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Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
DIRT MAKES SAILORS DESERT
"Fiohting Bob" Discusses the Horrors
Of the Dry Dock.

With the ships crowded into the
navy yards for repairs, the officers and
men found their surroundings most
uncomfortable. AS many as possible
were sent on leave, but the remaining
ones had hard time Of it, says Rear
Admiral Evans In Hampton's Broad
way Magazine. Above all things, an
American bluejacket likes a clean
place to eat. clean place
to sleep and 4 chance to keep
himself clean and smart; in other
words, he loves q clean ship, and he
is unhappy II he cannot have it. That
these conditions should always prevail
on a vessel Of war goes without say.
Ing, but it 10 fact. which none can
deny. that they do not exist on a ves-
ssl under repairs at a navy yard; the
conditions are such as to render clean.
liness and comfort impossible.
A ship goes to the navy yard spick
and span-everything clean and neat.
and the men happy and contented:
then . gang Of workmen in dirty over
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
the first opportunity. The wonder to
me is that more of them do not desert
Prominent Woman suffraoist..

Mrs. Millicent Garrett Fawcett IA
the only woman who has ever been
asked to address the University d.
batting society at Oxford. At the re-
quest of the students she took woman
suffrage as her subject. At the end
OF her speech a resolution in favor of
woman suffrage was put and lost by
majority of 16. There is a rumor
that Mrs. Julia Ward Howe will in
the near future receive a similar inyi.
tation from Harvard. Those who pre-
tend to- be informed assert that Har-
wards majority against woman suf-
frage would be many times greater
than Oxford's.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
ScANDLvAYlANNEMS
Ps,kncApaI Events Gathered II tho
Oh Scandinavian Countries

The elections held few days ago
by the labor organizations of Gotheu-
burg resulted in complete victory
for the Young Socialists.
Anton Nilsson, who was mainly re-
sponsible for the throwing of q bomb
at the Amaltea, ship on which were
lodged some English strike breakers"
in the harbor of Malmo, was seEtent ed
to death because an Eng!ishman was
killed by the explosion. Ninety.four
members of the riksdag have sigxed
a petition to have the death sentence
committed, and the backing of the peti-
TONERS seems to be growing stronger.
Romames, Anton Nilsson's attorney,
and the king said that he would surely
commute the sentence if the supreme
court favors such move. The utter
ances of the king made on this occa-
sion prove him to be very humane
and conscientious ruler. He commit
ted himself to the principle of capital
punishment, pointing to France to
prove that even those who formerly
approved it are now admitting its prac-
tical necessity. The brief argument In
favor of Nilsson is, that he is not All
ordinary criminal, but a visionary who
went to extremes in social struggle
of national, and even worldwide,
scope.
P. P. Waldenstrom, the head of
| tho ioI
taken umbrage at certain statements
made by Bishop Eklund. At a church
convention held in Gothenburg the
bishop said that the time of the free
church is past. To this assertion
Waldenstrom answers in Svenska
Morgonbladet: Nov we shall have
a peoples church embracing the whole
people. But what is it that we have
had for centuries past if it is not a
church embracing all Sweden, not only
the pious but also infidels, blasphe-
mers, inebriates, sWearers, fabrica;
tors, harlots, ETC.? All those who are
kept in our jails for divers crimes
belong there. Prof. Wicksell and other
blasphemers, Prof. Ohrwall and other
materialists are members of the
church of Sweden, and she is so anx'
ious to keep them that if they ask to
be let out she answers no." Walden
strom next mentions several teachers
and preachers in the state church who
do not mind the creeds of the church
and who deny the inspiration and di'
vine authority of the Bible. The
church authorities, he says, are not
doing anything to remedy this, but at
the same time they are always worry
ing the free church people who are
trying to save and gather the believ'
ers in order that they may remain
faithful to the end. He further says
that the free church people are Civ.
ing more literally than ever to their
church work. in spite Of the fact that
they are paying taxes to the state
church. The article closes with the
following characteristic words: Il
better close now, for my inside will
soon be boiling If keep on any
longer"
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
NORWAY.

