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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


great damage to property was done
by foods in the vicinity of Pittsburg
and all down the Ohio river valley.
Quartermaster Sergeant Osborn
told the senate committee on Browns
vile that cast off khaki uniforms and
ammunition were left at Fort Brown
by the Twenty-sixth infantry where
citizens of Brownsville might easily
have picked them up.
Conferences arranged by the bust
ness interests Of Louisville seemed
likely to bring the strike of street car
employees TO an early end. There were
two rather serious outbreaks of vio-
1ence.
The San Francisco board of educa-
ton adopted resolutions agreed upon
at the conference with President
Roosevelt at Washington. resembling
its action in segregating Japanese pu-
pills in the public schools. 1t is I'M
derstood the board will abide by this
action, provided the president retains
his attitude regarding the limitation
of Japanese immigration.
James Hahnel, known to the world
as Brother Martin, the Oldest member
of the Xaverian Brotherhood in the
United States, died at Louisville, KY,
of senility. He was born in Cologne,
Germany, in 1924.
H. L. Kerrick, one of the wealthiest
farmers of central Illinois, was found
- ot p100poi pnrfn a
had just been elected president of the
board of trustees of the University of
Illinois.
Emma Kubicek, student at. the
Illinois state school for the blind at
Jacksonville. died of pneumonia. She
was known as a second Helen Keller
and had been deaf, dumb and blind
since birth.
Twenty-three cadets of the Missouri
Military academy at Mexico, Mo-,
many of them members of prominent
families, were expelled from the
academy for hazing Cadet Czane, of
Peoria, Ill. 49,.
James K. Burnham, head OF a. large
wholesale dry goods firm at Kansas
City, No. and formerly of Detroit,
where he retained large financial in
terests, died, aged Ga years. -:
Believing herself abandoned by .
man who had brought her to Chicago.
from Sault Ste.. Marie, Mich, Miss
Frances Ricollet, "a years old, shot
herself in the right temple and died.
1'& Word reached Naples that an Italian
had left the United States to kill King
{ Victor Emmanuel, -. =. IF @s.| s
The California supreme court de-
MED the applications, made by the at.
torneys for .Abrahanas.Ruef for a writ
Of prohibition to prevent Judge Dunno
from proceeding with the trial pend.
ing the disposition of the writ of error
to the United States supreme court BY
Judge Hebhard all =s .s ! 5. q: s 81 SD
Hay In the hold OF 81 the steamer
Deyonian took IRE while the q vessel.
was at the White star docks at
Charlestown. Mass. Little damage
I vas done .s3s sSs;:: &s Il
Speaker Cannon and other con-
Eressmen, who are on thei ~ way to:
Panama, arrived In San Juan, j. sR.5j5s
s ISL ii was announced that the rail ways
would seek to have the ~ brask two.
cent fare law cleared invalid
Chicago employ s of: Tie American
sssshipbuilding conn any ii refused ia
obey I'M ord IS :to III ands the ex.
4 peeted 10 ship 81
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Will Inspect Wheat.

Minneapolis.-Wo was received
that the government would estab lish
grain laboratories in Minneapolis. Du-
luth and ST. Louis for grading wheat
This announcement is looked upon
with: favor by many of the grain men,
who believe in federal inspection rath-
er than state inspection. There are
now similar laboratories for inspec-
ton in New York and Baltimore. and
the location Of three in the West is
believed to be a step in advance. The
different systems Of grading prevailing
In different states often causes grain
men much inconvenience and trouble,
and under general federal grading
they believe much Of this difficulty
would be eliminated. Local firms now
have their own laboratories. but the
federal inspection will be on a much
broader scale and the work will be in
charge of government experts.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Prisoner Take. Own Life.

Duluth.-Despondent over the death
of his mother. whom he shot in
drunken frenzy on their Homestead
near Tivoli. this county. Feb. 3, Daniel
Aho, Finnish boy. aged about TWEEN
ty-one years. hanged himself n his cell
in the county jail When the body was
discovered, stiff and cold, the in6iCa-
tons were that the prisoner committed
suicide shortly after midnight. Aho
used his suspendels for q. rope. His
body reclined as if he had thrown HIM
self in the bunk TO sleep. Cne end
Of the braces. which was made Of
strong web. was tied to the il IN bars
attached to the bunk and the other
end was knotted together about the
boys neck. The moose was drawn so
tightly that it made a deep mark in
the throat
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Girl Wins First Prize.

