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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Scientist Absorbed in Books a
Director of Active Work

New York.-Two of the most sensa-
tional divorce suits ever filed in q
court of law recently ended by DEGREES
being granted in Denver, COL, to SUI
san Smith, wife of Milton Smith, ma
tive of New York state, and to Aimee
Hargrove, daughter of A. R. Neres-
heimer, former diamond merchant of
New York city, and wife of Ernest
Hargrove, secretary of the American
Development and Improvement COM
pany, of which concern the Divorces
father is president
On December Is decree of divorce
was granted to Susan Smith, based on
complaint charging cruelty and neg
lect, and In her statement to the jury
the plaintiff supplemented the original
charge by adding that a too great
tondness for other women was at the
bottom of her domestic troubles.
Tried Behind Closed Doors.
The cause of Smith VS.. Smith was
tried after working hours and behind
locked doors. Into a dimly lighted
courtroom the fair plaintiff went, sup
ported in her ordeal by her sister, Mrs.
w. G. Maitland, and her brother-in-
law, MIR. Maitland, who is general
western agent of the Fidelity and De.
post Insurance company Of Maryland.
The hearing was had before Judge
John l. Mullins. The decree included
the giving of the little son and daugh-
ter to their mothers keeping. Should
she die they are to go to her sister,
Mrs. Maitland and in the event of the
death of both a sister of Milton Smith,
In whom Mrs. Smith repOses the
greatest confidence, is to be made
guardian-but under no circumstances
are they ever again to be allowed to
live with their father Added to this
the decree provided for comfortable
settlement on the wife.
When Mrs. Smith and her relatives
left the room, time enough to change
the air was taken, when a side door
opened and the six jurymen were told
that the action of Hargrove VS.. Har-
grove was to be heard. In it Aimee
Hargrove sought freedom from Ernest
Hargrove on the ground of cruelty.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

st. Paul, MIMI, Feb. 9-Interests
at Thief River Falls and at Bemidji,
both of which have had bills intro
duced in the legislature for normal
schools, have reached compromise
and today had their special bills
withdrawn by Senator A. L. Hansen,
their author in the senate, and a new
bill introduced which contains the
terms of the compromise. That is,
that a new normal school be esta-
blished at some point on the Great
Northern road between Duluth and
East Grand Forks, to be determined
by the state normal board. The bill
carries no appropriation but provides
that the town getting the institution
provide a five acre site for the build
Ing.
Senator Albert Schaller of Dakota
county, introduced a bill unique in
that it makes cumpulsary the teach
ing of physiology, hygiene and mar
cotics in the public schools from the
third grade every year up through
the high schools. The bill calls for
special attention the study of alcohol
and it's effects on the human body.
Teachers to be granted certificates,
must pass examinations on these as
we'll as the other usual subjects.
The event in the house today was
the presentation of what is known in
insurance circles as an "anti-com-
pact" bill, that is, to prevent fire in
surance companies combining in fix
ing and maintaining rates through
boards of underwriters as is the pre-
sent custom in the state. The bill is
introduced by w. H. Putnam of Red
Wing.
As t'follow' bill to the one intro
duced yesterday calling for big ex-
position at the fair grounds in 1908,
8. o. Morse of Slayton today intro
duced bill to permit county COM
missioners to make special appropria-
tons for county exhibits at such an
exposition.
The joint committee of fifteen mem
bers of both houses, appointed to
investigate all combinations in re-
straint of trade, late today met and
divided into three subcommittee.
One committee will look into the
International Harvester trust. A
second will investigate the ways OF
the Minneapolis chamber of commerce
and the Duluth board of trade third
will look into the methods of coal and
lumber dealers in Minnesota.
Both houses of the legislature adj
journed today till next Wednesday
morning. This is to permit the COM
mittees on state hospitals of both
houses to make the regular biennial
junket to some of the state institutions
those to be visited this particular trip
being the Rochester hospital and the
St. Peter hospital for insane. 1t was
planned to take quite a party with
the committees, but the Great West
ern line over which the junketers
will return, refused to grant passes to
the 'additions'', altho the Omaha
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
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disk is eight inches thick, and weighs
a ton. These facts give an indica
ton of the enormous weight the pro-
jected mirror will possess, and sug-
gest to those who are familiar with
the mechanical problems involved in
the mounting of huge telescopes some
of the practical difficulties that will
have to be overcome before this new
astronomic eye opens it's mighty lids
to penetrate among the yet undiscov-
cred marvels of the starry universe.
One or two other comparisons be-
tween the projected instrument and
certain famous telescopes now In ex-
istence may be Of interest before we
consider the question of what the
great new mirror may be expected to
accomplish for astronomy. The Lick
telescope on Mount Hamilton, for
many years the most powerful in the
world, is SO inches in diameter, and
it's successor in the leadership of giant
astronomic instruments, the Yerkes
| is 40 inches in diameter. Both of these,
it is true, are refracting, not reflect
ing, telescopes is to say, they
depend for their power to grasp the
| light of the heavenly bodies, and to
bring it to a focus where magnifi.
able image of the object looked at is
formed, not upon cOncave mirror,
but upon convex object glass-but,
nevertheless, the amount of light that
they can collect depends, just as in
the case of rejecting telescope, upon
their Aperture" or diameter. Conse
quently, leaving out of sight as of no
material consequence for our purpose
the relative capacities of the two kinds
of instruments for utilizing the light
that enters them, We may, as before,
base the comparison upon the squares
of their diameters. Then, the square
of Sc being 1,206, and the square of
100 being 10000, we see that the new
Mount Wilson telescope will exceed
the Lick telescope in light-grasping
power almost eight times; and, the
square of 40 being 1000, it will exceed
the great Yerkes telescope, in like
manner, more than six times. No
more is needed to demonstrate the
truth of what we said at the begin
ming, that this ambitious Californian
project marks an enormous step in
advance for the size, and, it may now
be added, the power of telescopes.
But the great advantage of the 100
inch telescope will lie, as already in
timated, in its enormous light-grasp-
ing capacity. This, independently Of
any question of magnification of the
image, will endow it, to an unexam-
pied degree, with what Herschel called
penetrating power" i. e., the ability
to look deeper into the profundities
of space than any eye has ever yet
been able to range.
Prof. Hale expects that the new
telescope will greatly increase the
possibility of finding intermediate
types of stars, which have hitherto
escaped the ken of the largest instru-
ments, showing the transition from
the so-called solar stars, which resem-
BILE our sun, to stars of the fourth
type" which appear to be suns nearly
extinguished. Thus it will give indis-
pensable aid in establishing a knowl-
edge of the course and steps Of stellar
evolution
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Senator Knox's Graceful Speech.

