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Willmar Tribune.
By The Tribune Printing Co.
WILLMAR. MINN.
MEWSOFAWEEKIN
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
—Information Gathered From All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
Washington?
The committee of audit and control
of the contingent expenses of the
United States senate decided to report
back to the senate the La Follette res
olution for the reopening of the Lori
mer case with a statement that the
contingent fund of the senate is suf
ficient to defray the expenses of any
Investigation the senate may order.
Congressional inquiry into three big
corporations was assured by action
taken in the national house of repre
sentatives. The corporations for
which anti-trust regulation will be
Bought are: The United States Steel
corporation, the American Woolen
company of Boston and the United
Shoe Machine company of Boston.
Officers of the state department at
Washington are pessimistic over the
probable result of peace negotiations
to be held in northern Mexico between
representatives of the Diaz adminis
tration and the insurgent army. What
ever the result may be, it is feared it
can have no effect upon the revolution
in other parts of Mexico, which is
spreading rapidly.
A marked victory for popular elec
tion of senators was achieved by Sen
ator Borah in record time when the
proposed constitutional amendment
was favorably reported at the first
meeting of the reorganized United
States senate committee on judiciary.
The measure now takes Its place at
the head of the senate calendar.
Representative Harris of Massachu
setts has introduced a bill in the
bouse for a retired list in the life
saving service of the United States. A
similar measure was defeated in the
last congress after a spirited fight
Domestic
^Wwfc
City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde
was indicted for bribery by the grand
jury at New York. The Indictment is
based on evidence that Chamberlain
Hyde forced the Northern bank to
lend $130,000 to the Carnegie Trust
company and was a gainer by the
transaction.
James Wood, son of a prominent
Morris (111.) family, was arrested while
taking away a package which had been
placed as a decoy in answer to a letter
demanding $1,000 from Oscar Collins.
President Taft opened the third
National Peace Congress in Balti
more, scores of eminent citizens of
this and other countries being pres
ent
Governor Osborn of Michigan has
signed the bill prohibiting fraternities
in the high schools of the state.
A Dominican university, the only one
of its kind in the United States, is to
be erected in New Orleans, at a prob
able cost of $200,000, according to an
announcement by Rev. Father Lorent,
vice-provincial of the Spanish province
of New Orleans.
The Bank of Rosemont, Neb., was
entered by robbers and the safe was
blown after the third explosion. The
robbers made away with $1,500.
Startling conditions in Missouri
almshouses and penal institutions, de
scribed as a disgrace to a state so
rich and prosperous, are contained in
the report of the state board of char
ities and correction.
John Poole, a wealthy farmer living
Four miles southeast of Fowler, Ind.,
was arrested on a charge of murder
following the finding on his farm of
a partially decomposed body supposed
to be that of Joseph Kemper, a farm
hand, who disappeared December 12
last under circumstances which led
Emory Poole, son of John Poole, to
the belief his father had made away
with the man.
To protect a bond issue of $35,000
made by the Rogers (Ark.) board of
education so that a high school build
ing may be built the lives of 18 young
men were insured for $1,000 each.
The board will pay the premiums on
the policies.
The government accepted $1,180,000
In compromise of the suits against
Duveen Brothers, the New York art
Arm accused of customs frauds. The
books and papers of the firm will be
retained for evidence in a criminal ac
tion.
Indictments against three senators,
two representatives and sergeant-at
arms of the Ohio senate were returned
by the Franklin county grand jury.
The legislators were indicted on the
testimony of three Burns detectives
and are accused of soliciting bribes
Failure of the Lowell (Mass.) po
lice commission to act-upon applica
tions for liquor licenses, which has re
sulted in the city's being "dry* in
spite of the fact that the citizens
voted for license, has reached tfte
courts.
More than $150,000 worth of opium
was burned in the electric power
house furnace at El Paso, Tex., under
the direction of Deputy United States
Marshal H. R. Hillebrand. The opium
had been seized by customs officers.
Rev. L. G. Parker, pastor of the
Methodist church of Sterling, Neb.,
was driven out of town with stale
eggs by Irate citizens following an
investigation of his conduct with the
daughter of a prominent citizen.
In a closely contested election
James H. Preston, Democrat, has been
chosen mayor of Baltimore for the
next four years over former Mayor E.
Clay Timanus, Republican.
Muncie, the largest "dry" city in
Indiana, voted "wet" by 510 majority.
The "wets" carried eight of the
twelve precincts of the city.
The Ohio legislature Is threatened
with what may be the greatest bribery
expose, in regard to the number of
persons involved, that ever came to
light. It is reported that private de
tectives have obtained evidence which
will lead to the filing of charges of
accepting bribes against 19 of the 34
members of the senate and against 30
of the 117 members of the house.
Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
the treasury, was made defendant in
a suit for $100,000 which was filed in
the circuit court in Chicago by Charles
P. Leach, formerly collector of cus
toms for Cleveland, O. The suit
against Mr. MacVeagh is to collect
damages for alleged libelous state
ments made against Leach.
The New York Medical Journal an
nounces, after careful study of the sub
ject, that persons caught in close quar
ters at great fires are the victims of
speedy and probably painless asphyxia
tion.
Unable to stop his train in time to
avoid a burning bridge encountered as
the locomotive rounded a curve near
Ravenna, Colo., an engineer on the
Southern Pacific railroad took a chance
with fate, opened his throttle to the
last inch and brought the 200 passen
gers behind him safely through the
flames.
An interlocutory decree of divorce
in favor of Mary W. Gates, suing
Charles G. Gates, son of John W.
Gates, was signed by Supreme Justice
Gerard at New York city.
After a fight lasting for four months,
the Ohio state senate passed the bill
providing for the Oregan plan of
electing United States senators. It
has passed the house and goes to
Governor Harmon for his signature.
Personal
Nels Poulson, donator of a $100,000
fund to promote closer relationship
among the Scandinavian people, died
in Brooklyn, N. Y., as the Scandina
vian-American society in Baltimore
was applauding the announcement of
the gift.
Lutherans of St. Louis and Mis"souri,
with hundreds of visitors from all
over the world, will hold a celebra
tion in that city May 14 in honor of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Dr. C. F. W. Walther, the
Lutheran writer and preacher.
Archibald Clark Wadsworth, son of
Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, who was on
Washington's staff, and father-in-law of
former Governor Richard Yates, died
at the Yates home in Springfield, 111.
He was seventy-eight years old.
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The shop men of the Pennsylvania
railroad on the Pittsburg division, ex
tending from Pittsburg to Altoona,
Pa., went out on strike. The officers
of the unions assert that about 10,000
men are out
Four mysterious attempts within a
month to burn the new high school
building at Niagara Falls, N. Y., led
the board of education to ask the po
lice for protection from the incendiary.
Foreign
Announcement is made in the
Geneva newspapers that Andrew Car
negie has presented $125,000 to the
Swiss government to found a hero
fund on the same basis as that which
governs the fund in other countries.
The sacred and inviolable Mosque
of the Covenant in Jerusalem has been
despoiled of several of the most val
uable relics of the tribes of Israel by
a party of English archaeologists who
recently have been excavating in the
vicinity. Among the articles taken
were the ark of the covenant, the
censer, and other sacred vessels which
have been treasured for centuries.
London reports bring the informa
tion that the Icelandic parliament has
passed a bill giving the right of suf
frage to all women who have reached
the age of twenty-five years.
Rebellion, brigandage and anarchy
are stalking through the western half
of Kwangtung province, China, mur
dering, pillaging and burning Loyal
troops are fighting desperately to
crush the uprisings.
At Christie's London auction May
19 the famous ring which, according
to tradition. Queen Elizabeth gave to
the earl of EsBex and the non-return
of which resulted In the beheading of
the earl and hastened Elizabeth's
death by grief, will be offered for sale.
Advices from Canton, where the
revolutionary movement started, Indi
cates that Americans and other for
eigners have escaped harm. Accord
ing to the best Information available
no foreign missions have been mo
lested by the rebels.
After the application of closure,
clause two of the parliament bill,
which is the most Important section
of the British government's measure
for the curtailment of the powers' of
the bouse of lords, was carried In the
house of commons 299 to 195.
SS8SION AT WINONA DECIDES ON
MEETING PLACE FOR NOV. 1—
REPORTS ARE MADE.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE HELD
Business Men's Association Give Dele
gates Auto Ride Around the
City.—Assignments for
Sunday.
Winona. The college of Metho
dist bishops spent all of T~"
day in executive session. The fol
lowing bishops* reported their work:
Bishops Quayle, Hamilton, Berry W.
Neeley, Anderson and Nuelsen.
The chief matter under considera
tion during the morning was the place
for the next meeting. Bishop Will
lam A. Quayle extended an invita
tion for Oklahoma City, Okla. It was
accepted and the bishops will hold
their next meeting on Wednesday, No
vember 1.
An interesting detail of the after
noon was the visit of T. D. Collins,
a wealthy lumberman of Nebraska,
Penn. He is well known to the board
of missions of the M. E. church, it
having been favored by him with many
handsome gifts amounting to more
than $100,000. Mr. Collins was a close
friend of the late Bishop a A. McCabe,
whose battlecry startled the church,
when it was first heard, "$10,000,000
for missions."
