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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21
BLOWS HIS HEAD OFF
STANTON COUNTY FARMER SUI
ciDEs WITH SHOT GUN.
WIFE WAS FIRST TO FIND HIM

Family Trouble and Financial Worry
Unbalanced the Mind Of Jonas Per.
son and He Took His own Life Yes.
terday Afternoon Near Norfolk.
With his head entirely blown OFF.
with pools of blood on the floor and
bits of brain and flesh scattered about
the room, Mrs Jonas Person found
the remains Of her husband about 3
o'clock last evening lying in a room
of their home two miles north and
about eight and one-half miles east
OF Norfolk in Stanton county II was
evidently a case of suicide and the
jury impannelled by Coroner Dern
last night so found after being up dur
ing the greater part of the night. A
shot gun lying beside the corpse with
two discharged shells in the barrels
and paper wads stuck to the ceiling
showed the means by which Person
took his life.
Evidence went to show that Person
. had been mentally unbalanced for
some time and this was probably in
duced by financial worry and family
trouble. Mrs. Person and her two
children left the family home some
time between Christmas and New
Years and have since been making
their home in Norfolk, but seem to
have visited occasionally at the old
home when Person desired them for
any reason. His financial troubles
were so grave as to cause the loss of
his farm and both combined prompted
the suicide. The last person to see
the dead man alive was a neighbor
who called at the Person home yester-
day morning at o'clock At that time
Person was standing near the kitchen
stove in which there had been no fire.
Il have been sick said Person to
the visitor, "and would like to see my
wife and children" He told about a
consultation with a Stanton physician
on Monday. He complained of stom-
ach trouble which affected his spinal
column and his head. Before the
coat and crawled into bed. About 2
in the afternoon another neighbor no.
ticed the door standing open and this
was afterward found closed.
In response to the husbands appeal
Mrs. Person and neighbor woman,
son house yesterday afternoon at
o'clock and discovered the body of
the husband. They at once notified
the proper authorities and the coron-
er's jury was Immediately summoned.
County Attorney Eberly of Stanton
was up all night, representing the
county at the inquest.
The body of the man was found ly-
ing in a pool of blood in the kitchen
of the home which is about 12 by ID
feet in dimensions. Beside the stove
the room contained bed, sewing
machine and couple of chairs. The
body was lying partly under the sew
ing machine. A pool of blood at some
distance from the body, and the fact
that there was blood on the soles of
the suicides shoes was a peculiar
feature of the situation. The head
from the chin up was literally blown
to pieces, and an examination showed
that both barrels of the gun were
probably discharged simultaneously.
Person was forty-six years of age,
was a native of Sweden and had lived
in Stanton county for six or eight
years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21

A man named Allison, who lives at
Pilger, was injured somewhat in
runaway accident southwest of Nor.
folk last night. Driving toward a
farm which he owns in Madison coun-
ty the double-tree on his wagon broke,
frightening the team so badly that
they ran away. Mr.. Allison's face was
badly skinned.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21
Group.

An attack of Group can be warded
off by giving Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy promptly at the first indica.
ton of the approach of the disease.
For sale by Leonard the druggist.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21

Wanted by manufacturing corpora
tion, energetic honest man 10 manage
branch Office. Salary s12500 monthly
and commission, minimum investment
of $500 in stock of company required
Secretary, Box 4O1, Madison, Wis
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21
Roy Dunnlng Sentenced.

Mount Ayers, Iowa. April l9.--Roy
Dunning has been sentenced 10 three
years Imprisonment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21

at this writing keeping the embers
from spreading or doing further dam.
ages
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
LOGGING IsyACTIVE

Lumber Interests at Duluth Sending
Forces of Men into Camps. II,
Special to The Journal. - 8 - 49,. X e"
Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 228.-The winter is
gong to be- a banner one: for logging
operations. Lumbermen are going into
the woods every day, while carloads Of
supplies are being forwarded, continu-
ously in all directions to the north,
northeast and northwest. Several of
the large companies are preparing to
double their cut Of last year, Among
these are the Virginia Lumber. com,
pany, the WeYerhaeuser concerns, the
Nester estate and many more.
An enormous cut is to be made along
the line Of the Duluth & Iron Range
road this winter and it is ad dingsneN
spurs and ballasting snp IFS logging
branches for large haulage. There
will also be a large pulpwood and tie
trade the coming, season. This will b
not only on the line Of the Duluth
Iron Range road, but along E the nortf
shore and the interior. & The. CIoquet
river will be the scene of much. aetiv
ity in pulpwood and tiles Has well d,
cedar. :1f5{S% - Fg9 & 6
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
OLDEST SOCIETY !.
IN CENI| : ! ]. low 7. A
First Congregatio nal Church Of
Webster City to Celebrate
Fiftieth AnniYe rsary.
) 80 u. - = N u - "a S.-rA
Special to, The Journal.

