Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 6, 1912, Page 1

VoL, XXII. —No 36 8 stairs and that Johnson had walked downstairs afterward. He also said that he had smeared the potato masher, which was introduced in evidence at the inquest, with the diced of a rabbit to show that John- son had been attacking him when the shot was fired. It seemed to be Collier's idea Harry Collier Slashes Throat From|that Mrs. Johnson and McGuire Ear To Ear In County would try to fix the responsibility for the murder on him and he told Jail Monday. Rooney that he had toki too many different stories to get out of it. Bs He wad still in bed at 7:00 o'clock breakfast ;. he! HELD IN JOHNSON MURDER GASE!<S“srousne to. tne prisoners, but ‘rose shortly afterward and seemed, if anything, more composed than be ‘had been in several days. About Witness Held In Case Of Shooting |<:% Dennis went in to. shave ' Col- Of Charles Johnson Kills Him- ier and the sight of the = razor Canibus jpaobably gave the desperate man) self—Had Told Ithe idea of suicide as a way out of Stories of Murder. ‘the situation. | The hearing in the case had been a |set for Saturday morning, March 9, {but CoHier’s death will materially A second ghastly chapter in th@ | aiter the aspect of the case which killing of Charles Johnson, the Stingf the state will present. Lake homesteader, was enacted at, Collier had been working around the county jaih Monday morning'i,, mines at Hibbing for several when Harry Collier cut his throat, years and this winter he was hunt- dying almost instantly. ling amd trapping in the northern The tragedy occured at 9:10 Mon- | part of the county, making head- day morning, just after William Den- quarters at Johnson's cabin. He nis, a fellow prisoner, had finished (was aman about 35 or 36 years of shaving Collier. Dennis put the ase and@ unmarried. No relatives razor in his pocket and turned tO yaye peen located. Am inquest was leave the cel}, when Collier snatched jo; considered necessary by the the razor from him and told the (oroner and the body was removed other prisoners to get back in their 14 yremer’s undertaking parlors pend cells as he was “going to make 4 4,5 runeral arrangements. finish of it now.” The other occu-; MeGuire, the other man being pants, Dennis, Rooney and Zahnder, yea jin connection with the murder heard the sound as Collier drew the! o¢ Johnson, made no comment when razor across his throat, followed bY/toiq that Collier had killed himself. the fall. Deputy Carson came im-! Collier’s suicide, in the face of Mc- The progressive Republicans of Grand Rapids will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening, March 13. It is | expected that either James B. Mona- han or James A. Peterson will be ‘the speaker of the evening, and the mediately, but Collier was uncons-|Gyire’s confession on the stand cious when he got to the cell, death | that he had fired the shot thud occuring within two or three minutes xined Johnson, adds another strange saps sheet |feature to a case that has been The cell presented a ghastly spec-| marked with contradictory evidence tacke, as the razor had been drawn | and unusual circumstances. across his throat with such desper-! ate force as to sever the neck to} * the spinal cord, while the blood PROGRESSIVES TO trom the severed arteries had splash-. ed walls and floor with the awful) ING HERE evidences of the deed. { HOLD MEET Since his commitment to the county jail last Wednesday, follow-|,. . * - ing the findings of the coroner’s fm, Distinguished Speakers will Address Collier had been very nervous and Progressive Republicans Wed- complained of being unable to steep. | ‘ He had discussed the case of! nesday Evening, Mar. 13. Johnson's killing with one of the! other prisoners, a man named Roo-| ney, who had known Collier previous ly in St. Paul. Rooney says that Collier's real name was Harry Rob- erts. The story that Collier, or Roberts, | pepytation of doth these gent told Rooney differed considerably | a. eloquent speakers whl insure a from that told on the witness stand) .owded house to hear their discue- during the inquest. In speaking of sion of the questions of the pus the shooting to Rooney he claimed) trom the standpoint of the p: % that the shot had been fired aang UP | sive wing of the Republican party. —— Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 44 Of ali the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank ac- count, and not one home ina hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. irst National Bank POG i : gy ‘5,000.00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheidon. Vice-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS : F. P. Sheidon. D. M. Gunn, A G. Wesge. W. C. Gilbert. C. E. Aiken John Beckfelt; H. D. Powers. GRAND Kapips, Irasca County, Minn., Wepnespay, Marcu 6, 1912 rald-Heview, == (ws, 3 Itasca Co. and HISTeRSAL— lars a Year Two MORE INTEREST INSTITUTE WILL IS BEING SHOWN) — CONVENE FRIDAY ‘Electors of Grand Rapids Beginaing Program For Two Days’ Session of to Think Seriously Concern- Farmers’ Institute Promises ing Municipal Officers. Excellent Features. ‘SOME CHANGES IN TICKET TALKED: DINNER ARRANGED FOR GUESTS {Many Voters Seem to Think it Would Bet Authorities in Minnesota Dis- | be Good Business Policy to Re- cuss Dairying, Gardening Hor- Elect Entire Old Council- | ticulture and Other Farm | Whaling Declines. Topics at Session. | ih v | There will be two or three tickets} Final arrangements for the two lin the field next Tuesday asking! days’ session of the farmers’ insti- the favor of voters ta election as | tute which opens here Friday morning directors of village affairs. have been completed, and promise The regular caucus held last Fri-jone of the best and most comprehen- day evening at Village hall was very|sive programs that could be given. liberally attended, thene being pres-| Minnesota's foremost authorities on jent about one hundred citizens. d@irying, poultry raising, gardening, No excitement was visible and it} herticulture and general farming will looked as though the present coun-| be in attendance and the lectures cil would be renominated without} Will be of inestimable value to the opposition. /farmers of the district. Taxpayers who discussed munici-{ Al} topics of interest on the farm cal affairs during the past few)! will be treated, and. in addition to days appeered to generally agree the lectures there will be working with the policy pursued by the pres-| Models on exhibition of all kinds of ent council in the matter of retrench | farm conveniences, together with ment and the payment of outetand-| charts and photographs. ing indebtedness as rapidly as tunds| The openinng session will begin would permit. jin village hall at 10:00 o'clock Fri- However, when a vote was taken | day morning, the afternoon sessions on the two names presented for beginning at 1:30 both Friday and president—A. C. Bossard and Saturday. George Riddeli—the latter received| The new Institute Annual No. 24 52 votes to 49 for Mr. Bossard. j Will be distributed at this Institute. A misunderstanding of the order , This new book is said to be one of of dusiness, led Councilman George’ the ‘best ever prepared for the Mia- Arscott to decline a renomination. |b ;s0ta farmers, It treats very large- Chairman Farell announced the ‘s of the sudject of meat production, nomination of treasurer to be im 2nd has a chapter on the matter of order, but immediately correcteq Silo construction that is exceeding- himself and put the naming of trus- ly valuable. Every farm home should tees as the order. When Mr. Ar- have one of these books for ref- Scott's name was mentioned he un- erence. derstood the caucus ‘to be voting on; Forest Henry of Dover will ‘direct treasurer and withdrew. Ed. Whal-' the institute and will discuss the ing, Dr. Russet! and Fred A. King Subjects of soil fertility, were chosen. and general farming. Mr. Whaiing authorizes the Herald! Miss Roe of Crookston will be Review to annuonce that he is not Present to speak to the farmers’ @ candidate and his name will not Wives on the many problems that appear on the ballots. confront the homemaker on the The committee has decided to farm and her talks promise to be an substitute the name of George Ar- especially interesting feature’of a Scott for that of Mr. Whaling. Mr. Program replete with topics of vital Arscott has served on the council interest. for two years and has made a con-; A subject not usually featured at servative, intelligent and able mem-/| a2 institute meeting will be the plan- ber of that body. ‘ning and construction of farm build- Frank Sherman, the present incum | ings, and this will be treated in de- bent as recorder, and John FE. Mc- tall by F. L. Marsh of Champlin, Mahon, treasurer, were renaminated photographs and designs of practi- by acclamation. | cal farm dwellings and buildings be- Robert E. Bailey was renominated ing on exhibition. for justice of the peace and J. F.