Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

.NEH - LIN 4lll1lNNIDVl111
s. r. Pray, the Minneapolis capitalist.
is dead. So .s 10 - : It.
I William A. Cant has been nominated
to succeed Judge Morris Of the Duluth
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Sixty acres of wheat in shock on the
Stacy farm near Montrose was de-:
stroyed by fire. i
T. Seventh district Prohibitionists have
nominated J. F. Heiberg Of Twin Val:
ley for congress. 80 - -
St. Cloud is to have a new Populist
paper. E. A. Twitchell of Minneapolis
is to be the editor ~ -.
The new directory Of Winona con-
tains 9,51S names, and the population is
estimated at 23,775.
A new postof6ce has been established
at Billiard, Wadena county, with Alfred
Jackson as postmaster.
Rev. James NJ Cleary of Minneapolis
was reelected president Of the National
Catholic Total Abstinence union.
Duluth, Mesaba and Northern rail
road paid $l5, 1882. SO gross earnings tax
on earnings of 1881, 641.56 for the past
year.
A special term of court has been called
at Glencoe for the trial of Cingmars and
Musgrove for the killing of Sheriff
Rogers.
H. M. Stow has sued the city Of St.
Paul for $1,2G0,000, alleging an in
fringement on patent for wooden
street pavements.
At Montgomery, John Budar, en-
gineer in the Quirk company's mills,
was killed by a bursting boiler. The
mill was wrecked.
On Sept. 10, II and IL, the state con-
vention of retail -four dealers will be
held in Duluth. About 600 delegates
are expected to be in attendance.
Professor Buel r. Davis, snperinten-
dent of the Winona public schools for
the past five years, has been elected
superintendent of the schools at Osh-
kosh, Wis
At Pine City, Joseph Gross and Miss
Caddie Buttrick were drowned while
boarding sailboat from small canoe,
which overturned, precipitating them
both into the water.
John Graham, aged 55, a Canadian
Scotchman, was burned to death in a
fire which destroyed a set Of logging
camps about 10 miles from Deer River,
belonging to Freeman & Gray.
A well defined plan for the escape of
IL prisoners from the Stearns county
Jail, eight of whom are bound over to
the December term of court, has been
unearthed. Saws, razors, slungshot
and a revolver and cartridges were
found.
Oscar Ericsson, an old man who dis
appeared from Duluth several weeks
ago and was supposed to have drowned
himself, surprised his friends by re-
turning to his boarding house. He was
in poor health and without telling any
one went to visit farmer friend.
State Treasurer Koerner has returned
from New York, where he purchased
100000 of registered United States
bonds for the permanent school fund.
This brings the total amount of these
bonds held by Minnesota to $500, 900,
which will net the state So per cent
per year: =. -1:2 , . -,
Rev: J. 9. Hull, formerly pastor OF
the Clinton Avenue NJ. E. church, St.
Paul, has been arrested and locked up
on a charge of attempting to poison his
wife. A vial of arsenic was found on
his person. Rev. Hull says his wife's
suspicious nature is at the bottom OF
the trouble.
State Auditor Dunn has started out q
number of pine land cruisers to work in
the counties of Atkinson, Cass and
Itasca. Sept. two more crews are tc
be sent to the northern part Of the state
to work along the international boun.
Diary. The latter crews are to explore
territory not heretofore examined. En-.
gineers are also to be sent out to report
on the swamp lands Of state institutions
and the railroad land grants.
Captain Abram Harkins died at Gary
S. D. last week. He was veteran Of
two wars-a soldier in the Mexican wal
and captain in the Second Minnesota
infantry. Captain Harkins held many
positions of public trust. He was post
master Of Rochester, Mimi, from 1871
until 1888. He represented his distric
in the legislature of Minnesota ant
| after going to South Dakota was elected
to represent Deuel. county in the legis
lature. At the time of his death h,
was Is years old.
| State Auditor Dunn has served motto,
on the managers of state institution
that they must reduce expenses. He ha
sent letter to the head of every char
liable and correctional institution, civ
ing warning that unless expenses are re
duced he will refuse to audit the bills
The tax levy is less than in forme
years and the valuation Of property ha
been reduced throughout the state MI
Dunn thinks with the reduced cost o
all products the expenses Of state in
! situations might easily be brought with
IN the amount of the tax levy instea,
of being increased as some Of them have
A Woman on the Force. -:
| ST. PAUL, Aug. l2.-St. Paul has
woman police officer, Mrs. S. Y. Root
! Of the WOman's Rescue. Home, havin
received a commission as special Office
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