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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02

GEN. CoPPINGER, who will, under the
age limit, soon retire from the United
States army, is the son-in-law of the
late James G. Blaine, a near relative
of the duke Of Norfolk, and, as repre-
sen tative of ,he Oldest Irish Catholic
families, is heir to the estate of Bally.
nolum, one OF the largest in the Brit
lsh empire
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02

Philadelphia, Oct. 26.-The. peace
jubilee in this city was formally
opened yesterday by great naval
parade on the Delaware river, big
ships which took part in the war with
Spain being in line.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Dreadful Aoss OF Life.

Salonica, European Turkey. Oct. a.
Terrific storms have swept over Mace
donia, doing an enormous amount of
damage and causing considerable loss
of life. In one instance a caravan con-
sisting of Al persons and 100 horses was
engulfed in the River Galice and oil
were drowned, 80 .:-s:>> = ;T-=- ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Silent for Six Years.

San Francisco, Oct. 26.-Edward ].
Cunningham was released from San
Quentin prison yesterday after serv-
ing six years. for burglary. during
which time he never spoke word.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02

SAILORS of Adm. Dewey's fleet en-
gagged in rough and tumble fight at
Hong Kong with the members of the
crew of the German man of war Kaiser
in Augusta, in which the Germans were
put to rOut
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
4 Big SHORTAGE.

Lisbon. o., Oct. 24.-The First ma
tional bank Of this place has closed
it's doors and the cashier, NJ. j. Childs,
is said to be an embezzler to the ex-
tent Of 100000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Chtnese Excluded.

Washington, Oct. 25.-Acting Attor-
ney-General Richards says that the
law excluding Chinese from the United
States is also applicable to the Ha-
waiian islands.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Three Men Killed.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. GA rear-end
collision on the Union Pacific Wednes-
day resulted in the death of three men
and the serious injury of one other.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Demon OF JealOunv

Jersey City. N. j., Oct. 24.-Henry
Jones and Garrett French, two jealous
husbands. killed their wives. and them.
selves in this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Lived 1925 Years.

Salinas, Cal, Oct. 26.-Pardo Luce 70,
whose age, as shown by the records,
was 125 years, died at the county hos
.Dital here. 81: II 35 I.szz
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Three Drowned.

Chicago. Oct. PA small skiff. in
which were Louis Babon. son of a
wealthy brick manufacturer of Evan
ston; William Schaffer and another
man whose identity has not been es-
tablished, capsized in Lake Michigan
about five miles above Wilmet+e Sun
day and all were>drowned.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
OUR COAST WELL GUARDED
The War with Spain Proves That
There Is No Danger from a
Sea Attack.
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF ARMY.

Temporary Batteries Hastily Erected
at Many Points During the Recent
War-Completion OF Projects Now
Under Way Will Insure Immunity
from Any Attacks from the Sea.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
The administration has unquestion-

