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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

with which a number of men from this
country made unpleasant acquaintance
along in 1898. The machete turned
into a pruning hook makes a very ef-
fective weapon, however, and in the
course Of time the men get to the tree.
There ia no such thing as forest Of
mahogany. The pine tree loves its own
kind, and never thrives better than
when planted by nature or by man, one
tree next to the other, over mile after
mile of plain or mountain. Other trees
are found in groves or clumps. SEEM
Ing to form little settlements within
the woods. The mahogany tree. how
ever, lives by and for itself alone. It
stands solitary Of it's species surround
ed by the smaller trees and dense un-
dergrowth of the tropical forest.
Mahogany is a popular name for the
timber Of several unrelated trees.
among which are various species of Gu.
calyptus of Australia, Of myrtles. and
so-called cedars. There is valley ma,
hogany and a mountain mahogany in
the Rocky mountains. neither of which
10 the genuine tree. Africa, In addf.
ton to the real. exports also q false
mahogany, and from East India comes
the toona, which often reaches the i'm.
porter a. mahogany, although clearly
belonging to another order Of plant.
It 10 q beautiful tree. tail and
ehapely, with the lowest branches at
least sixty feet from the ground. A.
the bottom IL 4 huge swelling. after
the manner Of the cypress. and the
tree is to be cut above that. air a.
eight feet from the roots. The flrst
work to be done Is to build q platform
around the trunk, 20 that the cutters
can stand upon it and WELD their
ages In the course Of time down
comes tho great monarch Of the troDi.
cal forest. crashing through the thick
growth around 1t.
The Workmen trim It up, cut It intu
lengths, and manage to get It hauled
and rolled to the nearest creek. There
It must lie to await the floods Of the
rainy season. which will lift It and
carry it down stream and on to the
ocean port. There the logs are piled
on the beach to- wait for vessel, and
when It comes are rolled back into the
water and RATED and pulled out to the
ships side, always dangerous under
taking. for the water is rough. Once
beside the vessel the derricks are put
to work and the logs are lifted owe,
ono BY one. lowered with much dim
Guilty into the hold. and when enough
logs have come aboard tho vessel i,
ready. .
It may well be believed that mahog
any does not claim the respect IN It,
ow1 Land that It does In ours. There
has been much comment On the. fac
tha1 Z = used for railroad ties IN TIL
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

life. The instrument of life is true
and sound. If it is played right it
will always give forth sweetness. It
Is only when 1t is played wrong that
dtscord comes. But the fault is not in
the instrument. 1t is in the player.
We are 80 apt to blame fate or cir
cumstances when life goes awry. But
II we would look carefully into the
matter we would discover that some
where we have struck wrong note.
This has thrown our life out Of tune.
We may recover the melody and. ex-
cept for the hurt Of the slip, little ul-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

= HE busy saws in the mahogany
mill are going day and night
at this season of the year.

AAA1 OO0y saws III k00 uAuO&6uy
mill are going day and night
at this season of tho year.
There are seasons during which
only one day runs are made, but
the strain is on just now. and the ma
chinery never stops. During the "a
hours 10000 feet of lumber are cut in
the mill. Month after month the ships
come over. at least 20 cargoes year
coming to anchor beside the gunwale.
There is no such thing as bringing the
logs in ballast. They compose the
ships entire cargo. A great many
ships are devoted to this enterprise,
and to them there is no other object
In life but to get the logs from the
tropical ports and bring them to New
Orleans and unload them and 60 back
tor more. Ten million feet year of
mahogany comes into New Orleans.
and IL partly manufactured here.
In Mexico, Honduras and Central
America the contractor gives I'VE dol
lars for single tree. This is cheap
enough. But it is the expense Of get
ting it out that counts, and that makes
mahogany an expensive lumber. It
stands deep in the forest in the midst
Of an almost impenetrable Jungle.
There are no groves of them-the
trees are scattered, perhaps not more
than two to an acre. It may be that
there is no water course at hand on
which the logs may be 1loated to the
port. The tree has to be located by
the hunter" whose business it IL to
roam through the forest in search Of
mahogany trees and to blaze way to
them, 80 that they may be found
again. Then the workmen must cut
their labor1ous way to tie tree, using
for the purpose the deadly machete,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08
SWEDEN.

