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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
FOURTH IN AUSTRALIA.
How Independence Day Is Observed In the
AntipOdes.

How Independence Day Is Observed In the
Antipodes.
There are two days in the year, out
side the regular holidays, which Aus
tralians recognize as anniversaries to be
honored. These are St. Patrick's day
and the American Declaration of indie
pendence, and every Englishman or Scot,
who would have to look in an almanac
to find out Oh what day St. Georges or
St. Andrews day falls, knows at once
what the 18th of March and the Fourth
Of July mean to some Of their fellow
colOnists
On the Fourth Of July the stars and
stripes wave side by side with the Aus
tralian flag from the town halls of Sgd
ney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane,
Auckland and other Australian cities,
while every one who can anyhow man.
age to raise an American flag for the &C.
casion will hoist it. The tram cars run
ming from Sydney to Botany, and from
other cities to wherever the celebration
is to be held, will be decorated much as
they are in New York, and speeches will
be made in honor of Washington, Frank
lin, Hamilton, Jefferson and other Amer
leans who did so much to secure for
British colonists all over the world the
freedom they now enjoy.
The omnibus horses will carry the
stars and stripes and the union jack on
their heads, and the people will crowd
to Botany and other places of resort,
some to hear the speeches and others to
enjoy themselves in other and perhaps
more congenial ways, for it is not every
one who cares to listen to a long speech,
however interesting it may be. The
bands will play the "Star Spangled
Banner, - Hail, Columbia, "Home,
Sweet Home, - Away Down Upon the
SWanee River" Marching Through
Georgia" and Yankee Doodle, SO that
an American might, for the time, al
most fancy himself in his own land
New York Post. ~> +
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
BETTER THAN THEY KNEW.
Founders Of Our Institutions Could No
+ FOresoo Our Greatness.

Founders Of Our Institutions Could Not
Foresoo Our Greatness.
There has no doubt been a decline in
the formal celebration of the Fourth OF
July. The people are less disposed than
in former times to listen to spread eagle
oratory clarifying the republic and re-
calling the heroism Of it's founders.
There is less Of the booming Of cannon
and the blare Of brass bands, and such
exuberance Of feeling as finds expression
i'll noise is mainly confined to boys of a
smaller or q larger growth who take
pleasure in heexplosion of firecrackers
The general disposition is to make a
joyous holiday and to indulge in excur-
sions and picnics and the various forms
of midsummer "outing:''
This may be in part due to the sober
ing effect Of national experience and of
national maturity, which tends at once
to make the people more confident of the
strength Of their institutions and more
moderate in the expression of their
pride. There is at the same time a more
general understanding and appreciation
of the achievements of-other nations, a
recognition Of the advance that has
been everywhere made by the principles
Of free government, and greater modesty
in comparing ourselves with Others We
have to admit that mistakes may be
made under republican government, and
that when the people are their own
rulers they are liable to errors that bring
serious penalties.
But as we pause at each new mile
stone in the career Of the nation to take
account Of our progress and our pros
poets we have no occasion to humble
ourselves among the nations Of the earth
or to moderate our gratitude for the
brave work of the founders of our insti-
tutions. Could they have foreseen the
results thus far of the great departure
upon which they entered with so much
solemnity, they would doubtless have
felt less hesitation in taking the mo-
mentous step rather than more They
builded better than they knew and had
little conception of the expansion and
| development which was possible upon
the broad lines laid down by them.
Their greatest distrust was of the ca.
pacity of the people for self government,
but the faith upon which they acted has
been fully justified, notwithstanding the
unforeseen and unexpected commingline
of Heterogeneous foreign elements in ou1
rapidly growing population. York
| Times
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02

