Dakota Huronite, The (Newspaper) - April 8, 1909, Huron, South Dakota VOL HURON SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY APRIL 8 1909 NO 49 FREE LUMBER VOTED DOWN House Defeats Efforts to Amend Tariff CLOSE ON ONE PROPOSAL Tawney Amendment to Admit Free of Duty All but Finished Lumber Lost by a Vote of 170 to Fordney Amendment Striking Out the vision for a Countervailing Duty Adopted Washington April The house OTerwhelmlngly adopted the Fordney amendment to the Payne tariff striking out the provision for a duty on lumber This amendment was pending when OUTLINES CASE OF THE STATE District Attorney Makes Statement i Sampson Murder Trial Lyons N Y April th trial of Mrs Georgia Sampson charged with the murder of her bus band Harry Sampson was resumed District Attorney Gilbert outlined thi case of the prosecution Mr that he It to be his duty to see that the rights of the de- fendant were as carefully guarded as those of the people and to put before the Jury all the facts whether favored the defendant or riot Mr Gilbert declared that such as that which caused son's death could not have been self- inflicted Concerning the motive Mr Gilbert said there would be evidence concerning a letter which had been sent to Mrs Sampson was found by her husband who told his father-in-law that he would not live with Mrs Sampson any longer On the night before the shooting Mr Gilbert said there was n quarrel over one of the letters and Sampson and his wife had frequent quarrels over her numerous trips away from home Mr Gilbert asserted that Sampson mado a will at the solicitation of his of the was resumed ller the sole A parliamentary snarl at once was I encountered as to whether or not i other amendments would be permitted I under the rule adopted The point I was raised by Mr Clark of Missouri the minority leader A number of i members were Immediately on their j feet endeavoring to put their tlon upon the rule and to allay the im- j pending excitement the chair had the rule read for Information Messrs Fitzgerald of New York and Dalzell of Pennsylvania both on the committee on rules contended that individual amendments under the rule could be offered The chair ruled that other ments could be offered but that the committee amendment offered by Mr Fordney had precedence The tion again became clouded by the of- fering of a substitute amendment by Mr Clark who desired to speak to it but the chair ruled that Mr Fordney was entitled to the Mr ney said he introduced his amendment with great res ret as the provision It sought to strike out was a meritorious one I am offering amendment he declared and will vote fur it but It causes to sweat blood in doing to Mr of Minnesota jumped up with a substitute Mr Clark who also claimed the floor was Clark Wants Free Lumber The Clark substitute which was read provided for amending eral sections by placing lumber on the free list Mr contended that two paragraphs could not be covered in one amendment and offered an entire substitute for the lumber schedule modifying hut retaining the duty The chair ruled that the Fordney amendment had precedence Against the protests ot Mr Tawney the chair recognized Mr De of Missouri for an amendment as a substitute to the countervailing vision providing for the free sion of lumber from all parts of the Western hemisphere The De Armond amendment was lost 131 to 178 thirty Democrats voting with the ans I The Fordney amendment adopted by a viva voce vote Mr Tawney at once his amendment which he said would take the duty off all lumber included In paragraph 197 of the except finished lumber the duty on which would be materially reduced He would later he said offer an ment placing rough lumber on the free list The Tawney amendment was lost on division 151 to 173 party ments being badly broken A vote by tellers on his demand also resulted in being lost 170 to 176 A motion by Mr Clark of Missouri to strike out all of paragraph 197 of the lumber schedule also was ed 118 to 157 Further amendments by Mr ney adding to the free list the lumber described In paragraph 196 were wise lost An amendment by Mr Scott Kan fixing a duty of 10 per cent ad valorem on raw hides was on division in the house lost 106 to 166 of his estate KELLOGG DELIVERS IMPRESSIVE APPEAL Monopolies Most Be Checked o Revolution May Result St Louis April these olies are permitted to exist un declared Special United States Attorney General Frank B logg addressing the federal court In the course of his argument to have tho Standard Oil company dissolved FRENCH OPINION OF ROOSEVELT Press Displays Great Inter est in VIEW OF CORRESPONDENTS Newspaper Men Sent to Naples Er Noted American Talked Mostly About Himself and Manifested a Dis position to Him as Saying He Was Elected President as a Representative of Honesty Paris April press is displaying great Interest and ity In Theodore Roosevelt When the of modern