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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S BRIDE.

She greatly resembles her brother,
John R. Mclean.
She is the widow of the late Brig.
Gen. William B. Hazen.
She did not have photograph of
herself to give to the press.
She is possessed of graceful and cor
dial manners and brilliant mind.
She becamea Catholic three years ago.
Her father was a stanch Presbyterian.
She is a good Latin scholar and has
had the advantages of a superior edu-
cation. 'G.
She first met Commodore Dewey
when she was visiting Washington as
Miss Mildred Mclean. i
She is rich, having inherited money
from her father, who founded the Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
She has perfect figure, is tall, has
blue eyes and dark hair. Her complex
ion is clear and rosy. ..'-
T., She is brilliant conversationalist
and is fond of entertaining. She has
been great social favorite in Wash
ington. IL -; J. ~. ....." s>...>,..
( She is the daughter of Mrs. Washing
ton Mclean, the widow Of Washington
Mclean, of Cincinnati, and is 43 years
of age. .= .T = - - - : ~, =
She is the original Of the mysterious
photograph which graced Admiral
Dewey's cabin bout which there has
been so much speculation. IL .s:p.si
She has been courted by Gen. Scho-s
field, ex-Secretary Herbert, and recent
" Gen. Corbin has been seeking Cupid's
aid in his suit for her hand.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22

a3U Ueen killed OF captured 81 ChtckAr
mauga under Q jolly, FOSTERING Irish-
man, Lieut.. Col. Rourke. On the left
Of Rourke's Irish boys was somber,
busAy-whiskered German, Maj. Ping,
who had studied the art of war in Prus-
STA, and whose men had studied the art
OF plumber in Missouri. Snafae's men,
painting like hungry stays, were hastily
formed on the extreme left, All eyes
were turned to the general, to learn
whether he would surrender or fight.
lie waited till force equal to our own
was in the yard, leaving as many out
side, then, drawing his sword. gave
the ORDER
"Charge!"
The initial force was with our men.
The enemy, being on the defensive,
half formed, surprised at an attack
when they supposed we were waiting
to surrender, soon became entangled
with one another. Those nearest the
gate tried to get back through it.
Those on the outside, seeing their COM
rades charged, endeavored to join
them, those within trying to get out,
those without trying to get in, those
in the passage packed like pigs in pen.
I maintained my place by the general
so far as 1 could, but it was impossible
to keep close to anyone. Twas jostled
and knocked about, and narrowly es-
capped being sabered or shot by our own
men. Then was turned round with
my face to the house. Borne backward
by the confederates and our own men
mingled, I saw Margaret Beach at the
window of her mothers room, unmind-
full of the stray bullets that occasionally
struck near her, watching the fight.
Her eyes, noticed, were following the
general wherever he went. Raising
mine to the room where she had been
confined, there at the window, ghost
from another world, melancholy at
tendant on death at the carnival, a
presiding ghoul over the massacre of
men, was pale face with eager sunken
eyes-the same I had seen before.
Then some one dashed against my horse
and set him spinning like teetotum.
Confusion worse confounded reigned.
Our men could do nothing but shoot,
hack, pummel, each man fighting on
his own hook. At last troop of con-
federates were separated from the rest,
driven to the rear, and captured. The
enemy without began to tear down the
fence on one side, but the general sent
Rourke to beat them off. The force
that had effected an entrance was de-
pleted. The general by skillful move
brought Pings and Snaf1le's commands
together behind Wilton's and, order
ing Wilton to divide in the center, sent
the united forces charging between
the wings.
This finished the fight. A few con-
federates got out, the rest were tram
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

