Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 16, 1908, Page 3

TRAG!C END TO MARITAL WOES Desperate Husband Kills Wife in Pres- ence of Children and Turns ~ Weapon on Himself. Cokato, Minn., Dec. 15.—The tragic climax to a sad domestic drama was enacted at Knapp, a town about six miles northwest of this place, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when Au- gust Carlson, in the presence of his four trembling children, fired three shots into the body of his fleeing wife, killing her instantly, and then turned the weapon on himself, causing fatal wounds. Carlson and his wife were married some years ago, and almost from the very first led a life of stress, and after many unavailing attempts to patch up their difficulties Mrs. Carl- son left, taking her four children with her, and went to the home of her father, John lLandstrom, the place where the crime was committed. Ever since the separation Carlson had been endeavoring to have his wife again take up with him. This, it is reported, Mrs. Carlson repeatedly refused to do. It is this refusal which is believed to have directly led to the double murder. The man came to Cokato Friday and spent the night here. He reached Knapp Saturday afternoon and went directly to the Landstrom home, where he found his wife and children alone, Landstrom being some distance away in a neighbor's field. The crime was committed almost immediately after the man reached the place. HICKS CLEARED OF CHARGES. Jury in Second Trial Brings Verdict of “Not Guilty.” Minneapolis, Dec. 15. — Amid a scene that was touching for its show of emotion, William K. Hicks, secre- tary of the Minneapolis board of edu- cation, was for a second time within two weeks found not guilty on a charge of accepting a bribe for offi- cial preference. He is also cleared of further jeopardy of his character, as there will be no further prosecution. Hicks was acquitted of the charge of bribery in school affairs by the jury in Judge Dickinson’s court, which, after deliberating over twenty-six hours, returned a verdict of not guilty. MANY COWS CONDEMNED. Farmers in Vicinity of Freeborn Fight | Tuberculosis Taint. Freeborn, Minn., Dec. 15.—Ed Ford of Freeborn township recently pur- chased twenty thoroughbred Short- horn cattle in Iowa and placed them on his farm a few days ago. Since then an inspector has tested them and finds that fourteen of them are affect- ed with tuberculosis and has ordered them to South St. Paul to be slaugh- tered. Farmers in the southern part of Blue th county are clearing their herds of tuberculous cattle, and ex- pect to have that section free from the disease soon. IOWA MAYORS PAY FINES. One Violates Food Laws, While Other Fishes Illegally. Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 15.—The hand of the law has fallen heavily upon the mayors of Muscatine county. Leonard Schlapkohl, mayor, merchant and postmaster of Stockton, was ar- rested and found guilty of breaking the pure food law by selling linseed oil containing pertleum. Mayor Gay of Conesville, was ar- rested and pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal fishing. Both mayors were fined. FIND BODY FROZEN IN SNOW. Woodsmen Stumble Over Corpse of Chippewa Falls Man. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 15. — Woodsmen have come across the dead body of Samuel Kowalski lying near a trail leading from Gilman to one of the John S. Owen company camps. It is believed that Kowalski in walking from Gilman last Sunday lost his way and was frozen to death. It is known that he was intoxicated before he left Gilman. MINER LOST IN HILLS. Cc. W. Draper Found Wandering Alone and May Not Recover. Helena, Mont., Dec. 15. — C. W. Draper, a prominent and well-to-do mining man and discoverer of the North Mocassasin mine, which is net- ting John W. Gates a tidy fortune an- nually in dividends, has been found wandering in the hills near Kendall. He is not expected to recover. Seeks Death by Bullet. Grand Rapids, Wis., Dec. 15.—Cor- nelius Cochran, about fifty years old, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. He is in a critical condi- tion. It is believed he was insane at the time he committed the act. Three Miners Suffocated. * Mount Vernon, Ill, Dec. 15.—John Donahoe, Will Murphy and George McMannen, shot firers, were suffo- cated in the Rend mine in an explo sion late Saturday. The damage amounts to $40,000. CHEAT MOB OF PREY. Willow City Authorities Whisk Man Out of Town. Willow City, Minn., Dec. 12.