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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 16.-The dedication
of the old settlers log cabin in Glen Oak
park added number of special features
10 the annual reunion of the old settlers
OF the county. Each log was contrib
uted by an old settler, and they did al
the work.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Tandem Records Broken.

Springfield, Mass, Sept. 17.-At
Hampden park Casey and Ekberg broke
the tandem bicycle records for the
quarter, third and half mile. Their
time was: Quarter, - as; former rec
ord, 2e. Third, IS; former, sc. Halt,
81 3-5: former. S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Commission Completed.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 17.-Hugh 81.
Hanna, chairman of the monetary ex-
ecutive committee, announces the COM
pletion of the commission, acceptances
having been received from Louis Gar
nett, of San Francisco, and Prof. J. l..
Laughlin, of Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
SEEK DEATH TOGETHER.
A Young Couple in Milwaukee be-
come Weary of Life.

Milwaukee, Sept. ia shocking
tragedy took place in this city, the
principals in which are a young Chi
cago couple. George J. Bunday and his
bride, formerly Miss Blanche Warner,
agreed to die together because of the
refusal of the groom's parents to re-
ceive them at home. They both took a
dose of morphine at the Plankinton
house. Young Bunday is dead, but the
bride is not in dangerous condition.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Ohio Bankers.

Toledo, O., Sept. 1.-THE seventh an
nual convention of the Ohio Bankers
association closed here with a grand
banquet at the Body house. G. p
Griffith, of Cincinnati, was elected pres
ident of the association. -. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
A Rich Gold Find

Abilene, Kan, Sept. 17.-At a depth of
70 feet in well in the north part Of the
county deposit pronounced mixed
copper and gold has been found. The
well is being guarded and rich find is
expected. a.. '&s-. s.s> *--.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21

Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE Aus
TRAN consul at Philadelphia has writ
ten to his secretary here, DR.. Theodore
witch. Legal proceedings, the commu-
nication says, will be instituted against
the United States in $4,000 damages
fer each life lost in the Lattimer shoot
ino
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
To Be Transferred.

Paris, Sept. 1.-THE Temps says the
French ambassador at Washington, Mr..
Paternotre, has been transferred to
Madrid, and Count Montholon, the
French minister at Brussels, will sue
coed him at Washington.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
, sTwenty-Seven Drowned.

Port Said, Sept. 13.-The British
steamer Polyphemus, from Yokohama
to London, was damaged in q collision
near Jebel Tar, an island of the Red
sea, and 81 of the crew were drowned.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Killed Each Other.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 16.-Dr. T. B. Car
ter, of Kaufman, and Charles P. Russell,
Of Abbott, two of the most prominent
men of that section, who had hitherto
been friends and business associates,
shot and killed each other at Abbott, in
q quarrel over a business transaction.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Driven Out of Town.

Hillsboro, ILL.,, Sept. 17.-Benjamin
Clotfelter and Jasper Isaacs, young
men living between this city and Cot
feen, who were deputy sheriffs at the
time of Gen. Bradley's crusade, have
been driven out of Sorrento by crowd
Of 40 strikers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Dismal swamp ON Fire.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. II The Great Dis
NAL swamp of Virginia and North
Carolina, covering an area Of perhaps
400 square miles, is afire from one end
to the other, the result of an unprece-
dented drought and excessively hot
weather. Dix 4 IS s# as: 45 Il
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Valuable stock Burn,y 81.

Youngstown, o., Sept. ! ire at
noon destroyed the stock barn Of John
a. Logan, AZ n 81 bred horses
and man elega nt 81 III were
burned m - ltsst st 90
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Heir "a &4O.OOO.(lOO.,

st. Louis, Sept. 16. N otorman Otis
Shelton, Of the Union Depot street rail-
he
Il $4o. oO0.D
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
MEANT TO KILL.
President Diaz, of Mexico. At
tackled by an Anarchist
The Blow Fell Short and the Would
Be Murderer Was Arrested-In-
tense Excitement-No Mo-
tive known.

City of Mexico, Sept. 17.-President
Diaz was assaulted with deadly intent
during the ceremonies attending the
celebration of the declaration of indie
pendence. Ignacio Anulfoa, a violent
anarchist, broke through the line of
soldiers that marked the line of the
procession to the Alameda and at
tempted to brain the president with
a heavy cane as he was walking to the
national palace. The blow, which he
aimed at the presidents head, fell short
and the would-be murderer was i'm
mediately seized and handed over to
the notice.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Tw ,,l.ll 3, killed.

