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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
DIED BY OWN HAND
Robert jackson, Old Indian Scout and
Guide, Claims Great Fighter
Shot Himself.

That General Custer, the hero OF
Clusters massacre, believed to have
been scalped and killed by the Sioux
on the battlefield, was not murdered
by the Indians, but died as the result
of a gunshot wound fired by his own
hand, is the somewhat startling add.
ton offered to history by Robert Jack.
son of Costilla, Taos county. New
Mexico.
Jackson was for nine and a half
years a scout and guide for the United
States soldiers, his service beginning
in 1874 and ending in 1888. Jackson
served under General Otis. General
Reno, Colonel Benteen, General Miles,
General Custer and General Hazen.
At the time Of the battle in which
General Custer met his death Jack.
son was serving on the Sixth United
States infantry carrying dispatches to
General Otis. then in command of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
Copyright 1913 by Bobbs. Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Captain Nathaniel Plum of the sloop
TyphOOn, lands secretly on Beaver is
land, Lake Michigan, stronghold of the
Mormons. Obadiah Price, an eccentric
old man and councillor of the MOrmons,
who has been spying on him, suddenly
eonfronts him and tells him he is expect
ed Plum insists he has got the wrong
man. Price ignores his protestaions and
bargains for the ammunition on board
the sloOp. He binds Nat by a solemn oath
TO deliver a package to Franklin Pierce,
president of the United States. He agrees
TO show Plum the Mormon town. St
James. Plum sees the frightened face
of d young woman in the darkness near
Prices cabin. She disappears, leaving an
odor OF lilacs. 1t develops that Plum s
visit to Beaver island is to demand set
element from the king. Strang, for the
footing OF his ship some time previously
by men whom he suspected OF being Nor
mons. Burke. his mate. has been left IN
charge of the sloop with orders to bonn
bard St James If the captain does not re
turn within a certain time. Pr ce taxes
Nat secretly In the darkness to the king
house, and through a window he sees
Strang and his seven wives, among whom
Is the lady OF the lilacs, who Price says
Is the seventh wife. Prices actions lead
Plum to believe that he Is Jealous or
9tranR.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
AID OF CONGRESS NEEDED
Wording Viii Have to Be Changed
Before Secretary Macveagh's
Suggestion Is Adopted.


Washington.-Secr of the
Treasury MacVeagh's proposal to re-
duce the size of paper money has pro-
crossed to a point where the prob
lem of working out plan for
uniform national bank note is a Sc
rious one. A committee is soon to
make a report with some recommen-
dations.
1t is said to be impracticable to re-
duce the size of the governments
currency without reducing national
bank notes to the same size. If that
be possible it is declared that 1000
national banks of the United States
could save 100000 year in ad-
dition to the 100000 the govern
ment expects to save.
1t will require an act of congress
to change the wording now upon ma
tional bank notes, as that is neces-
sary before the size can be reduced.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
MRS. HARTMAN GIVES PARK
Ten Thousand Acres in Tract Decided
by Magnate's Widow for
State Park.

Albany.-Mrs. E. H. Hartman has
given to the Palisades park COM
mission a deed to 10000 acres OF
land in Rockland county for state
park purposes. The state, through
the state commission on new prls-
ons, will transfer to the park COM
mission the abandoned Bear noun
tain prison site, in accordance with
legislation passed this year. Mrs.
-la.riman, in addition, is to give l.
100000 for improving the park. The
people will vote at coming election
on a proposition to bond the state
for S2,5OO,0O0 to be spent in extend
ing the park from New York City to
Newburgh. Mrs. Hartman and the
state commission met the Palisades
commission on the Bear mountain site
where the transfers of the property
will be made.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04

