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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
COUNTERFEIT HEROES,
Their Clothes Are All Right. But
Their Military Knowledge
Is Limited.

Civilians have come to the conclusion
that the Army building is no place for
loafers, and loafers who are civilians
have reached the same decision The
employees of the government have been
instructed to keep their eyes open, and
IN case any man is seen in the doorway
or halls of the Army building with moth
ing particular to do, to tell him to
move on" This state Of affairs has
come to pass through the swarm of
sWlndlers who have, since the first
transports came in last fall, been rob-
bing the repatriated soldiers.
To escape the vigilance of the govern
ment clerk and detectives some of the
swindlers have hit upon scheme by
which number of them profted to the
extent OF quite a sum of money, which
they ''buncoed' from some soldiers.
This scheme is nothing more nor less
than obtaining old uniforms and wear
ing them, thus posing as comrades in
arms. It is fact that soldier will al
ways trust soldier, and many have SUI
fered through this.
This plan was very hard to break up,
as the Army building is the headquar-
tiers of soldiers who are waiting for
transportation, and as rule there are
from 50 to 100 men about the building at
all times However, a counter scheme
was planned by a clerk in the trans
portation department, and this was to
approach the would-be Heroes anG
ask them few questions concerning
the campaign. The results attained
were astonishing. Rear admirals, colo
nels, United States senator, captain
of marines and score of civil war
heroes were inextricably mixed with ma
tional guard and volunteer officers of
the present war. One old charlatan was
especially amusing. He was gray
haired and wore New York national
guard uniform with full dress coat and
campaign hat. He was stout to the
bursting point and his appearance was
decidedly martial. His face was scarlet,
color due to the smallness OF his belt.
The investigator approached him and
asked him what regiment he belonged
to. The ''hero" pondered and finally
said that he wasn't quite sure
''Not sure? Why, what's the matter
with you?'
''Why, you see, young fellow, it was
this way: My captains name was
Roosevelt, but that's all know, because
[ was wounded and that kurted rue
brain, pm. Y. Commercial Adver-
tiSer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
two and ! tseld uulil I had rived & tie
edge Of Lispenard's Meadows. So

two and ! iie1d uuIl I had arrived & tie
edge Of Lispenard's Meadows.
dared not trust myself Is its broad open:
y could have been too easily marked from q
distance, so / turned me toward the Hud-
son, keeping the while close to the shrubbery
which defined the meadows limits, and
iirally took refuge under a chestnut tree,
though ere long was up it and as far toward
its top as burst venture. Il .5*
Years after ] looked in vain for this tree,
but it had fallen under the ak, as fell ali
the heavy timber on the island during the
terrible winter of 1850. T..
was now wet through. The cloak I
had continued to wear to prevent easy iden-
LITIGATION, together With the reeking wealth
er and the showers of water which had
poured from the wet leaves, had saturated
me, and was anythingsave comfortable as
I sat astride Dough and waited for the day
to end. s,sssss@.s- =. s-
It was something after five o'clock, but as
yet had discovered no. signs of pursuit in
my direction. To beguile the time, / reload
ed my rifle and pistols, though laid more
reliance on my strength of arm and hard
ness of fist to overcome single guard THAI.
I did on firearms. The great wet meadow
only by the clump of trees which was to
have been my dueling ground on the NOR
row, and the sluggish brook taking its rise
from the Collect, cutting in twain length
wise and draining the plain which had once
been dangerous and pestilence- breeding
quagmire. The thunderstorm had passed,
but the sky was yet heavily overcast, prom
Using dark. wet night (which suited my
purpose), and by, the time the sun set and
I swung myself from my lofty perch the rain
was coming down, not in torrents, but with
steady drip-drop that told of decided
change of weather..
had no Preparations to make, nor from
the point at which I had been hiding had
long distance to go before coming to the
line of defenses. This line was not con-
tinuous embankment, but consisted of short
breastworks and redoubts at no great dis
lance apart, every foot Of the intervening
spaces being patrolled by sentinels. I had
resolved to strike the line near it's center, or
about midway betwixt the Kingsbridge and
Greenwich roads, and so walked straight
over the meadows, crossing the brook and
feeling my way up the rising ground Of the
northern boundary of the great field.
It was not yet dark, but through the
gloom soon made out that was exactly
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

