Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

er with his known good standing finally
convinced the police that mistake had
been made. Further investigation devel-
oped St. Clair's unfortunate resemblance
to the real forger.
CHRISTMAS FOR THE BOYS.
The Minneapolis Auxiliary has done
good work with the very gratifying re-
suit that at least nearly every boy in the
Thirteenth regiment has been provided
for, and a Christmas box will be sent to
every boy in the regiment. All the boxes
have been taken, and still offers are COM
ing in The committee has found con-
siderable difficulty in locating all of the
boys, as many of them came to the city
from various points in the country on
purpose to join the regiment. and are
consequently unknown in the city. These
have been now nearly all located and
provided for
have been reported as now returning,
and if the boxes have been sent in for
these. they will be sent to some other
man in the regiment unless there is some
objection on the part of the packers Of
the box.
EXPENSES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
State institutions filing expense lists for
september with State Auditor Dunn yes
terday were: University of Minnesota,
s3,115.01; state experiment station, ST.
go. IS; support substitution at Grand Rap
ids. s5o6.26; equipment station. Grand
Rapids. $226.23; experimental farm (co-
education), S11.13; general library S1S.43
equipments, engineering department, s54;
current expenses (farm), pay roll, 49,
1851: current expenses (pay rolD. SIT
1851; salaries School of mining and en-
gineerins), $3.50; current expenses. $S6S.31
State prison, expense list, S92S7.57; St.
Peter hospital. SIG. 4202S; Rochester hos
pital. s1S,67o.73; Fergus Falls hospital,
| $40 ,3336.24 reformatory at St. Cloud S.
1874; institute for detectives, s7.649. As;
school for the feeb!e-minded S, s62 81 :;
school for the blind, g, 1S61
A NEW TOWN
With the development of the newly
opened territory of the ceded Red Lake
| lands comes the filing of the plat of a
new town which is being started on
Shottley brook, tributary of the south
arm of Red lake.
The projectors are Capt H. Buhse, of
the steamer Viking, which plies between
Thief River Falls and Red lake points,
his sons, Max and Henry Buhse, and W,
E. Brown of Minneapolis Associated
with them is Walter Stremmel, who will
open a general store.
The new town will supply the settle
lands newly opened. A new boat, chris
| tened the Inez Brown, has been built by
the company for use at their settlement.
FOREST RESERVE
Congressman Stevens wrote to B. E.
F'ernow, former chief of the forestry di-
vision Of the agricultural department, re-
lative to making forest reconnaissance
| In Minnesota. In his reply Mr.. Fernow
CT tod hot tn
made in Wisconsin and proved a great
success. The Wisconsin state geological
| survey helped, and the document secured
| made very interesting reading. The ini-
! tiative should come from the state, Mr..
Fernow says. The letter concludes:
| your state has an institution headed by
! a chief fire warden, who has, in a man
ner, attempted to supply information de-
| rived from correspondents, while we
! would want to send man or several
men into the feld.''
AGAINST THE PROHIBITIONIsTs.
The supreme court discharged the order
| to snow cause issued against Secretary
| of State Berg in the matter of the order
of party names on the state ballot. The
| discharging of the order means that the
| fusionists will have the second place on
the ballot as Mr.. Berg intended
| The decision was made from the bench
| and was announced by Justice Mitchell,
the chief justice not being present Only
the interested attorneys and court off,
Gals were present. The formal written or
der and memoranda will be filed later.
BROKE HER NECK.
! Minnie Olsen, young lady about 2
years of age was almost instantly killed
at Winona, being struck by a horse and
buggy driven by Louis Heintz, a young
clothing merchant. The girl was riding
bicycle and was struck while turning q
street corner. Her neck was broken. She
died few minutes later, after being re-
moved to physicians Office. Heintz i'm
mediately after the accident gave him
self up to the police and is now in iail.
| WHEAT STILL IN SHOCK.
The rainfall In the northern counties In
the valley has been much heavier than In
| Polk, and as a consequence large
amount of wheat is still in shock in Mar
shall and Kittson counties. Competent
| authorities say that three-Quarters is vet
unsecured, and of this nearly the entire
amount is sprouted. The loss is heavy
any way the condition is viewed.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Henry Weiss, who was convicted OF
having stolen hives of bees from farmer
at Bloomington, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. He is said to
| be one OF a gang of st. Paul thieves who