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Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
SMA-PLOCK.

Mar England f6rs6kte att lagga tas.
sarne pa en- del af Venezuela for
nagra ar sedan satte Cleveland ''p''
for tilllaget, och nastan hela den
amerikanska pressen gafvo slit bifal]
tillkanna. Da hade man rent samvete
har och kunde derf0re utan skrymteri,
stalla sig pa frihetens sida. NJ. hal.
Ter England pa att rusta sig till at,
lagga under sig en- hel republik iAfri'
ka. Dess ursakter aro af de NEST
genomskinliga. Men expansiontid.
ningarne i F6renta Staterna sta nu pa
Englands sida. Boerna aro nu raa
obildade varelser, som dragit sig ALT
l&ngre in Afrika for att undandraga
sig den engelska civilisationen, och
nu ar det hog It'd att ''civilisera" dem.
Boerna aro verkligheten EFT stilla,
arbetsamt och religi6st folk, som en-.
dast begara att ia vara fred. /
civilis alton sta de ofantligt h6gt Diver
de Observation-Disclosures och Spaniorer
som befolka Venezuela. Men F6renta
Staterna har afvikit fran den rata
straten, och kan ej kritisera hos an
dra hvad det sjef gjort sig skyldig
till.
F0renta Staternas konstitution for
bjuder slafveri.
Men Mckinley har genom f6rdraget
med sultanen af Sulu erkant slafveriet
derstades. Han har svurit sin en-
betsed att uppratthalla konstitutionen.
Men som trusterna beh0fde handels-
rattigheter pa Sulu 6arne kunde ma
turligtvis ej en- sadan obetydlighet som
en- embetsed IA sta vagen.
F6renta Staternas lagar f0rbjuda
manggifte.
Men sultanen af Sula beviljades till
6kning l0nen man f0rst bj0d honom
derf0re att han ar ovanligt mycket
gift och hans husutgifter AFRO derf0r
st6rre an far en- regent som n6jer sig
med en- hustru. Man amnar utkasta
Utah representanten, Representant
Roberts, nasta kongress derf0re att
han har tce hustrur. Men man anser
att den person som kan styra tolf
hustrur ar vardig oinskrankt makt
Diver en- del af vart omrade. Hvad
g6r det ON lagarne brytas. vi fl ju
handelsf6retraden pa Sulu 6arne.
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
- 4s'S
:. cAhF,ELD5 COM \ EnT.
Reform Press Bureau.
ST, PAUL. Sept. IS. 1899,

ST. PAUL. Sept. Is, 1899.
Occasionally we come in contact with
a man of the best of parts, one who
loves his country, who is patriotic
enough to vote whenever the election
comes round, but who with all his in
telligence, education and refinement,
because he is himself in comfortable
circumstances whether the country is
really prosperous or not, will not inves-
tigate or has not investigated, the 6nan-
cial question as 1t Is presented in poll
tics. Such a God-fearing and WE'LL
meaning man, Republican, wrote to
us the other day:
II agree with 20, in some things po-
litical, especially numbers (so and so,
referring to the platform on which
Governor Lind was lected) but should
disagree with you if you advocated free
coinage of silver at 16 to l, or if you
proposed to interfere with our protect
i've tariff"
On the one point, we have sent tho
friend documents by which, if he will
religiously read, he will be convinced
that free coinage is absolutely the only
road by which our producers can be
relieved from the ruinous competition
Of silver using countries, and which
will aid, at least, in checking that ab-'
sorption of the wealth of the country in
the hands Of the few, which is rapidly
impoverishing the masses and Destroy
ing the small dealers, rapidly produc-
ing the two classes of the Old Country,
the very rich and the very poor; that
this ruinous foreign policy Of the past
two decades is the cause Of trusts and
combines, against which warning after
warning is given daily. by our ablest
public men, as threatening the very
bosom of destruction.
AS to the cherished tariff, it is not
wholly responsible for the threatening
conditions, as witness the fact that the
trust exists in free trade England. But
mark this point, that the trust -four
ishes only or best in the lands
of the gold standard and absolute
sway Of the money power. Still it
meaus much that old time extreme pro-
tectionists like ex-senator Washburn
recognize that those trusts flourish most
where most ''protected," hence his re-
cent earnest appeal to his party to pre-
pare to attack the monster evil so por-
tentous, Of disaster, Immediately the
congress meets, his remedy being to re-
move the tariff from those trusts con-
trolled articles! s#=5sE5 =. .;>S>s
/ What means it that tho pulpit thun.
ders that sin, insanity, suicide, poverty,
crime and all forms Of wretchedness,
are constantly. on the increase in be-
loved America, where with our intelli-
gence and opportunity we should be- the
happiest and most prosperous people Of
the world2 It means that we are. reap
ing the fruits of the wicked financial
system, the chief feature Of which is
concentration 81 wealth il the hands Of
the few, while degrad ation and enslave-
ment are the inevitable portion for the
masses. Senator w Washburn has shown
this in his own diyidualb case, il the
changes he Has seen. As q young
man. I. said he, s. the world was open
to mo for d fair field, for q fair fight. y
Now such avenues to- individual suc-
,cess are closed being IS the grip of mo-
.nopoly trusts and gold
s It A - q u ~ 49,
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
VII, ! In Ar I'RIBUNE.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 20, 1899.
THINKS lT IS HOPELESS,
Old Judge Severance made a remark
able speech upon Labor Day. Speak
ing OF the trusts and plutocracy he
said.