Mr. Collins' principal business here
was to impress a great movement to
enlarge the subscription list of all
Methodist periodicals. It is said that
(f the ministers and district superin
tendents led by the college of bishops
became active at once in thjs depart
ment of church work, Mr. Collins pro
mises a handsome donation to put the
church papers on "easy street."
An automobile ride around the city
was arranged by the Winona Business
Men's association to the great pleas
ure of the bishops after a most strenu
ous day's labor.
In the evening the bishops were en
tertained at different private func
tions in various homes. Saturday
three sessions were held. The ap
pointments for Sunday were made as
follows: Bishop Mclntyre, First Con
gregational church, Winona Bishop
John L. Nuelsen, First German Meth
odist church, Winona Bishop Charles
W. Smith, First Baptist church, Wino
na Bishop Thomas B. Neeley, First
Presbyterian church. Winona.
Outside of the city the following
assignments were made: First Church,
Bau Claire, Wis., where the new
church is to be dedicated, Bishop John
Hamilton First church, Mondovia,
Wis., where a new church is to be
dedicated, Bishop Joseph F. Berry
First church, Rochester, Minn., Bishop
Earl Cranston Kasson, Minn., Bishop
David H. Moore Fowler church, Min
neapolis, Bishop William F. Anderson
Olive church, Chicago, Bishop William
A. Quayle.
Rev. E. M. Evans, pastor of the
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church in
Des Moines, Iowa, was in the city and
secured Bishop Joseph F. Barry to
consecrate a class of deaconnesses on
June 16. and to dedicate the new
church there, costing $40,000. The
whole amount is subscribed so that
no money will be asked on the day
of dedication.
The closing sessions of the St. Paul
district, German Methodists, were
held. Rev. J. J. Hoffman, of St. Paul,
was elected a fraternal delegate to
confer with the conference of the
svangelical association which meets at
Blue Earth City next week. The prob
lem at that time will be union of
small churches of each denomination
in a few towns in Minnesota.
An extended discussion participated
In by nearly all of the bishops was
had in regard to how the church may
make its labors among the colored
people of the south more fruitful.
Rev. C. A. Thiele, of Nerstrand,
spoke on "The Preacher and the Pul
pit." Rev. Hoffman of St. Paul, was
heard on "St. Paul as a pastor." "The
Evangelical Sermon," was the topic
by Rev. M. G. Dorsdall. Rev. H. W.
Koenig and F. C. Schultz of Waseca
Bpoke on the topic, "The Family Altar
and as a Factor in the Development of
the Christian Character." Rev. W. E.
Baumgarten's topic was "How can the
Spirit of Revival be Perpetuated
Through the Year?" Rev. S. A. of
Red Wing, gave his "Address on the
Bible," and Bishop Charles A. Smith,
who is attending the college meeting
here, gave an interesting interpreta
tion of Methodist law.
The following committees were made
public: Episcopalian—Bishops Cran
ston, Berry, Bashford, Neeley, Quayle
and Hughes.
Law and administration—Bishops
Warren, Moore, Burt, Anderson, Smith,
Mclntyre and Mallalea.
FIND BODY OF MISSING MAN.
Hat Gives Clue Which Results In
Gruesome Discovery.
Parker's Prairie. The body of
Charles' Gunderson, who has been
missing since last May, was found
on the farm of Alfred Malmgren, for
whom Gunderson was working at the
time of his disappearance. Malmgren
found a hat which he recognized as
one belonging to the missing man,
and, making a search of the brush
near by found what remained of the
body.
INSANE FROM SEEING HUSBAND.
Renville Woman Sent to Asylum
After Visiting Spouse.
Renville.—Mrs. Ole G. Othus has
been committed to the state insane
asylum at St. Peter following a trip
to that institution during which she
saw her husband, who has been con
fined In the institution for several
months. It is believed that the shock
of seeing her husband in the asylum,
unserved the woman and caused her
t* lose hsr reason. Three children
toft without parental cart.
TIRES OF WORKING FOR NOTHING
Colonel Davidson Not to Be Active 6n
Waterways Commission.
St. Paul.—Colonel J. H. Davidson,
who, since November, 1909, has been
chairman of the waterways commis
sion created by the 1909 legislature,
declares that, while he would for a
while nominally continue In that capac
ity, he did not intend to "spend two
more years sacrificing his time and
money." The resolution creating the
waterways commission provided that
they should serve without pay, but
Colonel Davidson put in a bill for $2,.
040.70, of which $1,500 was for salary
and the balance for expenses. The
bill passed the House, but the Senate
committee trimmed it down and then
it was lost on account of the adjourn
ment of the Senate through the mis
take of a clerk.
Colonel Davidson also attributes the
failure of the Senate to pass the bill
to the influence of attorneys for the
water power companies, which were
fighting the Spooner water supply bill,
which Colonel Davidson drafted. He
said that he has put all his time and
energy into the work during the last
two years and consequently is a poor
man now.
