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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
DECLINES INVITATION,
Bishop Thurston Unable to Attend
Episcopal Church Session at Winona.

Winona-A disappointment came to
the local committee arranging for the
Episcopal council meeting of the do
cese Of Minnesota which will be held
in this city May 30 and 81. Rev.
Edward Borncamp received a COM
munication from Bishop T. P. Thurs
ton of Eastern Oklahoma and a former
pastor Of st. Paul's church OF Winona.
stating that he will be unable to at
tend the meeting and tho celebration
Of Bishop Edsalrs tenth anniversary
at the head of the diocese. However,
Bishop Thurston notified Rev. Born
camp that he had not entirely aban-
doned his trip to this city and Mime
sofa. It Is expected he will be here
within the next few weeks to visit
his former friends.
According to information which has
been received, Rev. James E. Free
man, who was to have delivered his
lecture on phillips Brooks" on the
evening of the first day of the coun-
Gil meeting, will not be able to fill
that portion of the program. The
pressure of previous appointments is
the reason given for declining the in
vitation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
PLANS MODEL FARM
Northern Pacific to EstabIisl; DeSs-
onstration Plots.

Observation-Disclosures are under
way for the establishment of one or
more demonstration farms in the
northern part of Minnesota, along tho
Minnesota & International railroad.
A week ago a party of Northern Paci-
fic officials covered the ground from
International Falls to Brainerd in
special train, taking samples Of the
soil along tho line looking for a favor
able location for farm to show the
neighborhood how to get the most out
Of the soil.
This farm will be the first, that the
Northern Pacific has started in Min
nesota. The road has been interested
for number of years in similar ex-
periments in Montana and North Da-
kota, working with the officials of the
state agricultural schools of those
states. The farm in this state also
will be under the Joint auspices of the
road and the agricultural school.
One of the farms probably will be
located north Of Bemidji. although the
arrangements have not been com
pleted.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
LEPER's SISTER GETS DISEASE.
Freedom County Woman's Case dag
nosed by Dr.. 9rack=n.

Albert Lea.--Dr. Bracken, of St..
Paul, executive agent OF the state
board Of health as we'll as it's secre.
tary, was here last week, and in COM
pany with county officials visited
Moscow township to examine a sus
pected case Of leprosy, the victim be.
ing a sister of the late Rognald Wang.
en-, who died of the disease a few
days ago.
After a careful examination the
woman was declared to be a victim
of the disease, although the malady
is in the incipient form. Arrange
ments will be made by the county to
have the woman isolated and proper.
ly cared for.
There are six or seven children,
and it is feared some or all of them
will have the disease. The disease
seems to have been broughtIhere from
Norway.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
TWO HELD FOR. MURDER.
Gena Carlton and Her Husband In
Hubbard County Jail.

cena Carlton and Her Husband In
Hubbard County Jail. e.
Bemidji. -Gena Carlton, % years
old, and her husband, Lloyd Carlton,
q few years her senior, must face the
charge of murder in the first degree
az the result Of the finding of hui.
man bones, believed to have been
those Of her father, J. O. Nesbit, on
the Nesbit farm five miles south Of
here. They are now held in the Hub
bard county Jail at Park Rapids.
It was disclosed at the 1nvestiga-
ton by the Hubbard county officials
that the bones found in the ashes of
burned brush heap on the Nesbit
farm were in small pieces. as it a
human body had been hacked apart
with an Ak, after having been burned,
possibly in stove. A human foot
appears to have been hacked of at
the ankle.
The slightly scorched condition of
bushes in the vicinity indicates that
the brush fire was not in itself suffi.
cient to have cremated the body, and
this leads to the theory of the au-
thorities that Nesbit, who was u
years old had been murdered and
then dragged to the brush pile in an
effort to cover up evidence Of the
crime. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
DENMARK.

