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Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

In the reign Of Edward Ill. there
were eminent cl0thiers and woolen
weavers whose family name was Blan-
ket. They were the first persons who
manufactured that comfortable mate
rial which has ever since been called
by their name and which was then
used for peasants clothing.
Little six-year-old Harry was asked
by his Sunday school teacher:
"And, Harry, what are you going to
give your darling little brother for his
birthday this year?'
II dunno" said Harry. II gave him
the measles last year."-Ladies' Home
journal.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
courtship In the North.

CouFtship II che North.
The old Eskimo lit a cup of walrus
oil and peered over the sealskin cur
tain.
Aurora" he called, sharply, "is that
young man down there yet?"
'Yes, pa" answered the Eskimo
belle.
well, I want you to cut him out,
understand?"
'Er-you'll have to do 1t yourself,
pa. He has been here so long he is
frozen to the snow settee."- Success
Magazine.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
Woman tho Waitress.

"A woman" remarked the wise
widow, lis always waiting for a hus-
band"
''How do you figure that out?" que
lied the interested spinster.
If she isn't married." answered the
". W., "she is waiting to get one, and
II she Is she's waiting for him to
come home."- Chicago News.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

he Qn the restauranD Have some
lobster1
She-1 don't like It. I never eat It.
But II you have never eaten It you
don't know whether you like It or not.
Have some!'
But I don't Ike It. II liked It I'd
ct 1t-and hate it."-Puck.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

The center slit in pen is cut by
machine which seems almost to think.
1t consists Of two chisels which barely
pass each other when the slit is made,
and the exact way in which the pen is
poised so as to place the chisels in the
proper position for cutting is one of
the marvels of penmaking.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
THE THEFT OF .. :
THE EBONY BOX,
4 Detective Story Involving Cost.
" Gems and a Cipher.
BY HOWARD FIELDING.

Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
In the possession of the Olmstead
family there was jewel casket more
quaint and curious than any other that
! have ever seen, though I have en-
eountered some oddities in that line In
the course OF nearly thirty years Of
detective work. 1t was made Of ebony
ornamented with silver and measured
0 by I inches by in height. There
were many peculiarities Of the silver
inlay. and the design was thought to
be highly artistic. but the chief point
to be noted here Is that the thing ap-
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
'.rhat Professor smartfellow fooled

"That Professor smartfellow fooled
mo badly"
''I1OwT'
HE told mo ethnology was the sci-
ence Of the races. and when I went to
the library and asked for book on
othnology there wasn't a word from
drst to last on how to pick winners,"
what is the size Of your large
mems handkerchiefs" asks the shop
per.
"They are just the same size as the
small mems handkerchiefs, madam"
explains the affable sales person. 'sThe
size Of the man doesn't make any Diff
ference IN his Observation-Disclosures,
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

