Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 21, 1906, Page 3

orthwest. N “THE CLANSMAN” IS COMING. St. Paul and Minneapolis to Be Favor. ed With the Great Southern Play. Thomas Dixon, Jr.’s famous play, “The Clansman,” is announced for pre- sentation at the Metropolitan opera house, St. Paul, Minn., for four nights, ‘beginning Sunday, April 22, with Wednesday matinee, and also at the Metropolitan opera house, Minneapo- lis, three nights, beginning Thursday, April 26, with Saturday matinee. Mr. Dixon’s play is a dramatization of “The Clansman” and “The Leop- ard’s Spots,” which have stirred the nation by his bold and fearless treat- ment of the race problem. Probably no play has received so much critical mment and been so widely discussed since the first production of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” It may fitly be describ- sd as the sensation of the century. , For weeks past so much interest has been shown by the out-of-town patrons in the coming engagement that the management of the Metropolitan opera house in St. Paul and Minneapolis has deemed it necessary to receive mail orders for seats. All such orders sent in will be filled in the order of their re- ceipt. All checks, money orders, etc., should be made payable to L. N. Scott. {t is also imperative that seats ordered by telephone be called for promptly on the opening of the seat sale, as the de- mand for seats will be far in excess of the seating capacity of the theater. The prices for the engagement will be 25 cents to $1.50. BATTLES WITH HOUSE CAT. Grand Rapids Man May Suffer Blood Poisoning. Grand Rapids, Minn., ApriY 19.—In a battle with a vicious house cat, Will Richardson, one of the prominent young men of this place, received seri- ous injuries and blood poisoning is feared. The cat had been a household pet, but had acquired the wanderlust and*become a tramp. Richardson at- tempted to put it out of the house when the vicious animal turned on him and bit and scratched him: He struck it to the ground and attempted o kick it, but could not land a knock- out blow. The cat returned to the at- tack and finally Richardson was com- pelled to beat a retreat. His wrists were badly lacerated by the animal's teeth and claws and his face and por- tions of his body gave evidence of the desperate nature of the encounter. Precautions against blood poisoning have been taken, but it is feared they will prove unavailing. USES $10,000 OF BANK’S MONEY. Assistant Teller of St. Paul Bank Confesses to Embezzlement. St. Paul, April 19.—Louis S. Jung: baue sistant teller of the State Savings bank, was yesterday arrested charged with a shortage of $1,000 in Li accounts, but officers of the bank say that it will reach $10,000. The bank, however, will lose nothing, as Jungbauer is under bonds and the bonding company will make good the ‘e. whatever it is. Jungbauer was arraigned yesterday morning in police court. He waived 1 hearing and was held to the grand entire sum, according to the of- ficers of the bank, has been taken since October last year, and all of it nas been spent. It went for wine, women and song, according to Jungbauer’s statements to the officers of the bank. MATES’ JOKE KILLS BOY. Fright at Being Chased by Dog Causes Heart Failure. Fertile, Minn., April 19. — Bennie Holland, the ten-year-old son of Mons Holland, dropped dead yesterday, sup- posedly from fright. The boy had been playing with companions, one of whom set a vicious dog upon him. The boy took to his heels and ran home as fast as he could, the dog chasing him all the way. As he en- tered the house he told his sister the dog was after him, and seemed to be greatly exhausted from fright and his ‘ast run. He complained of not feel- ing well, and almost immediately af- cerward fell to the floor dead. SASHES THROAT WITH RAZOR. Sonvicted Prisoner Borrows Razor and Attempts Suicide. Ashland, Wis., April 19.—Max Mill- er, who was convicted Saturday on a charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretenses, made an at- tempt last night to commit suicide by cutting his throat witn a razor. He. will recover, but will be examined as o his sanity. The sheriff allowed him he use of a razor with which to shabe and as soon as the officer's back was curned, miller gashed his throat. Oth- er prisoners saw: the act and raised ihe alarm. Man May Have Been Murdered. Helena, Mont., April 19.