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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
News IN fSrl0H.

A. c. Hangar. ex-city treasurer of
| Minneapolis, was found guilty of mis-
appropriation of the city funds.
Supt. Morgan, of the state fish hatch
cry, announced that the hatchery
would send out over 1000, 900 young
| fry brook trout to the various streams
and lakes of Minnesota this spring. A
| special effort will also be made to Sc
cure liberal supply of young bass for
shipment.
A 15.year-old son of j. B. Stitch, of
st. Wendell, Stearns county, was in
stantly killed in runaway.
There is now no doubt that the Min
neapolis Flambeau club will attend
the Paris exposition in 1900.
The city of Marshall has decided to
grant six saloon licenses at 81. 900 each.
Mrs. Fredericka Behr. of Winona.
recently celebrated her Tooth birthday.
While out hunting rabbits, Theodore
Polzin, young man living few miles
from Hokah, was seriously and per-
haps fatally wounded from a shot ac-
cidentally fired by Edwin Klein, a COM
panion.
Thomas Jackson, blacksmith of St.
Paul. committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart with shot
gun. He had been drinking heavily.
+. Gustafson fell off the Great North
ern bridge in Minneapolis. distance
of 80 feet, and was killed.
Edward Halson has been commits
stoned postmaster at Nicollet.
The c. N. Nelson Lumber COMPANY
of Minneapolis paid the state treasurer
$l1 ZOO in settlement of claims by the
state auditors Office for trespasses six
and seven years ago. - -.
Peter Velander, of Vassa, was found
dead in his barn. Cause, apoplexy.
Frank Wilson, on trial at Mime
apolis for the murder Of Remie Du-
charme at Hopkins last summer, was
found not guilty. 4. ... e ..s
George s. Coles factory for mill sup
plies at Jordan was burned to the
ground, throwing 50 persons out Of EN-.
ployment. *@ .5 5 q ss5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
A Terrible OHensc.

George Sudeith was arrested at St.
Paul, charged with defacing United
States property. Sudeith, it is alleged,
scratched match on one of the newly
enameled letter boxes. When ar.
raigned in the police court, Judge Orr
stated that he could make no order in
the case, as the court over which he
presided had no jurisdiction. Sudieth
was taken before the United States
authorities.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
a Bold Transaction.

Some time ago Mrs. II. Temple, of
Sacred Heart, died, but before dying
she had made her own death robe. She
was supposed to have considerable
money. and her relatives were very
much chagrined after searching to find
nothing. 1t was rumored that she had
sewed all her money in her death robe,
and shortly after the grave was found
to have been dug up and everything
searched. The robbers left the grave
almost open.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
GIVEN TO GRIGGS.

President Names New Jersey Govern
or for the Acknowledgements
Washington, Jan. 24.-The name of
Gov. Griggs. of New Jersey, was sent
to the senate Saturday to take the po-
sition Of attorney-genera vacated by
the appointment of Acknowledgement
McKenna to the supreme court.
A dispatch from Trenton. N. j., says
MIR. Griggs will resign the Office Of
governor as soon as he is confirmed as
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
Encouragement. and Senator Vorrhies
will become acting governor.

Is
will become acting governor.
lJohn w Grggs was born in Newton.
Sussex county. N. j.. In ls49. His father
was farmer and an old-line whig. who
finally became an ardent republican. He
was graduated from Lafayette college in
Easton, Pa, in the class of 1868. Three
years later he was admitted 10 The bar OF
Paterson. In the campaign of 1875 Mr..
Griggs first entered the political arena
and was elected assemblyman. In 1882 he
was unanimously chosen by his party as
a candidate for state senator and was
elected by large majority He was twice
reelected. AS a delegate to the national
republican convention in Chicago in 1883
he nominated William Walter Phelps tor
vice president of the United States. He was
offered a supreme court judgeship by Gov.
Leon Albeit. but declined. He was elect
ed governor OF the state OF New Jersey
last year.l
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
Robbed the Dead.

The rooms of Joseph P. Hubert in
Minneapolis were entered by thieves
during the night. and gold watch, a
diamond pin, knights of Pythias
charm and Mrs. Hulbert's jewelry were
stolen. The audacious thing about the
robbery was that the burglars entered
the house while Mr.. Hulbert's BODY
was awaiting burial.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
A wOInan's Ring.

