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Iron County register., 1899-12-21
OF Interest to Sheriffs.

The court of appeals handed down
an opinion that the sheriff is not en-
titled to fees for himself and deputies
in the criminal divisions of the cir
cult court.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

At the instance of the secretary of
the navy, Senator Hale, ON the 18th,
introduced a bill providing for the
classification of the vessels of the navy
into four classes, torpedo boats except
ed. The bill provides that vessels of
more than 5000 tons displacement
shall be first class, and provides for a
gIadation downward.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
DR.. PnImore Was Exoncrated.

At Butler. the jury in the Welt1ner-
Bishop libel case, wherein Prof. s. 4.
Weltmer, of Nevada, sued Rev. Dr.
Palmore, of the Christian Advocate,
ST. Louis, for $4,000 damages, re
turned verdict for $3.50 agains7 c. o.
Bishop, but fully eXonerated DR.. Pal
more. The case will be appealed.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Failures for the week ended on the
18th, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co..
were 21s in the United States, against
a6I last year. and 26 in Canada, against
aI last year
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

What was undoubtedly the worst de-
feat inflicted upon the British arms in
South Africa was suffered, on the 18th,
at Magersfontein, six miles from Mod
der River. The troops fought with
their usual intrepidity, but, as usual,
were sent against invisible foes and
suffered terrible losses. The Beers,
also, are reported to have lost heavily.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Mrs. Analine Wilbur, an aged widow,
died at Joplin from the effects of in
iuries received in the explosion of can
of coal oil while starting a fire.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
x..,o,,t Live stock A..ociation.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 16.-Arrange-
ments for the meeting of National Live
Stock association, January 16, are be-
ing rapidly completed. The attendance
from the north and northwest prom.
ises to be very large.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Revised returns from all the wards
and precincts of Boston show that
Thomas n. Hart, the republican candi-
date for mayor, was elected, on the
18th, by Il plurality of 2,OS4, his total
vote being 4o,67s, while that of the
democratic nominee, Gen. 7. y. Collins,
was 1854. The vote was the largest
ever cast At a municipal election In
Boston.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Secretary Gage has called the atten-
ton of congress to the lack of facili-
ties in our new insular possessions and
dependencies for the safe-keeping Of
large sums of money required for the
current expenses of the army and navy.
He recommends that authority be giv-
en- him to designate one or more banks
or bankers in each of these islands as
repositories of public moneys.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
Three weeks a widower.

August Krenning, a farmer near
Baden, ST. Louis county, married Miss
Minnie Stuhlmacher, the other day,
after being a widower three weeks.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

sale and show of shorthorn cat
tie in Kansas City next fall has been
decided upon by officers of the Central
Short Horn Breeders association.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

The committee appointed by the
Hamilton club of Chicago, to go to
Washington and secure, if possible, the
republican national convention for
Chicago, left that city over the Balti-
more & Ohio road on the 18th. The
committee is headed by Samuel B. Ray
Hlond
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
RecoGnfxed hy spaJn.

Madrid, Dec. 1s.-The Spanish gov
ernment has formally recognized Gen.
Castro as president of the republic OF
Venezuela.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
In R Prize Fight.

Henry Niese died in ST. Louis from
cuncussion of the brain, caused by a
blow received in a prize fight, called,
through courtesy, a boxing bout.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
.cc,acntouy shot and Killed.

Fort Scott, Kas., Dec. 16.-Dr. f. C..
Rainier. a physician of this city, was
accidentally shot and killed yesterday
while hunting with party of friends
near here
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Senator Davis, from the committee
on foreign relations, introduced a bill,
on the 18th, to provide for the punish
ment of violations of treaty rights and
crimes against the citizens of other
countries committed in the United
States, under the laws of the state in
which the acts may have been commit
ted
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