Ralph W. Wheelock, secretary to
the governor, said that the .work done
by Colonel Davidson during the past
two years was entirely voluntary and
that the position of chairman of the
commission was only nominal. He
added, however, that the governor felt
that he was morally obligated to help
the colonel in getting back his ex
penses, and that efforts would be made
to compensate the chairman of the
waterways commission by August 1,
at least for part of his expenses.
TAWNEY MAY DESERT WINONA.
If Time Permits He Will Take Uo
Law Practice Elsewhere.
Winona.—Whether or not former
Congressman James A. Tawney con.
tinues his residence in Winona is de
pendent entirely upon the nature of
his new duties on the International
boundary waters commission. Mr.
Tawney yesterday denied that he has
been contemplating the purchase of a
home in Minneapolis or even that he
had thought of such a matter.
"My future work is as much un
known to me as it is to those friends
who are interesting themselves in re
gard to my future residence," said Mr.
Tawney. "I am anxious to resume the
practice of law and if the work on the
commission does not require all of
my time, I intend to agaha become a
full-fledged lawyer. In that event I
may leave Winona for a field where
the law business will be more profit
able than in Winona. But, ttf course,
that is a matter that the future must
decide and I am not anxious to leave
Winona."
Mr. Tawney received his first appli
cation since his appointment to the
boundary commission. It came from
the Erie Sanitary Canal company and
seeks privileges and water rights along
the line of the Canadian boundary be
tween Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in
New York. The Winona commissioner
Is under the impression the commis
sion will be kept busy most of the
time.
BOARD TO CLEAR STATE LAND.
Reclamation Officers Name Counties in
Which Work Will Be Done.
St. Paul.—Members of the new state
reclamation board, W. R. McKenzie of
Bemidji, A. J. McGuire of Grand
Rapids, and W. J. Brown of Warren,
met at St. Paul and qualified for the
office. They designated the 10 counties
in which the 40-acre experimental
tracts are to be closed under the pro
visions of the Lennon bill passed by
the last legislature. They hope to
have actual work started in less than
two weeks and to have the land
cleared so that it can be put on the
market before fall.
Under the law ten tracts are to be
selected and half the land on each
tract cleared by the state. The land
is then to be sold for a minimum of
the appraised value plus the cost of
clearing, to be paid on the usual terms
of 15 per cent down and the rest any
time within 40 years.
REV. A. OFTEDAHL ACCEPTS CALL
To Be Pastor of Branch of Trinity
Norwegian Church.
Minneapolis.—The call is extended to
Rev. A. Oftedahl of Rochester* to be
come pastor of a church to be formed
by young people and other English
speaking members of the Trinity Nor
wegian Lutheran church. No place
has been secured to hold services, but
it is expected the church will be of
ficially formed in about a week. Rev.
Oftedahl preached his farewell ser
mon at Rochester, May 14.
While English services have been
held Sunday evenings in the church
for 18 years, the young people became
determined to organize a church which
would not interfere with those who
wished to have the services conducted
in the Norwegian language exclusive
ly.
CASH WHEAT IN MOVEMENT.
Changes on Liberal Scale Mark Trad
ing in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis. Changes in the
ownership of cash wheat at the Cham
ber of Commerce was on a liberal
scale, making the first transactions—
the maturing of the May contract. Up
to noon 1,250,000 bushels were deliv
ered, involving about $1,000,000. A
rather unusual feature in connection
with the tenders was the acceptance
of considerable wheat by the Armour
Grain Company of Chicago.
Taboo Indian Thumb Mark.
Duluth.—With all du* respect to
Puddin' Head Wilson, the Indian de
partment has turned a distrustful eye
on the thumb mark signature. The In
dian agent at Walker has been notified
that hereafter all signatures of In
dians to official documents by thumb
mark must be witnessed by some re
putable person who can write. Here
tofore the thumb mark has been con
sidered so absolute as to require no
witness, but the recent White Earth
investigation has caused doubt to
arise.
MR. WHITTIER CLINQtt TO JOB.
Attorney for Boys' School Head Inti
mates Client Will Fight.
St. Paul. F. A. Whittler, the
superintendent of the state training
school for boys at Red Wing, will not
resign his position on the contrary
he will make a struggle to retain it,
according to Mr. Whittler's purposes
as gathered by members of the state
board of control and Governor Eber
hart from assertions of Frank Wilson,
attorney for Mr. Whittier, who main
tains that the latter cannot be re
moved until formal charges have been
made against him and proved in the
course of a public trial.
Mr. Wilson will insist upon this
statutory right for his client. The
people of Red Wing are organizing,
and it is said they intend to stand by
Whittier. The governor was informed
Friday that a demonstration of in
dorsement was being planned to be
held in Red Wing early next week.
