Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-02-18
NEWS In MINNESOTA

Nj WIS LIN MI NNESt)IAE
A chapter Of tho Eastern Star has
been instituted at OrtonYil1e.
Over 5000 bushels Of potatoes were.
raised in Mime apalis Oh the Fingrees
pan. .15ViEt22 10 51st1Ios-l
The sixth annual session Of the grand
lodge of Minnesota, E. a. o., is in ses-
slonSEat Winonas ; a.zzEx il sE2 i EtafIt
The Minnesota state convention oil
the American Protective association
will meetsincM minneapolis Saturday. 81
General. David Reynolds one Of theeI
Oldest and best known citizens OF Min. |
neapolis,2 is dead He was 81, years sofI
age. ,,,.rr,s ...,sf
a: 4 celebration was held at Henderson,
on account Of the victory Of Henderson
over Arlington in the recent county
seal strlle. s}:li ii +.33t,5e.cr:, ::;5s@=f al
The &Hennepin County CatholicI
bu1ldlng and Loan association, doingi
business '7si atyminnn eapolis, viii be placed
IN the hands Of a receiver. ,., -,7e ,to
The date Of the sale of the, property
of the Duluth and Winnipeg has beenI
set for March. 2s. The Canadian Pa
cific will be one Of the bidders, *,. .- '*>
The sdiphtheria , epidemic in the
town of Farming, Stearns &: county,
which has been raging some time. is
far worse than was at first reported. s:i
The Fairmont Telephone company COM Of
Fairmont, Martin county: has fled ar
ticles Of incorporation with the secre-
tary of state. The capital stock is]
$40, O00.fy,. : :-s;:l 81? frsG:t..G - , "a
The state asylum board has awarded
the contract for a wing to the, Fergusl
Falls asylum to John: Lauritz zen of Fer.
gus Falls, he being the lowest; bidder,
at $o9.79l. ";f T91" 1..,::@:I <,st; II H,:;1g:5f
H. II. Young, .ex-secretarryy1 Of the
Minnesota state board Of im1mi grafton,
died Monday at st. Paul. He was vas al
native of Virginia, where; he was born
II years ago. ,1!-,l:,. .f5..ii4t.rf,... r..
tDiphtheria of a most malignant type
has broken out at Argyle, MINI AS q!
precautionary measure schools ana
churches have been closed ana ali pub
lic meetings are prohibited. ID a.. Az 80
Livingston C.oLord, the we'll known
president Of the state normal school, at
Moorhead, Mimi, has been, rendered
the presidency Of the new state normal
school at West Superior, Wis: Fl" s.: ~. g..
The Minneapolis and New Ulmr rail.
road company fled amended articles Of
incorporation with the secretary Of the
state fixing the capital stock at 800, 900
and the debt limit at 5000 900 <;* q
The st. Paul health, commissioners
report for the month Of January shows
that there were 100 deaths, 254 births
and 100 marriages. The death rate,
per 1000, for tho month was .77S.,' '4,''
Mrs. Hugh Burr i: and A. f.. sKulze
of New Paynesville, have fallen
heir to an estate Of $3.50, 900. ri This lis
tho second large fortune distributed at
New Paynesville within a few weeks.
The supreme court has upheld the
clause in the new game; and fish law
prohibiting the shipment of any spor-l
ton OF. a! deer, moose, elk or caribou to
commission merchant by q common
carrier. -: =: s.:a .';!sh.Hn:2a 'i3ss,5 -
Frank L.: Powers Of ST. Paul will be
the next grand. master of. the Odd
Fellows of Minnesota 5 Returns re-
ceived give Mr.. Powers more TRAN
twice the number of votes received by
the other candidate. >'s:'''! o'4- ~ f~~-t.t{5G
The contract for furnishing. the Min.
nesota militia, with blouses, trousers,
overcoats, leggins, gloves, hats and
caps, was awarded to! the Henderson,:
Ames company Of Kalamazoo, Mich
The price is not made public u 2;st:#
The Seventh congressional district
will hold an immigration convention at
Fergus Falls Feb rs and e27.ti On1t ac.
count of the opening Of the Red Lake
reservation this spring and the great
interest shown. it IS expected that tho
convention will be . very + important
one. a.. - 80, s....ls,i '','' -, -
Attorney General Childs has rendered
an opinion which gives Che Sutton de-
els on wider scope than herr4tofo Mr..
Childs holds that a person holding one
Office 10 not eligible to even ,l7e run q for
another. The opinion MAS asked by
Samuel Hunter, park com whatsoever i5r Of
Minneapolis !: and a conspicuous candi-
date for senator from the: Thirty second
district st: ~ .E.s9:, zts..;s}lrs, EssF e7sislr,
The Minnesota state encampmeent of
the G., A.s r. for the present yeas viii
be held on March 10 and II ; ii Minnleet-,
apolis. Senior Vice Commander y. i.
McCardy has received q letter to- that
effect from Commander Ell Torrance.of
Minneapolis who adds that the dates,
March ] O and I'll, were selected lin order
to secure the presence at the ehcaIrnpl
1 ment Of Command er-in-C Chief Walker
The report Of the fourth deeennial
census Of Minnesota has been, issued in
! book form. The; increase ia popuiation
. from 1880 to 1890 twas 666. "a I per cent;
!. from 1885 to 1905, 40. SO per cent; and
from 1890 to 1895. 20. IS per, cent. When
the first census was taken there Wei.
6.O77 inhabitants II the state: S Miin n
Gotta now has 429, $50 legal voters. 81 ,e6s
soldiers; 4 l6 sailors; ,S42 Indians and
hal. breeds entitled to Yote;s ,9I4aIn.
dians; s84l,765 males and 727,a8fafes
males; !, 900; 125 whites; s, 878 Icolored:
/ 116 Chinese and 5 japanese. ef6 az