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Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
ANOTHER MURDER OCCURS.
Oscar Larson Is Murdered While Saw.
ing Friend From Robbers
Bullet

Minneapolis. Oscar A. Larson,
while attempting to save his friend
from injury, was shot in the temple
and instantly killed by one of pair
of highwaymen who attempted to rob
the saloon of Charles Anderson, at
1870 in the evening.
Five men besides Larson were in
the saloon just before the closing hour
when two men, the lower part of
whose faces were concealed by blue
handkerchiefs, entered at the back
door on Eighth street. The shorter
man rushed quickly through the sa-
loon to the front door, and after lock-
ing it, turned toward Anderson.
Hold up your hands," he demand
ed.
Turnquist and the other men in the
saloon threw up their arms, but An
derson refused, at the same time
reaching for stool to throw at the
desperado's head. The revolver was
Immediately turned upon him and the
robber was about to fire when Lar.
son, who was standing at the bar,
grabbed the hand holding the weapon
A struggle lasting several seconds fol.
lowed and the robber, finding himself
overpowered, called to his friend.
"Shoot the BEAST" he cried. Shoot
quick!"
The taller man rose from his
crouching position in the rear Of the
room at the call and shot. His aim
was true for the bullet struck Larson
in the right temple and he dropped
dead without a struggle. The bullet
passed through the head. Immediate.
ly the men rushed through the door
by which they had entered, followed
by all the men. Anderson, carrying
the raised stool in his hand, hurled it
at the murderer. He missed and they
disappeared. No trace of them has
been found.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
LAND SUITS KNOCKED OUT.
0emurrers in Oklahoma Title Cases
Started Are Sustained.

Muskogee, Okla. - Judge Ralph
Campbell has sustained the demur-
rers in the suits brought by the
United States to set aside various
deeds and leases made by citizen allct-
tees in the five civilized tribes in
eastern Oklahoma, and thus settled a
legal controversy that had been the
cause of considerable concern in that
part of the state.
The court reviewed the relation of
the United States to the five tribes
since they became nation, and found
that no vestige of title to the lands
allotted them now remains in the
United St ties.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
FINLAND.

The ministerial council at St. Peters
burg has ratified the Finnish railway
project on condition that the proposed
railways are constructed in such a
manner that they will admit the use of
rolling stock frcm the Russian rail-
ways. The endorsement also stipu-
lates that those lines must be built in
the first place which the war depart
ment requires to be built between St.
Petersburg and Vasa.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS


A captain in the army of Portugal
Is In Sweden for the purpose Of order.
ing telephones for the military servics
of his country.
The submarine boat Hvalen (the
Whale) has established a new worlds
record by sailing $40 miles under wa
ter in 72 hours, without an escort and
without stopping.
All newspapers in Stockholm have
brought suits against the compositors'
union for breaches of contract. The
actions grow out of the compositors
joining the strike when their con-
tracts provided against such action.
When the will of the late c. F..
Lindberg, of Gothenburg, was opened
other other day, it was found that
all of his estate, which is valued at
about $500,000, shall be used mainly
for the establishment of the city Of
Gothenburg. Most of the money will
be spent on the public parks.
Stockholm, Aug. 24.-The promised
calling of Of the strike today did not
materialize. owing to the employers
refusal to reinstate all the strikers.
AS it was, hundreds of workslen re-
turned and the position of those still
out is becoming more precarious. The
number of strikers no longer causes
apprehension. The cabinet today be-
gan considering plan to force the
employers to arbitrate the differences
between the strikers.
Communion service was to take
place at the Virke church, near Stock
holm. AS the supply of wine hap
pened to be exhausted, some one was
sent to the place where such goods
are sold. But the dealer announced
that he was absolutely prohibited
from selling any liquid containing al
cohol during the strike. Fortunately
there was sufficient supply of wine
at a neighboring church, and guam
tity Of this was borrowed for the oc.
casion.
The Stockholm street railroad CON-
pany scored complete victory of
those of its employees who joined the
strikers. Now that the strike is fail
ure the men have applied for their old
positions, but only few Of them have
been taken back. Those who former.
ly received the maximum wage have
been re.employed at the minimum
rate, and they have been compelled
to sign personal contract to furnish
bonds guaranteeing their future 10y
atty to the company. On the other
hand, the strike breakers have been
rewarded with the best paying posi-
tions the company has. The company
has instituted suit against the strik-
ers for damages and breach of con-
tract.
A good joke was told on the Malmo
Folkets Park during the strike. This
park belongs to the labor unions, and
the labor unions were supposed to be
committed to the strike as an absolute
unit. One day a milk company was
asked by some one at the park for
milk, per phone. The answer was,
that milk could be had. But how
could the goods be delivered? All
drivers were on a strike. But maybe
a horse could be borrowed? OF course
Folkets Park could borrow a horse.
One of the managers Of the park had
a horse, and it was used for hauling
the milk. Thus it happened that the
servants at Folkets Park borrowed a
horse from one of the managers, max
ing him a "strike-breaker," and the
whole institution being the property of
the strikers.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONpENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUTTAEWORLD
Complete Review of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts Of
the G!obe-Latest Home and For.
eign Items.
PERSONAL.