Special to The journal. 81 4. II
Webster City, iowa, Oct. 28.-Thea
coming week the First Congregations
church in this city will celebrate jts
fftieth anniversary. The society 3, sSno 9
only the Oldest religious organic ation IN i
all of north central Iowa. Tomorrow
Rev. J. O. Thrush will preach the ami
.versary sermon, and on Tuesday even
ing a special memorial program will be
given.
q When the society was organized in
1855, there were but five members, as
follows: Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Wheeler;
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Grant and j ohm G.
Hancock.
None. of these holds a nembershiip
here now II. M. BarstoW and his wife
however, who joined in 1856, are still
members and the oldest @regular at.
PENDANTS at the church During its fifty
years Of, existence the church has had
eleven pastors, as follows:
Rev. Thomas Skinner, 1S55-l862;
Rev William H. Osborn, ls62-1864;
Rev. George R: Ransom, 1s7o-1s7e;
Rev. @. N. Bordwell, 1876-l879; Rev. j
E. Wheeler, lS79-18S3: Rev. j. D.. Wells
18S3-lS88; Rev. j. IS. Norris, lS88-l889;
Rev. J. T. Blanchard, lSS9-lS95; Rev
G: P. Boardman, 1895-l899; Rev. J. O
Thrush, the present pastor. 4
The town of Webster City was but
one year old when the society wal
started and at that time it was moth
ing but a stage station, whose nearest
railway q 4 point vas st the city Of Dgbuque
the history Of this city. This city i
one of the Oldest trading points in thi'
part of the state and the celebration
of the fftieth anniversary precedes BY
several years any similar celebration
in this part of Iowa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
CHURCH DEDICATION I
Aberdeen's New Edifce Will Be. Conse-
Grated by Abbott Today.

Grated by Abbott Today.
Special to The Journal.
Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. <28..-St. Mary's
Catholic church will be dedicated to-
morrow with pontifcal high mass cele-
brated at II CLOCK by Rt. Rev:*Vin-
cent Wehrle, first abbot sofs St. Mary's
abbey at Richardton, N. D.. Preceding
the mass, sermons will be preached by
Abbot Wehrlesin German and by Father
Haire, the first parish pest in Aber-
deem, in English. A special collection
will be taken to help pay for improve
ments made to the church. >s.se.
Aberdeen enjoys the distinction of
being the only city in South Dakota
which supports two Catholic churches.
st. Mary s church was organized and
built to accommodate the German
speaking Catholics, and Rev. Father N.
j. Dahlmanns was placed in charge.
st. Mary's parish was set aside from
Sacred Heart parish in 1903 by Thomas
O'Gorman, bishop Of Sioux, Falls, and In
the fall of that year the work Of con
structing the building was commenced,
the building being completed that win
ter at cost of $4,000. The first ser
vice was held JAM 80, 1904. GSnce
that time the parish has made; great
progress. It now has membership OF
1925 families. A new parish house has
been built and improvements made
costing, altogether over So 600: At the
same time the, church is dedicated the
new parish house will be blessed Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
CONDITIONS in
THE CANAL, Zone
Former Winona Man Now at Pan.
anna Contradicts Stories
Of Sickness.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Winona, MINI, Oct. 2s-E. A. Lee
may, formerly Of Winona, is now in the
employ Of the Isthmian Canal commits
sion in the canal zone in Panama. In
writing OF conditions there he says:
My excuse for writing is the stories
that are being published in the papers
about the canal and all connected with
1T: In the first place, many Of the peo-
pie who write those things have never
been here and the.rest were here and
were pisfts. (, 1 find the men who have
ever had experience in construction in
new countries get along very, well.
There is not much sickness, compare,
lively speaking.
There is a great lack of real work.
ingmen. We have a lot Of civil service
men who are very good but too slow
for this work. I have two government
clerks in this bureau and it is the eff,
| fort Of my life to get days work
out of them. They work steadily but
the gait sets a railroad man wild. They
are the highest paid men in the bur.
eau, mot excepting myself.
| "The feeling among the old con
straeti t mel men here here is very good They
and who knows what he wants to do
He has 1000 men working on
trucks to handle the material out OF
the big cut and he doesn't propose
to haul it up hill as they have beer
doing, either. I want to see the cana
| dug in. the shortest time and at the
least expense. To do this, good mer
must be- had and properly treated. By
that ! do not mean particularly large
salaries, but fair and square dea
all the way around and special favors
to none unless it be to those who come
on the ground and make good. - @>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
MARRIED q DAYS 1. 1. /.
THEN E, \ DIVORCE |;
Michigan Couple Establishes Rec.
4 ord and Court Assists by
B Granting Decree, >
Special to The Journal.