Anton Knudsen, lab0rer, was walk
ing along the railroad track at Haa'
gaar on the Gjovik railway, and just
| as he came to a sharp curve he was
run into by freight train and killed.
He leaves a wife and six children.
There are Is Catholic congregations
in Norway, and 20 priests. with Bishop
Fallize at the head. Four of the
priests are Norwegians. the rest are
Germans and Dutch. There are 80
sisters of mercy, who are employed
! at three institutions.
Amtman (governor) G. w. Gram
has been appointed as one Of the
three members of the court of arbi-
tration which is to settle the question
as to the privileges of Swedish Lapps
! to pasture their reindeer in northern
Norway during the early summer.
About 1000 persons were invited to
the annual ball given by the king
in the early part Of February. This
function is not so stiff and formal
now as it used to be while the Ber.
nadottes were sovereigns Of Norway,
and King Haakon is a splendid mix
er" when he entertains people. The
foreign diplomats were present in
force. and they are said to agree that
Norway now has almost IAN ideal Of
a popular monarchy"
The war of words about the Ian
guage to be used in Norway seems
to become hotter from day to day
It is even carried into not only Africa,
| but America; for two Norwegian lee
turers who are in the Northwest at
this moment are diametrically appos
ed to each other on this subject, and
they are by no means too bashful
to say so in public addresses. Fridtjof
Nansen writes column upon column
for the newspapers, and he is the
biggest gun in the camp Of those who
want to retain the present Norwegian.
Danish book-language with the addi'
tion Of purely Norwegian words o.
the circumstances may require.
Mrs. Evenstad of ssorelvedalen be.
queathed about $125,06o to public and
charitable institutions. About $13.50o
goes to Norwegian sailors in foreign
harbors, $4,000 to the deaconess work,
and the balance to secular concerns,
This farmers wife puts to shame those
who claim that people of her class are
too narrow minded to make large do
nations to public institutions.
A petition containing 5000 sigma
lures has been sent to the storting.
asking that the law requiring examin'
ations in "pure" Norwegian 1T thu
public schools be modified.
Thorvald Meyer, the richest man in
Kristiania, died at the age of 80 years.
His ancestors hailed from Gulbrands'
dal, and they can be traced back foI
sixteen generations. He was an aris
tocrat to the backbone. too proud even
to stand praise when he displayed
princely generosity. People hardly
know that he gave a whole street. .
park, a bathhouse and other institu
! tions to his city.
After an explosion at dynamite
factory at Aasen. east Of Trondhjem.
one man was killed and another dan
gerously injured.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
8uspIciou0,

Dad" began Tommy. haven't ;
been real good since I've been coins
to Sunday SCHOOL,"
"Yes," answered dad.
"And you trust me now. don't your
"Yes." said dad.
"Then," demanded Tommy, "whaa
makes you keep your box Of cigars ~
the same a. over2"
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
Many eicycli.ts in Jan,n-

Many 6ItycI1tt6 N Japan.
Japan makes 10000 to $4,000 bicyc.
les yearly and also imports 10000. be-
sides separate parts enough to make
$4,000. The country now has 100000
In use. mostly for business purposes.
The demand for tires is 200 pairs
daily, two-thirds Of which are i'm
ported.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
SWEDEN.


The armored cruiser Fylgia is cruis.
ing in South American waters.
The number of persons leaving
Sweden for other countries in Janu-
ary was 80, as against 121 for the
same month in 1908.
A proposition to raise the malt tax
was approved by the temperance
group" in the second chamber of the
riksdag and that settled the fate of
the bill.
The Arlof car factory has received
orders for freight cars for the street
railways in Stockholm. They are to
have capacity of ten tons, and will
be the first of this kind of cars built
in Sweden.
Half dozen persons were so bad.
ly hurt within a short time while
coasting on the hills in Gothenburg
that they had to be taken to hospi.
tails. Arms, legs and shoulderbones
we're broken, and two Of the injured
may not recover.
The inhabitants Of Medelpad were
badly scared few days ago by a Sc
ries Of earthquakes. There were three
distinct shocks, and they were follow.
ed by sound like that of distant
cannonade. The movements of the
ground were clearly perceptible, and
objects on the walls were set in mo
ton.
John Franzen OF Norrkoping has in
vented a flying machine. He has built
model on the scale of one-tenth the
size of the real thing. II he can raise
$500 he will build a full-sized ma.
chine.
Hinke Bergegren, the leader Of the
"Young Socialists" made an unusually
bitter speech at Giraffe, denouncing
those who are withdrawing from the
Socialistic labor union, and predicting
a revolution In the near future. Some
"Old Socialists" who were present at
tempted to get up a discussion, but
this was prevented by Hinke Berge-
gren and his followers.
The ice on Kahnar Sound was from
five to ten inches thick few days
ago. and many persons were seen
walking hstx<aa GLAND and the main
land
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10

eye. Something else cleaned also
from his white cravat. and saw that
his scarf-pin was the head az the
Sphinx in raised dull gold.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
DEN MARK.