Minnea pOlis.-Miss Vivian Co1grOVe
won first place in the Pjllsbury orator.
cal contest a the university chapel
with her Grafton entitled The Press
and the Public Conscience" The sec
ond prize of $50 was awarded to Louis
Schwartz, and Algernon Colburn took
the third prize s25. To the winner of
first place goes not only the 800 prize,
but also the honor Of representing
Minnesota in the Intercollegiate con-
test Of the Northern Oratorical league
This is the first time in the history
of the university that girl has won
first honors. Two Years ago was the
first time a girl entered the contest
Miss Fanny Fligelman at that tire
winning second place.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Woodmen Elect Officers.

Minnea polis-William n. Brown Of
Minneapolis was elected head consul
of jurisdiction D of the Woodme1 OF
the World at the biennial election held
by the convention at the Hotel Nicol-
let. Other officers were elected for
two years as follows, Advisor lieuten-
ant. William Watson. Detroit, Mich:
head banker, n. T. Hagen, Mime
apolis; head clerk, Carl Show, Racine.
Wis; head escort. s. r. Hayes, Beloit,
Wis; head Waterman. H. C. Welner.
Superior, Wis: head sentry, F. W.
Denton Winona: head managers
(ive). G. w. Stanley. 500. Mich: H.
E. White. Waukesl1a. Wis; Jacob
Quesnell, ST. Paul: Thomas Quesnelly.
Mendoza: r. j. Lynch. Wyandotte.
Mich. Delegates to the sovereign
Va. in May. Ed. Campbell, Port HUI
ron, Mich; William L. Howes, To-
nah, Wis. Delega te- at-largd H.
Widrig, Mount Clemens Mich A class
of 500 candidates was initiated at the
Masonic Temple. The degree team Of
the st. Paul Woodmen exemplified the
ritual. The initia ton marked the close
Of the two days convention.
UphoIds the Law.
Duluth-Although two United States
judges. Mccall of Tennessee and
Evans Of Kentucky. have declared the
federal employers liability bill uncon-
stitutional. Judge Page Morris, in a
decision here, uphoids it,
The decision was handed down in
the suit of John Kelley against the
Great Northern railroad. seeking to re-
cover damages for injuries sustained
through the alleged negligence of
fellow employee. this being made a
cause for liability of the employer IN
der the federal statute. The railroad
company filed demurrer in which the
constitutionality Of the law was al
tackled.
In his decision Judge Norris main
tains that the law is Constitutional IS
a matter of common justice. An ap-
peal will be ia ken.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Kills Self in SIeiqh.

Thief River Falls-While d. living in
from Kratka to Thief River Fails,
Lars Brandon was shot and killed by
the discharge of his gun neishbor,
With several companions riding with
him. was driving less than 800 feet
in advance of Brandon's sleigh at tine
time Of the occurrence. Circuhsta ~ es
cause suspicion of suicide.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Carleton Orator Wears the Laurei.

Eorthfield.-The annual contest o.
the intercollegiate Oratorical Associa-
ton of Minnesota was held at North
field. Carleton college being the scene
First place was won by Carleton, her
representative being Myron j. HaiE.
of Devils Lake, y. D. Second place
was awarded to Howard Robinson, Of
Redwood Falls. representing 11anline
university. and third to c. ]. Olson. #
Minnea polls. representing Gustavus
Ado1phus college.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting items Gathered In tire
Gopher" State
Shoots Friend, Then Himself.