Old Judge Severance made remark
able speech upon Labor Day. Speak
ing OF the trusts and plutocracy h<
said:
Il haven't the slightest hope that these
ev11s Will ever be remedied. Plutocracy has
ITS grip on the throat Of the country and
: pristine condition except by revolution
ana that Is not likely to occur. l can now
look with complacency, on despotisms, fol
day than in the United States. An absolute
despotism Is better than a republic fallen
Into the hands Of plutocracy. wish could
scie9tiously do so. Plutocracy has such an
insidioqs way Of exercising its power that II
cannot be combatted. Employees have the
starving. and any man will sell his vote
rather than see his family starve; and this
IS the reason why plutocracy has its grip on
keep 1t there"
Now is not this a humiliating con.
fession from a man after having de.
voted his best efforts of establishing
the evils he complains of. After hav-
ing run the country into the hands OF
plutocracy the old republican WARRIOR
ses throw up their hands and say it is
useless to hope for any Improvement,
and that the people may as we'll
knuckle under. We heard the Judge
once make a speech in which "protec-
tion" figured in a general way and
the pearl-button industry was the
theme. There were few ''cranks" in
this country then who believed that
tariff fight was but sham battle, and
who pointed out the real danger, but
they were not listened to-.
In this connection it may be inter-
esting to note statement of James
Creelman, the great newspaper re-
porter, in which he speaks of the pres
ent social problem and the relation
thereto of the one man who at present
is looked to for relief. It should be
stated that Mr.. Creelman, as we'll as
Mr.. Severance, did not support Mr.
Bryan in the last campaign:
great barrier against state socialism in
America. We're 1t not for his unceasing
labors. his open and real sympathy for the
millions who suffer in the shadow Of re-
mOrseless corporate greed. and his power of
convincing the desperate and despairing
that their cause can be won without over
turning the present order Of government
state socialism would be kindled into lfe.
Hundreds of thousands of men who look
with kindly eyes upon government confisca-
tion of trusts as a relief for the present top
heavy. unequal condition of the nation
have been drawn into support of the demo-
cratic party through their belief in Mr.
Bryan's sincerity. He bridges great gulf.
So long as the original conditions, tenden.
cies aud opportunities of the republic ex-
listed there were no signs of socialism to be
seen. Mr.. Bryan's rise into national power
Is the last protest of old fashioned con-
tinental Americanism against the new or
trusts, and imperialism"
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
Public Auction.

