Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 30, 1907, Page 3

’ MILITIA OFFICERS — ARRESTE ¢ /MILITARY ACTION FOLLOWS FAILURE TO STOP FIGHT IN IOWA. Des Moines, Nov. 24.—Capt. O. W. ‘Kulp, First Lieutenant James D. Ma *son and Second Lieutenant Daniel N. Evans of Company B, Iowa national suard, at Davenport, were placed un: der military arrest yesterday after- noon for failing to follow Adjt. Gen. Thrift’s order and stop a prize fight dn Davenport Thursday night. Capt. Kulp and his men disregarded the orders of their superior officers and at 1:45 o’clock yesterday morn: ing, long after the fight was over, the captain sent a telegram to the adju- tant general saying that the law had not been violated and that he and his company had made no arrests. Both Gov. Cummins and Adjt. Gen. Thrift were astonished at the bold dis- regard of orders from headquarters, and no time was lost this morning in arranging for the arrest of the jndif- ferent officers and for their subse quent military trial by court-martial. Adit. Gen. Byers and Gov. Cummins sent jumerous telegrams to Capt. Kulp Thursday night, but all were ig- nored until the pugilists had fought and divided the profits. YOUTH KILLED BY A LYNX. Savage Cat Tears Young Hunter to Pieces. Kenmare, N. D., Nov. 24. — Walter Johnson, the sixteen-year-old son of Peter Johnson, a farmer living about eight miles north of McKinney, on the Moose river, was. literally torn to piece yesterday by a lynx. The ani- mal had been seen in the neighbor- hood by several, and yesterday young Jobnson went out to kill it, taking a -22-caliber rifle. It is supposed that he had shot the lynx, but failed to kill it, whereupon it attacked him and kill him. When found the boy’s head was al most torn from the body. TRAIN WRECKED; TWO INJURED, Switch Engine Backs -Into Incoming Passenger Train at Sleepy Eye. Sleepy Eye, Minn., Nov. 24.—The lo. cal passenger train on the North Western, between Mankato and Sleepy Eye, was wrecked in the yards here. An engine switching on a par. allel track backed onto the main track, striking the incoming passen- ger train. The combination, express, baggage and smoker were badly wrecked. Expresssman Charles Lutholz of Mankato was injured. His arm was broken and his shoulder dislocated. Brakeman Harry Mudeking was cut by glass. PFISTER AWARDED $15,000. Milwaukee Man Wins His Libel Suit Against the Free Press. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 24. — The jury in the Pfister-Free Press libel suit late yesterday returned a ver dict giving Pfister compensatory dam. ages of $10,000 and punitive damages of $5,000. The suit was based on an editorial published in the Free Press in which it was intimated that Pfister was involved in a garbage bribing deal, CAR THIEF SENT UP. Former Wealthy Merchant Goes ta Penitentiary for Ten Months, Rapid City, S. D., Nov. 24. — Ten months in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed upon David Frisbey, the former wealthy Iowa grain mer. chat, who pleaded guilty in the cir cuit court here to the larceny of many articles from North-Western freight ears near Wall. His son, who was ar rested with him, was discharged. CORPSE IS WALLED IN, Physician Will Protect Wife’s Body From Ghouls. Waupaca, Wis., Nov. 24.—A coffin placed on a bed of concrete and then covered with a huge block of granite will protect the remains of Mrs. J. Reinhart, wife of an Ashland county physician, from ghouls and grave rob bers. The remains were interred here yesterday. Matches Are Fatal Toys. Fargo, N. ‘D., Nov. 24.—The three and-a-half-year old daughter of E. C. Schroeder of Watts Siding, Minn. a few miles from here, died this after noon from burns received Monday, The child was playing with matches, from which a fire started which burn. ed her face and the upper part of her body. Robbed by Train Thieves. Denhoff, N. D., Nov. 24.—It is re ported that Fred Wahl, a well-known farmer ‘who recently sold. out and went to California, was robbed of $4, 900 in cash and $2,000 in drafts by pickpockets on a train. Doctors Meet at St. Cloud, St. Cloud, Minn., Nov,.24. — The Stearns and Benton County Medical. society held its regular session yester ‘ay in this city. Dr. Beatty, Dr. C. B, wis and Dr, P. C. Pilon of Paynes. ville read papers. GUARD IS SLUGGED. Workhouse Prisoner Wields an tron Pipe. MinneapHis, Nov.. 26.—Patrick J. Callahan, night watchman at the work- house in Minneapolis, early yesterday morning was made the victim of a murderous assault by Lee R. Gray, @ long-term prisoner, whose effort to es- cape was thwarted by Callahan’s plucky resistance. Callahan will re- cover. The deputy fought nervily to protect the keys after he had been set upon from behind by his assailant, who rained blow after blow upon Calla- han’s head with a piece of heavy iron pipe. Gray, who is a light-built young man, says he is a song and dance vaudeville artist by profession. Use of opium is said to have transformed him into an enacter of the tragedy role in which he appeared yesterday. GEN. HUGHES SUCCUMBS. Veteran of the Iron Brigade Dies in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Nov. 26.