Willmar Tribune.
BT THX TBIBUKK PBIKTni0 Co.
WILLMAR. MINK.
BRIEFNEWSNOTES
FORTHEBUSY I N
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PA8T WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review Sf Happenings of
Greatest Interest from All Parts of
the Globe—Latest Home and For
eign Items.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The senate began the consideration
of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill.
A committee of Porto Ricans ar
rived in Washington to ask for citi
zenship for the island's inhabitants.
The senate killed the McCumber
amendment to the tanff bill providing
for free lumbei
Mrs Taft is much improved in
health and able to paitially attend to
her White House duties, but will not
accompany the president to Pittsburg
or Gettysbuig
Senator Hejbuin spoke for a high
duty on lumber and Senator McCum
ber for free lumber in the tariff bill
debate
Secretaiy of War Dickinson, who
"was forced to cut short his inspection
of the Panama canal because of ill
ness, returned to Washington.
The tieasurv officials have found a
new counterfeit two dollar certificate
bearing the number 1110
The building piogram of the United
States na-\v ioi the fiscal year 1911
will call foi two battleships of the
most advanced Dreadnaught type, also
Ave torpedo destroyers and one mod
ern repair ship tor the fleet.
Owing to the illness of Mrs Taft,
the president abandoned his proposed
trip to Hampton, Va
Senator Aldrich surprised hiB col
leagues by admitting that he had
been justly criticised by Senator Till
man for letting the tariff legislation
drag along.
PERSONAL.
William Burletson, cashier of a
defunct bank at Parma, Mich., was
sentenced to the penitentiary, the
court recommending eight years.
Mrs John Rockefeller is recover
ing from pneumonia at Virginia Hot
Springs and soon will go to her sum
mer home at Pocanto Hills, N. Y.
Max Baum, a New York Free Ma
son, has appealed to President Taft to
"intercede just a little as your con
science may dictate" for C. W. Morse,
a "brother Mason
Vice President Sherman, in an ad
idress to the National Good Roads con
gress, declared himself in favor of
Letter public highways.
Dr Paul Ritter, newly appointed
minister of Switzerland to the United
States, and Amos P. Wilder, United
States consul general at Shanghai, ar
rived in San Francisco from the Ori
ent on the Nippon Maru.
Dr James Barkley of Detroit was
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
general assembly at Denver.
Miss Helen Taft has promised to un
veil a monument to regular army sol
diers at Gettysburg on May 31.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter, addressed the Lake Mohonk
peace conference, declaring that
China hopes the day soon will arrive
when compulsory arbitration will be
the law of nations.
GENERAL NEWS.
Labor Commissioner Neill found
that the Georgia railroad stnke had
developed into a race war.
Dr Steffen of Dubuque, la,
told the Presbyterians in the Denver
assembly to ignore Rockefeller and
Carnegie and dig into their own pock
ets for college endowments.
John Mitchell penned a hot reply to
the speech ot John Kirby, president of
the National Association of Manufac
turers
John Caiter and three grandchil
dren were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their home at El
don, la
The dresses of five little girls caught
fire as they were on the stage partici
pating in graduation exercises and
all were badly burned at Central
City, Ky.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion adopted a testimonial to H. H.
Rogers and elected Morgan, Jr.,
to his place on the board of directors.
Seven geese were plucked of their
leathers, lifted from a pond and
•swept into a haymow by a tornado
near Mattoon, 111.
An unmasked mob lynched a negro
who had attempted to assault a white
girl at Pine Bluff, Ark
The Western Pacific railroad placed
an order for 40 engines of the consoli
dated type with the Brooks plant of
the American Locomotive Company.
Mrs Louise Carston of East Hamp
ton, Conn cut the throats of two of
her children am' then ended her own
life
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan
of Turkey, has turned $5,000,000 over
to the government.
King Edward compelled the earl of
Ronaldshay to apologize to the count
ess of Granard for calling her "a
dumped American heiress who was
fortunate enough to secure a title."
The traveling public won a victory
in the "Portland Gateway case" by a
decision rendered by the interstate
commerce commission requiring rail
roads to sell through passenger tick
ets between Seattle and other points
In the Pacific northwest and eastern
points via Portland, Ore.
The dean of Westminster abbey has
refused a request of British authors
that the ashes of George Meredith be
deposited in the abbey.
The senate adopted a rate of 35
and 65 cents on electric light carbons
and a 50 per cent, duty on automo
biles.
A telegraph operator overheard
plans of bandits to rob a Denver ft
Rio Grande train, sent a message to
Helper, Utah, and prevented the
hold-up.