will sell at public auction on Sat-
urday, September 30th, 1899, at 10
O'Clock a. m, on the farm of John
Nelson Elvebak in section rs, town of
St. Johns, five miles southwest of
Wi4lmar, the following described pro-
perty:
horses, 8 COWS, heifers, one year
old: Short Horn bull, one year old;
7 calves, l hog, s pigs, z lumber
wagons ia good repair, 2 pair bob
s1eighs, 2 self BINDERS, l drill, 2 corn
cultivators, l cross plow, l breaking
plow, drag, buggies and lot OF
other farm implements too numerous
to mention also all my household fur
uiture.
Terms: All amounts above $500,
approved notes due Nov. lst, 1900,
with per Cent interest. All amounts
below S.. 90, cash.
JOHN NELSON ELVEBAK.
JONAS G. MONSON, Auctioneer.
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20

NOUS concentration, under the special
privileges due to wicked legislation and
non-enforcemento of law. In 1860, when
our population was 35,000,O and our
wealth $16,000,000, 900, our producers
owned 46 per cent of the total wealth,
and the non-producers Sd per cent. Five
years later, when no great increase in
relative ownership had occurred, Lin
coin delivered his famous warning of
the danger of concentration of wealth
and political power. That danger in
creased faster than Lincoln ever
dreamed might be the case. By the
census of 1890, when our population had
grown to 12,500,000 families, and our
wealth to $50, 200, 900, 900, TWO Err CENT
of the total population owned THREE
FoURTHs Of all our wealth. But in 1898
the non-producers of the country, who
are only 2 per cent of our rs, 600, ,090
population, owned 50 per cent of all our
wealth, while the producers of wealth,
who are SO per cent of all the popula-
ton, owned but IA per cent of the total
wealth.
When Babylon fell, 2 per cent of her
people owned practically all her wealth.
When old Egypt fell, similar conditions
obtained. and when Persia fell, per
cent of her people owned all her lands.
Relatively we are making giant strides
toward the fate of Babylon, Egypt,
and Rome. And yet we'll meaning
country-loving men say do not touch
the system, either the financial or the
tariff, under which this condition has
been produced.
There is every prospect that the Thir-
teenth's reception will be a successful
and happy affair, except for the appar-
ent determination Of partisan cliques in
both the Twin Cities, to reap Repub-
lican advantage through the presence
of President Mckinley. The president
can come without the slightest impro-
! priety, provided the coming is properly
managed, and provided the president
+ does not, as on recent occasions, do any
stump speaking on his own account.
And he can we'll afford to leave that to
Roosevelt, Depew and the rest, who
will do Hanna's bidding next year.
Appropos, the Minneapolis prepara-
tions, for instance, seem more like ar
ranging for big Republican conven-
ton. The people remark that commit
tees are made up almost exclusively of
! prominent Repu blicans. The managers
have asked for and received Democratic
money, but keep affairs exclusively in
gODpite hands. Selah.
Mr., .Towne will return to America
better equipped than ever for the great
battle in which he will be so valiant a
knight. It may possibly be exposing q
secret, but in view Of the great work
before him, both in the campaigns this
fall and his own next year, there is talk
Of 9 great reception to him on his re.
turn to the state, an ovation from his
congressional district. . I .= *. !. .
b There is, these days, q large amount
Of 4 Rememb bering Of the grades, mean
ing the state grain department. The
manifest improvem ent Of the depart.
ment, with the il stalling Of the IRE.
form 3 officials giv{, IS encouragement to
all. The farmer ! s really tahngNnew
hope, while the b, ayers universally tes'
tify 70 q feeling Of RELIEF, for they know
! & that II is not neca ,sary g watch any
body.
4 Speaking with as Minneapolis buyel
tho other Day, y ! seid that - who hex<
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20

