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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10

81 led the mob and I'm proud of 1t
I directed every movement and l did
everything 1 could to see that he was
lynched," said the former Senator.
when I heard of the horrible crime
I started to work Immediately to get O
mob. l did all | could to raise one. ]
suppose the bullets from my gun wera
some of those that killed the negro.
"T don't care what investigation is
made or what are the consequences. /
am willing to stand them"
The former Senator Is a lawyer. 81
years of age, was elected to Congress
In 1896, and when Senator e. G. Walt
hall died, in 1898. was first appointed
to succeed him and then elected to
serve the ~unexpired term. His sena-
torial career ended March 4, 1901.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
HEAVY GR|ST FOR
JUSTICE TO GRIND
WHEN COURTS Open
P. S. G. Is Made Defendant in
$75O,OOO OF Suits-Scveral
Murder Cases on Roll.

When the Circuit Courts open for
their regular grind for the September
term next Tuesday. there will be plenty
of grist for the judicial mill.
AS usual the Public Service Railway
Company carries off the palm as de-
PENDANT, no less than $750,000 worth OF
damage suits having been listed against
it. This is slightly in excess of the
amount of the last term. They are the
outgrowth of actual and alleged acct
dents for which the company Is made
responsible. Some of them are "hold4
overs hat Is to say they are carried
from the last term, as there was not
time to try them. About 10 per cent.
OF them involve fatal accidents.
The steam railroad companies tia
run through the county will also figure
in several damage suits, but there arc
only a score of them between them all.
as their policy is to effect an immediate
settlement in case of accident, and
they seldom allow claims to get to trial.
The whole number of cases listed for
trial in the C;rcuiS Court is 480, and in
the Supreme Court circuit 145.
In the criminal courts several muir
der cases will probably get o n be
fore the term is over and other jp~
portant trials are scheduled.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10

he just stood right out there in full
sight in the bright moonlight and
laughed.
""Try a shot!' he yelled, and then
jumped for the fence. At that my hug
band blazed away, but missed his tar
get.
II couldn't stand the sight of that
sneak thief getting away, and SO |
rushed down the stairs and out the
back door after the man. Mr.. Ffcken
was still at the window. and I didn't
have time to stop and get any n to
go with me. In fact, I didn't want
anybody. I am very strong In my
hands and arms, and all / wanted was
to get hold Of that fellow. He wouldn't
have gon any further.
IT chased him until he disappeared
around the corner and then the chase
was taken up by some men and boys
The man was a good runner and got
away by lodging through Woodlawn
Cemetery. I just hope he tries it
again.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
FINED $40 For DRUNKENNESS,

Charged with drunkenness, William
Furlong, who gave his home as Balti-
more. was today arraigned In the Third
Precinct Court aud fined SO. He wal
unable to pay his fine and was COM
mitted to Jail.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
SHOT IN HAND BY
FOUR-YEAR-0L SON.
Roundsman TuIly's Brother Is
Victim of Accident.

John TulIy, AIS Central avenue. a
brother to Roundsman Michael Tully,
detailed at the -Four Corners, was acct
Ientally shot in the hand by his 4-year-
old son late yesterday. The gun was
being cleaned when the child picked il
up and pulled the trigger, which went
sf. badly decorating half Of his hand
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
EX-SENATOR HEADS
LYNCH|NG MOB
AND PROUD OF It
Mississippian Boasts of HefDing
to Kill Negro Who Cut
White WOman's Throat.

OXFORD. Miss, Sept. 1e.-william
Van Amberg Sullivan, once a United
States Senator for Mississippi, led a
mob that lynched Lawson Patton. a
negro. who had cut the throat of Mrs.
NJ. VI. MILAN, a white woman.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
POSTMASTER FREEMAN AWAY.

