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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
FARMER HANGS HIMSELF
Domestic Troubles Believed to Have
Caused Mankato Mans Rash Act

Mankato.-August Henschel commit
ted suicide on his farm in Mapleton
township by hanging himself in his
cow-barn. Henschel had had trouble
with his second wife, whom he married
two years ago. She had him arrested
early this week for assault. He was
convicted and required to give peace
bond. It is believed this unbalanced
his mind. Henschel was Ga years old.
He leaves two sons, both of whom are
in Berlin, Germany.
Before his arrest Henschel bought
five gallons of kerosene at Minnesota
Lake, saying he was going to burn his
farm buildings. He was arrested on
a charge of insanity but was proceed
ed against criminally on an assault
charge, on the ground that he was
drunk when he bought the kerosene.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
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NORWAY.

So many obstacles have been piled
up in the way of the national exposi-
ton in 1914 that the exposition itself
has been threatened.
The Vonhefm peoples high school
in Gudbrandsdalen has been sold to
the commune Of East Gausdal. The
price paid was $2,430. The commune
bought the property to prevent it from
being turned into tuberculosis hos
pital. There is a strong sentiment
In favor of using the place as q rec
reation home for school teachers.
Gustav Henriksen, president and
general manager of the new Norwe-
gian-American steamship line, is in
America establishing agencies to han
die the company's business when the
boats are started next year. It is Mr..
Henriksen's first visit to America and
he is travelling from coast to coast
visiting the members Of the board of
representatives and others interested
In the new line. This company will
be prepared through it's agencies to
seek a market in the northwest for
Norwegian products and also to fur
nish q market for American products
in Norway. The line is to be direct
from New York to Norway and but
eight days will be required for the
trip. Mr.. Henriksen says it will fur
nish new fields for American tourists
who have heretofore considered Nor
way an out of the way pace. With
the new line In operation he says the
tourists can visit Norway first and
then 60 to the other European coun-
tries by rail with little additional cost
over the ordinary European trip.
Orders for the boats will soon be
placed and they expect to. run two
boats at first. They will sail every
three weeks.
A bill has been introduced In the
storting providing that no marriage
shall be performed unless the prospect
i've bride has previously obtained a
certificate attesting a satisfactory
knowledge Of cooking. laundry, and
dressmaking. There is good chance
of its becoming law.
DR.. Armauer Hansen, Of Bergen, the
discoverer Of the leprosy bacillus, cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday the
goth Of July. "A deputation Of the lead
ing men Of his city called on him, ap9
he received 200 congratulatory tele-
grams from organizations and single
persons.
There are many features Of the
great lockout which have made peo-
pie stop and think. Almost to q man.
the victims have declared war against
the use Of liquor. On the other hand
the strikebreakers have been drinking
freely. In the course Of q few days
'strikebreaker'' and ''drunkard" be-
came synonymous terms on the streets
OF Kristiania, and 90 hated q the
word 'strikebreaker" that the com.
mon people drink less, than ever: be-
fore. The authorities. manage 70 keep
the saloons open part Of the. day IN,
spite of the protests q the swoEadng-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
MURDER MYSTERY NEAR ORR.
indian Found Dead With Bullet in
Head-officers investigating.

Duluth.-Billy Brown an Indian, was
found dead at Orr, north Of Virginia.
He had a bullet hole in the back Of
his head and part of broken gun was
found near his body. He was last seen
about ten days ago, when he was paid
off for loading shingles at a local mill.
Four deputy sheriffs are on the scene
Investigating the case.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Tourist Is Slayer's Victim,

La Crosse, Wis. - After crossing
the ocean SO times, Thomas Thomas,
of Anaconda, Mont, always a careful
traveller, was murdered for $500 on
his person in marsh within the city
limits of La Crosse. His body was
found and his son, Thomas H. Thorn
as, arrived here from Montana and
identified the body. He reached New
York on the Mauretania June 81, and
a card mailed to his son on that date
was the last heard of him. A key ring
found on the body is what brought the
son here.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
WEEDS to Inherit Estate.

