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Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
INHERITANCE TAXES GROW
Minnesota Will Collect Over $1,000, 600
During Fiscal Year.

A sum upward OF one million dol
lars will have been collected by the
state in Inheritance taxes during the
fiscal year ending July 1. according to
a statement issued by Attorney Gen
eral Lyndon A. Smith.
So far the total is $56O.342 and Mr..
Smith expects the receipts during the
next two months to aggregate $780,
600.
This will break all previous records,
the biggest year since the inheritance
tax law went into effect having been
1912, when $67S,512 was collected.
The law makes the attorney gener-
al the collector of these taxes and
since Mr. Smith assumed Office Jan. l,
1912, he has turned into the state
treasury $1,430,152 from foreign es-
tates.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
WATERS TAKE TOLL OF FIVE
Four Men and a Girl Perish in NORTH.
ern Minnesota.

Two men lost their lives in Ely
lake, near Eveleth, when a boat
containing three upset about thirty
rods from land. The third man
swan ashore. The drowned are An
drew Fest, twenty-five years old, mar
ried. who lived on the shore of the
lake, and Hugo Forsman, twenty-five
years DID,. single, OF Eveleth.
At Premson, George Mathews,
twenty-three years old, was drowned
in Murphy's dam. He fell off a log.
At Chisholm, George Katzke was
drowned in Longyear lake, when he
attempted to catch drifting roWboat
Julia Hansen, sixteen years old. ot
Baudette, was drowned in the Rainy
river near the Hackett postoffce. She
was sitting on chair on the bow of a
launch. The boat gave lurch and
she went overheard.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
SEVEN MEN ARE NEAR DEATH
Narrowly Escape Asphyxiation in St.
Paul Tunnel.

Seven men, employed as wire
splicers by the st. Paul Street Rail-
way company, waged battle with
death from sewer or Illuminating gas
when an underground tunnel in which
they. were working near Seven Cor
ners filled with the poisonous fumes
and dazed them, making it almost
impossible for them to crawl to the
nearest opening and fresh air, ten
blocks away. ~
Six Of the men, in half-senseless
condition, crawling on their hands
and knees, managed to reach the pow
er house end of the tunnel at College
avenue and Wabasha. The foreman
of the crew was rescued by Police
Surgeon Schnacke. Traffic Officer
Paquette and Officer Miske from q
manhole at Seventh and Wabasha
streets. '~.- ....a + .,%
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
BETTER POULTRY HOUSES

me University Farm poultry Sec
tlon is issuing plans for use in build.
ing model poultry house for 100
mems: The house is adapted to Min
nesota conditions and is progressive
in construction and cost. A comfort-
able and durable house may be built
for z minimum figure, or a more ex-
pensive house may be constructed
which will ornament any grounds and
look well enough to be the mpanion
of the best model farm buildings. It
may be increased in size gradually
without wasting nails, shingles O.,
building paper, and is very easy to
for both the breeding and LAYING
focks The plans are mailed at cost
ten cents-or with full specification,
the price is twenty-five cents.-A. G,
Smith, Poultryman, University Farm,
st. Paul. .a
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
u. S. WARNS AGAINST ALLEGED
HOG CHOLERA CURES

washington, DS a., June 2.-Ev1-
dence of what appears to be we'll
organized campaign to delude farmers
throughout the cvuntry INTO Gu. i.s all
alleged cure Tor hog cholera, under the
impression that this has been investi-
Gated and approved by the United
States government, has reached the
Department of Agriculture. Articles
praising this medicine, Benetol by
name, are being sent out widespread
to newspapers. These articles are so
worded that it appears as if the De-
partment Of Agriculture had received
reports from the state Of Minnesota
showing that the medicine had proved
most beneficial. AS a matter of fact
the one report received by the De-
partment was an unofficial and un-
solicited statement sent presumably
from the promoters themselves. The
Department attaches no Importance
whatsoever to this statement. It has
no reason to believe in the efficiency
OF any proprietary cure for hog chol-
era and does not recommend any. I'm
der certain conditions it urges farm
ers to protect their stock with anti
hog-cholera serum but that is all.
In connection with this attempt it
may be said that the medicine, which
is now put forward for hogs, was ad-
vertised some time ago as a means Of
killing tuberculosis, typhoid and can
Ger germs, according to an article pub
lished in the Journal of the American
Medical Association. At that time it
was asserted that the Army was inter-
ested in it. AS matter of fact tho
Army was no more interested then
than the Department Of Agriculture is
now.
In view of the evidence that the at.
tempt to create this false impression
IS persistent and widespread, all hog
owners are warned to communicate
with the United States authorities he.
fore accepting as true any statement
that the Government recommends anv
treatment other than the serum al
ready mentioned.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
MANY MINNES01ANS ON BOARD
Nearly Score Of Residents Of This
State Perished When Empress
of Ireland Sank.

