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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
CAPITOL is TOO SMALL.
Custodian Has Hard Job Parcelin9
Out Spare Rooms.

st. Paul-Custodian Downs at the
capitol is having his hands full of
trouble trying to take care of all the
departments that want additional
room. Just now two departments, the
superintendent of public instruction
and the railroad and warehouse COM
mission are after the room in the
north wing which Downs has been
using as his Office. Superintendent
Schulz had spoken for the room some
time ago, and Downs had told him
that if he ever moved out he would
get it. Last week the railroad COM
mission wanted the room for it's engi-
neers, and Downs decided to move the
cigar stand into the corridor and use
that room himself. But then he re-
membered his promise to Schultz,
and the railroad commission apparent
ly is no nearer than it was to getting
additional room.
One plan that has been suggested is
to take one room away from the pub
lie examiner, who now occupies the
whole west side of the north wing.
Since the superintendent Of banks was
created and that Office was given
rooms in the basement, the number
of employees and callers at the public
examiners offices has greatly de-
creased, but whether Mr.. Schaefer is
willing to give up the room he has is
another question.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30

! The water has ben so high in the
lakes Of Wermland that considerable
damage has been done to the crops.
On some farms the water has even
reached the buildings.
A floating horticultural exposition
will visit the leading seaports from
Gothenburg to Stockholm next sum.
mer. The enterprise will be financed
by five business concerns Of southern
Sweden.
The temperature of the month, of
February was far above the average.
For days and nights in succession
there was no frost, and occasionally
the thermometer registered as high
as 40 above zero.
OF the 1000 persons employed by
the Northern street railway company
of Stockholm before the strike only
300 have been taken back by the CON-
pany, and 500 of them are still with
out work. Thru the efforts Of the
anti-emigration society about Is of
them are enabled to settle on small
farms which they are going to buy,
and 40 have emigrated to foreign
countries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
BULL HURTS Farmer.
Vicious Animal Knocks Master Down
and Besieges House.

Marshall. - Robert Boulton, living
northwest Of town, was attacked by
a vicious bull on his farm, and is now
laid up with serious injuries. Mr..
Boulton attempted to drive the animal
into the barn, when the bull suddenly
turned on him, and, knocking him
down, trampled him and rolled him
several rods into a river, where he
threw the man into the water and
held him in.
Mr. Boulton got hold of the ring in
the animals nose and spirited tus-
sic ensued until the bull tore loose.
The bull went out on one side of the
creek and Mr.. Boulton on the other,
and he was able to crawl to the house
before the bull overlook him again.
Mrs. Boulton was a helpless spectator
of the whole struggle, and so vicious
was the animal that for hours he
maintained an effectual blockade of
the house, not permitting Mrs. Boul-
ton to leave the residence, which she
repeatedly attempted to do in order
to get medical help and assistance.
Finally the animal retreated, and
the wife was able to make her way
to neighbours place and secured as
sistance. Mr.. Boulton is suffering
from several broken ribs and other
internal injuries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
DENMARK,

A Copenhagen jeweler keeps on ex-
hlbition in his show window the jewels
given to Dagmar Hansen, who has
become famous throughout Scandi-
navia by her singing and perform
ances at variety theate1s. There are
forty pieces, and their combined value
is said to be $4,000.
A Danish ornithologist has been tag
ging birds of passage for years past.
Last fall some negroes living south
of lake Tanganyika in Central Africa
caught stork bearing a tag attached
to the bird by said ornithologis&. This
proves that the stork travels back and
forth distance almost equal to one
fourth of the circumference of the
earth in order to keep up with the
seasons.
A bitter strife is going on between
the Denmark chicory growers and the
chicory manufacturers. On the plea
that there was an overproduction in
foreign countries, the manufacturers
succeeded in getting the roots at a
very low price last year. At the end
OF the year, however, the manufacture
ers were able to distribute a larger
dividend than the previous year, and
the growers demanded a higher price.
The manufacturers would not listen
to the demand made by the growers.
The result was, that the growers fur
.nishing chicory roots to ten of the
thirteen factories in Denmark COM
bined themselves and decided to raise
no chlcory roots this year. The CON-
blne controls two-thirds of the area
formerly devoted to the growing of
chicory roots.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
TO VOTE ON MANKATo CHARTER,
Commission Form Of Government
Question At ISSUE.

