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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Under Martial Law,

Washington, April 16.-United States
Consul Little telegraphs from Tegu-
cigalpa, the capital of Honduras, tina:
revolution has broke out and that the
republic is now under martial law.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Found Dead.

Milwaukee, April l7.-Jacob KATE, for
30 years a dry goods merchant of Mil
waukee. recently in the real estate
business. was found dead in his Office
Friday, and post mortem showed that
death was due to asphyxiation by gas.
1t is believed he committed suicide.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Three Killed By a Train.

Lafayette, Ind, April ia passen-
ger train on the Wabash railroad, east
bound, near West Point. struck buggy
containing James Holton, Plymouth
Field, Miss Nan Wilson and Miss Laura
Smith. all colored. Both of the men
and one of the women were killed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

Plymouth, Ind, April l6.-After IS.
hours elaboration the jury in the Fet-
ters murder trial found the defendant,
William l.. Sutherlin, guilty as charged
in the indictment and sentenced him to.
state prison for life. The attorneys for
the defense have filed motion for a.
new trial,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Two Men Hanxed.

Jersey City, n. j., April Ii. - Paul
GEM was hanged here yesterday for
killing his mistress. Clara Arnim. in
Hoboken August %, 1894, and John
Mackin. Jr., was executed for killing his
wife and her mother, Mrs. Bridget Con-
nors, on February q. 1896.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
HAIRED from the NAL.

Indianapolis. Ind, April 16.-Another.
Of the agents of the late T.. s. Dean
brokerage concern, Nj. E. Massey. OF
this city. has been barred from thu.
mails by fraud order issued by Post
master General Gary.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

THE legislature of Texas is consider
ing resolution which, after reciting
that freight rates are unsatisfactory
and unjust, instructs the railroad com.
mission to make survey for railroad
from some point on the coast to the
Red river at Denison, the proposed
road to be built and operated by the
efofn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Graveyard In.n-,r..

Pittsburgh. Pa, April l4.-Charles t.
WOOD confessed here to having placed
100000 insurance of aged and decrepit
men since January with the policies ak
assigned to himself.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Don't RECOGNISE the blockade

London. April 1.-THE Rome CORE
spondent Of the Standard says it is
stated there that Admiral Canevaro,
commanding the international fleets in
Cretan waters. has received notice from
the American government that the
United States does not recognize the
existence Of blockade of Crete.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
To Withdraw TrOOns.

Washington, April II. 49, According
to information received from trust
worthy sources here the withdrawal of
at least 10000 of the troops that Spain
has maintained for several years in the
island of Cuba will begin when the
rainy season sets in within few DAYS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Can't Visit the ExDOxitfon-

Washington, April 16.-President Nc
Kinley has decided that he would be.
unable to attend the Nashville expo
sition on the opening day, May l, but
will formally notify the. authorities
that he will visit the exposition after
the adjournment of congress-.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

Iuaurance xocietv Fail.

Lynn, Mass, April 17.-The 500 Lynn
members Of the Equitable Aid union.
"a mutual benefit insurance order of
Pennsylvania, received word Friday
from the president that the order had
gone into the hands Of an assignee and
had suspended. d n
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
State Fair.

81 The board of zmanagerssof the Min
nesota State Aericultura Society an
nounce that the annual state fair and
eSpositio will occur 81 pom the grounds
Of the society, at Hamline, midway be-
tween the cities Of st. Paul and Mime
,apolis, beginning Monday, Sept 8. and
closing Saturday, Sept IL, 1897.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Omcera Killed.

Dekoven. Ky, April l5.-Near here
James Green and William Green. a
deputy constable, were shot dead, and
Constable William Beset fatally wound
ed by William Cody and Thomas Hite,
post office thieves. S. + . zs>&5 III. 5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

Th1nk' He Ought to he Hnncen
Collins, Me-. April 16.-Sam Smith
Jr:. who ten days ago hacked two old
women to death with corn knife, has.
confessed the crime and says he thinks.
ne ought to be hanged. Smith says he
does not fear hanging.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Revolution in .Hondur,

Washington. April 16.-United States.
Consul Little telegraphs from Teeuci
galpa, the capital Of Honduras. that a
revolution has broken out and that the
republic is now under martial law
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
NeHroes Celebrate.