The other day Stephen 8. Cook, of
ST. Paul, ordered his driving horse,
Major, brought to his office at the
Ryan hotel. After taking drive, Mr..
Cook instructed his man to take the
animal to blacksmith shop to be shod.
The blacksmith found wedged in be-
tween the frog and the diamond shaped
caulk on one of the shoes with which
the horse was shod. a ring, bent mp in
to the shape of an elipse. On the in
side of the ring was inscribed "F. P.
B., Oct. 20, 49," and it is an 1S-caret
affair, and rather heavy.
The ring was sent to Mr.. Cook, who
has it in his safe, waiting for it's owner
to come along and claim it. That the
ring was not in the least scratched or
injured, beyond the scratching it got,
is rather remarkable.
A Bad Fire.
East Grand Forks was visited by fire
the other morning, and the saloons of
w. T. Franklin, Dan Sullivan, Russell
& Doll, Gus Hines, w. D. Kelly and
1llstad & Kingstad, the restaurant of
Frank Rogers, the Northern elevator,
and the east approach to the Demers
avenue bridge, were totally destroyed.
The fire is believed to have caught in
the rear basement in the Hines build
ing and was probably incendiary in
origin.
The trestle work of the approach to
the bridge was almost sething fur
mace, and as far back as the approach
ran was soon a mass of flames, and the
efforts of the firemen were directed to
stopping the fire at the end and saving
the entire bridge.
Killed the Little One.
The l1-months-old daughter of G. w.
ellis, of Minneapolis, was accidentally
smothered to death. The little ones
mother was i'll and the father had
taken the child to bed with him. The
infant cried, and the father took care
to cover it up well. Then he dropped
off to sleep About 8 o'clock in the
morning he was awakened by the
child's heavy breathing. 1t was seen
that there was some trouble, and a
physician was summoned. but before
he had arrived life was extinct.
A post mortem examination was
held, and death was found to have
been caused by suffocation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
A Rush of I'm III iSraDtS,

New York, Jan. 23.-ln anticipation
effect the rush Of immigration to this
country has started. The Tartar Prince
arrived Thursday with 720 persons in
the steerage. The vessel comes from
Italian ports.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
Spear Points.

It is only the cross we carry that
turns to gold.
The faults we rail at in others are
usually the ones wepossess ourselves.
The mind, like the lens, may be con-
cave and scatter brain power or con-
vex and concentrate it. - T. - ~. .-.
The man who denounces the existing
order of thin s should speedily suggest
some means of Improvement.
I St. John saw in Heaven "a great
multitude which no man could num-
ber,' Of what on earth are called '.tools.' =
Rams Horn. ~. s s..s.5 ss54 Mn ,s5zs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
1t Was Laid Out Properly, Anyway
Could See It's Finish

ride-Counting your change, George?
1t has beenlan expensive trip, hasn't it?
: George That's right. It looks as if
this honeymoon would soon be on ita,
last quarterback. z 4, IS s, =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01

these schools in summer, making the
total attendance 5000. The national
government contributes 800, 900 to the
support of the schools
The folketing has passed an import
ant accident insurance bill which was
solidly backed by the liberal mem bers.
The actors at the Copenhagen Casino
theater have been rehearsing 1.-The
West Indian Soldier a comedy by
Henrik Cavling; but the authorities
have prohibited the representation of
it on the stage. No particular feature
is pointed out as Objectionable by the
censors, but they condemn the whole
comedy on account of its general tend
ency.
The Danish National bank has been
authorized to issue five kroner bills
($1.35), and at the same time the cap
ital stock will be raised from s., 500, 600
to So; 800, 600.
The music and. singing festivals in
Stockholm last summer gave deficit
of $4,000. y,
Mr.. Ravn, the minister of war, an.
nounced in the rigsdag that the foreign
am bassadors of Denmark, upon in
quiries, had found that the foreign
governments appreciate the desire of
the government of Denmark to assume
neutral positions. but that the foreign
governments are not likely to guaran-
tee neutrality. to Denmark. &s .. d
The appearance of Dy bdahl, the new
city mayor of Copenhagen, in the
board of aldermen is like that Of q
healthy student among q venerable
corps of professors. 4$.s .=. .s.ss
The folkething has voted $4,000 to
defray the expenses Of Lieutenant
Olnfsen's next exped ition through the
Pamir country.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01

