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15he Furniture Man,
DR. AMES ON TRIAL
{Continued from page one).
term at cne stact penitentiary at aim
water.
The defense yesterday made a deter
mined fight on the validity of the in
dictment, insisting lhat contrary to
law it contained many specific and
separate charges, and moved the court
that the prosecution be required to
elect one of the specific charges and
confine its evidence.to that particular
event. C. S. Jelly, assistant county at
torney, maintained that the several
acts of accepting money were so inti
mately connected as to form one sys
tem of "graft."
Attorney William Erwin argued the
point for the defense, but the court de
nied the original motion.
County Attorney Fred E. Boardman
at the outset stated what the prosecu
tion would attempt to prove. It wOuld
attempt to show that in the spring of
1891 Dr. Ames had taken Gardner in
nls confidence and unfolded a
t^ff "Plan of Extorting Money
from women keeping assignation
bouses. He cautioned the jurors to
bear in mind the distinction between
these women who conducted their
business under the disguise of con
fection shops from those who lived in
the "red light district," and paid
monthly fines to the city. The women
of the former class, the state would
attempt to prove, did pay to Gardner
money in installments of from $10 to
$25, which he turned over in a lump
to the defendant.. He cautioned the
jurors to keep their minds in an open
and unbiased condition and not at
tempt to evolve any theories or hunt
for a loophole for the defendant.
During the trial" Dr. Ames and his
wife sat behind the lawyers for the
defense, listening carefully to every
word, but showing no signs of emo
tion. Dr. Ames frequently laughed
loutright at portions of the testimony,
and often Mrs. Ames whispered to the
ittv.yers who are defending her hus
band. On the front seats sat many of
the women mentioned in the indict
ment anu several of the policemen on
duty during the doctor's last adminis
tration. The court room was crowded
morning and afternoon.
Dray and
Transfer Line...
Pianos Furniture
and Commercial
Work Made Spec
ialties
AGENT FOK
Standard OilCompany
WES WRIGHT,
I-hone 40. Proprietor
Jay Reynolds
Attorney-at-Law.
Office: Over Lumbermen:* Bank
This seems to be CouchTime. We are selling lots of Couclies. Seems to be a
great demand for them. Now we want every Conch-Seeker to get familiar with us
and tne prices we are offering on our goods. It will he a long time perhaps before
vou'll get another such chance as this. This is one of the best values ever offered in a
Couchit is 74 inches long, 31 inches wide, upholstered in eight rows deep tufting
over Karpin's Guaranteed Steel Springs absolutely the best and largest Couclies sold in
the, city. Don't fail to see the Couch in our window. The price on this Couch will be
reduced 7o cents each day until sold. We carry a full line of Up-to-Date Furniture at
the lowest prices. When you need anything in the Furniture Line, remember the Big
Store with the Little Price.
E. L. Naylor,
CLAIMS ARE HELD UP.
Art Sensational Federal Indictments
Hinted At.
Duluth, Minn., May 3.The surpris
ing fact that 2,500 timber and stone I
claims in the Duluth district ai bging i
held up by the secretary of the in
terior was given out last night by a
Duluth land attorney. The informa
tion comes to him from an official
source. The attorneys who complain
to the special agent here in charge of
such cases are told they may facilitate
the issuance of patents by producing
their clients and original witnesses.
This will be a difficult thing-in some
cases to do as witnesses have gone to
distant parts and cannot be returned
except at considerable expense.
It is hinted that at the May term of
court in Duluth there will be some
sensational indictments for the whole
sale illegal procuring of timber claims
by agents of lumber companies.
MINNESOTA IS LOSER.
University of Iowa Wins the Debate
at Iowa City.
Iowa City, Iowa, May 3. Compul
sory arbitration of disputes between
capital and labor, upheld by the Uni
versity of Iowa, was successful in the
tenth annual debate between Iowa and
Minnesota last night. The debatihig
team for Iowa was George E. Hill of
Burlington, E. Johnson of Iowa City
and C. H. Edmundson of Iowa City.
The Minnesota team was J. A. Church
ill. W. Williams and H. L. Wildey.
The two teams were eveniny balanced
and each debator made a brilliant
speech. The decision was close, two
judges voting for the affirmative and
one for the negative. The debate
makes the score between Iowa and
Minnesota stand three defeats for
Minnesota and seven for Iowa.-----
TRACKMEN STRIKE.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Quit
Work at Winona.
Winona, Minn., May 3. One hun
dred and twenty-five men employed og.
the Milwaukee track struck yesterday
morning for eight hours and $1.75 for
a day's pay. They have been getting
$1.50 for ten hours. The case has
been taken up with the roadmaster at
La Crosse. It is thought the demand
will he denied, as wages here are the
same as paid all gangs between La
Crosse and St. Paul.