President Taft has appointed A. p
Sawyer of Seattle to be auditor OF
Porto Rico, to succeed G. c. Ward.
Earl Grey, governor general of Can
ada, narrowly escaped death when he
was lost and wandered for hours in
the wilds of the northwest. A rescu'
ing party found him.
Edward H. Hartman in a personal
statement concerning his health said
Il am all right"
Harry K. Thaw has been made IL
brarlan of the hospital for the Grim
maj insane at Matteawan, N. Y.
Senator Carter of Montana declared
at Seattle that charges of water power
grabbing in his state were without
foundation.
Glenn II. Curtiss won the interna-
t1onal cup for the highest speed in the
aviation events at Rheims, France,
Hylng at the rate of 47.65 miles an
hour.
Charles w. Morse, recently released
from the Tombs prison, New York, on
$l25,OOO bail, has begun his efforts
to restore his fallen fortunes by at
tempting to regain control of the Met
ropolitan Steamship Company.
Henry Farman, the English aviator,
made a flight of 111.78 miles at
Rheims, breaking all previous dis
tance records and winning the Grand
Prix de la Champagne.
Albert Newhouse, an inmate of the
poor house at Bloomington, ILL.,, to
whom an uncle at Indianapolis left
100000, wants wife to share the
good fortune with him.
Frank X. Riedinger of Delafield,
Wis, who was believed to have been
one of the victims of Belle Guinness
death farm at Laporte, Ind, is alive
at Fairfield, Neb.
Capt. J.. T. Chase, civil war veteran
who invented hoop skirt 40 years
ago, is the inventor of an airship, for
which he has obtained a patent.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
W|D0WER KILLS
TWO CHILDREN
FIRES HIS FARM HOUSE, THEN
CLOSES THE INCIDENT eY
HANGING HIMSELF.
ABSENCE SAVES REST OF FAMILY
Redwood Farmer Beats Out the Brains
Of Own Daughter and House.
keepers Child-Went Sud.
denly Insane.

Redwood Falls.-William Tibbitts, q
farmer who lived near Delhi in this
county, killed two young girls, one his
own daughter. Then, after making an
unsuccessful attempt to burn his farm
house and cremate their bodies, he
hurried to his barn, and hanged him
self.
The victims of the supposed maniac
were his 10-year-old daughter and Ce-
cile Norton, about 18 years of age,
daughter of his housekeeper, Mrs.
Rose Norton. More lives might have
been sacrificed, but for the fact that
Mrs. Norton, who has been employed
by Tibbitts since the death of his
wife two months ago, was visiting at
her former home at St. Paul Park,
MINI. With her were the two young
est daughters of Tibbitts.
The hapless victims of the farmer
were slain with heavy piece of iron,
either an iron stake or long tooth
from some farm machine. No one so
far as known saw the killing. The
girls could have had no chance at
all for their lives. Everything indi.
Gates that their slayer struck them
from behind and crushed their skulls
at the first blow. Many blows from
the deadly weapon then followed, their
heads and upper portions of their bod
les being cut and bruised in horrible
manner.
The girls were killed either in the
house or just outside the door. Their
bodies were found under some hay in
the house. Tibbitts had taken hay
from the barn and covered the corpses,
then setting fire to it. His little boy
saw the smoke rushing from the build.
ing and summoned the neighbors, who
arrived just in time to save the build
ing and preserve the bodies of the
dead girls from cremation.
It was when the neighbors were
bending their energies to extinguish
the flames that Tibbits ran to the barn
and completed the days tragedies.
Tibbits was about 20 years of age
and was we'll thought of in this COM
munity. The sheriff and county at
torney have started a thorough in
vestigation.
The coroner's jury called to invesii-
gate the triple tragedy returned a
verdict that Cecile Norton and Doro.
thy Tibbetts came to their death by
the hand of William Tibbetts, and
that the latter committed suicide by
hanging. No motive was assigned
for the double killing and suicide.
Neighbors say the man had been un-
balanced mentally some time.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
SWEDEN.