The administration has unquestion-
ably been told that show of force
must be made to bring the business Of
the commission to a close.
There are rumors also that Blanco
has not given up hopes OF Dictator
snip, and that he has said or done
something that has warranted the
American commissioners in taking a
decided stand.
sampson's Energetic Stand.
Havana, Oct 27.-Admiral Sampson
has taken a very energetic stand in
the American commission. He OBJ
jects to granting the Spaniards the
time they wish. A few days ago, while
Gen. Parade, president of the Spanish
commission, was talking to the other
commissioners about the physical i'm
possibilities of the Spaniards evacuat-
ing in less than four or six months,
Admiral Sampson, who had not ut
tered word during the long talk,
suddenly arose and said: "Evacuation
can be carried out in 40 days, and it
must be DONE"
Tired of Delay.
The admiral is silent man, but full
of action. He is tired of the attitude
Of the Spaniards. The American note
demanding Spanish official statement
with regard to mines in this harbor,
is by the Spaniards ascribed to Samp-
son, who they believe wants the fleet
to come at once.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
MAY Be- TROUBLE N CUBA
Import nt Official Advices Received
by the President from Amer
lean Commissioners,
THEIR CONTENTS ARE NOT DlSCL oSED.
Said That Warships Are Needed at
Havana NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Still
ClinEs to Hopes of a Dictatorship
Admiral Sampson Gives Forty Days
for Evacuation.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Ohicial ad-
vices from the United States military
commission at Havana were received
here yesterday. They were considered
so important that Thomas b. Keller,
confidential clerk of the third assistant
secretary of state, was sent to Phila-
delphia to deliver them to President
Mckinley, who is attending the peace
jubilee i'll the Quaker city. He left here
early in the afternoon under instruc-
lions to get back if possible with the
presidents instructions in the matter.
Secretary Hay is the senior represent
alive of the government in town, and
this probably accounts for the fact
that he handled message which came
within the jurisdiction of the secre-
tary of war.
Warships Are Needed.
While there is no absolute authority
for the statement, there is almost pos
tive knowledge in Washington outside
Of official circles that the evacuation
commission has sent a message-the
one that was communicated to the
president at Philadelphia late last
night-almost demanding that war
ships be sent to Havana Immediately.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02

Lafayette. Ala. Oct. 24.-John An
derson (colored). charged with the
murder of Charles Holmes, a we'll
known white farmer, was lynched here
Sunday by a mob of people of Fredonia
and West Point, Ga.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-02
Plans In View.

Existing projects for seacoast defenses
contemplate the emplacement of about 500
heavy guns Of s, 10, IL and 16 inches caliber.
of about 700 rapid-fire guns of various cali
bers, and of about 1000 mortars. These fig
ures are subject to slight changes as minor
revisions are made and additional local.
tiles included. The estimated approximate
cost Of the engineering work connected
with the installation of this armament is
$50 600 OOO"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
HOPEFUL TTEMPERA NCE WORK.

Lady Henry Somersets latest report on the industrial farm colony at Dux- hurst, Reigate in connection with the National British Women's Temperance association, shows that the two salient features which were adopted in the starting colony-the village system and outdoor occupation, such as gardening fruit-growing, farming-have proved their value. The village system gives the real sense of home which no con- ventional institution, however comfort ably ordered, could ever convey, and the cottages are furnished with only the appliances of good ordinary arti- sans dwellings, clean, attractive and dainty. They teach the first lesson of what home should be and the wo- men who through drink have wrecked their own households realize the com- fort that cleanliness and sobriety can give-a very low motive perhaps for giving up drink and leading a virtuous life, but powerful cue, for the very natures over which intoxicants have the most power are the ease-loving, of ten lovable characters, to whom com- fort, when in their saner moments, would appeal most strongly.
 It is popularly supposed that once a woman takes to drinking she can nev- CT be reformed, but the village of Dux- hurst refutes that islander completely, for out of the sixty-one patients who have passed through the home forty two completed their term of one year, and out of that number only seven have failed. Thirty-three are at the present moment doing well; one has died and another disappeared. The pretty little homes have awakened in many laudable ambition to attain the same result of comfort and clean
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
TROUBLE IN B4BYLON.

There is trouble in Babylon, Long Island, and, as usual, there is woman at the bottom of it. The woman is a young one, Miss Natalie Schenck, aged 17. She took a notion that she would help her country by starting an ''end- less chain' for the benefit of the Ice Plant Auxiliary of the National Red Cross Society. Now that the endless chain' has got into full operation she and her mother, the postmaster, the chief of police and others who have been caught in it want it stopped before it draws them into the lunatic asylum. Letters have been coming to Miss Schenck by the thousands. On Satur- day alone 5,020 were received, and the biggest hay-wagon in the village is in use for the delivery of the letters. The postoffice is swamped, the postmaster is showed under with letters asking if Miss Schenck is fraud, and the chief of police is kept up nights answering the same question.
 The unexpected and overwhelming success of this endless chain" indi- cates what can be done. A mathemati- elan shows how far an endless chain" will go when the multiplier is only four and the series is continued only to twenty. The twentieth multiplication amounts to 1,099, 511, ,627, ,776, which would be a pleasing sum in good United States gold-based dollars, and would not be wholly despicable even in Appreciated Spanish pesetas. If this government were not as rich as it is it might start chain which would be even more end- less and more productive than the pop ular loan business is. The national debt might be paid by an endless chain instead of becoming an endless chain. And after the war is over Spain might get out of her difficulties by an endless chain of pesetas, provided that the peseta is then worth anything and that enough Spaniards have pesetas to make chain. Truly the possibilities of the endless chain are great, as Baby lon has discovered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
ADMITTED.
FLoRETTE.

