Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-12-06
M..]I.]N|INESOT NEWS.
The PrOgram..

. The Program.
The program Tor the: annual meet1hs OIL
the state Agricultural Society to be held
in tie. state capitol on Jan. Sill, has been
arranged By a committee to be as follows:
Governor Lind will 5makesan address of
welcome, and he will be followed by Pro-
|,fessor W. NJ. Hays of the state school OF
agriculture on breeding OF the Grams.
Professor Hays has spent large part
of the present season in Europe pursuing
his investigation into the breeding OF new
varieties of grains and is especially we'll
qualified to talk upon this important SUD-
! ject. - Is go
ON Lord, of Minnesota City; Theo-
| dore Louis, of Louisville, Wis; Dr. Rey--
! nolds, state veterinarian; w. b. Wooo' OF
Mankato; Professor Thomas Shaw, OF the
state school of agriculture; Professor
John A. Craig, of the Iowa. school of ag-
| riculture; w. "A. Henry, director or the
| Wisconsin school Of agriculture, and 9TH 70
ers, have been invited to address the
meeting, and it is reasonably certain that
| they will all respond.
The program for Tuesday evening, will
be under the auspices of the Minnesota
Stock Breeders Association, and the ses-
sion to be held Wednesday will be under
the direction of the Minnesota school of
agriculture. ~<~1l
On Thursday will be held the business
meeting of the state fair association at
which officers for the ensuing year will be
chosen =:,., -s.7z= -..s,, .s...zg ~ 4
James McCabe was deliberately muir
dered in Dan Sullivan'st saloon at East
Grand Forks by Bish Dorsey, colored
| porter employed in the saloon. McCabe
| was drinking at the bar and he and Dor
| sey got into an alteration in the course
| of which McCabe called Dorsey coon"
Dorsey struck at him across the bar and
lodged glass which McCabe threw at
| him. Dorsey then went outside and after
about five minutes returned with cord
| wood stick and running the whole length
| of the room struck McCabe a terrific
| blow on the head. The man sank to the
| floor and died instantly. Dorsey slipped
| on his coat and escaped before the dozen
| or more men in the room realized what
| had happened. He was later caught on
the Dakota side while trying to board a
! Northern Pacific train. Dorsey is a young
| married man and has lived in Grand
| Forks since childhood. He has been we'll
| known as baseball player McCabe was
| a stranger.
| How We Grow. ....
! Minnesota will be found to have a pop
| ulation Of 1910 900 at the next census.
State Superintendent Lewis Is willing to
| guarantee that the figure will not fall
10000 below that
In 1895 there were 352, OO2 school children
in the state and the population by the
state census was 1574,619 In 1899 the
| lot &c f1,1 to1
| population on the same ratio is l, 1866 900.
The annual increase of school popula-
ton is 5000, equivalent to an increase of
| $4,000 approximately in the number of in
habitants. If the ratio holds, the popu-
| lation next year should be returned at
100000
| According to the present apportionment
Minnesota will gain two congressman by
| that figure, but it is quite certain that the
basis will be raised next time, as congress
| is already rather unwieldy
| Baseball.
| 1t is learned excellent authority that
st. Paul and Grand Rapids are not the
| only cities to be dropped by the American
Qate Westerly League next season. ac-
cording to dispatch from Milwaukee,
The plan now is to drop Minneapolis also
and take in Louisville which will make
! Milwaukee the extreme northern end of a
| circuit to consist of Milwaukee, Chica go,
| Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis. Buffalo,
| Kansas City and Louisville. There is
hitch about Minneapolis, as the magnates
| are shy about letting Saulpaugh out, but
this will be smoothed over if the deal
| goes through, by giving the Minneapolis
| magnate an interest in the Louisville
club. st. Paul's fate was settled, that is
as far as baseball is concerned, when
Comiskey closed a deal in Chicago for a
lease of grounds on the South Side The
lease was signed and Comislxey is now
working on plans for his new park.
| -. z : %-IncendIaries. ;, I'll, ~ .
| A disastrous fire occurred in St. Peter.
The Lampert Lumber Company's yard,
which carries a stock valued at $4,000,
was totally destroyed: also the residence
| of Mrs. M. M. Stark. It was valued at
$4,000. The ST. Peter. furniture factory
was saved by the work of the fire depart
ment. = II
| The fire was started by a firebug, az
the sheds and lumber were saturated with
Oil. This is the third attempt at settin,
| fires within month. The hydrant
awrenches were missing from the engine
house when the alarm was turned in and
1t is supposed they were taken by the fire.
bug to delay getting water on the fire.
| The entire city was threatened for time
e. News in Brief.
| The new paint law, which provides that
| all paints labeled pure shall conform
to a certain formula, will go into effect
| Jan. 1. The law. it is stated will injure
no one, and was enacted to prevent paint
| being sold as pure when it does not con-
form to state standards. Paint not so
labeled can be manufactured as at pres
! Whilescoupling an engine to a car in the
i yard atsKasota, Brakeman o. H. Hanson
had his hand caught and two fingers
| taken off. 3 ~. !.
l. Asher, seight-year- son Of VIII. Paw.
died at Mankato in spasms caused by eat
ing pineapple cake made from canned
pineapple supposed to be poisoned
+ The@dwelling of r. H. Grace at Norris
and all it's contents were burned. Mrs.
Grace in saving her baby was badly
+ scorched.
The new St. Joseph hospital at Mankato
Is to be formally dedicated Dec s. Bishop
-Cotter wilfpreach the sermon in the FORE
noon, and in the evening a reception and
banquet are to be given, to which 1000
invitations are to be issued. General J.