OeNmAHNs
The king and queen of Denmark
have given $1,000 to the deaconess
work in Copenhagen.
The Copenhagen Art union has
opened an exposition of English art
at its quarters in Copenhagen.
A monument of Frederick Paludan
Muller, a popular poet, has been un-
yelled at Kerteminde, Fyen, where his
forefathers lived.
Members CT the cabinet and other
prominent men are at the head of
an organization which is raising mon
ey for the unemployed. Married wo-
men and children will receive par.
ticular attention.
The Danish government sold &c can
mons as scrap iron to firm in Ham
burg. and the goods were loaded on a
transport ship at the navy yards in
Copenhagen. Just as the last gun,
which weighed 5000 pounds, was
hoisted to the ship the derrick broke.
The gun dropped through the bottom
Of the ship and knocked such a big
hole that the ship sunk at once. It
will be difficult task to recover the
cargo.
A number of banks have agreed on
q plan to reorganize the Farmers
Savings bank which was wrecked by
Alberti, who caused a total loss of
| $4,185,000 to the bank. The deposi-
tors have $9,720,000 coming from the
bank. Thirty per cent of this amount,
or $2,916,000, is to be cancelled at
once, reducing the loss to $1,269, 900.
This may be still further cut down
by $270,00O which is expected from
the butter export union and 100000
from responsible officials and the re-
serve fund. BY means of loan of
81, ,135, 900 from five banks the wrecked
bank is expected to be able to resume
business. If the depositors wish to
withdraw the $9,720,000 which is com.
ing to them they may do so in five
equal annual installments.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-10
FINLAND.

Prohibition is on the point Of receiv-
ing a black eye in Finland. The
landtdag some months ago passed a
bill prohibiting the manufacture and
sale Of liquors, but a majority of the
government of Finland has recon.
mended that the bill be vetoed. At
the same time the government sug,
gests revis ion of the liquor laws
along lines Of restriction. A minority
of the government favors a new pro-
hibition law which does not contain
the most objectional features of the
old bill. The minority also suggests
a plan for indemnifying the interests
which would be destroyed by the in.
PRODUCTION of prohibition, and for rails.
ing new taxes in place Of the present
liquor tax. The government frankly
stated its reasons for going against
a strong majority of the national leg.
islature. Senator Edward Hjelt, the
leading member of the government,
said that it would be impossible to en-.
force the law in its present form.
Minister of Commerce Stenroth spoke
Of the difficulties presented by foreign
powers, and mentioned an agreement
with Russia from 1897 which would
have to be changed. Minister of Fl.
nance Paasikivi explained that If the
bill became law the state would
Immediately be sued by the liquor
interests for indemnity aggregating
about $3,o00,000, while the revenues
of the government would be reduced
over $3,000,000 every year. The bill
also lacks provisions excepting foreign
consuls and other foreigners, who
could not be expected to submit to a
search of their private houses, etc.
The opponents of prohibition point out
that several prohibitionists who have
been put into responsible positions as
members Of the government are now
compelled to heed objections to which
they turned deaf ear as long as they
were directly under the party whip.
The Socialists are raging against the
TRAITORS"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
CONGRESSIONAL D0lNGs.