ON det stamplas som f6rraderi att
kritisera de krig som vi raka uti, utan
afseende pa deras karaktar, orsak eller
|syftemal, da har f6rvisso mi litardespo-
tismens sol ocksa upprunnit 6fver det-
ia frihetens land.-Svenska Folkets
Tidning. = = = .:*+.: -. FL FL
.Det var ord och inga visor. Nagon
elak populist maste hafYa smugglat in
den der ,.notisen redaktionen omed-
vetande. Eller kanske redaktionen
verkligen fatt 6gonen 6ppnade for de
farar som hota var frihet: sa fall IA
vi gratulera.
Aguinaldo tillbj5ds af Schurman
commissioner att ia b]i regent 6fver
Tagalerna ON han blot vile erkanna
F6renta Staternas 6fverh6ghet. Re-
gerningen skulle hjelpa honom att be-
halla makten diver sin STAN, och ge
honom fem tusen dollars per ar lon.
Som karlen endast har en- hustru tyck-
te de att han borde hjelpa sig fran
med halften sa stor lon som sultanen.
Men Aguinaldo lat dem f0rsta att han
kampade for frihet och kunde ej ga in
pa deras vilkor.
Schurman sager att en- inhemsk re-
gering Filippinerna ar en- om6jlighet
derf6re att befolkningen bestar af sa
manga stammar, med olika sprak.
For att afhjelpa delta skall man s;-
ledes inf6ra en- utlandsk regering med
ett sprak som ingen af folket f0rstar.
Derigemom bli naturligtvis ALA elk
stalliga," hvilket ju ar en- af hufvud-
principerna var frihetsf6rklaring.
Det sages att ALA hundar narheten
at Raymond hafva slutat upp med att
skalla, emedan de insett om0jigheten
af att CORA sig h6rda.
Den store nykterhetskampen fran
Raymond var Willmar har ON dag
en-, men han stannade ej lange, for
modligen pa grund af det torra xiii
mattel.
OLA VaRMLiNNING.
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
Public Auction.

AS I have rented my farm, I will
sell at public auction on Monday, Oct.
2, 1899, at IL O'Clock q. NJ, at my
place in Sec. 81, town of St. Johns,
nine miles southwest of Willmar, the
following described property:
work horses, to 10 years old, 8
mich COWS, 10 heifers, l Durham bull
calf, Shorthorn bull, 3 years old, 3
heifer calves, l year old, binders,
pair new bob-sleighs, l mower, l hay
rake, buggy, lumber rwagon-broad
tire, l seeder, 3 plows. corn cultiva-
tor, and other farm implements; also
household furniture.
Terms: All amounts above $500,
approved notes due Nov. ], 1900, with
per cent interest. All amounts be-
low $500, cash.
*-. M. A. HAHN.
JONAS G. MoNsoN, Auctioneer. 3l-3
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
Advertised Letters.

Willmar, Mimi, Sept. 18, '99.
CARRIER, Mr.. Ira N.
Holmgren. Mr.. August Foreign)
Hanson, Mr.. G. A.
Hoffman, Mr.. Richard
Johnson, August Foreign)
Knapp, Mr.. F. H.
Karlsson, John Gottfrid (Foreign
Larson, Miss Carrie M.
Lundgren. Miss Hilda
Malkom, Miss Sillpa
Newgard, D.
Peterson, Mr.. Lars
Richard. VIM.
Sloan, J. A.
Tempel, Miss Sarah
Walleen, Mrs. j. B.
Walleen, Jr., Joe.
Wilt, E. J.
Williams, H. A.
G. A. BIRCH, P. M.
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20

Wennerlund, the jeweler and opti-
clan, examines eyes free of charge.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 21tf
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
Agricultural Society.

The Kandiyohi County Agricultural
Association will hold a regular meet
ing on Saturday, Sept. 23rd, at the
Office Of Stansberry g Spicer, for
general business and election Of Off
GERS. .sz {. 8 5s.=s a=s.5#}.z No..
S. E. STANsBERRY, Pres.
z5 ]. F. M ADIsoN, Vice Pres.
Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20

Itsls anale DE .tae enQE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
The Washington Centennial.

