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Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
WHAT HER MAJESTY DRINKS.
The FavOrite Beverage of Queen Vic-
TORN Is Beer.

speaking OF the gossip concerning
Queen Victoria's habits, Robert Rea,
secretary of the National Temperance
league of Great Britain, said to w. L.
Curtis last summer:
"People will say unkind things about
those in high places, and have heard Il
great many stories about the amount Of
beer, porter and other liquor consumed
by her majesty, which know absolute
ly to be false. l have taken great pains
to ascertain the truth, and have ex-
hausted every possible avenue of in
quiry. The best information comes to
me from the chaplains, her medical at
tendants and from persons at the palace
who come in ltact daily with the
queen and '.-.ow positively what they
are talking about. I do not assert that
her majesty is Il teetotaler, but that she
is aDstemious and takes only such
stimulants as are prescribed by her
physicians. She is a very old woman;
she has a great many calls upon her
strength. and is required to endure
fatigue constantly in the performance
of her official duties.
"At times her system has been de-
bilitated and she has needed tonics
which have often been prescribed by
her physicians in the form of malt
liquors. Of late years she has taken a
good deal of malt. 1t is said to agree
with her better than other tonics, but
the stories that she always has pot Of
porter on the table beside her, and that
her flushed and ruddy complexion
comes from over-indulgence is a cruel
and wicked slander.
'The queen has always lived a temper
ate life. else she could not endure what
she does to-day at her age. In
her family she has always sought tenn
perance, and her daughters are actively
interested in temperance work. In
the selection of the deans and
other clergy in Windsor, Bal
moral. Osborn and other royal residence
she makes it a rule to choose total alb
stainers. I venture to say, that not
single man among all the clergy who
are the recipients of her majesty's pat
ronage ever indulge in glass of wine.
Nor is this an accident. The first ques-
tion her majesty always asks about a
bishop or curate or any clergyman
who seeks preferment at her hands con-
Germs his habits of living. She is very
severe in her condemnation Of intem-
perate clergymen and;if she had dherway
she would drive them out of the church.
Several of those connected with the
royal household are actively engaged in
temperance work.
"F'urthermore, her majesty is equally
scrupulous about other attaches of the
palaces. No drinking man will be tol-
Grated about her. and her surveillance
in this respect reaches to the military
barracks and even to the stables. have
known of several instances in which the
queen has ordered the removal of at
taches of the court who have been so
imprudent as 10 indulge in liquor to ex-
cess.
'"Not long. ago, at a; dinner at the
palace. a young cub OF. royalty, who
wished to be witty at the expense of the
older members of the household, called
attention to the fact that he was drink
ing her majesty's health in water. The
Queen turned upon him severely and
said: 1T would be blessing if you and
all this houshold would do so.' "-Chica-
so Record.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
kLONDIKE SMALL TALK
Gambling and Shopping with Dust
Riches ON Sulphur Creek