Postmaster James Freeman. of Ar
lington, left today for a short stay at
Atlantic City.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
news OF MINNESOTA,
MINNESOTA"


Mendoza. There probably Is not
one man in twenty good, patriotic
resldents of the state who can tell
why Minnesota was named Minnesota
and what the name really means.
"M1nnesota is q Sioux Indian word,
meaning muddy water cloudy
water or 'skytinted water Henne-
pin and La Sale saw the Minnesota
river in 1850 and La Honton, LIE Sueur
and Carver later.''
Mendota is rich in historical inter-
est. This is the oldest town in the
state, having been started in 1880.
The name is an Indian word meaning
in one language the junction of two
trails' and in the Sioux tongue the
mouth of a river AS the Dakota
Indians, q tribe of the Sioux. fre-
quented these parts, it is believed
that their meaning of the word should
apply, as just above Mendoza the
Minnesota river enters the MISSISSIPPI
pi. As early as 1886 Gen. H. H. Sib-
ley had an Indian trading post here,
and in 1887 erected stone DWELLING
house that still stands and is in good
preservation. Near by is Fort Smell.
ing. This fort was built by Col.
Josiah Smelling in 1820-23, and was
named Fort Anthony, from the falls
OF that name. In 1924 the name was
formally changed by the United
States secetary of war, and was nam.
ed TOR Col. Smelling, who erected the
post.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
Round the Capital
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Congress Likely to Linqer Until June /

was reported January %, is the only
one that has become q law, having
been approved February IS. The In
dian appropriation bill, which was re-
ported January 81 in the house COM
mittee on Indian affairs, passed the
house February IL and passed the
senate February % and was sent to
conference March 4. The pensions
appropriation bill was reported Febru.
ary and passed the house March II.
It is now in the senate. The execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill
was reported February II. passed the
house February II and the senate
March 81, and is now in conference.
The army bill passed the house
February 20 and the postofice bill
March 13. The agricultural appropria-
tion bill was approved by the house
April /, while the Notifications meas
ure passed that body March 21. Tho
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was reported the other day, but will
not be taken up for couple of weeks.
The diplomatic and consular bill, gen.
eral deficiency, military academy,
naval and sundry civil appropriation
bills are in various stages of prepara-
tiOn previous to being reported.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
Why Congressman Criticised Pinchot

knowledge before the public of the
work that they are doing. The trou-
BILE was that the men who prepared
the reports did not know anything
about the popular side of the questions
discussed, and as a result the news
papers to whom the reports were sent
did not use them to any great ex-
tent
Now in several departments of the
government there are trained men
whose business it is to take the gov
ernment reports, and while preserving
scrupulously every fact contained
therein to present the prepared mat
ter so that the newspapers will use
it and the peope will read 1t. The
forest service and geological survey
have a press service of this kind.
The reason that congressman are
hearing from their constituents is rot
because the congressman are criti-
cised, because no line of criticism
does or could appear in the matter
sent out. It is q case simply of in
teresting the people and Of inducing
them through their interest to write
letters in support of measures before
congress-.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
An Easter Bonnet.


Washington.-The ''Black Earle of
Minnesota" has been presented with
an eagle war bonnet with authority
to wear it either on or off the reser-
walton, and so he is now a "heap big
Indian" chief of the Crows. The tall
and swarthy Senator Moses E. Clapp
OF Minnesota, chairman of the Indian
committee of the senate, has often
been described by his friends as "The
Black Eagle of Minnesota" Whether
the senator likes the appelation or
not. it is evident that he is not Who'll
~ pleased with the presentation to
him of war bonnet by the Grow In
dians as manifestation of the kindly
feeling toward him. He was given a
great surprise by Chief Plenty Coos
and his fellow tribesmen, who have
been witnesses before the Indian
committee for the last three weeks.
when the chief marched into the
committee room at the head of the
band and through an interpreter
phlegmatically informed the senator
that the treatment that had been ac-
corded the Indians was highly appre-
ciated and that an appropriate gift
was due the white chief of the COM
mittee.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29

APPROPRIATIONS are being conducted
~ by the Michigan and federal au-
thorities for a scientific compaign of
wolf killing in the upper peninsula.
1t is quite probable that within q
month Vernon r: Bailey, the wolf ex-
pert in the biological survey, will go
into the upper peninsula and will in
augurate the campaign. With Mr..
Bailey and the officials OF the bio-
logical survey, Game Warden Pierce
has been in correspondence The plan
which has been considered contem-
plates cooperation between state and
national authorities. Mr.. Bailey will
spend about month on the ground,
and during that time he will instruct
agents of the state in the best method
of catching wolf pups in dens and OF
trapping the old ones.
MIR. Pierce is the first Of the state
game wardens to seriously take up q
thorough and scientific project for rid
ding the upper peninsula of the pests
will kill almost as many deer as, per.
haps more than, all the hunters. The
plans which have been formulated call
for systematic work extending over an.
proximately two years. The expecta.
ton is that the state will employ two
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
Uncle Sam to Aid in Hunting Wolves

