Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-04-30
NEWS in MINNESOTA

crowded.
Saloons at Amboy have closed rather
than pay $1,000 license.
A gang of counterfeiters was arrested
ct Minneapolis Saturday.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Candy.
Several deaths have occurred.
Steps are being taken to organize
commercial club at Mankato.
| Considerable Sunday observance agi-
tation is going on at St. Paul.
| Work has begun on the bridge. to
connect Duluth and West Superior.
H. M. Henderson of the Wadena
Pioneer, has purchased the Verndale
Sun
The state supreme court has reversed
the decision in the Stevenson rate
| case.
Bogus postage stamps are being sold
in St. Paul, according to Postmaster
| Castle.
The high bridge across the NJ ssissippi
at Hagtings will be formally opened
Saturday.
Watonwan county commissioners
have decided on plans for courthouse
to cost &35, 600.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Peoples National bank
at Mankato to organize.
The regatta Of the Minnesota and
Winnipeg Amateur Rowing association
will take place at Minnetouka.
Half a million feet of down and dead
dead timber was cut by Chippewas on
the Red Lake reserve during the winter.
The Northern Lumberman estimates
450, 100000 to 400, 900, 900 feet as the
prot able lumber output in the Duluth
district this season.
The Amboy Herald has changed
hands, Theodore Freer selling out to
G. W. Dillman, formerly editor of the
Blue Earth City Post.
The general store of Bryant & An
derson at Monticello was broken into
by Ashley Riggs and John Huller, who
were caught by officers almost in tho
act.
In the United States court at St. Paul
Judge Nelson refused all Injunction to
prevent a St. Paul photographer from
selling worlds fair views. He said he
doubted the exclusive privilege right.
One hundred and thirty six hogs were
killed by the authorities at South St.
Paul and SO were found suffering from
hog cholera. 1t is believed that this
prompt action will suppress the disease.
An insane man, 81 years old. wan-
dered away from his home near Man.
kato and was found dead in grain
field mile and half away, nearly
nude. 1t is supposed he died of expos
ure.
The Stein aulpaugh case will not 20
to the supreme court. Attorneys in the
case made a verbal agreement for the
settlement in which Saulpaugh paws
the plaintiff about the cost for su-
| preme court suit
An attempt was made to shoot Den
| uty Game Warden Fred Hawkins.
While after poachers on Lake Washing
ton. One Of the poachers fired, but the
bullet passed between Hawkins leys
and struck his boot.
A band of $50 Cree Indians passed
through St. Paul Thursday, Ell rout, to
Joliet, Ills, to join Wild West show.
The Indians are to be a big part of the
show, and are accompan ed by full
complement of bucking bronchos, etc.
The new deputy game warden seized
at Frazee City 1000 pounds of bass and
pike, Melted by the notorious Thomas
of Loon lake. A few days before he
pulled nine large seines in Pelican lake.
These outfits have been doing whole
sale business in illegal fishing for sew
eral years.
The rumor to the effect that a con-
| tract has been let to Foley Bros. by the
Great Northern railroad for the con-
struction of so miles of railroad on the
Fosston branch is true The sub-con-
tractors are now shipping their outfits
to Sandstone, and work will be COM
menced next week.
A final decree was granted in the
United States circuit court at New
York i'll the case of the American
Exchange National bank against the
Northwestern Guaranty Loan company
and the Minneapolis Trust com pany, as
receiver. Judge Coke holds that the
banks lien against IL, $50 shares of the
loan company are valid, and the re-
ceiver is forever barred from any claim
to them. The shares represent 800, 900.
HASTINGS AND DAKOTA LANDS.
| The State Will Receive Something by
Their Forfeiture.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Land Com
missioner LamOreux was asked if the
passage of an act by the Minnesota leg
islature declaring the lands of the Hast
ings and Dakota railroad company for
| feited would have any bearing on the
rights of settlers claiming title direct
from the government. He said that the
land department. here had recently adj
| Indicated all claims against the United
| States, and that whatever lands now
became forfeited would accrue to the
state. The government granted patents
for about 1000 acres to the squatters,
| who claimed title adverse to the Hast
ings and Dakota. In the opinion of
Judge Lamoreaux, there will be some
thing like $4,000 acres involved in the
forfeiture, although there may be a
! large portion of this that will not re-
vert to the state, owing to the fact that
it is improved, and the settlers have
color of title direct from the govern