~~"DhhAs una shopping with Dust
Riches ON Sulphur Creek.
The following letter has been received
by G. W. Chamberlin, of Seattle, Wash.,
from Joseph Green, colonel of the First
regiment of the national guard of
Washington, and an influential business
man, who left here in July last for the
klondike by way of Taya and the
Chilkoot pass.
Il arrived here on August % in good
shape, without any serious accident,
though | had quite an experience. I
ran my boat through the canyon and
portrayed the White Horse rapids, as
my boat was not long enough to run
through without great risk of getting
everything wet. Nearly all who came
mp with me on the steamer Alki are now
here, OF will be in few days. This
is my first chance to send out a letter.
This is lively camp, and all who de-
sire to do we'll are making money.
Wages are ten dollars day for common
labor, SIS for mechanics and SIS at the
mines; but grub is very high here now.
Almost everybody carries a sack of
gold dust, and passes it over to the clerk
or dealer to take out the amount Of his
purchase. Every kind of gambling
game is running wide open. 4 man sits
down to any kind of game he desires,
passes his sack to the dealer, and names
the number Of chips he desires and
plays away. Games run pretty high,
too-up into the three figures. Every
one seems to have plenty of dust.
Everybody looks alike so far as cloth
ing is concerned. The richest mire
owners will compare favorably, in wear
ing apparel, to the common tramps of
Seattle.
II haven't been idle since I arrived
here,l can assure you. have staked out
town lot in the resident portion Of
this fair city, 5Ox6O feet in size. On the
second day after my arrival 1 went out
on stampede and staked out claim ON
Sulphur creek. This creek is As miles
from Dawson. 1t was only recently
discovered. Every claim on it has been
located. Only two claims have been
worked any yet, but they are proving
quite good. I saw two men with a
! rocker at work on one of them, and they
took out 1925 in three hours. On the
other claim, held by Whittemore, who
used to be employed in the King county
courthouse at Seattle, and three other
men, they took out with sluice boxes in
two weeks about $4,000 and found one
nugget, which saw, which weighed
$9.15. The claim I staked is only a
short distance down the creek from this
one. / am certain that it will prove
good. If my grub arrives soon will
put in nine months this winter work
ing it. I will put in some work anyway
| on what grub I can buy in case the
steamer don't arrive.
'Winter is now near and log houses
are building all'around my tent. Ihave
the material all out for our cabin, and
when my partner arrives from a creek
to which he has gone, near Sulphur,
we will rush it up in hurry.
| while out locating my claim we
camped one Mi ght abont sc miles from
here. When awoke in the morning I
/ found that my shoes were frozen hard.
Had I not had on very heavy socks T
should have been in pretty fx." Seat
! tie Cor. n. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
News IN BrleG.

The expenses for conducting and
maint aing the city of st. Paul for the
year 1898, as estimated by the city
comptroller, will be ST., 723. S27.
Joseph Schmidt and Charles Schmidt.
North Minneapolis youths. who are
supposed to have been responsible for
the recent tampering with mail boxes,
were arrested and are held for the
United States authorities.
William Munich. of Crookston, was
given verdict of $500 against the
Great Northern road for the loss of
an arm while coupling cars.
Henry Perkins, of Moorhead, was
given 80 days in Jail for threatening
his mothers life because she would
not deed her property to him.
st. Clouds new theater was formally
opened by Frederick Warde, who
played ''Iskander.''
Gov. Clough has appointed B. F..
Schurmeier, of st. Paul, and John
Coates. of St.: Cloud, delegates to rep
resent the state of Minnesota at the
national fisheries congress, which will
be held at, Tampa, Fla, Jan. 10.
Representative Tawney has recon-
mended Lawrence O'Brien for post
master at Preston.
Andrew Eaton was found living dead
in an empty barn at Red Wing. He
had entered the place while intoxi-
Gated and frozen to death. He was
about so years old and formerly lived
at Frontenac.
c. A. Van Duzee, of St. Paul, has
been elected colonel of the Third regi-
ment of the state militia.
The St. Sigfrid Episcopal church at
Ceikato was formally consecrated by
Rt. Rev. NJ, n. Gilbert, bishop. of Min
nesota.
The village. of Jordan has made a
contract for operating an,electric light
plant for the term of Eve years.
In the case of Louis Christianson VS..
the Winona Street Railway and Light
company, a verdict was returned for
the plaintiff of $1,000, in the United
States court, The suit was on account
of an accident to the plaintiffs young
son, who had a leg cut of by car
last June.
Samuel Baltimore, an escaped con-
vict, was recaptured near White Bear,
and is again in prison. He was on his
,way@to st. Paul and offered no resis-
tance when captured. He was reduced
in grade. but not put in the solitary.
Davis & Taber, of the Shell Prairie
bank, have decided to establish q
branch at Bcrmidji =.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Another Hold up.