or three men, who will become, under
Mr.. Bailey's instructions, expert in
wolf killing. During three months of
the spring they will hunt the young in
dens, and during the summer they will
trap the older wolves. They will be
kept busy about six months of the
year.
Mr.. Bailey says that a very rough
estimate of the number of timber
wolves in the upper peninsula is 200.
In one days travel on snowshoes last
spring he found the tracks of Is differ
ent wolves. A very rough estimate of
the number of deer killed by the
wolves each winter is from 1000 to
1000, although Mr.. Bailey says that
the number may run much higher. A
single wolf is altogether capable Of
killing ten deer in a single night.
In the upper peninsula the wolves:
begin to breed about April IL, and the
present plan is that the campaign will
be inaugurated at about that date. The
killing Of the pups after they have
been taken from the dens involves nc
practical difficulties.
The success that has followed
scientific wolf killing in other parts of
the country is indicated by reports
from the forest reserves. The bio
logical survey has worked with the
forest service in an effort to clear the
national forests of timber wolves and
coyotes. and reports received by the
survey indicate that between 1,400 and
1,500 timber wolves were killed last
year in and near the forests, and about
10000 coyotes.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29

Al EMBERS of congress have been
IX4 finding faul with Clifford Pinchot
because he has been making the peo-
pie of the country familiar with the
work of the forestsaving service. The
members who have criticised Mr.. Pin
chot are the members who are opposed
to the bills which have for their OBJ
ject the saving of the forests on the
eastern mountains.
The forest service simply has sent
out publications showing the neces-
sity for the saving of the forests, but
the result has been that members who
don't want to save the forests have re-
ceived letters by the hundreds from
their constituents telling them that
they must vote for forest reserves.
This has made the members angry.
Some time ago it was hard for the
departments of government to get
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29

w WASH1NGTON.- spite Of the fact
w that the speaker few weeks ago
selected May 16 as the probable
closing day of this session, Repub-
lican leaders in the senate and house
express the fear that adjournment can
not be reached before June /. It is
possible that "Uncle Joe" will bring
to bear the pressure he knows so we'll
how to use and clear the docket by the
time of the original schedule. How
ever the outlook for an early ending
is not now promising.
The status of the annual appropria.
tion bills is discouraging. OF the
IA big money bills, five remain to be
reported to the house, while the others
are in the various stages of the jour.
ney through the house and senate and
conference.
The urgent deficiency bill. which
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
PERSONAL,

A writ of habeas corpus was granted
at White Plains, n. Y, by Justice
Morschauser on application of Harry
X. Thaw.
Rev. DR.. Russell ]. Wilbur, former
dean of the Chicago cathedral, left the
Episcopal church and entered the
Catholic church.
Ferd Warner, member of the house
of delegates Of St. Louis, was convict
ed of bribery by jury and sentenced
to serve two years in the penitentiary
William Cooke, husband of Grace
MacGowan Cooke, the well-known au-
thoress, filed suit for absolute divorce
charging desertion.
Preliminary steps were taken for
the release of Harry X. Thaw from
the insane asylum by habeas corpus.
Gov. Deneen granted = reprieve to
June II to Herman Billik of Chicago,
condemned poisoner.
Henry NJ. Cake of Portland, Ore,
was nominated On the Republican
ticket for United States senator, de-
feating Senator Charles w. Fulton.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
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EMINENT triumphed over com,
~ mercialism in the house Of rep
resentatives the other afternoon, and
it was one glorious triumph for John
Wesley Gaines, the battle-scarred
legislative warrior from Tennessee.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was under consideration, and Repre-
sentative Burleson, of Texas, in an
effort to save few southern trees, Of
fered an amendment providing for the
removal of mistletoe from all trees in
the southland on the ground that it is
a parasite deadly to tree life.
Instantly there was an uproar on
the floor, but Gaines emerged with a
volume of "Pickwick Papers," out of
which he proceeded to read the touch
ing chapter on the wedding party at
Mr.. Wardle's home, where the mistle-
toe permitted many an innocent lib
erty that might have provoked fire.
arms display or at least a rough-and-
tumble fight under other circum.
stances.
Just at this juncture a message was
received from the president, and Rep
resentative Lo1gworth, of Cincinnati,
was called upon to take the chair. tho
house previously having been IN CON-
mittee of the whole.
After the message was read and
Mr.. Longworth left the chair, Gaines
called upon him to arise and testify
to his experience under the mistletoe.
'Nick" scarcely blushed as he made
his way back to his seat, although the
suggestion created laughter. Burle.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
A Brave Woman.