A dispatch from Martinsburg, Wes'
Virginia. says
"Col Robert White. past grand mas
ter Of the West Virginia Grand Lodge
Of Mssons. who has been appointed
grand marshal Of the Masonic ceremo-
MES attending the observance OF the
one hundredth anniversary OF the death
Of Washington, to be held at Mount
Vernon on December IA says he waited
on President Mckinley last week aud
secured his promise TO take put in the
ceremonies. The President Will at
least make short address. AT the
Presidents suggestion he visited Navy
and War Departments. and at the
former was promised that one and pos
sibly two wArships would be anchored
in the Pot m &C at Mount Vernon to fire
lutes. Adjutant. General Oorbin prom
Used anything in the power Of the War
Department, including the presence Of
a regiment Of regulars Fort Washing.
ton Will fire salutes "
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
Masked Robbers Foiled.

Northumberland Co.. Va. Nov &c.
The schooner Geneva Kirwsn, Capt
Neil Wood, WAS boarded by two masked
men while at anchor near Oowart's
Wharf, Coan river. a few nights ago.
With mnffl4d feet they proceeded to
fasten the force astle, TO secure the crew
aud also the matches. and then they
went to the cabin. In the act Of going
down they awakened the captain. The
cook was also in the cabin, and faced
the robbers with an unloaded gun to
defend the captain. and was shot at
three times, the balls missing the mar
and striking near the captains berth.
When repulsed by the cook they fasten-
ed the cabin and made their escape
Before the captain could load his gun
aud get on deck they were too far awsy
for his gun to reach them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
We are indebted to Councilman J P.

We are indebted to Councilman J p.
Rowe for copy Of the fredericksburg
Democratic Recorder OF the Issue of
July 90th. 1855 We looked over it
with good deal Of interest and IL
brought TO mind the many changes
which have taken place in the last forty
FIVE years The Democratic Recorder
was a semi weekly paper, Published by
Garry g Alexander The terms were
80 per annum, II paid in advance, other
wise 81 The Free Lance, issued three
times week. can now be had for 81 20
per year. There we're only three local
items. one OF them being a moonlight
excursion down the Rappahannock by
the Fredericksburg Guards.
Among the advertisements was that
Of q classical and mathematical insti.
tute by X b Tsbudi and Of the twelve
citizens 10 whom he referred for refer
ences, the only survivors are DR. j S.
Wexford. Of Richmond. and Mr. J. j.
Young. Of this city. The only adyer-
tisers now alive, residing here. are
John b. Halls Sons. W II. Cunning
ham. J II. Myer. who then conducted
d confectionery store; VIM. LANCE and
Benz f. Ourrell The names Of Seth
B. French. now Of New York James
Hayes, Of Richmond, and E II Talia
ferro, Of Washington, were among the
local advertisers, as was also the fam
Of Tackett, Ford & Mason. Mr.. Tack
EFT is still alive and actively engaged
In business in Alexandra. and Mbj)
W. r. Mason lie in Richmond Fred
ericksburg then had local insurance
company. but the amount Of the capital
was not stated. The president and oil
Of the directors are now dead The
silver question then had place, as the e
is an eight verse poem from the New
York Tribune on the Gave Of Silver. "
Among the market quotations the
highest cash price paid for negroes is
stated The reversionary interest Of
the Corporation in a store on {, mmerce
street, then occupied by James l..
Green, was offered for sale The Union
H )use, now a public school building,
was then advertised by Miss Ellen Is.
Carmichael as fashionable boarding
house
A young and likely negro man was
offered for sale as a farm hand The
type was very small. there were no
conspicuous headlines, and the adver-
tisements, while quite numerous. were
but little displayed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
WISCONSIN AGAINST ROBERTS.
Story q Maine Explosion.