This is the bill from your occulist," said the collector from MT Grimly.
 Just take it back and tell him can't Detroit Free Press.
 MT Young Grimsby is go- ing to marry old Miss Brodakers
 Mrs Bunting (astonished)-Fo the lands sakei
 MT. Bunting-Partly, and partly for the bank account.-Judge.
 Perry yPatettic--"Do you know, ,strang- CT, that I used to be a man addicted to stimulants?" Stranger-"Is it possi- ble? When?" Perry Petettic-"Oh, a long time ago, when I had money I am only a soak, now."-Cincinnati h. quirer.
 You neglect your home!" people ex- claimed.
 The new woman laughed them to scorn.
 q can prove an alibi" she retorted, and their discontinue was something pitiful to observe.-Detroit Journal.
 Has Its Good Points-Weary Wat kins-With all your gab, you've got to admit that religion has it's good points.
 Hungry Higgins-Well, that there idea of no work on Sunday is good as far as it tgoes.-Indianapolis Journal.
 Marine (saluting)-"C Commodore. the captain sends words that we are in danger of being hit by Spanish shells" Impossible. Marine Yes, sir; impossible while they are aimed at us, but the senors have be- come rattled and are firing at random, sir."-Judge.
 "Why is it." queried a worried look ing matron, that the colored ladies who condescend to tear, fade and scorch our washing can so completely erase indelible ink markings, yet stand help less before a spot of common ink? I ask ina spirit of scientific research.''- New Orleans Times-Democrat,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
A QUEER "scoPE."

Sir Robert Ball, the famous astro- homer, was some time ago fulfilling an engagement in certain British town, and while walking along one of the streets came up to man who was lir- gently inviting the passers-by to gaze through his telescope at the moon for the modest sum of one halfpenny
 The astronomer at once decided to test the mans instrument; and so after venturing a copper, applied his eyes to the tube But what was Sir Roberts astonishment when he saw a fine picture of full moon, although at the time the lamp of night was only in her second quarter.
 Being unable to account for the circumstance, he set about examining the instrument, and soon found that it was not telescope at all, but simply a tube with a small hole where the eyepiece should be, and a transparent photograph of full moon with light behind It at the other end! On the great star-gazer asking the exhibitor how he could so gull the public, the fellow calnny replied "Oh, sir, it's right. You know that folks likes a lot for their money nowadays. I used to have a proper sort of scope once, but I turned it up for this after big, hulk ing Scotchman bullied me for showing i'm only arf a moon! This way pays better, an gives more satisfactionl Don't you see, sir?"-Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
THE DoN,s DILEMMA.

It is never wise to be too inquisitive when travelling abroad in time of war. The sad tale of the Englishman, ap- prehended as spy at Ferrol, points the moral of danger that may be very real. and recalls a similar incident in the Franco-P -Prussian war A New Col lege Bursar happened to be in the south of France in 1870, and was unwise enough to spend part of his afternoon in walking through the stables or a cavalry detachment just quartered m the town. He had gone in without mo- lestation but he found a bayonet at the exit, and was promptly haled before an officer, while the streets resounded with cries of "Espion!' "Prussien!" "A la lanterne!" and other comforting re- marks He asserted that he was plain MT. Blank of Oxford, and that spying was abhorrent to his simple nature, in proof of which he demanded that his bag be brought from the hotel. It was. The local commissaire produced it with a snarl of triumph, for on 1t was writ ten, not the name alleged by the prls- oner as his own, but the clearly merlin mating legend, New College Common Room.' He would have been shot there and then, had not a man provi- dentially appeared in the crowd who for many years previously had had finan- cial relations with the bursary, and was now able to save the Bursar.-St. James Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
TITE HAnGHAN nASN.