More than score of Minnesota
people were passengers on the En-
press of Ireland, wrecked in col
lision on the st. Lawrence river with
the loss Of approximately 1000 lives
Of this number only three are known
to have escaped death. They are Her.
man Kruse, Miss Freda Kruse and
Miss Edith Bach of Rochester. Rein
holdt Bach, aged eighty, father Of
Miss Edith Bach, went down with
the steamer. The following Mime
sotans are believed to have per-
ished:
RE.NHoLDT BACH, Rochester.
EVAN KAVALISkE, Duluth.
WILLIAM FORsTROM, Minnearo.
lis
MRS. AMANDA FoRsTRoM, Min
neapolis.
WALDO W. FoRsTRoM, Minneap.
oils
TANo FORsTRoM, Minneapolis.
ANDREW JOHNSON, Minneapolis
Mr.. AND MRS. MAGNUS LUREN,
Minneapolis.
A. CARLSON, Houston.
JOHN GUsTAFSON, Houston.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Houston.
JAMES JOHNSON, Sherburn
MRS. JAMES JOHNSON, Sherburn.
MRS. PETER MATSEN, Sherburn.
MISS TI.LIE JOHNSON, Sherburn.
MRS. ELIZABETH DAB. Sherbuin.
ANTON LARSON, Sherburn.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
UPHOLD COMMISSION FORM
Ramsey County Judges Sustain st.
Paul's Charter.

Commission government in st. Paul
is constitutional. New city officers
have been inaugurated. -
This is the purport and effect of a
decision given from the bench by
Presiding Judge Brill in the case
brought by Mrs. Clara E. Harden
brook and a number of intervening
business men to test the validity of
the new commission charter.
After a few minutes of whispered
consultation at the close of the hear
ing Presiding Judge Brill announced
the decision. He said that majority
of the judges had decided that demur-
rer should be sustained upon its
merits. Unanimously the judges had
decided that the proceeding was an
improper one. The application for q
temporary restraining order therefore
was denied. --| sf s5s1. I. ..5
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

The state convention of Ells, 'the
best people on carth'' opened in our
city yesterday and closes this eve
ming. Little Falls extended the visi-
tors a hearty and sincere welcome. 1t
is a distinct pleasure for on" citizens
to act as hosts to men who represent
this order, which has done so much to
alleviate the sufferings and brighten
the hopes of many one Of mankind.
There is so much Significance i'll their
motto "Charity, Justice, fidelity and
brotherly love- 1t is not the pecun-
iary aid extended to their fellowmen
which constitutes the real goodness
Of the order, but that broad charity
which extends the hand of friendship,
of consolation, Of sympathy, that in
fuses the spirit Of brighter vision to
those in misfortune and sick at heart.
We trust that their deliberations VIII
result in added good to the order and
to society as a whole. The citizens of
Little Falls are pleased that the Ell1s
have seen fit to accept Of their nospl-
tality and bid them "come again.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
WEST BELLEVUE,

June 4.-J. R. Stone returned from
a weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Pipestone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Denny visited at
Tom MacDougall' g home last week.
Miss Pearl Trask spent last week
with Miss Stone.
Miss Marguerite Thorndyke is
visiting Miss Stone.
Mrs. Harold Brockway returns to
Minneapolis Wednesday.
Mrs: G: E. Brockway went to
Royalton Friday. -. ~ :,
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
WOMAN LIKELY TO RECOVER
st. Paul Man Shoots Wife and Hotel
Proprietor. ! E

Tony Skally, proprietor Of the Star
hotel at st. Paul, was shot and morally
wounded by Albert Masterman. A
moment before Masterman had iired
three shots at his wife, injuring her
seriously but not fatally. Masterman
escaped and is still at large. 4.
Andrew Erickson, q friend of the
fugitive, witnessed the affair and, de-
scribing it to the police, said that
Masterman had declared that the in.
timacy between skal}y and his vie
was the cause Of his action.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

John Myrman returned Friday from
st. Peter, where he attended COM
mencement exercises and Inauguration
OF the new president of the college.
His daughter, Miss Alice Myrman, has
just completed a course at the college
and returned home Monday.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
FLYER TO STOP AT LINCOLN