Panama, Sept. II In collision on
the Antiouqua railroad "a persons were:
4 IN He'd among, them thru . woInsap, and
\ sefe more 81 less III ef
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Boatlsl53 Collide

New York, Sept. Is. The steamers
sCatskill and st. John collided ia the
Hudson river near i this and il, the
aIanic ensuet / lses'S vkere
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Damaged by Hail.

ashingtpn, la, Sept. LETT is esti-
m tha The rece It la ilstorm III this
. & 81, $500 oo. q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-21
Intense Excitement

Intense excitement prevailed when
it became known that an attempt had
been made upon the life of President
Diaz. In thousand ways the deep hold
he has upon the affections of the Mex
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
DEAL SOON AT END.
WHEAT MANIPULATORS MUST
SHOW THEIR HANDS.
friday Is the Day Upon Which Deliveries
Are to BE Made-Making the Seller
Dictator OF Price-Removal of Central
Market From Liverpool to Chicago.
The Wheat Deals.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Friday, which
will witness the close of the great
trade, bids fair to prove a memorable
day in the trade. No great excitement
is expected in the wheat pit, but in
oats a squeeze of shorts may occur.
The wheat deal of my son has
brought to the farmers of the United
States 10 or Is cents more for their
wheat than if he had not gone into it"
l.. q. Letter said today, in talking of
the great battle between Joseph Letter
on the one side and the elevator com
panies on the other. my son has been
the benefactor of the agricultural in
dustries of the country to that eX-
tent The seller is now debating the
prices of his product, not the pur
chaser. Chicago makes the market
price of wheat, not Liverpool. And
the local influences which have been so
long for constantly lower prices have
ceased to control Chicago markets.
The first purchase of wheat by Jo-
seph Letter was made in July last at
GA cents. The price for real wheat,
such as the farmer sells, has been 90
cents and 81 for several days. This
makes a total advance since July of
about 35 cents. Letter, ST., gives the
ordinary course of the markets credit
for between 20 and 25 cents Of the
rise The remainder he attributes to
the substantial support given to prices
by Letter, jr., during the last six
months.
1t is believed that Mr.. Letter has
been turing a trick on the trade in
oats while everybody has been watch
ing wheat. For weeks the oats pit has
been practically deserted. Last week
there was a disagreeable surprise to
the men who had sold 100000 bush
els of oats for December delivery
when they learned that no oats were
tcing delivered. Then thew awoi,e to
the fact that in all the Chicago ele-
vators oats measured but $4,000 bush
els of the contract grades. 1t was
Wednesday when the discovery was
made. The price of December oats was
then 203s cents. On Friday the mar
ket closed at 225s cents. A cent ad-
vance in oats is as good as or 5
cents in wheat. 1t is too late to rush
in a supply to meet the calls which
will be made for the grain at the close
of business on Friday. Those who
have not delivered the grain accord
ing to contract will be called upon to
settle at the closing prices. The sit
uation has all the elements of a
squeeze.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31

WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-Secretary
Sherman was seen tonight regarding
a story cabled him from Madrid to the
effect that the United States had de-
manded of Spain sS,000,G00 indemnity
for American traders for damages sus-
tanned through the rebellion in Cuba.
The secretary stated that if any such
demand had been made he had not
heard Of it.
. Judge Day, assistant secretary Of
state, said: so far as l know there
is absolutely nothing in the story.
Some one may have attempted to foot
up all the individual claims that have
been filed, but even on that SUPPOSE
ton I should not attempt to say their
estimate was correct"
At the Spanish legation it was said
that no information had been re-
ceived of any such action. The lega-
ton had heretofore heea notified of
all individual claims, but it was
thought improbable that any claim in
bulk would be made.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
EXPOSITION STAMPS.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Asks for Designs.

