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Conference
Topics
Under
Discussion
When the conference of governors
of states and men distinguished in po
litical life of the nation met at the
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White House in Washington, May 13
14-15, in behalf of the preservation of
the country's natural resources, the
strangest, and, perhaps, the most im
portant convention ever held in the
capitol was inaugurated.
Among those invited to attend by
President Roosevelt himself were mem
bers of the cabinet, judges of the su
preme court of the United States,
governors of all the states in the
union, including the executives of
Alaska and Hawaii, and Andrew Car
negie, William Jennings Bryan, James
J. Hill, the railroad magnate John
Mitchell, the labor leader, and prom
inent scientists and business men
from all over the country.
Political differences, opposing issues
of national questions and business
rivalry were laid aside to discuss the
ways and means of conserving the nat-
mal resources of the country.
President Roosevelt opened the con
vention with an exposition of the why
and wherefore of the conference and
an outline of his views of the mat
ter. While on his trip dowi the Mis
sissippi river last fall, with the gov
ernors of 16 states, under the auspices
of the Inland Waterways association,
he is said to have obtained the
nucleus of the idea which resulted in
the present conference.
It will be remembered that Presi
dent Roosevelt on that trip expressed
the opinion that the question of the
conservation of the natural resources
of the country was of more import
ance than the regulation of the rate
question.
A number of papers, prepared at
the president's request, were read
and discussed.
James J. Hill, the railroad king,
spoke on "Relations Between Rail and
water Transportation." His paper
dealt with such subjects as the
growth of rail transportation, its dis
tribution and extent of systems, cost
and present value, traffic and earning
capacity, estimated cost of the cultiva
tion of trees for railroad ties and
., their preservation, increasing railways
to meet prospective requirements, etc.
Regarding water transportation Mr*
Hill dealt with its cost, present facil
ities, relation to rail transportation,
pressing lines of development, regu
lation by business interests or by law,
influence of cheapened transportation
on production, etc.
Under the general head of land
resources, Prof. T. C. Chamberlain of
the University of Chicago, in a paper
on "Soil," dealt with its origin, nat
ural products, progressive enrich
ment, effects of cultivation, erosion,
and general estimates of loss to the
country through needlessly reduced
DRINK OF OLD-TIME GOLFERS.
Whisky Not Popular with Devotees of
the Ancient Game.
"Though the majority of the old golf
clubs were mainly Scots," says a cor
respondent of a London magazine, "it
does not seem from the ancient rec
ords that the national beverage (whis
ky) was a customary drink at their
festive gatherings. Claret, punch,
port and champagne were apparently
preferred. Take the old Blackheath
club as an illustration. Its history
CHIEF TOPICS AND SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE
FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
(All from stereographs, copyright, 1908, by Underwood & Underwood, New York.)
Ingenious news Photograph, showing at a glance a most remarkable, epoch-making conference, the first of its kind in the history of civilization.
In the centor, Mr. Roosevelt. In the inner circle about him, beginning at the top and passing from left to right, are Speaker Cannon, Forestry Chief Pinchot, Post
master General Meyer, John Hays Hammond, president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers Senator La Follette, Senator Knox and Secretary Root.
fertility and decreased production.
The question of "Forests" was ex
pounded by R. A. Long, president of
the Long-Bell Lumber company of
Kansas City, Mo., who explained their
early use and destruction, present ex
tent and value, rate of consumption,
estimated duration, prospective prices
of forest products, the influence of
forests on soil, ground water and
springs, rivers, floods and low water,
waterway improvement and naviga
tion, and the relation between forest
control and crop production, com
merce and population.
Dr. George W. Kober of Washington
in a paper on "Sanitation" spoke of
the development of systems of com
munity water supply, relation between
purity and clarity of water for com
munity supply, mortality and disease
due to impure water, and the action
required in the interests of the public
health.
"Reclamation," by Hon. George C.