Davis has issued an
order governing the display of flags in
Porto Rico. The Spanish flag is not
to be allowed on public buildings. OF
late it has been customary for the mu-
nicipal authorities in the interior
towns to display the Spanish and
American flags together on the city
buildings.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21


are 73O senior Epworth league >ocie
ties in Missouri, with 10,329 members
and 9S3 associate members.
Died at His Friends Funeral.
William Cajacob died from heart
disease, in ST. Louis, at the burial of
Daniel Schmalenberger, his friend anu
former partner in business.
Reward for Dead Footpads.
Chief of Police Broder of ST. JOSEPH
has posted a notice at headquaI tiers
offering reward of 5000 for eve.y
footpad killed by an officer.
His Children Objected.
Because of his children's opposition
to his marriage, Joseph Schmidt, IF
St. Louis, returned unused the license
he had secured to wed.
Big Move Proposed.
The ST. Louis merchants exchange
may be moved further west, and the
present exchange building converted
into a theater building.
Col. DaIton's Personal Tax.
Col. Richard Dalton, of Rails county.
has refused to pay his personal tax.
and vii test the law in court. He in .
disciple of Henry George.
Twentieth Century Revival.
A Twentieth Century revival OF
Methodist ministers is in progress at
LGba0on n.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
Quarantine Against Jails.

The Missouri state prison is closed
against the reception of prisoners. y
strict quarantine will be enforced at
that institution indefinitely. This ac-
tion was decided upon by Gov. Steph-
ems and Warden Starke, and is taken
because there is considerable smallpox
at different points in the state. As in
many instances, the disease first mani
tests itself in the county jails. Official
notification has been sent out by the
warden to all officers who handle pris-
oners that prisoners will not be re-
Ceived until the quarantine is raised.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
Commemorative services

Commemorative services, on the 14th,
of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the death of George Washington, were
held generally throughout the country.
At Mount Vernon, the home and burial
place of 'the Father of his country
the ceremonies, very elaborate and inn
pressixe, were held under the auspices
of the masonic order and Order of BED
Men.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
Missouri Epworth Leaguers.

According to the latest reports there
are 73O senior Epworth league >ocie-
ties in Missouri, with 10,329 members
and 9S3 associate members.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21

There are 81 Christian Enaa.. =.
cieties in Edinburgh. '''of =
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
BAD MONEY.
Secret of the Republican Change of
Front ON the Question Of
Bimetallism.

The outcry against 'unsound'' mon
ey is becoming ridiculous. The repub-
ican party never made that issue where
they were making money out of appre-
ciated gold and deprecated green
backs. 1t was only when it came to the
resumption of specie payments that
they discovered loss of profits if sill
ser should be placed on a parity with
gold. They got s2.55 in greenbacks for
:. one dollar in gold, but as soon as specie
payments began to be made in gold and
silver, the greenback became theequal
f=gold, because the country was able to
produce the coin of redemption. Silver
vas in their way, and having got rid of
it, they purpose returning to the good
Did times when their gold dollar was
worth $2.s5 in greenbacks, though now
the greenbacks are to be substituted by
bank paper secured by individual prom
issory notes. During the war Of the re-
bellion wages were high, but the sur
plus was absorbed By the increase in the
price Of necessaries, just the same as
now. III, Robinson, . S 81 3ss5$
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
LIGHT IN DARK PLACES.
the Goldltes Might Desire
at Times.

Our goldite and imperialist contem-
poraries occasionally make pretense
of drawing the "deadly PARALLEL as to
prices of farm products now and dur
ing the Bryan panic Of 1885, But
they are very careful not to do the
subject justice. 1t is with pleasure,
therefore, that we quote from prices
of farm products during the ''Bryan
panic," as we find them in the Omaha
World-Herald, to assist our goldite
friends in getting at the truth. A few
quotations from that period, compared
with few quotations from the pres
ent time, will be interesting to the
farmers, but we venture the assertion
that none of our goldite imperialist
contemporaries will reproduce the fig
ures and comparisons.
During the ''Bryan panic" of 1896, a
farmer could bring seven bushels of
wheat to Springfield and trade it for
100 pounds of granulated sugar. To-
day the farmer has to give ten BUSH
els of wheat for 100 pounds of gran
ulated sugar. The farmers wheat is
to-day three per cent. lower than it was
during the Bryan panic of 1896, while
the sugar for which the farmer must
trade his wheat has increased more
than 80 per cent. in price.
In October, 1896, right in the midst OF
the Bryan panic" May corn was
quoted on the Chicago market at 20
cents; to-day right in the midst of
mckinley prosperity" it is quoted at
30 cents--an increase of 3H per cent.
But the farmer has to sell corn and buy
lumber, and the corn that has increased
3H per cent. must be traded for lumber
that has increased from 26 to so per
cent. -
Oats are now quoted 16 per cent.
higher. than in the Bryan panic of
1896, but the farmer must sell oats to
buy barbed wire, and the oats that
have increased 16 per cent. must be sold
to buy barbed wire that has increased
100 per cent. ~ I'll ! :. -. ,sz%,..
During the Bryan panic" of 1896 po-
tatoes were quoted at 40 to so cents
bushel. Now, id the midst of .'McKin-
ley prosperity" !" they are quoted at 20
to 30 cents bushel-a reduction of so.
per cent. And the farmer who hauls
potatoes to market to-day finds that
they have fallen off so per cent. in price.
since the Bryan panic" Of 1896, while
the shiplap lumber, which hesmust buy
with the money received for the po-
tatoes, has increase ed rs per cent. And
soft goes all along the line. The farm
ser and plain prod ducer get It in the.
neck every time 6nnd der the McHanna.
gold standard and imperial alsim.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
WAY STATIONS.

