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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

When q dog is chasing the
chickens at the other end of the
lot a women may not be able to
hit him with a stone in an hours
throwing. But let him come in
to the house, and she will crack
him with a bruomstick every
time with neatness and dis
patch and not endanger a teacup
or a lamp chimney, where a man
would swipe down all the glass
and CHINA and miss the cur.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
POWERS WILL ACT,
Sultan Must Put Promised Reforms In
Force or Coe rcion VIII BE Uaad

sultan Must Put Promised Reforms in
Force or Coercion Will BE Used.
CONsTAKTINOPLE. Dec. 24-An the
ambassadors have now received in.
ftructions to submit proposals with the
view of improving the situation in the
Ottoman empire. The proposals before
being submitted to the sultan would be
referred to their respective govern.
ments -
All the powers, including Russia. as|
repeatedly announced during the past
rev months, have agreed in prime: pie
to the e1pediency Of employing coer-
clon should the sultan be recalcitrant.
But the form Of coercion to be employed
WILL not be determined upon unit! an|
emergency arises.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

Zertucha, the treacherous, has
to be constantly guarded by the
Spanish police. Why not send
him over to the United States on
a occurring tour? A lot Of people
over here would like to meet him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

1t is now the time of the year
to stop sending tooth brushes
and tracts to the dark colored
heathens in foreign lands and be.
stow few necessaries upon our
poor at home, who are far from
heathens. If you are so disposed
you can find plenty of worthy
subjects.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

A divorce was secured, in Chi.
cago, in twenty minutes recently.
This is altogether too quick, as it
doesn't give the parties a chance
to change their minds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

An ordinary citizen Can ride
from New York to California in a
day coach and never feel tired.
but as soon as d man gets to be
president the fatigue Of d short
journey is something awfnl.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

Gen. Ooxey might now gather
an army and go to Cuba, where
he would not only have a chance
to walk ON. the grass, but to get
under the sod as WE'LL
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

1t is q pleasure to hang up
your stocking, but it is entirely
different when you have to hang
up your. overcoat at this time of
the year. .@...r
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

The excitement about Cuba has
put stop to the usual mum Der
of fights in Kentucky. A few
more weeks Of this and the state
will catch up in population.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

The servant girls of Sioux City
have organized Il trust. Two
nights in the parlor and one day
off in the week will now go in that
city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
Wednesday, Dec. ,23.

The Hon. George II. King has been
ga2etted British Commissioners for the
Ber;ng sea arbitration. 81 ss ~ III s.
4 Chambers of commerce and boards Of
trade AL overlthe country are opposing
the Cameron resolutions. as they inter.
sfere with business. .:ss.sssz;;22... b u.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is rapidly re-.
covering from from. the effects Of. the
nloke11p araiys1s with which he VIM
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

banks. If any private banks
ought to have the money issuing
function it ought to be state
banks:
"CH1CAGo, Dec. 23.-E. s. Dire
yer and his partner, Robert Ber-
ger, Of the banking firm of b. S.
Dreyer. & Co., which collapsed
Monday as a result of the clos
ing of the National Bank of ILL
nois, and for whose arrest war
rants were issued last night,
gave themselves up today. Ar
rangements had already been
made for bondsmen, and the two
bankers were promptly released.
''Dreyer and Berger are both
charged with receiving a deposit
on Saturday last, knowing their
bank was insolvent.
Nv. A. Hammond, second vice
president of the National Bank of
Illinois, who has been charged
with pulling the wool over the
ewes of the directors of the de-
funct bank, would not talk today
when seen in his palatial home
at Evanston. Through an init
mate friend, however, he made d
statement which is calculated to
inculpate several of the directors
as we'll as two or three men who
are not connected with the bank.
The Post makes the above state
ment and gives the following:
w. A. Hammond is to be made
the scapegoat of the failure of
the National Bank of Illinois,
said the friend. Hammond is a
broken man today, but he is not
any more to blame for the
amount of money loaned on CAL
umet securities than are the
members of the finance COM
mittee of the bank and it's direc-
tors. It was necessary to the
purposes of a man connected
with the South Chicago city rail
way. and an officer of one of the
strongest banks in the city, to
depreciate the Calumet electric
roads stocks, and to this end
these two men brought about the
wrecking of the National Bank of
Illinois.
"'Of the banks funds, $2,475,-
600 bod been loaned on Calumet
securities. The plan for wreck
ing Was brilliant. It is to cause
an investigation, depreciate Cal
umet stock and then buy it..
Then combine this valuable prop
erty of sixty-three miles of new
track equipment and franchise
with the South Chicago railway,
eventually combining with the
Chicago City railway. and make
a fortune of millions within five
or ten years. The truth of the
matter is mem bers of the finance
committee and certain directors
of the National Bank of Illinois
have known the amount of the
Calumet loan, and had hoped to
make individual fortunes on the
success of the venture. -Four
years ago, w. V. Jacobs, who
started the Calumet road, Dor.
rowed $4,000 and paid it up in
full. After that the road passed
into other hands and loan was
made on The securities with the
full knowledge Of the finance
com mittee Of the bank and Pres
ident Schneider himself, This
loan was too large, but it had
been supposed to be for a few
weeks only, and the bank, find
ing itself involved, either had to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