Some tobacco growers on tho island
Of Fyen have decided to quit raising
tobacco on account of the new tax
on domestic tobacco.
A number Of farmers in Langeland
have organized themselves into q COM
pany for starting a cooperative cream.
cry in Kiel, Germany.
The first Danish road prepared ex.
clustvely for automobile traffic has
just been completed. It runs across
Store Klint. on the island Of Moen.
Some fishermen on the west coast
Of Denmark got SO many herring in
their nets that they could not sell all
Of them, and so they let large masses
Of fish 60 back into the sea.
has sent circular letter to all the
ministers Of the country, instructing
them to report about the agitation car
ried on by the Mormon missionaries.
Red and white flowers were sold for
charitable purposes at young peo-
pies rally in Sonderborg. The next
day the German police came to those
who had worn such flowers and told
them that they had to pay fines for
having worn the Danish colors.
The city council Of Helsingor passed
resolution against the taking of sand
from the bottom Of the sea near the
shore. AS result Of such practice
In time past the shore line has been
washed into the pits. in the sea, the
water line having receded over three
hundred feet at one point.
1t was mentioned that some joker
had put rum in place of the COM
mun1on wine at the Bogense church.
Now It turns out that the wine merch-
ant that sold the goods to the church
accidentally put rum instead Of wine
into the bottle. When he found out
that he'was at fault he apologized, and
donated a snug sum Of money to the
church.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
KILLS MAN WHO SEEKS DRINK.
Minnesota Homesteader Shoots Down
Stranger Who Frightens Mother.

Roseau.-John Newhouser, living on
a homestead with his father, thirty
miles south Of Roseau, shot and killed
q man who called at the house for a
drink.
The sudden appearance Of the
stranger at the door frightened Mrs.
Newhouser, aged 20 years, who ran
past the stranger to the husband and
son, who were working in field. The
son John hastened to the house, Sc.
cured rifle and shot the man dead
as ho was in the act of leaving the
place. -. ...~.a
John Newhouser was sent to the
state hospital at Fergus Falls in No.
vember, 1909, and was discharged a
year later. He was again committed
to the asylum pending indictment by
the next grand jury. .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
Indian, Get s7e4.21o.

Washington, .. G. - In the court
of claims there was decision in fav.
or of the Indians in the suit OF the
Mile Laos band OF Minnesota Chippe-
was against the federal government.
The Indians sued for three million
dollars and were awarded $764, 210.sa.
The court In its decision, however
held that this sum should 60 into thu
general Chippewa Indian fund, which
means that it will be divided among
some 10000 Chippewas and not con
fined 10 the 300 Indians Of tho l9jllls
Laos band.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
TORNADO STRIKES; TWO. CAD.
AND FIVE INJURED NEAR PINE.
CITY, MIMI.
I've Farm Homes Torn 60 Pieces by
q FunneI-Shaped Cloud on
Decoration Day.

Pine City, Minn.-The lowering tail
Of 4 tornado struck the township of
Pokegama seven and a half miles
northwest Of Pine City and four miles
rom Brook Park on the Great north
ern road Decoration Ddy. Two farm
homes were wrecked and scattered
over the ground a distance Of forty
rods. Two persons we're killed and 4
third fatally injured.
The dead are Mrs. Ole Bergrich and
Charles Cottrell. Mr.. Cottrell's wife
Ia not expected to survive the day.
-Four Of their children were more or
less injured, but all will recover.
Mrs. Bergrich was visiting over the
holiday at the home Of, Charles Holm
strom. When tho storm struck she
clasped her two babies, one IA months
old and the other months, In her arms.
Neither Of the babies was hurt.
The mother, when the storm struck
the Holmstrom house and tore it to
pieces, had shielded the babies with
her body and even in her dying agony
did not forget the precious charges in
her care. That they escaped even
then is regarded as miraculous.
Charles Cottrell died several hours
later. His skull was crushed and his
body horribly cut: and bruised. His
remains, as well as those of Mrs. Berg
rich, were buried in the little cemetery
Of Brook Park. The tornado only
swept a course about four rods wide
and soon disappeared in higher altt-
tudes. The only other damage report
ed was on the farm Of Peter Hagen,
whose house was moved from it's foun-
dations.
All the buildings on the Holmstrom
and the Cottrell places were reduced to
kindling wood and scattered for rods.
The funnel-shaped cloud was plainly
visible from Pine City and help was
sent from this place at once.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
ScAMDLNAYxANNE
PrAnoipaI Events 0aflserod 10 The
OH SoanofnaNkan Countries

The kolnfsche Zeitung states that
the of11cial German telegraph bureau
corrupted the language of the toast
proposed by King Gustaf in Rome. He
used the expression, the proclamation
OF Rome as the capital" but in the
German telegram the words had been
changed to the proclamation OF the
kingdom Of Italy," The report Of King
Victor EmanueIs address left out q
Few words referring to "Sweden's
heroic participation in the Thirty
Years War;"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
ALL eyed HAzERs GIVE BONDS.