Queen Victoria. Of Sweden, is n
years old.
Four persons were burned to death
and half dozen buildings were de-
stroyed by fire which broke out in the
center of Karlskrona. The Sodra
Sverige bank and the Smalands bank
are among the premises destroyed
The fire was due to the explosion OF
kerosene lamp.
A few miles from Trosa the aged
midwife of the parish was awakened
in the middle of the night by a fisher
man knocking at her window. He had
rOwed about five miles across the bay
to get her. But on the way contrary
wind stiffened into violent storm
the trip took more than five hours
and in the middle Of the bay his wife
gave birth to boy In the boat, which
was half full Of water by this time
The midwife built flre in hurry and
gave the people all the assistance that
she could. The next day the fisher
mans family returned to their lonely
island, the youngest member snugly
packed up In warm shawls.
The great strike had no influence
upon the value Of Swedish govern
ment bonds in the great markets o1
the world. This goes to prove the sol
idity 1T the kingdom on the one hand
and On the other hand the confidence
Of the financial world in the ability o.
the government to weather the storm
E. sandQuist, cashier of the sgd
svenska Kredit stock company o.
Malmo, fell from his bicycle while
riding down a steep hill in the Hags
park, Stockholm, and was so badl,
injured that he died while being tax
en- 70 hospital.
Rev. Helander. of Berlin. was thu
prime mover in having e. Swedish
school children in Berlin taken t.
Sweden for the summer vacation
They spoke Swedish splendidly, bu
there was one little girl that absolute
ly refused to speak Swedish, though
she understood it well. The childre,
spent the vacation in different part.
Of southern Sweden.
The Stockholm exposition, whicl
was to have closed Sept. IL. will b,
kept open two weeks longer On se
count Of the interference caused b,
The great strike.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
FAST COAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Engineer White Pinned Under His
Engine.

Detroit.-The North Coast Limited
was in head-on collision with a mov-
ing gravel train at the west end of
the Detroit yards, while running at
full speed.
Engineer White, of the passenger
train, was missing and his body was
found later under his engine, which
was thrown almost bottom side up in
q ditch.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
WOMAN DIES OF BURNS.
Mrs. OsIund Of st. Peter Showered
With Burning Oil From Tank.

st. Peter.-After lingering nearly a
week, and suffering intense pain from
burns, Mrs. August Oslund died at her
home in this city. She was terribly
burned by the explosion of a gasoline
stove, which had been leaking oil and
which burst into flames when she
lighted the burner.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
MARK E1S,

Minneapolis, Sept. 2.-Wheat, No.
northern, $0.sSA; No. 2 northern,
$096H; Sept, $0.94h; Dec, $0.92%;
durum, No. l, $0.84A. Corn-No. 3,
6S%c. Oats-No. white, $0.35%.
Barley-56c. Rye-No. 2, 65%c. Flax
NO. l, $1.39A.
Duluth, Sept. 2.-No. 1 northern.
$0.96A; Sept, $0.94%; Dec, $o93.
South st. Paul, Sept. 2.-Cattle-
Steers, fair, $4.00@$5.5O; COWS, fair,
$3.00@$4; calves, s4.50@$7.00. Hogs,
$7.55@$7.60; sheep; yearlings, $4,000
$3.50; lambs. fair, $5.00@$6.00.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
.cUMMINs NOT COMING.

st. Paul. Senator Cummins of
Iowa will not be the chief speak
er at the proposed demonstration
to be held in St. Paul in honor
of the Minnesota congressman who
voted against the tariff bill.
Although it has not been decided
whether the ratification meeting will
be held or not, Senator Cummins was
wired in regard to an acceptance of
an invitation from Hugh Halbert of
ST. Paul.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
Spiked Mexican Mountain.