ue hepuDdlCdIl League GOH-.
vention at CleAeland, Ohio, last
week turned out to be a glorious
fiasco. The league claims to
exist for the purpose of promot-
ing the success of certain state
policies, but at Cleveland, the
League did not know, or did not
dare to say, what those princi-
pies are! The Tribune readers
will remember that the Mime
sofa members met in St. Paul
before going down and were du-
ly instructed on the money ques-
ton by ExGov. Merriam, Sena-
tors Davis and Nelson and 9th
ers. They all left in high glee
determined to hoist aloft the
golden standard. But by &C.
cident two free silverites, Unit
ed States Senators Dubois, of
Idaho, and G. e. Allen of Utah
got onto the resolution commit
tee. These two men preached
the gospel of silver so effectively,
reasoned about righteousness
and judgment to come, that they
scared out the whole committee
from making a report, to pre-
vent these men from getting the
floor on the question. Had these
men been allowed to speak they
would have split the convention
if not carried it away with them.
The committee simply reported
a platitudinous statement to the
effect that the league was a re-
publican organization and that it
would in any event work for the
election ofRepublican candidates,
which was of course passed
unanimously.
No more significant event has
happened yet to show the ex-
tent of the free silver sentiment.
Just think of it, the G.. 0. p.
elephant quails before the silver
crank and instead of his custom
airy roar, he nary utters a grunt,
but settles back on his launches
in meditative silence Just two
men corked up that whole con.
vention of 1000 delegates! How
| was that, you say? All they had
truth and justice on their side
and the leaders know it. Surely
truth is still mighty and will
! finally prevail.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
Tho Fourth of July.

The anniversary Of the Declaration Of
Independence continues to be the chief of
American holidays. The Revolution re-
cedes from us into the past, and it's he
roes are not the commanding figures and
ideal characters they were before the
civil war. But this day, commemorative
Of the first great step toward the estab-
ishment Of a distinct and individual
American nationality, remains fresh in
the public regard. New York Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
The Fourth In Other Lands,

While American citizens throughout
the United States are celebrating the
anniversary Of the Declaration Of indie
pendence in the usual time honored
manner it may be interesting to note
that the rejoicings are not confined to
this country. but are going on wherever
Americans are to be found, all over the
world, and that in many places the peo-
pie Of other countries join heartily in
commemo Grating the : glorious Fourth. !"
This is especially the case in Australia,
where the Fourth Of July has almost at
tanned to the dignity Of q public holi-
day.-New York Evening Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
Worda Of n Patriot.

I wish you success and qualification
for the next Fourth of July celebration.
May the birthday Of the American re-
public be celebrated for many centuries
and may the day witness the prosperity
and glory Of the land to which our dy-
ing, country has been bountiful, and
which we, on this side of the water, call
the NEW world, as name Of the land
Of hope and the land Of freedom.-L.
Kossuth in Independent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
SOME BARGAINS.

| will sell at cost:
Ovens No. 4 Seed Cleaners,
Tiger Shoe Drills, Evens Lever
Harrows, Keller's Boss Har-
rows, Monitor Breakers and
Stubble Flows, Two Horse Guilt
vators; also many other imple-
ments, which must be closed out,
as | have gone out Of business.
Respectfully,
\. H. SPERRY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
In the Wisdom of Maturity.

It may have been fitting that noise and
general jollifcation and abandonment
to "brag' were the prominent features
of the Fourth of July Of the boyhood of
our nation, but we have reached our
manhood days now and must put away
the rattles and romps of children and
consider and act as becomes, those who
have reached maturity and from whom
the world rightfully expects and de-
mands mans performance and result
ing good for humanity: Chicago Ledg-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
Every One Should Celebrate.

Make the Fourth a gala day, as we
have ever done, and let US celebrate it
with the largest liberty practicable in.
side the lines Of law, safety and recti-
tude. lido hope that in some way through
all the public schools the meaning Of In:
dependence day may Be brought to all
the children in the land, and that to all
Of them it shall be 50. marked and SO
happy in its celebration that it will ever
be q brightly shining star in the coronet
az liberty. General @. O. Howard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02