special TO Inc journal ~ 81 ~>s'.s IL 80: "a
& Escanaba, Mich, Oct. 2s.-It required
just twenty-five days Of married life
to convince Albird and Olive Hannah
Dieter Of Escanaba township, that they
were not intended for each other, and
that their marriage was all a mistake,
and then it required but twenty min
utes tn show Judge Stone in the Delta
county circuit court that .decreeso
divorce should Be Granted the husband.
II 1t was SHOWN By Dieter that after
they had lived together only about a
fortnight, his wife without any provo
cation. went to Gladstone, saying that
She would return Msa few days. She
Failed to return and because her hus-
band refused to live at Gladstone or
some m, ct. other toxg EAuEsa Ms arrest q @
was net convicted on this charge, he
showing that he was willing to provide
FOR her support if she returneds to lei
home at the farm: The divorce pro-
eeedings followed. and now both par.
ties, are again on the matrimonial
market. S. ~ y - So 90 81
Mrs. Mary L. Longhurst, of Manila
was also granted decree Of divorce
bv Judge Stcnc. The next morning the
Mrs. Lcnghu1st that was, appeared at
the county clerks office with pros.
pective husband No. 2 and secured a
license to undertake "a second 1naSri
monial venture. The couple were mar.
ried shortly after, Mrs. Longhurst l.av;
ing achieved the unusuaI feat Of hav,
ing two legal husbands in twenty -four
hours.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
|C0LORED PEOPLE
RULE low A TOWN.
Administration of Buxton Con-
Quoted Exclusively by
Negroes.
Special to The Journal.

Special to Ihe journal.
Buxton, Iowa, Oct. 28.-There exists
at this place probably the most remark
able negro colony in the north. The
habited almost entirely by colored peo-
pie and governed altogether by them.
So successful has been the experiment
and so prosperous are the people as
whole, that, the scheme may be
adopted by other communities as a
solution of the race problem as,
Buxton is a settlement Of 5000, and
the exceptions, being principally
is entirely in the hands of negroes
There are two justices Of the peace, as
the town has never been incorporated
They are Spencer Garry and George
Terrell, two constables, John and Mel
son Walker. and a deputy sheriff, A
Perkins. 3*
The colony operates on the self-gov
of the law is, found in the place, ne
is waited on by a committee and tcl6
to behave himself or leave. # he does
not behave, he is given five days tt
| get out and then if he has not com
piled, he is. taken to the edge and
showed over. =. q '-.s: -
Buxton possesses the only colored
Industrial Y. M. e. A. in the world
It is second in point Of mem ershif
only to the tcolored Y. NJ. G. 4 in New
York city and Secretary johnson ex
poets to pass that mark this winter
The building is handsome one, tnorol,
/ equipped with baths, gymnasiums, read
ing rooms, etc. :1s s..s::,3s II ,,-;s =
Nearly all the men are employed il
the extensive coal mines ,nea.cby, I'll,
place has grown from nothing to 500
in five years and = its popularity. will
the cclored people Indicate that it ha
not yet reached its full development
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
REPLEVIN SUIT IS !.
won BY A CHURCH
Cranton Man Would Recover the
Wood that Had Been Con-
. g. -
80 sumed in the Edifce.
journal Special Service.