Tacoma. Wash. Complying with
the terms Of his fathers VIII, which
provided that he must be married
within thirty days from the death OF
his father in order to inherit one,
fourth Of an estate, Of 100000, Frank
Mccoy was married here to Miss
Eileen Pfenning, two days before the
expiration OF the time limit McCoy's
father died about q month ago In Erie,
Pa, and Mccoy was advised BY ztele..
graph Of the conditions Of his fathers
viii. He Immediately advertised for
8 wife.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Foreign

The question of the reinstatement Of
$50 tramway men in Liverpool is made
the ground for the threat of a bigger
national strike than was the one now
being settled. The $50 men who
were employed by the Liverpool
Municipal Tramway struck in sympa-
thy with the railway workers. The
municipality put other men in their
places.
Mona Lisa" also known as LA
Joconde," one of the most famous art
works in the world and the master
piece of Leonardo da Vinci, has dis
appeared from the Salon Care of tho
Louvre, at Paris, France, where it
occupied the place of honor. 1t was
reported at one time that the British
government offered $5,000,000 for the
work but it was refused.
An astonishing development has tax.
en- place in the unrest which lately has
marked so many Industrial centers in
Great Britain, an outbreak of anti
Semitism in three towns in South
Wales-Tredegar, Ebbw Vale and
Rhymney. Mob savagery was of the
most serious kind.
A great wave of relief swept over
Great Britain when the announcement
was made from the board of trade OF
fees that the railway strike had been
settled and that the men would return
to work Immediately.
Jose Maria Villaverde, general man.
ager Of the conservative organ, Cuba,
and his nephew, Manuel, member Of
the editorial staff, were deported from
Havana on the steamship Alfonso
KILL, which sailed for Spain. This was
done by virtue Of decree issued by
President Gomez declaring them to be
pernicious foreigners.
The Mexican Catholic party In.
dorsed the candidacy Of Francisco I.
Madero for the presidency and nan.
mated Provisional President Do L
] Barra for the vics-presidsney.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Motorman Shoots Passenger,

Motorman Shoots Passenger.
Winona.-Refusal to pay his fare
and insistance in part of the motorman
on crowded street car Of the resi-
dence,section Of the city caused a free
for-all fist fight between Motorman A.
T. Carpenter and crowd Of men.
Finally after the trouble had subsidized,
Frank Berger, dohed his coat and was
in the act Of assaulting the motorman
when he drew a -revolver and shot
three times. one Of the bullets taking
effect in the abdomen. Berger was
removed to the hospital, whore II IL
said he will recover.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
NEGRO n: ! [ BURNED
PURCELL RESIDENTS MAKE
SHORT WORK or MAN WHO
ATTACKED WHITE WOMAN.
THEN SET FIRE TO HER HOME.
Officials Who Attempt His Rescue
Made Prisoners by Enraged
Oklahoma PopuIace.

Purcell, Oklahoma. = While 5000
men. women and children, stood by,
shouting their approval, Peter Carter,
q negro, who had previously been cap
tured by three members of his own
race. and identified as the man who
attacked Mrs. Minnie Spraggins, wife
OF farmer, was burned to death on
brush pile on the main street of
Purcell. Deputy Sheriff Hayes and
under-Sheriff Farris, who attempted to
secure the negro from the crowd, were
overpowered and locked in the court.
house.
After his assault the negro set fire
to the Spraggins home. Mrs. Sprag-
gins husband saw the flames, while
working In the field and rushed into
the house In time to rescue his wife.
She declared Carter, who formerly
worked on the Spraggins farm, had
attacked her.
Omcers went to the negro's home
and arrested him. He was turned
over to a constable, but on the way
to Jail escaped. When it became
known the negro was free, farmers Of
the neighborhood organized posses
and an all night search was made.
Highly Henry, negro janitor, no.
t1ced strange negro riding under a
box car near the Oklahoma Central
railway station. With the aid of two
other negroes who had armed them
selves to aid in the search for Mrs.
Spraggins' assailant. the negro janitor
pulled Carter from beneath the car.
He was taken to the main street of
Purcell.
Turn that niger over to me-" said
tall farmer who suddenly seemed to-
assume command of the crowd.
The 5anitor and his two aides obey
ed. Carter was taken across the street
and In an instant many men and boys
We're gathering brush and placing it.
at his feet. At this juncture Deputy
Sheriff Hayes and under.Sheriff Farris
arrived and pleaded in vain with the
mob to turn the prisoner over to the
law.
After the sheriff had concluded, the
officers were led to the courthouse.
presumably to confer with some of the
leaders. As they entered room in
the building, the key was turned in
the lock and the officers were held
prisoners.
AS soon as the sheriff and his as.
sistants had been locked up, the negro
was led out and placed on an OIL
soaked brush heap, built around tele-
phone pole. He was tied to the pole
and the torch applied. Cheers came
from the crowd as the flames licked
the victims face, and men and women
watched him die.
Murders His Nelghbor.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.-F. Carlson. a
homesteader living at Hamilton lake.
killed S. r. Merritt, a neighboring
farmer. Merritt's head was crushed
with an axe as he lay asleep. Both
men are single.
Slabs Wife, Kills Self.
Ladysmith, Wisconsin. - Jacob
Kluge Of this city, while in crazed
condition, stabbed his wife probably
fatally, and then committed suicide
by cutting his throat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
TAFT is COMING 70 TWIN CITIES.
President to Tour Northwest After
Congress Adjourns.

