Janesville Daily Gazette from Janesville, Wisconsin • Page 1

CIRCULATION OF THE GAZETTE 37 SAlURDAI HI CIRCULATION OF THE GAZETTE DUMBER SI. THE JAKES YULE DAILY GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUKE 13, XLIX. THE JANESYILLE DAILY GAZETTE. INQUIRY MAKES SMALL HEADWAY Grand Jury Hears Stories Of Alleged Bribery Of Union Leaders In Past, LAST DAY FOR REAL WORKING Longest Session Of State Legislature Draw, ing To A Close Very Rapidly; ADJOURNMENT FINALLY IN SIGHT Senate Was Slow at Opening But Has Made Up Time Since It Got Down To The Real Hard Work FIRMS PAID FOR ENDING STRIKE Of The Session. vveather sort of makts me lose inter est i SPECIAL TO TBE GAZETTE.

Madison. June 13. This Is the last hard working day of the Wisconsin legislative session of lSOa. It has been the longest session In the history of the state and the largest number of hills ever considered have been introduced and disposed of in the months intervening since the second week in January. The long session was causd only in- part by the unprecedented number of -bills, for these could have been disposed of at least three weeks earlier had riot other things caused delay.

The ralhparf rate commission bill was the biggest factor in prolonging the session. The' senate railroad commission deliherr tor weens atter me Lhe nreliminary measures had been i completed, and rhe result is declared most regisiaiors as long and careful' consideration I iPfpor'ant iueoe oi leu.olduuii ic celved. Willie this bill was hanging fire it was' usual for other controverted tf ho' laid over from time to lime and it was not until this. go b. 1 i ci inno trie UCCits preparatory ing -up.

The assmruly. being over-whelciiigiv administration in factional quickly passed a railroad commission as well as almost every other so-calied La Fol-lette measure. Then the worked on other measures and was- far ahead of the senate. The senate seemed lazy in the early weeks of the session, but the assembly was cement, purhui.c witr. h-cc eare considering and passing, bills of large importance and' "putting it up to the senate'? to.

consider them as. though introduced importajj.t.i.measures,-. havet-rnow been disposed of' and in. the day that i-c--mains before the1 close of business Wednesday" the remaining formalities of pasaioz arid concurring' in bllis iuuii have oeoil -hreshed out" will attended- to. The last three days' of.

the week are for the exe'eu tive to pass upon measures and the session will adjourn sine die Saturday. Host's Bill The senate last ulght concurred in I bill Commissioner Host to re- quire tho old hue "mutual" life com-1 panics to dtstriDute their surplus among tne poiiey-notuers not toss ire- armiment that it is settled and lnevl-queotly than once in live years. This lahle rule that money commands the changes-a law of 1S71, which Com- nel rate Gf nCome and 1f process of missioner Host ruled required the loaning money is submitted' to any To Stop All Trouble Some Pees To The Strike ders. oS a St. Louis brewing: concern, was questioned as" to the possibility of a teamsters' strike having been called at the instance of the Chicago brewers to hrm the St.

Louis brewing interests. Joseph Lapham, ofs the t. p-owinp- r.n ifistified before he was able to secure "ft settlement of the stride a.sainst his concern he was forced to pay the men who lie took back full wages for time lost while S. Field of the. Knicker bocker Ice Co.

testified that in settling the. strike against ms coeiuiuu money was used. CR0WDED TROLLEY CAUGHT BY A TRAIN A West Bound and O. Passenger: Train Crashes Into a Trollfty Car. rsi-HCiAL lit' 1 GhicFiL-o.

June 13. A westbound B. 0 paSsenr irani lata a crowded irodcy oar at South Chicago is morning, uaiijn nn the cow-catcher. Motor- man Frank Molinc and Conductor ndrew MCarry weie iw" i-infprl and five other occupants nrhn rar wore seriously injured. The brakes on me uunuj work.

THE BLOODLESS WAR CONTINUES TO WAGE Land Forces Stiil Hold the Ad van- tges -Over the Naar mpiciiLBY.scinrM-M"B4a.K-:i telephone message from Fort Monroe says tnr.t at three-o'cleck ti.ts m.cuiipg- a battleship and two other vessels ot cluiiial rm-'sords fleet appeared oft the lort and wore "sunk" by a vigorous fire the coast artillery guns, -ha- a beet ot small vessel: were sent up uiu i-utuiua while the the heavier vessels were making a demonstration against Port Member Of The, Austrian Royal Family Passes Away Eary This Morning. fsrnciAL iiv. srnirrs-M'nAC Vienna, June IS. The Arch DtiKe Joseph died suddenly -early this-morn-iag. He had not been sick long and -his-'death" was not cxpeciea.

