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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

Near Cortland, Ill.,, John Williams
murdered his divorced wife and then
killed himself.
Otway Davis, aged 107, and William
Brooks, aged 112 years, died in Knox
Vile, Tenn.
The death of Rev. George w. Pepper,
D. D., occurred in Cleveland, O. He was
civil war veteran and United States
consul to Milan under the Harrison ad-
ministration.
E. L. Apperson and Elwood Haynes
arrived in New York, having made a
trip from Kokomo. Ind, on an automo-
bile in 90 days. The distance is 1850
miles.
At Greentown, O., because her 16-
year-old daughter Ruth had loved un-
wisely, Mrs. Catherine Wise cut her
throat while she was sleeping, and then
committed suicide.
At Henderson, Tex, Jim Mite, the
only surviving member of the Dalton
gang of outlaws, was sentenced to life
imprisonment for murder.
William Borden fatally shot Miss
Mabel McKenna at Colorado Springs
COL. because she refused to marry him
and then shot himself.
The city of Cleveland, o., is, for the
first time in two weeks, practically
without military protection and the
people were again riding on the street
cars unmolested by strikers.
In the lake shore belt in Ohio the
grape crop has been almost totally de-
stroyed by dry rot, entailing a loss Of
$1,0O0,COO.
At the Poe cotton mills near Green
vile, S. c., race riot occurred ir
which one white man and five negroes
were badly wounded.
Ex-Gov. William Yates Atkinson dice
at Newman. Ca, aged 45 years.
Sergt. John Jackson was shot anc
killed at Fort Douglas, Utah, by Private
W. Fl. Carter, and the latter was shot
and instantly killed while resisting ar
rest.
At Guthrie. o. T., Mrs. Mamie Glen1
killed herself and child. with poison
No cause was known for the deed.
A mob lynched Ben Thompson (col
ored). 20 years of age, at Alexandria
Va. for attempting an assault upo1
Lillian Clarke, aged eight years.
In Detroit, Mich, while using kero
sene oil to start fires in stoves. Mrs
Catharines Czaja and her baby and Mrs
Augusta Knitter and her child wer,
burned to death. - ~:.
Fire destroyed the business portion
Of Carlisle, KY, in Market street. 49,
The militia has been withdrawn from
Cleveland. @, the authorities sayin,
there is little probability of any fur
Their trouble in connection with tn
street car strike. ... .zs.ss 5s.5 !.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

A sad case of a parents cruelty to his
son is reported from indianapolis. Mon
roe Hedges, who has heretofore borne
an enviable reputation as a kind father,
knocked his boy, Hiram, down with a
cane the other day because the son came
home slightly under the influence of
strong drink and the hot weather. The
severity of the punishment is all the
more to be condemned because the son
is careless young fellow of 70. The
father, who is 106, should have taken
the boys youth and inexperience into
consideration.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

He was elected governor in 1894 at the
age of 80, after having served six years
in the house of representatives, being
speaker of that body for several ses-
sions. In his first gubernatorial race
he defeated Gen. Clement A. Evans, a
noted confederate, and in this cam
paign he broke down the prestige con-
federate veterans previously had for
obtaining public favor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Just year and half ago party of
- fortune hunters left Boston for the
klondike, and went around the Horn
in sailing vessel. It took them 1858
days to make the journey, one man
was lost in a terrible storm encountered
near the Horn, they found little gold
= in ALASKA, all were taken sick with the
scurvy, they lost their ship in Resur-
rection bay, and now they are coming
back broke. They should have known
better than to start with 13 in the
party.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
A Death Gr0ODIe.
Fire Losses.

New York, Aug. 9.-The Journal of
Commerce announces that the fire loss
of the United States and Canada for
the month of July, as compiled from
its daily records, aggregates $11,426,-
600. The papers aggregates of losses
for the first seven months of 1897, 1898
and 1899 are respectively $64,566,75o,
$67, 1G6,S50 and ST., $50. During July
there were 2O4 fires of a greater de-
structiveness than $4,000 each.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Killed by LIGHTNING,

Milwaukee, Aug. 10.-A Journal spe-
cial from Camp Douglas, Wis.,, says:
At Clifton, six miles from here, light
ming struck the barn of Engelbert Jers-
ly, destroying it and killing his two
sons, Vincent and Englebert, aged Is
and % years respectively. Mrs. Jers-
~ was also seriously injured. It was
with difficulty that the bodies of the
two sons, who were in the barn, were
recovered.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
The Jury Obeyed.

Pulaski, Va, Aug. 9.-Noah Finley,
the negro who robbed and attempted
to kill Maj. Darst at Dublin a few days
ago, was sentenced Tuesday to be
hanged September IA. 1t was reported
that the jury could not reach an agree
ment. A party of citizens notified them
if verdict was not rendered by ten
o'clock a. m. the negro would be
lynched. The verdict was brought in
at the specified time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president has purchased the
famous Mckinley cottage in Canton, o.
1t was endeared to President and Mrs.
Mckinley as their first home, where
they began housekeeping.
Orders were given by Gen. Miles that
target practice be the chief feature of
the instruction given the soldiers in the
new regiments being raised for service
in the Philippines.
The war department says that by
October % there will be at Manila or
ON the way to the Philippines $4,000
men.
A new 50 silver certificate is being
printed by the bureau of engraving and
printing in Washington.
The secretary of war says that the
war in the Philippines from now on
will be prosecuted with all.possible en-
ergy, and that all the men, all the arms
and all the supplies necessary to end
the trouble in the islands will be fur
nished at the earliest possible moment.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
New TVvO-DOllnr NOte

Washington, Aug. 9.-The bureau of
engraving and printing is now engaged
in printing new two-dollar silver GER
titicate, which will be ready for issue
in a few days, to take the place of the
present certificate of that denomina-
ton. The greatest care has been taken
by the officials of the treasury depart
ment 10 produce a note which would
be not only artistic, but would present
as many difficulties as possible to coun-
terfeiters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
MARKETS..