One of the most remarkable geolog-
ical freaks in Mexico is mountain
situated on the outskirts of Pachuca
which presents the appearance at a
distance of being covered with spikes.
The sides of the mountain are close.
ly studded with stone columns or
palisades. The columns are five tn IL
feet long and as large around as an
average mans body.
1t is remarkable uplift of nature,
which has the appearance, however, Of
being the handiwork of human beings.
One side of the mountain is almost
perpendicular. and the stone columns
protrude from the surface at right
angles, forming an impressive picture.
The stone is as hard as flint, and has
wfthstood the elements for ages. The
spikes form a natural battlement that
makes the mountain appear from
distance like some ancient forth.
dianapolis News.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
STRANGER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Arthur Hill, Young Hunter at Ada,
Severed Artery and 1led to Death.

Ada. - Arthur Hill, youth
about 10 years Of age. accidentally
shot himself while out hunting ducks.
severing an artery. He was forty rods
from farm house, to which he walk.
ed, but was SO weak from the loss OF
blood that he died in about two hours.
He was stranger in this community.
having come here only about two
weeks ago.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
GENERAL NEWS.

A lone bandit held up a Pennsylva-
mia railroad express train, shot the
conductor and fled with several thou
sand dollars in coin, including 10000
of the new Lincoln pennies, which he
mistOOk for gold.
Having refused to pay judgement of
$4,000 rendered against him for SIAN
dering Phillip Motherill, Wilbur Glenn
Voliya, general overseer at Zion City,
was placed in Jail at Woodstock, ILL.,
1t was discovered that seven chill
dren lost their lives in the fire which
destroyed st. Malachy's orphan asy-
lum at Rockaway Park, L. l., the first
report being that the nuns had saved
all of the inmates.
Walter D. White, who had been an
engineer on the Northern Pacific rail-
road for so years, was killed in a
wreck at Detroit, MINI.
Organization of subordinate d.
vision OF the Commercial Telegraph
ers' union for wireless operators is
proposed by S. J. Konenkamp, presi-
dent of the C. r. U.
Salaries between 81 200 and $4,000
will be paid by the government to
men with agricultural training who
pass civil service examination at
Washington September %, to select
ellgibles for assistants in grain stan
dardization in the bureau of plant in.
dustry.
Secretary of War Dickinson has di-
rected that the marine officers who
were with Lieut.. Sutton on the night
of his death be allowed to be present
at the eXhumation of his body.
During a reception to Gen. Fred.
erick D. Grant at the state fair
grounds at Des Moines, Ia., section
OF the grand stand fell, hurting 100
persons to the ground and injuring
several seriously.
Gov. Hadley in an address at the an
nual picnic of the Missouri Republican
club at Kansas City declared Missouri
cities must be cleaned up or he would
remove the police commissioners.
John w. Gates while in Seattle
Wash, met Rev. John Foster, the
pastor who married him 35 years ago
and gave him $1,000. The weddine
fee, after the ceremony, was only five
dollars and Gates said he wanted tt
make up for it. i
At least 1900 persons lost their
lives and property damage estimated
as high as $20,000,000 was caused by
floods at Monterey, Mexico.
A. E. Swisher, former president o1
the Iowa Bar association, after worry
ing over financial troubles, commit
ted suicide by hanging at Iowa City
Latest reports from Monterey, Mex
leo, placed the number of dead in the
floods at 1000 and the property loss
at s3o,oo0,ooO.
Rev. G. E. Ackerman of Hedding
N. H., has been appointed presiden,
of Goodman university at Jackson
vile, Fla.
The Isthmus of Panama experi
enced an earth shock extending owe,
a large extent of territory. No dam
age was done.
Thirteen husbands, caught in a rait
engineered by society organized b,
their wives, were fined at Bayonne
N. j., for playing poker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Copper
smith were killed near their home a
Newton, 1a., when their motor ca,
rolled down a 30-foot embankment.
FAMILIES OF strikers at Mckee,
Rocks, Pa, were ousted from th,
company houses in rainstorm an.
sought refuge in camps in the hills.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
GIRLS DRESS.