The trains are to be forbidden to
whistle within the limits of the city
of Toronto on Sunday.
C. P. Huntington started out clock
/ Peddler, and made money at it.
Thomas II. Benton conceived the Pa
elf railroads and Huntington carried
out the conception.
The underground railway of Paris,
which is nearing completion, will have
a total length of nearly eight miles.
1t is expected that it will open for
traffic next June. 9.
Between January 10, 1898, and Au-
gust 13, 1899, new lines of railway,
with total length of 3,171 miles,
were thrown open for traffic in Euro
pean and Asiatic Russia. The total
length of railways in the whole Rus
sian empire, on August 13, was 30,321
miles. =
+ Twenty railways threw open their
shops to 60 Cornell students during
their last vacation. Their employers
now say they were cheap at the $1.3o
day they were given, and the boys
say what they learned was cheap at
the price of a three months vacation.
Genius in Massachusetts, has patent
ed a single-raii system of railway,
which has car slotted through the
middle nearly to the top, with wheels
in the upper surface of the slot to
rest on the rail, the passenger COM
partments being separated from each
other and reached by individual doors.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
News in Brief.

From Jan. l to Dec. 1, the total
amount expended upon the new capi-
toll building was $305, ,s05.7s.
A crew of one hundred men are en-
ployed by the Eastern Minnesota
Railway Company at the Ann river
bridges, laying immense walls on
either side of both approaches to the
bridge as a protection against the
spring floods, which HERETOFORE have
caused great damage to the bridges.
The dwelling house of o. G. Thort-
vedt, farmer living about four miles
northwest of Glyndon, was destroyed
by fire.
The Northwest Paper Company, of
Cloquet, is negotiating for the purpose
of erecting second plant ON the
river. ,"e.
The Daughters of the Revolution Of
the state of Minnesota have fled arti-
cles of incorporation. Headquarters
are in Minneapolis. +
v. Neuman paid $2s into the police
court treasury of Minneapolis for SELL
ing oleomargarine not properly La
beled. = .>=5
Mrs. Margarite Carleton, mother Of
Sergeant Carleton, Of the 18th Mime
sofa, has applied for mothers pen-5
sion.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
Matter of Length,

How long should mourning gowns b.
worn by widow Of 22?' was the question
that came sobbing through the mails. Now
it CHANGED to be the sporting editors day
of, and the religious editor, therefore, was
attending to the Side Talks with Young
wrote the religious editor, confidently, abu,
they ought to come down to the boot tops, al
least: This incident illustrates the occa
sional awkWardness Of a newspaper standing
as bulwark Of morals to the exclusion 81
everything else. Detroit journal.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

Latest in stockings is silk openwork,
with butterflies worked in looking like
applique work. Black flowers or but
terf1ies are worked in white stockings.
and colors also are prettily mbined..
The handsomest stocking is plain.
bronze or black, finest silk with strip
OF lace Up the. .instep. 9
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Farmers Are Interested.