A New Fact. -Teacher- "Who was
Napoleon?'' Pupil-"He was the orig
inal Observation-Disclosures"
Puck. 7'' +,
Sunday School Teacher-'sNow, Tom
my, can you tell me what it is that
makes men hunt for pearls and dia-
monds?" Tommy guess it's girls
Jewellers Weekly. ~,,...' -.
Corcoran-'So you've been to Boston,
Ell? Did you find the streets crooked?"
Observation-Disclosures! Great snakes!
Every time went out for walk I met
myself coming back."-N. Y. Press.
Haven't you forgotten something,
sir?" asked the waiter, who expected
tip. "Very likely" replied the feeder.
You kept me waiting so long that Eve
forgotten who I am.''-Philadelphia
North American.
No Home Remedies for Her.-Nell-
Nothing in this country seems good
enough for Name. She goes to Europe
for gloves, gowns, hats, and everything
she wears" Belle-"Yes; she even goes
abroad for her health -Philadelphia
Record.
Getting Down to Business.-'If it is
true" said the promoter, "that every
man has his price, the fact naturally
arouses certain amount of curiosity"
LAS to what?" asked the alderman.
swell, as to how you're quoted, for one
thing" answered the promoter.-Chica-
60 Evening Post.
Values.-"How much will you rent
this place for?" Eleven hundred dol
lars" was the prompt answer. Il didn't
expect to pay more than about 5000
year, 20, you want it by the year!
You can have it for $3.50. Thought you
wanted to rent window to see the
parade. "-Washington Post.
Aunt (severely)-'As I glanced into
the drawing-room last evening I saw
you with a young mans arm around
you.' Niece (calmly)-"Yes, auntie,
was waiting for you to pass the door
and see us. Young men are very Slip
perry nowadays, and one can't have too
many witnesses. "-Cassell's.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22

The liberals have dropped the woman
suffrage plank from their platform. +
The government has made provis-
ions for taking up collections in all
the; churches for the benefit of the
families which lost their supporters
in the storm of Oct. IA and Is. +
Sheriff Andreasson of Elverum thrust
MS hand into a veritable hornets nest
when he seriously proposed that the
liberal party should not permit the
newspapers of the party to criticise the
policy OF the present administration,
and one liberal paper branded his suq-
gestlon as 'emuscovite talk"
The statues of Bjornson and Ibsen.
erected in front of the national theater
IN kristiania, are not success. Ibsen
looked very sober" when he saw his
bronze counterfeit, and Biornson
wanted his monument removed as "a
permanent calumny." A funny man
has proposed that the monuments be
melted over and least into two lions. "
Bjornson. has declared that when
Norway has three million inhabitants
kristiania will have one million out of
the three. BY that time, he added, the
wealth of Kristiania will be three
times as large, and its culture thirty
times as large as that of the rest of the
country.
Ihe crown prince and princess have
donated $270 to the families of the
drowned fishermen.
A thrifty publisher in Kristiania is
furnishing plate matter to both of the
leading political parties, and the arri-
cles possess the proper partisan bias to
please each party.
T. Oppegaard, farmer at Enebak,
was accidentally shot while out hunt
ing moose. His spinal cord was sew
cred, rendering the lower part of the
body insensible. He died half a dav
after the accident.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
DOM PAUL AT THE RAAD.
The Aged BOer President Still the
Greatest Orator in
His Country.

The chief aim of the visitor to Pre-.
toria is to obtain a glimpse of President
Kruger, and daily between the presiden-
cy and the raad numerous spectators
await the coming of the gaudy looking
state coach, in which his honor is con-
veyed about the city. 1t was my good
fortune not only to see President Kru-
ger seated in his favorite chair on the
''stoep'' of the presidency, but also to
see him and hear him speak in the first
chamber of his beloved volksraad.
Shortly before the opening of the raad
the state coach, conveying the president
and well guarded by outriders of Boer
cavalry, drove smartly up to the en-
trance of the building; the soldiers on
duty about the place stood at attention,
and Paul Kruger descended heavily
from the carriage and entered the raad.
A tremendous big man and active in his
day, he is now showing very plainly the
weight of his great years, and is sal
low complexioned, white haired and I'M
handsome looking old man.
The raad opened without any visible
ceremony, and the order of the day was
proceeded with. The amended fran
chise law was the subject under consid-
Grafton, and it was not difficult to see
there was a great deal of very strong
feeling on the matter. Knowledge of
the Dutch language was not necessary
to follow the increasing excitement and
passion of each succeeding speaker as
the debate proceeded. Stoffet Tosen,
the most uncompromising of the retro
gressives, had spoken in violent and
defiant strain, and Interruptions were
numerous and not particularly courte-
Gus, when President Kruger thumped
his mighty hand on the desk in front of
him, and, rising, commenced to speak.
Immediately there was silence. The
appearance of the president when
speaking is most animated and he is
certainly the disciple of gesture.
There are vigor and authority, and the
certainty of acceptance of his argu-
ments, shown in every word uttered by
him in the yolksraad. Increasing age
has taken from him much of the old
time energy of his style of speaking,
but he is still the strong, masterful
and domineering orator of the Beers.
In ten-minute speech, which the re-
porters must have had difficulty in fol-
lowing, he silenced or swept away all
opposition, and the next clause of the
franchise law was proceeded with. He
then sank back, apparently exhausted,
in his great chair. It was in sense
pathetic sight, that of the old president
sitting in a crouching attitude in his
chair, his hearing failing, his sight al
most gone, heavily specialized, with
hands to ears, following with difficulty
but with great attention the proceed
ings in the chamber Toronto Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
Dewey and His Yellow Shoes.