Pardee of Oakland, Cal., dealt with
the extent of arid and semi-arid re
gions, development and extent of ir
rigation, growth of concepts concern
ing water-rights and water as a basis
of property, influence of irrigation on
production, commerce, population,
consumption of water and other re
sources, reclamation and stream con
trol by drainage, and extent of swamp
and overflow lands and increased
value available by drainage, protection
and flood prevention.
Judge Joseph H. Carey of Cheyenne,
Wyo., in a paper on "Land Laws,"
dealt with their early policy of dis
posal, transfer under state charters,
especial grants, etc., development, ef
fect of creation of national parks,
forests and other reserves, advantages
of making this a nation of homes and
home owners, state and federal action
required, etc.
Hon. H. A. Jastro, president of the
National Live Stock association of
Bakersfield, Cal., delivered a paper on
"Grazing and Stock Raising." He
treated on the development of the in
dustries in the United States, their
extent and value, grazing in the arid
and semi-arid regions, methods and
results, comparative cost and profit
and relation between stock raising
and commerce.
Under the general head of mineral
resources, Dr. I. C. White, state geo
logist of West Virginia, in speaking
of mineral fuels, dealt with the coal
fields of the United States, methods
of mining, losses in mining, estimated
duration of present methods of min
ing and use, improvements in mining
and use, connection with coal produc
tion and transportation, relation be
tween coal and other resources, pe
troleum and rock gas and possible
substitutes for fuel.
In the outer circle, beginning at the top, John Mitchell, Seth Low, Samuel Gompers, Secretary Cortelyou, Gov Folk of Missouri, Justice Moody of the supreme
court, Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, Gov. Curry of New Mexico, William J. Bryan, Andrew Carnegie, James Wilson, secretary of agriculture Gov. Hughes and
«'OV. Johnson of Minnesota. On the margin are pictured mining, cattle raising, railroading, farming, river transportation, manufacturing, building material
Andrew Carnegie spoke on "Ores
goes back to 1608, and its minutes are
available from early in the eighteenth
century. The membership, judging by
the highland and lowland names, was
over 90 per cent. Scottish—Scots who
had come to England for the benefit
of the empire. These old golfers dined
every medal day, and they made It a
penal offense against the members to
miss the club dinner. Yet they
eschewed their native liquor, except
perhaps as a subsidiary help to the
long-drawn-out toast list.
"The Blackheath golfers on one oc
casion gave a public breakfast to 'the
and Related Minerals," their produc
tion in the United States, price, esti
mates of available quantity, duration
of supply, processes of mining and
quarrying and probable consequences
of exhaustion of standard minerals.
On May 12 President Roosevelt en
tertained at dinner the cabinet, the
members of the supreme court, the
governors and the other more dis
tinguished guests. Gifford Pinchot,
chief of the forestry division, gave a
reception to the governors and the In
land Waterways association on May
14. On the afternoon of May 15 Mrs.
Roosevelt gave a garden party on the
White House grounds for all the dele
gates to the convention. At the vari
ous hotels in Washington arrange
ments were made for smaller recep
tions and dinners.
All of the governors who accom
panied President Roosevelt on his Mis
sissippi river trip last fall were pres
ent. They are: Comer of Alabama,
Broward of Florida, Deneen of Illi
nois, Cummins of Iowa, Hock of Kan
sas, Blanchard of Louisiana, Folk of
Missouri, Shelton of Nebraska, Cuny
of New Mexico, Burke of North Da
kota, Frantz of Oklahoma, Chamber
lain of Oregon, Davidson of Wisconsin
and Brooks of Wyoming.
That the conference attracted world
wide interest was evidenced by the
fact that many of the foreign diplo
mats at Washington followed the af
fairs of the convention closely.
Those who were in close touch with
the conference arrangements declare
they have never known another move
ment which has been greeted with
such quick and enthusiastic popular
approval.
An indication of public opinion was
afforded by the great mass of corre
spondence which poured into the
White House on this subject. Organi
zations of all sorts expressed realiza
tion of the greatness of the enter
prise.