Governor Eberhart and members of
the board of control held a long con
ference, but all refused to disclose
more than that nothing definite had
been determined and that another con
ference would be held.
RECLAMATION BOARD CONVENES
Will Select Ten 40-Acre Tracts to Be
Used for Experiments.
St. Paul.—Members of the new State
Reclamation board, W. R. McKenzie
of Bemidji, A. J. McGuire of Grand
Rapids and W. J. Brown of Warren,
met here and qualified for the job.
The board will meet again in a few
days to select the ten forty-acre ex
perimental tracts which they are to
clear under the provisions of the Len
non bill passed by the last Legisla
ture. They hope to have actual work
started In less than two weeks and to
have the land cleared so that it can
be put on the market before fall.
Under the law ten tracts are to be
selected and half the land on each
tract cleared by the state. The land
then is to be sold for a minimum of*
the appraised value plus the cost of,
clearing, to be paid on the usual terms
of 15 per cent down and the balance
any time within the forty years.
PUPILS TO COOK OWN LUNCHES.
New Scheme to Be Tried In Rural
Schools of State.
St. Paul. Something new in the
way of school lunches is to be tried
tried this spring in a number of the
rural schools under the direction of
the agricultural college extension di
vision.
Miss Mary L. Bull, domestic science
expert of the division, proposes to try
in a number of schools te have the
children cook their own lunches at
school instead of bringing cold lunch
es.
The children will take turns in
bringing materials, and soups, chow
ders, cereals and vegetables will be
cooked under the supervision of the
teacher, enough at each time to sup
ply the whole school.
If the plan is found to work well it
will be advocated for adoption in all
the schools.
TAKES LAND DEPARTMENT JOB.
Theodore A. Nelson Now Manager of
State Land Sales Bureau.
St. Paul.—Theodore A. Nelson, chief
clerk in the land department of the
state auditor's office, has been promo
ted to the job of manager of the land
sales department, a job created by the
last Legislature. His salary will be
$1,800, an increase of $300.
The law permits the payment of a
salary of $2,500, but Mr. Iverson pro
poses to use the remaining $700 for
advertising state lands, in addition to
the $5,000 appropriated for that pur
pose.
The job of manager of the land
sales department was created by the
law which provides for monthly sales
of state land in certain counties.
Mills Wait for Rains.
Crookston.—Plans are being made
by the Crookston Lumber company to
ship in logs to start the sawmilf here
and keep it going till the drive gets
down from the vicinity of St. Hilaire,
where they are tied up from lack of
water. There are 30,000,000* feet be
tween Crookston and St. Hilaire fn the
Red Lake river and millions more in
Red lake ready to be brought to the
source of the river as soon as the ice
in the headwater lakes has gone out,
which is expected this week. The logs
cannot be driven down, however, till
a heavy rain falls, as the water is at
a very low stage.
Finnish College Burned.
Duluth.—The Finnish college, which
has for several years been conducted
in the old Spirit Lake hotel, was burn
ed out. The building was totally de
stroyed and the loss Is estimated at
$10,000. There were fifty students in
regular attendance at the college. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
college will be established in aaothef
building.
Seeding Really at End.
Thief River Falls.—Seeding of the
smaller grains is almost finished in
this section. The ground is in better
condition than in many years back.
With the proper weather conditions
from now on a bumper crop will surely
be harvested. Land buyers from the
southern part of the state and from
Iowa and Illinois are coming in eves?
day. Pennington county has excellent
prospects of doubling its population iff
the next five years. The Commercial
club of this city is planning on a
campaign to effect this result.
Beat Line Holds Election.
Winona.—A meeting of the stock
holders of the Diamond Jo Line com
pany was held at Rock Island and the
following board of directors elected:
Captains, John Streckfus, Joe Streck
fus, Roy Streckfus traffic managers,
D. W. Wisherd and George E. Sudlow.
President John Streckfus and D. W.
Wisherd will go to Dubuque in the
near future, when an inspection of
big packets, the St. Paul and the Quia
cy, at present tied up there, will be
completed prior to the departure of
the boats for St. Louis.
COWAN IS CLEARED
IMPEACHMENT COURT AQUITS
AFTER BALLOTING TWO-AND
A-HALF HOURS.
NORTH DAK. JUDGE VINDICATED
Respondent Given Majority or Unani
mous Vote in All Other Instances
—Seventy-four Counts in
Charges.
Bismarck. Judge John F. Cow
an, on trial before the state senate
sitting as a court of impeachment,
was acquitted at the hands of that
body. President Burdick announced to
the respondent that he had been found
not guilty on each and every one of
the 74 charges and specifications con
tamed in the articles of impeachment
presented against him by the house of
representatives.