he CAUGHT HIS RIGHT WRIST.
peared to be solid, even upon the
closest inspection.
The hinges Of the lid were ingen-
iously concealed. The line between
hidden lock was operated by secret
springs most cunningly devised: Nat
urally so strange an object was the
centerpiece Of many queer stories,
which were collected by one Of the
Olmsteads about sixty years ago and
set down by him In manuscript in a
leather bound book originally intended
to be a ledger. At the end Of the book
Is very difficult cipher which con.
tains the directions for opening the
casket
But for this cipher the secret would
have passed out of the world. A few
months ago. when the present head
Of the family. Mr.. Stephen Olmstead,
stumbled upon the old book Of tradi-
tions, the casket itself had been for
gotten.
Stephen Olmstead found the casket
in sort of vault in the wall Of the
country house which his father built
In Marchmont twenty years ago, and,
having solved the cipher after a pro-
tractcd struggle which nearly wreck
ed his intellect (as he informed mel.
he opened the ebony box and was dis
appointed because there was nothing
In it. He had no reason to expect any
discovery Of treasure, but he is not
the sort of man to be Indifferent to
the possibility.
He was engaged to Mrs. Clara Hol-
ton, rich and charming widow, with
country house near the Olmstead
place. Mrs. Holton's lack Of enthu-
siasm for jewels Is conspicuous. She
has never been known to wear an
expensive ornament. Nevertheless
Olmstead had no sooner found the
casket than he was possessed with
the idea of buying something rare and
precious to put into it, ostensibly as 4
wedding gift.
Accordingly he appeared at his
Marchmont home one evening with
dazzling diamond piece Of historical
as we'll as intrinsic value, stomacher
that had once been worn by q titled
lady Of the old world. Miss Sylvia
Olmstead. sister Of Stephen. ridiculed
this purchase when the gewgaw was
displayed to her and told Stephen that
Clara Holton would divorce him rath-
er than wear it.
She'll like the casket," said Sylvia.
tits quite in her line. How do you
open it?"
The diamonds were already within
and the lid closed.
"Couldn't tell you," said Stephen.
He put the casket away In the vault
and locked the door. Immediately
after this they heard some one on the
veranda. just outside the windows of
the library where the conversation
which have tried to reproduce
from their recollection of It occurred.
Both supposed that the person on the
veranda was George Mcclellan, a neigh.
Dor. and that he was coming to call
on Sylvia.
Neither Olmstead nor his sister spoke
of hearing the footsteps. for McKellar
was delicate subject with them
Olmstead opposed him as suitor fol
Sylvia's hand on the ground that he
was not financially sound. McKellal
had inherited from his father a bust
ness in rather bad tangle, and he
was having hard struggle with 1t.
They waited for McKellar to be an
nounced. and one of them WAS flisan
pointed. while the other was agreeably
surprised. Half an hour later Nc
Kellar called Sylvia by telephone and
told her that he was occupied with
business affairs.
1t may have been about I O'clocl
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
First publication July 7-4w]
Citation for Hearing on Petition for Ad-
miniStr1tion.

ESTATE OF PETER ANDERSON also known
as PETER ANDERSSON
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Kandiyohi In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter Anderson
also known as Peter Anderson, Decedent.
The state of Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested in the granting of administration of the
estate of said decedent: The petition of Beng
t. Anderson having been fled in this court,
representing that Peter Anderson also
known as Peter Anderson. then a resident
Of the county of Kandiyohi, state of
April, 1909; and praying that letters of admi-
nlstration OF said estate be granted to Samuel
Nelson of said county and the court,
having having fixed d, the time and place for
and each Of you. are hereby cited and
required to show cause, if any you have, be-
fore this court at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, in the city of Willmar in the
county of Kandiyohi, state of Minnesota, on
the End day of August 1909, at 1 O'Clock p.
M: why said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court, and the
Seal of said Court, this 9Th day iof July,
1909
A. F. NORDIN,
lCOURT SEAL Probate Judge.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
Qualified.

The great magazine editor sneered.
what right have you," he asked,
ito think you'll ever make a poet?"
"Well, SIR" the youth said timidly,
1--WE been fasting man In a sideshow
for the last two seasons Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

Il don't know the best way to refuse
him."
"Let him down easy"
"How can I?'
Accept him, start a Irritation with
another fellow and when your fiance
gets mad break of the engagement
Louisville Courier Journal.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

Tie pilgrim fathers had Just landed
ct Plymouth Rock.
"Just the very thing" they exclaimed
with enthusiasm, 'for a New England
farm
Whereupon they proceeded to plant
the tree of liberty right -Chica.
90 Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14

No man is wise at all times.-Pliny
the Elder.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
His Finish

did you ever complete your educa
Hon?'
mo; my wife ."-Houston Post.
Willmar tribune., 1909-07-14
Cruelty Frank.

He-How Is 1t you are always out
vhen I CALI She-Just luck.-Life.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
MUSIC
''sIEGFRIED.''

