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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
CELEBRATED THE DAY.
WnAhinEtOn's Memory H0noreu ID
Many Cities.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Dispatches
say that throughout the country the
birthday of George Washington was
generally observed with patriotic meet
ings.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23-The participa-
ton OF President Mckinley in Wash
ington's birthday exercises of the
University of Pennsylvania at the
Academy of Music was the predomin-
ant factor in making that event one of
the most interesting patriotic celebra-
tons in the history of the city. The
presidents theme was the life of Wash
ington, from which he pointed out en-
during lessons, and closed by saying:
"Following the precepts of Washington
we cannot err. The wise lessons in gov
eminent which he left US it will be
profitable to heed"
Chicago, Feb. 90. - Ex-President
Benjamin Harrison was the orator at
the great mass meeting in the Audi
forum under the auspices of the Union
League club. THE Obligations of
Wealth was the title of his address, and
the purpose of it was to lash people who
evade the payment of taxes. In con-
Guiding his address Gen. Harrison sug-
gested that national convention be
called to consider the question Of
equalizing the burden of taxation.
New York, Feb. 23.-Washington's
birthday was honored in this city by
patriotic meetings. The first banquet
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers
board of trade was also held, at which
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, spoke on
The Growing Need of American
Patriotism"
ST. Louis, Feb. 23.-Washington's
birthday was appropriately observed in
this city. In the public schools at noon
10000 children were marshaled by their
teachers and marched into the school
yards to salute the flag.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01

One half cupful of granulated sugar,
one even tablespoonful of -four, one
cupful of boiling water, a lump of but
ter the size of hickory-nut, vanilla
flavoring. Heat the sugar in an iron
skillet until it melts and is light
brown, and stir continually. Add the
-four, mix we'll. the boiling water next,
and boil until it thickens. Just before
serving add the butter and vanilla
flavoring; then your caramel sauce is
ready for use.-Woman's Home Com
uanion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
BRUIN GOT EVEN.
How Grizzly Bear Punished His
Foolish TOrmentOr.

The town of Medicine Hat, in AS
sinaboia, on the Canadian Pacific rail
road, had in 1894 an attraction in the
shape of a captive grizzly bear. He was
a hungry-looking brute, about the size
Of an ordinary COW; and was chained to
a post in the center of a strong log pen.
The pen stood beside the tracks, about
200 feet from the station, and a recent
rainstor1n had made a veritable mud
hole of it.
The bear was an object of lively in
but more particularly to passengers of
trains which stopped at Medicine Hat to
change engines.
One day early in August the east
bound overland pulled in, and in few
minutes the occupants OF several
coaches were viewing the grizzly, who
was shutting around his quarters, LOOK
ing very innocent and unconcerned.
His paws and shaggy gray coat were
covered with mud, and Bruin was not
thing of beauty, still he appeared
contented and seemed to enjoy being
on exhibition.
Now, a miscellaneous crowd of men
has, as rule, at least one individual in
1t belonging to the class known as
''smart Alexis" This gathering was no
exception and the aforementioned per-
son soon manifested himself. He be-
gan by granting at the bear, and fol-
lowed that up by throwing sticks and
small stones at him. Failing to excite
him by these means, he resorted to
others. Fixing a handkerchief on a
stick he Haunted it in Bruins face, and
tickled him on the nose with it, then
poked him in the ribs; but, save an oc-
casional growl, the bear did not seem
to mind his tormentor. One or two gen
tlemen now advised the funny man to
desist, suggesting that his bearship's
patience probably had limits. Ignor-
ing the friendly warning, the fellow
waxed holder, and, coming close up to
the pen. thrust an arm in between the
logs. Then the long-suffering bear saw
his opportunity and improved it. Sud-
denly and with startling swiftness, he
reared on his hind legs until he doomed
high above the astonished man, and
then, with a deep growl, of anger, he
struck fercely at his prosecutor. For
a breathless second the man stood
bereft of the power of motion; then,
with scream of fright, he tried to
draw back, but too late. The enormous
paw caught his arm in a glancing fash
ion, shredding his coat and shirt
sleeves, and scoring several ugly
scratches in the flesh, while an ava
lanche of mud and filth descended on
his luckless head, fairly obliterating
his features, and thickly smearing the
whole upper part of his person. The
bears revenge was complete. Swift
and sudden justice had been melted out,
and with shaken nerves and ruined
clothes, the smart man made his way
to the train, while some unfeeling men
in the crowd laughed outright, and the
grizzly hay down with what resembled
sigh of relief.
The Canadian Pacific east-bound
overland bore that day a man who was
not only sadder and wiser, but whose
propensity for stirring up the ami
mals' had received decided shock
Detroit Free Press
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01