Masked men perpetrated another
bold robbery, in South Minneapolis,
The crime was committed with the
cool deliberation that has character
lied other robberies of a similar nature,
and which appear to have become so
common in that city OF late.
1t was about $3.50 o'clock in the even
ing when T. N. Glasoe. of the firm of
Glasoe & Holen, proprietors of the
Globe meat market. Twenty fifth
avenue south and Riverside. upon
looking up from work that engaged
attention. saw himself confronted by
tive masked men. AS many revolvers
met his gaze. He was powerless, and
although his partner was in the rear
room. he did not dare make an outcry.
He was told to keep silent, and stacd
still Then one of the robbers coolly
walked back of the counter, and
opened the till. From it he took all
the money there was in sight, about
$40. and a check. The robbers then
left The robbery did not consume
over three minutes of time.
Must Be Pink.
ouNSC AOCulCU Ids uCC-uCO LD1C the
Minnesota pink law" providing that
all oleomargarine or butterine offered
for sale in tins state must be colored
bright pink, is constitutional, and tho
officials of the state dairy and food
commission are happy, though they
lost possession of that car of oleo that
was seized back in 1895. The decision
has been filed at Duluth, where the
case was brought, and copies werc
filed with Assistant Attorney General
Edgerton and Dairy Commissioner An
derson.
1t was in 1895 that the inspectors OF
the dairy and food department seized a
carload of oleo from Armour & Co., at
Duluth. The inspectors relied upon
their own authority and did not take
the precaution to obtain warrants
from the court.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
KANSAS ClTY'S BIG LOSS.
magnificent Auditorium and Hotel Il
Reduced to n Mass OF Ruins.

Magnificent Auditorium and Hotel Il
Reduced to a Mass OF Ruins.
Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. %. - The
Auditorium, the largest and finest play
house west of Chicago, and the eAuditori-
um hotel, one of the most fashionable
family hostelries in the city. situated at
Holmes aud Ninth streets, were gutted
by fire that started in the theater part
shortly after one o'clock in the morn
ing. The 106 guests escaped in safety,
although many were compelled to leave
the building in their night clothes. The
loss on the entire property. which is
owned by Alex Fraser, local business
man, will aggregate $350,0o0. The ag-
gregatc insurance amounts to but $7O,-
900. Owing to high insurance rate a
great deal of the insurance had been al
lowed to l3Dse
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
Fire at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Fire destroyed
100000 worth of property of the A. II.
Andrews company at Fisk and Twenty
second streets early in the forenoon.
The three-story brick factory, whicn
was filled with finished furniture, in
two hours was destroyed.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
is
Some Odd Books.

The British museum has books writ
ten on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, bones
and flat stones. together with manu-
scripts on bark, ivory. leather, parch-
ment. papyrus. lead, iron, copper and
wood. 1t has also three copies of the
Bible written on leaves of the fan palm.
IN. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
Trouble at Auoka.

State Auditor Dunn has ordered the
arrest of all trespassers upon the asy-
lum site at Anoka, and the list will in
clude some very prominent Anokans.
Their otfense consists in the cutting of
wood upon the land owned by the
state. No arrests have as yet been
made. but the evidence is said to be
very strong against certain individuals,
and sensation is promised when the
warrants are served.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
A Pertinent QuerY.

eyes, SIR said the self-made man.
"when I began life and my brothers
lived in room where the hogs also
lodged"
''What became of the other hogs ?"
asked the man who failed.-Philadel>
phia North American,
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
Died on the Street.

New York, Dec. 22.-Mortimer r.
Humphreys, who ten years ago had a
national reputation as billiurdist. died
on the street here Tuesday of heart
failure, aged 50 years. Humphreys re-
Gently had been a sporting writer.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
NORWAY.

A stone mason in Trondhjem was
fined for calling u man "sleik." which
word corresponds to sycophant
The government accident insurance
department has appropriated a pen
sion to a man who lost his right arm in
a sawmill in Urskogslast summer.
Among the more profound remarks
on Norwegian, politics may be given
the following from the Stavanger Avis:
There is a secret which the conserv-
Atives do not seem to grasp. though it
is revealed on. almost every page of
history. It is this: The rising of ma.
tien in behalf of a c.rtain cause does
not imply progress, for that cause
alone, The power which it starts in
the people returns as a7re-euforcemeut
of everything that IS great and good in
that people, This has been demon
strated during. the, staclections in
Norway..'s { H. - - :,
1t Isl a signiicantGfact that number
of the ablest conservative politicians
have declared that they will not under
any circumstances serve in the next
storthing, thus compelling their con-
stituents to send inferior tim ber to the
national legislature. @s@
Knut Hamsun, young author.
whose works rank high from an arts.
tic point of view, but whose moral in.
fluence upon his readers is more than
questionable, failed toreceive hounty
~ > +. : q q -Rs
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