Fairfax.-The plot of a desperate
man to murder his friend and to kill
himself was only partly carried out
here, when Henry Kaatz, aged thirty
nVe, shot Martin Kunz, a barkeeper,
aged forty, in the back of the head and
then turned the weapon upon himself,
1nf1lcting a wound in his own head
from which he died Immediately.
The shooting occurred in Joseph
Dlckmeyer's saloon, in which kunz
mad worked as a barkeeper for a doz-
en- years. Kaatz went to Kunz's rooms
and asked him to go to the saloon
with him. Arriving at the saloon both
took drink, and Kunz leaned back in
a chair while kaatz sat upon a billiard
table and carried on what appeared
to be a. mutually agreeable conversa-
ton.
Suddenly Kaatz strobe from the
table to a position close beside his
friend, and taking a revolver from his
pocket fired a bullet at close range
into the back of Kunz's head. Kun1
cropped like log, and everybody in
the saloon thought he was dying.
Without a seconds delay Kaatz raised
the gun to his OWE forehead and blew
out his brains.
kunz was seen to be breathing and
was taken to the Office of physician.
where it was found he was merely
stunned, the bullet having fattened
against a bone just below the left ear,
The bullet was removed and he is now
recovering.
kunZ declares there was no provoca-
ton for the attempt upon his life and
no motive for the suicide of Kaatz,
unless it be that the latter had grown
tired OF his reckless and unsatisfactory
way of living and had plotted his own
death and that of his insepara BILE
friend so that the two might be joined
in death.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Ask John D. to Help.

ST. Paul-Governor John A. John
son has asked John D. Rockefeller.
the Standard Oil magnate. to aid in
creating an endowment fund for Gus
tavus Adolphus college at St. Peter.
Directors of the college for s6me
time have been endeavoring to raise
a new building and endowment fund
for $250.000. So far, the subscriptions
have only reached $4,000, and they de-
cided to appeal to the man of millions
to help one OF the leading educational
institutions Of the state. The direc-
tors asked Governor Johnson. who for
the most of his life has lived at st.
Peter, where the college is located. to
write the letter. and the governor will
ingly consented.
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Fires at Brainerd.


Brainerd.-Braincrd was visited by
two dangerous fires al the same time.
Mrs. Thomas H. Beare, wife of the
proprietor OF the Rainsford hotel,
dropped candle in the closet of her
apartments, setting fire to the CLOTH
ing. The alarm was promptly given
and the contents of six hand fire eX-
tinguishers was used without effect.
The fire department succeeded in final
ly subduing the flames after Stub
born fight of over two hours The
roof Of the east wing Of the hotel
was a total loss and the rooms on the
third floor practically ruined. The
second floor was deluged with water,
as were the contents of the stores on
the first floor. There We're no fata]i-
ties, though several fremen and VOL
unteers were nearly overcome with
smoke.
While the fire was at its worst w. E.
Holst's agricultural machinery ware
house was discovered wrapped in
flames. 1t was a total loss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
Bull Cores Aued Man.

Wadena.-J. G. Anderson. seventy
years old, living at Compton. west Of
here, was seriously injured by a bull
which he had gone into the barn to
feed. While he was arranging hay
for the animal, it suddenly attacked
him. pinning him against the wall Of
the barn. The fact that the bull had
been dehorned is all that saved Mr..
Anderson's life. The bulls attention
was distracted for a moment and the
aged man managed to crawl partially
outside the barn door. His legs re-
manned inside, and these the bull
stamped with his feet and probably
would have fatally hurt the old man
had his son not discovered his predica-
ment and rescued him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20

St. Paul, March 12-The senate was
in session but twenty minutes to-
night; just long enough for the intro
duction of half a dozen bills, the re-
porting of two or three committees,
and for Senator George P. Wilson of
Minneapolis, the most sedate mem
Der of the upper house, to crack a
joke.
The most important action of the
evening was the approval of a report
OF the committee on grain and ware
house, recommending for passage
several bills for stricter regulation of
of the grain trade, S. F. 1877, fixing a
uniform method of buying and selling
grain and to prevent combinations to
control prices; H. F. 1875, relating to
storage and shipment of grain; II. F
lis, providing against fraud in the
issuance of receipts or certificates for
grain, hay or straw weighed; H. F.
116, authorizing the railroad and
warehouse commission to fix the time
when local warehousemen shall keep
their houses open for business.
Another bill aimed at the abolish
ment of the saloons in the vicinity of
Fort Smelling made it's appearance in
S. F. 552, Thorpe, providing that the
sale of rum shall not take place with
in one mile of a government reserva-
ton. Senator Hanson introduced
S. F. 554 aimed at preventing one
telephone company from freezing out
another. It prohibits any unreason-
able cut in telephone prices for this
purpose. Violation is made punishable
by fine of 500 to $500. A bill aimed
at compelling railroads to continually
keep in use all tracks and sidetracks
within this state, and prohibiting
abandonment or tearing up of any
trackage, was introduced in S. F. 553
by Clague,
Senate Wilson got in his joke when
the house bill, backed by the super
intendent of the Children's Aid
society, and making itcompulsory for
mothers to nurse their children, was
read. The bill was referred to the
committee on health. "That mis-
take", he told the chair. 1.-The bill
should go to the committee on drain
age" And "Rome howled."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20

