Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-06-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

The Hines road will begin track lay.
ing in July, 1t is claimed,
Fire damaged the Edison building at
Minneapolis to the extent Of 100000.
The summer school for women at the
state school Of agriculture has closed.
Minneapolis bicyclists will.enter mu.
nicipal politics, and put up tickets for
aldermen, etc.
The Minnesota Horticultural society
will discuss the protection of forests
from fire at the next meeting.
Congressman McCleary of Mankato isl
writing a financial article for the July
number of The North American Review
The next meeting of the Minnesota
Valley conference Of Congregational
churches will be held at Graceville next
June.
The State Da;rymen's association
meets at Gaylord June l6, II and 49,
From 500 to 900 people are expected tot
attend.
The New Ulm city council has approI
prlated $500 to aid the opening of the|
Minneapolis and St Louis road to that
place on July 4.
Ninety-fve attorneys were turned out
by the state university this year The
total number of graduates at the uni.
versity was $685.
Instead of buying its own road bonds,
St. Louis county viii! call for popular
loan, selling $3.50, 900 bonds in blocks of
5000 and upward.
The supreme court has denied the ap-
pllcation for an immediate hearing of
the appeal in the fourth insane hospital
case, and therefore the matter will go
over until the fail term of the court
The Seventh district Peoples party
congressional committee held a meeting
and decided to call congressional con-
vention July 10 at Fergus Falls to nom.
mate congressman and elect delegates
to St. Louis
In the United States court at Winona
Jesse and Della Congden were each
fined 800 and given 80 days in Jail for
retailing liquor without government
license. Herman Hoga. for counterfeit.
ing minor coins got six months in Jail
and $500 fine
D. J. Reynolds Of Winnebago City,
appeared before the St. Paul Under.
writers association with his acetylene
gas generator and burner He exhibited
his device and explained its workings to
the association, in order that they might
pass upon its safety.
Lightning cut off in flash all traffic
by electric lines between St. Paul and
Minneapolis. A bolt struck one of the
poles between St. Adams and Lexington
Oh University avenue, and, running
! along the wire included in the distance
broke or melted over 80 iron poles
MSS Emma Stanley, sister of Bishop
Stanley Of the Jamestown diocese, died
at Fargo, and the remains were taken to
St. Paul for interment She was a
teacher in the St. Paul public schools
for 36 years. the last 10 of which she
was principal at the Franklin school.
one of the largest in the city
The famous "Slippery Sam telegram
case has been sent back to the lower
court for new trial OH appeal of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
While the supreme court holds the tele.
gram to have been libelous, it considers
the damages ($5,200) as excessive, and
grants a new trial
| President Van Horne of the Canadian
Pacific is credited with stating that he
expects the Duluth and Winnipeg legal
squabble will be settled soon; that the
road will be quickly thereafter extended
westerly, and that the construction of
branch line northward across the Me-
saba range is likely
The 2Sth council fire, or anniversary
of the settlement of the Chippewas on
the White Earth reservation, which
took place on June "A, will be celebrated
with grand eclat at the agency on Mon.
day, June Is. This date marks the era
when the doughty Chippewa warrior
abandoned war paint and feathers, and
RACED the wigwam to don granger over.
alls. An elaborate programme has been
arranged for the grandest event in the
reservations history.
Hon o. p Stearns. ex.United States
senator from Minnesota, died at Pa.
cific Beach. near San Diego, California,
of pneumonia. Judge Stcarns went
there last October for his health.
Deceased had highly honorable war
record and had held the position of cir.
cult judge at Duluth for many years,
his career Oh the bench from 1872 to
1893 being only broken when he was
chosen United States senator to fill the
unexpired term of Senator Norton The
remains will be taken to Los Angeles
for cremation.
Several sguatters, who have lived for
25 years Oh three blocks in the residence
portion of Duluth, have begun suit in
the district court to clear title to the
property on the ground of adverse pos.
session. The property is owned by the
heirs Of J. W. Norton of Louisville, KY,
who own immense quantities of prop.
erty in that section. The property in.
cludes all of blocks 1. 10 and 10, Nor.
tons division, bounded by Sixth, and
Ninth streets and Seventh and Eighth
| avenues east, about four blocks from
the court house. It is valued at Sc, 600
FIRST SINCE THE WEIR.
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