Appleton, Wis, Oct. 2S.-Because it is
a physical impossibility to replevin
wood that had already been consumed,
the First Presbyterian church at Gran
don won in the suit against it instituted
by E. w. Kreamer.
According to the trustees of the
church, Kreamer agreed to make con-
trihution toward the payment of a
debt on the parsonage. He failed to
pay over the money and as a result, the
church refused to pay him for cordwood
kreamer then instituted suit to replevin
the property and was defeated in court.
The case was argued before Judge
Goodland of Appleton. It. is believed
that Kreamer will now begin action on
another charge in an effort to force the
church to pay for the wood sold to ii
some months ago. He declares he never
made a promise to contribute to a fund
toward the church debt. as..
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.novation in educational work, they were
quickly dispelled by the response.
Z Demands for seed corn were fairly
5shoWered upon him and distributing the
seed was clerical task Of no small
proportions. The seed was Minnesota
No. 1872 grown at the State Expert
mental farm at St. Anthony Park. In
the summer he kept in touch with the
project by letters to the schools and
by personal visits. He became con-
WINGED that never. in his nearly twenty
years work had he done any hing that
50 appealed to the interest and preached
the gospel of work as this corn growing
contest. And not only did the school
children take hold, but the merchants
and business men in the various towns
in the county were quick to perceive
the merit in the project and offered
prizes ranging all the way from a pair
of shoes-to q fountain pen. Il. Is asss;f 4
The exhibit was made in a big tent
on the fair grounds. There were 255
entries ofsffteen; ears of corn each and
each entry was in separate. apart.
ment. Nearly every one contained g
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speoialtt The Journal. Ms s.1
Hutchinson, Mimi, Oct. .2S.-The first
corn growing contest ever held among
the school children Of Minnesota was
originated by Superinten dent Of Schools
Z. 2. Harrington, Of Mcleod county,
and the exhibit resulting from the CON
test was the center of#attraction at
Hutchinson's recent county fair.
The contest was held for the purpose
of giving children more practical knoWl-
edge than is afforded by school books;
to teach them the nobility of work and
cultivate their powers Of observation
and the inherent love Of nature that ex-
lists in every normal child. ~
Last April superintendent Harring-
ton mailed a circular letter to every
school in the county, instructing pupils
in the conditions Of the contest and to
all who agreed to enter, 400 kernels sof
good seed corn were semitic be planted
On their home farms. Prizes were Of.
fered for the best results. If he had
|any doubts. as to the success Of his in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
LUTHERANS PLAN
BIG CELEBRATION
Pastors and Congregations frol
Many Towns Will Attend j.
Exercises. -.--
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
st. -Ansgar, Iowa, Oct. 2s.-Reformsi
ton day, an important festival in Lutl
eran church circles, will be observe.
by the Scandinavians Of northern low
and southern Minnesota at St. Angs
Oct. 81.
The speakers will be Professor E. Z
Johnson Of the United Church theolos
ical seminary, St. Paul; Professor Ran
seth, principal of the ST. Ansgars No
wegian seminary and Rev. Waldesan(
president of the festival. All visitor
have been requested by the committe
lunch baskets for the picnic to folio
the exercises. s, 49, .l.-@
1t is expected the pastors and col
,gregations from DECORATE, Deer Cree
Usage and Mona in Iowa, and @Lyl
Rock Creek Austin, Six Miles GroI
and other towns will be present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

photograph of the. boy who grew the
corn. The walls Of the tent were COW
cred by specimens Of school work
drawing, penmanship, primary work,
etc, and a most interesting feature in
this line were the drawings and plans
of several country school houses made
by the pupils.
There were in all forty-seven prizes
awarded, the county prize Of So being
won by ,Amiel Trutna, Of. Silver Lake.
There were also four other country
prizes, the rest of the forty-seven be-
ling distributed as township prizes. Su-
Eperintendent Harrington also gave spe-
Ecial prizes to. fifteen pupils showing a
percentage Of attendance Of Zoe. per
cent,
The corn was judged by Professor
Bassett, of the State School of Agricul-
ture. Next year the corn growing con.
test will be repeated and there will
also be a sewing contest for girls, in
(which liberal prizes will be awarded for
/ the best. specimens Of sewing, quilting,
darning, piecing, ETC., done by a girl
Iunder IL years Of age.
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Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -.'-a
Estherville, Iowa, Oct. 2S.-Fifty
years ago. R. E. Ridley was married
to Esther A. Allen, at Bath, Me. To-
day Mr.. and Mrs. Ridley are one of the
happiest couples in Iowa r. j.
They came to this state in 1857 and
arrived here, at that time less than a
settlement in pretensions and have re-
manned ever since. The town Of Esther
vile was laid out in 1859 and named in
honor of Mr.. Ridley. . ~ r-.
Mr.. Ridley was one Of the organizers
of the first county government and it
was thru his influence that the county
seat was established at Estherville. He
served as treasurer and recorder in the
years of 1861 and 1862. In the civil
war he served nine months, with Com
pany c, Second Iowa infantry and was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