| Asks for Designs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Third AS
sistant Postmaster General Merritt,
| who will have charge of the selection
| of subjects for the series of Trans
| Mississippi exposition stamps, which
| the postmaster general has officially
| announced will be issued to commem-
| crate the exposition, has written q
| number of letters to leading artists Of
| the country asking for suggestions
relative to designs. Three divisions
are suggested in the letter:
First-That they should contain
portraits of distinguished people iden-
titled with the country.
Second - Appropriate historical
events should be represented as illus
trated by existing paintings or en-
cravings.
Third-Unique pictures of national
scenery or of other things associated
with the progress of the TRANSMITS
sissippi region.
General Merritt said that it would
be his aim to give the exposition
series of stamps that would be artiS-
tic in character and would appeal to
all classes of people and especially
typical of the greater west. Incidental
ly he suggested that possibly one OF
the stamps might contain the repro
duction of the celebrated etching
known as Fremont Hosting the
Flag on the Rocky Mountains" The
well known statue of Thomas II. Ben
ton at St. Louis cOntEins upon one
side of the base a quotation from one
,1DIN,- tC1 Antn
wherein he outlines the possibilities
of the country beyond the Mississippi,
and it has been thought that the Ben
ton statue would be an appropriate
design for one of the stamps. The
complex picture which hangs in the
west corridor Of the capitol, known as
westward no." emblematical Of the
hardships attendant upon the pioneer
and suggested by Bishop Berkieys5
quotation "WestwarG the course of
empire takes it's way" was also men
toned by General Merritt. There is
a picture in the rOtunda Of
the capitol-De S1tos discovery of the
Mississippi river-which might also be
used upon one of the denominations.
General Merritt said the department
would e1GcavOr to select subjects that
had been painted Or engraved and
would not call uDon artists 10 draw
new scenes, which would necessitate
q great amount Of time, buc on the
contrary, would endeavOr to get pho
tographs, reproductions OF famous
paintings and personages, so that tie
engraving of dyes might he quickly
done.
The STAMPS will b sO~ooThat of
the same shape as the Columbian
stamp, twice the size of the present
postage stamp. They will ba sought,
after by collectors, and as there are
nearly half q million of these people
the government, instead of being
of philanthropic, expects to realize
handsomely uDOn the issue. Co!um-
bian stamps today are selling at prices
many times higher than was once paid
for them and they are growing more
valuable each wear. 1t is the same way
with the Centennial stamp, and it Will
also be true of the Mississippi
stamp. Suggestions OF scene on stamps
are invited by the DCtOffice department
as it is General Merritt's desire 10
give the exposition the handSOme5t
set of stamps ever issued to Commtm-
crate an exposition.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Saturday, December 25,

China has granted Russia permis-
sion to winter her squadron at Port
Arthur
At the commencement of 1898 the
United States will have 1S4,464 miles
of completed railway.
General Weyler in an interview is
quoted as saying he has no hope Of
the success of autonomy.
The orange and lemon crops of
Southern California have been injured
by frost during the succession of cold
nights.
A riot occurred in the court house
at Macarthur, Ohio, during a trial.
Two men were seriously and probably
fatally wounded.
Mrs. Jane Forrest, SO years of age,
committed suicide at Chicago by
throwing herself headforemost from
a third story window
The American ..indow Glass COM
pany, which controls the output Of the
window glass plants of the country,
will advance prices January l.
Sam Brown of Shelbyville, KY,
sold to Ed H. Upton of Lexington
Lady Reel, the dam of the 2-year-old
Hamburg, for $4,000 cash.
President Samuel Sloan, of the Del
aware, Lackawanna & w estern rail-
road, was presented with a $4,000
gold table service by the officers and
employees of the company.
Impressive funeral services were
held over the remains of Miss Leila
Herbert, daughter of ex-Secretary
Herbert, whose tragic death shocked
both the capital and the country
Attorneys for Durrant have fled
notice that they will ask for a change
of venue from the recent order of
sentence by Judge Bahrs on the
ground that the court was prejudiced.
The postmaster general has dscid,
ed to order a postage stamp to COM
memorate the Mississippi ex-
position at Omaha the coming year.
They will be of the denomination Of
1, 2, and 10 cents and 81.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Wednesday. Dec. 22.

