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Friday, April 5, 1907

KILLED BY THE CARS

John Wilson Stuck By Omaha Passenger Train No. 1 While Returning From Call On Sweetheart.  

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Albert Vogel and Miss Selma Johnson were married on Tuesday by Judge of Probate C.M. Cory.

W.A. Bone, of Clinton , Ill. , a humorist of national fame, and who is said to be a second Bill Nye, was in the city a few hours Wednesday, and was a guest of Dr. Lanham while here.

Albert Vogel and Miss Selma Johnson were married on Tuesday by Judge of Probate C.M. Cory.

W.A. Bone, of Clinton , Ill. , a humorist of national fame, and who is said to be a second Bill Nye, was in the city a few hours Wednesday, and was a guest of Dr. Lanham while here.

WORTHINGTON 'S CRACK MILITIA COMPANY.

 
Company F, Third Regiment, M.N.G.
The Advance is indebted to the Minneapolis Tribune for the use of above cut
and the following sketch of Co. F.
[NOTE: Additional Photos - including a better resolution of the photo above.]

 Worthington, Minn., (Special.) -- Company F, Third Infantry, Minnesota National Guard of Worthington, which is shown in the accompanying engraving, was organized and mustered into the service of the state Nov. 28th, 1905, with officers as follows: A. Schaefer, captain; S.S. Smith, first lieutenant; Charles B. Ward, second lieutenant, and with 49 enlisted men. With this leadership as a nucleus the company has progressed so that on the practice march of the "hiking Third," in Goodhue county last July, Company F, with 66 men, proved to be one of the most, if not the most, efficient organizations on the ground.

Today Captain Schaefer is congratulated by the commanding officer of the regiment upon having the only full company of 76 men in the regiment. The company has a complete rifle range of 200 to 1000 yards inclusive, and at camp last year qualified three sharpshooters, two expert riflemen, Sergeant Dodge and Robert Smith, and one distinguished rifleman, Lieut. S.S. Smith.

Capt. Schaefer was formerly captain of Company I, Second Infantry at Owatonna , and brought that company to a high state of efficiency. He has lately been appointed by Gov. Johnson to the important office of public examiner, and has tendered his resignation of the command of Company F on account of his necessary removal to St. Paul .

Lieut. S. Smith formerly served in Company F, First Infantry, Minneapolis , and on the non-commissioned staff of that regiment and has seen upwards of nine years service in the guard.

Lieut. C.B. Ward is a veteran of the Spanish and Filippino wars, having served therein with the First South Dakota, and was captain of Company A of that organization at Sioux Falls after its return to the state service.

The success and efficiency of this company has often correctly been attributed to the ability and effectiveness of its non-commissioned officers. They are:

Sergeants -- First, O.F. Blood; Second, Elmer H. Bassett; Third, Robert R. Smith; Fourth, Wilbur J. Dodge; Fifth, David Bear; Sixth, Charles Loveless, quartermaster.

Corporal -- First, J.M. Barron; Second, Henry Nelson; Third Othwaite Kumler; Fourth Guy M. Borst; Fifth Ernest Dewey; Sixth, Virgil Fellows.

Sergeant Blood served with Company E of the Fifty-Second Iowa during the Spanish war and is a veteran of the Iowa national guard. He is a model first sergeant.

Sergeant Bassett is a veteran of Company L Thirteenth Minnesota and served throughout the Spanish and Filippino campaigns with that famous regiment. His accurate information and broad experience have made him an invaluable element in the instruction of the men.

A peculiar and distinguishing character of Company F is the high average of men on its rolls. There are 15 men in the ranks that stand six feet or over and there is an almost total absence of rowdiness and a conspicuous presence of obedience and discipline which make for good soldiers and consequently for good men and good citizens.

Died.

Amanda, the 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ivers, of Rushmore, died last Sunday after an illness of four days, with pneumonia. The funeral was held on Tuesday, undertaker Chaney going over from this city to take charge of the same. The deceased was [a] bright young lady, and her sudden death is a great shock to her relatives and friends.

NOBLES COUNTY NOTES

Wilmont.

From the Tribune.

Mr. Roy Lewis, Miss Ada Montgomery, Miss Florence Lewis, Mr. Tom Carey, Miss Myrtle Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. M.R. Berkhimer attended a play at Worthington Tuesday night.

Major Thurber, who has been spending some time in Worthington , returned home the first of the week.

The board of school directors have succeeded in securing the services of Mr. Walter Ager and Miss Maud Ager the present school teachers of the Wilmont public schools for another year.

Mrs. Wilson Ager, of Worthington , was visiting her sons and daughter here a few days this week.

Ellsworth.

From the News.

B.H. Basing and son, Barney, and Christ Terhark departed last Friday evening on their long journey to Davidson , Canada , with ten head of horses and other farming effects sufficient for beginning the work of preparing for cultivation their new farm near that town.

Rev. Father Griffin returned last Saturday evening from the Rochester , Min., hospital, where he has been for a month past receiving treatment. He submitted to a particularly difficult operation for appendicitis and was getting along nicely when he suffered a relapse and suffered acutely for some time.

