy trying to square himself
,ith his enraged district.
DENMARK.
A report from Copenhagen says that
it is now asserted that Alberti, the
former cabinet officer, misused his of
ficial administrative power as minis
ter of justice in the most reckless way
to make money. The public has al
ways thought this was the case, bqt
proof of it was lacking.
Alberti's son-in-law, Trepka Bloch,
who is the son of the Danish painter,
Carl Bloch, and a well-known judicial
officer, has acknowledged in court that
he received large amounts of money
for assisting corporations and private
persons in obtaining privileges and
benefits from his father-in-lay, who,
regardless of all law and rule's, award
ed drug store privileges, theater
licenses and other documents, pro
vided Bloch obtained enough money
\:>r them.
On the other hand, if the applicants
did not ask for Bloch 's assistance, it
was impossible for them to obtain
anything from Alberti, notwithstand
ing that they had the best of qualifica
tions.
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This is looked upon as the most sen
sational development in the case: Pen
ning Matzen, the noted professor of
international law, says it has become
necessary to summon a great state
court for the trial of Alberti and his
colleagues in the cabinet.
• • •
The March elections this year were
of unusual importance because of the
active participation of the women of
Denmark, who, for the first time, were
accorded the right to vote and to seek
election to office—that is to say, in
local or communal affairs. They are
still disfranchised so far as national
or state affa'rs are concerned, and
consequently cannot vote for members
of the rigsdag. Owing to the slow
ness of the Danish statisticians, we do
not yet. know how many women
availed themselves of the right of suf
frage last month. As to the number
elected to offic-3 a dispatch says that
in Copenhagen 11 per cent of the new
ly elected officials are women, and
that throughout the country 7 per cent
are women.
A rather unexpected result of the
elections is the falling off in the so
cialists in many cities where the new
propaganda has been firmly estab
lished. In the rural districts, how
ever, the socialists made a better
showing, but on the whole they have
no particular reason for exultatioa
over the outcome.