Touching the protest we occasionally
hear against the dangerous practice of
driving loose mules through the streets,
it may be we'll to assure the timorous
that there is no possible danger of
mule running over child. You may
set baby in the middle of Marietta
street and drive thousand mules at
a wild gallop through it and not one
would hurt the baby. It's well enough
to give mules heels wide berth, but
no one ever heard of a child or man
being run over by one. You could not
drive a mule over child. - Atlantic
Commercial -. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
SHOT HIM DEAD.
A Girl at Nebraska City Kills Her
Drunken Father

Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 24.-Mary
Kuwitzky, II years old, while her father
was asleep at an early hour Wednesday
morning, blew his head off with a shct-
gun. The father had come home drunk
the night before and chased the fam
lily out of the house with q butcher
knife and threatened to kill them. He
was finally pacified and induced to go
to bed. 1t is supposed that the girl,
maddene'! by frequent occurrences of
this kind, decided to put him out of
the way. She has been arrested.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Frozen VeSetAble2.

To thaw out potatoes, put them in
bot water. To thaw frozen apples, put
them in cold water. Neither will keep
well after being frozen.-Chicago Trib-
me.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Feminine Deduction

Feminine Deduction.
Mr.. Sporter (dreaming)-That's a
horse on me. .s.', 49,. ~ Ss.~
Mrs.Sporter (sympathetically) Poor
man! he must. have the nightmare
again!-N. +. Journal. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Minnesota Butter.

Minnesota will be represented at the
annual meeting of the National Cream
cry Butter makers at Topeka, Kas., by
three coach loads Of butter makers and
SO tubs of tho states best samples of
butter. Minnesota has two places on
the program. Prof. T. L. Hacker. of
the state agricultural college, and H.
E. Schuknecht, of Albert Lea, will
take part. The so tubs from Mime
sofa are expected to score 95 points or
better, and prize of So, 900 is to be di-
vided between all scoring that and
over. Minnesota stood. high last year.
but butter men say her samples are
better this year.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Territorial Pioneers.

A general reunion of old settlers
who came to Minnesota prior to 1858
was held at Little Falls in response to
invitations sent out by Hon. Nathan
Richardson, secretary of the Terri
present, among whom were Hon. VIM.
f. Lee, of Long Prairie, and ex-Sen-
ator Geo. Feissel, of North Prairie.
both of whom made speeches, after
which several hours were spent in
talking over old times. The banquet
was held at Hotel Buchanan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01

Finger nails grow at the rate Of
rather more than ~ inches in a year.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
NORWAY.

Emile lola wrote a personal letter
of thanks to B. Bjornson for his en-
enlargement. 1t reads as follows: ''Ex-
>cuse me for not expressing to you at
once the ecstacy which made my heart
palpitate when l read your beautiful
and brotherly letter. 1 feel like one
in a maelstrom; 1 have scarcely min
ute to spare, even though it be only to
shout thanks-thanks to all who
Throughout the world rise to the de-
tense Of truth and justice. But you,
however. Imust thank. you who are a
great mind and great conscience"
The Belgian south pole expedition
struck trouble long before it struck
the south pole. The Belgians in the
crew proved to be lot of sniftless. in
temperate fellows. and it took so long
to weed out these that the expedition
did not leave South America until the
middle of December. The crew now
consists Of Norwegians exclusively.
The Associated Press cablegrams
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Want the State to PAY.