French resident :, :.
The post. office department will not
draw the color line in the matter Of
white and negro mail clerks working
together on the same runs, as the
white clerks of the middle west had
planned to ask. ~
Bert Curtis was arraigned In New
York charged with having entered the
Misses Locktvoods' school for girls at
Scarsdale, Y. and stolen Sc, 600
worth Of gems p .a: s 4. r.
A. bomb was exploded in Barcelona,
Spain, injuring the man who was car
rying: II. 4aoat4e r bomb was sdiscov-
cred near the palace of Marquise Co
milla, owner of the Spanish Transit
lantic company. e. rs i I # 81
The hrst all.steel sfireproof mall. car
in service was put on the road ny tho
Pennsylvania between New York and
Washington ,.s5 Il /: a '3l \ ss5s
III Princes Ed ward and Albert, the ED
est sons Of the prince Of Wales, will
tour the world shortly ina battleship.
ss Three men were killed By the 5Eex-5
plosion of g locomot We boiler q. Ne.
tuchen, II. 53s
Five women bull fghtersWere gored
and tossed BY the bulls It Juarez,s
sexlco
IS. Brund rid &c who was shot last
Monday by !. 5Sniff, ditor Sc the
Harrison County News q issouri
Valley, beeanse he objected toSan
article il the 1ap lied of his IN
juries.
Cong essnans ohm j 81 Esch of Wis.
Sconsin decided become q candt-
Edats for the Ted. States s na1tor.
ship.
|s1a tour nersons ere. burn "a sdeath
|sins enernent M
pnds
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cation with Pensacola Washington
and the battleship Connecticut at New
York. .-<....~. .;s.,s.~t,
Two indictments against the school
desk and furniture combine were re-
turned by the federal grand jury sit
ting in Chicago. >ss ....~=: f.. !
The state militia was. called to Man.
chester. Ia. to guard two men arrest
ed for, blowing IN. the bank atSl Mason.
Vile March &. from mob violence h:
a. Tia request s. sP,r.e.ident 4 Rooae-
yeltS the California, Iexi.lat1n,re sde,,cided,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Demand for More Furs.

Samuel Leon, who represents large
fur interests and has charge of sup
plying the trade, reports greatest de-
mand for fur In the history Of the
country.
ain the last three years the demand
for fur I'm the United States has IN
creased more than 200 per cent. The
demand is so large that 1t cannot be
met at all, and the result has been
to increase enormously the price Of
skins.
"A large amount OF the furs of the
United States are being imported from
Russia. which shows a great change,
as formerly we relied In this country
TO great degree on the furs OF our
own continent. The seals have been
slaughtered In RECEIPT years in large
numbers, and although there seems to
be- no Sign OF an early extinction of the
animals, the skins are not so common
as formerly. More and more the trade
Is looking to the countries of northern
Europe for their fine skins.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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self and went into the best room to see
our company.
To my amazement, they hadn't Ia
ken off their things. OF course l made
an cutlery at that, and mother and the
girls gave me a queer sidelong look.
They Insist upon it, said mother, that
they can only stay few minutes.
They have planned to go to the Cor.
corans to dinner
81 knew what that meant. AS soon
as | could steal out again l fastened
to the kitchen. Throwing on my hood.
| grasped the kettle once more, opened
the door quietly and chased like the
wind down the path, across the lot,
under the fence and up to the slope to
the Corcorans' back porch. Here's your
leg o. mutton l told Selma. They're
coming here to dinnerp"
Both women laughed.
at does sound pretty" Mrs. Harvey
acknowledged.
at sounds IDEAL" said her aunt,
1.-The early Christians, you remember,
had all things in common"
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PERIPATETIC MUTTON.
~@~@~~@~@@~~~%@~~~@&%S