—The nude vody of an unknown man was found in a slough near Central Park, Gal- latin county, yesterday afternoon. There are indicatic#; of foul play and the authorities are investigating. Mill Hand Loses Fingers. © Brainerd, Minn., April 19. — 0. S. Campbell, a young man employed in a ‘ath mill near Pequot, lost three fing- ers in one of the saws yesterday. He was brought to St. Joseph’s hospital here for treatment. ‘ TIES UP GRAIN INSPECTION. New Restraining Order Is Served at Superior. Superior, Wis., April 19. — United States. Marshal Lewiston of Madison arrived in Superior yesterday, and af- ter serving copies of the recent injunc- tion issued against the Wisconsin grain commission, returned home in the afternoon. The injunction, which went into effect yesterday, prevents the commission and its agents from in- terfering with the handling of any grain at the Itasca and “terminal ele- vators.” It practically covers the same scope as the injunction Which was secured by the Globe Elevator company some months ago, and is brought at this time to frustrate the attempt of the commission to inspect outgoing cargoes of grain. It is ex- pected that the injunction will remain in force until a final determination of the Globe case is reached, upon which will ultimately depend the constitu- tionality of the Wisconsin grain law. WIFE FATALLY SHOT BY SPOUSE. Harry Spencer Carries Out His Threat to Shoot His Wife. Minneapolis, April 19—With mur- der in his heart and a determination to carry out threats made weeks ago, Harry Spencer, formerly a well-to-do restaurant man of St. Paul, shot and probably fatally injured his wife at Hennepin avenue and Thirteenth street last night, and then fired at her companions, Mr. and Mrs. Franke Mc- Cormick. Mrs. Spencer is at St. Bar- nabas_ hospital with ‘three bullet wounds in her head, and the _ physi- cians say she cannot recover. Dis- patches are being sent to all the towns in the Northwest asking for the arrest of Spencer. The injured woman has told the police her story and with the information given by McCormick, an eye-witness, the detectives hope to get Spencer in their net. It is the old story of domestic discord. MISTAKE IN DRINK FATAL. Farmer Takes Carbolic Acid Instead of Alcohol, Chokio, Minn., April 19—Fred Win- ters, a farmer living near here, is dead from the effects of drinking car- bolic acid in mistake for alcohol. Win- ters had been in town and among oth- er things purchased two bottles of the same size, one containing alcohol and the other the poison. These he placed in his pocket. When he had nearly reached home he drew the bottle which he supposed contained the alco- hol from his pocket and took a drink, swallowing a goodly quantity before he was aware of his terrible mistake. He managed to reach home and medi- cal aid was summoned, but despite all efforts to save him the man died the following morning. He is survived by a widow and children. LODGE OFFICER IS MISSING. Helena Man’s Disappearance Alarms His Friends, Helena, Mont., April 19.—C. K. Sher- wood, who works in a laundry in this city, has disappeared and his relatives and friends are alarmed. He left home two days ago and seems to have dropped out of sight. A bottle of laudanum was found under his pillow, leading to a belief that he may’have attempted his life. The officers are searching the hills around Helena, especially the old prospect holes. Sher- wood was secretary of a local lodge, but so far as known, his accounts are correct. His wife knows no reason for his disappearance. WAGON KILLS A MAN. Police Unable to Explain How Acci-' dent Happened, Minneapolis, April 19.—An unidenti- fied man about fifty years old was run over and killed by a beef wagon at Hennepin avenue and Second street, late yesterday afternoon, and, al- though the accident took place in full view of several hundred persons, the police have been unable to find out how it happened. The man was picked up in the street unconscious and bleed- ing profusely from a cut in the left temple. He was taken to the city hos- pital, where he died half an hour later without regaining consciousness. MINER FALLS 125 FEET. Fatal Accident Occurc in Mine Near Chisholm. Chisholm, Minn., April 19. — The crushed and mangled body of Naurizio Stefans, an employe of the Monroe mine, was found in an empty ore car at the mouth of “B” shaft by fellow workmen last evening. Stefans had been working alone on a raise of fifty feet from the surface, and in some manner is supposed to have lost his balance and fallen 125 feet to the bot- tom of the shaft. Nearly every bone in the body was broken. Stefans was forty-four years old and is survived by a widow and children. LOOPS THE LOOP ON SKATES. Duluth ManDoes Dangerous Stunts on Rollers. Duluth, April 19.