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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-15
TYLER STARTS A
/ WAR: ON;;'' MUSTARD
SECOND TEST EVER MADE IN TEE!
49, r. iF#T r." 10 -igI i. MO- T.
~ UNITED STATES. II; oS
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Work Is Being Prosecuted from the
Farm Of o. G. Gregg as Headquarters
I - Fields Are Sprayed with a Solution
Of sulphate of Iron---Mustard Dies
and Grain Is Not Hurt. ~

Special to The Journal.-. ~. = ~ ~
LFnd, Mimi, June 15:-A. T. Tyler. chemist,
representing the American Steel & Wire com
pany, is at Coteau farm, the home Of O. C.
Gregg, superintendent of Minnesota farmerss, In
stitutes. while carrying on some important eX-
perinents for the destruction Of wild mustard
in particular, while growing IN the grain fields!
! There is no mustard on Coteau farm, so that
fields In the vicinity have been secured for the
exper inents, With the understanding that any
damage that might be done would be fully made
good by the company !. .G,. /.
1t is generally known that wild mustard has
taken possession of very many fields in the
southern portion OF Minnesota, so that the yield
Of grain has been in some cases only from %
to SO per cent of what it otherwise would
These experiments tend to show that by spray
ing the fields with solution OF sulphate of
iron, which is by product Of the steel mills,
the mustard, ragweed and some other weeds
turn black and wilt to the ground leaving the
held as clean a garden. me oats, wheat and
speltz which have been sprayed show no signs
Of injury. Z, III spy '= IL. ~. = r. 81
Professor Harry Snyder, chemist at the state
experiment station, is also at Coteau farm In
vesttgatfng this method, and is much Interested
in it. This is the, first work of the kind that
has been done in Minnesota. and Is the second
! test in the United. States The first test was at
the Wisconsin experiment station at Madison,
The first work of THIS kind was done in Ger.
many The destruction. of mustard other
weeds in this manner will certainly be of great
benefit to the grain-growing sections of Mime
sofa, @.i.= -. E.s ~ go So r5..E
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LUVERNE PREPARES FOR VETS
q. A.. r. Men Will Be Guests of the
Southwestern City Three Days. !:

+ LUvERNE, MINIMIZE twenty first annual
encampment of the Southwestern Minnesota
G.. A. r. association will be held in this city
next week, beginning Tuesday, June 10, and
continuing for three days. Luverne is making
preparations On an elaborate scale, and has
arranged for fine program Of attractions, in.
GLIDING many sports. r#- : d
Among those who will deliver addresses. are:
Governor Johnson's stan; Department Command
err Levi Longfellow AdJutant General Clark,
Colonel J. A. Everett, senior vice commander
of the department Of Minnesota; Major P. R.
Kelley OF Sheldon, Iowa, and Colonel A. J.
Towne Of Worth1ngton. -. .-.. ...s,.ss..
There will be three ball games-one each
day. On the first day the Luverne Regulars,
who have not been defeated this season, will
play Rock Rapids, and the second day the
Regulars will meet the Pipestone Indians, who
have defeated every team they have met the
past month. The game On the third day will be
between the Sioux club of Sioux Falls and the
Ellsworth, Canaries. both Of which are strong
aggregations. On this day the Luverne Regu
lars go to Madelia, where they play -Waseca
| ut the joint Woodmen picnic. 49, ....t d. 81.
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KABAT BRANDED 4
MURDERER By JURY
HORRIBLE CRIME IN WISCONSIN
WILL BE ExPIATED.
Lone Bachelor Was Foully Slain and
His Body Cremated to Hide the
crtme-convicted Man Is a Former
\ Convict and Will Go Back to Prison
for Life.

Appleton, Wis, June 15.-After debating onl
hour and thirtytvvo minutes, jury N
Kabat murder case late yesterday returned yer.
dict OF murder in the first degree and the Reeds.
vile man accused of one of the blacklist crimes
in Wisconstn's record of crfminality Will spend
the remainder Of his days at the state prison.
two days In each year to be in solitary confne-
Vented 3. Kabat who year ago yesterday
was released from Waupun. having served a
term of two years for forgery, is convicted of
having shot and killed and later burned the
body Of Michael Mccarthy in bonfire on the
victims farm three miles south of Kaukaun-
The crime Was committed the night OF Sept.
Is last
Mccarthy was bachelor and lived alone. II
was on the afternoon of Sept. 10 that Kabat and
Mrs. George Puehler of Green Bay went to the
Mccarthy farm. and, after brief stay, left.
the former leaving the interurban at
Wrightstown and the latter going to her home In
Green Bay.
The prosecution in the case argued that Kabat
returned to the Mccarthy farm some time during
the night and disposed of Mccarthy before Z
o'clock the following morning when Julius Heinz
Ike, the hired boy, arrived, and found Kabah
cleaning the kitchen, having already started q
huge bonfire In the lane some distance from ths
house. a....
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LOST BOY RECOVERED