-STATE NOTES' Members of -the Racine public park commission liavo purchasec lairs. Mas- inlet-. aiipasatas. 10 be platen rde children's playground which to be established here in connection with the public A man alleged to be Franklin V. ado and said to be wanted by the police authorities ot in.

vRst.eri in Marinette on Sunday. ihc wnv ro the nollce station broke away from the' officers and ran but was captured. The Rev. M. Rufsvold, pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Marinette, has resigned 1.0 f-CCCpt a pastorate si Calumet.

Mich. Trachte Grahlman's agricultural implement, warehouse and Martin Vergncz' hardware stores were destroyed by Arc on Sunday. The loss is Joseph Camming has been arrested lit Racine on a' charge of stealing two children's savings banks containing about from the home of Edward Showaltcr. F. ft.

Dun hi no arrested at. Minnean- clis on suspicion cil' being connected with the Gray silk robbery was taken to Green Bay on Monday and placed In to await araignment. And One Death From the Dreaded "Yellow-Jack" Reported to Washington, SCBllTK-Jt'SAK-: Washington, June 13, Seven ncw: eases of fever and one death was report-sri by Governor Magoon from Panama today. Vienua. June 1:1.

Baron Nathanli Rothschild, a -brother of the head of the' Vienna banlnup i. jue of Rothschild Is dead. How Large Sums Were Paid Firms Paid Large Le I SCP.IPPS-M'BAB June 13 Robert Campbell of the Fenbody Coal Co. appeared as a ness in the grand jury investigation on the alleged criminal practices of the labor leaders In connection v. i the teamsters' strike.

It is understood Campbell was asked to light on the alleged use ot JJO.OOO.to irevent the strike of the teamsters against the downtown office buildings when the unions' -tried' to force -the buildings to use coal Instead of gas. Joseph Birobski, the Chicago agent GEORGIA BOY HEADS GRADUATING CLASS Wast Point Commencement Exercis Being He'd -Famous Full-Back Stands Second. MI-Hl'IAIi TCI TI1K. West Point, June IS. The closing exercise for the cadet sraduallng ei-cs which number 114 memoers.

wer he'd here today, witnessed by officials of the army and members oi both houses of congress, in addition to a large number of visitors including relatives and friends of the graduates De Witt C. Jones, of Georgia, graduated at the head of the class, a position ho has held for two years. Ernest Graves, of North Carolina, came iw-xi; Francis B. Wieby, of Mas-snchusclts, third, and Clarence B. of Indiana, Ernest Grove-- rf North if.

"he famous fullback or the West. Point, foot-hall team and has been prominent 1n athletics since, entrance -to the l(lPmv Calv I us. is the hero who scaled the wall at Peking during the Boxer troubles: in- stands, fuuee in the-class. Sherman Miles, son of Ueul.Gen Miles, is William B. Merritt.

son of'Ma-por-General Wesley M-orritt, is ber. DOING HIS UTMOST FOR AL PATRICK David Hill Asks N. Y. Court of Appeals to Hear-Motion for Reargument of KPBi'ur, iiv scitirrs-M'BAH Uh.m- Junn 13. Tile COlirt of appeals this afternoon denied the application made by Former Senator p.

B. Htll to hear the motion for a re-argument or the case 01 Ajoeri. i. pcrbc Hill savs he will make 'ap plication', either from. one of.

the judges Trnncfirtlnira 'ucndlng the' motion for rc-argumentc- Should -this fall the case will -lie taken -'to the -United S'ntos supreme EXCLUDE JEWS FROM THE RIGHT TO VOTE This is tho Decision of the Russians Who Plan The Zemst-vos. srr.ciAt. by London, June 18. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that the functions of the proppseri representative assembly has been definitely decided upon.

The Jews arc to bo entirely included from taking part in the election of representatives who are being elected through the stemstvos. Martial Law Warsaw, June 13, Martial law was -beehsro-d ac Bseit Liovnk where -four Jews- were' killed and wonty-cight wounded UiO SOsOhv-ists who. raided the shops. steamer Sunk London, June 13. It is reported the British mail steamer St.

Klldu. which sailed from KulcLtinoU for Hongkong -on May 22d, was sunk six lays later in the Straits of Malacca by the Russian cruiser Dneiper. The'" Fifteenth Gorman Gsographentag Opens Today at Danzig, Germany. JSrKCIAL TO THE CAZ1.1TK.1 Danv.ig, June 13. The fifteenth Ger-mar.

