Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-03
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

NEWS LIN MINNESOTA
Madelia citizens are suffering from
typhoid.
The stave mill at Eden Valley will be
removed to Aitkin.
New Paynesville Odd Fellows gave
a charity mask ball.
j. W. Rufus, retail grocer at Pipe
stone, has assigned.
Mrs. Rebecca P. Smith, aged 80, is
dead at Minneapolis.
Lamberton will build a new school
house at cost of $4,000.
Daughters of Erin held a state con-
ference at st. Paul Saturday.
Echo Prohibitionists will make an
effort to Dust saloons this spring.
Minneapolis loses the Pythian con-
vention, which goes to Cleveland.
Minneapolis Methodists will try to
secure the general convention in 1900.
The Third district congressional con-
vention will be held at Hastings, March
%.
R. p Russell, who came to Mime
apolis in 1889 died at Minneapolis Fri.
day
The Great Northern has completed
the erection of it's new roundhouse at
Fosston
The Fourth district Republican con-
gresslonal convention will be held in
St. Paul March %.
St. Paul whist team defeated Chicago
experts in the contest :or the American
Whist league trophy.
NJ. N. Kellogg, aged ", pioneer
resident Of ST. Paul and veteran of
the Mexican war, is dead.
Suits aggregating half million have
been brought against alleged preferred
creditors of N. Clarke & Co.
&. S. Hamlin, assistant secretary of
the treasury, addressed the Minnesota
Democratic association Saturday even.
ing.
The street car barns of the Twin CITY
Rapid Transit company Oh University
avenue, St. Paul, have been DESTROYED
by fire. Loss $4,000.
Governor Clough has ardoned Will.
lam Mckinney from the reformatorv.
He had been sent up from St. Paul in
April last for grand larceny in the first
degree.
A satchel containing new born babe
was found on the platform of the
Northern Pacific depot at Elk River,
Mimi. The babe was dead when found.
1t is supposed to have been put off the
train.
Fire at Dassell destroyed L. w. Leigh.
toms general and branch store; loss,
$4,000; G. B. Nelson's shoe store; loss.
$500; r. NJ. Boyer's residence, loss
$1,000; DR.. G. E. Sherwood's office. loss
5000. All had partial insurance except
F. NJ. Boyers.
Deputy Game Warden jackson seized
another Is dozen prairie chickens in
Minneapolis. The birds were CONSIGNED
to commission houses in St. Paul and
Chicago and bore evidences of having
been trapped, which is directly in vio-
latiCn of the law.
State Grain Inspector Clausen has
made report to the railroad and ware.
house commission on the washing and
drying OF smutty wheat. He thinks
the present process only Of value in
large mills where the wheat is to be
Immediately groud, the wheat not be-
ing put in good condition for storage.
The state annexation committee met
at the state capitol and approved the
petition Of majority of the legal vot-
ers of the territory annexed for the an
ne1atlon to Grow Wing of II town.
ships OF Cass county. In accordance
with the action Of the commission,
Governor Clough issued his proclama-
ton declaring the territory annexed
and made a part of Grow Wing county.
A state university faculty meeting
was held Friday, and many important
changes cons dered DR.. Charles L.
Wells suggested that the academic de-
partment have six days in the week of
recitation, instead Of five, as at present,
and each study should have the same
hour throughout the whole year. The
faculty also considered the question of
dividing the nine months into semest-
ers, instead Of terms, and of beginning
each days session at $40 through
the fall and spring work. These ques-
tions were referred to the committee on
programme, and Dr. Wells made a
member of it. It was also voted by the
faculty to establish independent courses
of mathematics, German and French
in the engineering department.