The Winnipeg Flyer, which arrives
in this city at 1885 p. M. will stop on
flag at Lincoln on Wednesdays, Satur-
days and Sundays until the close of
the outing season, for the benefit of
fishermen and others who wish to
spend a day at the lake. The train
arrives at Lincoln at 1903 p. m.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

oO1 x3OO10111N N911O I
The 6-year-old son Of John Schlich-
ting Of Two Rivers was accidentally
shot in the shoulder Tuesday after
noon with a 22-calibre rire.
The young boy and a brother, aged
8 years, were playing in their father s
barn, when they accidentally knocked
down loaded rife which was kept IN
the barn for shooting rats. In the fall
the gun was discharged and the bull
let entered the shoulder Of the
Younger boy from behind and lodged
in the flesh. The wound is not con-
sidered dangerous unless poisoning
should set i'll.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

Chautauqua starts June II, lasting
one week. If we desire continuance
of this great educational feature each
year it is up to the citizens OF this
city and the surrounding territory to
give it their hearty support. The
Chautauqua is put on by the Redpath-
Vawter System, which fact guaran-
tees the best Of talent. One could
well afford to make this vacation
week and take in the whole program.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

John J. Long and Miss Ethel Nc
Cluskey Of Swanville were united in
day morning. = ;,
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

State Fair Bulletin: The Minnesota
State Fair has become almost hun
dred thousand dollar exposition-a
dim distant goal never yet reached by
any fair in the world. Last year over
SOL 900 in cash prizes was offered,
and it was deemed a tremendous ac-
comp]ishment. The cash prize list
offered at the 1914 fair nearly exceeds
$4,000. Adding cups and trophies the
total amount of premiums nearly over
runs the $4,000 mark. Surely there
is reason why Minnesota is proud of
it's fair.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

The Brainerd council, at meeting
the first Of the week, made contrac.
with the Brainerd band for open air
concerts at the park every Wednes-
day evening during the summer
months and on special occasions, for
the sum Of 5000.
Little Falls herald., 1914-06-05

Miss Dagmar Peterson returned
Friday from St. Peter, where she has
just completed four-year course in
the Gustavus Adolphus college. Miss
Peterson WAS saluta atorian of THE
graduating class and was awarded a
one-year scholarship in the state unl-
versity. Miss Peterson graduated
from the local high school four years
ago with high honors.
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
NEW WAY TO PRESERVE EGGS
System That Is Said to Have AdVan-
tages over Methods Of Refriger'
atine or Picking.

A new agent for the preservation
OF eggs has been found in Swit2er-
land. which has many advantages
over refrigeration and picking, ac-
cording to United States Consul-Gen-
eral II. T.. Mansfield, stationed at
Zurich, Switzerland.
The preservative," Mr.. Mansfield
explains. Consists OF a prepared sub
stance of adhesive character, the in
gradients OF which may be easily and
cheaply obtained in any country The
process Of preservation Is very simple:
A fiat vessel OF about 100 quarts 10
filled to half it's capacity with the pre-
serving agent. into which the eggs
are dipped for two minutes and then
allowed 10 dry For the dipping
process the eggs are placed in fiat
wire baskets, each with a capacity OF
300 to 500 eggs. Ore basket is dipped
after another, and by employing a
larger vessel several baskets may be
dipped simultaneously In this man
ner two or three persons can dip
100000 eggs per day
Eggs are overhauled before ship
ment, 30 that very little time IL lost
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13

her which blended perfectly with a
punctilious Spanish courtesy. She
spoke English without trace OF her
brothers amusing roll.
Betsy-Barbara, when the ice was
broken, chartered girl.fashion on the
events Of the day in the boarding
house. avoiding always the subject Of
the tragedy which had drawn them to-
gether. I've brought up the evening
paper" she said. wouldn't you like to
have me read 1t to you? There's a
splendid elopement in high life"
Il should like It very much" replied
Miss Estrilla, after n pause at which
Betsy-Barbara wondered.
Betsy Barbara read the headlines
and rendered in full the stories which
Miss Estrilla indicated. She was alb
sorbed in the account of splendid
burglary, when a knock sounded at the
door And Estrilla entered.
AS he recognized her with a bow OF
inimitable attention and courtesy, as
he crossed the room and tenderly
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
Women in the World.