When russell shoes of bright yellow
hue were introduced, Dewey wore the
first pair that was seen in Washington.
They at once became the subject of jest
of all the officers of the navy depart
ment. Early in the afternoon one of
Dewey's feet began to swell, and his
suffering from his new shoes was acute.
In an interval between the calls of
friends who were still running him
on his shoes the commodore sought his
chief clerks room. He walked with a
limp, and finally loosened the strings,
to r:lieve his feet. Il suppose I can't
take these things off now," he re-
marked with bitter smile, '.for those
fellows'n think they have driven me to
it," And for hours the commodore sat
at his desk in perfect torture.-Ladies'
Home journal. 80
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
".
PAROLE,

Turning my horse over to an order
ly, I hurried to the house to discover
what had become of Margaret Beach.
I hoped she had gone. What was my
disappointment at finding her on the
veranda!
"You here?"
ayes; why not?"
"Why, I thought perhaps, inasmuch
as your neck was in halter, you might
take advantage of the scrimmage to get
away"
SHOW could I? The gate was
blocked
"Not while we were following the
enemy
"The sergeant put sentinel there
as soon as you left
"Nonsense! Why do you try to de-
ceive me? You did not wish to leave
or you would have found way"
An expression of pain passed over
her face which could not understand.
She sat down; I placed myself beside
her. Below US in the yard men were
caring for the wounded, and when all
were removed, burial parties began
spading by the light of torches, inter-
ring the dead where each had fallen.
We could hear the men talking and see
their dimly lighted figures, while every
now and again torch was held before
an ashen face, q body was lifted into
it's grave, we could hear sound of fall
ing earth, then a funeral volley.. I
was continually thinking that the girl
beside me might within day or two be
put into her own grave-not an honor
able one, but that of felon. Margaret
sat alternately looking at the grave
diggers and averting her face. fasci-
mated yet repealed by the grim sight.
''Strange condition, wal" said.
''Horrible!" -
An orderly rodeup to the gallery with:
an order for me to report to the general.
Leaving my companion, I went to him
at once, and found him pacing before
his tent, while Walter was engaged in
taking down the names of the prison
ers, who were being paroled to 60 to
their homes, for we had no force to
guard them, and they nearly all lived in
Tennessee. AS I came up the general
looked at me eagerly. II Es 5.f:s5
You sent for me, general" .; j
eyes. Miss Beach where is she?"@
- In the house, 81. ia ;$:.ss
He could not conceal . look Of disap-
pointment. s,i So. 4s '<s. 81
= Tell her to get read for l journey.
he said. 81 s5.&
Shall ! inform her where she = to
go1'' s 81
To Gen. Burnside =
mn + would Be hardl = SAT- g I, { entured,
4 atp send her under = guard 81 less than.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
DENMARK.