—After two years’ hard work George Proff of this city has succeeded in looping the loop on roller skates. Proff has been seriously hurt on several occasions, but has ver- sisted until success has crowned his efforts. He also leaps a twenty-three- foot gap after coming down an eighty- foot incline. He uses skates with ten- inch wheels and weighing twenty-sev- en pounds. New Main Structure at University Will Be Collegiate Gothic in Style, and Afford Excellent Accommodations—‘‘Main” at Farm School Will Be Italian Renaissance. NEW The new muin building at the state university, the contract for which was let recently by the state board of con- trol, will be a large and handsome structure. It will be 325 by 90 feet, of the collegiate Gothic style, and will cost about $350,000. The exterior will be of pressed brick, trimmed with terra cotta and upon a |granite base. The halls and stairways will be in white enamel brick and the floors of tile. In all there will be about with about fifty smaller study rooms and offices. The building will have three stories and a high basement. There will be large entrances at all four sides. The entrances will be con- nected by a corridor running through from end to end of the building. In the basement will be the heating apparatus, janitors’ ‘rooms, toilet rooms, two check rooms, a men’s study room, the Scandinavian and German museums and two debating seminars. The First Floor. On the first floor will be the post- office, the dean’s office and class rooms for the mathematics, Greek, Latin and astronomy. The building will be wider at the two ends, affording space for two class rooms on either side of the At the center will be four or corridor. forty large class rooms in the building, | MAIN BUILDING, STATE UNIVERSITY. five more class rooms on the Univer- sity avenue side of the offices, and study rooms on the other side of the corridor. . On the second floor will be class rooms for the classes in German, Scan- dinavian, Spanish, French; rooms for student publications and a study for the professors, The class rooms on the top floor will be larger than those on “the other floors and are designed for classes in rhetoric, oratory, pedagogy and philos- ophy. The building will be fire-proof throvghout. The hot blast system of heating will be used. It will be com- pleted during the summer of 1907. Main at Farm School. The new main building at the state farm school will be completed in De- cemher. It will be in the shape of a “T" with a frontage of 250 feet on Cleveland and 150 feet deep. It will be built in the Italian Rennaisance style, of pressed brick with stone trimmings, upon a granite foundation. The structure will be about 510 feet from the street, allowing space for an ornamental lawn. A large entrance on the north side will give convenient en- try from the old school grounds. The building, when completed, will cost about $250,000. The basement will be used only for Clarence H. Johnston, Architect. the heating apparatus and janitors’ rooms. On the ground floor will be a large lecture room for the short-course class, two museums, a school class room, a breeding laboratory and a re search laberatory. On the main floor will be the audi- torium or assembly room. It will be in the rear or east wing, and will seat about 800. In the south wing will be the library and the reading room, while in the north wing will be the execu- tive offices, with separate offices for the dean, principal, secretary and reg- istrar. The rooms for the classes in farm accounts will also be in this end. For Sewing Classes. The entire south wing of the third floor will be used for the sewing class- es. There will be one lecture room, two sewing rooms, fitting rooms and pressing rooms. The east wing will form the balcony for the auditorium and will seat an additional 400, mak- ing the total seating capacity 1,200. In the north wing on this floor will be two museums, two laboratories and a class room. The auditorium will have five large double exits into the main corridor, and on the upper floor the balcony will have the same number of exits into the corridor. At either side of the en- trance to the auditorium will be 4 large stairway. Clarence H. gonnston, Aremitect. NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, STATE FARM SCHOOL. 