Plummer.-This section is ringing
with praise of Mrs. A. R. Harris. wife
of 500 section foreman, who res
cued her 4-year-old son from drown
ing in an unused we'll near the Harris
home.
The mother was startled bv her
little son Clarence, who rushed in
crying that Roy, aged 4, had fallen in
the tank. She hurried out and looked
in the railroad bitches and water bar
rels, and Clarence followed and point
ed out the old well. She could not
see the child, as he had sunk from
sight.
The mother got into the well and
down to the water level, distance of
about twelve feet. just then the bow
rose to the surface and she caught
him by the hair. How she got out of
the we'll with the unconscious form of
her little son, she is unable to tell.
and that they were not both drowned
seems miracle.
She carried the boy into the house
and by rolling and artificial respira-
tion treatment removed the water
out of his lungs and stomach and he
soon regained consciousness.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
Caps az Baseball Shields,

A vacant lot in Beech street, with
it's fairly-smooth surface, is in daily
use by the small boys of the neigh
borhood. Too poor to acquire catch.
ing gloves, the youngsters, whose
main pleasure is baseball, use their
heavy woolen caps in the most skill
full manner to check the impact of the
ball in the left hand. The back Of
the cap is held, the inside exposed, and
as the sphere comes hurtling near the
clutch is relaxed, and the ball is re-
ceived and held with almost uperrins
skill.-New York Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
HAPPENINGS
Of A WEEK
Record of the Most
Important Events
Condensed for the
Perusal of the Busy
Man.
IN CONGRESS-.

President Roosevelt announced that
he would veto the naval appropriation
bill should the senate, as did the
house, fail to make any appropriation
for the two battleships which are au-
thorized in the measure. Consequent
1y Senator Hale gave notice that he
would propose an amendment appro-
priating $7,OOO,OOO towards the con-
struction of those ships.
Speaker Cannon's resolution provid-
ing for an investigation of the paper
trust was adopted by the house by q
strict party vote. The speaker then
announced the committee of six to
conduct the inquiry, as follows: Mann
Qll.), Stafford wis.,, Ryan IN. ",
Miller Kan.), Bannon CO.,, and Sims
CTenn.).
President Roosevelt signed the en-
ployers' liability bill after Attorney
General Bonaparte had declared it
constitutional.
The house committee on banking
and currency voted to lay on the table
the financial bill offered by Represent
Etive Vreeland of New York as subs
titue for the Aldrich bill, and decided
to report favorably the bill introduced
by Chairman Fowler, providing for a
currency commission.
The house by a party vote upheld
Speaker Cannon's summary action in
squelching the flibusters.
The house committee on banking
and currency voted unanimously to
table the Aldrich financial bill. It also
was decided to give hearing to Rep.
resentative Vreeland of New York,
who recently introduced a financial
bill.
The senate passed the Overman bill
providing that injunctions against the
enforcement Of state laws can only be
issued by majority of three federal
judges who are to pass upon them.
The senate confirmed the nOmina-
tion of John S. Leech of Illinois to be
public printer to succeed Charles A.
Stillings.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
RAYNER AIMS SHOT
At THE President
eENAToR TELLS UPPER BRANCH
THAT CHIEF IS MUCH
DDOLIZED.
DEGREES uSuRPATlON
BY THE EXECUTIVE
Maryland Toga-Wearer Says Roosevelt
Regards Himself as Vested with
Unlimited Power Under Provisions
Of the American Constitution.