The death Of Mrs. Bengta Person Of
sljnnga closed q life Of more than Or
binary suffering. Some Is years ago
she began to suffer from rheumatism,
and her limbs one after another were
wrenched and twisted out of their nat
ural forms and SO completely was she
disabled that for twenty years she was
chained to her deathbed, unable to
carry morsel of food to her mouth
or even chase awaya biting fly. She
was SO years old at her death.
The contributions to the idle labor
ers in Norrland amount to $40. 1000.
Some one has made out that G.. w.
Bellman of Hapatanda lisa nephew of
Carl M. Bellman, the famous poet.
This assertion gave rise to an interest
ing inquiry into the prolifcness of the
Bellman family. It has been ascer-
tanned that the Hapatanda Bellman is
only remotely related to the poet, and
that the family to which the latter be-
longed must have had singularly
low vitality. The poet had fourteen
brothers and sisters. Only three of
his bothers attained the age of man
hood; only one of them was married
and he had no children; three of the
poets sisters were married but their
descendants are ali dead.
The international committee which
visited St. Petersburg to plead the
cause of Finland before the car,
passed through Helsigfors on it's way
home. The whole citv soamod oeti, RI
express the gratitude of the Finnish
people to the committee for it's noble
efforts.
A number of fishermen of Bareback
and Vikhog cannot catch enough fish
to support their families and they pc
titioned the king to permit them to
''hsh' stone from the bottom of the
sea for building purposes, but their pc
tition was not granted.
Hedin ''got there" S. A. Hedin, the
| noted liberal member of the riksdag,
made no mistake when he caused the
institution of legal proceedings against
Oscar Collet, the keeper of the archives
| OF the foreign department, for refusing
to produce certain documents which
Hedin asked for last year. The Svea
court imposed fine of $3.50 on Mr..
Goblet, and his majesty has forever set
tied the matter by ratifyiug the de-
clsion. The documents in question,
from 1884 to date, refer to dispatches
| in regard to the maintenance of the
| neutrality of Sweden and Norway in
case OF war among foreign powers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
ITO Bin Continued
A#Charitable Girl.

Miss Cutting, !" began young Soft
leigh, fob some time law have been
5seWously thinking, doncher know, an1
asa Wesult. ! w have half mind = Il h
5.''lN ell 3 interrupted Miss Cut ting,
that thu IS more than any Of your ac.5
.quaintances credit you with. but TIL
be real irritable and concede you that
much !; So pray say no more about i -,
sChicagos Daily News. $50
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
Erief Notes.

Olaf Bakken, while working in a
Minneapolis lumber yard, was the first
victim this year of sunstroke.
Kenneth Brill, the 15-year-old son of
Judge Brill, of St. Paul, was badly
hurt by a toboggan at Wildwood.
The Lake Superior Consolidated com.
pany paid the state 81, 6s7.5 so on state
mineral leases.
VIM. Gloditz. of Gaylord, while try
ing to hive a swarm of bees, was near
~ stung to death.
VIM. Forester, painter at Winona,
was bitten by a kissing bug.
Gov. Lind received a telegram from
Manila stating that the Thirteenth
Minnesota regiment desired to muster
out at San Francisco, re
Gov. Lind has announced the follow
ing as members of the board of grain
appeal: Minneapolis board, Alex Nc
Kinnon, Polk county; Charles: Malm-
quist, Sibley county; F. L. Greenleaf,
Hennepin county; Duluth board, j. K.
Stone, Chippewa; Hans Byogne, Otter
Tail; A. H. Smith, st. Louis. f.,
Mrs. Hannah Peterson of Stl Cloud
sues T. Hines for $40, 900 for defama-
ton of character. assb. ..0s..s. ..,.. :.
At Osakis work a. the So. 500 addition
to the public school building, the new
brick Catholic lftrIh, the Skuey BUSH
ness block and Miller Brothers cold
storage plant + being pushed vigor-
ously. . ss -. 55.. 5s9s ssr.sIt
Tracy Turner, a young girl, attempt
ed suicide at Winona by drowning.
She was pulled from the water by some
men and sent to her home. She resisted
her rescuers and fought like tiger be-
fore they could get her out Of the
water. &. =zz s gS#5ASs@. x
A postoffce has been ordered estab-
lished at Cedar Bend, Rosseau county,
with NJ G. stobe as postmistress.
The postoffce at Braham, Isanti
county, has been changed to one-half
mile east. ~
John Proppet, an Indian, has been
appointed industrial teacher at the Red
Lake Indian school.
Three new teachers have been an
pointed at the state school for the deaf
Miss Band who is q graduate
OF the National G 1lege for the Deaf sc
Washing ton, D.. G. !; p. Yhite. OF
/ Kansas, and Miss Barnes Of SC. Paul.
n.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
.Popu1arlfy=sof Tursuoa.a