The decision in the Vaughan case was made by the Board Of Health last even ing, It is that no license will be grant, ed Mrs, Vaughan to do business at 8 Prospect place, and her license for 45 Stevens street is revoked.
 Thus ends truly celebrated case. The queer thing about it all is that it has taken such an expenditure of time, energy and money by private citizens to get something done that the Board of Health by its action last evening ad- mits should have been done without such struggle and effort. Mrs. Waugh an has or has not been a suitable per son to carry on the business she has carried on. The Board of Health now says she has not been. Isn't it and wasn't it the business of the Board of Health to attend to such a matter with out such an explosion as there has been in this case?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

MT Tassin has already invented a method of throwing up rifle-pits which IS likely to be of great value during operations In Cuba. His Idea Is that squad of sappers shall take number or Jovite' cartridges and run forward With them, making holes in the ground Wlth their bayonets and planting the cartridges in them. A single man can fire a whole line of these cartridges and run back in time to get out of danger. Of course, series of eXplo- sions ensues, and the result is the eX- caVation of a deep ditch which serves admirably as line of rife-pits. In this manner riile-pits can be eXcavated at moments notice, instead of requir- ing the exposure of a considerable number of men during period of dig ging.
 What is called sap in warfare is an Irregular ditch-made irregular so that the workers in it may not be swept down by an enfilading fire. Within the last few days the war de- partment has purchased large num- Der of armored shields, protected by which the sappers may move forward
 
 know of the way in which high explo- sive like dynamite acts in excavating earth beneath the place where 1t ex- plodes, you will realize how a very suitable trench might be dug in this maner off hand. But, for the reasons l have mentioned, 'jovite' is very superior substitute for dynamite, and there need be no nervousness in the use of it. Unless something better yet shall be discovered, it will certainly take the place of dynamite for use in the pneumatic guns of the Vesuvius.
 There is every reason, indeed, for believing that 'jovite' will be used in- stead of guncotton for loading torpe- does, so that those engines of destruc- tion may be employed without danger to those who manipulate them. The load proper of a fish torpedo is of wet guncotton, which is harmless, but the War-head contains small amount of dry guncotton for a detopator. I think that the value of perfectly safe high explosive in warfare can hardly be overestimated. You understand, I sup pose the difference between a low ex- plosive like gunpowder and high ex- plosive, such as nitro gelatine, which is ten times as powerful as gunpowder. Each grain of gunpowder holds all the elements necessary to explosion, but in high explosive all these clements are contained in each molecule.- shing- ton letter to The Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
WHY CAESAR CROSSED THE RU-
 RECON.

A certain member of the House of Representatives was called on not long ago to deliver few remarks to a gath ering of Sunday-school scholars, and he chose Dissemination" as the theme of his discourse. Ranging along among those characters in history who have made themselves familiar by their courage and resolution, he logically touched upon the career of Julius Cae- sar.
 And last" he said in an oratorical flight, Julius Caesar, filled with the spirit that leads men on to glory and to everlasting fame, looked toward the wonderful capital of his country sitting on her seven hills and from her throne of beauty ruling the world. He felt the pulses of his future greatness throbbing in his coursing veins, and from his ser ried legions' front, far to the north, he saw the path that stretched from the tent door of the plain commander of the Roman soldiery to the golden steps of the imperial structure that crowned the Capitoline Hill. Then he gave the order to march, and the hosts swept shouting forward until their course was stopped by the rolling floods of a mighty stream rushing resistlessly to the sea. Here Caesar halted, but for an instant only. In that instant the glorious visions of more glorious Rome filled his ambitious being and Caesar crossed the Rubicon. Crossed the Ru- bicon," he repeated to intensity his pe- riod, and then asked with all the ora- tors fervor, And why did Caesar cross the Rubicon? I ask you, why did Caesar cross the Rubicon?"
 q know" piped up small boy be- fore the speaker could get to his next sentence. He crossed it cause he
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
4 DEEPLY FEET WANT.