CHISHOLM, MINN.-After having been lost
in the big woods Since Saturday, John NihaIif-
sky a z1o-year-o.d boy, has been restored to his
parents-E lie found last evening by "a
woman diving near the Kinney mines, three and
a half miles northeast of Bull and nine miles
from Chisholm. A posse of fifty men has been
securing the country since Sunday morning.
When discovered the boy was knawing at
crust which picked up and
was IN a terrible state result of hunger
and exhaustion.
On the second day of his amless wanderings
the boy came upon little shack which APP
parently had been occupied by fishermen. On
the ground We're several small. partly cooked
fish, and, despite the factslthat the food was
partly spoiled, the boy and dog ate raEenously
They remained in tie shack the next daysand
again set forth. This was the only food the
boy had until he found the crust Of bread near
the Kinney location.
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GRAND RUSH TO FILE
Milwaukee Road Extensdo Makes Avail
able Land in Morton and Hettinger. 3

BISMARCK, n. D.-since the definite location
Of the line Of the Milwaukee road thru the south
ern tier of townships in Morton and Hettinger
counties, the land office in this city has been
besieged by homesteaders seeking to file on land
in that vicinity. Yesterday and today about 100
filings We're made at the office and the hotels
are filled with newcomers seeking homes in that
vicinity. The land is very fine In that part Of
the country, and has been left open TO settlement
On account Of it's distance from a railroad.
At the present rate two months will see the
vacant land all taken up. 1t is outside the
Northern Pacific railroad. grand therefore
every quarter can be homesteaded, 50 the country
Is bound to be thickly settled
Alex Larron. who was recently released from
the penitentiary. where he served three years
for horse stealing, and was afterward arrested
and tried for extrndition at the request lie
Canadian authorities, but escaped only to be ar
rested by the Mclean county sheriff on charge
Of grand larceny was brought to trial at Wash
burn to-day. His attorney asked and was grant
ed change of venue to this county. Larron was
then arrested on q charge Of bringing stolen
trouble seems in store for him. It is under
stood the Canadians are behind this last charge
and will again endeayor to extradite him. 8
Flag day was generally observed in this city,
all the stores being decorated and private houses
displaying the national colors.
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MOVE! FOR A NATIONAL BANK
Bank Of Red Lake Falls VIII Be Alb
sorbed by New Institution.