democracy goes hunting Europe Asia Africa and America climb to their windows and the caravan of publicity pass the way one of the papers describes Mr Roosevelt's Journey to East A majority of the French sent to Naples to chronicle Impressions of Mr Roosevelt say that the former president of tho ed Statos is absorbed in himself They his cabin as filled with his books and littered with photographs oi himself and tho members of family They say that the only ject not relating to Mr self In his cabin wan a photograph Emperor William bearing the rial signature in green ink j Mr Roosevelt talked freely principally about himself and ON BOARD ITALIAN WARSHIP Roosevelt Meets the King and Queen of Italy Messina April Emmanuel and Theodore Roosevelt met on board the Italian battleship Re Umberto In Messina harbor The Re Umberto came down to the strait of Messina THE KING OF ITALY with the king and the queen of Italy on board Mr Roosevelt came from on board the steamer Admiral The weather the run down beautiful was TWO PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED Tornado Causes Havoc at lion III and Vicinity but work the correspondents say and he manifested a disposition to preach Marlon 111 April persons were killed many others were hurt Knickerbocker ancestry and his experiences as a ranchman in the Far Turning to politics he said he West Oil s 3 I have always Receiver for New York April involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against John Dickinson tho broker the failure of whose firm John inson Co waa announced here and fn Chicago on Saturday last Edward H Thomas was appointed receiver Names Governor of Arizona Washington April Taft has sent to the senate the inations of Judge Richard E Sloan of Prescott ns governor of Arizona vice terra expired and V IT of Prescott uf Arizona FRANK B KELLOGG as a violator of the Sherman act your children and mine will be mere employes of corporations and all ther initiative of enterprise will cease Further In his address Mr Kellogg said The defense ably will declare that It cannot be checked because of existing tions and its prominence In the econ of tho country but history has shown that when unchecked by court or legislation monopolies have buer stopped by revolution The federal lawyer made an ed argument on his understanding of monopolies as defined by the Sherman act and again and again reiterated his cardinal point that in its very tion the Standard had been rocked In a cradle of conspiracy and grew up a lusty Infant of monopoly and restraint of trade In his conversation he touched upon and considerable property was ped by a tornado which struck this city and Its vicinity The deaths In Pittsburg a village six miles flad been elected to the presidency us northeast of here the victims being of honesty crushed In the collapse of their home The storm came from the southwest Emperors maintained that probity In private life is tho struck here and few to public Mr Roosevelt is ed as saying I have fought the oil kings and the steel emperors they Tied to break my back but my back B Mr Roosevelt is further quoted as laving said that the president of tho United States was more powerful than ny constitutional monarch of Europe farm and then apparently He pointed out the French spent its force on aver that he possessed the j debris wrecked store fronts there and power of veto that ho appointed the i uprooted trees crashed upon dwH entire diplomatic corps and the high ings one of which collapsed governmental functionaries and that caused the two deaths he was a maker of treaties with only Tho monetary loss occasioned the consent of those which he the storm estimated at 000 as the national regulator Ho said that for the two terms while president he spent his time In lighting the trusts and that he rejoiced that he had left behind an America where the only king will be the state The machinery of state will now roll and was preceded and followed by heavy It was a m when sons on the streets In the ness section several store buildings were partly demolished and In the residence section many of the small homes occupied by miners and their families were unroofed As the storm passed across the country it ripped open barns and other and by In on without Mr Roosevelt is quoted wrecked Marlon the Edwards mill was wrecked the Ice plant damaged the A F White business college State and Trust bank grocery and a number of offices were partly blown down The African Methodist church wa as saying but with the Impetus I given Mr Taft my good sor will build the Panama canal con- to increase the army and navy and check the trusts if they again be- come too obstreperous HUGHES PLANS CAMPAIGN Will Prix CHURCHMEN IN CONVENTION Methodist Protestants Begin a Week's Conference In Baltimore Baltimore April Methodist Protestant church of the United States began today a week's conference In