8 8 8 8 iii LLLLLLOLLLLLOOOOOOoOawwmn—n=——vooewvvsOo orm NEW FLAX IS BEST. Latest Variety Yields Forth More Than Old Kinds. The new variety of flax originated by the Minnesota experiment station , Officials in co-operation witb the Uni- ted States department of agriculture, and distributed in 1905 to the farm- ers of Minnesota, has proven a very valuable variety for this state. A pamphlet recently issued by the ex- periment station, giving the results of the 1905 tests, shows that. this pew flax yielded 3.1 bushels or 26 per cent more than the common varieties grown by the farmers. These figures ‘are based on the results of tests re- ported by forty-eight farmers in dif- ferent sections of the state, who grew this flax and their common varieties under similar conditions, Every bushel of the flax grown in 1905 should be used for seed in 1906. Every farmer who is raising flax should get some seed of this variety and increase his yield, for ap increase of 26 per cent is certainly worth while. It means a much larger in- crease in profits, for the cost of grow- ing is exactly the same. n The reports also show the new flax to be from five to ten days earlier ,than common varieties, which gives a considerable advantage in escaping \ damage from various sources, and in getting ahead of the weeds. For a portion of the land sown to grain, flax is probably as profitable a crop as can be grown. That is, it yields as much in money value per acre as does any of the grain crops. , Twine is now being made of flax straw, which promises to make a market for considerable of this other- wise waste product. Flax should not be grown on the No Letup. Lovett—You don’t believe vorce, then? Hayter—No, sir; I’ve got too much sportin’ blood. | Lovett—What has that to do with it? |“ Hayter—tI believe in ‘a fight to the finish, j A Tip. Chevrolet, the automobilist, was talking at Ormond about American railways. in di- .reformatory ; said. same piece of ground oftener than once in seven to ten years. precaution is taken there will be but littie danger from flax wilt. Flax is an especially desirable crop to grow on late spring breaking. This will always make it a favorite crop where it is desired to leave the grass land for fall and spring pasture and break it up in June for a crop the same year. HARRY GILBERT PARDONED. Sentenced From Martin County on Blackmail Charge. Harry Gilbert, sentenced from Mar- tin county Dec. 7, 1904, to the state and afterward removed to the state prison, has been pardoned by the state board. Mr. Dean of Fairmont appeared for him and stated that the letter which Gilbert had written to a prominent citizen of Fairmont was written more in the spirit of bravado than with malicious intent, The letter which Gilbert wrote was addressed to the president cf a bank | in Fairmont. The writer threatened to kill) the bank president if he did not pay over at once a certain sum of money. Gilbert was arrested and convicted on a charge of attempted blackmail] and sentenced to the re- formatory. He proved incorrigible and was re- moved to the state prison. It is said that he is now a modei prisoner, and has repented of his folly. His rela- tives, it was stated, are in excellent circumstances and ready to receive him as soon as he is released. F. A. Day, private secretary to Gov. Johnson, was before the board as a citizen of Fairmont and asked that the boy~be pardoned. concurring in them. In speed, in comfort, in luxury, American railways lead the world. “But the expense. “On my way to Florida, I said to the porter, as the time drew near for us to part: “‘Porter, you have been very atten- tive, and I want to give you some- thing, but I have no change.’ If this | “Abroad we have nothing like “Then I took a $10 bill from my wal- let. “‘Can you change this for me?’ I “Your railways are superb,” he | asked. what had been said of the case by Mr. Dean. * WILL ESTABLISH A STANDARD. State Board of Health Makes New Milk Regulation, In order to start a campaign of ed- ucation which in time will result in the establishment of a bacterial stand- ard of purity for milk in cities of Min- nesota, the state board of health has adopted a resolution recommending the adoption of such a standard by the municipalities. At present Minnesota has no such standard by which to test the purity of milk. The milk supply of the cities is entirely under the jurisdiction of the state dairy and food department, which has a standard which milk must reach before it is declared legal. This test is confined to the ascertaining of the percentage of butter fat contained in the milk. PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES. County Superintendents Whose Sal- ary ts $1,400. State Superintendent J. W, Olsen has received inquiry whether the pro- vision of the new code, permitting county commissioners to pay the county superintendent not over $250 for traveling expenses, supersedes the provision of the Statutes of 1905 which provides that the county com- missioners may pay this amount for the superintendent’s expenses, pro- vided the salary is not over $1,400. Mr. Olsen has replied that the ses- sion laws of 1905 supercedes the pro- visions of the code, so superintend- ents who receive a salary of $1.400 or more will not get any allowance for expenses. “Certainly, sir,’ the porter answer: ed, pulling out a large roll of money. ‘How will