= RED LAKE FALLS, neutrality-suspicious. has
been made by Red Lake Falls men for a char
ter for national bank in this city: The name
National bank. and it will absorb the present
Bank Of Red Lake Falls. The persons inter.
ested in the new bank are the present of.
GERS of the Bank of Red Lake Falls: M. o.
Sortedahl, president; Samuel Gibeau vice presi-
dent; E. G.. Storaasli, cashier; P. O.. Floan,
assistant cashier. - +; ~ -,
A dairy meeting will be held In this city
next week, and State Dairy Commissioner Slater
and Joel G.. Winkjer, state creamery inspector,
will deliver addresses. Citizens will give a
complimentary dinner to all farmers attending:
The commencement exercises of st. Joseph g
parochial school will be held June %. class
Of twelve viii be graduated, They Ma
poleon J. Lemieux, Raymond A. Linnihan, VII.
liam D. Linnihan, Arthur D. Demarais, Henry
J. Grenier, Constantine J. Hoffman, Mary J.
Pahlen, Madeline T. Norm, Beatrice q. Ewurd
Delphia W. Smith, Florence A. Regan, Isabel
II, Helm -. 49,
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Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Elks attended the second annual meeting Of the
State association Of Minnesota, which was called
to order yesterday afternoon. street parade
took place in the morning and there splen-
did turnout of Elks from the local and neigh
boring lodges. The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President, J. G. Meth
away, Saltwater; vice president L A. May,
Willmar: secretary, N. A. Nelson, Saltwater:
treasurer Joseph Schusler, st. Paul. sentinel,
George Seaton, Minneapolis; chaplain, Rev.
II. f. Parshall. St. Cloud.
saltwater unanimously selected the
next place Of meeting. proposition from the
city of Sank Center, offering to donate the asso
citation five acres on a beautiful lake near that
city permanent place for the holding of an
annual outing, referred to the executive
committee and will be acted upon at the next
meeting.
Notice was taken Of the death Of Edwin Hay,
past grand exalted ruler, who died at Washing
dolence sent to his widow. A telegram Of con-
graduation upon his successful administration
was sent Robert W. Brown, grand exalted ruler,
of Louisville, Ky. telegram Of good cheer
was also sent to Judge D. B. Searle, who Is i'll
at Long Prairie.
In the afternoon the lady Elks were enter
tanned at a magnifcently appointed reception,
which was attended by several hundred ladies,
and in the evening q brilliant ball was given
the visitors. Today was enjoyed in sightseeing
about the city The reunion proved most
| happy one.
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has only three stories it actually is five stories
In height. = - g . 70 -. ..>.r -,.. ~
The grand lodge library, which IS estimated
to be worth not less than 100000, has its home
on the first floor. On the second floor is the blue
lodge room or lodge proper. This is 8sx54 feet
in size, with ceiling nineteen feet high. On the
third floor are the consistory and shrine rooms
and fine large auditorium having stage at
the north end. This room takes up the entire
floor eoxso feet The stage is 22x44A feet in
size, and has eight dressing rooms conveniently
arranged near at hand. The basement Is given
up to one large and one small banquet hall. r,
Ground was first broken for the temple last
July. . The building will cost $685. 900 when fin
isted, exclusive Of the furniture. This probably
will cost from $4,000 to 1900 additional. and
the interior decorations will foot up from $1,000
to ST 900 more. ~ = - = T. -. .H = 49,.
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FIBER COMPANY WILL REBUILD
Work Started on New Plant at winona
Fire Loss Adjusted. -

WINONA, MINN.-While the exact figures
have not been made public, the fire loss by
Union Fiber company, in this city. in which the
loss was upwards Of S14O,Oo0 has been salts
factorily adjusted, and the company has be-
gun the work Of rebuilding it's plant. -.
The grounds formerly leased have been pur-
chased and two large three-story buildings Of
reinforced concrete freproof construction will
be put up. one for the manufacture Of linofelt
and the other for the manufacture of 18th.
In addition to these there will be two large
ironclad warehouses. The linofelt building Is
be ready for occupancy by the 1st Of Sep
TENDER, and the other a little later, The
equipment Of the company, when these buildings
are completed, will be far superior to what 1t
was before the fire. dr. -:- =
Two head officials of the Chicago & North
Western road We're in Winona yesterday after
noon on their way east after tour of 1nspec-
ton over the lines west Of this city They
were R. H. Ashton, the general manager, and
W. D. Cantillon assistant general manager.
Superintendent W. D. Beck of the Madison
division was also with the party. --. ~
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MINNESOTA UNIVERSALISTS
Annual Convention Of the Church to
Be Held at OWatonna,

owATONNA, A1INN--The annual convention
of the Minnesota Universalists will be held in
this city: commencing next Tuesday and con,
tinuing four days. The business sessions will
be held in the handsome new Untversalst church
and it is expected that some two hundred dele
gates will he In attendance. besides many
friends. Rev: Harry L. Canfield, formerly. Of
Vermont, will be installed as pastor Of the
local church. Among the speakers will be Rev.
W. H. Ryder of Minneapolis; DR.. Fisher, DID,,
president Of Lombard college, Illinois; Rev.
Dr.. Mclaughlin, Dr. MeGlaunfin. state super
intendent, and Rev. Taylor Of st. Paul.
petition is being circulated and will be
sent to Congressman Tawney. praying for new
federal building for this city. Should the new
Owatonna will have the finest public square
in the state, nearby Of the city and county
holdings and several of the handsomest bust
ness blocks fronting directly upon Central park,
one of the prettiest little parks Of southern
Minnesota a. To add to the beauty Of the square
erection Of one of the finest bank and office
buildings in the entire northwest ...-s'
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HELPED FRIEND, NOW TROUBLE
Robert Regel's Arrest Is Sequel Of an
iowa Wedding