—J. P. Garrety, a homesteader living in the southern part of Aitkin county, had two narrow escapes from violent death yesterday as the result of ac- cusations made against him by two little girls. First the father of one of the girls threatened the man’s life and soon afterwards a mob at the jail menaced him, and he was saved only by the cleverness of his custodians, who got him out of town by train. Garrety, it is said, confessed his guilt and said he has a wife and twelve children at his home. He is forty-three years old. GIGANTIC LUMBER TRUST. Deal to Control All Pine in North America Almost Completed. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 13.—The lum- ber interests represented by the Wy- erhaeusers, O’Brien & Cook of St. Paul and Duluth and Edward Hines of Chicago are here working on the formation of a lumber trust which will control practically all the pine in North America. The greatest secrecy is being observed, but it is known that the deal is almost finished and the details may be given out in a day or two. The transfer of the Du- luth, Virginia & Rainy Lake road is said to be the only sticking point. WRECK VICTIM NEAR DEATH. C. B. Pease of Benton Harbor, Mich., Not Expected to Live. Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 12—C. B. Pease of Benton Harbor, Mich., inter- nally injured in the Northern Pacific wreck at McKenzie Wednesday night, is very low and not expected to re- cover. Other victims are doing well and expected to recover unless sup- posed internal injuries to one or two may develop adversely. The railroad company has forwarded all the pas- sengers able to travel, while others are being cared for here. ROBBERS USE DYNAMITE. Blow the Safes of a Lumber Company and a Postoffice. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 12—At Na- corra, across the river, in Nebraska, last night, a yeggman blew the safe in the office of the Edwards-Bradford Lumber company, and the postoffice, destroying the safes and partially wrecking the buildings. They secured $100 from the lumber company and about an equal amount of stamps from the postoffice. eee STRIKES MATCH; GAS LEAKS. Unwise Brakemen Are Seriously In- jured at Grand Forks. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 12.—N. J. Brandt and Leslie Ash received severe burns and bruises following an explosion of gas in a vault in the city engineer’s office. They were try- ing to locate a leak, and when Brandt struck a match in the vault both were thrown the full length of the room, SHOCK FATAL TO WIFE. Aged Helpmeet Told Husband Is Dy- ing Succumbs. Janesville, Minn., Dec, 12.—Shocked at the announcement by a physician that her husband, Gottfried, could live only a few hours, Erinistine Schmidt suddenly died. She soon was fol- lowed by her husband. They were both eighty-one years old. Carry Off Carload of Toggery. Fergus Falls, Minn., Dec. 12.—A suc- cessful burglary is reported to have been pulled off at Perham in the eastern part of the county, and Mr. Goblirsch is a loser to the extent of about $400. Mr. Goblirsch’s clothing store was broken into from the rear, and a whole cartload of clothing was carried away, but there is no clue to the burglars. Fatally Injured. Winona, Minn., Dec. 12.—Dell Burns, a farmer near Centerville, across the river from here, accidentally shot himself in the abdomen and will prob- ably die. He had two guns standing in the bedroom, and picked up the larger one, when the smaller one fell over and went off, inflicting a prob- ably fatal wound. Embezzler Gets Four Years. Milwaukee, Dec. 13—John F. Schulte, thirty-eight years old, former paying teller of the First National bank of Racine, was sentenced yes- terday to four years at Fort Leaven- worth by Judge Quarles. Schulte embezzled $15,000, pleaded guilty and asked for leniency. Aged Twins Burned to Death. Clarinda, Iowa, Dec. 12.—George and Henry Dyke, twins, seventy years of age, were burned to death in a small shanty in the outskirts of Hep- burn, Iowa. An overheated stovepipe is supposed to have started the fire. Slashes Throat With Razor. St. Paul, Dec. 12.—In a fit of in- sanity, following an illness extending over a year, Ernest Carlson attempted suicide late yesterday by cutting his throat and both wrists with a razor. There is little hope for his recovery. EGGS EVEN FLOOD MARKET. Farmers’ Day Brings Out Some Big Exhibits. Thief River Falls, Minn., Dec. 13.