Senator Knox is quossd as saying
when informed that hts son had
"eloped" and been married as simply
as a rustic clergyman could do It: Il
find this morning that hsSe acquired
a very charming daughteraa.law with
out any Of the trouble incidental to 4
conventional wedding" j,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

is always hunger for something big
ger and better than the present pos
session and attainment Scarcely has
the world become familiar with some
great achievement which eclipses all
former effort before still larger things
are in process of the making. The
2O-story sky scraper is soon distanced
Dy the 30-story one which the daring
builder erects, and that by still high
er structures. The 60-mile-an-hour
train is soon considered slow as the
7O-mile-ap-hour train speeds over the
country, and that in turn by the train
which makes still faster time. And so
it goes, until the world has come to
expect that the biggest thing known
will soon have a rival in the thing
still bigger.
SO 1t has been with the instrument
which the astronomers use to search
the heavens. Years ago the widest
dreams of the scientists would not
have thought 6O-inch telescope pos
sible, but when at last through the
years such an enormous development
had been reached, was the scientist
content? Did he believe that he had
attained the Ultima Thule of telescope
construction? Nay, verify. For when
the possibility of constructing a 60.
inch mirror had been demonstrated
the scientist at once began to plan
for still a larger telescope, and now it
is the hun6ro6.inoh o1occ +ho+ :. ~
goal of ambition.
The first step in such an enormous
advance in the size of telescopes has
just been taken by the officials of the
Carnegie Institutions Solar observa
tory on Mount Wilson, California. The
sum of $4,000 has been contributed
by John D. Hooker, of Los Angeles, to
cover the expense, and a glass disk
of unexampled magnitude has been
ordered made in France, and from
this disk Mr.. Ritchey will construct a
mirror for new rejecting telescope
100 inches in diameter. Mr.. Ritchey
has nearly completed a mirror of 60
inches diameter in the shops Of the
observatory at Pasadena, and hitherto
this has been looked upon as an un
dertaking of extraordinary holiness:
but the 100-inch mirror will so far ex
coed the 60-inch in it's power to grasp
the light of the heavenly bodies that
to compare them is like comparing a
1ull-groWn man with a child. To
show this it is only necessary to re-
member that the capacity of a tele
scopic object-glass, or mirror, to col
lect light varies directly with the
square of it's diameter. The square
of 60 is $500, and the square of 100
is 10000; therefore, the power of the
contemplated telescope will be to thai
OF the telescope nearly completed as
10000 is to $500, or nearly three times
greater! The famous Lord Rosse tele
scope, constructed in Ireland in the
middle of the last century-and still
In existence, and to some extent in
use-is 70 inches in diameter; but il
is so imperfect in figure, and in re
fecting quality, that it cannot be com
pared with either Of these two Cali
fOrnlan giants.
In truth, a huRdred-inch telescope
is no less than an innovation, and
many astronomers, knowing the i'm
mense difficulties which beset the
use of large instruments, difficulties
both mechanical and atmospheric
will be disposed to doubt the success:
of this undertaking. The new disl
will be 13 inches thick. The 60-inc1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