Perhaps the most popular stone Just
now IS the turqu noise, sss not being con-
slider an out-of-t he-way price Is pay
for quite q small stone,. provided. the
color is good. Grease CT water spoil..
the stones entirely and this IS the rea-
son that people wit moist skirs IN
seldom manage to keep the stone r.od
color for any length Of time ChIcaao
Clronicl9
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
Ants Eat Paper Money,

: Paper money cannot be used in the
Philippines, for there is variety of
ants in the islands which eat almost
everything and are particularly fond of
paper. In recent shipment of money
for the troops was $1,ooo,oo0 in paper
money of small denominations, and
preparations were being made to send
more paper in the next shipment, when
a warning was given that hereafter
nothing but gold and silver coin must
be sent to the islands. It was stated
that ants got into the boxes and at
tackled the packages of bills, which
were saved from destruction only by
the greatest care. So far as officials
here know, none Of the money was act
ually destroyed, the damage done being
probably no more serious than the eat
ing away of the edges of the notes, or
perhaps making holes through some of
them.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
BITS FROM ABROAD.

1nere is only one nock OF pure merlnO
sheep in England. ~..-...s
Buckingham palace has scent foun-
tain, which on state occasions is fed
with cologne water. - ESQ.,.
The death rate of the French colonial
army is 1913 per 1000 year. In NADIA
gascar it is 1881 per 1000, and in west
Africa 1871 per 1000.
, A great cave, said to be larger than
the Mammoth, in kentucky, has been
discovered in: Victoria, B. G.. It has
been explored q distance Of IL miles
without the end being reached. q ~ !.
The total length of electric railways
in Switzerland is 105 miles, Of which
AZ miles were opened last year. The
power for nearly one-half Of the fines
is obtained from waterfalls.
Electricity has supplanted steam on
the railroad from Milan to Monza, the
Oldest railroad in Italy, opened for
traffic in 1910, Storage batteries are
used, the electricity being obtained
from the turbines on the AIDA at Pa.
derno. *.*S. &. &:
a full grown lion will tip the scales
at 500 pounds. Five hundred and. forty
pounds is the record for an African
lion. His bone is solid and heavy as
ivory. The tiger runs the lion very
close. a Bengal Il ger, killed two years
ago by an Englisl, officer, scaled $50
pounds. S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
Tuberculos1. and bicycling.

Ny attention has lately been called
to cyclists, particularly those who
sprint, riding rapidly, especially on an
upgrade or on road that is sandy.
They almost all of them open their
mouths, not because they have nasal
Instructions, but because the Aasal
passages themselves are not sufficient
" room5 to admit Of a sufficient supply
of air. for the work they are doing.
have seen number of cases Of pull
monary tuberculosis which have oc-
Cured in what are called sssprinters,' =.
in very powerful young men, which
without the slightest doubt have been
the result Of mouth breathing occa-=
stoned by rapid riding through dusty
roads and highways as have de-
scribed q. Medical Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
A Big Oil Mill.

There is promise that Minneapolis
capitalists, among them w. D. Doug
las, G. F. Piper and H. F. Breett will
soon build big linseed oil mill, the
cost to be in the neighborhood of 1925,
900. The plant will be located at Mid
way and will have a greater capacity
than all the other mills in Minneapolis
combined. The mill will consume from
100000 to 100000 bushels of flaxseed
annually. The elevators will be able
to handle 10000 bushels day and
there will be five steel storage tanks
for seed, each with capacity of 1OO,-
900 bushels. All the machinery will be
of the latest design and it is thought
that the new company when it begins
to manufacture will be able to produce
oil and oil cake cheaper than the oil
trust mills. Employment will be given
to 100 men.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
st. Paul Factories.