GeouraphehPig bore today and will continue two days. Sonic of the ntosc eminent geOF''a-phuis of Europe are attending the convention. Tho chief subjects of papers and discussions will be south polar explorations, vulcanolojty, coast morphology and formation of dunes' and school geography. Major Lagarrte, of tho A'ncon, hospitals in Panama, lias uis.riuuLion, out me nquaauie res.is- expenses bv reason or taxes or otner-ed and the supreme court held that wiss. ir is inevitable must he so.

Wisconsin, and some J348.000.000 In the country at large. Commissioner Host says it means, in his opinion, that the companies will change the plan of deferred dividehd policies- everywhere and it will be the greatest: change that has ever taken place in the life insurance world. Both houses of the' legislature worked late last night clearing up the remnants of business, so to get through with business Wednesday, and adjourn sine die Saturday1-. Last Debate Wont.ii;: The last long debate in tfi-senata fnr t-his -session was the, -Question. of the eie- edits tfrom taxa- tiom: Senator: proposed an amendment taxing' the 'mortgages and similar property at one naiiaui.uue -HW-and Senators and milllvray argiied for it anrf Senators iiira auo- Kreutzer opposed it.

The amendment was lost bv a vote of 10 to 13 and the original WU exempting such property from all taxation was also lost by a vote 'Of 14 to 15, this result being caused by Senators Stevens and Froemming, who opposed any legislation on the The situation then is that the present -unsatisfactory and ineffective mortgage tax law will stand unchanged. senate concurred in' the constitutional resolution to provide that after' 1912 none other than full-fledged American citizens shall be allowed to in Wisconsin. The assembly worked on an unimportant- closing up business. Whitehead's Speech Senator Whitehead vigorously op- posed the declaring that he wondered ihat a senator 'could propose, in an argument for- equal taxation, that certain property' "be taxed at, a rate of-one-half 'of one-per cent, when the average rate of general property; -of the state was 11 mills on. the dollar a'ndi' local rates are some- times as high: as three per cent.

Ho. opnosed the proposition as: one calculated to increase the interest rates and drive money the state and interfere' with' the capital Into' this commonwealth for Improvement and development of sections In great need of Senator McGillivray snoke in favor of the amendment. and Senators Bird and Kreutzer in reposition, senator Bird made tho. that. the rate charged for the loan will Spanish King Is Once More Saf Among nil fsSi'KClAL Hi- SCrtlFPS-Jt'ltAE 3VTad'rid.

Jund 13. King Alfonso' re turned today from a visit to Franco and England. He received a tremendous ovation from the populace, and attended a solemn to deum. service at Buena Suceso churcn, in recognition of his safe return and escape from death at the hands of bomb-throwers in Paris. Repulsed Attack Tokio, June 13.

Oyama reports on June 11th some mixed columns, ot Russian troops attacked in rhe vicinities of Tingchenga, Erhshilpao and Shufangtai. All the attacks were repulsed. Miner Kill' cJ by Snowslide. 13. -Wesey Hannon and John Smith, two well-known been found- dead at the mouth of the tunnel of the Cashier mine, a mile above It la believed the men were caught la a snowslide.

Protects Live Pigeons, Jersey City, N. June 13. Tho New' Jersey supreme' court in a decision' rendered by Justice Fort, sustained the constitutionality ot the lair, which prohibits the shooting of live pigeons as a test of markis manship. Princeton Endowmen Is Doubled. Princeton, Juno 13.

The heirs of Mrs. Mary J. Wlnthrop's estate have reached an agreement by which Princeton Theological seminary will receive $1,760,000: This more than doubles the present entiowmen of Banker Charged With Theft. Trinidad, June 13, James L. Bridge, vice president and manager of the defunct American Savings bank, has been arrested charged with embezzling 400 from the bank.

His preliminary bearing was set for June SI. the law favored the companies. The legislature has now changed the law De increased. The -borrower must pay so as to remove all doubt. This law the end- all the charges and taxes-will affect.

held by var-. whatsoever oh the or he will-lous for policy-holders lit be able to 'borrow money, he Uncle Sam The summer CABINET MEMBERS TO HONOR CH0ATE Former Ambassador Will Be Guest at Banquet of Union League Club in New York. rsrnci.u, to thr New York. June IS. Former Am bassador Joseph H.