xN4 1at6 OOIlSul s0l1uOu oSIOuulS VI
Stockholm bequeathed over $4,000 to
different charitable and other institu-
tons.
The charter Of the Northern street
railway company Of Stockholm will ex-
pire In 1916, and leading men of differ
ent political parties are in favor of
having the property turned over to the
city instead Of renewing the charter.
Gustaf Froding, the poet, is dead.
His poems are the sweetest and most
delightful written in the Swedish Ian
Euage for many years past, and the
few stories that he wrote also rank
high as literary productions. In sea-
ton and out of season he was kindness
itself. But on himself he was hard,
and, tho strong as very titan, he
broke to pieces at the age Of fifty. For
years his mind was clouded. But he
slowly recovered, and some weeks ago
he even wrote q few poems. Then
game complication Of diseases which
uhattered his iron constitution, diabetes
being the main trouble. His last mo-
ments were calm, and death came like
3 sweet sleep. He was buried in the
university city of Upsala, but at this
dkriting nothing is known as to the
details of the funeral. -. 49,.
Around the life of the late Gustaf
Eroding, the poet, there grew up q
number Of interesting anecdotes, Of
which the following is a good SAM
pie. When Froding was staying at Up
kala rich relative of his died, leaving
The young man several thousand dol
lars in bunch. Gustaf soon made up
his mind to handle the money in a
practical" way. Instead Of fooling
away his time by monkeying with bank
accounts. he had the whole amount
turned into bills and gold coins Of small
denominations, and these he put into
his desk drawer, where he could reach
them easily and without loss Of time.
Whenever he needed money he simply
pulled out the drawer and took a hand
full and put into his pocket. But this
was not all. He had many friends,
and whenever they were hard up he
also told them to help themselves.
Some way or other the money did not
last long. -.
After fire had been put out in a
small house in Cafe the charred re-
mains Of it's only occupant we-e found
in the ruins. A Miss Sjafstrom had
been living there all alone tho she was
80 sick that she had to stay in bed
nearly all the time. She was we'll to
do, otherwise the city would have TAX
en- care of her.
The Danes are taking sand near tAe
Swedish shore between Landskrona
and Barseback for the new fortifica-
tions on the north shore Of Saltholm-
en-. Four steam barges carrying 400
tons each are making two trips day,
making 5000 tons a day.
The Liberal parties are hard on the
government beause the expenditures OF
the navy went far beyond the appro-
priations, which were looked upon as
very liberal in the first place. The
conservative press made an effort to
stamp the criticism as traitorous to
the best interests Of the Swedish ma
ton. hut this aroused the opponents
Of the cabinet tn a still higher degree,
and at this moment the position Of
the cabinet is far from pleasant.
Fifty carloads Of beech logs were
recsntly taken from the forests Of the
Snogeholm estate, SHANE, and shipped
r. England to be uSed for pitprops.
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~zAS @5- GHx2ezt~
no young children of his own, but
he has had with him in his Wash
ington home much Of the time the
two sweet-mannered daughters of a
married daughter, and since the vet
eran legislator makes his home in
summer with this daughter at Dan
Vile, Ill.,, he has enjoyed the COM
partnership Of these girls as continu-
ously as he could expect to enjoy
the society of young children of his
own.
Gen Leonard Wood, the new head
of the United States army, furnish
es another example of a man at
tanning an exalted post at an unusu-
ally early age. He and Mrs. Wood
have three children. The sons,
Leonard, Jr., and Osborn, are Of
about the age to enter college, but
the dainty daughter of the family,
named for her mother, Louise Con-
dit-Smith Wood, is but ten years Of
age. Sorae Of the children Of pub
lie men in whom the people of the
nation take the greatest interest are
the little sons of daughters OF former
national officials now deceased.
Prominent in this category is Miss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08
We still turn a deaf ear, is lost en-.

we still turn a deaf ear, is lost en-
tirely.
Not only is there the inner voice TOR
a guide, but the voice of truth in the
outer world Is continually growing
clearer and louder. We are not LETT
to handle tgnorantly the keys. With
every passing day it becomes more
and more easy to play the instrument
of life rightly II we really wish to
do 80.
And to what wondrous melody would
this old world wake il we all tooaA11
the keys ariehtl IS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