— Thief River Falls has held its first farmers’ market day and it was high- ly successful from the viewpoint of the farmer and the business man. Some features of the day were the free auction at which the farmers could offer horses, cattle or anything else that they had to sell; some twen- ty-two prizes were offered in compe- tition for the farmers only; two the- aters offered entertainments at half price, and some of the business places offered free lunches. More than thirty jars of dairy butter were en- tered for the prizes, and eggs came out of hiding and actually flooded the local market for the time being. CALLED TO SEE GIRL KILL SELF. Lover Who Quarrels With Sweetheart Witnesses Her Suicide. es Moines, Iowa, Dec, 13.—Called by his sweetheart to the window of the bakery, where he was employed, Carry Kinsy’s lover, with whom she had quarreled, saw her place a pistol to her head, saw the flash of the weapon’s discharge, the crimson stain in her hair, and saw her reel and fall dead, the victim of an im- pulsive desire to make him regret his part in their lovers’ misunder- standing. 4 The suicide occurred last night at midnight. GOPHER DEBATERS LOSE. Defeated by: Team From the Univer- sity of lowa. Minneapolis, Dec. 13.—Before an audience which packed the auditorium in the library building of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, the debate team representing that institution in a contest against the University of Iowa over the subject, “Resolved, American Cities Should Adopt a Com- mission Plan of Government,” lost last night by a vote of two to one. The Minnesota team upheld the affirma- tive side of the question, while the men from Iowa maintained that no such radical change should be made in the form of our city government, ="H]USBAND’S MONEY TAKEN. Wife Deserts Aged Veteran and Three Children. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 13.—Claim- ing his wife eluded him as his train pulled out of St. Louis, taking with her a satchel containing $500, W. Herl, a veteran of the Civil war, crip- pled with rheumatism, and accom- pained by three children, reached Des Moines yesterday. He and his children are in charge of ‘a soldiers’ relief commission, CONFESSED TO ARSON. Seven Young Men Admit Setting Fire and Causing Big Loss. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 13.—At Can- ton, S. D., yesterday, seven young men were arrested and confessed to the burning of the Mutual Lumber company’s yards and other property, aggregating a loss of $60,000. The men are two Hemstock brothers, two Anderson brothers, Will True, Joe Dunn, Marvin Stanley and Charles Webber, all residents of Canton. POSTOFFICE SAFE ENTERED. Safe Crackers Get $100 in Money and , $100 in Stamps at Grey Eagle. Long Prairie, Minn., Dec, 13.—The postoffice at Grey Eagle, Todd coun- ty, was entered by robbers at mid- night last night and the safe blown open. Cash to the amount of $100 was taken and about $100 in stamps. Suspicious looking men who were in the village yesterday are suspected, as they have disappeared. NOTED INDIAN WARRIOR DIES. Chief Hump, Cheyenne River Reser- vation Leader, Succumbs to Illness. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 13—Chief Hump, the leading chief on the Cheyenne River reservation, died at Cherry Creek last evening, after an illness of several days. Hump was at the head of the band who caused the trouble which ended in the Wounded Knee fight in 1890. Criminal Assault Charged. Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 13.—The ar- rest yesterday of R. Reed, a promi- nent young farmer of this county, who is accused of criminal assault upon Miss Stella Wertz, a well-known school teacher, has created a pro found sensation. The offenses of young Reed, who is connected with a prominent family, are said to cover a long period of time and that the young woman was forced to submit Holdup Fails; Tries Burglary. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 12.—A per- sistent robber held up Mrs. T. B. Thompson near her home last night and because he failed to find the day’s receipts on her person, he went to her grocery and robbed it. He got noth- ing. Suicide Follows Trouble, Two Harbors, Minn., Dec. 12.