Ambassador Jusserand of France
left Washington for Sap Francisco,
where, on behalf of the French gov
ernment, he is to present the city with
a gold medal in commemoration of
the restoration of the city, following
the earthquake and fire of several
years ago.
Face powder and "beauty spots"
have been prohibited to the girl pu
pils of a branch of the Washington
Irving high school in New York by
order of Miss Rachel Benjamini, the
principal.
An unmasked mob hanged Lovett
Davis, a negro, charged with attack
ing a 16-year-old girl, to a telegraph
pole in Pine Bluff, Ark.
Trial of Calvin Johnson, one of the
four negroes held for the murder of
Walter F. Schultz, a Chicago artist,
was begun in Alexandria, Va.
Harmony lodge, an organization of
saloonkeepers in Grand Rapids, Mich.,
has passed resolutions asking its mem
bers to inform against any saloonkeep
ers known to have broken the liquor
laws.
The International Commission of
Fisheries, appointed to develop meas
ures for the protection and propaga
tion of food fishes in the waters con
tiguous to the United States and Can
ada, met in Washington.
The national meeting of the Asso
ciated Harvard clubs opened in Cin
cinnati, former President Eliot and
President Lowell both being present.
The thirteenth international confer
ence of the Railroad Department of
North America of the Young Men's
Christian association opened in St
Louis with a very large attendance
and with Col. John J. McCook of New
York in the chair.
Charles P. Neill, United States com
missioner of labor, arrived in Atlanta
to settle, if possible, the strike which
has tied up the Georgia railroad.
The crew of the steamer Dora res
cued 194 persons from the Columbia,
which was wrecked near Unimaka
pass, off the Alaskan coast.
State universities were called
"Godless" by Dr. Cochran in a speech
to the Presbyterian assembly at Den
ver.
Sheriff Shipp and five others of
Hamilton county, Tennessee, were de
clared in contempt by the United
States supreme court and will be sen
tenced next Tuesday.
Three different passenger fare rates,
two, two and a half and three cents a
mile, are in effect on railroads in Mis
souri.
Four persons were drowned and
one frightened to death by floods in
Oklahoma.
Dr. Oscar N. Taylor of Berkeley,
Cal., killed himself in performing a
surgical operation on his own nose.
Should the jury fail to vote for hang
ing John Junken, a negro murderer, at
Centerville, la., it is feared a mob will
lynch him.
Mayor John T. Carmody of Cedar
Rapids was shot and badly wounded
by a burglar whom he found in his
house.
Preachers of Holland-American
churches at Muskegon, Mich., have
united to bar liquor at weddings be
cause of several recent scandals.
The three months' coal miners'
strike in Alberta and British Columbia
has been ended through the efforts of
the government board of conciliation.
Harry K. Thaw, in an interview,
has scored Clifford W. Hartridge, his
former lawyer, who in an affidavit
says $40,000 was used as "hush
money" in connection with the Thaw
trial.
Masons of Indiana united in dedicate
ing a $750,000 Masonic temple in In
dianapolis. The building is four stor
ies high and has a roof garden.
Seventeen pairs of shoes have been
made by a factory at Brockton, Mass,
for the baby daughter of Queen Wil
helmina of Holland.
The trial of Patrick Calhoun, a San
Francisco millionaire charged with
bribery, grows more bitter as it nears
its sixth month.
Bandits held up a Union Pacific
tram near Omaha and stole several
registered mail pouches, said to con
tain $200,000.
The National Association of Harv
ard Clubs will hold its annual meeting
in Cincinnati, May 28-29.
Following a quarrel with his wife
over a flopeared hound, Henry Traue,
a farmer living near Fairfield, 111.,
took the dog and disappeared.
The police of New York would not
let Emma Goldman, queen of the an
archists, speak in that city.
Vespasian Warner, 'United States
pension commissioner, was sub
poenaed to appear as a witness in the
Snell case at Clinton, 111.
As a result of a cave-in in a gravel
pit at Olive Branch, Miss., five negroes
were killed. Tons of gravel fell on
them and the bodies were crushed.
James Montague of Belmond and an
insurance man named Peckham of
Des Moines were drowned while fish
ing in Twin lakes, la.
The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Waterways
association wants President Taft to
make a trip on the river from St.
Louis to New Orleans.
Frederico Mariani, whose marriage
with Tom Johnson's daughter proved a
failure, has written a play in which
he shows how the game of love is
played in America and European coun
ies.
The appellate court of New York
decided that a negro cannot be so
much humiliated by false arrest as a
white man.
Guam, the United States' tiny island
possession in the Pacific ocean, like
its parent country, is in the throes of
a tariff revision. The natives believe
they were burdened with unnecessar
ily high duties.