slider the question settled. There
was no majority rulenfor them.
OF course they had to obey the
laws OF, the majority, but they
never dropped the freeman's
right to criticize those laws and
try to obtain power to change
them. i -,
Majorities rule, but they can
never decide the justice or injus-
tice of u cause. Man is fallible.
and majorities, as we'll as minor:
tiles, are composed of men. and,
therefore, liable to err. Only
the inexorable logic Of fact can
decide the justice of a cause. and
until that has proved our cause
wrong we would be miserable
towards to drop our cause for
one defeat. I hate cowardice. |
care not how many times | am
defeated, until l am proven
wrong Iii continue the fight.
Nor have [ enough vindictive-
ness to desire to see the entire
gold-eug program carried out.
The American people never de-
cided that the greenbacks should
be retired. That was all issue
advocated only by the Cleveland
cohorts. No party openly advo.
eating that issue could have car
ried the election. And if we
keep a determined front no
party will then dare to become
responsible for the outrage.
The Republicans know that as
long as there is a strong indie.
pendent party ready to unite
with the anti-monopolistic wing
of the Democratic party they
cannot safely carry out such a
program; and, therefore, though
we may never carry the cleo
tions, we can scare the dominant
party into giving the people some
relief. I care not what party
carries out the reforms, but
knowing the makeup of the Re-
publican party of today-a party
of plutocrats, so far as leader
ship is concerned-I know that
nothing but fear of a coalition of
our party and Democracy can
keep them from the most vicious
class legislation.
TO lie or not to be, that is the
question. Whether tits nobler
in the Pops to suffer the grievous
drubbing that the gold bugs gave
them, and in 'inocuous desue-
tude' expire, or take up arms
once more for truth and free
dom, and with determined minds
press bravely forward, deter
mined never to yield till JUSTICE
triumphs.
] doubt not that the Repub:
licans will restore prosperity,
but l am afraid the pockets of
the plutocrats are capacious
enough to swallow all the pros
perity unless a strong opposition
party holds them in check.
1t was the missionary work of
the Popdlists, and the hope of a
coalition with them that enabled
the Democracy Of the West and
South to overcome the pluto
cratic tendencies of their party
and make d bold stand for the
common people. Shall we now
basely desert them and let the
plutocrats recapture their orga-
nization? CLARENCE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
A. e:G LAND GRANT.

Atnnesoea and North Dakota Arc Given
- Over 100000 Acres.
WASHINGTON. Dec. % An unusu.
ally large amount Of land was given to
the states Of Minnesota and NORTH d.
tota. Minnesota gained sc, ISL acres in
the ,Dn'rth district ~ the approva. Of
aswamp list and North Dakota gained
q ,267 acres By the approva! Of lists OF
land for purposes Of the deafand dumb,
school Of mines. reform schools. state
normal school and agricultural colleges
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1896
REFLECTIONS AT THE
CLOSE OF 1896.

REFLECTIONS AT THE
CLOSE OF 1896.
Another eventful year: has just
passed into history, and it may
not be out of the way to look back
and reflect on passing events.
One of the remarkable phe-
nomena of the year IN this age OF
so.ca]led civilization has been the
Armenian outrages. Here is one
of the ancient people, III a region
that boasts Of being part OF the
cradle of the human race and the
birth place of civilization, under
going determination because they
confess the Christian religion.
For these Armenian outrages
are nothing more nor less than
Mahometan religious warfare
against the Christian dogs, as the
Turks Call all Christians. The
Armenians have looked for help
from their Christian brethren in
Europe, but in vain. The money
lords in England have money
coming from Turkey, and they
insist that the government at
Constantinople must not be dis
turbed, lest the tax-gathering
and interest-paying process be
disturbed and they lose their
money. And so the Musselman
is left in peace slaughtering the
Christians in Armenia. and per-
mitted to exterminate nation
with all the barbarity of fam
attic religions madness. Sad
commentary on Christianity in
Europe!
But if the old world keep up
it's record for; religious barbaric
wars, the new world can equal it
by exhibiting equal barbarity in
wars for the suppression Of the
civil rights of man. At our very
doors, in the island of Cuba, the
Spaniards are playing Turks to
perfection. For centuries the
Spanish government has kept
the population Of Cuba as a slave
colony. At last, taxed to the
verge of starvation, desperation
has seized the population of Cuba
and they are now fighting for
their liberation from Spain. But
Spain has immense resources in
men and arms and Cuba compar-
atively none, SO an unequal con-
test has been waged on the island
for months and months. Spain,
as of old, is resorting to her
meduval barbarity Of warfare,
and ordinary people Of this coun-
try stand aghast at the inhuman
barbarity enacted at our very
threshold to exterminate every
Cuban patriot. The American
people are anxious to help the
Cubans, but as with the Arme-
mans, the dollar is in the way;
and, as dollars are scarce and
valuable, and liberty loving pat
riots plenty-too plenty, it seems
their indiscriminate destruc.
ton goes merrily on. This gov
eminent could stop the Cuban
slaughter at any time by simply
ordering the Spanish butchers
to hunt their hole. But Spain
has mortgaged Cuba to English
capitalists, and as she would have
to pay these bonds any way it is
no wonder that she fights for her
interest in Cuba. But the bond,
holders do not want any Cuba
libre, and Grover Cleveland does
not, either. The people of this
country are now praying for
March 18th, in hope that the in
coming administ ration will have
some little humanity about it.
touching this Cuban question.
Looking over affairs at home
during the past year, we have
through one Of the most
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