Washington, April l7.-The colored
people of the District Of Columbia on
Friday celebrated the anniversary OF
President Iincoln's proclamation eman-
cfpating the slaves of the district. The
principal features Of the day were a
parade and an open-air meeting at
which oratory ran riot. President Nc
Kinley reviewed the parade from the
portico of the white house.
Hest Part Of q Town Burned.
Fremont. O., April 1e.-Early Thurs
day morning'th business portion OF the
village Of Lindsey, eight miles west. of
here, was destroyed by fire, including
the postofice, drug store, grocery. shoe
store. barber shop, council hall, C. A. r.
hall and the produce exchange. The
loss will aggregate $4,000, two-thirds
of which is insured. "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
~ Gen tenarian. Pn. al =. AWAY

belmont, Wis. April liz Charles
Goode,5w ho i ; few. weeks ago celebrated
his 103 birthday, a veteran of the Black
Hawk war and early pioneer, died at
four clock Friday morning al, the
home Of his niece, Mrs. Sill lick. 8
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Honor His Men,o.v

Springfield, Ill.,, April 16.-services.
commemorative 'l'1l 20 Of the death of Abra-
ham Lincoln, 80 years ago, were held II,
terday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
Mexico Will Not Retnl1nte.

City of Mexico, April 16.-The reports
published in the United States that the
Mexican government intends, in case
of the passage Of the Dingley bill, insti-
tuting retaliatory measures, will be au~
thoritatively denounced by the Mexican
Herald to-day. Certain provisions in
the bill will, if enacted into law, bring
American capital here, and will re-
dound to the benefit Of the country.
The government of Mexico regards the
action of the American congress with
perfect lack Of apprehension.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20
CHANGE PLACES.
Hundreds OF COnv1cts i'm Indiana
Prisons Arc Transferred.

Hundreds OF Convlcts i'm Indiana
Prisons Arc Transferred.
Michigan City, Ind, April 13.-Prob-
ably the largest transfer of prison con-
victs that ever took place in this coun-
try was successfully carried out yester-
day. Two hundred and ninety-one pris-
cners from Michigan City prison were
put on special Monon train and taken
to Jeffersonville, while from the latter
place 356 prisoners were sent here.
The trains started at nine o'clock.
The Monon officials had taken every
precaution to insure the safety of the
trains. Every foot of track was in
spected Is minutes before the trains
passed. and every bridge was carefully
examined. Even the switches were
spiked. and the trains were given the
right of way over everything. No stops
were made for crossings, Gov. Mount
having given permission for this viola
ton of the state law. and no stops were
made except for the purpose of chang
ing engines or taking water.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-20

Salonika, April 1S.-Greek bands have
landed at Fleutheropol west of Kavala
and are marching on Goyran, distant
about one kilometer from Dedeagatch.
Their design is apparently to cut the rail-
way line to Salonika. Turkish troops
have been sent in pursuit and there has
been fighting, but the result is not known
here
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
The Eubrication Test.

Very few of the millions of people
who carry watches realize to what a
wonderful extent fabrication is devel-
oped and what an extraordinary num-
ber of turns the balance wheel makes
with one oiling, A Chestnut street
matchmaker, whose knowledge of these
wonderful pieces of mechanism is not
exceeded by any man in this city, has
made up an interesting table of COM
parison to show the perfection of lubri-
cation in watch.
A watch will run on one oiling from
year to year and half. Every
minute the balance wheel turns on its
axis 450 times and $4,000 times in an
hour. Accepting year as the time the
ordinary watch will run with one oil
ing, he finds that if the driver of To-
connective was as well oiled as balance
wheel of a watch it ought to run 60
miles an hour day and night for 648
days, or we'll on to two years, with one
oiling. In that time it would traverse
distance equal to nearly 40 times the
circumference of the earth.
In view of the fact that in reality
few locomotives will run one day with
out reoiling, he maintains that the
matchmaker has developed his art to a
far greater degree than the locomotive
builder has yet been able to reach. -
Philadelphia Record
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Spiders as Weather Prophets.