After thorough inspection of the
manufacturing establishments of St.
Paul the state labor bureau is able to
announce the following totals:
Number Of establishments, $40; num-
Der OF employees, 800; total number of
non-manufacturing establishments, IS;
total number of employees 3,34s; grand
total of manufacturing and non-manu-
facturine ablishments, go; number
of employees, s,457.
The department has found that 4
per cent of the male adults are pos
sessed of technical education, and 8
per cent are home-owners. The per-
centage of Sundy labor is less than
one-sixth of 1 per cent, exclusive Of
street railway employees, based on a
six-day schedule.
The percentage Of males in the man
ufacturing establishments is II, fe-
males, 22.4 and children under 16 less
than six-tenths of per cent. In non
manufacturing esta blishments the per-
centage of child labor is per cent,
giving for the combined manufacture
ing and non-manufacturing a percent
age of 1 $40, represen ting the child
labor employed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

y A capital Of $50, ooo, 900 is now. en- en-
gagged and 50 600 people ore employed
IS the various eli bureaus q the
world 5s5Z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
Bold Robbery.

Late at night the Milwaukee depot
at Faribault was entered by four
masked men who covered the night op-
orator, Ed. Erickson, with revolvers.
He was making out his reports when
he was startled by revolver held at
his head from the outside through the
window by one of the robbers, who
told him to hold up his hands, which
order was complied with. In the
meantime three other men entered the
office door and proceeded to rob the
money drawer, from which they Sc
cured $s7.19. They also had intended
to rob the safe, as they were we'll sup
piled with tools for that kind of work,
but We're probably frightened away.
After the money was secured from the
cash drawer the robbers locked the op-
orator in box car. A little later a
freight train came in and the conductor
soon saw that things were wrong.
After searching for short time the
operator was found.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
SWEDEN

I silver snuff box containing $50 in
gold was presented to II. Nilsson on
the occasion of his resignation as pub.
lie school teacher at Franas after a
service Of So years. - !
] Twenty per cent Of the young re-
cruits summoned to Mohed for exam
ination are rejected on account of phys.
zeal defects. ,.'T fl . 49,. +, l.,.
The Bejer Brothers, who are at the
head of large business firms in, Stock
holm, have been forced to make an as
signment. Their assets are about
300, 900, and their liabilities almost
twice that amount. .5f
Mr.. Nordstrom, who is at the head
of the state railway department. has
expressed himself in favor of u using
electricity on some Of the government
railroads where sufficient water power
is availa BILE. -.[#. a 4 ...~5.. gs:
Two well informed Swedes who have
made themselves familiar with the
workings Of the great lock out declared
thatsthe labor organizations are DOOM
ed to defeat. the treasures being en-
CAHCCICO {aAO lIOlU
England being q disappointment.
The Swedish l. q. g. I. has a mem.
bership Of lO7, 000 he Swedish nation.
al order Of good tenn lars u 900. The
next. meeting Of the worlds lodge 81
the /. .. 81. q. will be held in Stocx-
holm. s.. ..sz 4s
Princess Margareta5was baptized at
the same font as that used az the bap.
tism Of Louisa. he present crow
princess OF Denmark e is made ot
massive silver On the trii-angulal
foot piece standsst three angels Oh whose
arms IS carried g hug sinai into which
the baptislm'lal vat IS poured.
he learned DECISIONS are ). 50
crowded that thong tful men advise
tn. stud to epates for some kind
OF a trade
fews eggs we're sforgo often ia win in.
dow on farm 4 SkedeviS until two
chicks were Matched. Old Sol had done
the worl Z.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27
To Head on AguinaIdo.

Washington, Nov. "a. = The next
move of Importance is to be made by
General Wheaton, who will go up the
coast by transport to yigan, at the
mouth of the A DO. This will land his
forces far to the north of where Agui-
naldoi is supposed to be, the intention
being to cut off his retreat to the north
From the military information bu-
reau it is learned that east OF the route
Aguinaldo is taking are mountains in
habited by natives who are not friendly
to Aguinaldo, and will be likely to
attack him if he attempts to cross their
territory. The country along the
coast is quite well settled. There are
several little rivers making harbors
from which it is feared Aguinaldo may
escape by boat. General Young, it is
believed, is watching these small ports
with part of his force.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27
FILIPINO GOVERN
MENT DISBANDS.
MEMBERs OF CABINET SURREN-
DER TO AUTHORITIES.
Otis Reports That no Filipino Government
Exists = Filipino Army Disbanded
or broken up Into small
Detachments.