. children Of an age that entitled them
to be classed as young people in the
households OF Uncle Sans best-paid
servants. If there were junior mem
bers of such households, they were
for the most part grandchildren or
cousins or nephews and nieces. The
result Of this state of affairs was that
the juveniles. neither collectively nor
individually, were much Of factor
in the social activities Of oflcialdom,
and very few of the entertainments
in this sphere were planned espe-
cially for the benefit Of the younger
contingent of the community.
But, as has been said, the past half
score OF years has seen gradual
change Of conditions that has made
the Juveniles and the unmarried
young men and young women an ele-
ment to be reckoned with. The ex-
PLANTATION Of the new state Of affairs
is to be found, Of course, in the cap
ture by younger men of a large
proportion of the most exalted posi-
lions in the executive, legislative and
judicial branches Of the government.
No longer need public man be
grandfather ere he Is deemed to have
arrived at the years Of discretion nee
essary to warrant the nation in en-
trusting it's most momentous affairs
to him. Something of this same
leaning in favor Of younger men has
even been manifested on the part Of
many Of the leading foreign govern
ments that send ENJOYS to act as &C.
credited resident representatives at
Washington.
The natural sequel of this invasion
OF young blood in our governing cir
cles is that the elders have been in
dulging in forms Of entertainment
less staid and solemn than those OF
some years back-why, President
Taft himself delights to trip the light
fantastic toe-and the juniors of Off,
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BLAMED FOR DlScoRD
n tho instrument Of Life 10 Played
Right II Will Give Forth
Sweetness.

Some one nearby was playing a
flute. High, clear and sweet the mel
ody rose. Then the player struck q
wrong note and sweetness and melody
vanished. No longer was there Joy
in it. It only replied.
AS I sat and listened to the fute In
lts agony Of discord it pictured to me
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08
DENMARK.

BY means Of careful census it was
ascertained a few days ago that the
number of persons out of work in
Copenhagen was almost 5000.
DR.. Cook intends to visit Copenha.
gen, but he will not be noticed by the
American legation unless he proves
that he has discovered the North pole.
The Chinese government would like
to get Danish doctors to assist in fight.
ing the plague, but Dane living IN
China has warned them that the field
is far from inviting.
Andrew Carnegie, through the Of.
fees Of Maurice F. Egan, American
minister to Dc<park, has offered to
establish hero @*>nd Of 100000 in
Denmark. The foreign Office already
has expressed its gratitude for the
proposed gift.
The government, in looking around
for increased receipts for the national
treasury, is contemplating a tax on
public entertainments. The most ia
vored plan seems to be to put a fixed
amount, 10 ore "a little over two.and~
a-half cents), for instance, on every
ticket to theaters, balls, etc. Those
who are financially interested in thea,
tiers and similar Institutions declare
that such tax would ruin their bust.
ness.
The 3ourneymen tailors of Copen.
hagen went on strike, and eventually
succeeded in getting raise of about
per cent. s
The city Of Viborg was visited by
an English multi millionaire few
weeks ago. He came in an automo.
bile of his own, and the swell set Of tho
town threw their doors wide open,
All Of sudden both the multi-million'
aire and his chauffeur disappeared. A
little later the aristocracy Of Viborg
read in the newspapers that their
whilom guest had been arrested, and
that in his person had been found the
long.sought thief and robber known
as "the long key.
The export packing houses at Odense
wers damaged BY are to the exts3t 5,
| $4,000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08
Talked hlneelf Out.

