Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-04-28
NEWS IN MINNESOTA


The Fillmore county poorhouse was
destroyed by fire.
. st. Paul Populists have put city
ticket in the field.
Three large nets were captured in
the outlet Of Buffalo lake.
Alden is to have new NJ E. church
Contracts have been let.
Leo Heilpern, once well known in
Minneapolis, committed suicide at
Winona
w. F. Dieter and A. II. Lohlker,
both old residents of st. Paul, died
Sunday.
Miss Caroline Boeckman of St. Paul
has been chosen to unven the statue Of
Ole Bull in Minneapolis May II.
A 3-year-old moose wandered into
the outskirts Of Duluth and was run
out into the woods again by boys.
Herbert Mahaffey, young crook
wanted in Red Cloud, Neb., for for
gerry. was arrested at Albert Lea.
A mass meeting of citizens at Hokah
voted to allow the village trustees to
proceed to put in system of water
works.
The third annual debate between the
Universities of Wisconsin and Mime.
sofa resulted in an easy victory for the
Badgers.
LIE Lueur has organized a telephone
company and a line will be constructed
to Center to connect with the North.
western.
The general Northwestern officers of
the Lehigh Coal and iron company
are to be removed from West Superior
to St. Paul.
Secretary Hart Of the State Board of
Charities stopped the construction Of
Chippewa county's Jail, because it was
not fire proof.
Junot D. Buxton, cashier of the Min.
neapolis postoGce, has been arrested by
the federal authorities. He is short in
his accounts So, 151.77.
Three children were kidnapped from
Mrs. Spofford in the town of johnson.
vile by four men. 1t is supposed the
father instignted the move.
During heavy thunder storm the
barn of Jacob Schmuch near Pine
Island, was burned. together with four
horses and eight head of cattle.
For killing his wife with hammer
about two months ago, George w.
Baxter of Minneapolis was sent up for
life. The verdict was second degree
murder.
Grand Rapids won out in the race
for the location of new state sub.
experiment farm. Other aspirants for
the distinction were Wadena, Virginia
and Carleton.
Pillsbury ''A' mill made a remark
able six days run last week. grinding
6i.2S7 barrels of -four, or l5,O 900 more
than its record breaking run of So, 943
barrels in 1894.
Michael Gilligan, probably the oldest
man in Anoka county, died at the adj
vanced age of lob years and 4 months.
His wife is living and her age is 101
years aud months.
The case against Edwin Ball, man.
ager of the Minnesota mine, for dis
charging employees for belonging to
labor unions, was dismissed on techni-
cal grounds He was arrested on an
other charge.
State Auditor Dunn has called tho at.
tention Of assessors to the fact that of
nearly $4,000, 900 of bank deposits in
this state only about So, 10000 were
returned for taxation. Auditor Dunn
says the discrepancy is too great
At the meeting of the Interstate
Veterans association Ortonville was
selected as the place for holding their
annual encampment, and June It,, II,
IS and 10 fixed as the dates. Among
the prominent speakers who will be
present are Governor Sheldon, Major
Picker, J. J. McCardy, Ell Torrance
and Captain Van SAINT
The Grand Pacific hotel at Moor
head is to be torn down and the
material moved away. j. J. Hill, the
owner of the property, has decided on
this move after vainly trying to sell it.
This hotel was built in 1881, and cost,
including the furniture, 100000 1t is
magnificent structure, but has never
paid. it being too large to be successful
The past winter there have been an
unusual number of Indians who have
been camping across the Mississippi in
the immediate neighborhood of Wi.
mona, and this spring they have been
doing rushing business selling their
furs in the Winona market. They
bring in mostly mushat, coon, mink
and skunk skins, and the dealers here
pay them cash for all they can bring in.
James A. Alsop, formerly Tacoma
and Minneapolis real estate dealer, was
arrested at Seattle, Wash, by Detective
Courtney of Minneapolis on charge of
numbering Lena Olsen at Duluth in the
fall of 1894. The murderer of Miss
Olsen went by the name of A. A
Austin, and Courtney claims to have
positively identified Alsop as Austin.
Alsop denies that he is Austin
AUSTIN KILLS HIMSELF.
Suicides in the Seattle Jail.
SEATTLE, WASH, April 1S-James
E. Alsop, alias A. A. Austin, who was
arrested in this city Thursday by De-
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