Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-07-14
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

The postofice at Grae lille has been
put in the presidential Class.
The Fourth district congressional con-
vention will be held at Taylors Falls
Aug. 80.
Two hundred men On the work train
ut Merose struck for raise from $1.25
to $3.50 per day.
Fire destroyed the saw mill of the
Noah Adams Lumber company at
Ground House, near Mora
The railroad men on the roads enter
Ing St. Paul and Minneapolis will form
a federation for the settlement of griev-
Ances.
A tap in bath tub on the third floor
Of the Morgen block in Winona was al
lowed to run by some careless person all
night. Damage to the extent of $500
was done.
Judge Caldwell has granted special
term of the district court to be held
Aug. 20 at Glencoe for the purpose of
trying Dorman Musgrove and Henry
Cingmar, the slayers of Sheriff Rogers.
Peter Peterson and Charles Axen,
who had been working at the Nelson
Lumber Company's camp near Noun
tain Iron, were walking to Duluth on
the Duluth, Misabe and Northern
tracks, were killed during dense fog.
The supreme court has completed it's
April term calendar and taken an ad-
journment till the fall term. The court
will be reconvened Oct. 6. Altogether
249 cases were considered and decisions
have been written in 1s5, leaving 81 to
be written during vacation
Iron ore shipments from Duluth and
Two Harbors for June broke all previous
records, reaching total of III ,432 tons.
Duluth shipped 37S, 494 tons and Two
Harbors ss7, 1887 tons. All shipments,
including grain, -four, lumber, etc.,
were far in excess of those in June,
1895.
E. G. Tulley of Minneapolis, claiming
to represent syndicate of Minneapolis
men interested in townsite which was
about to be located at Kenmare, n. D.,
shot and killed A. Rouse, with whom
he had become involved in some trouble
regarding land. Tulley claims self de-
fense.
The second annual convention Of tho
Norwegian-Danish Press Association of
America will meet in Minneapolis July
1920 inclusive. The association was
organized last year, when some thrifty
Norwegian and Danish editors and pub
fishers gathered in St. Paul for that
purpose.
An application has been made to the
attorney general by Duluth authorities
for writ Of quo warranto to compel
the Duluth Gas and Water company to
appear in the supreme court and show
cause why its charter should not be for
feited. The ground of application Is
that the company failed to comply with
the requirements of its charter in that
it did not supply good and wholesome
water to the city.
The expected manifesto of the Min
nesota silver Republicans who cannot
see their way clear to a longer support
of the party and its principles has been
made public. The document is signed
by General Sanborn, leading St. Paul
attorney; Frank A. Day, present lieu
tenant governor; Congressman Towne
of Duluth, State Senator John Day
Smith, ex-Congressman John Lind and
many others prominent in Republican
politics.
The state convention of the Epworth
League, at Waseca, elected the follow
ing officers: President, E. N. VOL
verer, St. Paul; first vice president.
Miss Christie Williams, Duluth second
vice president, ARA Loomis, Marshall ;
third vice president, F. A. Gone, Win
nebago City; fourth vice president,
Miss G. n. Fowler, Minneapolis; secre-
tary, George F. Carpenter, Crookston ;
treasurer, J. N. Engle, Hamline super
intendent Of junior league, Alice Brown,
Red Wing.
The postofice department has given
out its classification of presidential Of
fees for the next fiscal year, based ON
receipts for the past year. Increases
Ada, 81, 100 to 81, 200; AitHn, 81, 100 to
81 200 Benson, 81 800 to 81 400; Brain
erd, $500 to 81, 600 Detroit City, 81, 400
to $3.50; Fairmont, 1900 to $1,7O0
Glenwood, 81, 600 to 81, 100; Heron Lake,
81 GOO to 81, 100; Janesville, $1,000 to
81, 100; Luverne, 81 500 to s., 600; Min
neapols, 900 to 81, 900; Morris, 81, ,4O0
10 1880; Owatonna, 81, 600 to- 4s,100;
Rochester, 1890 to $500 st. Paul,
8, 800 to s., 800 Sleepy Eye, 8, 400 to
81, 500 Staples, $1,1OO to $1,2O0; Two
Harbors, &l,1O0 to $1,4O0; Wabasha,
81 400 to 8, 500; Waseca, 81 600 to ST.
700; Wells, 1,4OO to $3.50; Windom,
81, 400 to 81 500; Adrian, 81, 100 to g..
800; Albert Lea, q, 100 to 1880: Blue
Earth City, s., 500 to $1,000; Cloquet
81, 800 to 81 400 Ely, 1890 to 81, 800;
Fergus Falls, 5000 to q, 100; Grand
Rapids, $1,000 to el,4O0; Jackson
$500 to $500; Kasson, 81 100 4
1890; Marshall, 81 800 to 81 900; Mon
teyideo, $500 to q, 600; -Ortonv1lle
t1,1 100 70 $1,000; Rpestone, 1880 t
/ $1,000; 81. James, s., 500 to 900
Shakppee, 31,300 to 81 400; Springfield
i 5000 to 81 100; Tracy, q, 400 to 81, 500
Virginia, u 800 to 81 900; Warren
To, 100 to 81 800; WateTvile, $1,900 d
/ 1850; WiImar, d, 800 to 3. 700 Win
nebago, 81 400 to $500; Winons
I&2,700 to 2,So0. Decreases: Gale
donia, q, 200 10 81. 100; Granite Falls
81, 500 to ], 400; Cannon Falls, 81, 200 4
l31, 100 Tower, 81, 100 to 81, 100.
4 Insecfs Not Hunero1s,
Il 81. PAUL, July 8.-Dr. Lusger, stat,
q tentom0lOgist, announces that this yea