The verdict of the senate was made
certain after two and one-half hours
of balloting, in which there was a to
tal of 79 roll calls.
Only at one time did the prosecu
tion secure an even break with the
defense, that being on a charge of
purchasing liquor in a drug store,
when 23 voted guilty and 23 not guilty.
On every other specification the re
spondent was given a majority vote,
while on some the vote was unani
mous.
On charges of drunkenness, first
disposed of, the highest vote for con
viction was 21, which ran down as low
as being unanimous for acquittal.
Only three senators voted to con
vict on the charge of habitual drunk
enness.
On the charges of delaying cases,
the votes on the 40 ballots that were
taken on each of the several specifica
tions never went higher than 20 for
conviction, while in a major portion of
those cases the respondent received a
vote of two to one.
On the charge of presenting false
certificates to the state auditor, the
vote was 28 not guilty and 18 guilty.
When President Burdick announced
the verdict of the impeachment court,
Judge Cowan standing before the
court, cheer upon cheer rang through
the big chamber, from the galleries
and halls filled with crowds of inter
ested spectators who had watched the
final act of this dramatic case, the
most remarkable the state has seen.
It was fully five minutes before
President Burdick was able to restore
order and make his gavel heard above
the uproar. During the wild scenes
that followed the announcement of the
verdict, chairs were overturned and
desks were torn from their places as
the crowd rushed to congratulate
Judge Cowan.
Tracy Bangs, attorney for the de
fense, who had been opposed by his
brother, George Bangs, also was warm
ly congratulated.
It was not until late that the state
senate finally concluded its work and
adjourned, the closing hours being
marked in strange contrast with* the
proceedings that have been in pro
gress for so long, speeches by mem
bers serving to restore that feeling of
good fellowship that seemingly was
enabled to slip away during strenuous
days of trial.
One of the interesting features of
the day's work came when Dan Bren
man attempted to challenge the right
of Senator Simpson of Stark to act as
a member of the court or vote upon
the specifications in the articles of im
peachment.
A petition was presented to the
court by him proclaiming that the
Stark member had never intended to
act in good faith, but the petition was
not even made a part of the record by
the state senate, being laughed out of
court.
The voting came on much more
swiftly than anticipated, and the close
of action was greatly different from
the proceedings that have been carried
on since March 28. The Cowan case
had stirred up one of the most bitter
political controversies in the history
of the state.
Ice Rate Raise Suspended.
Washington, D. C. Proposed ad
vances in freight rates on ice made
by the C, M. & St. P. and other north
western lines averaging 10 per cent
were suspended by the Interstate
Commerce Commission from May 5 to
Sept. 2, 1911, pending inquiry.
Twin City Markets.
Minneapolis, May 5.—Wheat, May,
jc July, 99%c No. 1 northern,
$1.01% No. 2 northern, 99%c No. 1
durum, 89%c No. 3 corn, 51%c No. 3
white oats, 31%c barley, malting,
$1.07 No. 2 rye, $1.06 No. 1 flax,
$2.58%.
Duluth, May 5.—Wheat, May, $1.00
July, $1.00% No. 1 northern, $1.01%.
South St. Paul, May 5.—Cattle—
Steers, $4.50@5.35 cows, $2.75@3.25
calves, $4.00@5.00 hogs, $5.25@5.80
sheep, yearlings, $2.00®5.50.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, May 5.—Cattle—Market
slow beeves, $5.00@6.40 western
steers, $4.80@5.65 stockers and feed
ers, $4.00@5.45 cows and heifers,
$2.40@5.60 calves, $4.25@6.25.
Hogs—Market generally 5c lower
light, $5.65@6.10 mixed, $5.65@
6.02% heavy, $5.50@5.00 rough, $5.50
@5.65 good to choice heavy, $5.65@
5.90 pigs, $5.60@5.9S.
Sheep—Market steady native, $3.00
@4.60 western, $3.25@4.60 yearlings,
$4.40@5.40 lambs, native, $4.25®6.10.
Eight Scalded in Explosion.
Cleveland, Ohio. Eight men were
scalded, two so seriously they may
die, when the main steampipe to one
of the boilers of the steamer State of
Ohio, operated by the Cleveland &
Buffalo Transit Company, exploded at
the Ninth street pier. The State ui
Ohio, which is a passenger boat ply
ing between Cleveland, Erie (Pa.), and
Buffalo, was being overhauled and re
paired in the Cleveland harbor in
preparation for the first trip. Prac
tically all the members of the crew
were aboard.
A serio-comical incident When King
Gustaf of Sweden visited the interna
tional tourist exposition in Berlin the
managers of the exposition were so po
lite as to cover up the sign showing
the Norwegian department. The Ger
mans wished to save the king from be
ing reminded of the Norwegians, who
broke loose from Sweden in 1905.. The
Norwegians admit that the Swedes
had nothing to do with the scheme.