We c;lnnOtSee any other result,
should the government follow
out the argument of the Willmar
Tribune and also the argument
of the Flandrau Herald. than that
our monetary system would be
Mexicanized, that we would have
only one-third of the circulating
medium we have to-day. that our
dollar would be worth but a
tritle over so cents, that we
would be thrown onto a metallic
basis and that would be silver
alone. No. the Enterprise fav-
ors true bimetallism. We want
both gold and silver. There
ism t enough in quantity of either
one of these metals for a primary
money, scarcely suf1iciency of
both. The Tribune and Herald
must know that the Mexican
dollar is worth but a tritie over
80 cents. This is argument
enough against silver monomet-
allism as advocated by the above
papers. The experience of 9TH
er nations is worth something to
Moody County IS. d. En-
terprise.
Well, we cannot see how in the
world so smart and intelligent a
man as w. A. Krause Esq. at
torney -at-law, and a good royal
fellow all around, can reason as
he does. If your statement is
true, which it no doubt is, that
there isn't enough in quantity
of either one of these metals for
primary money, SCARCELY A
SUFF1ClENCY OF BOTH why do
you object to having both of them
freely coined, Bro. Krause:
Moreover the TRIBUNE Editor dc
know, and can prove according
to all the tecnicalities of the law
that the Mexican dollar is worth
100 cents. Yes, Bro. Krause,
the Mexican dollar is to-day
worth and contains one hundred
honest, just. sound and equitable
cents, and we defy you or any
other man living or dead tc
prove anything to the contrary.
Indeed we are dun bounded that
you should make suchan evident.
ly ridiculous statement, Bro.
Krause. You of course repeat.
ed. this silly twaddle after the
gold bug parrot-tattle without
thinking. Indeed. Bro. .Krause,
we should like this country Mex.
icanized SO far as the money
system is concerned. While
this country has been passing
Through the late. panic Mexico
has been having the Creates
boom and development in her
history. Mexico is now enjoying
a prosperity nowhere equalled
in this country Thousands Of
Americans are now emigrating
TO Mexico. Yes sbysall m ans# let
our money system be Mexican:
lied. That is what Willma1
Tribune is fighting for: See
what an honest dollar can dc
with 9 greaser! Suppose we
had an honest dollar, what would
not our energetic population do?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
MONEY Saved!
By having your repairing daon at
LAWRENCE'S

LAWRENCE'S
Carpenter and Jobbing Shop
Storm windows and doors re-
moved. Screen windows and
doors made and Put up. Wood
turning and scroll saving, saw
filing. general machinery repair
ing and practical boat Building.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop
east Of Swedish Lutheran church.
Address LOCK Box 81,
Willmar, Mimi
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
Cows For Sale.

1 have a lot of fresh mich COWS
that I will sell cheap. All are in
first class condition. Call at my
home 1 J mile west of Spicer or
address me at Spicer, MINI.
G., V, LARSON.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-02
WILLMAR TRIBUNE.
Published every Tuesday at
W1LLMAR. 49, MINNESOTA.
JOHNSON & LAWSON.
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON. Editor.
VICTOR f. LAWSON, Associate Editor
and Business Manager,

Advertising rates made known
on application. The Tribune has
a very large country circulation
which makes it a very valuable
advertising medium to merchants
and others wishing to attract the
attention of the country people.
Subscription price, 81 a year,
when paid in advance; otherwise
$1.25. Is cts. extra for postage
outside the county.
OFFICE IN GILGER BLOCK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
Penetrates Muscle,
Membrane and Tissue
Quickly to the Very
Seat of Pain and
Gusts it i'm a Jiffy.
Rub i'm Vigorously.
Mustang Liniment conquers
Pain,
Makes r1an or Beast well
again,
DANCING OBJECTED TO.
A Carthage Charity Union Refuses to
C~ountenance a Society Opera.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, Feb. 15.-For a
number of weeks Arthur Chase has
been drilling the local operate talent
for the presentation of the "Chimes of
Normandy for the benefit of charity.
Last evening the charity union met to
discuss plans for selling tickets. In
the course of the meeting it came out
that there was to be dancing in the
opera. About half of the union refused
to have anything to do with the enter
tainment unless the dancing was cut
out. To this Mr.. Chase refused to
agree and to avoid a squabble the
president of the charity union said the
organization would not undertake the
entertainment. The opera will be
given for the benefit of the poor and
the funds turned over to a committee
of reliable citizens for distribution.
There are sixty participants in the
Opera.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
The Feed R,ll Comes F;rst