his love for Mrs. Hargrove. Before
granting the request, Mrs. Smith, hav-
ing in mind the future OF her little
ones, caused an ironclad contract to be
drawn up by which her husband was
obliged to pay her an allowance. Life
insurance policies for large sums were
made over to the children, and in
three months $4,000 is to be paid in
cash to the attorneys of his wife for
her disposal. The education of the
children Is to be his care.
About this time in the splendid
home ION Elizabeth street, Mrs. Har-
grove appeared to the dreamer and
gave him shock.
You interfere entirely too much
with my discipline and bringing up of
the children. I don't love you, and if
have to live with you another hour I
shall die"
Harqrove consults Smith.
Hargrove had always humored his
| wife, and did so in this instance. He
went to his friend and attorney, Milton
Smith, and poured out his story. He
told how he loved his wife, how he
would willingly die for her. He told Of
her moods and tempers, of her vanity.
her childish ways, of her impatierca
at restraint, and asked for advice.
"The thing for you to d." Smith =
reported to have answered, lis to al
low your wife to get her divorce. She
can do it all right, she has a clear
case, and it will be best for you not to
fight it. Make provision for her and
her children, and after a time perhaps
she will see the error in her ways"
Hargrove followed the counsel of his
attorney, engaged him to appear for
him and save all unpleasant publicity.
Half awake, Hargrove still dreamed.
Through an agreement with the
Judge, the hearings were held at an
hour when the big courthouse was
empty. Where no suspicion of what
was going on could leak out, the bailiff
went out into the street and got six
jurymen. Mrs. Smith, borne down by
the misery of the affair, entered the
d1ngy courtroom, accompanied by her
sister and brother-in-law and in a very
short time she emerged free woman.
| Will Fight for Children.
Finally Hargrove awoke and now a
very militant is preparing for war.
The accumulated gossip of two
years is being pounded into his ears.
He is finding out that his wifes name
has long been a subject of talk, ribald
and otherwise, wherever two or three
gathered. He is seeking vengeance
Cost what it will, to regain his chill
dren, Hargrove, the awakened dream
er, vows he will give up his last cent,
and he has much to spend.-N. Y.
World.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

st. Paul Only fourteen ofthe fifty
four boiler inspectors inthe state have
fled their annual reports with secre-
tary Of state. The law requires that
these reports be IN. by Jan.1. ~ :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

St. Paul-Herbert F. Mechanical,
47p Oakland avenue, is sending to the
Jamestown exposition shoe the
leather of which was tanned by the
father of Gen. u. s. Grant at Galena,
III. The shoe is foot and half long
and weighs eight pounds. It was used
as shoe store sign in Galena from
1858 to 1875. -:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Beating the Devil.