A. c. Hangar. ex-city treasurer of
Minneapolis, was found guilty of mis-
appropriation of the city funds.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

paralleled extent, but finally after many
years the French planters were expelled
by the Spanish authorities. Since then
the production of coffee in Cuba has
been reduced to minimum owing to
the reason stated and also because the
reduced price Of coffee rendered its pro-
ducticn less profitable.
But 2ntecedent to any great develop
r:ent Of the resources of Cuba there
,S.ust come all extension of its railway
system This up to the present has been
entirely inadequate to the needs of the
country and would be fatal bar to the
utilization Of the vast resources OF the
island There is scope here also for
American enterprise. It is very improb-
able that anything OF the kind will be
attempted by the people Of Cuba. After
wears Of insurrection they have not the
capital required for constructing rail
roads. and even if they had it is ques-
tionaole il any Of them would be will
ing to invest it in such an enterprise.
NEU. MACDONALD.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
A Timely Event.

The bell at the parsonage went ting
a-ling, and, as the dominic was in his
study and his wife getting the baby to
sleep, Master Harold, aged Z, went to
the door. On opening it he found a
couple, evidently from the country,
both young and bashful; but, after
looking at the boy a moment, the young
man queried, "Is the parson to home?'
eyes, said Harold. ''Do you want
to get married."
"That's just what we're here for, "
said the prospective bridegroom as ne
looked fondly at the blushing girl by
his side.
"Well, come right in, then," said
the boy, ushering them into the parlor,
and when they had seated themselves
on the edge of two chairs side by side
he started off, saying: "I'll call pa, and
ma too. She'll be awful glad, for she
has all the marryin money, and I heard
her tell pa this mornin that she wished
some folks would come to get married,
cause she hadn't 'nough money to buy
her new hat. Chicago News.
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/. Good spurseon story.

Here is a story about Spurgeon. He
once passed a stonemason who, after
each stroke of his hammer, cursed and
swore. Mr.. Spurgeon laid his hand on
his shoulder and, looking kindly at him,
said: "You are an adept at swearing.
Can you also pray?"
With another cath he replied, "Not
very likely
Holding up shillings, Mr. spurgeon
said if he would promise never to pray
he would give him that.
"That is easily earned, said the
man, with fresh oath, and put it in
his pocket. When Spurgeon left, the
man began to feel a little queer. When
he went home, his wife asked him what
allied him, and he told her. eft is Ju-
das' money" said the man, and on a
sudden impulse he threw it into the
fire. The wife found it and took it out
and discovered who had given it to MIN.
The man took it back to Spurgeon, who
conve long with him, warning him,
and -. angth was the means of saving
him. He became an attached member
ci his flock
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Lf-nfnf,,S's Assaults.

One of the best evidences of the value
Of lightning rods up to date has been
afforded by the Washington monument.
It is capped by small four sided pyra-
mid of aluminium, which metal, SO
cheap today, was very costly at the
tine of the building Of the greatest
obelisk that the world has ever known.
This aluminium tip is connected with
the ground by four copper rods which
90 down deep into the earth. On April
5, 1855, five immense bolts of electrici-
ty were seen to fash between the 1nonu-
ment and thundercloud overhanging
in the course Of 20 minutes. IN other
words, the monument was struck fierce
ly five times, but it suffered no damage
whatever.
On June Is Of the same year more
tremendous assault was made upon the
monument from the heavens, and the
result was fracture of one Of the top
most stones The crack still remains to
show what nature can do in the way of
an electrical shock, but the slightness
of the damage is evidence of man S
power to protect himself from such at
tacks. The obelisk is ideally located for
attracting electrical assaults from the
skies, and yet, while many times hit, it
has suffered only once. and that time to
a trifing extent. Boston Transcript.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Smoking In Korea.