Crawford--Isn't it strange your wife
hasn't spoken to you since the ntxh,
you came home latef 50
CrabshawI don't think 90. M.
said enough to me then to -
month Smart SCI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

HE past decade has wit
messed q most decided
change in what might
be termed the status
of children as q class
in the higher official
circles of the nation.
Time was, and not 50
many years ago, eth
er, when t here were
cOmDarativelv Z q "
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ing of the tragedy. Started about ? or 2:S0 Saw some parties about one mile from postoffice. Carried a Ian GALLEY F1VE-Leech
 tern in front Of wagon. Reached down and picked up lantern to sec parties. There were five and all afoot. They scattered as witness held up lantern. One or two were armed. On cross-ex- animation said they were White men. Saw five of them plain. One had pis- tol in his hand and another had a pistol about his hand or belt Nearest one was ten to twelve feet from Wit
 ness. Met them near the old sanitary barn near iron bridge. and about half way from Reb Houpt's place to
 town. Came by Reb's coming to town Live next to him. Lived there three years Did not say anything about this | for quite awhile. Later told some milk man about 1t, but don't know hts name. The men were not masked | They did nothing to witness but ons said to another, that is the mi'f
 man." Did not know what kind o'
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clothes they had on. Did not meet any vehicle. On redirect said none of the Iioupts were in that party.
 Jack Archer recalled, said Maggie Goldie had been convicted of beng ln- mate of disorderly house and entered a plea of guilty.
 Bruce Gotham, court stenographer, testiried 10 rne evidence of officer = Joe Fox as given in examination for bail and as taken down for the court by him at that time.
 Jchn Rutherford. defendant in the case. 36 years of age. Lives on Super for street off Park avenue. Worked for street railway as motcrman and served as deputy sheriff. Only work ed on call as deputy for extra work. Sheriff Houpt left in December. Row Brown was night watchman at jail He went away too. At sheriffs office Tuesday night. Was engaged to take Browns place. Suggested another flor place but he was not known so witness engagef to stay until Satur- day night. Began Thursday night be- fore Christmas and was still on the job Sunday night Got a phone mes sage frcm Fly Rigsby that Brown could not get back Sunday night and stayed un the job. ie Came on Mes1n
 about [ o'clock. Ben Murray was lahout there then. Reb and Henry IIoupt came along little later and stayed half hour CT so. They left before got word Brown would not be back. About 12 o'clock Murray saId
 next morning they would carry Chit
 wood to the early train and unler- stood he was to go to Little Rock. Murray went away then. Saw him
 no more untr a'ser the trouble. Call ed him by phcne about o'clock but got no response. Witness had seen part,es on Hazel street who looked suspicious. and also to tell nun ne
 wanted to go home before they took ] the carly train to Little Rock. Wit
 ness wanted to get away about o'clock but no other could be found to watch the iail Saw the parties on Hazel street about 1 o'clock. There
 were five of them. Decided best thins to do was to take Chitwoed to cfts ! jail City jail was safe place for hin 1 and could leave him there and go ge iready to go to Little Rock. Looked about and found nobody so took Ian jtern and went in jail and told oscal
 to get up and got ready to be taken 1 to the city jail and that he "" to nt taken to Little Rock. As we stepped
 ont of the door a gun was thrown 1T
 my face and don't know what was said or done thereafter. They stepped
 from each side of the door. Looked Hike they were there but few sec there. Was very excited. They tool
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my gun and jail keys and lantern and grabbed Chitwood. Seemed like it was all done at once Did not seem like they were there bua few sec onds. One man paid attention to me- Said to him, Please don't shoot me. and he said. Shut up or l will blow your head off, and backed out of door and the others disappeared. They ,rs;:t ass .n the wnrds and the man
 with me was the last man to leave. Did not walk lightly in the jail Talked in usual voice. Chitwood did not hesitate at the door. Did not say any thing to Chitwood about a man outside who would take Il m to the city jail. Before we reached door he had coat 'on left shoulder and was carrying a bundle and witness offered to carry Chitwoods bundle and said he could carry it. Those were the last words spoke to Chitwood Purpose in taking Chitwool was because the guard had been placed for his pro tection alone and knew he would be safe at the city jail. Did not know of any purpose on the part of anybody to hurt him. Whe first arrested senu- ment was high against him Murray and witness took Chitwood away to Little Rock befor to give him pro lection First took him to pr. Shaw s house and then to Little Rock. on night of tragedy the negro women had openel windows and he and Murray decided to close windows and put the negro women in cells Did not lock the cells because wanted to give them fright. Had lantern in left hand whs n they came out of jail. Had handcuffed rhitwood SO he would be safe from escaae Had no ir-feeling to Ch't-