Senator Bailey Of Texas. in speech
In the senate, served informal notice
on Governor John A. johnson OF Min
nesota that any criticism from him
relative to the action Of Southern SEN
ators OF their votes on the tari6 bill
will not augment his chances for Sc
curing the Democratic nomination for
president.
BY . vote Of Al to 80, nine Repub-
licans voting with the Democrats. the
senate Increased the duty on white
lead to TX cents pound. Cottonseed
oil was left on the free list. the pro-
posal fixing q duty Of 8 cents . gallon
being Withdrawn after 9 prolonged
discussion. &
1t is announced that the coalition Of
Democratic senators and progressive
Republicans" had been broken 80 far
as the income tax question iss con-
cerned and that amendments on that
subject would be presented by both
Senators Bailey and Cummins.
Senator Aldricl made an effort IN
. tho senate to have jane 2 iiyod az the
date for q final vote on the tari6 bill.
Unanimous consent wa necessary
and this be failed 70 secure.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Twenty or persons were In.
juled, some of them seriously, in
dropping from second story windows
In a fire starting from q gas cxplo.
sion which destroyed the Toledo flats
at Chicago.
The Gilbert block at Grand Rapids,
Mich, containing the Ira M. Smith
department store and scores Of Office
suites, was practically destroyed by
fire with u loss estimated at $4OO, 900.
Nearly one-half Of the village of
G%ilestown, Pa, has been consumed by
frc. Three lives were lost in the fire
and, two persons were injured. Sixty
families were rendered homeless.
While Mrs. Marion Mccormick of
Herrin. ILL.,, was away from home the
house was fired by children at play
ard three OF them were burned to
death.
Fire in the s~even-story Hover block
1T Akron. O., practically destroyed the
building and its contents. causing q
loss which will aggregate $1,50O,OO0.
Seven persons, five of them firemen,
were dragged unconscious from the
upper stories of a burning building in
New York city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
Going Homo to Erin.

The proposed revisiting Of Ireland
by Irish Americans in the summer of
1910 appeals strongly to the senti.
ment of a finely sentimental nation.
The exile Of Erin" was no myth. no
ISOLATED. sad hearted wanderer turned
% picturesque uses in song and story
In troops and legions the young and
the aged left their poverty stricken
motherland to find Il cabin and crust
in free America. Comfort and aflu-
ence have been the portion Of the
mass Of lrishmcn here. ..",
No longer broken in spirit. the Irish
in America today arc a people of vital
force. A visit on Il grand scale to
their old home will give the younger
clement incentive to study the history
and fortunes of Ireland, and practical
possibilities may be realized from a
general homing movement. Ireland
is entering into her own again. Pros
perity seems to be dawning. thanks to
reform legislation and humane states
manship. Ireland needs capital and a
new industrial spirit. and Irish Ameri.
cans may contribute both without dis
loyalty to the land of their adoption.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