| C. W. Hale of Stewartville, who McCormick, constable. bas been growing corm on a large There is a strong sentiment scale for a number of years, will throughout the village to continue have something of interest to tell the present council, and there is the comm raisers of northern Minne- talk of putting Mr. Boseard’s name sote, and he will aiso handle the om the ticket. sudject of live stock, explaining the ‘The financial statemert of the vil- most practical methods of success- Jage, published today, shows that fully handling sheep and hog raising. Grand Rapids’ finenciab affairs are; A apecial feature will be the talk in such condition that only the best of Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the North Possible business management will east Experiment farm, who will tell avert a municipal tax panic within of some of the results accomplished the next two years. There is an at the experiment farm along the outstanding indebtedness, in bonds lines of dairying and potato rais- and orders, that must be taken up ing. It is an easy matter to get into debt Everyone attending the institute —most anybody can do ¢hat—but it will be the guests of the Grand Rap requires ‘business tact to get out of ids Commercial club at dinner both e @ays of the session. Ifthe people af Grand Rapids wish will be served in the-dining room of to get out of debt and lessen the St. Joseph’s church and will be pre- dairying The dinner The menus have been planned by the Domestic Science class as fol- | lowa: Menu—Friday Dinner. Fish Chowder | Celery Dill Pickles | Mashed Potatoes Macaroni Italienne | Bread Butter Indian Pudding with Cream Coffee Menu—Saturday Dinner | Pot Roast Beef with Brown Gravy Boiled Potatoes Succotash Cole-Slaw Bread and Butter Chocolate Bread Pudding Coffee Live topics are planned for each | period of the two days’ institute and there will be something to interest every member of the family. It is hoped that every farmer who can with his family at the opening ses- |Sion prepared to remain until! the closing of the institute, as the sub- ijects treated will be by experts in each line and will be invaluable to the farmer from every point of view. A cordial response was given the committee from the Commercial club that waited on the business men of the village preliminary to arranging those attending the institute. Those contributing to the fund were: John Beckfelt, Henry Hughes & Co., Itasca Mercantile Company, |Cashen Grocery, C. C. Miller, J. A. Amberg, Supt.A . J. McGuire, State Experiment farm, [Itasca Creamery, Henry Hilling, William Leeman, J. O. Johnson, Oppegaard & Stardig, and the Red Cross Drug store. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF YEAR PRESENTED Recorder’s Annual Report fer: Vil lage of Grand Rapids Pre- sented for Past Year. ECONOMY EMPHATICALLY URGED Vigerous System of Retrcnuchment Necessary if Village Retires Water Bonds When Due In May, 1914. This issue of the Herald-Review the financial condition of the vil- lage of Grand Rapids at the end of the fiscal year, February 29, 1912. Residents of the village should give careful attention to the prelimin- ary word by Recorder Shermar, in regard to the policy of retrenchment that must be pursued if the village is to meet the amounts necessary to redeem the bond issue that will fall due May finst, 1914. Accord- ing vo the recorder’s report $19,000.- 00 of water bonds become due and payable on that dale, while the amounts now in the hands of the | village government only total $983.69. | It will be readily seen from this j condition that those. who will have \charge of the affairs of the village for the coming year must pursue a policy of vigorous economy in order to meet the amounts that will be payable in 1914. Failure to follow out such a plan of retrenchment as would make it possible to take up jth bonds maturing, and wipe lout the outstanding indebtedness, | will inevitably resukt in a judgment against the property owners of the village, which would mean a taxa- tion that wouki practically amount to confistication of property. The recorder’s statement 1 shows hea’ taxation a - i aie i —_ eg LES — a enna te | enat at the beginning of the present % er Stace on we _|fiseal year there was a@ floating debt pal affairs in competent hands. Grannd Rapida~high school, under | the direction of Miss Carpenter. ‘TOWNSHIP BONDS FIND READY SA The $10,000 bond issue of the town prought the five per cent offer, of Grand Rapids was sold