—Gen, Alexan- der Hughes succumbed yesterday to the stroke of supposed heart failure which he suffered Friday while presid- ing at a meeting of John A. Rawlins post, G. A. R., held in Memorial hall, Minneapolis. The cause of death has been determined by the attending phy- sicians as gall stones instead of heart failure. Gen. Hughes’ army service began at the age of fourteen, when he served four years in the Northern army, en- listing ‘with the Seventh Wisconsin regiment, Company B. This compa- ny was a portion of the-Iron Brigade, and Gen. Hughes served in the thick- est of this notorious fighting compa- ny’s battles. BEATEN TO DEATH. One Man Dead as the Result of a Fra. cas at a Dance. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Nov. 26.—Al- den Beals is dead and Joseph Evans is under bonds of $2,000 for alleged man: slaughter as the result of “too much alcohol” at a country dance at Yellow River. . y The men, in an intoxicated condi tion, had pummeled each other in a fight over a jug supposed to contain liquor, but which had been filled with water instead, unknown to the owner. In the fracas Beals was thrown down and beaten about the face and body and left to revive himself. Later, when some of the party went to look for him he was lying at the point of death. BOY DIES IN SMOKE. Three-year-old Breaks From Mother : During Fire. Ne ae Duluth, Nov. 26.—Stumbling along through a hallway filled with suffocat- ing smoke at a fire which badly gutted the tenement house at 32 Tenth ave- nue west, little Talmer Adzen, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans, lost his grip on the hand of his frantic mother, who was exerting every means to save her baby, and in the confusion the little ane was lost. When its body finally was discovered in a heap in one corner of the hallway life was extinct. SALOON BURNED OUT. Fire Early Sunday Morning at Moor- head. Moorhead, Minn., Nov. 26.—Fire was discovered at 6 a. m. yesterday in the retail liquor house of the Higgin-Aske company. The fire had gained consid- erable headway, and as the building is partly sheated with metal siding the fire proved a hard one to handle. The firemen, however, succeeded in confin- ing the flames to that building. The loss is estimated at about $12,000. NS ES BREAK THROUGH ICE. Two Young Boys Are Drowned Near Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 26.—The big Sioux river has claimed two more vic- tims, the eight and ten-year-old sons of Mrs. Mary Taylor, a widow, who resides in Sioux Falls. The boys were playing near some icehouses on the bank of the river. They went out on the ice and broke through. BURNED IN PRAIRIE FIRE, Man and His Sister Are in Critical Condition. Aberdeen, S. D., Nov. 26. — Wilbur Standish and his sister, Miss Edna Standish, who were brought here from , Hettinger, N. D., near which place they were terribly burned while trying to escape from a prairie fire, are in a se- rious condition, and it is feareq will not recover. FIND MOTHER DEAD: Woman Hangs Herseif While Children Are Out of the House, Trosky, Minn., Nov. 26. — Mrs. A, Banhoft, residing on a farm two miles east of here, hanged herself. She was a widow with a family of chil- dren. The family arose as usual and the children went out to do the chores, They returned soon after daylight to WOMAN EATEN BY WILDCAT REMAINS OF AGED WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR MONTHS. Yola, Minn., Nov. 27.—Wildcats or lynx killed Mrs. Emily Chase, the aged woman who mysteriously disap- peared from her claim near here on June 28 last. Her body has been found by a party of hunters. In one spot lay what remained of her skull; near it was found. the lower jawbone, and scattered about these were twenty: three bones—all.that remained of the body of the woman. Such has been the fate of a woman who a number of years ago counted among her friends the Russell Sages and other prominent New York fami: lies. She was highly educated, de voted to literature and was religious. The family moved to Decorah, Iowa, where her husband was prominently connected with a wholesale firm. He died leaving the widow a large estate. Her son Eugene came North and set- tled in Schoolcraft township. He finally persuaded his mother to sell her home and come to his place to live. She was an ardent Christian and was willing to make any sacrifice for her*son. As years passed by she seems to have lost all she possessed and lived alone and almost in pov- erty on her claim, FINDS “THE LOST MINE.” ‘ Montana Prospector Claims to Have Located Rich Placer. Heléha, Mont., Nov. 27, — That which has existed for a number of years in the minds of mining men and known as “The Lost Mine” has been found in this county by a prospector named Foster. In the early days a prospector on