Round Lake .

From the Graphic.

F.H. Schoneman bought from Oscar Anderson a building which he had moved onto a lot in the south part of town. It is being overhauled for a residence.

C.D. Antritter was up to the county seat Monday and returned with a fine Bar Rock Cockerel.

Mrs. J.A. Thayer, of Detroit , Mich. , arrived here last Saturday evening to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gregerson, and to assist at home while her mother is unable to get around on account of her broken leg.

D.J. Gronewold, of Bigelow, was in town this week figuring on engaging in the saloon business.

Brewster.

From the Tribune.

G.W. Patterson and John Montgomery were among the Worthington citizens who visited in Brewster Monday.

John Duba lost one joint of a finger and several others were badly bruised, by an accident which occurred at W.E. Roberts' implement house Monday afternoon.

Nick Kaufman is the proud papa of a girl, which was born to himself and wife Wednesday evening. This of course makes Gottlieb Casper grandpa.

LOCAL NEWS

F.E. Scott, of Round Lake , was a county seat visitor Tuesday.

L.R. Shaw, of Bigelow, was a county seat visitor Tuesday.

George and Wallace Saxon are hauling hay to town this week.

Foster Moore took a car of fat cattle to the Chicago market Monday.

D.L. Anthony visited his family at Storm Lake the first of the week.

Mrs. Hattie Bassett of Rushmore, was a Worthington visitor Wednesday.

R.B. Flint, of Minneapolis is the new night clerk at the Worthington hotel.

Newton Fauskee made a trip to Windom Wednesday on private business.

K. Deuth, a prominent farmer of Org, transacted business in the city Wednesday.

Will Bartlett, our popular cigar manufacturer, made a trip to Lismore Monday.

Wm. Sievert and family, of Wilmont, took dinner at the Allen House Wednesday.

Andy Dillman has received notice that his pension has been raised from $8 to $12 per month.

T.M. Towsley and J.H. Scharfenberg are new brakemen on the Lake Park run of the Rock Island .

Chas. Peterson, an old soldier of Jackson , was here this week to be examined for an increase of pension.

Oliver and Madison on Tuesday shipped a carload of fine steers, bought from G.W. Cale, to Chicago .

Co F, 3rd Regiment M.N.G., will be subjected to a rigid inspection on Monday, April 15th, by officers of the regular army.

Geo. Uden, of Ewington, who was badly cut up in a stabbing affray some weeks ago, was in the city Saturday, having fully recovered.

Duncan Sutherland left on Tuesday for Canada with a car of household goods, farm implements and stock. He will locate on a farm in western Canada .

R.W. Schmidt, who has been firing on the Currie branch for a couple of weeks, has been transferred there permanently, and on Thursday moved his family to Currie.

Mrs. J.P. Biltgen and daughter, Mrs. Devaney, and Mrs. Minnie Matheson went to Bigelow Tuesday to attend a birthday surprise party given Mrs. J.A. Salstrom.

W.S. Wyatt has bought the Cutler house, for a long time occupied by J.S. Kies and family, and moved in the first of the week. Mr. Kies has moved into the Guyse house, in Anderson 's addition.

John D. Humiston left on Tuesday for Colorado where he will spend several weeks investigating the conditions and outlook in the irrigated districts, with the view investing if the prospects seem good.

M.J. Barber has taken possession of the Worthington Roller Mill and will operate it this year. We hope Mr. barber will succeed in building up a fine trade, as this is an industry that deserves liberal and loyal patronage.

G.M. Bailey, the Sunday School missionary, returned on Tuesday from Crookston, where he had been called by the illness of his mother. The old lady had suffered a stroke of paralysis, but when Mr. ey left there she was recovering.

The following Worthington people took dinner at the Western Hotel last Sunday: F.R. Durfee and family, Mrs. Crane, Ed. M. Johnson, E.J. Wolven and family, Thos. Dovery and family, Esther Sutherland, Nellie Crever, W.M. Evans, Willie Loveless and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Blume, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chaney, E.E. Baxter, G.V. Pettit and family.

Ross Nelson made a trip to Heron Lake last Saturday.

N.M. Nelson, of Indian Lake , left Friday for St. Paul .

J.A. Cashel returned last Saturday from [a] trip to North Dakota .

E.C. Wilson left on Tuesday afternoon on a prospecting tour to New Mexico .

A.M. Renner spent Sunday visiting under the parental roof, at Comfrey, Minn.

Miss Mullaney, one of the public school teachers, is spending the Easter vacation with friends at Heron Lake .

County Superintendent of Schools L.W. Abbott has moved his family into the Esseldorf house, in Clary Addition.

A.N. Wetherell, the engineer who has taken the Lake Park run on the Rock Island road, this week moved his family into the Stitser residence.

V.A. Barnes has taken Clarence Pannell's place in W.E. Moses' hardware store. Mr. Pannell will leave in a few days for Montana to look up a location.

Mrs. J.W. Cowing, of Jackson , who was here attending the meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Mankato Presbytery, was a guest at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A.R. Albertus.