The Pope of Rome is reported in ex-
cellent health.
A curfew ordinance has been en-
acted in Indianapolis.
More Czech-German riots are re-
ported from Bohemia.
The United States supreme court
has adjourned for holidays.
Dolls of all nations will be display
ed at the Omaha exposition.
The Auditorium theater at Kansas
City burned. Loss, s225,000.
A number of microscopic appoint
ments for South Omaha are announc-
ed from Washington.
n F. Snyder, a millionaire of Pitts
burg, gas man, was arrested on a war
him with the abduction of the latter's
infant son.
The American Federation Of Labor
at Nashville adopted resolutions en-
dorsing the bill pending in congress
for the establishment of postal say
ings banks with the clause relative to
National banks stricken out.
The state of Nebraska. by the at
torney general, has filed civil suit
against eX-Treasurer Bartiey and his
bondsmen for $685. orc. This is the
amount which BARLEY is charged with
e1bezzling from the public treasury.
Secretary Alger haa cabled to Will
liam Akellmann. the chief govern
meut reindeer hunter who is now in
Alton, Norway, to intsTm the war de-
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Friday. December "a.

anti-scalping bill now before con-
gress.
Mrs Ballington Booth is dangerous
| ly ill in New York.
David S. R. Lambert, wounded by
masked burglars, at his home at Will
ton, Conn, is dead.
At a meeting of the Iowa Whiiesale
Grocers' association at Cedar Rapids.
resolutions were adopted favoring the
George Bitner, wholesale poultry
dealer at Bristol, Tenn, assigned.
catching numerous creditors for $685.
900.
The comptroller of the currency has
received information of the failure of
the First National bank of Benbina,
N. G.
The German warships, Deutschland
and Geleon, under command of Prince
Henry of Prussia, have started for Glib
raltar.
DR.. Noah Fields Drake, a graduate
student in geology Of Stanford uni
versity, has accepted position in the
Tien Tsin university, China.
Private John w. H Davis of the
Fourth cavalry was frozen to death
while carrying mail between Lake
hotel and Thumb station in National
Park.
Assistant Secretary Howell has rem
dered decision in customs case in
which he holds that common goat hair
is entitled to free entry under the new
tariff law.
Mr. Bryan called on all the cabinet
ministers of Mexico, and, with Mrs.
Bryan was entertained at dinner by
President and Mrs. DiaZ at their city
residence.
At the annual meeting Of the New
York Base Ball club dividend of per
cent was declared, the president, how
ever, being empowered to increase it
if he saw fit.
The auction sale of the st. Carlo
yearlings, bred at the McDonough
farm, California, was a great success,
eleven youngsters bringing an average
of $1,000 each.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Thursday, Dec. 23.

The wife of Prince Hohenlohe, the
imperial chancellor of Germany, is
dead.
The shops of Tripoli are closed and
the Arab agitation against the gov
ernment is increasing.
Among the seriously i'll in New York
are James X Sackett. the actor. and
Mrs. Ballington Booth.
Charles DeDue, who has been on
trial at St. Louis for killed Morris
Pietsch, an aged grocer, was acquitted.
Notices have been posted at the
Fiskdale (Mass.( cotton mills that
January 8, the wage scale will be low
cred.
Vessels for Australian trade are
almost unobtainable. There are now
three cargoes awaiting shipment from
San Francisco to Sydney, melbourne
and Adelaide.
Arnold Luetgert, son of Chicago's
alleged wife murderer, admits that he
forged notes amounting to $4,000,
given to Attorney Vincent.
Judge Lochren has decided that the
Minnesota pink law" providing that
all Oleomargerire or butterine offered
for sale in that state must be colored
a bright pink, is constitutional.
The Manufacturers club at Philadel-
phia has passed resolutions favoring
the establishment of a commerce and
manufacturing portfolio in the cab
met
Bert Award, one of the most prom
inent college athletes in the country,
and widely known as a foot ball
player, is dead.
Mrs. George M. Pullman has decid-
ed to accept her dover interest In her
late husbands estate, which gives her
S3,000,000 in personal property and
one-third interest for life in the real
estate.
A snug fortune awaits Edward Rut-
ledge of Huron, S. D., at his old home
in Pennsylvania. Some time ago
Rutledge's grandmother died. leaving
an estate of over S3,000,OO0, to be di-
vided among forty-two heirs. Rutledge
will get an even 100000.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
THE INDIAN EXHIBIT.
Senator Allen Calls Upon His Brethren to
Help.