the Big Blackfoot near Lincoln found very rich placer gold, but being seized with sickness came to a hospital in the city. He grew worse, but before dying tried to tell the attendant nurse where it was. The property could never be found from the description and it had almost been forgotten. Foster has continued the search and was at last rewarded. He says it is very rich—rich beyond all the stories that have been told. It is situated near a famous early day gold district, WANT SUNDAY LID. Menomonie (Wis.) Ministers to Ap- peal to Gov. Davidson. Menomonie, Wis., Nov. 27. — L. C. Grant, pastor of the First Congrega- tional church, and A. J. Coram, pastor of the First Methodist church, made a, tour of the saloons of this city Sun- day and found them open and doing business in violation of the law. They| will issue a letter to Gov. Davidson condemning the attitude of Mayor Johnson and asking that the state law} be enforced. Action will be taken at the ministers’ meeting to-day. LOOT SAFE AT LEISURE. Superior Thieves Haul Strong Box Away and Rifle It. Superior, Wis., Nov. 27. — Burglars last night removed the 500-pound safe from the office of the Independent Laundry company, put it into the com- pany’s rig at the back door, drove to a! secluded spot near the bay and broke | it open with a sledge hammer. They got about $100 in currency and $60 in cashiers’ checks. RUNS WILD FOR WEEKS. Lunatic Is Caught in Woods Near Du- luth. Duluth, Nov. 27. — A man named George W. Graham has been doing the wild man act in the woods near Lake- wood pumping station for a week, but was captured yesterday. Grakam is recovering his mental | poise and gave his name, home and occupation. He says he left Montreal for Duluth, but remembers nothing more. He is temporarily unbalanced. NOT GUILTY OF MURDER. Jury Indorses Louis Serre’s Selfge- fense Plea, Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 27. — The jury in the case of Louis Serre, charg- ed with murder in the first ‘degree, re- turned a verdict of not guilty. The killing with which Serre was charged occurred last August in All Nations saloon, where Serre shot Leon Neveux, proprietor of the saloon, killing him almost.instantly. Serre pledded self- defense. uu“ General Store Is Desttroyed. Osakis, Minn., Nov. 27. — The large store building of Robert Stewart, with its contents, at Oak Hill burned to the ground. No cause is known for the fire. The goods invoiced $11,000. Bank Damaged by Fire, Velva, N. D., Nov. 27—The Mer- chants National bank here was gutted by fire, entailing a loss of about $2,000. Offices on the second floor were dam- aged about the same amount. Self-defense Plea Acquits. Miles. City, Mont., Nov. 27. — Peter Steffenson, the Fort Keogh soldier who was ox trial here for cutting rrank Casey with a knife about al. month ago, was-acquitted. He admit- ted using the knife, but pleaded self- defense. \ ithe expense of the department. MAKE THE BEST BUTTER. Edwin Hed of Nicollet Is First in Whole-milk Butter Class. E. K. Slater, state dairy and food commissioner, has announced the win- ners of the prizes in the butter and cheese making contests which were conducted by the commission during the summer, and the prizes went to those having Six contests were held three highest average scores for the series in each of the classes. The winner of the first prize in the whole-milk butter class is Edwin Hed of Nicollet, who received-an average score of 95.29. The prize is a round- trip ticket to New York city, with stop-over «privileges. at Chicago. He will go as Minnesota’s champion but- termaker. The second prize, a round-trip ticket to Chicago, goes to A. T. Radtke of Hamburg, who had an average score of 94.79. The third prizes goes to Alex Johnson of New Ulm, whose score was 94.75. The prize is free tuition at the Minnesota dairy school for the present term, the prize being donated by Prof. T. L. Haecker. There were eighty-two buttermakers entered, all but seven of whom made an average score of 92 or better. In addition to these there were 144 con- testants who participated only in one’ to five contests, and hence were ineli- gible for the prizes. P. G. Wolhuter of Fairmont won the first prize in the hand separator but- ter class, with a score of 93.83. He will receive a railroad ticket to Chi- cago and return. L, H. Flagel of Er- skine won the second prize in this About the State e GUARD ON NEW FOOTING. Reorganization to Comply With the Dick Law. Adjt. Gen. Fred B. Wood is prepar- ing to complete the organization of the Minnesota national guard on the plan provided for in the Dick law. An order has_ been is- sued that the minimum number of recruits in each company shall be fif- ty-eight instead of forty-six, the pres- ent minimum. The order also provides that there shall be thirty-six compa- nies instead of twenty-seven, the pres- ent number. It is not yet decided where the new companies will be located, but as St. Paul is now below.the quota to