| Manila, Nov. 27.--Seuor Buencamino,
a former member Of the so-called cab
met OF Aguinaldo, has been brought to
General Otis prisoner on the trans
port Brutus He had sought refuge in
a village near San Fabian with Agui-
naldos mother and son. The natives
disclosed his identity to Major Cronin,
who captured him.
General Young Is still in the noun
tains on the trail OF Aguinaldo.
! Bautista, president of tho Filipino
congress, presented himself to General
Macarthur and formally renowned all
further connection with the insurrec-
ton. He was one OF the influential
Filipinos who hcsitated at the begin
ming of the war to which side to cast
his lot, He was offered a judgeship of
the supreme court. but declined
He now announces that he desired to
accept the position, and says the Fill
pino congress and cabinet are scattered,
never to reassemble. Some OF the mem
bers, he adds. have returned TO their
homes, while others are flying for
safety.
Many OF the congressman have re-
signed, and he believes the Filipino
soldiers will lay down their arms
everywhere as soon as they learn the
truth.
General Otis summarizes the situa-
tion as follows: Claim to government
by insurgents can be made no longer
under any fiction; its treasurer, secre-
tary OF interior and president of con-
gress in our hands. Its president and
remaining cabinet officers in hiding,
evidently in different central Luzon
provinces Its generals and troops in
small bands scattered through these
provinces, acting as banditti or dis
persed, playing the role of amigos,
with arms concealed
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27


Near the end OF the Long Branch sea-
son, Mr.. Hobart went to his Paterson
home in company with Mrs. Hobart,
his son and secretary.
About month ago Mr.. Hobarts i'll
ness took a decided change for the
worse and shortly after that notice
was issued by Mr.. Hobart's family to
the public admitting that tho vice
presidents condition was very critical
and that little hope of his recovery
was entertained. The announcement
was also made that he certainly would
never again appear in public life.
Mr.. Hobart's family, friends and po-
litical associates have since been re-
signed to the inevitable, although
there were times in the last days of
the vice presidents illness that he was
brighter and appeared to be growing
stronger.
The news announcing the death of
Vice President Hobart was sent to the
White House in private message from
Paterson at $3.50 o'clock this morning
The president was deeply affected by
the telegram announcing his colleagues
death, and 1T once dispatched tele-
gram conveying the sympathy and
coincidence of himself and Mrs. McKin-
ley to Mrs. Hobart.
The presidents close and intimate
relations with his colleague made him
feel the vice presidents death as
bereavement. Mrs. Mckinley
was greatly affected. She gave way
completely to her grief and sobbed
convulsively. Mrs. Mckinley has but
few intimates here, and among her
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27
nobart,s Remains Lie In state.

Patterson, N. j.. Nov. 25.--At Car
roll hall this afternoon the public was
given an opportunity to view the re-
mains of Vice President Hobart.
AS the throug fled into the hall
leading to the library. excitement be-
gan to appear. Women tainted on the
porch aud at one time half dozen lay
insensible on the lawn, but were re-
vived
At the coffin there was a fainting
scene. A woman about twenty years
old, after gazing In the face of the
dead vice-president, stood as though
transtixed. Then she screamed and
fell forward into the arms Of police
man. She was placed on q chair and
revived.
1t was estimated that fully $4,000
persons saw the remains in the four
hours they were exposed to view.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27
Lawton After Aguinaldo.

Manila, Nov. 24.-The whereabouts
Of Generals Lawton and Young are
becoming as mysterious as Aguinaldos.
The belief is'beinning to grow at Manila
that General Lawton has struck the
trail of the insurgent government and
is pursuing the ministers into the Byqua
mountains. 1t has beeu his ambition
to capture the Filipino leaders and he
and General Young believe that a
cavalry brigade living on the country
could run them down to any part of
the island.
One vague report brought in by
Spanish prisoners is that Aguinaldo
and others were nearly surrounded by
Americans soon after the insurgent
chiefleft Tarlac, but he escaped through
tho lines in PEASANTS clothes.