Paris Pattern No. 29Ss, All Seams
Allowed.-The waist portion of this
serviceable dress is made with broad
tuck over the shoulders, which is grad
uated toward the waist line and
stitched it's entire length, this tuck
meeting the tuck at either side of the
skirt, in the front, and giving the
effect of a semi-princess dress. The
skirt is attached to the waist unde:
a narrow belt of the material, and if
desired, may be made with low neck
and short sleeves. The pattern is
in five sizes-six to fourteen years.
For girl of ten years the dress re-
Quires 4h yards of material "a inches
wide, 3A yards q inches wide, 2A
yards 36 inches wide, or 2A yards AZ
inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-Cattle-Market
strong. Steers. $5.60@sS.00; COWS,
$3.50@$5.25; heifers, $3.50@$6.00;
bulls. $3.00@$4.S5; calves, 100000.
Stockers and feeders, $3.75@5.15.
Sheep-Market 15c lower: sheep, a
@$5.00; lambs. $6.75@7.90: yearlings,
$5.00@$5.50.
Hogs-Market SC higher: choice,
heavy, $8.10@8.25; butchers, 5000
SOON light. mixed, $7.80@S.00; choice
light. $S.00@s.20; packing. $7.607.75;
pigs. $5.25@7.9o: bulk Of sales. $7.70
@8.10.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08

His Little joke
why do you call their dinner table
larathon?"
Because the butter they have II -
J ways running"
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-08

-AAAoA AA"IAOA duu 4uOLdIlOnS, 10 De USED
IN monthly and quarterly reports on
the forestry service.
The f1ftieth anniversary of the first
OIL we'll in the world was celebrated
at T1tusville, Pa, where Col. Edwin
W. Drake struck petroleum by drilling
on August %, 1859.
Mrs. Fred Young, wife of a farmer
near Barnum, Minn., threw their three
children, one, two and five years, into
we'll, set fire to barn, destroying
1t, fired the family dwelling, swal-
lowed poison and then gashed her
throat with a knife, afterward being
taken to an asylum.
Rev. J. Holmes McGuiness, Edward
| H. Harriman's private chaplain, in the
first authoritative statement made at
Arden, declared the rail king" Is
much improved. giving his word as a
clergyman, that reports about Mr..
Harriman's condition were exagger.
ated.
The convention of the Association
of State and National Food and Dairy
Departments at Denver approved the
use Of benzoate Of soda as a preserv.
ative.
The Minneapolis-St. Louis through
express on the Rock Island railroad
jumped the track while running at q
high rate of speed near Burlington
Ia., but no one was hurt.
BY the bursting of cannon at the
farmers picnic and fair at Escanaba
Mich, Paul Paulson, 1S, private in
the Escanaba naval reserves, was
killed, and Fred Winchester, also q
private. dane. .erously injured.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
Tanazdng Tricks Young CobeH nae Dane Who Repa Him With Knockout
Earned S., 500 in Second Battle and
Won Right for Return Match
With Jimmy Britt

got insulting very angry and pasted him an
awful welt the liver. He bent
belts trainers, and keep your from being killed Corbstt
still bending and ammed right his wind lie
sank the floor and Trainer Tuth jumped from his corner and
carried the former champion his lie was conptey
knocked
This the licking that Corbe had received and
for administering the dose l received $500
was forced fight Corbett again later that could
have second match with Britt The Britt affair will come up
later All OF readers know how Britt given very cues
tionable decision first fight Before could get
match however, had fight COrbe N that
feared him really did Britt COrOe tee
with vicious knockout all the time-Britt not
On February Z8 Corbe and Yours Truly went at II ain
Woodwards pavilion the place of former battle ground e
fight had been
this, week before the gossip
the that would beat down the coast champion
showing with early only knocked him down
the fourth round and he taking the count went over
him and told him and until he
Corbett infuaed tauntng him. and enraged like
wildcat He hard right into body and broke one OF
ribs and this day have large lump there souvenir or
this battle That the punch that took
The ninth round had hardly begun when loose series OF
right and left hooks and down he fiat his back and
counted by Referee Jack Welsh
My share Of the gate amounted $500 and my hacker.
Billy Benner several bets amounting $1,000 altogether
ENDS CORBETTS CAREER
That practically ended OF Americas
fighters Corbe from that began decline and he has not
battle NowIth and1ng the that
spark Of sympathy heart for him, for he certainly
fellow More than that He
snowy boxers who rely the referees decision
Corbett wanted either lose by knockout Like
myself he didn't like these decisions
also sympathized him because decision given
against him his fight with Britt and handed the
Not that wish boast about treated
than Corbett But will bring that next chapter