Reflling his pipe Ak leaving tran
of smoke behind him he set out boldly
for st. James. When he came to the
three graves he stopped, remember.
ing that Obadiah had said they were
his graves. A sort OF grim horror be-
gan to stir at his soul as he gazed on
the grass-grown mounds-proofs that
the old councillor would inherit place
in the Mormon heaven, having obeyed
the injunctions of his prophet on
earth. Nathaniel now understood the
meaning of his words of the night be-
fore. This was the family burying
ground of the old councillor.
He walked on, trying in vain to con-
centrate his mind solely upon the
business that was ahead of him. A
few days before he would have count
ed this walk to st. James one of the
events of his life. Now it had lost it's
fascination. Despite his efforts to de-
stroy the vision Of the beautiful face
that had looked at him through the
kings window it's memory still haunt
ed him. The eyes, soft with appeal;
the red mouth, quivering, and with
lips parted as if about to speak to
him; the bowed head with it's tum-
bled glory of hair-all had burned
themselves upon his soul in a picture
too deep to be eradicated. If St.
James was interesting now it was be-
cause that face was part of it, he
cause the secret of it's life, of the
misery that it had confessed to him,
was hidden somewhere down there
among it's scattered log homes.
Slowly he made his way down the
slope in the direction of Strangs cas-
tie, the tower of which, surmounted
by It's great beacon, glistened in the
morning sun. He would find Strang
there. And there would be one chance
in a thousand OF seeing the girl-if
Obadiah had spoken the truth. AS he
passed down he met men and boys
| coming up the slope and others NOV.
ing along at the bottom of it, all go
ing toward the interior of the island.
! They had shOvels or rakes or hoes
upon their shoulders and he guessed
that the Mormon fields were in that
direction; others bore axes; and now
and then wagons, many of them drawn
by oxen, left the town over the road
that ran near the shore of the lake.
Those whom he met stared at him
curiously, much interested evidently
in the appearance of stranger. Ma.
thaniel paid but small heed to them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
NEW USE FOR PANS
RED MEN FIND A SOURCE OF
AMUSEMENT.
Indian Agent Wonders at Sudden De
mand for Frying Pans-Finds
Earthen Toboegan Slide on
Mountain Side.

The Indian, however ayerse he may
be to any kind of useful labor, is not
slow to avail himself of new source
of amusement. This was shown some
years ago, when among the supplies
sent by the government to a certain
agency in the west were several hun
dred large frying pans with long han
dies.
These the Indian agent found If
took when he took possession, and at
he end of the year the number hac
,ot been diminished. Thinking that
erhaps he had not discharged his
hole duty in the matter of supplying
rncle Sans wards with these culinary
tensils, the agent began making spe
,ial efforts to induce the red men to
lse them.
At first, says Harper's Weekly, 1t
was hard work, but by the time he
had given out about two dozen there
came a sudden change. Not a day
passed in which the agent did not
have applications for at least dozen
and some days he disposed of twice
that number.
When the supply was nearly ex-
hausted he noticed among the appli-
cants some to whom he had previously
given pans, and naturally enough he
became a trif1e curious to know what
use they were making of them. He
questioned several of the men to no
purpose, but at length a young buck
more communicative than the rest
gave him to understand that If he
would visit certain part of the res
ervation not far away he would find
his inquiry answered.
The next day, therefore, the agent
rode out in the direction indicated.
About two miles from the agency he
noticed on the crest of a narrow spur
of the mountain three or four Indians
who suddenly disappeared on the op-
posite side of the ridge. At the same
time he heard family the cry Of many
voices.
On turning the point of the ridge he
saw a crowd of several hundred In
dams who were shouting as if greatly
excited. He noticed also several OBJ
jects, which he at first supposed to be
boulders, descending the side of the
mountain toward them with tremen-
dous rapidity.
Instead of fleeing from these moving
objects, the Indians simply applauded
and shouted. Soon he saw other OBJ
jects like the first descending and in
short time the whole situation was
plain to him.
Having elected long, smooth slope
of the mountain where there were no
stones. the Indians had converted 1t
into sort of earthen tOboggan slide
and were utilizing the frying pans as
toboggans.
Seating themselves in the pans they
grasped the handles with both hands;
then crossing their legs over their
arms they went spinning down the
slide with great rapiditv. The agent
let them have the few pans that re-
manned in the storehouse, but did not
order a new supply.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
Find Letter From General Grant.

The Historical association of Los
Angeles is to be presented with a num-
Der of interesting documents recover.
ed from an outlaws hut. among them
a letter written by Gen. U. S. Grant
during the siege of Vicksburg.
The Grant letter was addressed to
Gen. Parks and conveyed orders rela-
tive to operations in front OF the Con:
federate stronghold. The other pa
aers are supposed to have been stolen
n ~ Gen. Manuel Garcia OF the Mexi.
can army.
That the documents had been secret
ed in the howell for man, years was
shown by their condition and by the
further fact that the hut. dilapi-.
lated old abode near Ferris, was aban-
toned when the railroad supplanted
the stage line on the run between Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
A Few Days Before He Would Have
Counted This Walk to st. James
One of the Events Of His Life.