 wood Could not identify who were in enclosure. All were masked All
 wore handaerchiefs but one who was
 holding me and he wore black mask. wore a black derby hat. Did not push Cbitwood or to~ch him after pulling
 coat on his shoulders. After he was shot and witness was reeased came
 running around conrt house and nor
 lered for help Went across street to
 phone Sheriff's office phone was
 leched It locked with spring lock
 and witness had no key to unlock that
 door Not related to the Houpts.
 On cross examination by Judge Wood said he was cousin to Egpert
 Rutherford and he was a nephew oi
 the Houpts. Don't think he testified | before 1t was 8 o'clock when he got
 to court house that night. In testify ing before failed to name Reb ana
 Henry Houpt as among those at court house when witness arrived. Think lHelms boys came aboit or le
 o'clock. After talking to Reb and Hen
 v and Tnlly and others at corner
 came to the Sheriffs office, and san
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ders and Murray were about and
 saw them lated. Said they did not lock
 women in cells but only made them believe they were locked up, and was examined at length on former testi- m0ny in which he said they wefe locked up hefore. After Reb and Hen " Houpt left Charlie Helms and a brother came. That must have been about $40. Sanders was here all the | ltime Murray had gone away and Wit ness did not know where. Next saw | Murray when he came back from South Hot Springs and Murray was about the court house. Murray left about 12 o'clock. Did not see Sanf IS after witness left for South Hot Springs. Did not know Sanders was here with Murray after witness got back from South Hot Springs Moth ling had been said to witness of taking Chitwood away at front door or court house. Murray told him and then left Did not tell witness that wanted him to go to Little Rock With Murray and Chitwood. though expect cd to go with them. Did not occur to
 witness why Chitwood's friends
 might be expecting .Chitwood to be
 removed at that time. Last time Wit :, ness went out of sheriff's office fixed
 door so 1t would lock itself. Sheritr
 had told witness to go to sss;s:: liturgy sar
 instructions in his absence. Did not occur to witness to telephone Hinton ! or to call the police when he saw the five men Were expecting some one
 to come and get Chitwood every night. Either his friends to get him out or that he would get out. Fear ol
 A mob had subsided Murray gave keys to witness that night. Put the
 keys in the desk and took them U'l' only when made up h's mind to trans
 fer prisoner That must have been
 about 10 o'clock or later, Was not as late as o'clock. D1d not fnlhA hpuu'
 suggesting to Murray the removal to
 the city jail. Guess Murray expected to meet witness at County jail cary
 in the morning. Had handc'iffed
 prisoner to himself but was advised
 by some people it would be dangerous
 to self Was on guard against any
 thing that might come ID. Never said a word to Chitwcod at the door. Jus'
 told him witness would carry bundle
 Did not remember saying in former
 evidence that nothing was said at the
 door Locked cell door when they ;came out of cell. Unlocked only eel
 No ? cell that Chitwood was in. Ore
 man outside told me to throw up my
 hands. Somebody grabbed Chitwoot
 and he screamed. Witness was sf
 scared did not know what he was do
 ing. Don't know whether he got the door locked behind him or not. Got the pistol about the same time. Don
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know if it was same man who got

know if it was same man who got keys. Don't know if he wore mus tache. Did not testify before that the man had black mustasche. Real from e~idence where he testified man had black mustache and was six feet tall, witness said he testified about black rag on face but not black mustache
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RUTHERFORD ]. TELLS STORY 
 lContInued from Page Two.)
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ssss ss s |. s.s; :.:::.:aa Ike dnnr and witness heard few footsteps on concfete walk. Then party came around in sight and called for help. Did not see any one passing along. Would have heard or seen any persons moving about in that section If they had been there or if they had moved or made any noise Only person wit ness saw was one that called for help.
 Hardy Hinton recalled by the state for cross examination said he hnu measured stockade and it was lsxSo.
 w W, Ridgway lives two miles southeast of town on Benton read. Is daryman. Drove in Monday morn
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COMMITTEE OF 60

committee of among will Wednesday morning everybody the big annual fair or 911 in with this o extraordinary hind the enterprise Springs
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