Albert Lea. - The eleven men
indicted by the Freeborn county, Min.
nesota, grand jury on the charge of
applying coat of tar and feathers to
DR.. E. B. Freeman of Chenille, Mimi,
last January, were released on bonds
Of $500. The men under indictment
are Frank Flusek, Ned Holman, Will
lam Samson, Walter Knutzon, Nor
man Hill, Frank Vonick, 0. c. Hansen,
s. T. Kirkpatrick, Roy Rekert, Harry
Kirkpatrick and A. c. Nelson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
SHORT FARM COURSE TO START

Indications Point to Banner Attendance
at School of Agriculture.
Minneapolis. -1ndications at the
school Of agriculture point to banner
attendance at the short course in farm
ing and allied sciences which will
start shortly. The members Of the
faculty in charge Of the summer
the promise Of interest given by the
registrations. The courses are open
to anyone on payment Of a nominal en-
trance, fee. No examination or pre-
vious school attendance is necessary,
the idea being to get hold of the man
actually engaged in the work Of farm
Ing and to enable him to bring his
methods Of tilling the soil, breeding
stock and conserving the resources Of
his farm to the highest standard.
A. D. Wilson and O. NJ. Olson of the
extension department of the school
have just, returned from tripthrough
the farming districts of the state and
report conditions as being very favor
able to q bumper crop, especially in
regard to corn. The acreage sown to
corn this year in Minnesota 1s away
above the average and all Indications
at this time point to an immense crop
although considerable damage has
been done by cut worms. Small grains
are in good condition although in the
northern tier of counties the need Of
rain is beginning to be felt. Pastures
in some places are too dry for rapid
growth of grass, according to the ex-
rerts. The seeding operations on the
farm will all be about completed this
week, the last grain to go in the
ground being fax, which Is now near
" all il.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, June 1.-Wheat, July.
95%c; Sept, 91hc; No. 1 northern
$3.50; No. 2 northern, 96M; No. 1
eurum, SIC; No. corn, 50hc; No. 3
white oats, Sac; barley, mailing, sac;
No. 2 rye, 90c; No. flax, 1926.
Duluth, June 1.-Wheat, July, 97Ac:
Sept, 92Ac; No. / northern, 9SMc;
No. l durum, SSAc.
South St. Paul, June 1.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.30@5.75; cows, $3.50@5.25;
calves, $3.75@6.75; hogs, $5.O0@6.00;
sheep, yearlings, $4.25@725.
Chicago Live Stock.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07

Chicago, June 1.-Cattle-steady to
10c lower; beeves, $5.15@6.4O; western
steers, $4.80@5.00; stockers and feed
ers, $3.90@5.75; cows and heifers, $3.50
@5.S0; calves, $5.25@8.
Hogs to 10c lower; light, $3.50
Clio; mixed, $5.70@6.05; heavy, $3.50
6; rough, $5.55@5.75; good to choice
heavy, $5.75@6; pigs, $550@6.05: bulk
$4,000.
Sheep-weak, mostly 1Oc lower; ma
tive, $3@4.60; yearlings, $4.25@5.70:
lambs, native, $4.25@6.60.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
PASS ENTRANCE EXAMS.
Minnesota Boys Want to Enter Tho
Navy.