!. s'9 ss'S 0SvH'
The Arab tribe their fields had titled, Z
Then down to them the devil sped: :
II claim half of the harvest yield, L.. II
Since half the world is mine," he said.
The foxy Arabs. grave Of mien, = <
Replied: The lower half be thine::" n
To which the devil with a grin. zsz5
z# Said: mo, the upper half 10 mine.'' II:
Then sowed the Arabs beets galore. q
And when the devil asked his share.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

st. Paul-The following report was
received by s. g. 1verson state audi
tor, from M. O. Cutter, secretary Of
the state board of control, regarding
the incomes derived from the state
correctional institutions during jan
uary: Hastings asylum, sos. II; Roch-
ester hospital, $s4s. 40; St. Peter state
hospital, SOAPS: Faribault school for
deaf, $177.96; Faribault school for
minded, $1,389.55; Red Wing
state training school, 80; st. Cloud
reformatory, Il, 1859; saltwater state
prison, 48,9s2.N; hemp and Irvine
manufactured ct the prison, &38, 1856. q.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

The Arabs kept the roots-no more =
: For him the Withered leaves lay there.
Next year. when field work was to start,
The devil came and said with heat:
This time take the lower part"
Then sowed the Arabs oats and wheat.
And when the fields again stood bare. q
&. The Arabs took the grain-no more.
The stubble was the devils share,
It made his dres lame and roar. Z:
From. the German Of Rucksrt. j.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

The decree asked by the woman was
to contain also an order for the Gus
tody of the two children and an obli-
cation to be placed on the defendant
to pay sufficient alimony that the wife
could maintain her present style of
living and suitably support their chill
dren.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
of her meeting with her scholarly hus-
band
Her Story Of the Meeting.

Her Story Of the Meeting.
1T was really quite romantic" Mrs.
Hargrove is said to have remarked. II
was In swimming at the seashore with
lot of girls. Ernest came along, un-
expectedly, looked at me as covered
in the water, and from that day to this
he has adored me utterly. ran away
from the convent in Canada to marry
him, and now-well, he is the dearest
of men, but he knows so much, and I
know so little, and every time I say
anything impulsively he glowers at me
and makes me afraid"
When every woman and child who
lived in the Hargrove neighborhood
were discussing the friendliness of
Mrs. Hargrove and Milton Smith,
Ernest Hargrove's ears were closed.
It was in June that Mrs. Smith de-
cided that she could no longer endure
the attentions of her husband to the
wife of his client. One afternoon at
the Country club, where the Smiths
and Hargroves had gone to watch the
Derby race from the piazza Of the
clubhouse, Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Har-
grove walked away together and did
not return for two hours. Feeling Ill,
Mrs. Smith sent an attendant to in
form Mr.. Smith that she must return
to town at once either In his auto or
with friends. When the couple re-
turned reluctantly, Mrs. Hargrove with
blazing eyes walked to where Mrs.
Smith was sitting and said:
II am sure, my dear, don't want
you to think that have any desire to
take your husband from you-not at
all, my dear, and in the future you
don't need to send for him."
1--WE are so glad daughter likes Mr.
Smith so much," said Mrs. Neres.
heimer. "He is such a charming man
and we like him so much"
Mrs. Smith Goes East.
That night Mrs. Smith and her two
children, a most beautiful little daugh.
ter and son, left for the east, where
they remained during the summer
The Smith auto became practically
the property of Mrs. Hargrove. The
parents of Mrs. Hargrove encouraged
the visits of the attorney, feeling sorry
for his loneliness since his family had
gone away.
The summer passed. Every day the
Smith car, flying about with Mrs. Har.
grove or her two lovely children
dashed through the streets of Denver
The first of September Mrs. Smith
returned from the summer spent at a
peaceful out Of the way nook by the
sea. Letters had been sent to he1
telling her Of the devotion of her hus
band to his clients wife-letters
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Wife Gently Protests.

Mrs. Smith, woman of rare charm
of manner, beauty of face and a dig
nifty that commands respect, protested
gently against any lavish display until
the friends who had ever stood loyal
ly by her should become willing of
themselves to again receive her hus.
band, who had wandered so far away
from the conventional paths. He was
obdurate, however. and the Hargroves
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Going insane Over Deed.

Duluth, Minn.-Daniel Aho, aged
twenty years, the youth who shot
and killed his mother at Nvoi, Mimi,
on Sunday, Feb.3, while intoxicated is
believed to be going insane in conse-
quence ofhis grief over his deed. Aho's
lamentations are pitful to witness. He
says that he does not care what the
authorities do with him, as he could
never be happy again. Aho had been
drinking more than was good for him
the day of the tragedy, and became
involved in a quarrel with another
young man near the Aho residence.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Is Cremated In Jail

Virginia, Minn.-A Syrian or Ara
bian peddler, unknown, was burned
to death in the village jail at McKin-
ley. The man had been disorderly
about the railroad depot, and the
agent turned him over to the police
who locked him in the city jail. Dur
ing the night the building took fire
and was consumed, and the next
morning the mans headless and
charYed trunk was found in the ruins.
St. Paul-Prof. T. M. Hodgman
has taken charge at the Macales ter
college.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
Divorce Quickly Granted.