from the government, though the
proper committee had reported favor
ably on the matter. A number of lit
erary men have signed protest
against the action of the government,
but it is not likely to induce the gov
ernment to retrace its steps. Mr.. Ham
sun spent a number of years in Mime.
apois, and is even acquainted with the
work in the North Dakota wheat fields.
Rev. o. G. Breda has published a book
which has created sensation. He
maintains that the Bible teaches eter-
nal punishment for the wicked, but
still he rejects this doctrine and ad-
heres to the Cniversalistic view. He
maintains that the New Testament,
though not Christ himself, teaches the
divinity of Christ, and still the author
rejects the doctrine of the divinity of
Christ. The object of the book, the
author says, is ''to aid in cutting out
straight path from man to God" and
the general tone of the work is in.
tensely religious.
A Drammen lottery for the benefit
of old servant girls netted $1,000.
Norway is said to have about 1000
confirmed tramps.
Everyone can foresee, says Verdens
Gang, that the next liberal cabinet
will have to face difficulties which per-
haps are greater than any that have
confronted former administrations.
Kristiania is bound to hear Adelina
Patti next spring, and she is to receive
S. 200 a night.
Ringcren-the Ringer-:s the name
of new weekly paper edited by Dr.
Siguard 1bsen.
Rev. Jacob Sverdrup expects to be
appointed bishop of Bergen as soon as
he withdraws from the cabinet.
The export trade is booming, to say
the least. The total exports for the
775.000, which is almost five million
dollars in excess of the exports for the
same perion last year.
The housewives of kristiania, as
we'll as their sisters in the large Amer
lean cities, arc confronted by the serv-
ant girl problem.
The merchant marine of Norway
registers oo,26o, 500 tons, and now ranks
as fourth among the nations of the
world, its superiors being England,
the United States, and Germany.
Mrs. Christine Kildal has donated
$1,000 to the Kristiania trade gym
nasiunl.
Prof Unger died AZ the age of 50
years. He achieved distinction as an
interpreter of old Morse texts.
The proposed street railway in
Trondhjcm is panning out rather slow
ly. The omnibus company will add
$4,000 to its capital stock, and extend
the business.
The dairy interests in tho vicinity of
Skien have entered into combine
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
DENMARK.

~.
A Copenhagen shoemaker hit upon a
brand new way of advertising his
goods. He put the price on each arti-
Gle in his show window by means Of
cash, in most cases paper money. TO
save trouble, the money was left'in
the window over night; but this mode
of advertising was suddenly dlscon-
tinued. for the very plausible reason
that the window was broken one
night and part of the money carried
away.
A Copenhagen woman ran out on the
street to snatch her child out of the
way of heavy wagon. She succeeded
in doing this, but was herself caught
and crushed by the wheels of the
wagon, dying at the hospital in a few
hours.
The United Steamship company has
raised its capital stock from g.. 500, 900
to 4,0O0, 900.
The imports for the first six months
Of the current year by way of the Co.
penhageu free harbor was 225, 900 tons,
and the whole number of vessels reg
istered was 2,224.
The following is from great daily:
A Copenhagen merchant was greatly
troubled with a stomach disease, and
after a while his doctor ascertaincd
that tapeWorm was the cause of the
malady. But the doctor did not sue
ceed in removing the dangerous guest,
and the merchant resolved to try to
kill it by means of alcohol At first
the animal seemed to be paralyzed;
but it soon rallied, and in the course
of time became Injured to the ever in
crcasiug doses of alcohol. In utter de-
spair the merchant suddenly stopped
drinking alcohol. This was more than
the tapeworm could stand. 1t had IL
genuine attack of delirium tremeus,
raved and wriggled, lost its holds and
was elected more dead than alive.
Prof. Nyrop wrote a book on <.,'T},e-
Kiss and Its History" and the first
edition of 1000 copies was soon en-
hausted. necessita*ing the publishing.
Of second edition.
s. Schandorph loses his temper in q
newspaper. article against the Inner
Mission. and uses such expressions as
''the Inner Mission Bacillus "a pub.
lie nuisance" "a national plague" and
SO on.
The first cooking class has been
started in connection with the public
schools of Copenhagen. The pupils
eat the meals prepared by themselves,
even when the product does not turn
out quite according to expectations.
"A young man and his fiancee and an
other young man left a ball together
late at night in Copenhagen. The ex-
ira man had paid much attention to
the young lady .2at the ball, and as she
did not show a bit of hostility. her
would-be husband decided to punish
his rival. The result was fierce fight.
But by the time one of them sank down
to the ground bleeding, policeman
appe ared on the battlefield, and the
bleeding combatant was taken to the
hospital. the other to Jail, and the
young lady was left weeping on the
street. .-~. =.
Estrup. the inventor of the PRO
visional government" or, in other
words, the art of running constitu.
tional government contrary to&he con-
stitution, is about 73 years old, and he
makes no bones of his intention to
withdraw from active politics. He
will hardly be missed. however. Even
the conservatives are wicked enough
to poke fun at the old man on account
of his waning influence. ..5
4 I SSa'$ I,.z 4 g.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-13
THE PASSAGE OF THE AVERY BILL.