4 negro and white man do not
suffer equal humiliation In the eyes
Df law for false arrest, according to
the appellate division Of the New
York supreme court, which sustained
an order Of Justice Dugro Of the su,
preme court reducing the amount
awarded George Griffin, a Pullman
porter, from $4,000 to 5000.
"a bread famine among the 100000
residents of the East Side Of New
York city was inaugurated when more
than 400 bakeries closed down. The
trouble started with the increase In
the price of wheat recently and was
augmented by the %coincident strike OF
the bakery employees OF the East Side.
Jack Johnson, the big colored heavy.
weight champion, failed to win over
Jack O'Brien, the Philadelphia light
heavyweight, in a sfx-round bout at
Philadelphia. The fight vas even and
the concensus Of opinion was that Il
should have been a draw had a de.
cision been permissible.
John Kirby, Jr., was unanimously
elected to the presidency of the Ma.
tional Association of Manufacturers.
The election was made the occasion
Of q demonstration In favor Of J.. w.
Van Cleave, the retiring president.
whose policy Mr.. Kirby pledged him,
self to follow.
The st. Paul Dispatch has bought
the Pioneer Press of that city. In,
Guided in the deal are the newspaper
proper, the Pioneer Press building.
the manufacturing department and
the Northwestern Newspaper union.
According to statistics recently com.
piled at Toxic there were in Deem.
Der, 1906, $1,000 Japanese subjects In
the United States of America and out
Of that total SIS per cent were in Cali.
fornia and the neighboring states.
Celestino Castro, brother of the de.
posed president of Venezuela. has
been served with a notice Of his ex.
pulsion from the island of Curacao.
nntch Mast Indies
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
news OF WORLD
important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Paying q tribute alike to the sol
diers Of the North and South Prcsi
dent Taft witnessed the unwilling oil
an heroic statue In bronze erected al
Fort Malone, on the Petersburg Wa.)
battlefield, In memory of General
Hartranft and the Pennsylvania vol.
unteers who fell In the stubborn figh:
about that outpost of the Confederate
capital.
Mrs. William HI. Taft, suffering from
Q slight nervous breakdown, was
taken i'll when on her way from Wash.
ington to Mount Vernon on the zach:
Sylph with a party of friends and was
hurried back to the White House. II
is said that there is no cause for alarm
and that Mrs. Taft probably will be
all right again in a few days.
Julian w. Swift, nephew Of the mul-
timillionaire meat packer Of Chicago
and a millionaire in his own right.
was married in Hoboken, N. j., to
Miss Mary Emma Miller, q beautiful
young heiress of Lafayette. N. Y,
whom he met only three weeks ago
and with whom he eloped.
Rear Admiral. w. T. swinburne,
commanding the Pacific fleet, hauled
down his flag on the cruiser West
Virginia, having reached the g of
retirement, and Rear Admiral Uriel
Sebree, commander of the Second
division Of the fleet, took command
of the whole.
Mrs. Clementine Morse, wife of
Charles w. Morse, the former banker,
asserted in an interview at New York
that long ago persons high in power
vowed they would ruin her husband
and that they have kept the vow
against justice and truth.
Helen Kelly Gould was granted an
absolute divorce at New York from
Frank J. Gould. Mrs. Gould is grant
ed custody of their children for one
portion of each year and Mr.. Gould
to have their custody for the remain
ing portion.
Adrian c. Honore Of Chicago,
brother of Mrs. Potter Palmer and
himself a prominent society man, is
made defendant in a suit for $4,000
damages brought by James P. Lapearl,
who charges alienation of his wife's
affections. -".u,
Alfred Shrubb, English middle dis
tance running champion. proved his
ability to go further than fifteen miles
in a winning style by defeating Henri
st. Yves, Marathon champion. in their
t%wenty.mile race at Montreal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Captain Peter G. Hains. Jr.,. {. 9.
r., who was convicted at Flushing, N.
4, Of manslaughter In the first de-
tree for the killing Of William p. An
mis- at the Bayside Yacht club last
August, was sentenced by Justice Gal.
retson in tho supreme court to an In
determinate sentence of not less than
eight years nor more than sixteen
years at hard labor in states prison.
Rioggio Puccio, e. cigarmaker, was
assassinated as hetwas about to enter
his apartments at New York city.
Puccio had been q close friend OF
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Of the
New York police department, who was
a~ssassinated at Palermo, Italy.
Louise Arbogast, aged@twenty-three,
has been arrested at st. Paul charged
with the murder of her father, Louis
Arbogast, the butcher, whose head
was crushed with an axe as he lay in
bed at his home In that city on the
morning Of May 10.
A controversy over a line fence be-
tween two farms near Richmond, Ind,
resulted In the death Of Alexander
Meek and Raymond Meek, father and.
son, and serious injury to Frank Rails
back, ST., and his son. Frank Rails
back, Jr.a
Four masked bandits held up and
robbed Union Pacific train No. Q.
known rs the Overland limited. q few
miles west Of Omaha and obtained
seven registered mail pouches, be
Eeved to have contained q large sum.
When officers attempted to enter
the home of w. G. Gray Of, Mitchell,
s. D., to place him under arrest Gray
shot and killed his sister and then
ended his w life.
Bank robbers secured $4,000 from
the Cairo (Neb.) State bank. demol-
fishing the safe and building by three
explosions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-28
WASHINGTON NEWS.

President Taft has issued a procla'
nation providing for the opening up
to settlement and entry of about 44O.
900 acres of land in the Flathead
(Mont.), 100000 in the Occur d.Alene
(Ida.) and between $4,000 and 100000
in the Spokane (Wash.) reservations
Registration will commence on July
Is and close Aug. 5.
James T. Williams, Jr.. has ten
dered to President Taft his resigna.
ton as a civil service commissioner.
Mr.. Williams was appointed only a
few weeks ago and is leaving the serv.
ice because of impaired health.
President Taft has announced the
nomination of William S. Washburn
as civil service commissioner. MI.
Washburn served as civil service COM
missioner in the Philippines under
MIR. Taft.
Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rogers
of the United States navy will inspect
the various navyyards of Europe with
a view to framing a report to Score.
tary Meyer of the navy department.
President Taft has sent to the SEN
ate the nomination of Judge Charles
D. Elliott of the Minnesota supreme
court as g justice of the supreme
court Of the Philippines.
President Taft has Gene to the con.
clusion from consultations with the
] eAders of both senate and house that
the tariff bill will be in his hands not
Litter than June 20.