oven LANCE writes fOur-cOlumn
contribution to a great daily to explain
that the terrible excitement caused bv
the <Dreyfus case was due to the ieal-
ousy of the neighbors of France. The
French people holds it's army as dear
as its eye-ball, the army is the idol of
the French people. The neighboring
nations do not take kindly to this ex-
traordinary popularity of the army.
In some future combat this army NAV
yet vindicate its revolutionary fame.
The Dreyfus case presented an oppor-
tunity for dealing terrible moral
blow to the army. The leading news
papers started the campaign by play
ing adroitly upon the feelings of the
people, the noblest minds were aroused
in favor of Dreyfus, the tide turned
against France and the French army,
and henceforth the plain truth count
ed for naught in disposing of the case.
LANCE pleads his case with signal skill,
but his arguments do not carry con-
viction.
The number of new public school
teachers who passed examinations last
summer was 146 gentlemen and 81 Ia
dies. The average standing of the
ladies was considerably better than
that of the gentlemen, and of the seven
who graduated with special honors
three were ladies.
Many Danish educators are in favor
of introducing Swedish as regular
study in the Danish schools. Such a
course would doubtless tend to draw
the Danes more closely to the Swedes.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson said in a re-
| cent lecture: ''The Danes are the most
highly educated people in the world;
and therefore they are also the ablest
people in the world"
Carl Hansen, the engineer who was
| responsible for the terrible railway ac-
cident at Gentofte, was sentenced to
solitary confinement for a term of six
months. But his health began to fail
so rapidly that he was dismissed when
he had served four months.
Henrik Cavling, the noted journalist,
has left for the East, his object being
to write up India, China and Japan.
The physicians are urging the king
to spend the winter on the Mediter-
ranean coast, and Empress Dowager
Dagmar of Russia is staying in Copen-
hagen with the intention of accom-
panying her aged father on his pro-
posed journey to the south.
The Danes are responding very lib
orally to the call for aid to the fami-
lies of the Norwegian fishermen who
lost their lives in the recent storm.
The Thule life insurance company
lost it's suit against the government. A
| man who was insured for So, 700 in said
company was killed in the railway
wreck at Gentofte. The company paid
the claim, but instituted proceedings
| against the government of Denmark
to recover the loss on the ground that
the railroad on which the policy hold
er lost his life was state institution.
The case was carried through the diff
ferent courts, and the supreme court
fled decision in favor of the govern
ment. The insurance company not
only lost the case, but had to pay all
expenses
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
NORWAY.

In garden in Kristiania stalk of
Indian corn grew to the height of nine
feet, and the four ears on it contained
2'4oo grains. But the magnificent plant
was killed by frost before the grain
was ripe.
Twenty-eight of the 81 persons who
were drowned at Haugesund were
buried in common grave. Rev. Mr..
Sverdrup preached the funeral sermon,
from John vi, 6s. Fully 1900 persons
attended the ceremonies. No business
was done in Haugesund on the day of
the funeral.
The storthing has resolved to Dor
row another So, 600, 900. The minister
of finance said this amount will be
needed in the course of the next three
or four years. ''
The king and the queen have donated
81, $50 to the needy families of the fish
ermen who were drowned in the recent
Those thirty unfortunates who were
drowned near Haugesund were on
their way back from a funeral. There
is no burial ground at Rovar, and
when somebody dies the remains have
to be taken BY boat to Haugesund.
A woman in the island Of frozen has
met with sad fate. About five; years
ago her husband was drowned; two
years ago one of her sons met q similar
fate; q year ago her only daughter;
and all the rest of her children, four
able, bodied sons, were drowned in the
storm Of Oct. a. 1ss. 3= 7. 7: + :.
The, last vessel of the season from
Greenland was Hvalisken, which ar
rived at Copenhagen Oct. q. The YES
sci came from North Greenland, but
brough t no news from:e pit. Syerdrnp's
Eexpedi tion. his means that nothing
will be heard from this pedition un-
til next SUNNI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22

pied, shot or taken prisoner. Then the
panic was communicated to those with
out. The general rode out, followed
by the whole command, and COM
menced a pursuit that carried some of
our men miles away.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
Killed by a Practical Joke.

Weary William-Practical jokes amt
right, Sandy. Der's me old pard, Dusty
Rhodes, dat died from de effects Of one.
+ Sandy the supplicant-How'd it hap
pen? j. H. " j.
: "Well, you see, Dusty goes up to one
of desc wayside cottages an asks de
lady fer a pie. De lady says I amt
got a pie in, the house, me good man.
but here's cake = - ~:
z''Whaat species Of q cake was it,
Billy? '' =. - ~ - y ~.
!" Twas cake Of soap, SAM.
Stray Stories. e y % VI: . 4 s5s59.:<
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
"A Touching Meeting,

Jack Borrowit-I called at your Of
fee yesterday to see you, but you were
out. 81 Sc ss5s.ss.
s Tom Lendit Not so much so, Iimag-
Inc, as il I had been ir,.J nd
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22
SEPARATOR BLOWN APART