New York. Nov 20 The World to-
day Publishes letter from Havana
stating that United States HI ,ials Of
or months u secret investigation. have
found that the battleship Maine was
blown up by guncotton torpedoes plant
Ell in the bay for that purpose.
The guncotton was sent from BARGE
Iona 10 Admiral Manterola. command.
ing the port II Havana. and il Is said,
was either stolen from the magazine
where il was stored or was taken away
with the knowledge Of the officials in
charge Admiral ManterolA's records
will show the names Of his subordi.
mates who had direct control Of explo
sives. and in that way, the World says,
the identity Of the authors and execu
tioners Of the plot to destroy the Maine
may be discovered.
Two or three men. according to the
story. were engaged In the destruction
Of the Maine A steam launch Of Span
ism make. and now used by the United
States Government in Havana harbor.
conveyed the two torpedoes. it is said,
10 point within few feet Of the
Maine and anchored them The torpe-
does, IL is also said. were kept In posi-
tion by means Of buoys hoated II feet
under water. and were exploded by con-
tact with the keel OF the Maine rs she
swung at anchor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
The War In South Africa.

Another battle has been fought by
Gen Lord Paul Methueu's column. ad.
yancing To the rel ief Of Kimberley.
The battle occurred Saturday but new s
Of II was not sent ont until Sunday
British press censorship continues strict
The fight was near Gras Pan. In
Western Cape Colony, ten miles north
Of Belmont, and 40 miles south Of Kim.
berly. on the railroad line along which
Methueu Is advancing
The Official report II the British COIN
mander states the Beers retrelted, but
he does not give many details. leaving
IL an open question whether the result
was on the whole favorable 70 the Brit.
i-h Tie says the Boer force eng iged
numbered 900 The British force WAS
abou, 1000. 1t Il known, telegrs phs
Me'huen. that the Beers lost 81 killed
and ! wounded British loss not stated.
but presumably heavy, as the British
commander says: The enemy showed
the greatest stubb,rnness
General Methuen IL now in hello
graphic communication with Kimber-
ley.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
Court Reverses Itself.

Richmond. Va, Nov 800 the
eight cases decided in the Supreme
Court Of Appeals today. tn emost inter-
e.ting was that Of Maia's admini.tra-
tor against the directors Of the East
ern State Hospital, from the Circuit
Court Of the Oity Of Richmond The
case was before the court on motion
to re-hear made by Attorney General
Montague. representing the Common
wealth. and is the first one in which
the present court has reversed itself
Mr. Montague was not Satisfied with
the former decision Of the court, which
refused to accep, his argument that
the State Hospital was governmental
institution, and as such could not be
used by private individu The
court not only granted the rehcariDg.
bnt reversed its former decision.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28

Senator. elect W. r Stands, Of South
ampton. who defeated Senator Boy
kin, Of the Thirty second district. Mar.
tins close friend, by such an over
whelming majority, says he Is entitled
TO enter the Democratic legislative eau
Gus. and sucn Ia his purpose. 1t is be-
lieved that the fight over Stands ad.
mission to the caucus will precipitate
the most interesting, II not the bitter.
est. contest Of the session. To admit
Mr.. Stands to the party caucus will be
to repudiate and ignore the Democratic
State Committee, which made deter
mined fight to compass his defeat.
The Richmond News. which seems
TO be pretty close to Senator Martin,
says:
Islands won his election Boykin
offers no contest, and Stands will take
his seat In the Senate when IL convenes,
bnt he has no right Whatever ~ ask to
be permitted to enter the caucus, nor
have we the slightest idea that such Q
request would be granted. "
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-28
Court Deals Goehel a Blow.

Frankfort, Ky Nov 20 The Court
Il Appeals today clinched Taylor
right to l,l97 Nelson county votes
The court. all the judges concurring,
refused TO dissolve the Injunction az
asked by Goebtl's attorneys The votes
In controversy were certified for W. F..
instead Of W 8 Taylor Judge Jones,
Of Ntl-on county. ordered these votes
counted for W 8 Tay Tor. aud this or.
der il affirmed.
The Democratic leaders now assert
that Goebel will not contest before the
Legislature. II he is not given the GER
tiictte Of election by the State election
board, which Will convene here next
Saturday Taylor's managers are du
bious on this point as the statement
that he would not contest has never
been made by Goebel himself.