CHOKED TO DEATH.
Insane Patient Swallowed Set of
False Teeth.
Davenport, Iowa, May 3. Laura
Beckman, an insane patient at Mercy
hospital, found a set of false teeth
and tried to wear them, although she
had a good set of natural teeth. The
false teeth slipped down her throat
and choked her to death in five min
utes. Physicians at a post mortem
examination, recovered them from her
right lung.
D. T. HEDGES DEAD.
In Sioux City Boom Days He Was
Rated a Millionaire.
Sioux City, Iowa, May 3. A San
Francisco dispatch tells of the death
by asphyxiation of D. T. Hedges, form
erly of Sioux City. Hedges was one
of the "big four" boomers here in the
boom days and was rated as a multi
millionaire. He was widely known as
a financier and promoter of railroad
lines.
APPOINTMENTS AT WINONA.
Little Falls Supplies the New Head of
the City Schools.
Winona. Minn.. Mav 3.Q, R. Frazer
Couch
Sale
at
Maylor's
Bemidji Minnesota.
or Little rana, Minn., was unanimous
ly elected city superintendent of
schools by the board of education last
night. His salary is $2,000 a year.
The police force appointed by May
or Brown includes all the old force
and eight new men.
NORTH DAKOTA WIN3.
Mistake Made in Announcing Result
of Debate.
Vermillion, S. D., May 3.In the or
atorical contest between the univer
sity teams of South Dakota and North
Dakota here Wednesday night, the
North Dakota team won. A mistake
was made in announcing the result,
South Dakota being credited with first
place.
Gave Farm to Tenant.
Sioux City, Iowa, May 3. A "dis
patch from Madison, S. D., says 1. D.
Smith, who owns 100 quarter-sections
in South Dakota, has just presented
one 160-acre tract to his tenant. The
land alone is worth $30 an acre, and
the tenant gets farm implements,
buildings and everything n the place.
Smith is said to be worth a million
and a half dollars, which would make
him the second richest man in the
state. He bought farms when they
were away down and now has a big
fortune.
Sold Liquor to Red Men.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 3. Harry
Gahl of Pierre, who was convicted by
a jury on a charge of selling liquor to
Indians and sentenced to a term of
eighteen months in the penitentiary
and fined $100.
Children Swept Away.
Thorpe, Wis., May 3.Andrew Her
man endeavored to cross a branch of
the Eau Claire river in a wagon con
taining his wife and two children. The
river being high the two children were
swept from the wagon and drowned.
Postmaster Is Convicted.
Manila. May 3.O. G. Milne, post
master Of Tacloban, capital of Leyte,
has been convicted of misappropriat
ing funds, but no sentence has yet
been pronounced. Milne is also
charged with embezzlement.
Shot His Mistress.
St. Louis, May 3.Leon Saunders, a
billiard hall employe, shot and fatally
wounded Mary Burke, with whom he
had been living, and then blew out his
own brains. Jealousy is supposed to
have been the cause.
Americans Are All Safe.
Washington, May 3.A cablegram
received at the state department yes
terday from Consul McWade at Can
ton reports that all the American engi
neers reported to have been attacked
by anti-foreign Chinese are sate.
Fatally Wounds His Father.
Glenwood, Wis.. May 3.During a
family quarrel yesterday Richard
Sachse fired three shots from a re
volver at his father. -Th father is
said to be dying. Both parties were
arrested.
PRODUCED THE CONTRACTS
To Show a Combine Between Rilroads
and Coal Companies.
New York, April 25.The trustees
rate hearing the contracts between
the railroads and the coal companies
were produced the trust company
which held them, the attorneys for the
roads protesting. Mr. Shearn ex
plained that the contracts will snow
a combination jr pool of the freight
interest in violation of the law.
Overflow From the Wires in a Con
densed Form.
David L. Brace, a prominent real es
tate broker of Lincoln, Xeb., filed in
the federal court a petition in volun
tary bankruptcy. Liabilities J2G3.712
assets nominal.
he St. Louis, Irnn Mountain &
Southern Railroad of St. Louis has
filed with the secretary of state at Jef
ferson City, a certificate of increase of
capital stock from $09,000,000 to $119,-
000,000.
A school of education, to be the out
growth of the present department of
education in Harvard college, is to be
founded with an endowment fund of
$2,000,000 and an additional 5500,000
for an administratipn building.
Capt. Michael Madden, well known
to vesBelmen all over the great lakes,
died at Saginaw/Mich., after an ill
ness from lung trouble lasting two
years. Capt. Madden sailed for years
and of late had become an owner.
James B. Wilson, editor and pro
prietor of the Knights of Fidelity
News, the national organ of the
Knights of Fidelity, an organization of
saloonkeepers, dropped dead in his of
fice at Indianapolis from a stroke of
apoplexy.