In Korea all men and women smoke.
They begin early. The pipe is brass
bowl, with reed stem four feet long
and brass, amber or glass mouthpiece.
Accidents often occur from persons fall
ing with long pipe in the mouth, the
stem of which is driven down the throat
through the cheek or into the palate.
During the "reform period, F." after the
Japan China war, long pipes were for
bidden to the common people, and they
turned to cigarettes, which have be-
come rooted in the popular affection.
Native cigarettes, which are of poor
quality, sell for cent gold for 20. Lit
tie cigars of cigarette size sell for IA
cents gold per 100.
American cigarettes are used exclu-
sively in the palace, and thousands of
them are smoked there. This makes
them popular with the upper classes,
and the consumption of them is very
great. The best of them cost cens
gold each. The import duty on cigars
and cigarettes is 20 per cent ad valorem !;
but, in spite of this, the American
manufacturers are gradually coming into
control Of the market.-Chicago Times
Herald
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Musicians Live Long.

A French writer notes that, though a
few great musicians have died young
to wit, Mozart at 35, Schubert at 81,
Bellini at 33, Mendelssohn at 80 and
Weber when be was but 40-a large
number have lived to be very old men.
Those who died between 60 and 70
years of age include Bach, Won Bulow
and Rubinstein. Living beyond 70 years
came Gluck, Gounod, Handel, List,
Meyerbeer, Rossini, Spontini and Wag-
ner, while the great age of SO was at
tained by Auber and others. Dying at
more than so were Cheruhini, Cramer,
Lachper, Palestrina, Rameau, Schultz
and Taubert. The average age OF music
al celebrities is about 81 years
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
The Hour of Linco1n,s Shooting.

A highly interesting story is told to
account for the fact that almost every
wooden clock in America mas its HANDS
painted to indicate the hour of Is min
utes past s. It is related that most such
watchmakers' signs were originally
made by one man, who was at first in
the habit of painting the hands to indi-
cate any old CT young hour that struck
his fancy when he came to that part OF
the job. But when President Lincoln
was assassinated he conceived the idea
vi commemorating the event by record
ing the hour and minute thereof upon
all his wooden timepieces, q custom
ever since perpetuated. There is some
thing striking and dramatic about this
notion of time standing still forever
after an event of such tragic signif-
cance There is no doubt about the fact
that nearly ali the wooden clocks do in
dicate the hour of is minutes past 8.
You can see that for yourself. But II the
ciockmaker thought he was thereby re-
cording the hour of the assassination
his intelligence was as wooden as his
wares, for President Lincoln was shot
not at Is minutes past s, but at about
15 minutes past 10.-New York Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
The ,zysterious Passenger.


The captain of vessel which vas
bringing to America in the fall Of 1895
mysterious passenger who had come
aboard at Hamburg watched the latter
SO closely that at last the passenger said
one day: "Sir, this is not the first occa
sion upon which I have observed the
attentive scrutiny you bestow upon me.
May I inquire the reason:''
"Sir," responded the candid captain,
''you took passage On my ship as a
Dane. don 1T believe you re anything OF
the kind
The passenger smile. The smile was
full Of perspicacity and confidence and
was followed with, pray, tell me,
then, what you believe me to be. -
At this question Captain Ewing
fdgeted, hcsitated and finally blurted
out: "Well, to be honest, think you
are gambler. You've we'll nigh ruined
yourself at home and are now coming
to fleece the fools you'll find on shore" :"
The young mans smile broadened.
The next minute he turned grave again,
lowered his voice and replied: "Cap-
tain Ewing, as you have studied me
during this voyage so 1 have studied
you. I have come to the conclusion
that you are man to be trusted. !
am Louis Philippe, due Orleans, eld-
est son of that Louis Philippe d'Orleans
who was slain by the guillotine on the
7th of November, almost three years
ago. "-Argonaut.
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BUSINESS VIEW OF CUBA
The Island as a Place For Amer
lean Enterprise.
CERTAIN REVIVAL OF TRADE
Spanish Merchants In the Island Are
Sharp, bat Honest-Great Need of Rail-
roads and Capital to Develop the Re-
sources Of the Pearl of the Antilles.

A feeling of interest in Cuba is not a
sentiment of recent growth in the
United States. Our people have had
the liveliest kind of regard for the is
land for many years, and now more
than ever before everything relating to
it appeals to our sympathies. Though
its future political condition is yet sub
ject for conjecture one fact at least is
certain-vi2, that the period of Spanish
rule and oppression has passed away
forever. While indulging in specula-
tion relative to the island we may also
feel assured that there is nothing con-
jectural about the impending improved
conditions which are certain to ensue
under the new regime which will be
introduced by the United States gov
ernment. AS consequences Of the
changed order of affairs there will be
security to life and property, something
that has not existed there for some
length Of time. Industry will not be de-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Couldn't Quit Gambling.