—P. O. Berg, aged thirty-six, a painter here, committed suicide by shooting himself in the temple. Domestic troubles were said to be the cause ORE SLUMPAGE BOON TO STATE. Reduced Shipments Mean More Taxes in Treasury. The reduced shipments of iron ore from the range during the season just closed means more taxes in the state treasury, according to predictions of those close to the state tax commis- sion. The report on the condition at the mines May 1, 1908, showed an in- crease in the tonnage of iron ore, but a decrease of $11,495,989 in the value of the ore. The decrease in value was caused by the shipment of high-grade ore and the equalization of the value on ore in reserve. The figures of the commission show that 30,000,000 tons were shipped out during 1907, and it is estimated that the shipments for the season just closed will be about half that amount. This means that only half the amount of high-grade ore will be taken from the tax rolls compared with the rec- ords just completed. This will put more taxes into the local and state treasuries for the year 1909, as on ac- count of the low shipments there is much more high-priced ore in the mines subject to realty assessment. The tonnage during 1907 was 1,192,- 509,757, and for 1908 it was 1,193,728,- 959. This is an increase of more than 1,000,000 tons, But the value of this ore is shown at a decrease from $190,- 094,438 in 1907 to $176,340,749 in 1908. This decrease was largely in St. Louis county, Itasca county amounting to $1,800,000. The decrease in value and the in- crease in tonnage arises from several causes. Mined ore is taxed 13 to 14 cents a ton; with a tax of 15 to 18 cents a ton on ore in reserve, or ore just uncovered. Each year some of the reserve ore advances into a high- er class according to the grade as developed when it is mined. During the past year there was a large in- crease of low grade ore, and the ship- ping of high-grade ore. Figures for next year, which will include the shipments of the season just closed, will still show a better condition of affairs from a standpoint of taxation. It is also true that last year, when these reports were first made, ore was reported from eighty acres of a cer- tain grade and all taxed at 29 cents a ton. Later reports showed that ore was being taken only from forty acres so that in the showing on the report just completed, the ore on the ship- ping forty is taxed at a high rate, but the ore on the other portion of the tract, which is not now being worked, is reduced to 10 cents a ton. This has aided in reducing the compara- tive value while increasing the ton- nage. BAD MEAT IS SOLD IN STATE. System of Inspection Results in Best Meats Being Shipped. “The state should provide some way to protect the majority of the people of the state from eating poor meat,” says Dr. H. M. Bracken, sec- retary of the state board of health. “Any one who is at all observant can note the miserable quality of meat sold generally throughout the state.” It is explained that the more strict the federal inspectors are at the packing houses in large cities, the poorer is the meat which the people in the country districts get. Animals which are suspected by owners are not sent to packing houses where the government maintains inspection. This poorer stuff is sold to the local consumers. Federal regulation and inspection applies only to interstate and export trade, and it is up to the state to protect the consumers within its borders. Dr. Bracken estimates that fully 50 per cent of the meat consumed in the large cities of Minnesota is not inspected, and only 5 per cent of that sold outside the cities ever passes under the eyes of an inspector. The work is done free by the government in ‘centers where interstate traffic originates, and the state is almost forced to establish a similar service if other consumers are to be pro- tected. EYES AND NOSES SHOULD BE O. K. State Health Board Proposes Medical Examination for Little Folks. Doctors to look into the eyes and ears and throats of all the school children of the state is a recommenda- tion of the state board of health. Two years ago the board adopted reg- ulations concerning the medical in- spection of school children, but there was no way of enforcing the regula- tions, and the best hoped for was their educative effect. z Vermont, New Jersey and Massa- chusetts have such laws and it is urged that Minnesota should see that the pupils forced into school under the compulsory act are in fit physical condition to study. Warroad Branch Opened. - Regular passenger service on the Greenbush-Warroad line of the Great Northern will be inaugurated Dec. 21. There will be one train each way on the line daily, leaving Crookston at 8:40 a. m. and arriving at Warroad about 2 p. m. The train will leave Werroad at 3 p. m., arriving at Crookston at 10 p. m. What a hit a manager of an “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” show could make by having Little Eva’s ascension