An excellent well rounded ''Segfried' was heard
| at the Metropolitan Opera House last night and
though 1t began at 7:5o the house well filed
when the curtain rose. Georg Antilles. who came
too late in the season TO appear IN many OF the
regime, the Siegfried. His a buoyant
virile Siegfrie1 full of the love OF life and advent
ure, debonar lover, a laughing fighter. Vocal
ly he might have been stronger and in the last act
he seemed to hesitate at times. and his dependence
on the pronpter apparent. For this he was
forgiven. however, for he called on at short
notice TO sng the part when death in his family
made Mr.. Burrlans absence unavoidable. Physical
Iy and In ardor Mr.. Antilles Siesfried TO win
Brinnhilde. who in this case was Mime. Gadski
She sang the part for the first time this season
here, and sang II with nobility and passion, por-
traying forcefully the emotions OF the war maid
transformed by love Look, gesture and voice COM
bned the heroic and tho softer qualities, and gave
full strength to the epic note.
The Wanderer of Walter Sooner that Of an
an Odin who had left his thunder at home. but the
mellow beauty of his tones charmed ears ready 10
welcome them. Louise Honer's singing Of Erda
blended rich vocal beauty and abundant strength.
and the AIberich of Mr.. Gortz and the Mime of
Albert Reiss were in harmony with the spirit OF
poetic ina gination which seemed to sway all the
singers Robert Blass was the Fafner and Leonora
Sparkes the Stimme des Waldvogels. hiT. Hertz
again conducted an orchestral triumph, and the
audience that filed the house to standing room.
gave token Of the delight the performance gave IL
by long continued plaudits and undivided attention
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09

lice to the Spanish frontier, and after his wife
had given birth TO daughter at Cadiz embarked
on board the ship New York for Philadelphia.
At Philadelphia, where, his fame had preceded him,
h was received with the distinction by the
authorities Of the city by the leaders of society,
and after spending a few weeks there he rented
a country place MoTrsvIIle, in Pennsylvania.
taking up his residence there September l, 1865
Norrisvte his home for the following eight
years, during which time he received repeated
offers from the Royalists and from the sovereigns
Of the countries united against Napoleon inviting
him to enter their service. Emperor Alexander
dispatched Count Pahlen. NJ. de Hongberg and
Count Stioganoff TO America induce him to
turn and enter the Russian service. But his re-
luctance 10 take up against his country
was 50 great that il was not until 1913. that is
to say, after NaDoleon's disastrous Russian cam
palgn and the retreat from Moscow that he finally
yielded, embarkng June 20, 1913, New York
on board the Hannibal. Landing at Stockholm, he
was received with open arms by his old friend and
conrade. Marshal Bernadotte, who had
while become Crown Prince of Sweden. From
Stockholm he made his way to Berlin, and from
there to Prague. where he Joined Emperor Alex
ander. He declined accept any military com
mand or even office, but remained by that
arch side his adviser in military matters; and
when ne was killed by the side of the Gar. on
august p, 1919. the battle of Leipsic he was
not even wearing military uniform. but arrayed
IN the high hat and swallowtail coat a civilian.
All the pictures Of his death which represent him
as attired in a gorgeous uniform are therefore
wholly wrong
The circumstances of his death are so well
known that il is hardly necessary for me to men
ton that the cannon ball which carried away both
his legs was fired by the special direction OF his
bitter enemy. Napoleon, who, catching sight of a
group Of generals Of the allied army caused q gun
10 he pointed in their direction. ignorant, however
that Moreau was among the number.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
EDITION OF DE kocK BRINGS $500.