That conservation of national re
sources is nothing about which the
political parties wish to raise an is
sue is indicated by the attitude of the
Democratic leaders. Both William J.
Bryan and Gov. John A. Johnson,
leading candidates for the Democratic
presidential nomination, wrote to
President Roosevelt expressing their
approval. Equally emphatic indorse
ment, it is understood, has been voiced
by Grover Cleveland. Mr. Bryan's
letter to the president read: "I great
ly appreciate your kind invitation and
shall take pleasure in attending the
conference on the conservation of nat
ural resources. I am, I beg to assure
you, in hearty sympathy with the pur
pose of the conference, and I have no
doubt that the discussion of the sub
ject will be very helpful to us all."
Gov. Johnson's letter read: "To as-
ladies and gentlemen of the heath and
its neighborhood.' They ordered two
rounds of beef, two hams, one fillet of
veal, 12 pairs of chickens, with mel
ons, grapes, apricots, apples and pears
and 'cakes of sorts.' But let the list
of liquors be noted. They were
'punch, sherry, port, cider, porter—
and water.' No mention of usque
baugh.
"Besides, all the Infractions of club
etiquette were levied under the for
mula of 'a gallon of claret,' the equiv
alent being one guinea (five.dollars).
When old Scottish members far re-
At the
White House
May 13,14, IS
Some of
the Chief
Talkers
sure you that I heartily agree with
your conclusion that the conservation
of the natural resources of our country
presents a problem demanding the
best thought of our times is superflu
ous. We have been exploiting our
resources with no thought of the mor
row, and the claims of posterity upon
us should certainly be taken into ac
count."
In his letter of invitation to the
conference President Roosevelt said:
"There is no other question now
before the nation of equal gravity
with the question of conservation of
our natural resources, and it is the
plain duty of us who, for the moment,
are responsible, to take inventory of
the natural resources which have been
handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future, and so handle the
great sources of our prosperity as
not to destroy in advance all hope of
the prosperity of our descendants."
The need for such a conference is
illustrated by a few facts vouched for
by investigators. Government experts
say that between 300,000,000 and 400,
000,000 tons of coal were lost in 1906
by penny wise and pound foolish
methods, and that the total so wasted
since the beginning of the industry
is 50,000,000,000 tons. Millions upon
millions of horsepower are going to
waste through failure properly to
utilize and conserve the waterpower of
the United States.
The construction of reservoirs at
the sources of streams in which flood
waters may be stored to be released
at periods of low water is expected
not only to keep the waters at a con
tinuous level, but prevent the destruc
tion of property by floods, maintain
constant levels for navigation and to
develop water power.
At the present rate of timber con
sumption it is estimated that the price
of every kind of lumber will be about
double the present price only one de
cade from to-day.
It is said that the total iron ore
available in the world to-day is 25,
000,000,000 tons, of which three-fifths
is in the United States. Should the
rate of consumption continue to in
crease in the United States in the
same ratio that it has in the course of
the last score of years, at the end of
two centuries there would be no
more ore to be mined.
In the United States there is an area
of 175,000,000 acres of land susceptible
to reclamation by irrigation, and 500,
000,000 acres of western public range
which may be made available for in
creased production of meat by restrict
ing the grazing and reseeding portions
which have been destroyed by unre
stricted grazing. With this area
made available once more, it is esti
mated that its meat producing capac
ity will be nearly doubled.
moved from the links made a present
of liquor to their old friends it gen
erally took the form of a riddle of
claret, a hogshead of Jamaica rum or
a case of champagne."
Dickering.
"Yes," said the steamship agent,
"that's our best rate for a second-cab
in passage to Liverpool."
"But," asked the prospective tour
ist, "don't you make any rebate?"
"For what?"
"Well, say, for nine meals. I'm al
ways sick the first three days oat"
W O W W W I I W W I
SYNOPSIS.
Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth
er. and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of the Paolis, from the mur
derous vendetta, understanding that his
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Marina.
The English officer who shot Antonio
fell under the Egyptian guns by the
hand of God. The man I love is free
of any blood stain."
"Ah, the murderer of your brother
fell by the hand of God. It is well
And this cavalier, is he your hus
band?
"Oh, no he is an American against
whom foul wrong has been done by
Saliceti," and introducing Barnes she
says: "Tell this great bandit your
story and he will give you justice. He
has done so often in Bocognano."
Briefly the American relates the kid
naping of his wife, and listening to
this, the Corsican says: "No outrage
against woman was ever perpetrated
in Bocognano without my avenging
her, and this crime against a strange
lady—ah, the hospitality of the island
forbids it. Descend with me to the
village, Americano, who has done such
a great service in the slaying of these
miscreants, who have dishonored our
noble calling, and we, the Bellacoscia,
will give your bride back to you and
right your wrong."
"Dio mio," cries Marina excitedly.
"Now that our glorious bandits love
you, Burton, your wrongs will be
righted!"
CHAPTER XIV.
Before a Corsican Election.
Escorted by the mountaineers, two
stalwart young men carrying Made
moiselle Paoli down the dizzy path,
they skirt the dread precipices of Del
Oro and passing the vinelands and the
clearings, come into the main road
leading from Corte, then descending
the hill are in the chestnut groves of
Bocognano.
Then their leader turns to Marina
and says: "Have no fear, Signora
your English sister shall be returned
to this gentleman, but—" he lays his
hand on Barnes' shoulder—"use not
the weapons I see at your belt. Thy
quarrel shall be my quarrel. No for
eigner shall ever be compelled to pro
tect a woman while I, Antonio Bonelli,
dominate Bocognano."
"Were it not meeting night, every
thing would be silent save the dogs
and pigs," chuckles Tomasso. "Now
they'll have light enough to see I am
alive."
"Cospetto, they are making a fete
for you, Monaldi," laughs one of the
young men, for lanterns are dangling
from the overhanging boughs of the
main street of the little village some
of the houses are illuminated, and
round the communal building and the
wine shops are gathered many men.
The little party tramp through the
lantern-lighted streets, and coming to
the door of the municipal building, the
loungers who are smoking their pipes
make way for them, doffing their hats
and saying with great reverence: "The
Bellacoscia!"
Near the entrance are two illumi
nated placards, one reading: "Vote for
Saliceti, who upholds old Corsica!"
The other: "Cast your ballots for Ber
nardo, the man who kills!"
Surrounded by the young men, To
masso in the dim light is not noticed,
and Marina has drawn her mandile
close about her face.
The party enter the low hall of the
municipal, which is lighted by lamps
and decorated by myrtles and cycla
men flowers. It Is well filled by a
crowd of farmers, peasants, wool
growers and shepherds. These are
now being fervidly addressed by young
Bernardo himself.
Catching sight of the commanding
figure of the great bandit, the adroit
politician bursts out rapturously: "Ah,
thanks, grand Antonio Bonelli, for thy
presence and countenance. Tou have
come to say to me, 'Bernardo, you are
a true Corsican in you Is upheld the
honored custom of the vendetta to the
twentieth generation.' So will all here
say when to-morrow I shall have the
body of the one who came to Marina's
nuptials and left death behind him,
this American who brought with him
soldiers to shoot down poor old To
masso Monaldi."
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But the savage shouts that greet
this are stilled by old Tomasso, who
pushes through the crowd and stands
facing the platform, his eyes flashing,
and says: "I, Tomasso Monaldi, tell
you there is no cause of a vendetta for
me, because I am alive!"
At his words shuddering cries of
"Ghost!" "Spirit!" "Spectre!" rise
amid the tobacco smoke of the meet
ing, and some would slip from the door
did not Antonio Bonelli command:
"Let all remain!" as three of his stal
wart descendants bar the entrance.