Final funeral services for Henry H.
Rogers, vice-president of the Standard
Oil Company, were held in his native
town, Fairhaven, Mass.
A man hunt inside prison walls was
the strange experience of the guards
of the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus
when a life convict foiled them in a
game of hide and seek for two days.
A general strike of river drivers
and saw mill workers has been called
by the Industrial Workers of the
World of Kalispell, Mont It Is stated
300 men employed at the saw mills
and factories at Somers, Mont, went
out
LURE OF WOMAN
LEADS TO ARREST
YOUTH WHO EMBEZZLED LIN-
COLN PROPERTY CAUGHT.
Makes Long Jump to See Girl and
Runs Into Detective—Formerly
a Student at the Min
nesota "U.
Lincoln, Neb., May 27.—After hav
ing been chased over the country by
half a score of detectives for more
than two months, Joseph H. Storrs,
alias J. H. McCarthy, has been cap
tured in Seattle. He is wanted here
for embezzling $7,000 of the Horn
estate, of which he was appointed the
administrator.
Of handsome appearance and suave
nature, Storrs readily won a place in
the society circles of this city. He
claimed to be of Southern parentage
and to come from Savannah, Ga. He
showed numerous references from
prominent Southern statesmen and at
torneys and that he was not what he
professed to be was never questioned.
About the time that he was appoint
ed administrator he began to spend
money freely, to give midnight lunches
for chorus girls and to mingle with
the better class of society where his
pleasant address and seemingly lim
itless amount of money seemed to win
him a place.
Soon it was rumored about that he
was going in debt for all that he
spent. But it was only a whisper, un
til one day an evening paper came out
with the announcement that dashing
young McCarthy, as he had been
known here, had gone and with him
all the monev of the estate that had
been deposited in a local bank. An
investigation was all that was neces
sary, and it was found that the young
society queener had gone, and that
a young stenographer had confided to
her friends that she was going with
him and that they were tp be mar
ried in Chicago.
The bonding company that had se
cured McCarthy through the recom
mendation of Congressman McGuire
got busy and offered a reward for his
return. The Lincoln detective de
partment began quietly to work, and
in a week McCarthy had been located
at Grand Forks, N. D., where he had
a sister living.
Through Lincoln confederates he
learned that detectives were look
ing for him, and he escaped to Duluth,
Minn. There he remained in a subur
ban house for a week, until he be
came anxious to hear from the girl
whom he had left in the Dakota city.
Then he telephoned to the hotel where
he had told her to write him under
another name than his own, and he
was told that there was a letter there.
But by that time the girl had be
come wise to his maneuvers and had
consented to help the detectives cap
ture him. She wrote a letter under
the direction of Detective Morse, who
was in charge of the case, and this
was mailed to Duluth. But McCarthy
never called for the letter. Some
thing seemed to tell him that plain
clothes men waited in the hotel to
nab him and he did not appear.
A week later McCarthy wrote the
girl from Washington, D. C, that he
was there. The next week he was in
New York, and the next in Minneap
olis. Then he hurried across the bor
der to Winnipeg and on to Seattle,
where he had a brother. All this time
detectives followed him, keeping in
touch with his rapid travels through
Effie Malone, the young stenographer,
but always being a little too late to
get him.
Finally he wrote Miss Malone that
he was to go to Seattle and that he
would meet her there at the home of
his brother. That was the clue which
detectives followed, and C. E. Morse
and Miss Malone left Grand Forks
and hurried to Seattle. With nearly
a full-grown beard, and hardly recog
nizable to the detective who had
known him for two years, McCarthy
boldly walked up the street toward
the house.
When Detective Morse had taken
him to the station at Seattle he con
fessed all and promised to return to
Lincoln without extradition papers.
When asked about his past Mc
Carthy confessed all. He had been
reared at Fargo, N. D., he said, and
had been sent to the Michigan uni
versity, then to Minnesota university,
later to Cornell, and then to Harvard,
where he graduated from the law
school. He was always a crook in a
greater or less degree, and had in
his college davs been expelled from
school after school for "cribbing," he
said. He told the detectives that he
had graduated from Harvard in 1900,
but a diploma from the law school of
that college shows that a degree of
law had been granted to Joseph H.
Storrs in 1898. This document was
found at Grand Forks, N. D., when his
trunk was searched. Other papers
showed that he had been at school in
all of the colleges he professed to
have attended.
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis, May 26.
Wheat—No. 1 northern. $1.34 No.