One of the best of weather prophets
is the spider. If there happens to be a
web in the secluded corner of the porch,
watch it carefully for few days or
weeks, and the spider will unfailingly
predict the coming of storms.
When high wind or heavy rain
threatens, the spider may be seen tax,
ing in sail with great energy-that is,
shortening the rope filaments that sus-
tain the web structure If the storm is
to be unusually severe or of long dura-
tion, the ropes are strengthened as we'll
as shortened, the better to resist the on
set of the elements. Not until pleasant
weather is again close at hand will the
ropes be heightened as before. On the
contrary, when you see the spider run
ming out the slender filaments it is GER
tain that calm, fine weather has set in,
whose duration may be measured by
their elongation.
Every "a hours the spider makes some
alteration in its web to suit the weather.
If these changes are made toward even
ing, just before sunset, fine, clear
night may be safely counted upon.
When the spider sits quiet and dull in
the middle of its web, rain is not far
off If it be active, however, and con-
tinues so during shower, then it will
be of brief duration, and sunshine will
follow. Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Wellington and Napoleon.

There are some interesting stories in
The recently published "reminiscences of
Mr. Corbould, the drawing master to
Queen Victoria's children. Here is one
of them: son reaching the palace one
morning the Prince of Wales showed
me drawing he had just finished Ma
poleon was depicted ON horseback level
ing a pistol at the Duke of Wellington,
who was advancing to cut down his
great enemy. While l was looking at
the drawing, who should come in but
the duke himself why, the very man
who can best criticise my drawing!
cried the prince. Now, can you tell me
who that is on the left? he went on,
presenting the sketch to the duke.
Well, replied the latter deliberately,
Judging from the waistcoat and the
cooked hat, should say it was meant
for Napoleon. Right, said the prince.
And who is the other figure?' BY the
cut of the jib, returned the duke calm
ly, | should say it was myself. Right
again. Well, now, is the drawing ac-
curate? That's what l want to know. ;
The duke rose, put down the sketch and
thus impressively addressed the Prince
of Wales: My boy, I'm going to tell
you something that the English people
don't seem to realize | was sent out tO
keep Napoleon in check, but never in
my life have set eyes on him. Once,
in the midst of battle, some one cried:
''Lookl There's Napoleon!" But before
I could get the glass to my eye the
smoke from field gun had enveloped
him -
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
DO Metals Become Tired?

Various instances are on record where
metals, while not showing any appre-
ciable wear, have literally fallen to
pieces, and that without any assigned
cause. On one occasion steel rail,
after 22 years continuous service on
the Great Northern railway, in Eng
land, actually disintegrated under the
wheels of passing train. So complete
was the breaking up that scientists
thought it worthy of investigation, dur
ing which it was determined that the
metal had become exhausted and had
broken down. just as an overstrained
animal might be expected to do This
has led to further inquiry, and scien-
fists are satisfied that metals do become
tired out. Fine cracks often appear in
steel rails, and it has been supposed that
they are caused by the continuous con
cussion of railway wheels. This, how
ever, seems to be contradicted by the
examination Of newly made rails, in
which similar fine lines occur The
idea that metals become weary, while
not altogether new one, is to an ex
tent plausible one and under the care
full scrutiny of scientific societies will
probably be satisfactorily explained and
settled. New York Ledger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16

and in her drscent, which was ly g
the most vigorous of the series, she too
i'll two-thirds of the peanuts, and ,3f.
crash of the demolished fruit is She
pinned it to the walk might have been
heard four squares away.
The unhappy vender reached tine
place i'll time to be taken in himself,
and the addition of 1870 pounds OF maca-
roni fed Italian added to the dismal
proportions of the scene. How they got
disentangled and on their feet no one
seems able to explain, but the result
was reached amid an appalling uproar
of Italian, English and feminine noises
What a great matter a little fire kin
dleth! Ten cents worth of salt would
have saved all the misery and distress.
AS ii is, Danbury has some 90 persons
with damaged backs or legs, the owner
of the building has four suits on hand
for damages, the tall, slim man and his
wife are confined to their beds, and on
Saturday last the Italian was morosely
squatted alongside of the f. el of a
steamer bound for Italy. j. i. Bailey.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
WHOLE NO., 359.
The Bookkeeper's Bete Noire.