Washington, D. e. II has now
become very probable that President
Taft will 60 through Minnesota after
the adjournment of congress. Rep
resentatives Stevens and Nye vent to
the White House to renew the invita-.
tions of Minneapolis and st. Paul to
visit those cities. The president said
he would include those two cities in
his tentative itinerary.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
RAl6 Rl6|B||| s
THREE MEN KILLED IN cAvE.lN
At MINE WHICH BURIED
SCORE or WORKERS.
SIX MEET DEATHS OF VIOLENCE
Another Run Down BY Train and One
Dies From FaII OF Bridge
Woman rasses on Way to
Hospital.

Hibbing.-Four distinct and sep
arate tragedies. resulting in six
deaths here. combined to cast a pail
of gloom over this city. A cave-in at
the Winston & Dear strippings Of the
Buffalo & Susquehanna open-pit mine
buried 10 men and resulted in the
death Of three men; one man was
killed at the Butler strippings Of the
Nassau mine: a blacksmith fell from
the Rush approach bridge and died at
tho police station, and woman died
on her way to the hospital.
The cave-in at the Buffalo e. Sus-
quehanna mine occurred shortly after
1880 p. m. The big bucket of the
steam shovel, being operated on the
southeast bank Of the open-pit mine
was buried by a small fall of earth
and sand, and three men were detailed
to dig his out. An hour and a half
later another fall buried these men,,
and two minutes later, while Shovel
Engineer Ed Edwards was trying to
pull out the buried men, 700 tons of.
loose sand crashed down from the 100
foot bank, burying the men working
beneath.
The men killed were those caught
under or against the body of the SHOW
el, while the II men taken out only
slightly hurt were swept aside by the
sand and only buried . few feet. The
fall completely covered the southern
side of the shovel and the top of the
roof, but the stout steel inside sup.
ports held off the weight of the fall
and none of the shovel men were bad
ly hurt.
Immediately after the fall occurred,
the gangs working on the other four
shovels and dump crews in the open
pit rushed to aid the buried and In
jured men. The fall of debris broke
the steam pipe on the shovel and tho
wind blew out the lights, so that for
some time nothing but the roar of
falling sand, the cries of the injured
men, and the hiss of escaping steam
could DO heard.
Deputy Coroner E. c. Pengilly and
DR.. Isingman stayed at their posts
most Of the night, aiding the injured.
The men killed by the cave-in were
Dan Kuntich, Powa Batta' and Matt
Dragatovich.
In another accident Pasquale Mar
celia was instantly killed by dump
train at the Butler brother strippings
of the Nassau mine.
John Savella, employed at the Oliver
general shops at blacksmith, fell off
the Rust approach bridge and died
later as result of the shock and in
juries to the head. The man was
rushed to the police station, where
he died few hours after.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
BRIEF news NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK, TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest From Al Parts Of
the Globe-latest Home and For
eign Items.
Washington