Choatc will the honored guest at a banquet, to be ilvon at. tlin Union League Club to- might. Cornelius Bliss, president Ot tne ClUOj will presioe miu secretary of war, Elihu.Boot, and Senator Chauncey M. reply to toasts. The cabinet be r.epre-sentd bv try of War Taft -and Attorney-General William Moody.

Anion; other ttuesss will bB Sanderson, the British consul-general at New Yo'K' President Roosevelt and Vice-president Fairbanks, a're among the invited TO ADDRESS SWINE BREEDERS OF IOWA Secretary of Agriculture, Honorable dames Wilson, Arrives In Des Moines, SPKCIAL TO TJ1H Dcs Moines, June. IE. James WHson, secretary of ARriciit-'. lure, has arrived here la address the Iowa Swine Breeders' AssQciation which besan Us. -annua! meeting: here today.

Tomorrow there will be held a meeting the KaUema! Association of Expert Swine 'Judges' for the purpose of score card practice, and the granting or certificates to those' who pass- a satisfactory examination. EDITOR ADDRESSES UNIVERSITY GRADS Talcott Williams of Philadelphia Press, Speaks at John Hopkins' Commencement. srncTATj to Tin: c.szrttk.I Baltimore, June 33. The commencement exercises of John Hopkins University were held here today. Talcott Williams, editor of the Phila dolphla Press, made the address to the graduates.

MINISTERS' APPEALS BEING CONSIDERED Methodist Divines. Convicted of Gambling by Judicial Conference, Seek Reinstatement. fSrUCl.U. TO T-il- rjAZKTTtl.l New York, June 13. The Judicial Conference whicik has under consideration of the -appeals of Wilbur F.

Corkran -and Charles Baker, formerly prominent Methodist ministers of the Wilmington, Methodic jssisoopri' Conference met hero today o-, r'se ssuieads of too PC ms tors. TLoy core eonvioi erl some time ago on charges of gambling in stocks. Bishop Berry presided at the meeting- today, but secrecy surrounds th sessions of the conference. Dr. Corkran was suspended for one year, while Dr.

Baker was deposed. The new Presbyterian church at Carthage. 111., erected at a cost ot JdidJbf. to replace the one burned last A'secsl 'seis se leatoo roe oOe eh; Rev. Dr.

George L. Robinson of Chicago preaching the dedicatory STATE BEGINS ITS FIRST BIG LAW SUIT Northwestern Road Is Defendant in Action Beeuri at. Madiaon This Morning. Mhdison, V.rls., June 13. At 0 today in the 'Dane county c'aMcd the first of the series of 'cases 'k deJ court, clares--that he will, collect more tnan S4.t2.0fiO in bach tr.xes from the rail; road antes in iscoa-Sijj, Preparatory, to iritrodnckitt their uvaser-ce, of t'eeir c'aim that have -nor.

Incorrectly re ported. i i "i earnirat the rai roans ice ei ui.au.! books, aeeouPts. rate 'sheets and many other documents. The hooks brought by the North-Western road alone fill an entire express car. Other roads have somewhat smaller oian.if.es.

The suits are brought -o (-elect penalties of $10,000 from each road for the failure to correctly report their gross earnings for the purpose of taxation. Governor La FnllPti-e declares that the investiga tion made by Railroad Commissioner Thomas pursuant to a tun passeu oy the legislature two years ago shows that the roads gave large rebates and leftc-the'm and other items- out of their The roads (Claim that seel, items as they otitof their i-eporc omitted; and ''hat tbev cuKht not to be taxed fictitious never itvefl. but allowed to shippers Irs the process of adjusting" rates. The Srr. ease Is of the North-Western road: This win be a.

test, will be carried to the supreme, court, and- will obviate the trial of the other cases. Attorney General Sturdevant and H. W. Chynowefh represent the state and W. Bowers appear for the North-Western.

BIG FIGHT PROGRAM IN MONTANA TODAY Miners' Day Being Celebrated at Butte with Pugilistic tncounters Between Famous Scrappers, IWl-KClAl, TO TilJi Butte, June IB. A prominent feature of the eel cue -of sTiners' Dav here will be the fight tonight d'mme Vdal she wnight of New England aut-. Oseen f.lo;an. the clever little English a sic'o io--ennv Atsod in a -svep-s round don The hoys, will clash before Pon 'l'lie are to dec d-c sixfC per Cell! of IhP gross receipts, oi ice sennor will receive 7d per cent. Butte.