AS he entered the grove through
which the councillor had guided him
the night before his eagerness be
came almost excitement. He ap
preached the great log house swiftly
but cautiously, keeping as much from
view as possible. AS he came under
the window through which he had
looked upon the king and his wives
his heart leaped with anticipation.
with hope that was strangely mingled
with fear. For only a moment he
paused to listen, and Notwithstanding
the seriousness of his position he
could not repress a smile as there
came to his ears the crying OF chill
dren and the high angry voice of
woman He passed around to the
front of the house. The door OF
Strangs castle was wide open and I'M
guarded. No one had seen his ap
preach; no one accosted him as he
mounted the low steps; there was no
one in the room into which he gazed
a moment later. 1t was the great hall
into which he had spied a few hours
previous. There was the long table
with the big book on it, the lamp
whose light had bathed the girls
head in a halo of glory, the very chair
in which he had found her sitting!
He was conscious Of a thTobblng IN
his breast, a longing to call out-if he
only knew her name.
In the room there were four closed
doors and it was from beyond these
that there came to him the wailing OF
children. A fifth door was open and
through it he saw a cradle gently
rocking. Here at last was visible life.
or motion at least, and he knocked
loudly. Very gradually the cradle
ceased It's movement Then 1t stopped,
and a woman came out into the larger
room. In a moment Nathaniel recog-
nized her as the one who had placed
a caressing hand upon the bowed
head of the sobbing girl the night be-
fore Her face WAS of pathetic beau
ty Its wilderness was startling. Her
eyes shone with an unhealthy luster,
and her dark hair, falling in heavy
curls over her shoulder. added to the
wonderful pallor of her cheeks.
Nathaniel bowed. 81 beg your par
don, madam; | came TO see Mr..
Strang." he said.
You will find the king at his of.
fee" she replied.
The woman's voice was low, but sc
sweet that 1t was like music to the
ear. AS she spoke she came nearer
and a faint flush appeared In the
transparency OF her cheek.
why do you wish TO see the kingT'
she asked.
Go BE CoNTINUEnl
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
GERMANY GAINS BY STRIKE
Americans Open Branches in Berlin
to Pace Orders as Result OF
Garment Wo' kers Acton.

Berlin.-The importance of Berlin
as an international distributing CEN
ter. especially of the textile indus
tries, promises to be considerably in
creased as the result of the prolonged
strikes of garment workers in Amer
lean cities.
The clothiers of New York and
PHILADELPHIA will establish branches
here to place orders for the manufac-
ture of articles of clothing.
The first undertaking of the kind
was recently launched by New YORK
house. 1t was asserted that the
strikes at home prevented the filing
of contracts. and the example set by
the New York house has been fol
lowed by other concerns.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
Duma Opers w tn a Row.

st. te-sburg.-The fourth ses-
sion of the duma opened. AS had been
expected, there was trouble at once
over a proposal to honor the memory
of Prof. Serge Mourom tseff, who died
recently.
The vice-president. declined to put
a motion that the members rise as a
mark of respect TO the former presl-
dent of the lower house.
Immediately on the announcement
of his decision the constitutional
Democrats and the Radicals with
drew.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04

Mrs. Subbubs-Henry, that's twice
you've come home and forgotten to
bring the lard.
Subbubs-Yes. my love; it's so
greasy 1t slipped my mind.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-04
Placed a Gun to His Head and Fired.

Twenty-second infantry. Jackson was
with the first company to reach the
battlefield after the massacre and
gives in detail the scene as 1t pre-
scented itself to him. Jackson says
that an examination of Clusters body
showed that the wound which caused
his death was fired at close range, the
powder burns indicating plainly that
the pistol was held against the head.
Jackson was commanded by General
Reno to talk with the Indians after
they had been subdued by the United
States troops in the hopes of finding
out how Custer was killed. The IN
dams told Jackson that General Gus.
ter was the last man to fall in bat
tle They wanted to take him alive,
believing that with him as a prison.
er they could force the government
to terms. Realizing this fact, Jack.
son says the Indians told him that
Custer placed a gun to his head and
fired.
According to Jackson the Indians
all loved Custer and called him The
Long Haired Chief"
Jackson is a picturesque character
and although he was in long and
dangerous service Is not receiving
pension from the government, be-
cause he was not a regularly enlisted
soldier. Friends In Taos county are
interesting themselves in his behalf
and hope to receive aid for him from
the government to compensate him
for valuable services rendered.
Jackson acted as a scout for Cen
eral Otis when he went to the RELIEF
of General Miles, then being on de
tail along the Yellowstone river. Jack
son also secuted for General Miles
when he was running down Lame
Deer and his band. Jackson shot and
killed Lame Deer, scalped him and
afterwards gave the scalp to General
Miles.
After the Indians had been driven
into Canada, Jackson acted as a guide
when General Miles burned over a
large territory aong the northern
boundary Of the United States and
drove south the buffalo so that the
Indians were forced to surrender the
following winter.
Willmar tribune., 1910-08-31
NANRE.
49, M@EET