Letters received in New York city
from former Congressman Otto e..
'Foelker of Brooklyn indicate that he
has decided to take up his permanent
residence at Seoul, Korea. Mr.. Foel-
ker took part In the passage OF the
Hughes anti-racetrack bill and he re-
ceived letter threatening that his
home would be blown up.
Hold cotton for Is cents" is the ad-
vice to be formally given to farmers
organizations by committee con-
sisting Of Senators Williams, Missis-
sippi, and Owen of Oklahoma, and Rep
resentative Burleson Of Texas, repre-
senting a conference Of senators and
representatives from seven cotton
growing states.
Plans for President Taft's coming
trip through the west and to the Pa
ciac coast practically are completed.
The president probably will leave Bev-
about November /. He will 90 west
about Semptember l. He will go west
through Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska.
Colorado and Nevada to the coast.
Most of the big cities in these states,
including Des Moines, Kansas City.
Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake. will
&c visited, but the plans for the trip
contemplate stops at scores Of small
er places.
An Investigation into the causes
leading to the panic of 1907 and the
benefits secured from 1t by persons or
corporations was asked in senate
resolution offered by Senator Owen OF
Oklahoma. II believe the panic OF
1907 was brought about by a deliber.
ate conspiracy for enrichment OF those
who engineered It," said Senator
Owen.
The house at Washington passed
bill authorizing the use of q site on
government reservation in New
York harbor for the erection Of
bronze statue commemorating the
American Indian The statue is to
be erected by Rodman Wanamaker
of New York.
Secretary Wilson appeared before
the congressional committee and con-
demned Doctor Wiley's demeanor.
charging that he was oversensitive
because his findings on pure food and
drugs were not accepted as final, but
were sometimes referred to the ref
cree board Of which Dr. Ira Remsen Is
chairman.
For the purpose OF controlling the
next Democratic national convention,
with the view to the nomination of a
progressive candidate for the presi-
dency, the Democratic Federation of
Precinct clubs was organized in Wash.
1ngton.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Found a New Dowie Colony.

Zion City, Illinois. Mrs. Jane
Dowie, widow of the late John Alex
ander Dowie, founder of Zion City, win
found a new colony of the Dowie faith
near Whitehall, Mich. Mrs. Dowie will
be assisted by her son, Gladstone
Dowie. of Detroit. She will dedicate
her summer home and two hundred
acres of ground to the new colony.
Mrs. Dowie has issued q call to all
residents Of Zion City. ILL.,, who are
faithful to her, to move their families
to Whitehall and join her in this col.
onization project.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Sporting

AS trumpeter blew TAPS" on a
bugle Lincoln Beachey slid two miles
out of the sky before $4,000 pairs of
eyes and landed In front of his hangar
with a new worlds record for altitude.
He had descended 1853 feet. He
had eclipsed by 42s feet the worlds
record of 11.150 feet, made by Cap
tain Felix In France, August S. In
its last hours Chicago's aviation meet
had knocked into cooked hat one
of the most difficult international rec
ords to beat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
DEDICATE LoYoLA CLUB HOUSE.
Governor Eberhart and Bishop Hsf.
ron Attend Mankato Ceremony.

Mankato. - The Mankato $4,000
clubhouse was dedicated in this city.
Rt. Rev. P. R. Hebron. bishop Of Wi.
mona, and Governor Eberhart being
the prominent speakers. The club
house is designed on the order OF the
=. M. G. A. Governor Eberhart and
Bishop Hebron were the guests Of
honor; at the banquet which was served,
to about 500 people.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
AVIATOR IS BURIED.
Body Of VIM. r. Badger Is Taken 70
PittsburQ.

Pittsburg, Penn. Funeral serv-
ices for William r. Badger, the aviator
killed in Chicago, We're conducted here
by Rev. John NJ. CASTOR, former pas
tor Of the Friendship Avenue Presby-
terrain church, at the residence OF John
Goettman. Interment was in Ale
gheny cemetery. Hundreds of the
young mans friends attended the fu-
neral.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
aEQEll Ey BUILDINGS
1000 ATTEND IMPRESSIVE ExER-
clsEs At NEW uLM.
Speeches Are Made by Many Well
Known Theological
Instructors.