2 northern. 91.32 Mav 81.33. Durum
No. 1. $1.21. Oats—No. 3 white, 57c
Barley, No. 4. 72. Rve No. 2, 84c
Corn—No. 3. 73c. Flax—No. 1. $1.78
Duluth, May 26.—No. 1 Nor'n $1.33
May $1.31.
South St. Paul, May 26.
Cattle—Steers. $4.50 and $5.00
cows $3.50 and $4.50. Hogs $6.90
and $7.15. Muttons, $5 50: lambs
$6.50.
FARMER MAY HAVE BEEN SLAIN.
Spokane, Wash., May 27.—The body
of Patrick Corrigan, a wealthy farmer
from Custer, Wis., was dragged from
the Spokane river here Tuesday
night. The police reported the find
yesterday. His pockets had been
turned inside out, his gold watch, gold
pin and cash had vanished, as well
as $4,000 in drafts and $3,000 in mort
gages he carried when he disappeared
here March 13.
The body was so badly battered as
to be almost unrecognizable. A gash
in the head suggested a violent death.
esoF.iiraii
8aloon Raiders Arrested.
Duluth.—The Bovey saloonkeepers,
John Sperk and N. 8. Knoblock, have
each caused the arrest of Rev. Hill,
August Johnson and Capt. Tundquist,
the last mentioned a constable of that
village, on charges of burglary. The
arrests are the outcome of a raid to
get evidence of alleged lid tilting in
the western Mesabi mining town.
The three men arrested constituted
the raiding party, and they had search
warrants, but the saloonkeepers de
clare the warrants were issued Sun
day and are illegal. They further
more contend that the raiders by
their action in entering the places
provided an opportunity for thieves to
enter. Knoblock alleges that |200
was stolen from his place in conse
quence of the raid, and Sperk says
he has lost $63 in the same manner.
The arrested parties were arraigned
before Justice Franti and gave ball
for their appearance next Thursday
in the sum of $500 each.
St. Paul Woman Speaker.
Waseca.—Fifty delegates of the
First District auxiliary of the Minne
sota Federation of Women's Clubs
met here in the M. E. church. They
represented fourteen of the twenty
three clubs in this district. Mrs. C.
G. Higbee of St. Paul, president of
the Minnesota federation, delivered
the principal address and spoke of
the laudable work of women's clubs,
declaring that at least thirteen laws
passed by the recent legislature were
due to the efforts of the clubs. Mrs.
Towne of Albert Lea was nominated
as the next district vice president
and next year's meeting will be held
at that place.
Reveals Winter Tragedy.
Duluth.—The remains of an un
known man was found in a shack a
short distance from the Northland
Country club. The man had been
frozen to death some time during the
winter. The shack had been built
out of pieces of wood and was lined
with tar paper. This was all the pro
tection the man had from the fierce
winter weather. A shaving mug and
some other trinkets were found in
the hut. The body was badly decom
posed, showing that death had oc
curred two or three months ago.
Two Professors Quit Normal.
Winona. The Winona Normal
school will this season lose two of
its professors, both having been
called to university work. A short
time ago Dr. G. O. Virtue, who has
had social science, history and civics,
accepted a call to a similar chair in
the University of Nebraska at Lin
coln, Neb. Now Dr John A. Thack
ston of the mathematics department
has accepted a call to a similar posi
tion In the University of Florida at
Gainesville, Fla.
Ninety Complete Courses.
St. Peter.—Dr. P. A. Mattson, presi
dent of Gustavus Adolphus college,
delivered the baccalaureate sermon
to the members of the several gradu
ating classes yesterday morning. To
night the seniors had their class ex
ercises, and commencement week
will close with the alumni banquet
Thursday evening. Ninety students,
the largest number ever graduated
by the institution, complete their
courses this spring.
More Sewers for Waseca.
Waseca.—The city council has ac
cepted a bid for the construtcion of a
complete sewerage system for the
north side. This will include a sani
tary septic tank and 4,000 feet of
sewer mains. There will also be ex
tensions of the system in the main
residential section, aggregating sev
eral thousand feet. The property
owners on two of the principal streets
have signed petitions for paving those
streets with brick.
Help Towns Fight Rates.
Bismarck. The Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Duluth and West Superior
chambers of commerce will have rep
resentatives at La Moure during the
hearing before the state railway com
mission, June 15. Towns south of
the main line of the Northern Pacific
are charged at present 2 cents above
the rates charged from towns north
of the line to grain terminals at the
Twin Cities and Head of Lakes.
I. O. O. F. to Picnic at Austin.
Austin.—The State Line association
of the Odd Fellows order will hold its
annual picnic in Austin on June 3.