this city As a preliminary to the conference a public temperance ing was held at which William H Anderson superintendent of the Antl- Saloon league told of the progress of the movement The programme of the conference includes addresses by leaders of the church and others Interested In work It is regarded as certain that Rev J M Sheridan president of the conference will be re-elected New President of Rock Island New York April A Juckson of Chicago was elected president of he Rock Island Railroad company to succeed Robert Mather who resigned o become chairman of the board of of the tric and Manufacturing company Begin Crusade Against Fights in New York New York April York's SAILS ON AFRICAN STEAMER some rast conducted bouts up to j ten rounds practically unmolested un Begins Second Stage of His der name of athletic clubs to Journey Naples April spending nearly twenty-four hours here where he was given an enthusiastic welcome by tho people of the city Theodore Roosevelt began the second stage of his Journey to the East African torate and Uganda on board the er Admiral He is due at Mombasa April 21 Before going on board the Admiral Mr Roosevelt thanked the head of the Neapolitan police Chevalier bresi for the excellent protection forded him during his stay on shore Mr Roosevelt was accompanied by the chief During an audience with the mayor of Naples this official conveyed to Mr Roosevelt a special vote of the council thanking the former ident and the American people for the succor sent from the United States to the earthquake sufferers Mr velt this expressed his communication appreciation of He said there should be no question of gratitude The earthquake gave the American people an opportunity to show their sympathy in this unparalleled disaster which had made Italy at once the creditor of the whole world Mr Roosevelt will leave the Ad- miral for a short visit to the of Messina He found on the the prefect of Messina who by order of Premier came up to Naples to pany Mr Roosevelt on his inspection of the city which members only are admitted to boxing are to have a clash with Governor Hughes Sport ins men who recall the governor's vigorous fight against racing are won what will happen If he carries out the crusade which he has in mind Under the present laws the police are almost powerless but the gov ernor it Is understood Is preparing to bring about the passage of legislation which will place the authorities in i more advantageous position The police gave a shock to Marathon Athletic club in Brooklyn by arresting two fighters their and the ring officials after a round bout but whether this action has anything to do with the contemplated campaign Is not known At any rate there Is among the promoters CAR INCLINE Two Boys Killed and Six Other sons Injured April boys nere killed and six other persons Injured several H when a car on thf St Clair incline broke away about tht center of tho incline nnd plunged to the bottom There was no oppor to escape and the coach struck the bumpers in the little frame sta tion at the bottom where it wa smashed to bits The impact causer the station to collapse and the car CASTRO BARRED FROM TRINIDAD England Says He Cannot Land at Port of Spain PROTEST FROM AMERICA State Department Believes Former Dictator of Venezuela Would Use British Soil as a Base of Operations to Disturb the Present Peaceful Conditions in the South American Republic Port of Spain Trinidad April At the urgent request of the state de- at Washington In tion to the London foreign office the British government has decided not to permit Castro former dent of Venezuela to land at Trinidad Cipriano Castro is returning to the West Indies from Europe with the avowed purpose of recovering the presidency of Venezuela He left France March 26 on board the er Guadaloupe Where he expects to land in the West Indies is not known His original Intention j was to leave the steamer at La the port of Caracas but tho Venezuelan government at re- fused Its permission Subsequently thin refusal was withdrawn and it was Intimated that Castro could land on Venezuelan soil but at his own peril It was then said that Castro would leave tho Guadaloupe at dad to await developments and watch his opportunity from that port It was also said that he might continue on to Colon for tin same purpose The Guadaloupe is due at Trinidad April 10 and at Colon April 15 The latest advices from Caracas In- that Juan Vicente Gomez the president of Venezuela contemplated resigning In favor of one of the vice presidents of the republic BRITAIN'S CHANGE OF POLICY Ears Castro as an Act of Friendship to Powers Interested April Britain's change from a policy of ence in the that threatens day In the Caribbean to a decision no to allow Castro to land a Port of Spain is a act to America and the other power more directly Interested In Venezuela It did not id Great Britain whc