SEPARATOR BLOWN APART.
An almost new threshing separator be-
longing to Armstrong Bros, was blown
apart when in operation on the farm
of Mr.. Heise, north of Easton. The cylin-
der and self-feeder were totally destroyed
and in all about 5000 worth of damage
was done. 1t gave tremendous report,
and parts of the separator were blown
four yards. 1t is thought to have been
the result Of dynamite placed in one of
the stacks No one was injured, although
several men were around the machine at
the time
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22

mand, when, strange to say, his orders
came clear and regular as shots from
repeating rifle.
''Wh-wh-at's up?'
"Johnnies, lots Of them, down the
road, coming right along"
"I've only h-h-h-andful Of men,"
"And I've only a guard
II tell you what, lieutenant"- bet
ter man than Snaf1e ever drew a saber
-''you 60 back and get ready to run,
and, I'll take my little command and
make show on the road up there.
When you're ready, send me word and
I'll fall back. Then maybe we can get
up into a ravine in the ridge and fight"
He had scarcely spoken the last
word before I was out of hearing. APP
preaching the plantation, I was sur
prised to see the yard full of armed
men. Not knowing but that they were
confederates, I pulled up, but in an
other moment caught sight of their
flag. It was mo stars and bars, but the
real "Old Glory" and I confess / had
never seen it look so beautiful. Dash
Ing on and into the gateway, 1 shouted:
The johnnies are on us!" but before I
could give. any explanation there was a
gathering Of lhoofs, and Snafae with his
men came tearing along, followed by
the enemy. sj,s ..5s5z*sssE 1, ..E. s:.. a
Our men, having just come in, were
all in the saddle, and soon formed IN
line 81 battle. On the right was Col.
Wilton, q tall sold erly man with beak
moss and 8 black, cleaning eye, COM
}mandings q regiment of 200 men not :
fourth of IL oil inal trength, FOX Il
Hal BEEN thinned BY war. Next was the
ssmains 81 i res1i ,iilnentt II complement
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-22

Beach, the uncertainty Of her fate, had
by this time so excited my brain that
could not sleep. No sooner would
drop off than a volley outside would
awaken me, and the knowledge that it
was fired over some poor fellows grave
was by no means conducive to the re-
turn of slumber. However, oblivion
came at last.
At midnight I was brought back to
consciousness by the man I had placed
below, standing over me with lighted
candle.
"Lieutenant!" -
'Well?''
THE young girl has gone"
"Where?" '"I'. :.s'-.
"Out of the door; out of the gate;
away from the plantation" nv. .-
I rubbed my eyes and glared at the
man standing beside my bed. .:s
"she slipped away with the tread Of .
cat, SIR 50; ~.
""Did you stop her?'' ,.s-. r.,
mo; I had no orders" ~.
I "You were right" i +: * ...:yb~ 49,.
l:$ us that all, sir p e. 4 s5nt:za H. =.
q Yes; you may go to bed" ssss y ;.
Ny first feeling was one Of Joy that
Margaret had fed, = y second one OF
regret that she should have broken her
parole. sss Is !. T. 81 IS s= . /:
# There was no more sleep for me that
night. I tossed and tumbled till morn.
ing, and during the long hours but on.
subject occupied my excited brain. u
was Margaret Beach. s.ssz.5S:
lTo BE CONTINUED
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-03

George Melville an old English actor,
was fond of telling funny story at his
own expense. He was acting Hamlet-in
Bristol 1t was the actors rule to take
a bowl of Cruel in the course OF the
evening, and his landlady sent over the
usual refreshment from the lodgings in
Queen square. She happened to have II
"new' servant girl, who was explicitly
directed to get to the stage door by the
entrance from Bank street and then
carry the Cruel into the greenroom.
She arrived at a moment when MIR.
Melville was "on." Being unused to
the ways of the theater, she asked Il
man at the wings where Mr.. Melville
was.
"There,' said the super, pointing to
the stage.
The actor was in the middle Of the
solilouuy. "To be or not to be, y when
the girl advanced toward him, bearing
the bowl, and said, IF you please, Mr.
Melville sir, here is your Cruel.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-03

Jenner, the famous English physician,
was essentially strong and self reliant
man. He attended the prince consort
through his fatal illness, he was the
Prince of Wales doctor when the heir
to the British throne had SO narrow an
escape in 1872, and he also went to
Darmstadt and remained in attendance
upon the Princess Alice till she died.
To practice medicine in "the fierce
light that beats upon a throne is not
calculated to lessen the physician s anx-
ieties, and one who knew Jenner well
once Questioned him on this point and
hinted that his responsibilities must
sometimes be sufficient to render sleep
or rest impossible.
"Sleep, replied Jennef in his char
acteristic way 81 don't think that an
xiety about patient ever kept me
awake five minutes in my life. go to
bedside. do my best. What more
can doY Why should l not sleepy