The association includes the lodges
from LeRoy, Little Cedar, Deer Creek,
Osage, Spring Valley and Austin and
numbers nearly a thousand members.
The event will take place in Lafayette
park, and extensive preparations are
being made for it.
NEWS NOTES.
Hawley.—In the special election
held here to vote for bonds for elec
tric lights and a waterworks plant
both propositions were carried by
large majorities, the former by 117
votes to 19 and the latter by 84 votes
to 36.
Winona.—In a damage suit tried in
the United States court, Judge Morris
presiding, Inez F. Dutcher, as admin
istratrix of the estate of her deceased
husband, who was killed at Wabasha,
was given a verdict of $3,000.
Mankato.—Rev. Father Theodore
Hegeman, S. J., for five years at the
head of St. Peter and Paul's Catholic
church in this city, has resigned to
accept a call to East St. Louis, 111.
Alden.—The election to vote bonds
to improve the waterworks plant was
lost, 20 to 38. No improvements will
be made.
Bemidji.—Fire entirely destroyed
the big store and stock of goods at
Island Lake owned by F. O. Sibley
and his associates. The fire was ot
unknown origin. Mr. Sibley had $5,000
worth of stock, which, together with
the building, makes his loss between
$7,000 and $8,000.
Austin.—M. J. Feeney of this city
won his case in district court at Al
bert Lea against the Illinois Central
Railroad company, tor injury to live
stock. A verdict was returned in the
full amount of his claim, which was
for $1,000 and Interest.
'i&g&fe $?
E IN 4 STATES
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS
AND IOWA SHAKEN BY
TREMOR.
MANY PEOPLE PANICSTRICKEN
Aurora, IIL, Seems to Be Center of
Shock—None Killed—Chicago Is
Thrown Into Uproar by Seismic
Disturbance.
Chicago, May 27.—Chicago and vi
cinity, almost the entire state of Illi
nois, Iowa, Wisconsin and the west
ern half of Michigan were rocked by
an earthqaake between 8:35 and 8:40
a. m.
On the outskirts of Chicago the
shocks were felt most, and Aurora
and Elgin seemed to be the vortex of
the tremor, where pictures were
shaken from the walls, mirrors broken
and furniture overturned.
In the western section of Chicago
residents rushed to their doors panic
stricken, but reassuring reports from
the police department that the shock
was only slight quieted their fears.
Two frame buildings toppled over
at Belvidere and women and children
rushed panic-stricken from their
homes.
The shock seemed to have been
heaviest in Kane and Will counties
and the west and northwest parts of
Cook.
The shock was distinctly felt in
Edgewater, a number of persons at
tributing it to an explosion. The
house of Dr. J. M. Nicholson, 2511
Lakewood avenue, a substantial brick
structure, was shaken to its founda
tions, pictures on the wall swayed
back and forth and dishes on the shelf
rattled about.
Quake Felt in Joliet.
Joliet reported an earthquake at
8:40. Steady tremors continued for
thrae minutes. Some felt two distinct
shocks. Reports of the quake were
received in Joliet for miles in all di
rections, from Lemont on the north to
Braidwood on the south. It seemed
to follow the line of Desplaines river
valley. No serious damage was re
ported except to mirrors, chimneys
and frail objects. Chairs and port
able objects were overturned.
Whole Valley Is Shaken.
From Beloit, Wis., came word that
the entire Rock River valley experi
enced an earthquake shock at 8:40.
Reports of a like happening came to
Beloit from Rockford, 111. All the
college buildings rocked violently and
houses throughout that city were
shaken. Dishes rattled and people on
the street at the time of the shock
experienced difficulty in remaining on
their feet.
A distinct quake shock was felt at
Freeport, 111., at 8:39. Its duration
was about two seconds.
A slight shock was felt at Blooming
ton, 111., at 8:35 a. m..,
Aurora reported violent earthquake
tremors lasting ten seconds. Build
ings were shaken and fires followed.
Think It an Explosion.
At Rockford, 111., earthquake
tremors were felt quite perceptibly at
8:38. Dishes and fixtures rattled.
Some supposed there had been an ex
plosion and people came down from
upper stories to learn what was the
matter. No damage is reported.
From Milwaukee came word that an
earthquake shock lasting about 15 sec
onds was felt in the office of the
weather bureau in the federal build
ing of that city. Pictures hanging
on the walls of the weather bureau
were caused to swerve considerably.
The shock was also felt in other parts
of the city. No damage was reported
there.
Peoria, 111., experienced its first
earthquake in years. The shock
lasted four seconds there and was re
corded on the new weather bureau
seismograph. Many of the larger
business buildings were shaken and
on the bluffs in the residence section
it was felt more perceptibly than
downtown.