Beltrami county officials want the
game and fish commission to pay the
bills growing out of the killing of
Game Warden Wetzel by the Indians.
The doctors ask for $50, of which $40
is for care for the Indians shot by Wet
eel. DR.. J. B. Gilfllan, the White
Earth missionary, urges the commits
sion not to push the prosecution of the
murderers. The commission, however,
urges the fullest prosecution.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Postmaster Burned to Death.

The postofice at Runebe six miles
from Menahga, was burned, and Post
master Olaf Kartunen was burned to
death. He lived alone and slept in the
building. No one knew of the fire I'M
til the next morning, when his body
was found in the RUNS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
Ignatius Donnelly Married.

A wedding which has created a great
sensation and an unusual amount of
talk and interest in Minneapolis. and,
in fact, all over the northwest, or
wherever the distinguished bridegroom
is known, was solemnized in Mime
apolis Feb. %, at high noon, when Ig-
natius Donnelly was united in the holy
bonds of matrimony to Miss Marion
Olive Hanson, the 22-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hanson.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
THE Jews IN IOWA
lowA,s SECOND CALL ISSUED.

Governor Shaw Publishes a Proclamation
Calling for 1908 Men.
Dies MONIES, June 4.-Governor Shaw
has issued q call for the enlistment of
the 1,9Gs men required from the state
of Iowa under the second call for troops
recently made by President Mckinley.
In making his proclamation the gov
ernor followed this plan: The number
of men required from Iowa to satisfy
both calls of the president were dis
tributed among the counties according
to their proportionate military
strength; the number of men already
enlisted from each county was deter
minea from the muster rolls of the
four regiments now at the front; the
number of men furnished was sub
tracted from the number of men re-
quired from each county under both
calls; the resulting numbers are the
men required from the different coun-
ties by the second call, except that it
should be understood that on account
of the fact that some of the coun-
ties have furnished more men than re-
CURED of them by both calls, the
number of men to be furnished by the
remaining counties is reduced about
ten per cent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
Uncle Ca1eb's Protest.

The bachelors are having a hot time
lately. At the last meeting Uncle Caleb
made strong protest against the rule
which prohibits members from hold
ing girls hand continuously for more
than three seconds, and-but here he
was interrupted by the major, who,
jumping to his feet, yelled: Three
seconds is too long for safety, and I
am in favor of reducing the time to
one second, and third person to be
present. And I'll watch you fellows"
the major continued. "I've noticed
some Of you scamps sneaking around
when and where you had no business,
and it has got to stop, do you hear?
1t has got to stop! You are trying to
bring disgrace upon this grand organ
ization, which teaches, as funda-
mental principle, 'shun the common
enemy and" But the major was
overcome, and sat down amid profound
silence. Nothing more was said, but
it is evident that trouble is brewing.
Before adjournment, Brother Monroe
sang the three old maids" members
joining in the chorus.-Yakima
(Wash.) Republic.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
m-Treatment Of British Ohacial by Il

m-Treatment Of q British Ohicial by the
Governor-General Of Porto Rico.
I: New YORK, June 1O.-A dispatch
from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
reports that Macias, governor general
of Porto Rico, has banished from the
island Walter Belts, secretary of the
British consulate at San Juan, after
subjecting him to fifty-six hours i'm
prisonment and grossly maltreating
him. The British consul general,
Crawford, has reported the affair to
his government. Betts's supposed
offense was suspicion that he had
revealed information as to the mining
of San Juan harbor. 1t seems that
this was done after Sampson had BON.
barded the place, in anticipation of his
return, and that Governor General
Macias discovered that United States
Consul Hanna had secured information
of the details of this work and was
making an elaborate report to the
United States. Macias suspected Belts
and imprisoned him, with about thirty
other British subjects. It is said that
serious international complications are
imminent as a result of this treatment
of Belts and the others, who: the dis
patch asserts, are innocent, as Hanna:
information was received from trusted
officers on Macias's staff.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10