Ask a bookkeeper what his BLACK
beast" is, and he will tell you the
monthly trial balance. Some of you
know what that is, of course, but the
majority of you perhaps do not Let
us explain briefly. in double entry
bookkeeping, the only kind that de-
serves the name of bookkeeping, every
debit must have its credit-that is to
say, every item that is carried to the
debit cf one account must be carried to
the c,edrt of another
Say, for example, you buy a bill of
goods from a merchant. He enters the
amount to your debit on his books and
at the same time credits an account
called merchandise. this account be
ing debited with all the goods brought
into the stock and credited with all the
goods sold from it. When you pay the
bill, you are credited with the amount,
and an account called "Cash" is debit
ed, because it receives the money.
This will explain to the uninitated
the meaning of the term double en-
try" and it will also explain why,
after the entries have all been carried
to the ledger and balances have been
struck thereon, the debts and the cred
its will agree if the books have been
correctly kept. To test the correctness
of his work the bookkeeper takes off
every month trial balance, which
consists simply Of the debit balances in
one column and the credit balances in
another. If they foot up the same, the
work has been correctly done. If they
vary, he must look for and find the er-
ror or errors before the next months
business is entered on the ledger
You can readily understand, there
fore, why the trial balance is the book
keepers black beast. We have known
cases in which tritiing errors have elud-
ed the most caresul search for several
days and nights and even for weeks,
torturing the soul of the bookkeeper
almost past endurance. But he has to
stand it, for the error must be found.
philadelphia Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16

The Future IF the Red Man.

Having briefly reviewed some of our
F.st history, the fact must he admitted
Jhat when the white men first visited
our shores we were kind and cUnfiding,
standing before them like a block of
marble before the sculptor, ready to be
shaped into noble manhood. Instead of
this, we were oftener hacked to pieces
and destroyed
1t is useless to deny the charge that
at times we have been goaded to vim
dictive and cruel acts. Some of my own
tribe, however, were soldiers in the
northern army during the civil war
Some of them were taken and held pris-
oners in the rebel prisons, and the
cruelty which, according to the tales
they tell, was witnessed there was never
outdone in border warfare with the
scalping knife and tomabawk, and yet
I believe that had the northern people
been placed in the south under like cir
cumstanoes their prisoners of war
would have been treated with similar
cruelty. 1t was the result of desperate
effort to save an expiring cause. l be-
ilCNO bbClO 10 liz iCdsouoDl0 pCL6Ou, WSIl
grounded in United States history, who
will not admit that there were ten
times as many who perished miserably
in southern prisons as have been killed
by our people since the discovery OF
America. recall these facts not to
censure, but to show that cruelty and
revenge are the offspring of war, not of
race, and that nature has placed no i'm
passable gulf between us and civiliza.
tion.
While l most heartily indorse the
present policy of the government in
dealing with our people, / must admit,
to be true to my own convictions,
that am worried over the ration sys
tenn, under which so many of our people
are being fed on the reservations.
greatly fear it may eventually vaga
bondize many of them beyond redemp
tion. 1t permits the gathering of lazy
immoral white men of the worst stamp
who spend their time in idleness and il
corrupting Indian morality. -Simor
Pokagon in Forum
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
Men With Mem cries.