Janesville, Wis., reported that the
earthquake shock which was felt in
Beloit at about 8:40 o'clock was also
felt in Janesville. The shock lasted
about four seconds.
Michigan Feels Tremor.
Michigan also felt the quake. A
slight shock was felt at Muskogee. It
occurred a few minutes before nine
o'clock. The disturbance lasted only
a few seconds.
Zalamazoo, Mich., reported that the
earthquake that shook Wisconsin and
Illinois points was felt at South
Haven, Mich., and Benton Harbor,
Mich., shaking windows and breaking
china. No loss of life or damage
reported.
Iowa Feels the Shock.
At Cedar Rapids, la., the shock last
ed 15 seconds, and was most severe at
(Joe college, causing students to rush
from the fourth floor of the building.
The first earthquake shock at
Dubuque, Ia.„ occurred at 8:30 and
continued ten seconds. The second
followed almost immediately and was
of shorter duration. The shocks were
felt throughout the city, but were
worse in the downtown district. Big
buildings trembled, and the occupants
rushed into the streets in terror. The
Bank and Insurance office building, a
substantial seven-story structure, was
shaken violently, and several hundred
occupants made a hurried exit, chok
ing the stairways in their haste to
escape. In the large manufacturing
plants there were several panics when
machinery rattled and boxes and
crates fell.
Burlington, la., felt a distinct earth
quake shock, lasting 15 seconda. No
damage was done there.
Delay Easily Explained.
When once a famous member re
turned to the British house ot com
mons after a by-election for Knares
borough, his unusually delayed appear
ance was commented upon in the pres
ence of Sir Wilfrid Lawson. The new
ly elected member, though a wealthy
man, was known to be extremely care
ful about stray sixpences. "Isn't It
odd," some one said, "Tom Collins
doesn't turn up?" "Not at all, not at
all," said Sir Wilfrid "he's waiting for
an excursion train."
A merchant at Odense reported
that burglars had entered his house
during his absence, and the police
started an investigation. It did not
take long to ascertain that no bur
glars had been there. The merchant
had not paid his taxes, and the sher
iff happened to come to attach some
piece of property during his absence.
The sheriff managed to get into the
attic of the house, where he found
an expensive harness, which he car
ried away. But the sheriff is not
thru with the affair yet The harness
did not belong to the merchant, and
he is going to cause as much trouble
as he can in the courts.
Contrary to long usage, the labor
unions of Copenhagen did not have
any first of May celebration this year.
Many causes contributed towards
waiving this time-honored custom.
Some unions would not participate
under any circumstances, and the
shoemakers had special grievances.
But the main consideration was the
financiering of the demonstration.
The expenses usually exceed $2,500,
tnd to many it seemed almost a scan
dal to throw away so much money
when so many people are out of work.
The labor leaders claim that this will
not be a precedent, and that there
may be a demonstration next year.
8WEDEN.
E. Cederlund, a wholesale mer
chant, donated $13,500 to the national
anti-tuberculosis society on his 85th
birthday.
Prof. Theodor Lundberg has fin
ished a bust of King Gustaf, and it
will be the first bronze bust ever
made of his majesty.
6. de Vylder, a noted naturalist
who spent much time in studying the
Insects of Africa, died some time
ago, and his collection of insects has
been donated to the Swedish acad
emy of sciences. There are no less
than 13,000 bugs in the bunch.
The late C. F. Liljevalch owned
an estate worth over $25,000 at Med
stugan, Jamtland, and this he be
queathed to the Jamtland household
society. His total bequests amount
to $390,000. Institutions in the city
of Stockholm will receive over $150,
000.
The court of arbitration which is
to fix the boundary line between
Sweden and Norway at Grisebaerne,
where the southern terminus of the
line runs into the sea, will visit the
place in the early part of August.
A general strike at the sawmills in
Norrland was averted the last mo
ment, and the 17,000 men that would
have been affected will remain at
their Jobs.
Principal Events Gathered In the
Old Scandinavian Countries
The Laval Separator Manufactur
ing Company of Stockholm and the
Burmelster & Wain Co., shipbuilders
in Copenhagen, have both manufac
tured separators, and the competition
between them has been annoying to
both parties for many years past
After a series of negotiations they
have at last succeeded in drawing
up an agreement which will put an
end to the competition in a satisfac
tory manner. The parties concerned
rank among the most important man
ufacturing concerns in Scandinavia
A few weeks ago there was a sudden
rise of the stocks of the Burmeister
& Wain company, and those prove
to have been right who guessed that
it was going to make a combine with
the Separator company.
DENMARK.