There is a sudden cry: "Father!"
from a girl in black mandile and deep
mourning who has been sitting with
some other women in the retirement
of a corner of the hall, listening to her
lover's ferocious eloquence, and Ethe
ria, with streaming eyes, is in Mon
aldi's arms.
"Aye, 'tis flesh and blood you're
fondling, girl," laughs the great ban
dit, and striding to the platform he
says in ringing tones: "But this is
not all!" for now the crowd are gath
ered about Tomasso and are greeting
him with words ef sympathy because
for the mere killing of a man, he had
been forced to take to the macchia
and become a bandit.
"Attention, all!" commands Antonio.
"Listen to my words. If not, my fol
lowers shall give sharper notice to
you!" And the crowd wisely becomes
still.
"In pursuit of your suffrages, Sali
ceti has put a base outrage on our hos
pitality," continues the bandit chief in
solemn tones. "He has abducted a
young English lady and brought her to
Bocognano to lure to death her hus
band, an American Signore who shoots
well enough to be a bandit and who
this night, with his own weapons, has
slain Rochini and Romano, whose mur-
ward, some men turn away, a woman
whispers: "Ti a pity the blood of
Pasquale Paoli flows In her," and a
young cavalier remarks: "We honored
your wedding, Madame Anstruther, but
then we did not know that you had for
gotten your oath of the vendetta and
were mating with the slayer of your
brother."
"Gaspardo!" cries Marina, with a
gasp of horror, "my childhood's friend,
how dare you say this lie?" and stag
gering onto the platform, and seeing
condemnation, horror and disgust in
the faces she had known from child
hood, the girl simply but with great
nobility of manner, tells them how
Musso Danella, inspired by devilish
jealousy, had turned the articles in a
dead man's trunk into evidence that
the English officer whom she had
nursed tc life in the Egyptian hospi
tals and whom she loved with her
whole heart, was the principal in the
duel at AjaccTo, the man who had slain
her brother.
The beauty of the suppliant, with
the blood of the great Corsican patriot
flowing in her veins, touches their pas
sionate hearts. A lady from the little
balcony seizing.some of the cyclamen
decorations, throws the flowers all
oyer her, and her compatriots, whose
faces had been cold to her, fly around,
embrace her and beg her to forgiva
them.
"But there is one I will not forgive,"
cries the girl sternly "this Saliceti,
Bernardo, who had known me in my
youth, who spread these reports all
over the mountains that I have dis
graced my very womanhood in giving
myself to my brother's murderer."
"A bas Saliceti!" yells a sheep farm
er from the valley.
"Demonios, his lies have dishonored
our race!" growls a goatherd from
the slopes of La Pintica.
"Leave him to us," says Bonelli
calmly his hawk's eyes are fixed un
pleasantly on the candidate, who with
muttered anathema is edging from
the platform.
"Gaspardo!" Cries Marina.
ders have made you all tremble as you
went along mountain paths and whose
outrages have caused our maids to
have nightmares."
"Rochini and Romano dead? Impos
sible!" cries a shepherd, as a sigh of
relief and then a yell of gratitude rises
from the concourse.
"I saw him shoot the ruffians to
death upon Del Oro, I, Antonio Bonelli.
Don't dare say no!" This last is ad
dressed to Saliceti, who, having recov
ered from his astonishment, is about
to open his mouth.
"Ah, you admit it. Maladetta, where
is the English lady?"
And Saliceti, being admonished to
answer by a quick prick of the stiletto
from a Bellacoscia youth who has
stepped behind him, the young politi
cian falters forth: "No harm has come
to her. She is with my mother."
On this Barnes has looked from a
distance, wisely reflecting that his bat
tle is being fought for him, but with
difficulty restraining his hands from
putting a pistol ball through Saliceti.
He now cries:
"Then, for God's sake, take me to
her quick!"
This brings upon him the attention
of the crowd. Learning that it is he
who has relieved them of the terror of
Rochini, the men cry "Viva!" and em
brace him, and a little girl steals up to
him and timidly kisses his hand.