There's no domestic blessing,
Quoth Mrs Harvey, like the tele
phone 1t makes every housewife sui
fcient entirely unto herself" "Oh
yes, her aunt made answer. "And
we're all for independence nowadays
1t works WE'LL think. But so did the
old fashion of friendship and generosi.
ty and gratitude. l remember once a
leg of mutton Did l ever tell you,
Kate, about Mrs. Corcorans leg of
mutton?"
She looked so wistful to tell 1t now
that Mrs. Harvey was glad to say no.
why, 1t was this way. One day on
the old farm we were lacking COM
Portable, and all working, In a hurry
to get 1t off the frames. We planned
10 have a bite for lunch, and not stop
to cook a slt-down meal. Sam had
gone to the mill, and father was drawn
on Il jury, so we'd no men folks to look
after. But about II o'clock Allie hap
Pened TO glance out of the window, and
said she, What on earth shall we do?
Here comes the Jarvis sleigh, and ev-
cry one of 'em is in itp
you may believe we were startled.
That meant five or six visitors, who
had driven seventeen miles and were
hungry, Of course.
Mother started for the door. In
those days a welcome meant running
out on the porch to meet one. sup
pose she thought hard for a minute.
but she was manager. Women had
TO be, that brought up a dozen chill
dren out on a lonely farm. As she laid
her hand on the latch she said over her
shoulder:
"'Slip out the back way, Maria. and
run across lots to the Corcorans. Ask
what they're going to have for dinner.
and borrow something to help out
81 did as she said. l ran through
the butt'ry and out into the path we
kept worn between the Corcorans and |
our house. Down through the lot
went, under the fence and up the slope |
&c the kitchen porch, where Selma saw
me coming and met me on the steps. |
What is itY said she.
Company, l told her, and moth
Ing In the house for dinner. What
have you gotT
'She flew into the kitchen and back
again, carrying a kettle in her hand.
It's a leg o. mutton said she. Take
It, qulckr
81 snatched at the kettle and off /
went, under the fence. and across the
lot, and so up to our butt'ry door.
stole softly into the kitchen, put the
meat on the stove. and then tidied my
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS


reading ten dozen at time Such an intelectua
orgy as this book reading at the rate of nearly three
day, must have brought intellectual congesuon' oi
lowed by mental dyspepsia, which must have had most
depressing effect upon impaired physical organs lie was
most excessive bbliomaniac. He did not obey the III
junction Of the book of prayer Read marx
learn, and inwardy digest" He intellectual gut
ton, gorger of books.
1t Is possible that Mr. Baker took his reading too Sc
riousy and that If he had varied his literary pabulum
and sandwiched in pleasant light historical
romances, even ephemeral fiction, with the
ponderous subjects which occupied his continuous atten
ton he might still have been alive for variety the
spice Of fe.'-Chicago Tribune.
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teacher OF her childhood, whose theory
of life was reduced TO simple princl
pie: Learn to read well, young la
dies-to enunclate distinctly, to modu
late the voice pleaslngly, TO interpret
the words of the author with sympa.
thy and understanding; learn to read
/ Wen, and all other virtues will follow"
1t Is possible that the requirement Of
all the virtues seems a slightly more
complicated matter than It did to the
old gentleman of seventy years ago.
Nevertheless the advice is not to be
laughed away. If only because 1t recalls
the days when reading aloud was count
ed one Of the most desirable of the fine
arts Of life. This is no reflection upon
the art of reading as taught in these
latter days the question is not of the
actual process, but of the place that
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How Far Back Can You Remember

How Far Back Can You Remember
81 can remember back to my fourth
year." said physician. 81 was foul
during the Philadelphia centennial OF
rs and I remember two centennial
scenes well. One was a great room full
of brass band observation-disclosures 50
big and yellow and shiny that they de.
lighted me. l remember, too, a Turk
lsh coffee room. My father took me
into this room. Turks in native dreess
served the coffee. 1 liked the place at
first. Then | saw that it was noisy
the native walters shouted horribly
l was frightened, was on the point Of
tears. But whether l cried or not 7
can't tell you"
Il can remember back to the time
when l was three" said lawyer, AT
the age of three my family took me TO
Cape May. One day, as l toddled about
on the beach, l saw my father out in
the water. He laughed and held out
his arms to me. and. all dressed, | ran
into the sea to him."
"All of u.s." said psychologist. "can
remember back to our fourth year
Some of us can even remember back TO
the second year. 1t would make an
article, compilation of the
earliest memories of a lot of people.
The trouble, as a rule, is to fix the
date of these memories. so as TO he
sure of our age at the time. Mime
apolis Journal.