But the Norwegian press has gone so
far as to propose that the Norwegians
withdraw from the exposition as a pro
test against the humiliation to which
they were subjected. The Aftenpost
en, Kristiania, Norway, says: "The
German gentlemen would not have
dared to offer such a disgrace to Eng
land or France. The great nations
look down upon the small ones with
Immeasurable haughtiness. We can
not recall a single instance of the flag
of Norway being subjected to such an
Indignity as this." The Malmotidnin
gen, Malmo, Sweden, says: "In Swe
den the sympathies are wholly on the
side of the German exposition commis
sioners. As the Swedes were not per
mitted to give the Norwegians a sound
drubbing in 1905 it is always pleasing
to see others give them a little les
son and remind them of their little
ness."
FINLAND.
American millers are much afraid
that duty on foreign flour entering Fin
land will shortly be imposed. Formal
application to the senate to this effect
has already been made and, this has
come from certain Finnish mills
Wiborg provinces. A resolution has
also been passed by the Russian cham
ber of exporters at St. Petersburg, ad
vocating such a measure. Under the
customs arrangements between Russia
and Finland flour is one of the arti
cles passing in free from Russia into
Finland. Hitherto foreign flour and
millstuffs have also been admitted
free, but, in the event that the above
application be granted, the Finnish
market will become a preserve for
Russian millers. That the request
will be granted there is little doubt.
SWEDEN.
The Stockholm radium home treat
ed about one hundred patients last
year, and the results were so encour
aging that the work will be continued.
The city council of Malmo changed
the name of a street in Sofielund, a
suburb. The new name is Sabovagen
—the Sabo Way. But the people of
the suburb have raised a loud protest
against the name. They want a name
which means Linder street.
A big tree blew down on a train as
It approached Fagerlid station, on the
Gothenburg and Vastergotland rail
way. The tree struck two passenger
cars, crushing 26 windows. Bits of
glass flew about the ears of the pas
sengers, and they were badly scared,
but no one was seriously hurt.
A Finn was killed by a train at
Malmberget, and he was to be buried
the next Sunday. The funeral took
place according to the plan. A young
lady died about the same time and
was to be buried the following Sun
day. Before taking out the coffin the
relatives and friends of the girl wished
to look at her features once more.
But imagine their consternation when
they found, instead of the girl, the
frightfully mutilated remains of the
Finn. The bodies had been ex
changed in the chapel.
Servant girls are in clover in old
Sweden nowadays. If a girl adver
tises for a family place in Stockholm
she may be sure to have from thirty
to forty offers, and if she gives her
telephone number anxious housewives
will stand on tiptoe listening to the
terms dictated by the girl. Among
the ordinary terms may be mentioned:
from five to seven dollars a month in
cash, much time off during each week,
a summer vacation, and no evening
work. Many girls are willing to work
only for families of two persons. If
they are told that there are children
in the family they very often answer
that they do not figure on such posi
tions
A Stockholm reporter called on
Aogast Strindberg, the poet, the other
day. *£*e poet looked pale and worn
on account of mourning in the family.
When asked ft he had seen the call
in the newspapers for a national sub
scription for his benefit he answered
in the negative. He had not read it,
but he knew just about what it con
tained anyway. Yet he asked the re
porter, "Is it the intention to give me
that present January 22 next year?"
The reporter answered that this was
stated in the call. "By that time I
suppose I am dead," said Strindberg.
"I have felt quite poorly of late. It is
old age that begins to assert itself."
This was all he would say about him
self.
The affairs of the Hola people's
high school have been discussed in
the press for about three years past.
A man living in the neighborhood has
taken pains to cut out everything
printed about this matter in the pa
pers published at Hernosand and
Ornskoldsvik, and by pasting the clip
pings together he got a string that
was 1,000 feet long.
The water falls office of the nation
al government has ordered a civil eng
ineer named Rossander to make in
vestigations as to the feasibility of
transmitting electric power from the
Tollhattan water falls to Copenhagen.
Stockholm is facing the problem of
establishing practical trade schools.
Prof. Frans von Scheele has proposed
a plan which is largely copied from
the schools of Munchen. He proposes
schools offering each child one day's
work a week. The plan also includes
instruction in sociology#. It
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SCANDINA VIAN NEWS
Prlnolnal Events Gathered In the
OldScandinavian Countries
aws wcalcu.-
iated'thaT three "schools would ~be a
fair beginning.
The estate of the late Gustaf Frod
ing, the poet, left a surplus of $30,000
after all debts were paid. The de
ceased had made arrangements for
gffine $1,700 to kit sjek nurse, Miss
8igne Trotalg.
NORWAY.
The Vivestad church, annex of
Ramnes, was destroyed by fire. The
fire started in a barn belonging to Mr.