Dr. Al. Sullwold, recently of Sioux Falls , was in the city the first of the week looking over the town with a view of locating here. Dr. Sullwold is a graduate of the Chiropiatic [sic] School of therapautics [sic], and is a specialist in nervous disorders.

U.F. Hansberger, a former business man of this city, but now located at Drinkwater , Canada , where he operates a 1400 acre farm, spent last Sunday visiting relatives and friends in this city. Mr. Hansberger came down to St. Paul to buy a carload of horses, and while so near his old home dropped down to Worthington.

Mrs. M.E. Lawton left on Monday for Minneapolis to take care of her son Ed. who has been ill for some time with inflamatory rheumatism. Mr. Lawton has been attending the state university and if the prospects are favorable for his recovery in a few days he will remain and resume his duties, otherwise he will come home for the rest of the term.

C.T. Tupper made a business trip to Wilmont last Friday.

Mrs. Thos. Dovery entertained the Birthday Club Tuesday afternoon.

J.M. Scriven, of Seward, was in the city Saturday doing trading.

Loren Clark, the shoeman, has during the past ten days unpacked a mammoth stock of spring footwear.

G.W. Roth last week bought the residence on 5th avenue that has been occupied by J.G. Mitchell for some time past.

Mrs. L.S. Rowland, of Eau Claire , a former resident of Nobles county, is here on a visit at the home of Richard Prideaux.

T.J. Nicholson, the founder and for a long time the editor of the Worthington Herald, was in the city this week attending to business in the probate court. Mr. Nicholson returned last week from a visit to New York state, and after closing up his affairs here he will go to Indian Territory to visit a brother and look over that country with the view of locating.

F.C. Stitser and family left on Tuesday for Kansas City , where they will make their home for some time. Mr. Stitser expects to go on the road for year or two before chosing a permanent location. Mr. Stitser has taken a third interest in a 1200 acre coffee and rubber plantation in Old Mexico, and expects eventually to devote his time to that business. We had a sample of the coffee grown on this plantation, and found it of superior quality. Mr. Stitser and family had been residents of Worthington about 14 years and were held in high esteem by everybody. Mr. Stitser was one of our most enterprising business men and always took a lively interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the city and county.

G.A. Lincoln spent Sunday at his home in this city.

C.T. Tupper made a business trip to Sioux City last Saturday, returning Sunday night.

Frank Mitchell, of Princeton , this state, is here on a visit to his father-in-law, J.W. Mosher, and other relatives.

F.R. Geyerman, of Brewster, was a business visitor at the county seat Monday afternoon.

Joe Mackay returned Monday from the northern part of the state, where he had spent the winter.

Ed. J. Helmick spent Sunday with his family in this city.

S.S. Smith has bought the Segerstrom residence from Glen Baker.

Local News.

P.C. Anderson, of Org, transacted business in the city Saturday.

Marion Fairfield went to Heron Lake Saturday where he will spend the Easter vacation.

O.H. Nystrom, a prominent Bigelow farmer, was in the city last Saturday doing trading.

Mrs. William Thom and Mrs. J.C. Thom, of Rushmore, called on Worthington friends Wednesday.

Nelson Dayton came down from Minneapolis this week and will spend a couple of months here rusticating on Alex. Wilson 's farms.

J.F. Flynn returned last Friday from a business trip to St. Paul . He left for Ellsworth on Saturday afternoon, where he spent Sunday.

Mrs. Frank Lewis, of Owatonna , visited in this city [a] couple of days the latter part of last week. Mrs. Lewis was formerly a resident of Worthington .

Harvey Beckley came down from Minneapolis last Saturday and spent the week here visiting relatives and friends and looking after business matters.

F.C. Turner on Tuesday took a carload of horses to Hoosick Falls , New York , for M.G. Hurd. Mr. Turner will visit his old home at Rome , that state, while east.

Geo. Cummings, an inmate of the Rock County poor house, committed suicide last Saturday by jumping in front of an Omaha passenger train near Beaver Creek. He was instantly killed and horribly mangled.

M.M. Mullen returned last week from a visit of a couple of weeks at his old home in Wisconsin . He also visited relatives at different points in Iowa . He was accompanied on the trip by his daughter, Nellie.

Heron Lake News: Dr. Stevens and Miss Nettie Dickerson gave their friends a surprise by going to Sioux City Sunday afternoon and were married Monday, and returned to Heron Lake Tuesday, where they received a hearty welcome and a generous supply of rice.

Sheriff H. TerHaar, of Jackson , was in the city Wednesday on official business. He was summoning witnesses for the [h]earing of Anderson, the young man who slashed up Geo. Udeen a few weeks ago, which will be held at Heron Lake next week. Young Anderson gave himself up several days ago.

Married.

George Doeden, of Worthington township, and Miss Minnie Schaefer of Elk, were married on Wednesday afternoon at the German Evangelical Church , the pastor, Rev. G.G. Schmid, officiating. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the residence of Rev. Schmid, which was attended by a large company of relatives and friends of the contracting parties. A dainty wedding supper was served.

The contracting parties are well known and are estimable young people, and have a host of friends whom we join in extending congratulations.

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