Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-04-21
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

oleepy Eye has dedicated its tine new
school building.
Winona normal school students have
petitioned for q military drill.
The jury in tho Freund murder case
disagreed and were discharged.
St. Paul men have bought the Wi
mona street railway and electric light
plant.
It is reported that the late Paul
6chulze of Tacoma robbed st. Paul
syndicate of $500, 900.
Governor Clough has issued q procla.
nation fixing the date of Arbor day in
Minnesota on Friday, April a.
William E. Robbins was arrested at
st. Paul on the charge of embezzling
funds from the Knights of Malta.
The residence of Ex-Governor Mer-
Ram at st. Paul was destroyed by fire.
1t was unoccupied except by the watch
man. Loss $4,000.
Navigation is open at Duluth. The
Booth steamer Dixon left Monday for
Port Arthur. She is the first boat to
depart from this port
Attorney General Clappemphatically
denies that his cannidacy for the CUB
ernatOria1 nomination is in the interest
OF Clough, or anyone else.
George Williams, railway mail clerk,
injured in the Melby wreck, has
brought personal injury suit for $780,
600 against the Great Northern
The secretary os the Indian Educa.
tional society announces that the Of
Ulcers of the society have decided to
hold the next annual meeting in St.
Paul, July 20 and "a.
The University of Minnesota, repre-
se0ted by A. O. Eliason, took first
prize in the state oratorical contest w.
W. Pendergast was second and A. 81.
Tasker of Hamline third.
Mary T. Bergh, as administrator of
Clara Bergh, deceased, has secured q
verdict for 81, $50 against DR.: John F.
johnson, now serving q term in the
state prison for causing the death of
Clara Bergh.
Frank B. Doran, defeated two years
ago by Mayor Smith, has again been
nominated for mayor by St. Paul Re-
publicans. J. J. McCardy was NOM
mated for comptroller, and C. L. Horst
will again run for treasurer.
David Waugh, the Duluth park po-
iceman who was taken to St. Mary 8
al in
some weeks ago, is dead It is believed
that he was murdered, and one of the
parties suspected of the crime has left
town.
Mr.. Palmer, late of Wisconsin, has
accepted the cash bonus of 81, 500 Of
fered by citizens of Wheaton for a
hotel, and has purchased site and will
at once commence the erection of a
three-story brick hotel, to cost not less
than $4,000.
The state game and fish commission
has received many inquiries as to the
date of the closing Of the spring shoot
ing season. and it appears that there
are many who believe the time set is
April %. Under the present law the
season closes April ID =. -
Representative Kiefer has been in
formed by Secretary Lamont that he
would grant his request for 800 tents
for use at the Grand Army encamp-
ment at st. Paul aext September
Only ordinary tents are available, how.
ever, and council tents cannot be fur
nished as requested by the committee.
Mrs. Samuel D. Smith of Detroit,
Mich, was sentenced to IL months hard
labor in the penitentiary at Saltwater,
Mimi, for uttering forged instrument.
Mrs. Smith and her husband succeeded
in swindhng Miss Mae Cameron, also
of Detroit, out Of 81, 800 about a year
ago at Duluth.
William Verrin and Joseph Soular
were sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of Samuel Demars at Bewabic
on Jan. Is last. Verr1ll is Is years OF
age and Soular is II. The murder was
most brutal one, and was deliberately
planned. The governor viii fix the
date of hanging.
Public Examiner Kenyon has issued
report showing the condition of state
and national banks Of the state at the
close of business Feb. g. The number
of state banks included in this report
is LAT, the number of national banks u,
making total of 224. Their cash on
hand amounts to $S,O72, $50.
County Attorney Asbury Of Duluth
has consented, at the request Of the
federated trades assembly, to prosecute
Captain Hall, foreman Of the Mime.
sofa Iron company, for discharging C.
J. Rim from the employ of the com
pany because Rim was q member Of
the newly organized miners union
The action will be brought under the
law passed by the last legislature.
Duluth's normal school site is said Il
be hopelessly involved in litigation
One suit is impending which will last
until October, 1897, and another which
may not be concluded until 1900. Tn,
cloud on the title is a defective mort
gage foreclosure, made many years
ago. II the site is refused, Duluth ha:
probably lost her chance for a norma,
school, as the time for presenting a
site is passed.
Thomas E. Dybdal, the cashier of tn,
Bank Of Paynesville, met with an ex
traordinary accident. He had been us
ing mucilage from q patented bottle
He sat it down On the counter ana
jammed the top on it with unnecessary
force, when it exploded, scattering