Mankato. - The new city charter,
providing commission form of gov
eminent, will be submitted at a spe-
cial election, April 26. Council so de-
cided, practically unanimously, after a
fight lasting several weeks.
Only one alderman is personally in
favor of the new charter, but public
opinion is SO strong for it that only
one voted against calling the election.
Those who opposed it wanted it SUBJ
mitted at the general election in No.
vember when it's chances of carrying
would be materially lessened, because
every ballot that did not contain a
vote on the charter would be counted
as vote against it.
Opposition to the charter has great
ly lessened since last fall, and the
commission form is expected to carry
by good majority.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
TO COMPENSATE HOFFMAN HEIRS
Bill Introduced BY cIapp Is Passed BY
the Senate.

Red Wing.-The senate ait Washing
ton has passed a bill introduced by
Senator Clapp for the relief of the
heirs of John Hoffman, who livea on
Prairie Island. The bill provides for
the payment out of the treasury of
the sum of 81, 200 to the heirs of John
Hoffman in settlement for 40 acres of
land near the Hastings asylum, Hast
ings.
The land in question was patented
in 1857 to Charles P. Adams and it
afterwards was repurchased by the
government with the intention of al
loting the lands to certain Indians. It
was so allotted to John Hoffman, who
was known as Indian John along the
river between Red Wing and Wabasha,
which was his hunting ground. Under
an act of congress, approved March
10, 1906, the land in question was con-
veyed to the state of Minnesota. The
land adjoins the grounds Of the Hast
ings state asylum and it was greatly
needed by that institution. The bill
in question now before the house is
for the compensation of the heirs of
Hoffman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
OF Minnesota to be Held Middle of
June.

Minneapolis. A. D. Brown,
chairman of the Republican state CEN
trail committee, has called special
meeting Of the committee to decide
upon date for holding the Republican
state convention. The meeting of the
committee will be held at the Mer-
chants hotel in St. Paul, at noon,
April 2. The generally accepted date
for the state convention is about June
Is.
The committee will also decide up
on the place of holding the convention,
and Minneapolis appears to be the ia
vorite for choice. The last Republican
convention was held in St. Paul, and
the Democratic convention in Mime
apolis. It is likely the two conven-
lions will alternate, although there is
a chance that both will be held in Min
neapolis.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
SIZE..
Pa Was WAITING,

In the days when Milwaukee people
kept chickens in their back yards, the
father of the family-a citizen who
has since become one of the big bus
mess men of the town, was commits
stoned for the Sunday dinner. Dislik-
ing the usual method of wringing the
fowls neck, father decided to take
down his old gun and shoot the
doomed bird. Little Harry, of course,
accompanied pop" to the back yard
when he went forth, armed to do the
chicken to DEATH.
Minutes passed and mother began
to grow impatient. Looking out of
the kitchen window she saw her lord,
armed with his trusty gun, standing
at attention, following with his weap-
on the chicken as it pecked it's uncon-
scious way about the yard.
whats the matter, out there
cried mother, cant you hit that
chicken?"
Father said never a word but con.
tinued grimly to follow the chicken.
'1t's all right, ma" said Harry with
a grin. "Pa's waitin' for the chicken
to get in the way Milwaukee Wis
cOnsin
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
PERSONAL.

Andrew Carnegie is making a study
of the heavens through powerful tele-
scopes in the great observatory which
he founded on Mount Wilson, near
Pasadena, CAL
President Taft and former Vice.
President Fairbanks were the guests
of honor at a banquet of the Ameri-
can Peace and Arbitration league in
New York.
Washington friends of Senator Frye
of Maine are worried over what was
at first thought to be a trifling illness,
but which is now said to be due to an
ulcer upon one Of his toes, combining
him to his hotel.
After serving IS years as rector Of
st. Paul's church, Brookline, Mass,
Rev. DR.. Leonard K. Storrs, who
ranked next to Bishop William Law
renee in the Massachusetts Episcopal
diocese, has resigned without giving
any reason.
Representative w. P. Brownlow was
renominated for congress at the Re-
publican party primary in Bristol,
Tenn, according to late figures.
Brig. Gen. Charles Morton. COM
handing the department of the Mis-
souri, at Omaha, was placed on the re-
tired list on account of old age.
Mrs. Hetty Green Is reported to
have given to the Christopher Colum-
bus university in New York city plot
OF land worth 100000. The report Is
not verified.
F. M. Baker, formerly a non-com-
missioned officer in the marine corps,
has been discharged dishonorably
from the navy for DESERVING to join
Aguinaldo's Filipino army.
w. Frank Wilson of Buffalo, N. T.,
assistant general manager of the New
York Central Railroad Company's
fast-freight lines, died suddenly on
train near Utica, N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
I HURT in KASOTA WRECK
ENGINEER SEES OPEN SWITCH
WHEN TOO LATE.
Train %, With % Persons on Board.
in Accident on 23rd of
Month.