the continental powers decided not tr allow tho former president of ela to land at their West Indian port that ho make use of ports as a In a campaign possibly would end in unsettling the present pacific conditions In ela As soon as the state pointed out however that the dc throned dictator of Venezuela prob ably would cause trouble tho foreign office decided to take action and In the officials at Port of Spain to prevent Castro from landing ALASKA DOG RACE WINNERS Hundreds of Thousands of Wagered on Result Seattle Wash April special cablegram from Nome states that ther Creek dog race motod by the Nome Kennel club and upon which hundreds of thousands of dollars wore wagered was won by Berber's teams Numbers 1 and 2 driven by Scotty Allen and Percy Blatchford respectively ished first and second as cor wins the of In and will hold for a year tho handsome Suter trophy hung up for the Alaska sweepstake The was 412 miles and winner's time 82 hours and 2 The second team was seventeen utes behind the first Siberian dogs upon whose success was wagered became snow blind and finished third There wore fourteen teams In the race Tho course was lined with en- citizens most of whom closed their places of business during the progress of tho contest UNUSUAL COALITION IN REFORM Brewers to Assist Cincinnati League Cincinnati April city is now to unusual coalition of brewers league and the Municipal league in a ed effort tn imt tha saloonkeeper out of Through tho of Ohio association the ture passed the Dear character law under which the saloonkeeper must swear to a of Interrogatories as to whether he has violated tho day closing law or allowed minors to enter on If the to all tho but it Is found he has not giver a correct answer to a one Is to be revoked The brewers they will the in an effort to put the bad out of business A brewing at Hamilton an- that it will rot sell beer to a who keeps bis saloon PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD Unanimous Decision by Supreme Court of Alabama Montgomery Ala April court has declared the state prohibition valid all the judges concurring in the opinion This Is the second time the court has upheld the statewide act of the last ture It was attacked on several con- grounds The Alabama tlon law went Into effect Jan 1 At once an attack was made In ham Mobile and Salem the case from the last place being taken to the high court All the Judges agree that the law is valid It IB understood now that the law officers will begin a campaign for the enforcement of the act Heretofore they have been very lax because of the doubt about its validity TWENTY COUNTIES GO DRY Only Seven Vote for Saloons in igan Election Detroit April doubling all previous gains In one hard fought campaign the drys carried the local option contest In twenty out of counties The other seven counties voting on he liquor question voted to retain the saloons among them in which Is Ann Arbor where Is located he Michigan university This was one of the bitterest con- points and fhe liquor men are lolng their best to gain consolation rom their majority Upwards of COO saloons and ten will be forced out of ness in tho twenty counties of tha which dry LIABILITIES ARE St Paul Brokerage Firm Closes Its Doors St Paul April stock and grain commission firm of James Doran fi Co has rone Into voluntary sion Lack of business Is responsible for closing according to Mr Doran The liabilities will amount to about of which loss than was contracted since Mr Doran's resumed business after failing years KSO Tho Interest on the gations contracted up to the timo of the in has amounted to about In the three years that the new firm has been In operation and this burden together with the general lack of business has the suspension of business The exact value of the assets cannot be de- termined at this time JUMP INTO THE MISSISSIPPI Young Leave Telling of Suicide Pact Keokuk la April notes telling of a suicide pact Herman lett and Belva Pugh Joined hands and Jumped Into the Mississippi river at Alexandria Mo The couple ended their lives after young Bartlott hail n call at the home of his heart Two notes cue from each of them were found by the girl's mother The notos to'd exactly where the couple would jump Into the river Both left their Jewelry and wraps on the table n the hall of the girl's home where he notes were found Bartlett's hat nnd his money were left DAYLIGHT ONLY Nebraska's Governor Siena as Passed by Legislature Lincoln Neb April Shallenberger has signed thn daylight saloon The measure talo of liquor except between V a in nnd 8 p m The goes Into effect July Omaha business men bitterly opposed the measure Thirteen Children Drowned Russia April teen schoolboys were drowned here as a result of the Hoods cover the country They were on a bridge over the at thn village of when the structure collapsed and they were precipitated Into wi ter