For twenty-five volumes edition de lUXe-or
the complete works Of Charles Paul De kock
Walter Lawrence paid S2Do-the highest price-a at
the sale OF Mannheimer library last night at
the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. the total which
was S3,925 .. The Lives of the Princesses Of
England volumes-by Agnes Strickland, was
sold +. Sturges for 1852 So and Sol Lichten-
stein paid SO for Homers Illad-R first ed-
ton with the old copper plates IN six volumes.
translated by Alexander Pope and dated London.
17l5. An. edition Of Carlyle's complete works
in thirty volumes went $3.50 10 G Lauder A
Paumonok edition Of Walt Whtman's wOrks-ten
voumes-was sold TO +. b. King for 800
There was a large attendance at this sale, and
among the other buyers J. Reynolds. ".
winters II. D. Babcock and J. Alley Parker
Many visitors inspected the Senior Salvador de
Mendonca collection Of paintings which to
be sold at the Waldorf Monday and Tuesday
eveDiugs Of next week
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
OBITUARY NOTES.

DR. H. O. FAIRWEATHER. leading physician
Of Troy. y. Y, and member Of the volunteer Fire
Department. died yesterday from fractured skull
received while fighting fire Tuesday. He was
a captain in the hospital corps Of the ID Regiment
y. G. y. Y.
CHARLES F. NANCE. member OF the Assembly
from the 2d District of Orange County In 1897 and
1905 died at Mlddletown yesterday. He was ffty
six years old
JOHN NEVIN HAZLETT died from a malady of
the stomach yesterday in Pittsburg. He fifty
nine years old For forty years he had been city
editor Of The Leader
WILLIAM REYNOLDS. Brooklyn builder and
father Of former Senator William H Reynolds. died
on Wednesday at his home No. 253 Jefferson ave
He was born sixty-nine years ago In England,
and been living In New York 1fty-four years.
His wife, son and daughter survive him The ser
vices VIII be held his home at 80 o'clock to-
night
MRS. MARY GIBBONS wife Of John !. Gibbons,
a member Of the nrm of Gilman Collamore & Co,
died Wednesday at her home. No 494 Riverside
Drive. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10
O'Clock.
MRS. HENRIETTA ELIZABETH HESS. widow
o George McAlster Hess daughter of the
late Mathew Clarkson, died yesterday at her home.
No. ia Madison avenue. The funeral will be held
from the Church of the TRANSPORTATION tomorrow
morning 3 o'clock.
JAMES }. JOHNSTON one of the surviving
members CT the Roemer Battery, which
cruted in Flushing and served throughout the
Civil War, died at his home, In Bayside, l. l.,
yesterday. He sxty-fve years old. He
brevetted for bravery at the battle before Peters
burg. where Major Roemer wounded and the
ston. He leaves wife three sons and three
dam
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
GEORGE RICE CARPENTER.

George Rice Carpenter professor of English and
rhetoric in Columbia University since 1893. died
yesterday at his home. No. p West 56th street OF
meningitis. He was born on the coast Of Labrador
October ., 1853, graduated from Harvard Uni
versity I'm 1886 studied in Berlin and Paris 1856
SO. end came back to Harvard, where he was in
from 1888 tc 1890 From 1890 1898 he was
professor Of English AT the Massachusetts Inst-
tute Of Technology. When he took up his work
Columbia University. in 1888 he practically re-
organized the work in English composition through
the university. His most important works
were the Life of Longfellow.'' in the Beacon
Biographies: the Life Of Whittier" in the Ameri-
can Men OF Letters Series, and the Life OF Walt
Whitman" in the English Men OF Letters Series.
which had just been finished. lie was married to
Mary Seymour in 1880
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
WILLIAM T. LAWRENCE.

William r Lawrence for wears prom
inent In the financial district died his home, No.
5I5 Madison avenue. yesterday afternoon. after a
long illness He sixty years OF age. He leaves
a Wife. Mr.. Lawrence was born in Newark. y. j.,
and after having been graduated from Columbia Uni
versity entered the brokerage business He pros
pered from the first and formed partnership with
his brother. the firm being known as Lawrence
Brothers lie was elected member OF the Stock
Exchange twenty-five years and held his seat
utH falling health four years ago compelled him to
sell II He then retired from active business and
had been an invalid for the last two years. Mr.
Lawrence was a brother-iu-iaw Of John f. Borne
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at
. o'clock and will be private. The burial will be in
Greenwood Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
DR.. LETCHWoRTH SMITH.