Driving a cao in the streets Of Lon
don is young man who has literally
thrown away ss0,0 The son Of a
wealthy family in Yorkshire, he went
into the army, but soon became distln-
guished b. his gambling propensities.
He ruined himself and had to leave his
regiment.
A short time ago while living in
garrett news was brought to him that
he had been left $50, 900. There was a
condition attached to the legacy-thar
the money was to Immediately pass to
another person, named in the will, if
the legatee W; ) ever found gambling.
A detective was set to watch the ex-
captain and saw him enter a well
known club one evening, where he lost
the sum of $500, which he had raised Oh
his expectations. He forfeited his $780,
600 before he had ever laid hands on it.
London Tit-Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Good Reasons For Giving,

At the meeting of the Fifeshire asso,
citation held in London DR.. Wallace told
a story of pensioner who used to stand
with placard on his breast enumerat-
ing his claims to the coppers he begged.
The list ran thus: BATTLES, 4; wounds,
5; children, 6; total, l5." This is al
most as good as Sir M. Grant-Duff' S
story of the Irish beggar who prayed,
"For the love of God, sir, give me
crust, for am SO thirsty that [ don t
know mere I shall sleep tonight! p
Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

in the timber industry. If denuded OF
its forests, however, the island would
lose much of it's picturesqueness and
beauty. 1t would also lose much Of its
salubriousness, for it should not be for
gotten that Cuba would be healthy
place, but for the unsanitary conditions
prevailing there.
What Cuba wants especially to de-
velop her mineral and timber industries
are railroads and other highways, i'm
proved machinery and more modern
methods Of doing business. Under the
new regime and with more liberal
and progressive policy all these requis-
ties will doubtless be hers in the no
distant future Cuba, like other tropical
and semitropical countries. is not given
to manufacturing, and her people prob
ably even in the future will prefer to
sell the products of their mines and
forests and allow others to turn them
into manufactured articles rather than
90 so themselves. This no doubt would
ali tend to benefit our manufactures, as
it would insure an almost inexhaustible
source Of supply CT the raw material,
while opening up market fer the sale
Of their products.
The possibilities OF the island CT
Cuba are very great both in regard to
the two products treated Of as we'll as
others. Up to the present its probabili-
that the United States has assumed su
pervision of the island the we'll wlsners
of the Queen Of tie Antilles may reason
ably indulge in the most sanguine an
ticipations regarding its future. Very
soon the salutary effect Of this restrain
ing, aiding and benefcent influence
will be felt throughout Cuba, and a
reign OF prosperity he inaugurated there.
NEIL MACDONALD.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
wcmen Guides In Berlin.

\ Berlin paper thus speaks OF the wo-
men guides employed in that city:
"'They are partly elderly, partly mid
die aged ladies, with a certain amount
of knowledge of the world, some ac-
ouaintance with languages and an assur-
ed and amiable demeanor, to whose
care lone female travellers or the lady
travelling parties recently imported from
Scandinavia and America lntrust them
selves. Most of these resolute persons are
Russians Or AustrianS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Tba Rishoo's Advice.

A clergyman once complained to
Bishop Bloomfield of London that his
parishioners were Indifferent to his
teachings.
"No sooner said he, do l begin to
preach than they begin to doze. .
"Do vou," asked the bishop, preach
your own sermons:
always. my lord, always. "
.'Then, my good friend, suppose you
try some one else s, :" retorted the bishop
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
When They Knew Him.

'sThere are plenty of women who
would be glad to get me, . be said.
"Very likely" she replied pointedly,
ssbut none OF them would care to keep
YOU after she cree had you. y
He went outdoors to say what he
wanted to say after that thrust. He felt
that he Couldn't do justice to 1t III the
house. Chicago Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

Twenty-three men in every 1000
serving in the British army are & feet
and upward in height; 33 III every
1000 are 5 feet II inches, and % III eV-
ery !. 900 8 feet 10 inches. There are
7S5 in every 1000 army men under D
feet inches.