Washington, Apr. 24.-State's rights
were the subject of an interesting
speech in the senate Tuesday by Sen
ator Rayner of Maryland. Mr.. Ray
ner spoke on his resolution declaring
that in the opinion of the senate the
powers delegated by the constitution
to the United States must not be en-
larged by implication or so construed
as to conflict with or encroach upon
the reserved rights of the states as
guaranteed by the tenth amendment.
THE trouble with the president is,"
said Senator Rayner- land l always
speak of him not only deferentially,
but with great personal respect
that he regards himself as vested with
unlimited executive power under the
constitution"
Revised Plan Commended.
Some of our prominent leaders.
with unrestricted exultation," said Sen
ator Rayner, "have applauded the pres
ident to the echo and in unmeasured
terms have commended his revised edi-
tion of the constitution of the United
States. A wild and frantic hosanna
lately pealed forth in an adjoining
chamber from Democratic bosoms as
message replete with the assumption
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29

Prof. McCracken, who has just re.
turned from a trip to Scandinavia,
where he lectured at the universities,
has made the following utterances for
publication: 'The universities of the
Scandinavian countries I found were
like the people-democratic and un-
trammeled by ideas of caste and ira.
dition. In this respect they are more
like similar institutions in the United
States than they are like those of
England. lectured at the Swedish
university of Lund and at the uni
versities of Copenhagen and Kris.
t1ania. and found the professors in
all three places up to date and pro.
gressive. Conditions are ripe for an
interchange of teachers with the Unit
ed States. They told me that there
were 100000 people of Scandinavian
birth and ancestry in America, and
all that is necessary is for them to
raise a fund for salaries. The in.
come from a fund of 100000, which
would be between $4,000 and $4,000,
1 think, would be sufficient for the
purpose; and it could probably be
raised easily by the Scandinavian.
American societies and by the Scan
dinavian universities. Even $4,000
ought to provide expenses for the in.
terchange of three professors for each
year. We could send one professor
to each of the three countries on the
other side one year and they could
send three here the next. With &c.,
600 we could make an exchange each
year. I found that nearly all of the
professors in the countries which
would be concerned speak English,
so there would be no obstacle Of
language. I found the Scandinavian
people very much interested in the
project of an exchange of professors
with the universities of America. To
my mind they are the nearest to us
OF any of the people of Continental
Europe, not excepting the Germans.
We are more nearly connected with
them by race than any of the others
except the Germans, and then, too,
to my mind, they are very much like
us. They remind me very much of
the Scotch and Scotch-Irish Ameri-
cans"
London, April 20.-King Edward
and Queen Alexandra left London to-
day for visit to Copenhagen, Stock.
holm and Kristiania, where they will
be the guests of the royal families at
those CAPITALS.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
Improving Diaries,

St. Paul.-In order to insure better
sanitary conditions in the dairies of
the state and to reduce, if not STOP.
the importation of cattle which have
not been inspected, the state live
stock sanitary board will make pro-
visions for a more strict enforcement
of the laws relating to tuberculosis
among cattle and attempt to secure
the cooperation of cattle breeders.
These subjects were taken up at the
quarterly meeting of the board, held
IN the old capitol. A strict enforce
ment of sanitary regulations in dair.
les was shown by statistics to work a
reduction in percentage of tuberculo-
sis among cattle. The board decided
to have one of the field veterinarians
inspect the dairies throughout the
state and to take such steps as may
be necessary to enforce strict COM
pliance with the regulations.
Willmar tribune., 1908-04-29
EngIand's Liquor Expenditure.

England's Liquor Expenditure.
1t is reassuring to learn from DR..
Dawson Burns annual review of the
United Kingdoms drink bill that al
though we spent s590,00O more on
1ntoxicants last year than in 1906, the
average expenditure per head fell from
e3 les Sd to e3 15s Cd. From 1872
to 1873 the average expenditure never
fell below "a head, and in 1876 it
touched "a 3s. On the other hand,
from 1841 to 1851 (both years includ-
ed), it never rose as high as e3, while
in 1912 it fell as low as 92 IS SID,
or less than two-thirds its present
amount. AS matters are we stand ex-
actly where we stood in 1866, when
the expenditure per head on alcoholic
liquors was, as last year, e3 15s Cd.
Westminster GAZETTE.