water in which the ship is floating, al
though such an explosion is conceiv-
able were a high explosive allowed to
rest in direct contact with the steel
side of the ship. Nor could her electric
lighting plant be destroyed from with
out by electrical means, but her decks
might be charged with electricity
enough to kill all on board who came
into contact with it by some such de-
vice as this: From a station on shore
equipped with a powerful electric plant
mortar might be made to fire two SOL
i'd shots over the ship, each shot hav-
ing a copper wire attached to 1t. mat
would be easy enough. If these wires
fell on the metallic structure OF the
vessel, resting in contact with it, ana
a five-thousand volt current were sent
through them from shore, they would
fuse to the ship and the current Would
be short-circEited harmlessly. But II
either of the wires should rest upon
some non-metallic portion of the ship,
or object or structure on deck, then
all persons who came in contact with
that wire would be instantly killed, as
their bodies would complete the circuit.
IF It were desired to stop and hold
immovablela hostile ship over mine
or in certain position peculiarly ex-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
Ma Said "Amen."

A small boy on war: my pa has
gone to fight the Spaniards, an they
amt been no row at our house since
he left. Ma says Peace was declared
when he went. An Pa-he wrote home
an said he thanks God for war, and
now he'll have holiday; an he said he
hopes the war'll last ten years, and
then end so fur from home that he
can't get back, an when Ma read that
she said 'Amen!' They goes on that
woy, But guess if Pa was killed she'd
put on mournin for him, an make out
like she was sorry. Men is curious
but women is curiouser, an neither one
knows moren' they orter know."-Ex.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10

l can conceive of involves the use OF a
fixed camera, which should be set into
the wall of an observation station or
dark room on shore, its lens covering
the entire panorama of the bay, but
especially the surfaces under which the
mines would be placed. There might
be a score of these mines. each con-
nected with a key in the operators
keyboard, and numbered. The OPERA
tor would have his own dynamo right
by him in the station, and a projected
cable would connect him With the
mines, the ends Of the wires resting IN
the powder in the heart of the mine
cases. The points at which the wires
entered the mine cases could, of course,
be insulated with bushings.
I'm his absolutely dark room, save
for the light that would be admitted
by the lens and be reflected down on
his table by a mirror properly adjusted
to the lens, the officer would sit down
with his chart ,outspread before him.
Every moving object on the surface OF
the water would be caught instantly
by the lens and reflected by the mirror
down on to the chart. On this chart
the exact location of each mine in the
bay would be marked by number. We
will suppose battleship slowly steam
ing toward the spot where the mine is
set. She is moving cautiously through
hostile waters. AS soon as she gets
anywhere near the mine her photo
graph is thrown down on the chart. AS
she moves toward the hidden peril, so
her photograph moves fatefully over
the chart toward the point where the
mines number appears. At last the
moving photograph on the chart COW
ers up the mine number, and, presto!
the operator presses the button and the
ship is blown up.
"a very small motor attached to a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
New Plan to Fill Second Call.

DIES MONIES, June 7.-Soldiers to fill
Iowa's second call will be enlisted from
the localities from which companies
have already gone. The county ap-
portionment plan is apparently over
ruled by the orders received from army
headquarters by Adjutant General
Byers of Iowa. The orders say that
men will be recruited from those sec
tions from which companies have been
sent and will be sent to the front i'm
mediately. These new recruits will
not be modified in Des Moines.
Although the United States govern
ment is to do this recruiting direct,
and the men detailed will carry out
their work exactly as a regular army
recruiting officer does, when a man
enlists he is to know exactly to what
regiment and to what company he will
20. This will set at rest the doubt
which was quite general, that it would
be difficult to get recruits if it was not
known to which of the four regiments
in service they would go.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
SHE STOOD BY THE FLAG.
How . Plucky California Woman Put
Two Dons to Flight.