It took 150 persons a long and hard
fight to put out a heath fire at Skern,
Jylland.
A society has been started in Cop
enhagen for preventing cruelty to
horses.
A committee has been appointed in
Copenhagen to see what can be done
by way of checking infant mortality
in the Danish cities.
Hannes Hafstein, who resigned as
Icelandic minister last winter, has
sold his residence for $14,000 to the
Icelandic government, which is going
to furnish it as a hotel for the Ice
landic ministers.
There used to be a large number
of persons looking for positions as
servants this time of the year, but
when May 3, the date for hiring such
help, brought out those who needed
help in the cities they were disagree
ably surprised to find but very few
applications at the employment of
fices.
Copenhagen.—Rumors appearing
regularly in the Danish newspapers
that Dr. Maurice F. Egan, American
minister to Denmark, was to be re
called, were silenced by the minister's
announcement that President Taft
has officially Informed him that he
shall retain his post. King Frederick
recently expressed the hope that Dr.
Egan would remain here.
A Copenhagen building contractor
named Fuhr succeeded in getting a
labor union into very serious trouble.
Eight of his men went on a strike
because they would not use old lum
ber for a certain house without ex
tra pay. They sued the labor union
which stood behind the men, and the
courts decided that the union should
pay the contractor over $1,000 in
damages, besides all expenses, which
aie also heavy.
At Lillaskog, Vinlof parish, Skane,
a house was burnt down in the night,
and the owner, an 83 year old woman,
lost her life.
The new car ferry line between
Sweden and Germany will be opened
July 7. King Gustaf and Kaiser Wil
helm will take part in the ceremon
ies. The program is expected to draw
a great big huge crowd of people.
Tho the king and queen of Den
mark attended the unveiling of the
statue of King Karl XV very few
Danish flags were displayed on that
occasion.
About seventy head of cattle were
burned to death In a fire at the Helle
dal farmstead, near Forshem Station,
Vaurterfotiand,
SCANDiHAVIAU Afirwo S PracticalFashion
The riksdag voted $1,200,000 for
additions to the navy, the vote being
210 to 160.
"Ilo," a world-language, will be an
elective study at the Lund private
graded school.
The Liberal party in the riksdag
seems to be passing into the Social
Democratic party.
Andrew Carnegie has subscribed
35,000 in preferred stock in the Ul
ricehamn sanatorium.
Sweden has commenced to export
molasses to Holland, where it is used
in the distillation of whisky.
Queen Victoria is staying in Italy
and she is not expected to return to
Sweden until the first part of June.
An address of thanks and confi
dence was sent to the government
from 2,000 citizens in Vastmanland.
About 11,000 persons took part in
the first of May labor demonstration
in Stockholm this year, as against
27,000 last ear.
Nils Johnsson, a wholesale mer
chant at Eslof, willed $11,000 to an
orphans' home. But the home shall
not be built until the fund amounts
to $16,000.
The Swedish employers' union en
joyed a healthy growth in 1908, the
membership increasing from 997 to
1,258, their employes from 127,126 to
153,722, and the aggregate amount for
which they are responsible from
$2,884,170 to $3,683,680. The receipts
for the year were $180,000.
Bishop von Scheele is coming to
America in 1910 as the representative
of the church of Sweden at the cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the organization of the Swedish Luth
eran Augustana Synod. He is no
stranger in this country, having visit
ed the churches of the Augustana
Snod in the early nineties.
The Malmo vacation colonies sent
365 school children into the country
last summer. Most of the 18 colonies
numbered 20 children each. The ex
penses to the society having charge
of this work averaged 25 a day for
each child during the stay in the
country. About 400 children will be
sent out in 22 colonies this summer.
Rev. Landquist of Katarina parish,
Stockholm, has memorialized the con
sistory of Stockholm, claiming that
Rev. Fries of Oscar parish has writ
ten defamatory newspaper articles
against him. Rev. Fries is claimed
to have stated that Rev. Landquist
never mentions the devil in his ser
mons, and that he maintains that in
fants may be saved tho they are not
baptized.
NORWAY.
The Nansen fund now amounts to
$282,000.
Bjornson and wife are going to
spend the month of June at the Lar
vik baths.
The Norwegian department of jus
tice has issued a warning against
emigration to Canada.
At Dale, Sondfjord, a society for
preserving the Norwegian-Danish lan
guage has been organized with 600
members.
Norway is still importing large
quantities of farm Implements from
America. Her own factories are
turning out some goods of this kind,
but the American goods are generally
found to be cheaper and better.