June 13. The big fighting program here tonight; innl-ides a match between "Battling" Nelson and'Aurelio Herrcrra, who arc to box twenty rounds at 130 pounds. McCarthy-Mullin Fight. Portland, June IB. decry McCarthy and B-ii-uey Mnllin will meet here tor.ight a twenty-round bout 1-15 pounds.

Minister M. Witte Is to Leave St, Pet ersburg Immediately for Washington, London, June IB A report from St. Petersburg stittes that M. Witte, president of Ihe Council or mhuishc leaves immediately for Washington in connection with the peace REUNION OF THOSE WHO WORE THE GRAY Qathering of Confederate Soldiers Will. Be Held at Louisyijlie, Commencing Tomorrow, tj tri'ir: cketth.

Louisville. June -Great preparations have been completed for the success of the Conferlerate union which' begins here tomorrow. Gen: Stephen 15. Lee, commanding. general of the Confederation here today from Columbus, Ohio, ac-oompamed by the tamo Columbus riflemen, who will act as his personal escor'f- during rhe gathering.

The riflemen are the oldest organization he Xational Guard hi the fin'ed States, -having been organized in the -car LS37, They saw adtive service in the Mexican, civil and Spanish-American wars. Only or.e member of the original charter membership roll is now living. Many Killed Louisville, June IS. A Southern By. special of eleven coaches carrying the delegates to tho Louisville reunion of Confederates from St.

Louis and the southwest was wrecked a mile west of Golden Gate, 111., today. The engineer and fireman were killed and a number of passengers are reported Wiled and injured. MITCHELL'S TRIAL COMMENCED TODAY Senator Charged with Complicity in Oregcn Land Frauds is Before Jury, SI'SCIAU TO Tilt: r.AZFTTin Portland, June imbed Sucre Ser.afer John V. Mltchc-UV trial or corr.plicitv in the Oregon land hepan. today.

Assistant General Francis J. Honey will conduce the prosecution of the case. It is confidently expected that the trial will be ended by the last of the allowing for delays, and a verdict The trials of the oth-rs In Heated' in the land frauds will follow, BRYAN WILL SPEAK AT FORT ATKINSON The Great Commoner Will. Lecture There June 26 Subject Not. Yet Announced.

Atkinson, -June 13. William ae-nmngs never, I in- tdis city Juno or a lecture His topic has not yet-been announced uut cable understood that it will bo one not in nature. URGED TO CONTINUE RESTRICTION PLAN Texas Bankers Ask Farmers to StM Cotton, That Prices May Be Snbved Higher, i- in- Dallas, June 13. Prominent, bankers from all parts of the state i-l here -i coo -oi lie 1 ci a On lion of tho Texas Scie Bankers' A-- sue: ion, began today. Resolu tions will 1)2 made urging I'lmcCr- to continue restricting rhe produces, ui of rot: -in curing rhe pices tin; So' dec Si lies have beer, hose ing.

to. receive for the past several months. fNWClAi TO N'ew York, June-13. Arrancements were completed today for a tug to go' down tomorrow and' meet of- State- John Hay. who is' re-' turning from a several weeks' vacation in Europe for the benefit of his health.

Mr. Hay, accompanied by Mrs. Hy, is returning on the Baltic, which left Liverpool last Wednesday. SPARKS FROM THE' WIRES At a meeting in it was decided that a handsome monument should be erected in honor the late General Henry v. Boynton.

Wesley Han no and John Smith, two well-known miners, have been found dead at the mouth of the tun nel of tiio Cashier mine, a mile above iLureica, Col. Fort Wayne, stockholders of the South Bend Independent Tele phone company deny that they have soia out a controlling interest, to Bell company. More than 2M employes of United States mint at Philadelphia were indefinitely. The uning depart in enr and the melting-room were closed down because of a lack of silver bullion. The secretary of the' interior has oraereu tne withdrawal entry of 1 050,000 acres of land In tho Santa and Las Crimes laud districts in-.

'Now Mexico-to be added to the Gila- river tores reserve. Czar Accents the Proposition of the president As to Peace Settlement. si'EciAi. ny sciiriTR-ji'pABij Washington, June 13. The Presi dent, received from Ambassador Kev i a id odcaleh.

re mc the uuiiue.i iwij or tne itusstan zo- ernmcnt of Roosevelt's peace ypropo- ecen. uojinrming tne oral made he (csisini yesterday. Mrs. W. F.

Van Valen of AHanta' is visiting Mrs. F. H. Kemmcrer! tiuuiii iciiuuiny sireet..