Mamre, Aug. 29-Mrs. J. O..
Hagman and her daughter, Mrs.
Gust Sv anson, left on Friday morn
nxg for Cokato., Minn., for short
visit with relatives also to attend
the Mission convention which is be-
ing held at that place.
Misses Edna and Esther Peterson
Of Minneapolis, are at present the
guests Of the Lundin girls.
Sven Carlberg visited with the
C. +. Okeson family near Pennock
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Norman, of
Buffalo, Minn., are enjoying a
short visit with their son and
daughter-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Norman.
! Rev. Nat. Franklin. of the State
University, will give a lecture over
the anti-saloon question at the
Lundby church at o'clock %. m +.
He was to have given this lecture
some weeks ago, but had to post
pone it for some reason.
Mrs. F. Palmer and daughter,
Helen, and Miss Ruth Nordberg,
returned to Minneapolis last Fri
/ day after spending a few weeks
with realtives and friends at Nam
Ire.
| Miss Olga Olson did some dress
making for Miss Hannah Rydin last
week.
! Mrs. J. M. Anderson, of Pen
mock, attended the funeral of her
relative, Mrs. Sven Swenson, last
Sunday and is now visiting with
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Peter johnson.
| Emil Dahlheim, of Willmar, Wis
tied with the Lundin family Sun
day.
! Miss Helga Sorenson has been
assisting with the house-work at C.
F. Okeson's for some time.
Lynn Anderson and Gust Rydin
are each sporting new automobile
nowadays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Bergman,
of Pennock, were guests of Ole So.
renson's Sunday afternon.
Miss Mary Hanson assisted Mrs.
|G. Nordin during threshing the
past week.
Miss Tina Enblom from Kandiyo.
nj, was visitor at Jonas Johnson s
over Sunday.
zChrist Bitterness, of Willmar, de.
lIvered the new Kandiyohi County
maps for the schools of Dist. No.
ID last Wednesday.
A few from Mamre attended the
basket social given at Pennock Sat.
urday evening. A very nice time
reported. Tootsey.
Willmar tribune., 1910-08-31
ANNOUNCEMENT. a

| wish to announce to the people
of Wlllmar and vicinity that | am
now carrying full line Of children's
school shoes, which sell from 100
to $3.50 per pair. They are box
calf, guaranteed to be of the best
material and we'll made. If any
should be found defective will re-
place them with new shoes. l also
carry full line of the Allen
Kushion Komfort shoe which have
given perfect satisfaction to all
who have tried them. If you wish
to know the difference between a
cushion shoe and other makes try a
pair. They cost no more and are
solid comfort. | have also a full
line Of patent leather shoes. Sam
piles of these shoes can be seen at
C. Dale's store also orders may
be left there. Goods sent to out
of-town customers by express free
of charge j. L. Gale.
282 Willmar, MINI.
Willmar tribune., 1910-08-31