st. Peter.-Seven persons were in.
jured when westbound Northwestern
ST. Peter, March 24.-Seven persons
were injured, several Of them serious
~, when the westbound Northwestern
tram, No. %, ran into an open switch
in the Kasota yards and collided with
string Of loaded freight cars.
Inc accident occurred at noon. The
absence of fatalities is attributed to
the fact that the train was light one.
consisting of only two coaches. En-
terlng the Kasota yards the passenger
was running about 80 miles an hour
and cloud of dust carried along by
the high wind partially obscured the
track, concealing the open switch.
Engineer John Moore, of the passen-
ger train did not see the danger until
ne was train length away, and it then
was too late to prevent the collision.
He remained at his post and escaped
with slight injury to one of his feet.
The others hurt were:
John Morarity, New Ulm, badly cut
about the head, and legs hurt.
Harry Muedeking, Mankato, bag
gageman, gashed on forehead.
D. J. Severance, Mankato, cut about
face, and body bruised.
&. P. Murphy, Mankato, wrist dislo-
Gated.
Adolph Martin, Winona, brakeman,
Injuries to back.
Miss Ella Cashon, Cleveland, cut
over eyes and severely bruised.
The "skidoo'' number figured con-
spicuously in the accident. 1t was the
number OF the train. The collision
occurred on March %, and there were
% people on the train.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
OWNERSHIP DEAL DRAGS.
Saltwater Council and Water Company
Fail to Agree on Terms.

Saltwater Council and Water Company
Fail to Agree on Terms.
Stillwater.-The city council post.
poned action on the proposition to pur-
chase the waterworks plant. The COM
pany will sell for $142,500 in cash or
for $147,0 900 in 4 per cent bonds. There
was no discussion, but the council
evidently wants to buy for $142,500 in
bonds.
Consideration of the proposal to an
mex the town of Oak Park to Still
water was deferred indefinitely. Of
ficers of the city were authorized to
enter into a contract with the Con-
sumers' Power company to install
electric motors for the operation Of
the pontoon section of the bridge over
the st. Croix. A saving of so per cent
is expected.
The board of education decided last
night to install domestic science in the
schools next year. w. H. Hollands
was re-engaged for superintendent of
the schools for term of two years
at an advance of salary. Four teach
ers were chosen to fill vacancies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Principal Events Gathered In the
Od Scandinavian Countries

Russia's establishment of secret po-
lice bureaus in Copenhagen and Stock
holm to watch Finnish politicians on
their journeys abroad, is threatening
trouble between the Danish and Swed-
1sh governments on one side and the
st. Petersburg foreign Office on the
other. Neither the Danish nor Swed-
ish governments authorization was
asked and the secret agents are being
maintained without word of
explanation. The agents interference
with Finnish travellers in Denmark
and Sweden has been so open as to
cause embarrassment. Several have
complained of the ransacking of their
papers and overhauling of their lug
gage on trains and boats in Danish
and Swedish territory.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
COOK BROKEN IN HEALTH,
Will Arrive in New York and Settle
Down to Quiet Life.