"Tour lady shall receive you soon,
Signore Barnes," remarks Bonelli. "I
would like you to see Corsican justice,"
and at some words from him two or
three of the young men having left
the hall on his errand, the hawk-eyed
bandit continues: "Besides, I fear
common report has done wrong to the
lady of our town. Marina, child, step
here and make your friends love you
again."
To this time, she having stood in the
shadows of the rear and the lamplight
of the room being very dim, in their
excitement the concourse had not no
ticed her but as Marina steps for-
With this, Corsica's favorite bandit
commands sternly: "Men of Bocog
nano, no one of you will cast your
ballot at the polls for this politician
who has disgraced our village. Other
wise you will hear from me. You will
vote for Signopo Ambrose Lucitano,
the cigarette smoking statesman from
Ajaccio, who begs your suffrages. He
may be a greater fool, but he is not so
great a rascal as our fellow towns-
man! Don't you even dare vote for
yourself!" he cries, as the abashed
Saliceti flies from the room pursued
by jeers and execrations and even the
taunts of his own sweetheart, who is
still clasped in old Tomasso's arms.
"Now, reparation to you, Signore
Barnes, the only one we can make.
We will bear you in honor to Marina's
home, where your bride now awaits
you. Your wedding fete was postponed
in Nice, I understand," the grim man
smiles slightly. "We will give you in
Bocognano a nuptial procession to a
bride whose lips are as unsullied as
when she made vows to you."
So, attended by the whole of the
Bellacoscia and many girls, who have
pulled down the floral ornaments of
the communal room, waving the flow
ers about him, and young men shoot
ing off their guns in his honor, Barnes,
with Marina on his arm, is escorted
beneath the lantern-lighted chestnut
trees to the old mansion of the Paolis.
As they pass along the main street a
girl comes running from the telegraph
office and places an envelope in Ma
rina's hand. After glancing at it, a
wild elation is in the young wife's
face. She whispers some hurried di
rections to old Tomasso, and tripping
to Barnes' side her step is as buoyant
as his.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Why Is Itf
The seats were in the orchestra, on
the theater's left. "The left side of
the house always sells out first," said
the box-office man. "Everybody seems
to prefer it to the right I don't know
why. "Boxes, especially. We can sell
two left to one right box every time.
Nobody takes the right side for choice.
And there is no reason for this. At
much goes on in the right extremity
of the stage as in the left—we proprl
etors always look after that—and yoi
see just as much from the right a*
from the left side. Why, then, Is tk'
left side always at a premium?"
HEWS OF 1 1 1
MINNESOTA.
Minneapolis—May 11, the state of
Minnesota was 50 years old. On that
day, fifty years ago the telegraph sta
tion nearest to Minneapolis was
Prairie du Chien, Wis. The news of
the passage of the bill by congress
for the admission of the state was
flashed over the wires from Washing
ton to the little Wisconsin town only
a few minutes after President James
Buchanan had attache'd his signature
to the document making it a law, but
the people most interested were not
aware of their good fortune until two
days later, when the steamer Mil
waukee, at 6 a. m. arrived in St. Paul
bringing both official and private ad
vices of the auspicious event. The
newspapers of the twin cities issued
"extras" that day, and followed these
on the 14th with liberal extracts from
papers published "down the river"
brought on the afternoon of the 13th,
by the steamer Gray Eagle.
The first session of the state legis
lature began on the first Wednesday
of December at the capitol in St. Paul,
five months before the state was ad
mitted to the Union. In that month,
Henry M. Rice and James Shields
were elected United States senators.
On Jan. 29, 1858, Senator Stephen A.
Douglas submitted a bill to the Unit
ed States senate for the admission of
Minnesota into the union. On April
7, ihe bill passed the senate with only
three dissenting votes, was shortly
concurred in by the house of repre
sentatives and on May 11, 1858, the
president affixed his signature to it.