anxious that his work should be salts
factory because be hoped for q raise
Of salary that would somewhat tighten
the burden resting upon his mother.
The next afternoon u summons came
for Johnnie to go to the Office Of his
employer. Eben Huyser. The young
accountant noticed from his chiefs ex-
preston that there was trouble in the
wind, and the first words confirmed
his surmise.
What have you done with the
money you have taken?'
Half an hour later. after a vain at
tempt to extort Il confession from the
boy, Huyser sent out for a policeman
and Johnnie was taken to the Tombs,
the then city prison so called since it
was copy architecturally of the tomb
of an Egyptian king. There in his cell
Johnnie after somewhat recovering
from the shock. had time to think. 1t
had become evident from words
dropped by his employee. that in his
trial balance he had endeavored to
cover up q deficiency of some $4,000.
At once it occurred to him that Coulter
had used him as catspaw to conceal
a defalcation of his own
John Brainard spent months in pris-
on. During that time the wife of q
man occupying the cell next to his
came often to see her husband and
concocted plan for his escape. John
being innocent himself, the woman
had no difficulty in convincing him of
her husbands Innocence She conceiv-
ed plan of liberating her husband
by taking his place. be escaping in her
! clothes. In order to do this she re-
quired Johns assistance. At the crit
ical moment he must attract the
wardens attention by pretending to
have become i'll. John consented. the
scheme was successful. and the pris-
oner, Thomas Nolan: got away Mrs.
Nolan was very grateful to John and
offered to assist him in an effort for
his escape. But John declined to do
anything that would look like a con-
fession Of guilt
One day John was released. On in
Quiry he learned that Coulter had
made good the money the assistant
was charged with having stolen and
had been admitted as member of
the firm. 1t was at his request that
John had been released The hoy
found his mother in a pitiful condition.
And, worst of all. after the charge that
! had been brought against him there
was little hope Of his procuring a posi-
ton. During the evening Mrs. Nolan,
, who had heard of his release, came to
see him.
II am an honest woman" she said,
but ! am sorry to confess that my
husband is not an honest man. At
least he has not been honest, though |
have secured his promise to live bet
ter life in future Had we not imposed
upon you and thus secured your as
sistance he would have been tried,
convicred and sentenced to a long term
Willmar tribune., 1910-08-31
II EkSSn@ 81 r. ] Ef:Z;ANEiuN
Il: Il :NNz- ( N2zz = zefI5{ AZ iVDS

Fahlun, Aug. 30-A few from
here took in the ice cream social
last Friday at the Babtist church.
J. A. Wahlstrand, from Willmar,
is out on his farm during thresl1-
ing.
Birdy Bjornberg has been in
Wilmar for few days.
Miss Esther johnson is back af-
ter a months visiting in the cities.
Miss Flornece Lungren, who has
spent part of her school vacation
here, returned to her home on Van
Buren St. Paul.
C. U. Peterson and son, Lester,
from Kandiyohi, spent a few days
in Fahlun.
| Y The E. johnson Threshing Co.
had a small breakdown Wednesday
the boys having that day off.
Helen Edgren and Cora johnson
went to Belgrade Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Wicklund and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Broman, from At
water, Sundayed at Charley Bro.
mans.
Rev. Huitgren and family, of At
water, spent Friday with Rev. Ed
gren.
Mr.. Brown, the Willmar land
agent, was in Fahlun Friday.
Miss Alvilda Lundin has been ir
town for some time.
Raynold Peterson and friends from
EKandiyohi spent Sunday at Dia.
mond Lake. A fine time was had
Harry Benson from Whitefeld
helped Mr.. Klint thru threshing.
In spite of the threatening
weather Wednesday quite few
took in the coffee social at Joe
Bjornberg's place.
Miss Anna Wahlstrand, of Will.
mar, is visiting friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Klint spent Sunday
at Kandiyohi.
Richard Freedholm went thru
here bound for the land Of roses
Some young men, from a neigh.
boring town, we'll known. did some
fast driving across fields and mead.
ows there the other day. 1t is al
right to be in high spirits. but
don't get them out Of bottle.
Willmar tribune., 1910-08-31
INDICATED. !! / ! !,
-.
Accused, He Acquired Means to
Prove His Innocence.
BY DONALD CHAMBERLAIN.

copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.I
Many years ago when New York
was comparatively small town, two
men were at work over Il set of COM
mercial books in the Office of small
store in Canal street. The older was
man of forty. the younger boy of
nineteen.
"Mr. Coulter" said the younger, II
can't make this trial balance come out
right-will you help me?"
Coulter turned crafty face toward
his assistant. An idea seemed to be
crystallizing in his brain. Then. leav-
ing his books. he walked over to where
Johnnie Brainard sat on his high stool
and began work on the trial balance.
An hour later it was finished. very
beautiful statement Of red and black
ink
What good man you are. Mr..
Coulter" said Johnny. II could never
have done it without your help"
The other, making no reply, turned
away and resumed his work on his
own books. But the boy noticed that
his hand trembed.
John Brainard's salary was the only
support of his mother. widow, and
several brothers and sisters all much
younger than he. He was especially