Bishop Randolph S. Foster of the
Methodist Episcopal church died at
Newton, Mass., aged eighty-three
years. Death was due to apoplexy.
For about three years he was presi
dent of the Drew theological seminary
at Paterson, N. J.
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
St. Paul, May 3. Wheat No. 1
Northern, 76 77c No. 2 Northern,
76@76 1-2c No. 3, 73 l-2@74c. Corn
No. 3, 43(/45c No. 4, 41 43c no
grade, 37@39c. RyeNo. 2, 47@48c.
BarleyMalting grades, 45@55c feed
grades, 35@40c.
Minneapolis, May 3. WheatNo.
1 hard, 77 5-8c No. 1 Northern,
76 5-8c: No. 2 Northern. 75 5-8c.
Duluth, May 3. Wheat No. 1
hard, 79 5-8c No. 1 Northern, 77 5-8c
No. 2 Northern, 761-8c flax,
$1,10 1-4 oats. 33c rye, 49 l-2c.
Milwaukee. May 3. Wheat No.
1 Nortnern, 80(3)80 l-2c No. 2 North
ern, 77 79c. Rye No. 1, 52 l-2c.
BarleyNo. 2, 58@60c. OatsStand
ard, 35@35 l-2c. CornJuly, 44 3-4c.
Chicago, May 3. Wheat No.
2 red, 771-2c No. 3 red, 69@75c No.
2 hard winter, 72 75c No. 3 hard
winter, 69 74c No. 1 Northern
spring, 79 80c No. 2 Northern
spring, 78@79c No. 3 spring, 71@79c.
CornNo. 2. 44 l-2@44 3-4c No. 3, 43
@43 1-2c. OatsNo. 2, 31@311-2c
No. 3, 30@30 l-2c.
Sioux City, Iowa, May 3. Cattle
Beeves, $4.20 (a) 5 cows, bulls and
mixed, $2@4.25 stackers and feeders,
$3.25@4.60 calves and yearlings, $3@
4.50. Hogs, $6.60@6.90 bulk, $6.70
6.80.
Chicago. May 3. Cattle G00M
prime steers, $5@5.50 stockers and
feeders, $3@4.90 cows, $1.50@4.90
heifers. $2.50@5.25 calves, $2.50@6
Texas-fed steers. $4@ 4.75. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $6.80@7 rough
heavy, $6.80@6.95 light, $6.60@6.90
bulk of sales, $6.80@7.05. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, $4.75@5.50
fair to choice mixed, $3.75 4.60
Western sheep, $4.60 5.35 native
lambs, $4.50@6.75.
South St. Paul, May 3. Cattle
Good to choice steers, $4.50@5 good
to choice cows and heifers,, $3.25g4
good to choice feeding steers, $3.75@
4.25 steer calves, $2 3 good to
choice stock cows and heifers, |2.40@
2.75. Hogs Price range, $6.40
6.921-2 bulk, $6.60@6.65. Sheep
Good to choice shorn lambs, $5.75@6
fair to good, $5@5.75 heavy, $4.50@5
culls and stock ewes. $2.50@3.
LOEB NOT SERIOUSLY ILL.
He Will Be Able to Rejoin the Presi
dent in a Few Days.
St. Louis',"May 3. It was at first
feared that William Loeb. secretary to
the president, who is ill here, was
threatened with typhoid fever, but Dr.
Behrens, the house physician, says the
patient will be able to leave Sunday
for Albuquerque, N. Mex., to rejoin
the president. The secretary has
mountain fever.
Rios Is Captured.
Manila, May 3.Gov. Caillees of La
guna province and a party of volun
teers yesterday captured Rios, the
fanatical Filipino leader, in that part
of the Island of Luzon.
Minnesota Student Dies.
Stanford University, Cal., May 3.
Miss H. C. Oscher, who entered Stan
ford last Christmas from Minnesota
university, died yesterday of typhoid
fever.
Sigsbee Trkes Hold.
Philadelphia. May 3.Rear Admiral
Sigsbee was yesterday installed as
commandant of the League Island
navy yard.
Captured by Turkish Troops.
Constantinople. May 3. Turkish
troops have captured a Bulgarian band
300 strong near Nevrokdp, European
Turkey.
Murder Charge Not Sustained.
Avoca, Iowa. May 3.In the case
of the state against Mrs. Ella Mc
Daniel and A. M. Livix the jury re*
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
two were accused of the murder of
Mrs. McDaniel's husband.
Site for Library.
Hudson, Wis.. May 3.The common
council, by a unanimous vote, decided
upon the Seeley property as the loca
tion for the Carnegie public library. It
will be bought from the Mafjons for
$1,600.
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