Will Arrive in New York and Settle
Down to Quiet Life.
Bellingham, Washington. - DR.. Will.
liam H. Axtel, a personal friend
OF DR.. Frederick A. Cook, received a
letter from Mrs. Cook, dated Valparai.
so, Chile, in which she says the ex-
plorer is broken in health, without
funds and unable to continue his fight
to establish his claim that he discov.
cred the pole. DR.. Axtell said:
Mrs. Cook tells me in her letter
that Cook made considerable money
out OF his trip when he first arrived
in New York, but that he spent it in
defending himself against bitter at.
lacks from his enemies before the Cop
enhagen decision was made public.
Cook left New York later to escape
contumely, says Mrs. Cook and to 20
before the board of inquiry at Copen.
hagen as his own representative. Then
Mrs. Cook followed him, met him in
England, found him a nervous wreck
and very i'll.
"She writes that it was her fault
that Cook did not appear publicly at
the time he was unfavorably reported
on. She says she took him to Hol.
land, France, Italy, and then to Spain,
where they embarked for Buenos
Ayres.
prom Buenos Ayres they went
around Cape Horn to Chile. Cook is
still very i'll and will be in no condi.
ton to take up his fight for the hon.
ors which he still says should have
been his
DR.. Axtell added that according to
the letter the explorer and his family
will arrive quietly iH New York and
will settle down for quiet life.
Mrs. Cook says" he continued.
"that her husband has no funds with
which to go to the Arctic regions af.
ter the proofs required by the Univer.
sity of Copenhagen and that if he had
the necessary cash, he knows of no
one he could trust to do the work for
him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
RALPH JONES DRAWS 80 YEARS.
Prisoner Stood Unmoved When Judae
Pronounced Sentence.

Duluth. - For the brutal murder
of Walter Whitehead, the negro pugi-
list, Ralph Jones will spend the next
80 years of his life in the Minnesota
state prison at Saltwater. Jones was
allowed to plead guilty to the charge
of murder in the third degree and he
was at once sentenced to 80 years by
Judge William A. Cant, of the district
court.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
WARNED HOW TO VOTE,
Employees Say La Crescent, Minn.,
Company Cuts Refusers' Wages.

La Crosse, Wis.-Alleging their
wages were cut by company of La
Crescent, Mimi, because they refused
to accept hints on how to vote in the
village election, seven employees have
gone on strike and threaten to bring
criminal action against the officers.
They say they have circular letters
telling them how to vote, which they
propose to use as evidence.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
CARTER HARRISON is "WET,"
Will Take the Stump For Them In
Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois.-Carter H. Har.
rtson, former mayor of Chicago, is to
take the platform or the "wets."
With Clarence barrow he is to speak
at the Auditorium, Saturday night, at
what is expected to be the biggest
meeting thus far in the wet" cam
paign. The former mayor is giving
plenty of indications that he will be
q candidate again. ~~.........--.. 49,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis, Mar. 24.-Wheat, May,
$i.13%; July, $1.14h; No. 1 northern
$1.15%; No. 2 northern, $1.13aa; Dur
UNI. No. 1, CSC. Corn-No. 4, 51%c
Oats-No. 3 white, 51%c: Rye-No. 2,
1870. Barley-63%c. Flax-No. l,
$2.341A.
Duluth, March 24.-No. 1 northern.
$115s; May, $1.153s; July, $1.153a.
South St. Paul, March 24.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.00@6.75; COWS, fair, $3.50
1926; calves, $4.50@5.50. Hogs, $1,000
@10.55; sheep, yearlings, $7.00@8.O0;
lambs, $7.00@8.00.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
Mt. Eetna Is in ERUPTION.

Chicago, Illinois. A cable dis.
patch from Catania says: Mount Act.
ma, on the island of Sicily, is now in
eruption. Twenty earth shocks were
reported. Residents are in great fear.
1t is believed some towns near the
mountain are in danger. From Nicolesi
it is reported that a large crevice haa
opened in Mount Aetna at height OF
1890 meters. Smoke, steam and Laws
are pouring from the opening. AT
Messina two severe earth shocks were
felt. The population was thrown into
q panic.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
CHILD'S COAT.

Paris Pattern No. 1908, All Seams
Allowed:-The little folks require new.
spring outer wraps as well as their
elders, and the various innovations in
fashions find their way into the ju-
venile garments, too, as for instance,
the little coat here pictured which has
wide shawl collar, Dutch cuffs and a
single button closing. It is provided,
moreover, with removable shield and
Is altogether as pretty a little wrap
as small girl could wish for. AS
shown, the coat is made of white
heavy linen, the collar, cuffs and pock-
cts being hand scalloped, and single
large pearl button closes the fronts.
The pattern is cut in four sizes-2 to 8
years. For child years old the
coat requires 23s yards of material 36
Inches wide. !
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
BARTENDER is INDICTED
Chaska, Mimi, Grand Jury Investigate
ing Death Of Man.