you have it, sir? In fives?”” Modern Mothers. Modern mothers have not the influ: ence over their children that mothers of previous generations have exer. cised. The modern mother is a wretch- ed disciplinarian; the modern child knows nothing of obedience. The mod- .or use soda. ern mother is rarély unselfish; the. modern child is pampered, indulged and pert. Limeor Ammonia in food madewith Calumet Baking Powder A wonderful powder of rare merit id unrivaled strength. There Are Others. “He’s the most popular man in our set.” “Huh! Who’s he popular with, I'd like to know?” ; “Himself.” To Launder White Silk Handkerchiefs. Do not put white silk handkerchiefs in the ordinary wash, as they are easily laundered at home. Make a strong lather of Ivory Soap and water, but do not rub the soap on the handkerchief Rinse and iron while damp with a moderately hot iron. Eleanor R. Parker. No Wonder. “Did you hear of the man who got married and never spoke a word to his wife for fifteen years?” “No; why?” “He didn’t like to interrupt her.” SKIN ERUPTIONS 35 YEARS Suffered Severely With Eczema All Over Body—A Thousand Thanks to Cuticura Remedies. “For over thirty-five years I was a severe sufferer from eczema. The eruption was not confined to any one place. It was all over my body, limbs, and even on my head. I am sixty years old and an old soldier, and have been examined by the Government Board over fifteen times, and they said there was no cure for me. I have taken all kinds of medicine and have spent large sums of money for doc- tors, without avail. A short time ago I decided to try the Cuticura Reme- dies, and after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap, two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and two bottles of Cuti- cura Resolvent, two treatments in all, I am now well and completely cured. A thousand thanks to Cuticura. I cannot speak too highly of the Cuti- cura Remedies. John T. Roach, Rich- mondale, Ross Co., Ohio, July 17, 1905.” Where Looks Don’t Count. “I visited Miss Marie Corelli when I was in Stratford,” said a young wom- an. “She lives in a quaint house of dull red brick. She is very pretty and very rich and shé likes Americans. “Miss Corelli was full of fun. She taiked about woman’s over-regard for appearances. She said that she her- self was too prone to think that, if ap- pearances were all right, everything was right. “Once, in her childhood, Miss Cor- elli said she was yachting on the Eng- lish coast. “As the yacht sped along there was a sudden swerve, and the helmsman said: “‘By Jove, I believe she’s broken her rudder.’ “‘Oh, well,” said the young girl, ‘what does it matter? It’s under wa- ter, and I’m sure nobody will notice it?” He sprinted down the pier, his eyes fixed on the ferryboat only two or three feet out from the pier. He paused but an instant, and then cheer- ed-on by the amused crowd, made a flying leap across the intervening stretch of water and landed safely on the deck. A fat man happened to be standing on the spot where the other landed, and they both went down together. When the newcomer had sufficiently recovered his breath he apologized to the fat man. “I hope I didn’t hurt you,” he said. “I am very sorry. But, anyway, I caught the ferry!” “But, you idiot,” said the fat man, “the boat is coming in!” A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison Was Doing the Mischief. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning and tells it in a way so sim- ple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. “I had neuralgic headaches for 12 years” she says, “and have suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds, but they brought me down to 110. I went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on, till one day in 1904 a woman doc- tor told me to drink Postum Food Cof- fee. She said I looked like I was cof- fee poisoned. “So I began to drink Postum and I gaired 15 pounds in the first few weeks and I am still gaining, but not so fast as at first. My headaches be- gan to leave me after I had used Post- um about two weeks—long enough I ‘expect to get the coffee poison out ot my system. “Now that a few months have pass ed since I began to use Postum Food Coffee, I can gladly say that I never know what a neuralgic headache is like any more, and it was nothing but Postum that cured me. Before I used Postum I never went out alone; I would get bewildered and would not knew which way to turn. Now I go alone and my head is as clear as a bell. My brain and nerves are strong er than they have been for years.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason. Read the little , book, “The Road to Wellville,” in vkgs. s There Is no Rochelle Salte, Alum,