According TO statistics married
school teachers do better work than
those who are unmarried.
Savannah. Ga, has more women
motorcyclists than any other city Of
her size in the United States.
Miss Mary T. Wilson will probably
be appointed as head of the woman
prison board In Indiana.
Mrs. Susan Jones of Benson, N. c.,
has just celebrated her eighty-fifth
birthday by cutting a new set OF
teeth
Glasgow, Scotland. is to have female
police If the women's association there
can have their way about it.
Harriet Freebery. a woman lawyer,
has been engaged by ]. S. Kinney, a
millionaire of Menominee. Mich. to
defend him in a $4,000 breach OF
promise suit against him.
Mrs. Frederick w. Lehman. wife OF
the former solicitor general under
President Taft. is the latest addition
to the "matron class" at Washington
university.
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13

it has now been six months since took
any medicine at all. ! hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. now feel perfectly well and in
the best of health. - Mrs. AUGUST
w. KoNbNER, 1852 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know Of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
III you want special advice
write to Lydia Il. PinlSham Med
icine CO., (confidcntiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by n woman
and held in strict confidence.
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
CHAPTER V-contlnued.


We'll, then | suppose there's no use
askin," went on Resale, why you do
It. It's because there's nothing else
TO 60. Your play is to find something
Just as absorbin' and as excitin as
liquor, but not quite so foolish"
"Sure!' said Tommy. The pot Of
gold at the end OF the rainbow. or Cap
tain Kids treasure Anyhow. I'm
going away from here
Now, Mr. North said Resale,
there's two ways Of facing a thing
down--stay, an go. Which is better
| don't know Which is Drawer. | do.
Here's a room for you. Board here
the rest Of this week-on melville
YOU look around-an' if you think then
that COINS the best way, uhen go"
Tommy North, Injured TO an atmos-
phere wherein none gives something
for nothing. regarded Resale lie
Grange with a look in which gratitude
struggled with suspicion.
You're thinkin', responded Resale,
reaching out 10 seize his thought,
that this is Just my plan to III my
boardin' house. Think it II you want
to. But this Is my proposition: You
keep this room free until Monday, an
If you want, you can have il perma-
nent at twelve a week, which is what
you paid Mrs. Moore
Pm sure I'm much obliged" said
Tommy. suspicion departing IN stay
the week out, and make up my mind"
Sensible, replied Resale "Tll send
up tOwpls-and dinners at six-thirty."
We have taken little time to con
slider Betsy-Barbara. Let US view her
now. as she stands dressed in q blue
frock for dinner. tapping at Con
stances door Betsy-Barbara' flesh
and spirit were twenty-four, her heart
was eighteen; her purpose was forty.
Whenever even the darkest ray
touched her hair, il tiickered with gold.
In full sunshine, even her brows and
lashes glittered and twinkled. Her
mouth was large and generously irreg-
ular; her nose was small and whlm-
sically Irregular; her violetbHe eyes
we're as clear as pools As she stood
there, waiting for Constance TO rise
and open the door, her merriment took
fame from some sleepy remark In
that precise psychological moment, all
planted by the fates Tommy North
came down the hall on his way 20 din
ner. The laugh arrested him dead
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13

The door opened then. She vanished
like a golden fairy caught in a mist Of
vapor.
A minute later. Tommy North was
sitting I'm the dining room at Rosalies
right-waiting for something. lie
found himself in a state Of ambarrass.
ment uncommon with him. What was
he that he should talk TO decent
girl? And would she know that ne
was-the branded? Bur when. mo.
ment later, she trai!ed IN behlsd Con.
stance like a luminous shadow, when
Resale introduced them both by name.
and when he recognized them as the
women in the hanska affair, one part
OF his embarrassment hoated away.
Twice during the dinner he laughed
uproariously, causing Miss Harding 10
remark that he was getting back his
spirits. anyhow. This was when Betsy.
Barbara ventured a mild Joke. Twice
again she included him In the CONVEX
a ion. Once she asked for the but
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
Were They Sarcastlc7