Louisville, April S.-Dr. Letchworth Smith. thirty
seven years old, son-in-law of John T. Macauey,
a Louisville theatre owner died last night from
heart disease. He was born in Auburn, n. Y, was
founder of the Babies Milk Fund Association and
a member OF Troop A. OF New York. He was a
chemist and pathoogist.
DR.. Letchworth Smith nephew OF William
p. Letchworth, Of Portage, y. Y. who gave his
large estate at that place the state as park.
He Yale man, a member Of the class Of O4,
of Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key He
dropped his medical studies the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons enlist in the army at
the outbreak of the Spanish War. through which
he served. After the war he completed his medical
course and took up the study Of milk. little
later he to Louisville and founded the Babies
Milk Fund Association.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
NOTED LINCOLN CAMPAIGNER DYING
Jules Lumbard Credited with Raising 10000
Troops in the Civil War.

chicago April S-Jules Lumbard known through
out the country veteran campaign singer and
Republican, worker and one Of the few remaining
characters Of the Lincoln campaign. is dying in
this city.
President Lincoln credited Mr.. Lumbard with
raising twenty thousand Northern troops during
civil War Late in the struggle, when the fever for
enlistment had greatly waned. Mr.. Lumbard stood
on the Chicago courthouse steps and sang Rally
Round the Flag, Bows" with a fe-vor which re-
suited in the recruiting OF several companies on
the spot.
In every campaign since then his powerful voice
mas been raised in song for the Republican party
OF which he enthusiastic member He
worked hard during the campaign Of last fall, de-
spite his seventy-seven years. Shortly after is
close he was stricken with paralysi
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
KAISER'S MINING Law
Remarkable Ne5c Legislation Sc
cured by Emperor H7Miom.
Icopyrlsht zoo. by tbe - comrsnrl

TCopyrisht. 1909, by the Brentwood Companv1
Emperor William has Just furnished another H.
Iustrarion Of the ubiquty Of his activity wherever
the welfare Of his people is concerned It NAV be
remembered that after the terrible mining disaster
at Radbod, which cost the lives Of several hum
dreds Of men. the Kaiser sent his son Prince Ejtel
Fritz 70 the scene, who. despite the obstacles
placed in his way by the management insisted on
receiving deputation of the miners and on hear
ing what they had TO say. on returning TO Berlin
It IS 70 he seer in most remarkable clause added
PriIssian legislature 1t is clause of a most So
tions the right Of supervision over the arrange
ments made for their safety in the pits of course
this right is limited 10 the men employed in the
mines concerned and 10 their organizations. and
does not extend any outside labor unions or
professional agitators.
The Minister Of Commerce. Herr Delbruck was
first inclined to make representations against
the provisions Of this clause was informed that
the sovereign had added It himself: that he
absolutely insisted upon IT, and that II the house
by any cnance declined pass II he would refuse
70 give his consent to the mining bill. This has
proved successful and with a somewhat i'll grace
the measure has been voted. and from now on
miners throughout the length and breadth of the
kingdom OF Prussia viii have = very nofent voice
IN Inc organization and maintenance Of efficient
means for their protection while al work in the
bowels Of the earth II this Prussisn law initiated
and brought into effect hy the Kaiser were to be
adopted IN other countri,s there would he a far
smaller number of mining fatalities
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
MICHAEL j. LEDWITH.