II I: The African who bestrode an
ostrich and beat a man on a. race
horse, like Sharkey, won on 9
fowl. s. = " p. T.. =: :. IS. I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

The correct pronunciation Of
the word s aceo is Mott see o,
not May. seeto or Mah.see.o. N.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
Coal Company Divide. a., prof,t,.

. NEw York. Dec 24.-The Pennsy,.
vania Goa. company has declared an
extra dividend Of 5 per cent on its
stock The regular dividend rate is IL
per cent per ann nm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29
OF THE WEEKS NEWS

Monday. Dec. 81.
The Bolingbroke club, London, offers
. purse Of $4,000 for q fight between
Cor5ett and Fitzsimmons.
James NJ. Glover, brother of ex.
Congressman John NJ. Glover. aged 80
years. suicided by shooting himself in
the head Dependency over business
reverses
Ex' Secretary Of State John ". Fos-
ter. who has been i'll for some days
past. although still confined to his bed,
IS much better! 'hnd his early conval.
escence is expected.
The body Of Alexander Hermann, the
magician. was laid at rest in vault in
Wood!awn cemetery Sunday, where it
will remain until the family decides
upon permanent burial place.
In the presence Of numerous prelates,
the best known members of the Amer.
lean colony, Cardinal Satol;i Sunday
took forma! possession of the titn!ar
church of Santa Maria Del Ara Coeii
which was assigned him by the pope at
the last consistory.
Tuesday. Dec. &c.
The American steamship Laarada
has returned to Messina
The senate has confirmed Robert A.
Smith as postmaster Of St. Paul. ::
Governor Morton has refused to par.
don or commute the sentence of John
Y. McKane.
Randall, Selby & Bell. implement
dealers at Des Moines. failed for $780,.
600. The assets are email:
A student has been sentenced to death
and others to l2 years imprisonment
at Moscow as a result of political agita.
ton.
Mondays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows available Ct ash
balance. $225, 567. 1853; gold reserve,
&l34. $50. ..... :,
+ John P. Kunze, the suspect in the
famous DR.. Cronin murder case known
as "Cooney the Fox has been arrested
at St. Joseph, No., charged with oh.
tanning money under false pretense. !.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-29

Looking over affairs ct home
during the past year, we have
passed through one Of the most
remarkable political campaigns
!. III Our history. tt nearly half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14

Other leading items in the commercial list
show similar movements in favor of Ger
man trade. Finally, it Is to be observed
that in and since 1898 the tonnage of sea-
going ships at Hamburg has exceeded that
at Liverpool.
These facts need no Interpretation to the
thrifty Briton. They are their own most
forcible commentary. They touch John
Bull in his NEST sensitive spot-his pocket.
They are a menace to that by which he
iives-his commerce. No wonder then that
the hint of a war with Germany meets with
quick and enthusiastic response. Such a
war would mean the blockading of Ham,
burg and of every German port, the dis
appearance of the German flag from the
high seas the destruction of Germany's
foreign trade, the exclusion from the
worlds markets of the one great rival
which the British most fear, and which
they have most cause to fear. That is the
true explanation of the wild epidemic of
out the United Kingdom. The mercantile
wish is father to the militant thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14
BEER CONSUMPTION.