The population of the new state
was 150,037. The state officers, who
had been elected in October of the
previous year, assumed their duties
on May 24, 1S58. They were: H. H.
Sibley, governor William Holcomb,
lieutenant governor Francis 'Baason,
secretary of state George W. Arm
strong, treasurer W. F. Dunbar, au
ditor Charles H. Berry, attorney gen
eral Lafayette Emmett, chief justice
Charles E. Flandreau and Isaac At
water, associate justices. The clerk
of the supreme court was Jacob J.
Noah, and the reporter, Harvey Offi
cer James Shields and Henry M.
Rice, democrats. United States sen
ators J. M. Cavanaugh, democrat,
representative in congress from the
first district, and W. W. Phelps, demo
crat, from the second district.
Remove Blots.
St. Paul—The state of Minnesota,
through its capitol grounds commis
sion, is about to take the first steps
to clearing up the approaches to the
new capitol by wiping out some of
the big billboards which are in such
generous abundance in that neighbor
hood. The first attack will be along
Wabasha street on the ground recent
ly purchased by the commission.
The state has now acquired title to
the land on Wabasha street, between
Central avenue and Park avenue, ex
cept that occupied by the buildings at
the corner of Central avenue. The
old sheds whose roofs were formerly
visible over the tops of the billboards
have already been removed and the
billboards will soon follow them.
Watching.
Long Lake—Sheriff Dreger and his
deputies are maintaining a close
watch on the Kadelbach farm near
here, where the murder of Mrs. Kath
erine McCart was committed a year
ago.
It is thought that George Kadel
bach, the suspect, may return for a
few days to look after his farm. In
case he does there will be officers
waiting to welcome bim.
Mrs. Kadelbach has been away from
the farm several weeks and it is be
lieved that she has been in California,
where Kadelbach has taken refuge
since the crime. She is expected
home soon to look after business af
fairs.
To Impeach Recorder.
Mankato—Alleging that City Re*
corder John B. Hodapp had wilfully,
unlawfully and fraudulently placed
the name of A. L. Baby on the city
payroll and refuses t? remove it al
though the presence of the objec
tionable name prevents the other la
borers from getting their pay, inas
much as Mayor Andrews refuses to
sign the order, the city council has
preferred formal charges against the
recorder and has set his hearing for
the evening of May 22. If he is found
guilty the charter requires the coun
cil to remove him from office.
NEWS NOTES.
Mapleton—At a meeting of the vll«
lage council it was voted to accept
the proposition of Andrew Carnegie
to give Mapleton $5,000 for a public
library, and a levy of $500 will be
made annually for its maintenance.
Stetson's "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
will be the attraction at the Bijou
Opera House, Minneapolis, for one
week, beginning Sunday, May 17.
The company comprises about fifty
people, including a dozen specialty
artists, two quartettes, band and or
chestra, and a colored chorus to add
zest and realism to plantation scenes.
St. Paul—D. W. Lawler, mayor-elect
of St. Paul, has resigned his position,
on the state board of visitors to state
institutions, and Gov. Johnson ap
pointed George R. O'Reilly, also of
St. Paul, to the position.
Minneapolis—Fifty prominent so
ciety women have been supplied with
special badges showing them to be
auxiliary members of the Humane so
ciety.
Willow River—Paul V. Novak, a boy
employed in the slab yard at the At
wood Lumber company's sawmill, was
run over and killed by a dump wagon.
St. Paul—The Minnesota supreme
court, in an opinion filed by Justice
Elliott, declared constitutional the
mortgage registry tax law which was
passed by the last legislature. Tire
law was attacked by the Mutual Ben
efit Insurance company.
St. Cloud—Assailant of St. Cloud po
liceman, sentenced to penitentiary,
blames Red Wing reform school foi
his continued life of crime.
S Cloud—E. C. Parker and W. K.
Tomhave, Minnesota men, are picked
to introduce modern farming methods
in Manchuria.