The following is taken from the col
umn of "Court Appeals in Tuesdays
Post Dispatch:
G. w. Pickett VS.. Rube McCord, de-
PENDANT, W. "A. Edmonston inter
pleader, and w. A. Edmonston VS.. G.
w. Pickett, Audrain county.
Last summer &. w. Pickett, who was
then ia the livery and feed business on
North Jefferson street, sued Rube Me
Cord of this city for a $50 feed bill for
a team of horses, which the latter had
been boarding at the formers stable.
Pickett got judgment in a Justice OF
the Peace court of this city and adver-
tised the horses for sale. W. A. Ed
monston had a chattel mortgage on
the team for the purchase price, and
i~nterpleaded on the strength of the
original mortgage.
The case was tried in Justice of the
Peace Winscott's court and Edmond
ston lost it. He also lost the Ease I'M
der Judge Hughes in the October term
of Circuit Court. II was then taken
to the st. Louis Court of Appeals and
on Tuesday last was lost.
The result shows a feed bill comes in
ahead of a chattel mortgage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
ON LINCOLN.
The Kentuckian Pays Glowing Trib-
utes to the Great President.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Henry Waiter
son of Louisville, KY, spoke at the
Auditorium last night before a great
audience, OH Abraham Lincoln. He
paid an eloquent tribute to Lincoln
and said of the famous HamptonRoads
conference, when Mr.. Lincoln met the
agents of the Confederacy regarding
the terms on which peace could be ar
ranged: "AIr. Lincoln had intimated
that payment for the slaves was not
outside the possible agreement for re-
union and peace. | am not going to
tell any tales out of school. l am not
here for controversy. But when we
are dead and gone, the private mem
oranda of those who knew what terms
were really offered the Confederacy
within ninety days of its total collapse
will show that in the individual ludg-
ment of all of them the wisdom of the
situation said Accept"
Mr.. Watterson concluded as follows:
"Born as lowly as the Son of God, in a
howell; of what ancestry we know not,
and care not; reared in penury, squat
OF, with no CLEAN of light or fair sur
roundings; without external graces,
actual or acquired; without name or
fame or official training; it was reserv-
ed for this strange being, late in life
to be snatched from obscurity, raised
- n,Fn,aanl OF a GI1nramp
moment and entrusted with the destiny
of a nation. Where did Shakespeare
get his genius? Where did Mozart get
his music? Whose hands smote the
Tyre of the Scottish plowman and staid
the life of the German priest? God,
God and God alone; and so surely as
these were raised up by God, inspired
by God, was Abraham Lincoln; and a
| thousand years hence no story, no
tragedy, no epic poem will be filed
with greater wonder or be ~followedby
mankind with deeper feeling than that
which tells of his life and death"
The Marquette club held a banquet
at the Grand Pacific hotel in honor of
Lincoln. The principal addresses were
made by George R. Peck, Charles w.
Anderson of New York, Congressman
John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Frank
j. Cannon of Salt Lake and Congress
man Cousins of Iowa.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Delmonico's
was last night the scene of the ninth
annual dinner of the Republican club
of New York City, to commemorate
the. eighty-sixth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. More than
$50 well known Republicans were
seated at the tables. Elihu Root, the
president of the club, presided. The
speakers were Senator Thurston of
Nebraska, Congressman Dingley of
Maine and Senator Burrows of Mich
igan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
TEMPLE WILL RECOVER.
No Light Thrown on the Cause for the
Rash Deed.

From the Cent ralia Courier.
Mr. O. o. Temple, who shot himself
with suicidal intentions last Wednes-
day morning a week ago, is still alive
and bids fair to get well. He has only
been rational a few moments at a time
since the day of the tragedy and hence
has made no statement in regard to
the matter whatever. He does not
realize what is the matter with him.
In one of his rational moments he in
quired what the trouble was and if he
had not been unconscious for a num-
Der of days. 1t was thought for a time
that he would also lose his left eye, but
1t Ia all right now, lis vision being un-
impaired. His mother is still with
him, while the X. of P's. keep two
nurses with him constantly at night.
Itnow transpires that his shortage
was only about $3.50. His father de-
MED that he ever sent any money to
him, but says that some time since his
son wrote him that he was short in his
accounts and that II it ever occurred
again he would kill himself. 1t would
seem from this the deed was contem-
plated for some months past. The
stories about town chat Temple gam
bled and ''shot craps r probably
untrue, as II is believed that he never
played at cards or tossed the ivory
bones. What became of his money is
as much a mystery rs ever Ifhegets
well the public in due time may know
all the facts In the case; II he dies the
mystery viii die with him. In the
meantime let charity for the erring
young mar keep silent the suspicious
tongue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

We will in due time receive a full
line of spring goods, but a not afford
to sell them on long time as we have
done in the past, owing to the small
profits on which they r sold, and
without special arrangements we will
consider all bills due in thirty days.
This will enable us to meet any compe-
tition. All notes and accounts due us
must be paid without further delay.
y Most Respectfully,
2td-4fM. i d. MORRIS & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