in an airship. there being an increase in’ RABID DOGS A STATE MENACE. Destroy $182,000 of Livestock in Year State Muzzling Law Asked. Because dogs were not muzzled their bites caused the loss of 12,000 cattle, sheep and horses in Minnesota last year, entailing a loss of $182,000, and in his annual report the secre- tary of the state livestock sanitary board recommends that a state muz- zling law be passed by”*the coming legislature, or a plan be evolved by which the owners of dogs will be responsible for the loss of stock. Rabies is spread by dogs among livestock of the state and the loss will continue until’ the disease is stamped out. The board will also ask for $60,000 a year as a regular appropriation, and $50,000 extra to reimburse owners of tubercular cattle which have been killed. Claims aggregating $89,298 are now on file. An emergency fund to fight special diseases is also urged. Stafe regulation of the sale of tu- berculin and a laboratory for hog vaccine are also asked. SANDY LANDS MADE TO PAY. Cassler’s Farm Among the Jack Pines Shows Good Returns. That farming in an up-to-date man- ner is being pursued on so-called “jack pine sandy land” in the vicinity of Bemidji with splendid profit is a fact. W. A. Cassler has 100 acres of land cleared and under cultivation, and possesses farm buildings that are un- surrpassed by any in the county. He has just completed a fine new resi- dence. The house is equipped with a hot air heating plant. Mr. Cassler’s barn is thoroughly modern. It is provided with solid ce- ment floors, with sanitary drains, and all conveniences. Doran Bros, are in- stalling a waterworks plant for Mr. Cassler. Mr. Cassler’s farm has been a great deal more than self-supporting; in the past two years the profits have paid for the barn, stock and machinery, valued at over $3,500. $26,000 DEFICIT AT “U.” Regents’ Report to Gov. Johnson Item- izes the Shortage. Expenditures at the state universi- ty will exeeed the estimate for the year by $26,000, according to figures, prepared for submission to Gov. Johnson by the regents. The year’s expenses will reach a total of $784,100, while the income from all sources is only $707,100. The overdraft will have to come out of the funds for next year. The payroll and supply expense have increased $33,000 over last year. In the past four months the payroll alone totaled $170,375, an increase of $15,000 over the same period of last year, Railroads Kill 151 Persons. The railroads in Minnesota last year caused the death of 151 persons and injured 1,720, according to the sworn statements filed with the rail- road and warehouse commission. Of this number but three of the killed and 156 of the injured were passen- gers. {While two score of persons looked on in speechless horror, Otto Bra- desh, proprietor of the Baltimore res- taurant in St. Paul, fell to the floor with the blood spurting from five knife wounds. His assailant made his escape, but was afterwards arrest- ed. Bradesh is in a critical condition, but it is belleved that he will recover. Alvis, who did the cutting, was for- merly employed by Bradesh, but was recently discharged. The financial statement of the pris- on for November shows that $404,196 was collected in the twine depart- ment and $8,893 from miscellaneous sources. During the month there was paid $388,956 on binder twine notes by farmers, making a little over $1,000,000 paid on account of such notes since the latter part of October. There are not many such notes outstanding. Fire at Alexandria destroyed the large building at the foot of Main street occupied by Charles Culoss as a restaurant and residence. The con- tents were mostly destroyed. The loss over the insurance is $1,000. An- other building used as a residence was also destroyed. The total production of cotton in the United States for the year 1908- 09 will amount to 6,182,970,000 pounds, not including linters, which is equivalent to 12,920,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, according to the estimate announced by the depart- ment of agriculture. Wilford Cartwright, an implement dealer of Hubbard, Iowa, died from gunshot wounds accidentally inflicted by Herman Baucher, a traveling man of Peoria, Ill, Sunday afternoon while Baucher, Cartwright and others were rabbit hunting. Before he died Cartwright made a written statement exonerating Baucher. son of Jacob living west of The ten-year-old Meginen, a farmer Houghton, Mich., attempted to cross over the river on Portage lake and was drowned. % STATE MILEAGE