How . Plucky California Woman Put
Two Dons to Flight.
W.. H. Wilcox, who resides at 1876
Golden avenue, Los Angeles CAL, is an
American all through. Therefore,
when trouble arose between this coun-
try and Spain he bought two American
flags and hung them from the roof Of
his dwelling. Two husky Spaniards,
feeling aggrieved at this exhibition Of
patriotism, determined that the flags
must come down. Accordingly they
called at the residence of Citizen Will
cox, Enthusiastically choosing an
hour when they knew he was not at
home. They were unaware that Mrs.
Wilcox was every bit as good an
American as her husband. About 2:30
in the afternoon Mrs. Wilcox was called
to the door by a big, swarthy looking
fellow, who pointed up to the flags
and demanded in broken English that
they be taken down Immediately. She
was all alone in the house and there
was no help within call, but she re-
solved not to strike her colors and
quickly shut the door in the face Of
the patriot of Spain, who amused him
self by banging on it. When she
opened it again he was very angry and
threatening. In her hand she had a
tiny nickle-plated bicycle wrench
which she pointed suddenly at him
like a revolver and told him to be off.
He went away surly and growing She
watched down the street until he was
joined by another as dark and as big
Spaniard as himself. The two had a
conference and presently skunk off.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
ELECTRICAL DEVICES IN WAR
An Eminent Expert Says Victory May Depend
Upon It-Some Startling Possibilities
for the War with Spain.

posed to fire from the shore, that re-
suit could be readily accomplished. A
magnet exerts pressure Of $50 pounds
for every square inch of the surface o.
it's poles. An enormous magnet could
be made very quickly by winding two
big guns with wire and joining their
larger ends in a horseshoe shape by
boiling on plates. A sufficient number
of these magnets to grip steel ship
and hold her remorselessly motionless
at most dangerous point could either
be f1oated out to her like torpedoes or
could be anchored at the place de-
sired, water PROCEED, of course, and con-
nected by wires with a shore battery.
The pressure of button in the battery
would be all that would be necessary to
arouse the force of the magnets, wheth-
er they were 1ioated out or were an
chored by chains to the bottom. Nor
could all the ships crew and officers
and machinery release her.
THE most effective way to use a
mine for coast or harbor defense that
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
A GOOD GOSSIP.
Such . We an Can Be Dollrh. Il
Her Husbaad.


Her Husband.
A certain after-dinper talker IN mora
than right when he says that no TOPIC
Of disagreeable or perturbing nature
should be discussed at table. and par
ticularly at tho dinner table. More
worry and Illness not to say unhappi-
ness and positive harm, have been
brought about II Tough not adhering to
this rule than are to be ascribed to
any other cause, says the Philadelphia
Times. II nothing else were to be
considered, such a practice is fatal to
digestion. and If digestion waits on
appetite, that much more do health
and temper both for tho present and
the future wait upon digestion. Table
tallk-by which, Of course, is meant
family table~talk, when, with no guests
to act as brake upon unruly tongue
and temper and those undeniable ar
ticles, company manners" are invis-
tble-should never, no matter what
the provocation, concern itself with the
unpleasant or the perturbing; every
body who has ever been one Of fam
lily board knows 1t, however he or she
may have failed to put his or her
knowledge into practice. But the nu-
thority referred to is wrong when he
says that women are largely RESPONSE
BILE for the unwholesome sort of table
talk. When he says lit is difficult to
estimate how much daily happiness is
increased if the order is peremptory
that, after you get home in the after,
noon and until the next morning, no
bad news be revealed or discussed"
he Is very right. But how about the
succeeding statement? "The tendency
Of the female mind is to gather news,
and most Of it relates to the personal
misfortunes Of friends and acquaint-
ances. If told at dinner. or the early
evening with the sympathetic pictur-
esqueness characteristic of the femi-
nine artist in word-painting, we have
funeral instead of a feast" No wo-
man and, happily, very few men will
indorse such wholesale charge as
that. It is too sweeping, too condem-
natory and it altogether lacks the salt
Of knowledge. Either this theorist
knows nothing about women at all or
has had the bad luck to know pretty
poor and uncharacteristic sort. Every
body knows that it is men much more
than women who are likely to cast
conversational gloom over the dinner
tabla: they Il is who feel privileged
to retail! bad news aha 1piring
facts. not to say to indulge in def1DS'-'
ate gossip Not that gossip is, how
ever. such a bad thing in itself. Like
most other things, it Is its perverslon
that is so unwelcome. Above ALL
should pick out a woman who was
good gossip" says Mr.. Stevenson IN
"Virginibus Puerisque," the good ap"
plying, of course, to quality. 1t may
sound we'll to the ears Of mans CLUB
tn arraign women on the charge OF un-
wholesome table talk, but the verdict
Of general society must be mot guilty.