New Ulm. Four thousand people
attended the dedicatoryjexercises Of the
new dormitory and music hall Of the
Martin Luther college. Special trains
from Minneapolis, st. Paul, Wood
Lake, Mankato and st. James brought
over 1000 passengers. Neighborine
congregations from Courtland, Mic
ollet. Arlington, Gibbon, Fairfax and
Sleepy Eye turned out en- masse IN
autos and other conveyances and ii
was by far the largest gathering OF
German Lutherans in this city since
the organization Of the college in 1884
The usual Sunday morning services at
the Lutheran church were dispensed
with and the people gathered in Col
lege Heights. where the dedication OF
the dormitory took place.
As a prelude to the exercises, Prof
A. Alderman, director of the college,
delivered an address of welcome,
Prof. J. Schaller, director of the Luth.
eran theological seminary at Wauwa.
tosa, Wis, delivered German sermon,
and was followed by Rev. A. F. Zich
of Green Boy, Wis, who spoke in
English. These addresses and ser.
mons were interspersed with songs
by the assembly and mixed choirs.
The dormitory dedicatory exercises
were conducted by Rev. E. A.
Pankow, Of St. James, president Of
the Minnesota synod, assisted by Rev.
F. H. K. Soil, Of Burlington, Wis.,,
president of the joint synod of Wis
consin, Minnesota, Michigan and other
states. During the day band concerts
were furnished by New Ulm and Man
kato bands. ...-....-.s.
At the beginning of the afternoon
exercises, Rev. R. Heidman of Airing
ton delivered an address. The liturgy
was delivered by Rev. G. J. Albrecht
ct New Ulm, and he was followed by
Rev. J. H. .Neuman Of Wood Lake.
Among the speakers from other in
situations of learning were: A. F..
Ernst, president of Northwestern col
lege, Watertown, Wis; Rev. Theo.
Brohm, president Of the Lutheran
teachers seminary of Addison, ILL.,;
Rev. Theo. Buenger, president of Con-
cordia college. st. Paul; Rev. A. Spier-
ing, New London, Wis, vice president
of the Wisconsin synod; Rev. Fred
Krauss Of arsing, Mich, president
of Michigan synod and vice president
Of the joint synod; Rev. Emil Zaremba
of Staunton, Neb.. represented the
Nebraska synod. IS
Many letters and messages Of con-
graduation were received by Director
Alderman, one of them being from
DR.. H. G. Stub of st. Paul. president
of the Norwegian Lutheran synod of
America. The delegates attending the
joint synod in session at Mankato at
tended the exercises in body. All
the speakers dwelt upon the necessity
of religious training in connection with
an education and deeply deplored the
utter lack of Christian teaching in
state institutions. .--&
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Twin City Markets.

northern, $i.os ( No. northern, $i.97M:
No. ! durum;;, sc: No. corn, SIC; No: s
No. 2 rye, 8okc; No. flax, old, $40.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
!3,,00|g|0 % Vault
SECURITIES ToTALING BIG sum
FOUND WHEN SON OF JOHN a
. HUNDRED OPENS STRONG BOZ
LUMBER BARON WAS WEALTHY
Estate May be $1,000, 900 Frank !.
obst represents County Treasurer
to List the Property for In
heritance Tax.

More than 100000 worth Of secur.
tiles were found in the strong box Of
the late John A. Humbird when it was
opened at the deposit vaults Of the
National German American bank by
Thomas J. Humbird Of Spokane,
Wash, the son of the lumber king,
William H. Farnham, his son-in-law,
and Frank J. Obst, representing County
Treasurer Jesse Foot.
This amount Of personal property
far exceeds the published estimates Of
$1,O0O,000 as the value of the estate.
With the real property, which is to be
appraised, it is expected that the entire
valuation Of the estate will reach in
the neighborhood Of $5.000,000.
Two Executors Present
Frank J. Obst, representing the
county treasurer, was present with
Mr.. Humbird and Mr.. Farnham, two Of
the executors of the estate, in com
plfance with a law passed by the last
legislature which requires the county
treasurer to superintend the opening Of
safety receptacles of deceased persons
and to draw up list Of the contents
for purposes of assessing the inherit
ance tax. The third executor is Mrs.
Caroline G. Humbird, the widow of Mr..
Humbird.
Mr.. Obst. in drawing up his memo.
randum, listed the stock found in the
box at its face value, although some Of
the railway stocks are above par and
other stocks in the lumber companies
Mr.. Humbird in his will requires to be
appraised. The list as prepared by Mr..
Obst shows the following securities:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30
Personal

Upton Sinclair, the author. an.
nounced in New York that as soon as
he can get in touch with his lawyer
and have the necessary legal papers
drawn it is his purpose to institute
suit for divorce. He says his wife
was too friendly with a young west
ern poet.
Benjamin Foss, son of Gov. Eugene
N. Foss of Massachusetts. and Miss
Doreathea Chapman of San Francisco
were welded in Grace Episcopal
cathedral.
The emperor Of Germany has con-
ferred the high decoration of the Or
der of the Red Eagle of the second
class on Hugo Munsterburg of Har-
ward university.