Michael J. Ledwith. of Newark. former Judge OF
the Common Pleas Court. died at his home. yes
terday eighty-twO years old. He born
In Dublin, Ireland and his family removed to this
country when he was three years old. When a
boy he went to work for Moses Ward. soap and
candle manufacturer, and became head Of the firm
when he reached mis- majority. Marcus L. Ward,
then Governor his partner.
Mr.. LedWith proud OF the fact that he
self-eduCGted man, and, despite his many business
cares, he took up the study of languages and be
came master Of five. He leaves a wife, four
daughters and one The daughters are Mrs
William c. ShanIey of this city; Mrs. NJ F. Foley,
OF Hoboken, and Margaret ]. and Rose NJ Iedwith.
The IS John J. Ledwith.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
NEW eAaYroNEs FOR METROPOLITAN.

I, was announced by the Metropolitan Opera
House management yesterday that Dink Gelly. first
barytone Of the Paris Grand Opera, and John
E,orsau first baritone of the Royal opera in
Stockholm had signed contracts TO sing here next
winter Antonio scotti and otto Goritz have signed
contracts for two years while Pasquale Amato
and Walter Sooner have renewed their contracts
This gives the Metropolitan six barytones Of the
first rank for next
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

BROADWAY CENTRAL.-A. F Mas. Denver; J.
G. French. Houston BELMONT-Adniral and Mrs.
Upshur, United states navy; c. G Reynolds. To-
peka. EARIINGTON-R- J. Campbell. Kane, Penn.
GRAND-W B Mitchell. Chattanooga. HOFF-
NIAN-JudSe A. b Andrews, North Carolina. HOIs-
J,AND-I1ady Hickson, Montreal: E. J. Lord Homo
lulu. IMPERIAL-Thomas Craig, Philadelphia; E
! Mcmillan Knoxville; II. NJ. Bacon Washington.
MANHATTAN-F Franklin Fogg, Tacoma. VIC
TORIA-Chef Justice L P Duff. Ottawa WAL
DORF-ASTORIA-F. 9. Crane Dalton J. Skeiton
Williams Richmond; Judge Davy, Rochester. VOL
COTT-Nirs Hoke Smith, Atlanta.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
GENERAL MoREAU IN AMERICA.

GENERAL MOREAU IN AMERICA
persons are aware that the greatest Of the
t1tt Nspoeons generals and his nrincipal rival in
A1sEy lame. namely. Moresu. spent some eight
see's In this country. fact TO which attention
e JoSt been called by that careful French student
- history and writer. Ernest Daudet brother Of
I., -olous novelist. tins late Alphonse Daudet
AI'er doreeu's victory ar the great batt1e of
o.eniinoen Napoleon developed such a jealousy
-. al" eaus fame as a commander that he caused
r.. 70 ne incriminated in the Pfchegru conspiracy
evidence against the general was OF sucb q
-. cooked character that the people would
isVe stood for capital sentence and consa
euently Napoleon co-lmuted the sentence .s.,r-.
--- '' 0'e OF exile He was conducted by tho DO
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09

Theatre. New York, Adrenne. Her subsequent
career was one Of continuous triumph. In 1880 she
visited England and acted with marked success
at the Court Theatre, the Princess and the Hay
market, in London. IN that capital she became
social favorite and much followed and ad-
nired In 1882 she returned to America. and there
after made of this country. In 1Ss9-'e0 she
acted in association with Edwin Booth. She Wis
tied Poland In 1894 and with a triumphal
ceptiOn. In 1895 she took leave of the stage, but
she afterward returned TO 1t.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission TO the American Museum of Natural
History and Geological Garden.
Ringing Brothers circus. Madison Square Garden.
Members meeting the Century Theatre Club. Hotel
Astor. 2:30 p m.
Annual dinner of tho Society Of the War Veterans OF
the 7th Regiment Hotel Manhattan. U
Meeting Medal Honor Legion. Hotel AEtor. S
m
Dr. Eaton pastor the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
preach the Parish House. No. 30 East 31st
street. At p m. What Happens When Men Do
Know God"