Senator Allen Calls Upon His Brethren to
Help.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Allen has addressed the following let
ter to all members of the upper branch
of congress in relation to his bill ask
ing an appropriation Of $4,000 for a
congress Of Indian tribes at the Omaha
exposition next year:
my Dear Senator: I take the lib
erty of calling your attention to the
provide for the holding Of a congress
of the Indian tribes of the United at
the city Of Omaha, in the state of Ne
braska, in the year, A. D. 1888, and
for other purposes. You will greatly
oblidge me if you will read the bill and
the report accompanying it, and if you
can, consistently with your sense OF
public duty, do so, I would be pleased
to have you support the measure. [
beg to suggest if the bill shCu1 become
6 law, this will be the first and prob
ably tie last general exhibition CT the
savage tribes of America, and will be
q source of great interest to many
people who have never had an opor-
tunity Of observinb our Indian tribes,
their habits and customs. No doubt
the educational features will be of
great advantage to thousands Omaha
is geographically well situated to hold
such congress at a minimum expense
to the government. I believe the
money will be we'll expended in au-
thorizing this congress.
. The auditor for the treasury depart
ment, William E. Andrews, has ap-
proved the requisltion for the issuance
of warrant to George A. Bartlett, dis
bursting agent Of the treasury depart
ment, for $4,000, to be used in CON
struction of the government building
at the Transmississippi exposition
This is the first money to be drawn on
behalf of the government board and is
understood to. be for preliminary work
in conjunction with pushing the build
ing to an early completion.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
French Statesman Dead.

PARIS, Dec. 27.-Comte Anatole
1emercier. member Of the chamber
of deputies, is dead.
Comte Lemercier was born June %,
1925. He was one of the seven depu-
ties from Chariente Inferieure, per-
sonally representing the first divis-
ion of Saintes. He was 4 descendant
of the Lemercier who figured in
France during the revolution. His
father was for many years member
of the chamber. He received the dec
Grafton of the Legion of Honor and
published several volumes.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Spai,; Should Have Navy.

MADRID, Dec. 27.-Today Impair
cial urges that in view of the char
acter of the reply of United States
Minister Woodford to the note of the
Spanish government in answer to the
first communication Of the American
government through him. it is neces-
Sary to increase the Spanish feet as
against the evantualit-- Of i conflict
with the United States.
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The
American Asphalt company of Colo
RADIO has brought suit aga'Dst Corne-
lilIs n. Bliss, secretary of the interior.
and William A. Jones, commissioner
cf indian affairs, to enioin them from:
declaring void lease to certain min
ing lands in the Uintah Indian reser-
walton and in interfering with the
necessary operations of the company
On their property
The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
Tuesday. Dec. 81.

Richmond, Va, felt an earthquake
shock on the 18th.
John Alstot killed his brother Claude
at Danville, KY, while drunk.
The Commercial Travellers League
met in New York and denounced the
anti-scalpers law.
Revenue Cutter Hugh McCulloch
left Philadelphia to protect seals from
poachers in Bering sea-
The British feet now in Chinese
waters consists of one ironclad. nine
cruisers and eighteen smaller men-of-
war.
In an explosion aboard the British
steamer Southern Cross, which ar
rived at MADEIRA, several persons were
killed or wounded.
A meeting of the press club of Chi
cago was held to arrange for attending
the funeral of Washington Hesing,
who was president of ,he clra
Charles Byrne, president of the
Brooklyn baseball club, is lying at his
home in Brooklyn in very critical
condition. Ryrne was a resident of
Omaha in the 7O's.
A well dressed lady, eighty-six years
old, and evidently demented, was
found wandering on the streets of
Cleveland, Ohio. She has a daughter
living at Gresham, Nebraska.
At Elk City, Kansas, John Strauss
is dead, his two sons are dying and Mr..
Reed and his daughter are critically i'll
from drinking coffee into which rat
poison had dropped accidentally.
1t is said that Prince Bismarck, who
braced up for the emperor's visit, has
relapsed into his former weakness, de-
spondency and persistent insomnia.
Mentally and physically Prince Bis
marck is rapidly declining.
William Lloyd Garrison, the we'll
known Boston reformer, addressed the
ethical society of New York on the
life, character and work of Henry
George, whom he characterizes as one
of the greatest men of all time.
Last Sunday Mr.. Bryan attended
divine service in the Evangelical
church in the City of Mexico and was
also the guest of President Diaz at the
distribution of prizes to the Mexican
exhibitors at the Chicago and Atlanta
eXpositions.
The republican members of the
house, who are framing bill to re-
form the civil service law have not yet
got together to draft their measure.
Chairman Hepburn of the special COM
mittee says he expects the bill to be
matured soon after the holiday recess
closes.