 We do hope that this war will not end without the complete and irrepara- ble destruction of one Moro castle, or tower, or fort, or whatever it is Wher- ever our ships or armies have gone they have been confronted by a Moro" which has been immediately "bombarded." So far it has not been made plain that any Moro" has been even seriously damaged by United States shot and shell. At least one should be blown into everlasting and ungatherable smithereens. A war with a country that bristles with "Morros" cannot be called we'll ended if all the "Morros" continue in good working or der. Will not some of our brave sol- diers or sailors give this country an op- portunity to look at the thoroughly dilapidated remains of at least one "Morro?"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

hand into the placket to get into the pocket. That means anguished grop- ings after placket fastenings after each application to the pocket, or, rather, it means that the wearer trusts to luck, which may be counted on to allow the placket to gape wide. Then the pocket pokes itself therefrom, and but there! Let us hide our faces, though 1t would be much better if we could hide our pockets. 'If the skirt lining is dainty, the petticoat is pretty and the pocket matches the lining of the skirt, I don't see that 1t is so very awful after all," said one endorser of this senseless mo- tion. But the greater part of the world prefer that the opening of the skirt should not be suggester; in other words, that the placket should be se- curely fastened and properly protected from beneath.
 AS every one should attend to so much, there is no credit in so doing, and to receive credit for the looks of the back of you it is necessary to do more than what is every woman's duty. It was the method of trimming this model that made it especially slightly III tie pdch, dHu dS various materials and trimmings are feasible for it, it can be readily copied. It can be car- ried out in linen batiste, voile or mous- seline. Its skirt is of new pattern, being arranged in side pleats in back, these crossed by the trimming, which may be bands of embroidery or narrow ruches of chiffon, starting from the top and rounding in front. The bodice is fitted and alike in back and front, the stripes converging in the waist.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

The sudden drowning of a good swimmer is not due to a cramp, as generally supposed. There is no reason, says a high medical authority, why cramp in a leg should prevent an ordi- nary swimmer supporting himself in the water by his hands or on his back, or cause him to throw up his hands and sink once for all like a stone. The explanation is that the drum of the ear is perforated and the pressure of water causes vertigo and unconscious ness.-Atlanta Constitution
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

liness in their own dwellings when they return to them, and the outdoor em- ployment has helped to strengthen the physical system, which was slowly be- ing ruined by drink, Two new cottages are about to be erected, but even they will not accommodate all the appli- cants for admission.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
A NEW EXPLOSIVE, JOVITE.
Safer Than Powder and More Power
 full Than Guncotton.

"We shall soon have a chance to real ize that the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius represents a new power in naval war fare" said Professor Charles F. Nun roe. the famous chemist, yesterday. "She is destined to wreak tremendous destruction at Porto Rico, Havana and elsewhere before the conclusion of hos tilities. Big guns may smash things seriously, but a Warship that can throw guncotton in chunks weighing a quarter of a ton a distance of over a mile with reasonable accuracy is able literally to batter down the landscape
 The inventive genius of the Yankees is being stimulated to a high degree, and the present conflict will be marked by many surprises. Indeed, quite a revo- lution in the science of explosives is likely to be brought about, and we may reasonably expect that the next great international struggle will be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

'sYou folks didn't move, as usual, on the first day of May this year" Not yet. The board of strategy-my wife and her mother-are still considering the natter Philadelphia North American.
 Native-"Yaas, stranger, we hanged the wrong man." Stranger-"Good heavens! What are you going to do about it?" "Waal, we're in hopes we'll git the right one before night. De troit Free Press.