Wrapped to the ears in costly furs,
Mrs. Hargrove tripped into the court
room and took her place on the wit
ness stand. A few questions revealed
the fact that Ernest Hargrove inter-
fered entirely too much, according to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
The Last Straw,

"Van Millyun is completely ruined
financially. He was even compelled
to sell his automobile
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20

parties, an evening or two at the the
alter will rehabihtate me in the eyes OF
your friends, my dear, and make a
good impression on our new friends"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-04
Genera Orders No. 8.

Territory of New Mexico. Adjutant
Generals Office, Santa Fe, N. NJ,
May 81. 1907.
1. 1t is regrettable that private bu-
~siness, which demands all his time,
has caused Major J.. E.. Elder, First
Infantry, to tender his resignation as
an officer of the national guard of the
territory, which under the circumstan-
ces, is acceptable to date June ], 1907.
On account of removal from the Ter
ritory the resignation of w. r. La
Londe as captain, First infantry, is
accepted, to date June L, 1907.
In order for him to ccept another
position in the national guard of tbs
Territory, the resignation of j. ].
McWeine as captain, First squadron
of cavalry, is accepted, to a May
1, 1907.
2. First Lieutenant Robert II. Cross
is relieved from duty with the First
squadron of cavalry and is placed up
on the unassigned list of officers, to
date, May 1, 1907.
First Lieutenant ]. R. Hicks is re
lieved from duty with the First in
fantry and is placed upon the unassign
ed list of officers upon the date of this
order.
First Lieutenant L. w. GALES is re-
lieved from duty with the First i1fan-
try and is placed upon the unassign-
ed list of officers, to date June 1.
1907.
Second Lieutenant Herb't w. CLARK
is relieved from duty with troop A,
First squadron of cavalry, and is plac-
ed upon the unassigned list of officers,
to date April l, 1907.
Second Lieutenant Clarence E.
Head is relieved from duty with com
pany G., First infantry, and will as
sumo command of company E, First
infantry. to late May 1, 1907.
8. The following promotions and ap-
pointments are announced:
To be captain, First squadron of
cavalry, Sergeant Edward B. Holt, of
troop A, First squadron of cavalry,
with ra1k from May 1, 1907.
To be first ~1ieutenants, First squad
ron of cavalry, E. j. McWeine, of Las
Vegas, N. NJ. with rank from May 1,
1907.
To be first ~lieutenants, First infan-
try (subject to e-xamination,) Second
Lieutenant Arthur Bail, First infantry
with rank from May 1, 1907.
To be first lieutenant, First squad
ron of cavalry, First Sergeant James
P. Curry, of troop A, First squadron
of cavaly, with rank from May 1, 1907
TO be second First in
fantry, Sergeant Harry E. McCul-
Tough, of company F. First infantry,
with rank from April 20, 1907.
To be End lieutenant First squadron
of cavalry, Sergeant J. Chester Sharp
of troop A. First squadron of cavalry
with rank from May 1, 1907.
f.. Officers recently commissioned
are assigned to duty as follows:
Lieutenant Bail to company D, 1st
infantry, and Lieutenant Mccullough
to company F, First infantry, Captain
Holt n ~Lieutenants Curry and Sharp
to troop A, First squadron of cavalry;
Lieutenant McWeine as adjutant, 1st
squadron of cavalry. All of the above
named officers will, upon receipt OF
this order, report to the commanding
officers of organizations to which they
are assigned.
By command of J. w. Reynolds,
Acting Governor and COMMANDMENT
Chief. A. P. HARRINGTON,
Adjutant General.
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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-04

w. s.. Prayers beautiful residence
on South Main is offered for sale for
the first time. Business reasons only
fine home. We nave an exceptionally
low price on this property for the
nex 80 days. Will be pleased to show
it to any prospective purcnaser.-Carl
ton & Bell.