The farmers institute just brought
TO a. close, at Fergus Falls, has
aroused a good deal of interest in q
number of farming operations which
are now being successfully carried on
IN many places, but have never yet
been tried here. Perhaps the most
important of these is the plan of rais-
ing wheat and fax together. Rep
resentative Bush, of Olmsted county,
who was one of the instructors at the
institute, dwelt at great length on
this plan, which, he says, is prov
ing very profitable in the southern
part of the state. The plan of SOW
ing flax with the wheat was first
adopted in order to keep the cinch
bugs out of the latter grain. This
proved effective and it was soon dis
covered that the plan had numerous
other advantages. It was found that
it had tendency to keep the wheat
from lodging and tha. both grains
were improved by being grown to-
gether. Mr.. Bush recommends that
two parts of wheat to one of fax be
sown. This plan will produce crop
If about IS per cent of flax of superior
quality. The two grains are harvest
ed and threshed together and then
easily separated by a fax cleaning
machine. A great many farmers here
contemplate trying the new plan next
summer.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

No, sir, said passenger on q steam.
ship to the captain. i am not seasick, hut
81 am sdisgusted with the motion of the yes
SCI. Ohio State Journal. *.55zS.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
BLOODY HANDS
DECLARED OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
BY ANTI-lMPER!AlISTS

Thsir League Launched in Minnes ota.
Paul Hustlers Bring the Republican
Campaign Fireworks State Political
Making Ready by the Reform Forces
Trust Prosperity - Note and Com ment
OF tho Past Week,
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
Souvenirs for President Mckinley.

President Mckinley and members
of his cabinet will receive as New
Years gift from Minneapolis beauti-
full souveneirs of the home coming of
the 18th regiment. At the time Presi-
dent Mckinley was here he expressed
admiration for the many and beauti-
full souveneirs that he saw. j. F. CAL
derwood and members of the commit
tee have secured the different badges,
and these are being gotten together in
unique book form. The front cover of
the book will bear the inscription
''Welcome Home of the Thirteenth
Minnesota Infantry of Volunteers,
Oct. 18th, $780," Miss Pauline Kruger
is carrying out the ideas of the COM
mittee.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
In Greenland.

NO." continued the Eskimo, sadly;
there isn't SO much money in the hotel bust.
would indicate. The average Arctic ex.
plorer is SO particular these days! He has
to have boot for dinner every day, and fresh
boot at that! Canned boot won't answer
at ALL No, don't know as / blame the ex.
splorers SO much: They've got to have such
experiences as the public taste demands, If
they ]. are to do any lecturiDg, I suppose.
Yes. Puck. ss@ %:s,- @3 s''' : s3
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
Important Things

Important Things. S a5@ss 4s $% lS &
Master-Na Name some. of the most 1m-
,ortant things existing to-day which
rere unknown 100 years ago.
Tommy 81 You and mi. Tit Bits. 4
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

Reform Press Bureau.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 18, 1892 =
"Look at your hands when blood is shed
For lust Of land or gold or fame,
And if you find them dripping red
Think not the patriots honored name
Will cleanse Jour guilt or purge your
shame
Look at your handsv'
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

Amone the Brealkers. s.3 y sS4s,
Long Family troubles, eh? What rock
/ did your domestic ship split on?
Short--It was the absence Of rocks that
caused the split Chicago Evening News.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

such, like the Minneapolis Journal,
can only claim that the country has
outgrown it's Washingtons, Jeffersons
and Lincolns, and such puerile GJcu.
lnents as the Declaration of Independ.
ence, the Constitution, aud such doc,
irine as Monroe's. g. s. &
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27
NORWAY.

IOrIn the KING, as we'll as the crown
prince when he takes the place of the
king, shall ride free ON the Swedish
railroads whether he is on his way
to Norway or not.
It is estimated that the amount of
water passing over the Frollhattan
water falls in the dry season is from
800 to $40 cubic meters (from $4,000
to $1,000 cubic feet) per second. OF
this quantity Is cubic meters is used
for the ship canal and II cubic meters
for manufacturing purposes. The
average available power of the falls
canot be under less than 100000 horse
power. No wonder the capitalists are
anxious to utilize this enormous
force; but those who have the cause
of the state at heart think the ma
tional government ought to receive a
consideration of several hundred
thousand dollars a year from the falls.
The government and the Frollhattan
Electric Power Company are engaged
in a quiet battle over the matter.
The Scandinavian monument is
gaining ground in Sweden, especially
in Skane, which geographically forms
the connecting link between the coun-
tries of the North. The students are
the most enthusiastic converts to this
way of meeting the kindred nations.
A new students union in Lund has
resolved to join the central league of
the Scandinavian unions of Skane.
It is found that on account Of gem
eral rise in prices Of materials and
In wages the approprla tions made for
the construct ction Of fort itications will
be too small for the comple letion Of the
plans adopted.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