which it is entitled, there will probably be three new companies in that city, two in Minneapolis and the others will be scattered throughout the state in the cities where the chances for maintain- ing a company are best. Under the new order the national guard will cost the state about $128,000, of which the federal government will contribute about $43,000, The reorganization of the guard on this plan is to put the militia on a ba- sis which will entitle the state to the national aid, provision for: which vis made in the Dick law to such states as have complied with the requirements of the bill in the matter of the organi- zation of the militia, BIG SAVING IN NEW LIGHT. Fergus Council Investigates Merits of New Electric Lamp. The Fergus Falls electric light com- class, with an average of 93.41, and will visit the six best creameries in the state at the expense of the depart- o~ mission has. been investigating the Tungsten electric light,anewkind of electric lamp, which may in time revo- co NEW MAIN BUILDING AT THE COLLEGE OF —-—-0@ ACROSS SWEDEN BY CANAL. Waterway Ericsson Helped to Build New Route for Tourist Travel. At least one canal in the world has become a favorite route of pelasure travel. This is the Gota canal, the building of which converted that part of Sweden south of Stockholm into an island. The canal crosses the land from sea to sea, forming an uninterrupted line of communication 260 miles long between the Baltic and the Kattegat. The journey takes two days and a half. Ships drawing ten feet of water may pass from sea to sea through this chain of lakes, cuttings, locks and regulated rivers constituting the Gota canal. Ninety-nine years ago this gigantic piece of work was planned, and twen- ty-four years elapsed before commu- nication was finally established. The names of some of the greatest men in engineering science are associated with the canal. A part of the River Gota, which carries the water en route to the Kat- tegat, had long before been canalized and the famous Swedenborg, who was a daring engineer before he was a strange dreamer and the founder of a religious sect, had a hand in the work. But when the time came to use the Gota river as a part of the new canal the antiquated locks were discarded and the brothers Nils and John Ericsson began their great ca- reer as engineers by re-canalizing the —-—————- AGRICULTURE | “e THE LATEST ADDITION TO ST. PAUL’S LIST OF FINE COLLEGE BUILDINGS The new main building for the Minne- Sota school and college of agriculture and experiment station in St. Anthony Park is a_ dignified and imposing fireproof structure, three stories and basement in height and covering a ground area on a “T” form plan 248 feet in length and 145 feet in depth. _ Architecturally the building is designed in the early Italian style, the materials used being a brown pressed brick laid up with thick mortar joints and trimmed with granite and Bedford stone. The cornice is bold and of great projection, aiding materially to the beauty of the building. The roof is covered with red tiles. The main entrance is dignified by a stone portico of generous dimensions. The distinctive character of the design ment. The third prize, consisting on ten years’ subscription to the Dairy Record, goes to B. Grundeen of Mur- dock, with a score of 93.37. There were thirty-two contestants in this class, all of whom received a score of is one of great strength and simplicity, combined with an extremely pleasing color effect. .The building is planned to serve a va- riety of uses. The basement contains storage rooms and the great ventilating fans and heaters, the steam supply be- ing obtained from the central heatin, plant in an adjoining building. The ground floor is devoted to offices and rooms for the requirements of the division of agri- | culture, where generous allowance has | been made for class rooms, laboratories | and work rooms. H A striking characteristic feature of the interior is the great stone entrance hall and Stairs, finished in polishgd Kasota | marble. Tihs material has also been used for the floors of the halls through- out the building with excellent effect. The first floor contains the executive offices of the school and college and ex- periment station, together with a very fine library and reading room, as well a3 seminary and farm accounts room and a beautiful and_ spacious auditorium and stage, the auditorium and gallery being capable of seating 1,000 people. The second floor contains the entomo- logical and sowing departments. The entire building is finished in weathered oak, and the walls and ceilings in quiet but pleasing colors. The heating is by steam, which in com- bination with a blower system furnishes abundant fresh warm air throughout the building at all times. The lighting is by electricity. lutionize the electric light business of the country. The lamps ordinarily in use consume three watts of electyicity a candle power an hour; the new lamp