SHOWS GAIN. Increase of 145.27 Miles in One Year in Minnesota. The total increase in mileage of the railroads in Minnesota, according to the annual reports of the roads is 145.27 miles. The year previous the total increase was ninety-six miles. The total mileage of the state now, exclusive of terminal and belt lines, is 8,168.36. The largest increase was 49.40 miles of a new line on the Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg from Asha- wa to International Falls. There was another large increase on the Great Northern from Kelly Lake to Fernie, twenty-three miles, to tap new ore fields. The other additions were short logging spurs, The Great North- ern, Northern Pacific and Soo lines made reductions in their lines by straightening tracks, The figures of the railroads and warehouse commission show that in 1862 there was ten miles of railway in the state. The actual changes are as follows: Increases, D. & I. R. R. R. mining and logging spurs, 19.03; Duluth & Northern Minnesota logging spurs, ete., 19.24; Duluth, Missabe & North- ern mining and logging spurs, 26.78; Duluth, Red Lake & Western, 49.40; Minnesota & International, 3.63; Northern Pacific railway, 12.35; Great Northern railway, 23.40. Total, 154.33, Decreases, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company, .06; Du- luth & Northeastern, .01; Duluth Minnesota & Northern, .10; Soo line, .90; Northern Pacific, 1.52; Minneap- olis & t. Uouis Railroad company, 1.45; Great Northern, 4.03. Total, 9.06. “CHICKEN” SHOW PROMISING. Minnesota State Poultry Association Secures Quarters. The next annual show of the Min- nesota State Poypltry association is predicted to take the form of the best “chicken” show ever held west of Chi- cago. The show will be held in Min- neapolis beginning Jan 13 and contin- uing to Jan 2, inclusive. The association has secured a two- story building at 109-111 Washington avenue north. The location, though not as centrally located as buildings used in former years, is an ideal one. The store, a double one, has full glass front and a good light in the rear, commodious accommodations ‘and first-class ventilation. Not only will fancy birds owned by Northwestern breeders be shown, but Easterners intend to come into com- petition. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, Wisconsin and Michi- gan are among the states which have already signified their intentions of entering. Entries for the poultry show close Jan, 2. In connection with the exhi- bition of the feathered flock there will be a cat show of no small dimen- ssions, opening Jan. 16 and closing Jan. 19. Minneapolis and St. Paul have innumerable ‘“‘tabbies” whose owners have signified their willing- ness to place them on exhibition. LAW AGAINST IMPURE MEDICINE E. K. Slater Also Wants Laws to In- sure Pure Drugs and Liquors. Measures to protect the people of the state from impure medicines are urged by E. K. Slater; dairy and food commissioner, in his last biennial re- port to the legislature. He recom- mends that the state adopt an effec- tive medicine law. He also suggests that the state should conform to the national laws in regard to purity of drugs and liq- uors. At present this state has no law covering the quality of these ar- ticles. He again repeats a former sugges- tion that cream tests should be by weight instead of volume; in other words, urges the abolition of the pipette in running cream tests. INCREASE IN FISH FRY OUTPUT. is 200,000 Larger Than It Was in 1907. Over 200,000 more fish have been put into the lakes and streams of the state this year than a year ago, ac- cording to Sam F. Fullerton, state superintendent of fisheries. This is due to the continued warm weather, which has made possible the ship- ment of fish until the middle of the last month of the year. There are still 25,000 ‘“finger- length” fish on hand, which the com- mission will endeavor to place before cold weather. These fish are all saved to the state, as they were cap- tured in the sloughs along the rivers, where they would have been frozen this winter. Number The fact that Minnesota took first prize in oats and clover at the Na- tional Grain and Grass show at Oma- ha greatly pleases the immigration department of the state. The clover was raised on cut-over land in the northern part of the state, which was covered with thick forests a few years ago. It is officially announced that a marriage engagement between the earl of Granard and Miss Beatrice Mills, daughter of Ogden Mills of New York, has been arranged.’