An English writer has just discov.
cred some new peculiar epitaphs
There are two which were either un.
consciously humorous or intended &c
be bitterly sarcastic:
Maria Brown, wife Of Timothy
Brown. aged eighty years She lived
with her husband so years. and died
in the confident hope OF better
life
Here lies Bernard Lightfoot, who
was accidentally killed in the fer.
ty-ffth years OF his age This mon.
ument was erected by his grateful
family.
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13

kissed his sister Botsy-Barbara had,
somehow, the feeling that she was
meeting a stranger For the first time,
at any rate, she expressed him to
herself. He was small-but she had
always noticed that obvious fact. Look
ing at the figure on the bed, one would
have called the sister the taller Of the
two. He was nevertheless perfectly
formed. He had plume OF black hair
which glimmered IN the gaslight with
a dusky reflection of Betsy. Barbaras
native gold-and-satin turban.
She sat for FIVE minutes, while broth
er and sister made her the focus of
their conversation. But she was not
amused. In the presence Of his sis
ter, Estrilla appeared a different man
from the light fencer with words OF
their evenings downstairs. He was
grave; no was formal. 1t was puz
cling, but a little fascinating. this
change
In five minutes more, Bctsy-Barbara
summOnes tact to the aid of manners
and maiden modesty. She invented an
excuse to shield herself against Span
ish politcless, and left Estrilla bow
Ing graye.H at the threshold.
The houGe seemed deserted 1t was
too late to- venturing forth alone; yet,
somehow, tne must exercise the vague
black visioss which began TO surround
her-she wSo must keep courage for
two Also, Something which she could
not analyZt was stirring disquiet in
her soul.
If | only Yad some work." she said
10 herself az d sighed again. SO medi-
tating, she Wandered aimlessly down
stairs The GOors of the parlor were
open; the lights were on; the baby
grand piano stood open, inviting.
only merry tunes, though" she
warned herself as she sat down. And
she started the liveliest Jig she knew.
Presently, she began to sing in her
pleasant untrs'red voice. which wob-
bled entrancin<iy whenever she got
out of the midt!. register. But music
is the slave of r..3ods And before she
was aware, her voice was following
the strings in ole and melancholy love
songs.
Then Betsy-Ef rbara dropped her
hands from the leys, and the music
stopped abruptly She was just aware
that fine floar1g tenor had been
humming the part from the doorway.
Senior Estrilla stool looking down on
her
My seester has gone 10 sleep" he
said. And then, "TtHt is a Scotch song.
is it not? Please 90 on" Betsy Bar
bara smiled, noddsd, resumed her
keys; and they sanI together.
When the song vgs finished, Estril-
Ia leaned on the plOno and looked
down az Betsy Barbara. His mood
seemingly had charged; II was his
within 10 talk.
They are a little 2old on the sur
face. these Scotch iove-soEgs," he
said though warm bsreath. like a vol
caIo. Now We who FDeak Spanish
We can throw our emotions TO the sur.
face"
Don't you think" responded Betsy.
barbara, that to conceal it-but 70
show IT'S there--is the more wonder
full way after ALP
The blood OF the MacQregors In Bet
sy.narbara was calling her TO the de-
Tense OF her own.
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
SYNOPSIS.

Tommy North, returning tC his room In
Mrs. MoCre's boarding house at 23O a. m,
discovers the body u Capt John Hdnska,
smother rOumer. with a knife wound on
his breast Suspicion rests upon a man
giving the name OF Lawrence Wade. who
had called on Hanska IN the evening and
had been heard quarrcliuR with Hanska
During the excitement strange woman
who gives her name us Resale LeGrange,
appears and takes into her own home
across the street all W Mrs Moore's
boarders, including Miss Estrlla. an in
valid, who was confined 20 the room she
occupied and whose brother was favor
lite among he other hoarders. Wade Is
arrested rs he is about 10 leave the Coun-
try. Mrs. LeGrange. who. while plying
her trade as a trance medium, had aided
Police Inspector Martin MCGEE several
times. calls at HIS office 20 tell what she
knows OF the crime. While she Is there
Constance Hanska. widow OF the murder
ed man, whose existence had been un-
known, appears Mrs Hanska. says she
had left her husband and disCloses the
fact that Wade represented her and Wis
tied Hanska on the night Of the murder
In an effoft TO settle their affairs She
admits Wade was IN love with her Wade
Is held by the cOruner's jury for the death
~ TongLa
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13

in dipping them in the solution dur.
ing this operation, as they dry very
quickly and are almost Immediately
ready for repackine. No special ma
chinery is required, and the new agent
is guaranteed to preserve the eggs
for nine months, causing them to re
tain their freshness, weight, trans
parency, appearance, smell and taste
Mountain advocate., 1914-02-13
Or Rahv-lonian.

The baby in the little Broadway
(nee Evanston avenue) home was
slow about learning to talk and his
aunt was deploripg that fact. Four
year-old Elizabeth listened anXiously
"Oh. mother" she ventured at
length. do you think he'll grow up
derstand him if he turned out to be
French"