The funeral services of Mrs. p. W.
Harding took place at the family res
idence in north Mexico February IA
at 2 O'Clock and were largely attended
by the friends of the deceased. Elder
Shouse, of the Christian church, read
a scriptural verse, made a beautiful
prayer and a few appropriate remarks,
when the ladies of the w. CT. U.took
charge of the ceremonies and laid the
remains of their late prominent mem
Der to rest in the city cemetery. Many
friends followed the remains to the
grave. The pall-bearers were j. M.
Dayis,s. W. Buckley, DR.. T. H. Winans,
j. A. Potts, j. ID. Morris and j. NJ.
Coons,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
MRS. sHoOTMAN7s WILL.
B. L. Locke Named as Executor With
out Bond Property Divided
Among Her Children.

The requests in the will of the late
Mrs. f. A. Shootman, which was filed
in the office of Judge Of the Probate
Court s. VI. Edwards, Thursday, Feb.
IA, are as follows:
Item 1. give and bequeath to my
daughters, Minnie G.. Sherwood, wife
OF G. G. Sherwood, and Fanny Tyrrell,
wife OF Geo. j. Tyrrell, lots one ~
and eight 90 in block twelve (12),
original town Of Mexico, Mo-, being
the two store houses I now own in the
city of Mexico, Mo, and the lot on
which they are situated and the vacant
lot across the alley and east of said
store houses in equal shares, as ten
ants, to have and TO hold as their sole
and separate property, r from the
care and control of their husbands,
subject TO the payment of the money
requests hereinafter named if there is
not on hand and due my estate suffi-
cient money to pay said requests.
Item 2. give and bequeath to my
son, Lucien Tucker Shootman, lot
seven (7) i'm Roberts square in the
city of Mexico, Mo-, during his natural
life without power to sell or mortgage
the same, and at his death and the
death of his wife, now living, then said
lot to go to his youngest daughters,
DoIIie and Mile, and his son, Herbert
Shootman, in equal shares.
That my executor hereinafter named
pay to said Lucien out Of my estate the
sum of $500; il he be not living then TO
pay said sum to his son, Herbert
Shootman.
Item 3. give and bequeath to my
daughter, G~eorgiana Riley, wife of j.
Riley, of Mexico, Mo-, $500, and If she
be not living then said sum to be given
To her children or their descendants.
Item. L.. I give to my son, Thomas
Shootman, whom | have not heard
from for more than 25 years, and whom
I am fearful is dead, the sum of 81; i:
he be not living and has children sur
yiving, the said sum of ~ be given to
them on equal shares.
Item 5. give and bequeath toMol-
lie s. Showers, wife Of Allan G.. Show
ers, the sum of 81. The reason / dc
not give more to my said daughter,
Mollie 8. Showers, ia because ! have
heretofore advanced to her goods and
money equal to $4,000.
Item O. All wills heretofore made
by me are hereby revoked and are OF
no effect.
Item 7. hereby make, constitute
and appoint my personal friend, Ben
jamin l.. Locke, of Mexico, Mo-, the
executor of this will. Having full con-
fidence in him 1t is my wish that he be
not required to give bond. Given un-
der my hand this - day of June, 1898
E. A. SHooTMAN.
X. r. ARNOLD, witnesses.
w. H. KEENAN,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Aug. 20. 1921 d&wIyr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
10 THE H COURT.
The First Appeal on the Income Tax
Test Case Fruitless.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The court of
appeals of the District of Columbia to-
day affirmed the Judgment of the lower
court IN refusing to grant to John G.
Moore of New York and injunction to
restrain Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Miller from proceeding to coll
lect the income tax from complainant.
Counsel for Moore Immediately noted
an appealto the United States supreme
court and the matter will probably be
brought to the attention of the court
of last resort as it reconvenes next
month
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
A Generous Firm.

We are informed that the proprie-
tors, Messrs. A. p. Ordway & Co., re-
Gently sent three dozen of their re-
liable medicine, Sulphur Bitters, to
the Catholic Home for the Aged,
which is highly appreciated by the
directors and inmates. GAS ye SOW
SO shall We reap."-E Editor Catholic