consumes only one watt a candle pow- er an hour, so that were such lamps over 90. There were also twelve en-/ installed everywhere only one-third of tered in five contests, all of whom had 90 or higher. J. T. McCarthy of West Concord won the first prize in the American cheese contest, with a score of 97.21, with Fred Miller of Mantorville sec- ond, with a score of 97.04, and L. L. Strombeck of Battle Lake third, with a score of 96.83. The first prize in this class is a trip to Milwaukee to at- tend the convention of the Wisconsin cheesemakers on Jan. 8, 9 and 10, at The second prize is also a trip to that con- vention, but the department in this case will only pay the railroad fare. The third prize is a ten years’ sub- scription to the Dairy Record. Eleven contestants were entered in the six contests in this class, the lowest score being 94. Nine others were entered in two to five contests, the lowest score among these being 91.75 for two contests. FINED FOR CATCHING MUSKRAT Clarence McCollum of Mankato Is Forced to Pay $10 and Costs. Clarence McCollum was taken be- the electricity now consumed would be required, There is one very serious objection to them—the inside “wire” is extreme- ly brittle; so much so that it cannot be operated on an ordinary swinging wire, but must be fastened and oper- ated from a switch. « BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HONORED Olmsted County Pupils Asked to Send an Exhibit to Argentina. Supt. George F. Howard of the Olm- sted county schools has received a let- ter from Ernesto Nelson, commission- er of education of Argentina, South America, asking him to send a part of the exhibits of the Olmsted Boys’ and Girls’ clubs to him, to be placed on exhibition in his country. Mr. How- ard plans on sending a part of the ex- hibit to St. Paul, after which it will be sent to Argentina. The exhibits will be placed in a museum now being built at Buenos Ayres. Doggone Shame. Pug—Poodle says that he gets cream fore the court at Mankato on the} twice a day, a bath every morning, charge of catching muskrat out of.sea.j|,and has a complete wardrobe. son, on complaint of Game and Fish Warden Jordan. He paid a fine of $10 and costs. * FEED FOR WILD DUCKS, Terrier—Yes. His mistress doesn’t make a fool of herself over her chil- dren, as ours does. Fashion’s Frown, “Are you going to give any ban- Owing to the lack of suitable feed} quets this winter?” for wild fowl in the lakes in the vi- vinity of Waseca in the last few years the hunting has rapidly grown poor- er. rice seed, with which to sow Goose, Rice, Watkins and Gaiter lakes. The “I don’t know yet,” answered Mrs. Cumrox, “there has been so much coarse political discussion arising from dinner parties that I shouldn’t Local hunters have contributed be surprised if they went out ‘of -|for the purchase of 500 pounds of wild | style.” ———_——. Kansas Optimistic. lakes are..now. frozen over, and~to} Painted on one of the windows of a make sure that the seed will grow it| Butler saloon: “Hush, little saloon, was packed in a large box and lowered | don’t cry, you'll be a drug store by through a hole in the ice. | and by.” western part of the Gota river and replacing Swedenborg’s work by a series of eleven monumental locks cut out of the solid rock. It takes seventy-four locks to lift the vessels from one level to another and lower them again. Each steamer leaving Stockholm is gradually litfed 305 feet above the\sea before it reaches the water parting at Lake Wiken in the center of the peninsula. Then it is carefully lowered again from one lock to another til lit is once more at sea level in the city of Go- thenburg. At many points where several locks are passed in succession the passen- gers have time to walk along the banks of the canal for a closer view of one or another attraction, such as the magnificent falls of Trollhattan, which are circumvented by the eleven locks that made the Ericssons fa- mous. : The whole trip is charming, for there is great variety in the constant- ly changilng scene. The contrasts are sometimes very abrupt, as, for ex- ample, when the vessel emerges from a thick forest of silver birches upon one of the big lakes, whose further shore can scarcely be seen. Some things are done in a quaint way on these little vessels: An ac- count book with a pencil attached hangs on the wall, and everybody is expected to jot down the number of meals he eats and the extras he or- ders, foot up the total at the end of the voyage and settle the bill accord ing to his own calcualtion. DITCH NOT COMPLETED. Frank A. Day and the secretary of state have returned from Itasca coun- ty, where they were called to approve the drainage ditch being built by the state. After examining the ditch ap proval was denied. According to Mr. Day the ditch was not half completed and the two hag their trip for nothing. The ditch is known as the Cow Horn lake ditch. It is about five miles long and will cost the state $5,000.