The advantages of good memory to
the historian are obvious, and we find
it said of Gibbon that when he had once
read book it was of no further use to
him; it was as a sucked orange and
could be thrown away. Carlyle like
wise had prodigiously retentive mind,
while of Macaulay's prowess in this
line there are many stories told. He
could read a book in the time it would
take another man to cut the leaves,
and, notwithstanding this lightning
rapidity, he knew it all perfectly. Once,
when crossing the Irish channel, he re-
peated to himself the whole of ''Para-
disc Lost, and it was said that if all
Millions works were lost Macaulay
could have restored them from memory.
While waiting in Cambridge coffee
house for post chaise he picked up a
country newspaper containing two po-
litical pieces, which he read once
through and never thought of again tol
40 years, when he was able to repeat
them without the change of single
word. -Household Words.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
down to an extra amount of unavoidable

down to an extra amount of unavoidable
waste and thought no more about it.
Two or three years afterward two
brothers, who were working there, left
and set up public house together on
money which they said had been left
them by an uncle. As they had both
good characters. it was not until one of
them told mint foreman, on the un-
derstanding that no action should be
taken. that anything was known of the
following trick:
Both the brothers used to grease their
hands before working at the machines,
and whenever they noticed some gold
dust sticking to the grease it was wiped
off in their hair. Care was used that
enough was not taken to show, though
when they washed their hair at home
each night the few grains meant several
extra shillings, which ultimately en-
abled them to retire and live comfort
ably. Strand Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
THE OLD HUMORTSTS.
AN ITALIAN GENTLEMAN'S VIEW OF
A NEW ENGLAND WINTER.

1t Changed Like a Kaleidoscope and FL
D. naiIy Worked His Financial Ruin-Ar-
temus Wards story of a High Handed
Outrage That Occurred In Utica.
There was burst in tin conductor
leading from the roof of the house on
the corner of Rose and Myrtle streets
the other afternoon, and the water thus
escaping ran across the walk. Toward
night the weather stiffened up, and the
loose water became sheet of ice.
About O'Clock the next morning there
was slight fall of snow. In the base
ment of the building an Italian gentle
man has fruit store. Shortly after
o'clock this morning he had his outside
wares i'll line of display. Peanuts be-
ing speciality with him, two or three
bushels of that article made a tempting
pile on a large stand. While he was
making this arrangement carpenter
with a tool box ON his shoulder came
around the corner, and, stepping on the
concealed ice, Immediately threw his
tool box into the street, got up himself,
looked around to see what had happen
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
How to Use BIOtting Paper.

at is curious about blotting paper, "
said Mr.. Dipperton, that it lasts lon
ger if used on one side only | refer
now to the small piece of blotting paper
that we pick up and press upon the
freshly written lines by rubbing it with
the finger tips. Continual rubbing
makes the side that is rubbed upon
smooth and oily and less absorbent If
we turn the blotter over now and then
and get fresh surface and rub indiffer-
emily on either side, we soon get both
sides more or less oily, and then it
doesn't blot perfectly ON either side. 1t
is better to use it always the same side
down, so that whatever moisture may
be transferred from the finger tips is
kept all on one side. Thus used, the blot
ter will take up ink more satisfactorily
and for "a longer time than it would if
we kept turning it over "-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-16
The Centiped and the Barbsric Yak.


While Centiped was painfully toll
ing over the Libyan Desert he was en-
countered by arbaric Yak, who scorn-
fully asked him how were his poor feet.
The humble creature made no reply at
the time, but some days later found the
barbaric Yak taken in the nets of the
Hunter and almost devoured by Insects,
which fed at the approach of the Cent?
ped. ''Help, help, my good friendP'
exclaimed the unfortunate Beast. II
cannot move a muscle in these cruel
Tolls, and the ravenous Insects have
devoured my delicate Flesh" Say
you so:" responded the Centiped. "Can
you really not defend yourself?" "Alas!
how can II" replied the Yak "See you
not how straitly | am bound?" "And
is your Flesh then so delicate?" at is,
though l say it who should not. u
"Then." said the Centiped, II guess
I'll take bite myself.
Moral. The other mans Extremity
is often our Opportunity. .-G. r. LAM
gan,