Chaska.-The grand jury is inves-
tigating the charges of manslaughter
in the first degree preferred against
a saloonkeeper here, now in Jail, who
is alleged to have sold liquor to a man
in such quantities as to cause his
death. The grand jury has been hear
ing evidence in this case for over a
week. The victim is julius Euntick,
who died February 10.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, March 24.-Cattle- Strong:
beeves, $5.75@S.70; western steers, IS
OF; stockers and feeders, $3.75@6.75;
COWS and heifers, $2.SO@7.15; calves,
$8.25@975.
Hogs-Market 5 to 10c higher; light,
$10.45@10.85; mixed, $10.55@10.95;
heavy, $10.60@11; rough, $4,000
1875; good to choice, $10.75@11.10;
pigs, $9.7O@10.60.
Sheep-Steady; native, $4,000;
western, $5.80@S.90; yearlings, $50
$50; lambs, native, $8.75@1O.50.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
Delinquent Children in France.

UtIIhdueht ChIIdFeh III Francs.
The government of France sends
delinquent children to a farmers fam
lily, pays a stated sum a week for
board and lodging and pays for
clothes and the doctor, The child
must be sent to a public school. The
cost of all this is far less than keep
ing up Institutes, and, Furthermore,
these French children of the venue
Of crime and misfortune usually stay
on the soil and become healthy, ex!.
pert farmers and good, saving citi-
zens. How to manage the delinquent
city kid is getting to be one OF the
most serious question Of white civilie
Iation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
GENERAL NEWS.

have notified high school superintend-
ents that the French heel shoe must
be barred from all classes under pen
atty Of FORGETTING the annual enter
tainments in May.
Forty-five persons are known to be
dead. Forty are lying suffering in the
hospitals, some Of them probably
fatally injured. Twenty-Five of the
dead, among them women and chill
dren, have been identified. Some of
the bodies are so mangled as to be
beyond recognition. These are the re-
suits Of the wreck near Green Noun
tain Of trains Nos. 10 and 81 of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, rum
ming over the Great Western tracks
from Marshalltown to Waterloo,
which has proved the most disastrous
in the history of Iowa railroad catas-
tropics.
Indictments against the National
Packing Company and ten subsidiary
corporations. charged with operating
IN restraint Of trade, were returned
by the federal grand jury at Chicago.
Coincident with the return of the in
dictments, a petition to dissolve the
National Packing Company and its
subsidiaries was filed. The double
blow is calculated by government Of
hc1als to have far-reaching effect
and shortly after the grand jury was
discharged it was authoritatively
stated that criminal prosecution of in
dividuals might follow.
A resolution to authorize the new
rules committee of the house to re-
wise, amend, simplify and codify the
rules governing the house Of repre-
sentatives was introduced by Mr..
Wilson (Dem., Pa.). Six Of the regu-
lars are to be chosen as the majority
representatives on the new committee
on rules, with practically no opposi-
ton from the insurgents" In fact.
most of the insurgents" agree with
Victor Murdoch, who said that he
thought it would be a mistake for an
'lnsurgent" to go on the new CON-
mlttee, even If one were chosen.
Billy Papke the illinois Thunder.
bolt" put away Willie Lewis of New
York in the third round Of tho
scheduled 20-round bout at Paris
France. The fight was for the middle.
weight championship and was Papke,s
all the way.
President Taft, Earl Grey, governor
general of Canada, and Gov, Hughes If
New York met at Albany at the han.
quet OF the University club. All three
OF the distinguished visitors were
speakers. The chief subject of their
addresses was the friendship between
the two countries.
After the hour for calling strike
of $4,000 railroad employees had been
fixed W. S. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers, announced that the
railroad men would accept Commits
sioner Neill and Chairman Knapp az
mediators.
Vermillion, S. D., voted to adopt the
commission form Of government.
The Canadian government has de
cided to send searching party out fol-
Explorer George Caldwell, who start
ed from Hudson bay to cross northern
Canada in 1908. and has not since
been heard Of.
Both operators and miners are con
sidering at Cincinnati a compromise
measure which it is hoped will pre-
vent strike OF the United Mine
Workers. 1t is believed by many tina,
this plan alone will avert the greates
industrial walkout that the countr,
. has ever seen.