Washington, D. c. - John Joseph
Lieb, of Faribault, and John Ellsworth
Beach, of Hutchinson. have passed
the examinations necessary to enter
the Annapolis naval academy. Lieb,
being the principal, will receive the
appointment by Representative Davis,
but Mr.. Davis will write a letter of
commentator to Mr.. Beach. since
both passed with excellent grades.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
CHARGES AGAINST WHITTIER
GOVERNORS SECRETARY FILES
THE COMPLAINT.
Boys School Head Declared Incompe
tent and Guilty OF Mis-
conduct.

st. Paul. A formal complaint
against Frank A. Whittier, superin-
tendent OF the state training school at
Red Wing, was filed with the state
board of control. The complaint charg-
es Mr. Whittier with incompetency and
asks for his removal. 1t was signed
by Ralph w. Wheelock, private secre-
tary to Governor Eberhart.
The new complaint includes a charge
against Mr.. Whittier relative to his
treatment Of the girls during the time
the training school for girls was under
the control of the superintendent Con-
corning the girls school. the complaint
charges against Superintendent Whit
tier:
sd ! Specific Charges Made.
That during all said time, unlaw.
FULLY and without authority, he has in
nlcted, caused to be inflicted and per.
mftted to be- inflicted by his assistants
and employees upon inmates of said
training schools for girls brutal, cruel
ana unusual punishment in like man.
ner and with similar implement as it
is herein before stated the same was
inflicted upon inmates of the school for
boys and with like effect upon the
bodies and flesh of such girls, and 9th.
erWlse maltreated girls while inmates
OF said institution and caused and per-
m1tted the same to be done.', 49,.
The complaint includes the matter
brought out during the legislative in.
vestigation, giving details Of the whip
ping machine used at the school. It
charges that Superintendent Whittier
is incompetent to perform the duties
OF the chief executive officer of the
institution and that he is now guilty
OF misconduct as such officer and has
neglected his official duty.
The complaint cites a number of in.
dividuals who we're subjected to the
whipping treatment. It also charges
that inmates have been handcuffed
and hung up at the institution, among
them being Patrick Larkin, Loren Van
Buskirk, Oliver De Patti and others;
also, that Mr.. Whittier has not kept
any record Of the discharge of assist
ants and employees, as required to do
by the statutes.
The complain calls attention to the
fact that Ernest F. Maetzold, Arthur
stopleman, Arthur 6. Dodd, and W.sC.
Stiemelfng or Steman have been en-
ployed by Mr.. Whittier as assistants
and have not been discharged. It
states, giving specific instances, that
these assistants have assaulted and
beaten certain boys In the institution.
1t is expected that an effort will be
made by stipulation to introduce. the
shorthand notes of the legislative in
vestigation as testimony before the
board in order to lessen the expense
to the state of hearing.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
ADMIRAL CALLS ON KING.
Frederick, Of Denmark, Sends His Best
to TAFT.

Copenhagen, Den. = King Freder.
lick had an audience with Rear Admir-.
al Badger, commander of the squadron
of American battleships which are
making visit here. He expressed his
qualification over the visit Of the war.
ships and asked the American com.
mapder to convey his greetings and
warm appreciation to President Tan
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
STATE SELLS MUCH LAND.

HaIIock and Warren Sales Total H..
500 Acres at $3.50 Per Acre.
Crookston.-According to S. G. LIVER
son 5000 acres Of state school land
were sold at Hallock, Minn., and $500
acres were sold later at Warren 1t
q price which will average $3.50 per
acre on the total sales.
Land seekers from many states
were at the sales and stimulated the
bidding. The land selling tour this
spring has been one Of the most suo.
aaasful ever held by the state.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
HAMLINE STUDENTS DROWN.
Fred Kingsland and Louis kemme,
Victims Of capsized Canoe.

Minneapolis. Through the cap
sizing of a canoe in which they
were taking a pleasure trip, Fred
Kingsland, %, son of Mrs. Gertrude
Kingsland, dean of women at Hamline
university, and Louis Kemmer, of Long
Prairie, Mimi, both students at, the
midway school, were drowned in the
Minnesota river about six miles above
Fort Smelling.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
AMERICAN BURNED At STAKE.
Humble Torture Melted Out by Mexi.
can Bandits.

San Francisco, Calif-Refusing to
comply with demands for money by a
band of bandits at Ajuno. Michoacan.
Robert J. Sweasey, an American super
intendent Of the Central railway Of
Michoacan, was burned at the stake
May 16; according to the story Of Jos.
Hansfelder, one Of the refugees who
arrived here on The steamer Newport
11o0 Man1anillo, . ISL. sS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
1. INDIAN CASES BEGIN.
Judge Amidon Issues Special lnstrue-
tions to Grand Jury.