3 CHARLES CITY, IOWA.--Robert Regel was
arrested today and bound over for falsely swear.
ing to the age Of Miss Myrtle uoag. who was
welded few days ago to Phillip McManigle.
The girl was said to be under oge. Regel was
nce1se.I 55g fssETes7 5E5Ez ~ g rs.
Floyd county Mutual Insurance men met here
were reelected. r. P. Cole is president; B. W.
Jones. treasurer: r. L. Lambert. vice president.
and F. Is. Atherton. secretary. There are 2 301
members and 81. oo0, O6a insurance In force.
The Floyd county sunday School association
Is holding an interesting meeting here. Mrs p.
Nora Springs, secretary. fft ssgs s 81.
Miss Edith A Dawley and Charles H. Morri-
son were married here. 4
A. b. II Hiidreth and wife, the former being
over so years old and the Oldest editor iii
A1Leri a.=swill leave soon for a years sojourn
eastern states s5&E-s5
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MISS HILLS PRETTY ROMANCE
Former Asylum Nurse Will Wed Old
Schoolmate and Live Near Panama.

Sc. PETER. MINN.-A romantic courtship
Hill. former nurse in the st. Peter state hos
pita1, will be married to Charles R.. Sergeant. a
civil engineer engaged in the construction work
of the Panama canal .Gs E4. ..,s.te
= In their youthful days Miss Hill and MFR. Sar-
geant were schoolmates In the high school at
Lincoln, Neb. and later attended the Nebraska
state university together. Stress Of circum-
stances made it necessary for her to give up
her college career. and she came to this city and
entered the state hospital as apprentice nurse
She graduated with honors from the train
ing school, and two years ago went to Anoka
to become head nurse Of the state hospital at
that place.
! In the interim Mr.. Sergeant completed his en-
gfneering course and secured his government po-
sitfon. and the arrangements for their marriage
were completed by. correspondence. When they
have taken the marriage vows they will visit
for a short time at Lincoln and then go to the
isthmus.
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CENTRAL ON A STRIKE
Iowa City Girls Charge Chief Operator
with Unfairness.

3 IOWA CITY. IOWA.-The entire force Of the
Iowa tBeD Telephone company, with one sx-
'hello girls refused to work under the chief
operator, whom they charged with unfairness.
Manager D. W. Corey refused to discharge the
Objectionable workwoman. and the staff struck.
Superintendent c. e. HalIEhas been summoned
from Des aioines, but both sides remain deter
mined up to date z.ES ss II
Iowa City IS to have two new and imposing
buildings The Methodsts will supplant their
are-ruined church with a $4,000 structure,
and the Elks will build home to cost $780, 600.
Each, organization purchased property this week.
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Special to The journal. - -:
Sioux Falls, s. B., June 15.-Among the fea-
lures of the recent Masonic meeting in this city
was the: dedication Of the magnificent Masonic
temple building erected by the Masons of Sioux
Falls The structure, as the illustration shows,
is one Of the finest Of its kind In the north
west. -" 20 .'--..'T = y
The bilding is constructed of Sioux Falls
Jasper, which makes it practically everlas sting
The cornerstone is a large cube of granite from
the quarries Of B., H.. Lien near. the city. The
building is located on the north side of Tenth
street, nearly opposite the. Carnegie library
building, comma nGing& position. 1t is designed
after the Grectan- Roman style Of architecture.
space 6exs4 feet, and extending up to the
height of seventy-two feet While it apparently
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WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO

convention tabled a resolution criticising Presi.
dent Roosevelt for going into the newspapers
With packing house: conditions before taking up
also, tabled resolution indorsing
the, presidents action in regard to packing
houses H. Clinton was chosen as the next meet
ing place. Officers were elected as follows:
widdie, Cedar Eapids; treasurer, J. CASTOR,
Waterloo, ~. :7| ....
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FERGUS FALLS. M1NN.-Commencem
orcinea uaroheld Mt the North .rastern
o'NE1LL OF CANTON HoNoRED

vERMILLI0N, s. Done Of the most pleas
ant and profitable meetings Of the South Dakota
Dental society ever held in the state was brought
to q close here yesterday.
The election OF officers resulted: DR.. e. 8.
Sioux Falls. vice president; DR.. Ferdinand
Brown, Sioux Falls. secretary; Dr.. ]. W.
Shoots, Beresford, treasurer; DIR. c. w. Slut
enroth WATERFOWL, librarian, and Doctors G. w.
Collins Of yermiflion and f. H. Wilson of
Miller candidates for the state board.
. Sioux Falls was chosen as the place for hold
ing the convention aext year.
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Sank Rapids Project Certain.