And, speaking of Menage, ct al, and
then again of Sulu's sultan, Brigham
H. Roberts and others-there's the Brit.
ish owner of one of the Twin Cityafter.
noon dailies. 'Nuf said.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

Menage Of Northwestern Guaranty
Loan fame goes Scott free, 80 that Di-
rictor Eustis, who also ran, has been
the only official of that institution to
meet with condemnation.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

With the ticket Mckinley and Roo t,
the goppite battle cry will be "Root,
hog or die." And the GO. P. will
both root and die,
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

The last was billion dollar cor.,
gress. The present is bankers and
bondholders' congress.
Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

Goppite comment on the recurrence
of .Washington's death anniversary,
is very chilly, in contemplating any.
thing *Waahingtonian connected with
recent events. Even his warning against
''enrangling foreign alliances" strikes
all McKinlexites below the belt.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-13
ANTS EGG TRADE.
How the Collector. Of These Tiny
Articles Go About Their
Strange Work.

Ants eggs are the base of rapidly
increasing business in the British isles.
Hundreds weight of the tiny spoil are
imported yearly by the bird fanciers,
who feed them to young pheasants,
canaries and aquarium fish. They are
collected for the most part In a certain
district in the south Of Russia, where
many thousands of peasants make a
living by them. A collector, going out
upon . sunny day to some hills he has
In miAd, piles upon them little twigs
and sticks. Then he rudely disturbs the
ants In their busy home. Their first in
stinct, on having the roof torn Oft their
dwelling Is to fly to some shelter. They
make for the pile Of twigs, just as the
peasant had thought they would. He
does not wait for them to hide all their
eggs there, but goes of to repeat the
trick at dozens Of other hills, returning
in the evening with stiff paper bags to
collect his spoil. This is very simple. us
sll he has to dois to sweep the tiny clus-
ters OF tiny eggs off into the bag. Tits
said that an Industrious man may in
one day collect as much as eight pounds.
These are, in turn, gathered up by
agents of large firms, who handle for
expectation. At present, Russia is the
only country where ants eggs dre gath
cred, although the forests of South
America, where there are said to be hills
IL feet high and is feet round, ought to
be good place to gather them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-13
AFTER HIS FORTUNE.
Messenger, Hunted for Two weeks,
Evades Indian Pursuers ana
Brinps Back the Money.

'There died In Kansas City, Kan, the
other day." says the Kansas City Jour
nal, "a quiet, unobtrusive, modest, and
never boastful citizen. He came from
Pennsylvania regiment In 1864, and
be became u messenger for the Holli-
day Express company, running from
Leavenworth to Santa Fe. w. H.
Bridgens. the messenger referred to,
on one of his trips had 100000 in green
backs strapped about his person and
secretcd in his clothes There wasno
one but him and the driver in charge OF
the coach. and for days they proceeded
along their lonesome Journey without
seeing a human face. When yet many
miles from Santa Fe they were over
taken by u howHng band of Jndians
and fierce battle was fought Brfd-
gems and his companion exhausted
their ammunition and continued the
fight with their knives. Finally they
succeeded in unloosing their horses
from the stage. and. quickly mounting
them, fed through the timber. The
sa wages gave chase and succeeded in
sa,,. eating the two men, but did not
csp.rr y either Of them. Mr.. Brtdgens
stiI1 rat. |ned, his treasure, but he lost
h,s wav an png the crags and canyons,
and q, wa~ ~ ore than two weeks before
he found HIS way to the house of a
White man. Dun, ing all this time he
subststed entirely upon berries and
herbs. His slong absen, = caussa sa n'e y ss. em-
ployers to believe THAI .e ,au oeen
robbed and killed by the us1la,ls'' an.
before his return they had 4, "ta soou
the money they had given up ~ 1osy. ~,
When Mr.. Bridgens returned wit nls
precious burden still intact they w. g
amazed, and go grateful were they that
they presented'their young agent with
9, handsome token OF their apprecia-
ton"