The socalled Avery bill has slipped
through the house of representatives and
has gone to the senate. The sd legisla-
tive assembly should, upon assembling on
Monday, send telegram to the presi
| dent of the senate and to the chairman Of
the committee on territories, asking that
the bill be held up till the memorial of
the assembly recently passed can reach
Washington, and kilograms should be
sent to individual senator's, asking that
the people of this territory be given a
chance to be heard on the question and
that the people are unwilling to have sad
died upon them fraudulent and bogus
debt of many hundreds of thousands of
dollars. A telegram should also be sent
to the president of the United States ask
ing that the bill be vetoed if it reaches
the executive Office.
The fact that snap Judgment is sought
to be taken in the case shows that
there is skullduggery and probably worse
behind the measure. Let the broad light
of day shine upon the measure and let the
people of the territory know what is 60
ing on in this matter. Our people are
vitality interested. They are to pay the
taxes and carry the burden. The assem-
bly, can not act any too soon or too
promptly in the matter. There is no
time to be lost
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-13
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.

The opposition which has developed in
the house of representatives toward the
immigration bill was unexpected in many
quarters, and now it is announced that Mr.
Cleveland will veto the measure should ii
ever reach him, which does not seem at
all probable. The most important feat
ure of the bill is the provision that no
immigrant shall be allowed to land in the
United States who is not able to read and
write in at least one language. 1t seems
almost incredible that 80 reason
able, and so manifestlY wise provision
should meet with opposition in the house
of representatives, or anywhere else. 1t
embodies principle that has long been
discussed from one end of the country to
the other, and which has the approval of
at least four-fifths of the people of the
United States, including the better class
of citizens of foreign birth.
Yet strange as it may seem, this is the
provision in the measure that excited the
fiercest opposition in congress. The
plea of those who opposed the bill in the
house is that it would operate to separate
husband and wife and to break up fam
lilies.
Representative Ksifer, of Minnesota,
waved eloquent and patriotic in pictur-
ing the terrible effects of the bill should
it become law.
The United States wants no immigrants
who can not read and write, at least In
their own language. Too long the doors
have been open to the illiterate classes of
Europe. II is time to call halt.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-13
AMERICAN FORESTS.

A report of the proceedings of the
American Forestry association, including
the work accomplished at the 18th anG
18th annual meetings, December, 1894
and January, 1896, held at Washington
and the summer meetings at Brooklyn, N
Y, and Springfield, Mass, has just been
issued, in pamphlet form, which covers
the reports on forestry from twenty-five
states. This is the first time that the va
rious reports have been brought together
under one cover. and this result was at
tanned only by abridging many of the re-
ports, on account of limited space.
The following states are represented in
the work, the subject of forestry being
ably treated by people who have made a
specially of the sub ject under considera-
ton: Alabama, California, Colorado, In
diana, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Texas, Vermont West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
In addition to the above, Mr.. Charles
Elliot, of the firm of Olmstead g. Elliot,
landscape architects to the Metropolitan
Park Commission of Boston, Mass, has a
very readable article on the new public
forests near Boston, the first large wood
land reservation in the United States es
tabished at the expense of cooperating
municipal treasures.