Tuesday, which is unusually high for town- March 5, the bid of H. T. Holtz & ship bonds; Co., Chicago, taking the bonds, which of the township and this was sub- premium. ‘issue, an unusual number, and the Rapids. The issue wag voted on Feb- Bids were all exceptionally high, ruawy 5, carrying by a vote of 173 td 4. The cost of the bridge con- Itasca county pays one-half. stat mitted to bidders with the conse that the showing made The bond issue is for the purpose sold at five per cent, with a $271.00 of building a town road and bridge across the Mississippi river on the There were 18 bidders for the bond west line of the village of Grand of $38,726.71; during the year $8,- 795.96 principal and $999.03 interest was paid on thie debt, leaving a bal ‘visors of the township prepared ®lance of $29,930.75. It is set forth ement of the financial condition };y5+ the ‘Water and Light commis- sion should pay into the Water bond redemption fund $4,750.00 yearly for the next two years. If this is done and the village councif pays in a similar sum there will be sufficient money to retire the water bonds when they become due while with a consistent system of economy an amount similar to that taken up dur ing the past year shoukd be applied to the floating indebtedness! This can only be accomplished, however, by judicious management of the vil- cal business men. the rating of Grané Rapids township. When the struction is estimated at $19,500.00,/jage affairs in the hands of practi- the super- Possibly do so will be on hand; for the dinners to be served to; contains the annual statement of | ‘AILLED ON RAILWAY TRACKS TUESDAY J.J. McFadden St: uck By Eastbound Train Tuesday Afternoon and Instantly Killed. LYING §=—ON RAILWAY TRACKS Engineer Did Not See Body Until Too Near To Stop Train-Dead Man Had Worked In Dunn Logging Camp. As Tuesday afternoon's ¢1s id | Great Northern train was neiring | Willis Spur, between Deer River and Cohasset, the figure of a man was seen lying on the tracks, but it was discovered too late too stop the | oncoming train, which struck the | man killing him instantly. The train was stopped and the | body of the unfortunate man picked up and brought to Grand Rapids. A membership card from the Odd Fel- Jow lodge was found in his pockets, which gave his name as Joseph J. McFadden of the Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., lodge. It was learmed on investigation | that the man had been working in the logging camp of Dunn & Mar- shall near Willis Spur, and had left there last Saturday. Since then he had been around Cohasset part of the time. It is supposed that he had gone to sleep on the track and did not hear the oncoming train. He was struck in the right side, the boneq penetrating the heart and causing instant death. McFadden was a medium-sized man between 40 and 45 years of age. | The body was brought to the Kremer | undertaking parlors here, and is be- ing held pending instructions from the Odd Fellow lodge of which Me- Fadden was a member. ‘SOGIALISTS HAVE | VILLAGE TICKET At a meeting heki Monday even- ing a ticket for the coming village election Was nominated by the So- cialists of the Grand Rapids ocal, who are planning to make a vigorous campaign in the interests of their chosen candidates. The ticket will be: Al. Roecker, president; Emil Litehke, Charles Hammer and John | Langhurst, trustees; Roy Cook, re- |corder; W. Wheaton, treasurer; H. A. Wardell, justice of the peace; B. | T. Cassidy, constable. | For the township ticket Charles. | Gravelle was placed tn nomination | for supervisor, and N. T. Cook for | justice of the peace. ‘HOME TEAM BEATS PROCTOR Y, PLAYERS Grand Rapids went down the line | with three victories to her credit | in the series of three games played | Saturday evening im the high school | gymnasium with the teams of the | Proctor Y. M. C. A. Dasket ball | players. The first game with the Proctor first team was a fast and snappy «Khibition resulting in a score of 32-19 im favor of the home aggrega- tion. The second game played by tGrana Rapids against the Proctor second team gave a score of 7-56, Proctor’s seconds being hopelessly outclassed. The lightfoots and heavyweights | Dlayed the closing game of the even- jing, Grand Rapids scoring again to the tune of 243. This is the sec- ond time for Proctor and Grand Rap- ids to meet this season, the pre vious games played at Proctor re sulting in a victory for each team. 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