Fergus Falls. The Grand Jury
In United States court mere is oc-
cupied with mail sack robbery case
and Is expected to- take up the Indian
land fraud cases next. The jury was
called into court and Judge Amidon
delivered special charge relative to
the land fraud cases. He explained
the general allotment law and the
Clapp amendment. under which the
mixed bloods are allowed to sell their
lands, this being the law under which
SO may alleged full bloods were in
duced to- part with their holdings for
triiing part Of their value. He also
explained the criminal statute under
which indictments are to be returned
In case they are found.
This statute provides that If any
two or more persons conspire to COM
NIT fraud against tho United States
government, and do any act either
direct or indirect in furtherance Of
such conspiracy, such persons shall be
deemed suilty of a felony and shall
be liable to Imprisonment for a period
OF two years and to a fine of ten thou.
sand dollars.
Charges Further Explained.
He explained fusther that conspiracy
to defraud is not limited to unlawfully
appropriating government money or
property, but any. action tending to
pervert tho operations of government
constitutes such fraud.
In cases that are about to be con-
s1dered, 1t Is claimed that certain par
ties induced government officials to
issue patents to certain lands by rep
resenting that certain full-blooded In
dams were Of mixed blood, and that
they thereby, defrauded the govern
ment. While there were some indi-
vidual purchasers, it is claimed that
the bulk Of the land on tho reserva-
lions We're transferred to parties rep
resenting these separate groups, or
gangs OF men and as over 1000 fine
farms were transferred, it is suspected
that they prof1ted very heavily.
It is intimated by those who are in
a position to know, that much Of the
agitation that is being carried on for
new Indian rolls and against manage
ment Of the men now in charge of
reservation affairs, can be traced back
to some Of those interested parties.
Judge Amidson's charge wae a strong
one. and he urged the jury to do its
duty, regardless of tho standing Of the
men who may be affected. John P.
Holt of st. Paul is foreman OF the
grand jury.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
Washington

William Jennings Bryan took e1cep-
ton to the program Of his party in
the national house of representatives,
and criticized the majority Of the
Democrats who have agreed to sup
port the revised tariff schedule on
wool and wooden goods.
For the first time in the history of
the service the deficit in the post Office
department has been wiped out and
100000 surplus for the current
fiscal year, ending juno 30, is In the
treasury.
Testifying before the committee in
~estigating the steel Trust" at Wash
lngton, John w. Gates, the flnancier,
admitted that the corporation was
formed to throttle competition and
through fear of J. Pierpont Morgan
that Andrew Carnegie would invade
the railroad field.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
Sporting

For fame, fortune and the glory Of
the automobile, one life was sacri-
feed and seven men injured in the
first 500-mile race on a speedway at
Indianapolis, Ind, tho greatest test Of
skill and endurance in the history Of
the sport Of motor racing, being won
by Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon
car, in tho time Of 6:41:08. Ralph
Milford in Lozier was second. For
ty cars started and ten finished.
Ad Wolgast. lightweight champion,
forced frankie Burns of Oakland, CAL.
to hoist the white towel of surrender
as the gong rang for the beginning Of
the seventeenth round of their fight at
San Francisco.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
Foreign

Fire burned the town OF Silverton.
B. c., to the ground. With the excep-
ton OF a few outbuildings nothing was
left standing. Five persons were
burned to death and seven others are
missing.
Fifteen houses have been DESTROYED
and many persons are homeless as
the result Of a forest fire raging in
Shelburne county. Nova Scotia.
Consul General William H. Michael.
representing this country at Calcutta,
India, stands charged before the ma.
tional house committee on expendi.
lures in the state department with col.
lecting $2,450 on a voucher from the
state department for picture Of ex.
Secretary Day that was painted for
the government for $3.50.
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, the
British author and writer OF comic
opera librettos, died suddenly of heart
disease in London while in his bath.
An uprising which resulted in the
killing Of forty persons and the sack
ing Of stores, government Offices and
private homes occurred at Cholula. q
town with population Of 10000, eight
miles from Pueb1a, Mexico. The
rebels set fire to the town.
| In the arrest Of Daniel De Villieres
Of Mexico City and an American
named w. =. Dunn, Francisco l. Ma
dero, tho leader Of the Mexican :nsur
rectos. believes he has discovered S
plot to assassinato him and start 8
new revolution.