Over 6,000 citizens in Bergen peti
tioned the board of education to in
duce the government to postpone the
enforcement of the law which pro
vides that those who expect a bacca
laureate degree shall write a compo
sition in "pure" Norwegian. The
church department of the government
does not see any good reason why
the law should not be obeyed.
The English proprietors of the
Bohndalen paper mills, which were
destroyed by fire last fall, have de
cided not to rebuild the plant chiefly
because the Socialistic agitation
against all large private business en
terprises makes it too risky to invest
money in Norwegian factories. The
200 persons who were employed at
the mills will have to look for jobs
elsewhere.
About 10,000 persons took part in
the first of May labor demonstration
in Kristiania. Exemplary order pre
vailed excepting that some "Young
Socialists" had made preparations for
a little extra fun they carried a
banner with the motto, "Down with
the throne, the altar and the money
power." The police took the banner.
Then another was hoisted with the
inscription, "The police stole our ban
ner bearing the motto, 'Down with
the throne, the altar and the money
power.'" This was also picked up
by the police. Finally a third one
was raised, which declared, "The pol
ice are a pack of thieves." Even this
one was taken amidst the jeers of
the crowd, which took the matter
good naturedly.
Enormous quantities of fish have
been caught in Finmarken. Some
boats were loaded several times a
day. The prices dropped to such a
low point that it hardly paid to handle
the fish.
The king and queen donated $270 to
the children of Captain Joharmesen,
who lost his life when his steamer
Edith collided with and was sunk by
the Oxford.
Anton Nilsson, a young Socialist
agitator from Sweden, has been
handed to the Swedish authorities on
account of his anti-military agitation
At the Garnas boys' home, near
Bergen, a dwelling from the stone
age—about 2,500 years B. C,—has
been discovered. Among the objects
found are flint axes, arrow heads,
knives, etc.
Lieutenant Colonel Hofgaard has
donated $2,700 to poor laborers in
Sjaastad parish, near Drammen, and
$5,400 to a home for consumptives at
Lier.
Amandus Schibsted, editor of the
Kristiania Aftenposten, has cele
brated his sixtieth birthday. He it
still enjoying tho vigor of manhood.
Els
LADIES' SEMI-PITTING COAT.
Paris Pattern No 2880, All Seams
Allowed.—Made In 40-inch length this
stylish coat has been developed in
heavy white linen and is appropriate
to wear with a dress of the same ma
terial, or with the short walking skirt.
The side-front and side back seams
taper gracefully at the waist line and
give the long graceful lines to the
figure The long close fitting sleeves
are put into tho armhole without any
fullness and the coat fastens at the
front with three large pearl buttons
The neck is coll&rless and oinamented
with cotton lightening braid, the lower
edges of the sleeves being trimmed
with similar braid. The pattern is in
seven sizes—3S to 44 inches, bust
measure. For 86 bust the coat re
quires 5% yards of material 27 inches
wide, four yards 36 inches wide, 3
yards 42 inches wide, or 2V» yards 54
inches wide four yards of braid.
To procure thfa pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO. 2880.
SIZE
NAME
TOWN
STREET AND
NO
STATE
GIRL'S AND CHILD'S DRESS.
Paris Pattern No. 2891, All Seams
Allowed.—This simple frock is devel
oped in ecru Indian-head cotton The
princess panel at the front, stitched
in tuck effect to the waist, where it
is held in place by large pearl buttons,
is a unique feature the tucks in the
front and back of the waist portion
distribute the fullness, the skirt be
ing gathered and attached to the waist
under the narrow stitched belt of
the material. The sailor collar, which
divided at the center-back, where the
dress closes, is trimmed with red cot
ton lightening braid, the tie being of
red surah silk. The long sleeves are
gathered into narrow wristbands and
the removable chemisette is of the
material. The pattern is five
sizes—two to ten years For a
child of six years the dress requires
3y3 yards of material 27 inches wide,
or 2% yards 36 inches wide, or 2*4
yards 42 inches wide
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department," of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO. 2891
NAME....
TOWN
STREET AND
Two Arctic Enemies.
Since the beginning of time there
probably has been enmity between the
polar bear and the walrus. Except for
the walrus, bruin's reign over the
arctic regions has been almost un
challenged since the race of mam
moths passed. All the hardy flesh
eaters that inhabit the bleak, unfertile
northland are his natural prey. But
most of all he depends upon the seals
and sea lions for his food. There is
only one animal that is powerful
enough to defend itself and offspring
against the polar bear's attack—the
huge and cumbrous walrus but its
movements are so slow and awkward
when out of the water that often it is
impossible for the bulky animal to re
tard the swift attack and retreat of
its smaller opponent—St. Nicholas.