with Sherman on his famous march t,
the sea. Prior to this, he served witt
the state troops, being member o
the northern border brigade. After TIA
gagged extensively in farming and stool
raising. He accumulated property an
retired some years ago. They have tire
children, two of whom are still living
George E. Ridley of Center TOWNSHIP
this county and Mrs. Anna J. Dana, o
Sparta. Wisconsin. Another daughter
Mrs. Eva Hoover, died several year
ago.
The celebration of their golden ann:
versary was an event that will long b
remembered by those who participated
Friends from all quarters came to offe
| congratulations and many appropriat
gifts were received at the home.
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1 Mrs. Cameron were Kept. busy acknowl-
edging the good wishes and gifts that
We're showered on them. PIP 8 - ~
done world of good in caring for or
phans. They have provided for a score
of destitute children during their mar
ried life and have ben the means Of
giving many a start in life. Their: kind
ness to those in need has endeared them
to the hearts of the people and when
the opportunity offered itself last Sat
urday, friends were not slow to show
their appreciation. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron have lived in
South Dakota for many years and have
done much toward building up this
town. XXI. .s-~ III. 4 70
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NORTHWEST NECROLOGIC

4. sLITCHFIELD. MINN.-Mrs. j. D.
Hayford, for many years resident Of
this place, after several months of ILL
ness followed by a stroke Of paralysis,
died at Fargo, N. D., from which place
here F We're nv
Rev. R. G. Mitchell Of the Presbyterian
church. David Rutland, resident of
this county for nearly fifty years, died
of paralysis at the city hospital. - +,
CHARLES CITY, IOWA.-Mrs. o. H.
Lyon, wife of the late O. II. Lyon, at
one time representative from this coun-
,ty in the state legislature, was stricken
with apoplexy yesterday at her home
at Rockford and died.
: ABERDEEN :. s: D.-Mrs: Anna y
Aberdeen and Brown county for many
wears, died at st. Luke's hospital,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
MINE PROPERTIES
CHANGE OWNERS
Important Deal Closed at Ash
land, Wis, that Means
Much to the Town.
Special to The Journal,

Ashland, Wis, Oct. 2s.-Extensive
mining operations will again be started
on the Go,gebic range near Iron Belt.
The Cleveland Cliff Iron company has
his two-thirds interests near Iron Belt,
known as the Shores mine. It has
also leased the old Iron Belt property
from the Wisconsin Central and begun
operations. The price, secured by MT.
Shores for his property is not stated,
but $4,000 is the probable amount.
A representative Of the. company has
been iii sAshland.%closing the deal and
Indirectly it is learned that the com
pany has appropriated $4,000 to carry
on the work of the two properties.
The Shores mine has not been in oper-
alton for four years. Z, At; that time
the shaft had only been sunk to a
depth of about $50 feet.
p The purchase Of the Shores mine
means much to: Ashland, as the prop
ertyais the nearest one to-. this town.
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Special to The Journal. a. ..~ II --
Elk Point, s.. D, Oct. 2s.-One Of the
most notable events that has ever ia ken
place in this city was the celebration
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. A. CAM
eron, who were married Oct. .@21, 1855.
Invitations to 100 relatives and
friends were issued and many more
appeared at Hoffman hall, where the
celebration was held, to offer their con-
gratulations. There appeared to be a
stream Of gold dollars and many costly
golden gifts were received. H.. -.
Relatives came from the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and friends from this and
neighboring states were also present.
1t was large gathering and Mr.. and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
TOWN WILL APPEAL
Jury Awards Damages for Injuries Sus,
tanned on Cement Sidewalk.

Special to The Journal.
Toledo, Iowa, Oct. 2s.-The town of
Traer was sued by man named Atkin,
son, who fell on a slippery cement
sidewalk. His leg was broken and he
claimed to be permanently injured
He asked $4,000 damages. The jury
has awarded him $4,000.
This is the first time verdict has
been given in this state for injuries
received on cement walk in good re.
too smooth to furnish safe fn0thold
The town will appeal to the 1upreme
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