The filing Of trust deed for 100000 with
the register Of deeds at Foley assures the carry
ing of the project of the Sank Rapids Water
power company, and the building of the Sank
Rapids dam is now certain. The trust deed
runs to the American Trust & Savings bank Of
Chicago, the first of the bonds being payable in
1916 and the last in 1888. with the option OF
paying up all of them after 1920 +--,@
AL the waterpower rights on both sides Of
the Mississippi in the vicinity OF the proposed
dam. together with al electrical and power
machinery to be installed, canals and other i'm
proyements, are covered by the deed. :
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IRON IN sHERBURNE COUNTY
Santiago Township Farmer Sells His
Place for $4,000.

ELK RIVER. MINN.-A valuable deposit Of
iron has been found in the township Of San
tiago, sherburne county. and j. Riley has dis
are Charles E. White aAd e. l.. c-ozier of
Monticello and man by the name OF John
Monk. ~ .-..- .-j. . t+#.'.. + H.
Agents of the Rockefeller interests were down
from Duluth Tuesday and 1t is said, attempted
to- head off the deal, but found themselves a
chase have also secured option on several other
pieces Of land at Santiago, the contracts for
which have been filed with the register Of deeds
at this place. - ..@'s .4s.,a~;+.> - -
Mr.. Riley has been farming his land for a
good many years: and often noticed that his
pillow struck oniethtnS hard when he was plow-
Ing deep. He thought 1t was stones, and is now
surprised to learn that he was working over
valuable iron mine. ...,.--a.. =. ~ .,sF. -.
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OLD DOBBIN KILLS A CHILD
Two Little Missoula, Mont, Girls In,
- jhred in Runaway. 4.

MISSOULA, MONT.-while riding horsebacs
on their way home from the Blue Slide school
house, two young daughters of a. ]. Soules
living Thompson Falls, met with an aect
dent which resulted in the death of one and
the serious injury Of the other ,.s5zf..s.
The children riding the back Of Q
steady old family Without warning.
the horse suddenly SHE'D and threw BOTH. Thu
eldest child was caught in the stirrnp and
dragged some distance. ~, + ~ = =zsg5
The younger child lay unconscious for several
hours, and when she revived, found the older
girl lying some distance away on the roadside
She spoke to her, but receiving no answer, ran
to a nearby ranch for assistance. Z
l. When 1t came the elder girl revived for 4
moment, but soon afterwards died. The younga
child, aItho badly injured, Will recover. 81
LEE, Notwithstanding because her husband
secured divorce from her, Mrs. Agnes Francis
fatally shot herself here. 49,, ~
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DEATH FOLLOWS WEDDING

BOHEMIAN. MoNT.-.Overeome by the excite
nnent of her sons wedding, Mrs. Christina e
Smith of Brainerd, Mimi. die. of heart fail
ure here Yesterday afternoon,
Mrs Smith made the trip from Brainerd t.
see her son Justine NJ. Smith, city attorne!
Of Bonenan married. and her illness begaI
after the ceremony. which took place las
Saturday.
Mrs. Smith WAS 81 years Of age and hat
been resident Of Braine-d since 1891
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ACCEPT A BRIDE
Green Bays Fire Chief Suspended Be-
cause Of Ofense -Four Years Old.

GREEN BAY, WIS-At meeting Of the
board Of police and fire commissioners reso-
luton was adopted to suspend Fire Chief Will
liam Kennedy, who pleaded guilty to accepting
bride Of $500 in 1902 from G. e. johnson, .
representative OF the Seagrave company, when
city. - n
IT the chief desires, he may have trial be-
fore the board. which will mean either REIN
statement or dismissal but he will not act un-
til the return ofshis lawyer, J. T. Martin.
while going thru the woods in the town Of
Chase. The bullet was fired by some unidentir
fed hunter. The hand may have to be ampur
tated. -..... 81. - 80.
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Heimister of this city and fined. s43 and costs
Not being able to pay the costs, he was given
twenty-five days In the county jail The judge
also decided that he should give bond OF
$500 as a guarantee for his future good be-
hayior. So far he has not been able to give
the required security, ~ -
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ID Charles ii. Morri.
WITEBEATER THREATENED

Indignant Citizens at Central City, s. D.
Would Tar and Feather Blacksmith
4 CENTRAL CITY, S. D.--Indignant citizens Of
this town gathered together last evening and
threatened TO tar and feather Alfred Gerrans
and then to ride him on rail. So excited
were the men from both this city and Terra
JliI in Deadwood for safeSs
He is a blacksmith In the employ Of the
Homestake Mining company, and while ron a
periodical spree attacked his wife and beat
hA< seSerelS. He was brought before Judge