Gaasland, the precentor, and from this
it was carried to the church, which
was reduced to ashes in about an
hour. The church was a four-hundred
year old wooden structure. The altar
piece, the pulpit, and the baptismal
font were saved, but the organ, which
was new, could not be removed.
Hammerfest, the northernmost city
in the world, has had a regular whisky
war. The city authorities decided to
close the retal liquor stores at six
o'clock in the evening. But the po
lice force did not see the matter in the
same light, and the anti-saloon people
got up a demonstration. A large
crowd of people marched thru the
streets under a banner with the mot
to: "Down with the Drinks! We De
mand the Enforcement of the City Or
dinance!" The procession was head
ed by the president of the city council
and the pricipals of the schools. The
chief of police had prohibited demon
strations and addresses in front of the
liquor stores, but the people threat
ened to throw him into the sea.
It is proposed that three ships of the
American squadron visit Bergen on its
trip to Europe. The Kristiania Ver
dens Gang makes some curous com
ments on this plan. Why not visit
Kristiania? Such a visit would be a
token of the good feelings existing be
tween the two countries. Then the
paper proceeds to give the following
explanation. The competitive strug
gle seems to be dragging Norway into
the swirl of international political cal
culations, and in case of naval war be
tween the two powers the waters off
Bergen are very apt to be the scene
of the decisive clash between the two
navies. "The North American navy*
says the paper, '"numbers among its
officers the greatest of the naval strat
egists of our day, Admiral Mahon,
and this explains why Bergen is pre
ferred to Kristiania. The numerous
officers of the battleships shall have
a chance to make a preliminary study
of the future theater of war, which
Germany is plowing thru with her
best ships and men."
Telegrams from London state that
Captain Roald Amundsen is no less
than eight months ahead of Captain
Scott in the race for the South Pole.
This is inferred from telegrams about
the arrival of Fram, Amundsen's ship,
at Buenos Ayres. South America, April
18. Amundsen sent a message with
the ship, but he did not date it. In this
he says: "I landed on the Antartic ice
barrier with eight men, 115 dogs, and
provisions and fuel for two years.
The station is 78 degrees, 24 minutes
south and 352 degrees west. We be
gin to push south when the Fram
leaves. All is well." The London
Dally Mail says that Amundsen's plan
is the most comprehensive in the his
tory of polar explorations. As far aa
can be found out, Amundsen started
in February, which in the southern
hemisphere corresponds to the month
of August in the northern hemisphere,
that is to say, near the close of the
short Antartic summer. This mean*
that his expedition will have to meet
unknown dangers during the Antarctic
winter with its continual night
DENMARK.
Prince Valdemar, the youngest son
of King Christian IX, has been ap
pointed vice admiral in the Danish
navy.
The spiritists of Copenhagen are in
a gloomy mood. One of the leading
spiritists of the city gave seances,
charging an admission of 67 cents
Mr. Lyngs, a teacher and editor of a
newspaper called the Truthseeker, waa
among the attendants, but he was
there to look for fraud. He had a
kodak with him, and he took pictures
of the scene. The first time he failed,
but the second attempt was success
ful. He took a picture of a tabic
which rose while the hands of fire per
sons rested on It. Twenty-five persons
were present and witnessed the phe
nomenon. The picture explained the
mystery. Between the three legs ol
the table was seen a foot holding i1
up. The foot belonged to one of the
five persons seated around the table.
The picture was taken with a stereos
camera, which gives two pictures at
a time, so there was no chance foi
doubt. Mr. Thomas, the man who
gave the seance, made a long but very
obscure explanation. He did no1
deny that cheating had taken place,
but he was the one that was cheated
by Mr. Lyngs. He claimed collusion
between Mr. Lyngs and the man own
ing the foot that held up the table,
Mr. Thomas says that he hopes to set
the day when the spiritistic phenom
ena shall be explained by dsmg el
photographs.
It is said that the Danish labor or
ganizations sent millions of their sav
ings to Swedish banks before the lock
out because they thought that undei
the circumstances it might be safer tc
keep the money in that country.
The tuberculin test for animals thai
are to be exported will be abolished
July first. The farmers and others
interested in stock are glad to get rfd
of the test, which often caused fevei
and made the animals look sick.
Some boy scouts are supposed to
responsible for a fire in a park nt.i
Copenhagen.
The wireless telegraph station ii
Copenhagen is open night and day. Ig
the day it works for a distance ol
about 300 miles, in the night about
four times as far.
The radical members of the folket
„,„ i*g made great preparations for pass
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inet, but the result was a vote el
confidence.
The Danish government is content
plating the construction of a harbot
north of Kronberg palace, at Helsia
for. The cost is estimated at $2«MSj
1000.
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