b.
The Trade is a East One and Yields n
Big Revenue Va the Government.
From the Wine and sbifiltGazerte.
The total CONSUMPTION of beer in the
United States foGtl.the fiscal year ending
June 30 last was 3G:sI54G9 ,G61 barrels, which
was an increase evsa the consumption of
the previous year bf tS1 900 barrels. A bar
rel of beer averages r31 IA gallons. That
would make the ttta37 consumption for the
past year 94s, 92o. Do4 gallons, or about ff-
teen gallons for qEfvae}y man, woman and
throughout the United States varies great
ly. It is the largest In New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and. Wisconsin, and least
in the southern and prohibition states. In
Kansas, a prohibition state, the sale Of
beer last year footed up less than 5000
barrels. whereas the total sales in the city
Of Milwaukee were 100000 barrels. There
are In all 10000 brewers in the world, of
which nearly 10000 are in Germany. Great
Britain follows with $4,000 and the United
States with 5000. Beer yielded a revenue
to the United States government during
the fiscal year of $s2, a6,,651, the tax being
81 barrel. while distilled spirits. the con-
sumption Of which is scarcely one tenth as
great, yields three times as much more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14
n Credit to the Citv!

We made no mistake in not
rushing to cheap" Gnferior) tailor
ing. 1t is naturally short lived.
Best tailoring cheapest is best.
Only merit can withstand the test
of time We are growing con-
tinuously.
Your common sense should tell
you that you cannot get something
for nothing.
We guarantee you a greater
equivalent in high-class tailoring
for the money expended than is
possibly cbtainable in this or any
other city.
We buy at first hands-of manu-
facturers. -
We avail ourselves of all dis
counts.
We maintain a large force of the
most skilled tailors.
We did not lease this entire build
ing for fun. We require it all! VIII
require larger building later, per-
haps!
We have today the largest, hand
soonest and best equipped tailoring
establishment lin the south-equal
in its results to any in America.
We are celebrating the opening
of the entire building with the fol-
lowing special attractions:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14
UNCLE SANS POWDER.
stored In the Government Magazin
in Morris County, New Jersey.

Stored I'm the Government Magaxfnes
IN Morris County, New Jersey.
From the St Louis Republic
Uncle Sam has plenty of powder in case OF
emergency. 1t is stored safely away in the
government magazines in New Jersey and
there is enough of it to destroy all the navies
In the world, If used to good advantage The
powder house is situated in Morris county.
New Jersey, in the picturesque Berkshire
valley, about five miles from the town of
Dover Uncle Sam has kept his powder dry
there since 1890. The place was formerly
known as Picatinny, an Indian name. which
means divided mountain, and for several
years the accepted name by the government
was the Picatinny powder depot. but firally
some one objected to the homely Indian
name, and now the place is known TO the
government as the United States govern
ment powder depot But the old Indian
name, about which the Indian romances and
the tales of the old Middle Forge are clus-
tered, will always stick to the place, and the
natives for years to come will refer to it as
the Pic3tinny powder depot.
The old Middle Forge works were in onera-
ton back as far as one hundred and
Iorty years ago, and the remains of
the massive old timbers and an oc-
caslonal bit of heavy shafting or A
broken cog wheel are still visible under the
great trees that shaded the workmen who
at that day forged the nails with which
the houses for miles around We're built
1t is historical spot, and abounds in In
olan legends and wild tales of the early
settlers in northern New Jersey
The tract of land comprised 1900 acres
wnen purchased. but 800 acres were set of
a few years ago for the use of the NAVY
Department. The buildings, with the ex-
ception of the superintendent house. are
made of iron and brick. They are suhstan-
9ai structures, but cold and statuesoue in
design. There are five magazines, and each
Is 200 feet long, fifty feet wide and forty
ieet deep. The structures are 500 Yards
proved arrcsters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14
What The 'SStar''
SAID.
STEADILY SUCCESSFUL.
An Enterprising Business Man
Extends His Sphere of
sefulness.

Ability, coupled with well-directed enter
prise, may always be depended on to achieve
substantial success, and an excellent i1lus.ra-
ton OF the truth of this observation NAV be
seen in the case OF Mr.. G. W. Simpson.
Several years ago he opened a small tailor's
establishment at 9th and G streets, with a
small stock If goods, but plenty Of pluck and
faith In advertising In three years he was
compelled to enlarge his building, and in 1892
his business had SO increased that he moved
to still more commodious quarters, at 18th
and F streets northwest. Mr.. Simpsons bus
mess methods continued to be attended here
by prosperity, and he has now made another
progressive movement by leasing the entire
building at 18th and and remodeling it,
and now has one Of the largest and best
equipped tailoring establishments In the SOUTH
The first and second floors are devoted to
sales rooms. offices and fitting parlors, while
a. large force of skilled tailors occupy the
upper two floors and are kept busy making
garments for the well dressed men of WASH
ington. Mr.. Simpson says he attributes much
Of hts success to judicious advertising, in the
best newspapers, and by catering to those
attracted by his announcements precisely in
accordance with his repro sensations.