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 10.
Wheat-No. northern, 69@70c;
No. 2 northern, 67@6sc; Sept. ee4c.
= Oats-No. 8. white, 24c.
Corn-No. 8. soc.
Cattle-Steers, ss.75@4,oo; cows s2.7o
@s.5O. .T"s>s 49,:
Sheep-Muttons, $3.50; lambs, SIS. rs.
Hogs-$3. 40@3.s0. -: ~. f.: =s5 ...:sc
Butter-Creamery, extras, 16@17c;
creamery, firsts, 14@15c; dairy, fancy,
14t315c. A 5.5s.es>s St =, = ,a>s&s&%&- =:
Poultry-Turkeys, s@1oc; spring
chickens, 12c.. ::.... :. 4. &. a.. :,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Population OF Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 7.-Of6cial fig
ures SHOW Kansas is making a steady,
heaithy advance in population. The
enumerating made by assessors for
March, 1899, compiled by the state board
OF agriculture. gives a total of 1925, 112
inhabitants whichis net increase over
1898 of 34,143, or 2.5 per cent. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
THE EAST.

Burns Pierce, of Boston, broke the
bicycle record for two, three, four anc
five miles in Philadelphia. The time
was 1874 for first mile, 800 for second
4:46 for third, 6:23 for fourth and so:
for fifth.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 9th were: Brooklyn, $40
Boston, .626; Philadelphia, COZ; Balti
more, .5s2; Chicago, .554; St. Louis
.54s; Cincinnati, .543; Pittsburgh, .511
Louisville, IA; New York, 1893; Wash
ington, .362; Cleveland, us.
Near Bridgeport, Conn.,, trolley
car went over a trestle 50 feet high, ant
35 persons were killed and others wer,
injured.
At Mount Desert Ferry, Me-, 20 per
sons were killed and 40 were injured a:
the result of the breaking down of /:
ferry slip.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat
37,166,000 bushels; corn, 10,461, 900
bushels; oats, Ash, 900 bushels; rye
$4,000 bushels; barley, 10000 bushels
The secretary of war had long con
ference with President Mckinley ir
Plattsburg, n. y.
The transport Mcpherson, from
Cuban and Porto Rican ports, with dis
charged and furloughed officers and
men, arrived in New York.
Further advices say that 20 persons
were killed in the trolley car accident
near Bridgeport, Conn.
The latest news from the scene of the
disaster at Mount Desert Ferry, Me.
says that 20 persons persisted.
At Oil City, Pa, Salvador Praizers, an
italian, shot and killed his wife an6
then shot himself. No cause is known
for the crime.
At Niagara Falls, n. y, Robert
O'Shea, of Mount Clemens, Mich, com
mitted suicide by jumping into the Nj.
agara whirlpool.
Annie and, Mary Crozier (sisters)
aged respectively IS and So years, died
at the same time at their home in Phil.
adelphia.
At Erie, Pa., Edwin D. Heidler was
hanged for killing his brother-in-law
Levi Kreider.
In the United States and Canada the
fire, loss for the month of July agere.
gates 11,426,0C0, and for the sever
months of the present year ST., 1926, $50
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

The New York Commercial notes
that the figures of the internal revenue
Office show that 4,OOO,OOO,OOO cigars
were manufactured in the United States
during the last fiscal year-an increase
of 3o,0oo,Ooo, while only 2,o5o,o00,o 900 CT
garettes were manufactured-a de-
crease of 110,O0O,0OO.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Prices of Shoes Advanced

Philadelphia, Aug. lO.-The national
convention of shoe manufacturers
agreed Wednesday upon a general ad-
vance OF ten to twenty-five cents in the
price OF shoes, effected permanent or
ganlzation and adjourned. The manu-
facturers insist that their action neces-
sar''y does not entail higher prices to
the consumer, but that in most cases
the retailer will be compelled to take
the ten to twenty-five cents out of his
profits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

The charge that the copper penny is
a disease-carrier and must go comes
very late. Years ago, when the cent
was as big as half dollar, there might
have been some objection to it, but not
on the ground of disease-carrier. The
disease-carrying fad may be carried to
extremes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
AIRED Si.ters Found Dead.

Philadelphia. Aug. 9.-Two sisters,
Annie and Mary Crozier, aged respec-
lively IS and 50 years, were found dead
in their home Tuesday. An investiga-
ton by the coroner is said to; have
proved that the elder sisters death was
due to natural causes and that Mary
committed suicide BY inhaling i@lum-
mating gas, grief doubtless prompting
the act. The house had been. closed
since last Friday -. !. g..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

West Virginia comes to the front
with strange tale Of love and romance.
In Barbour county j. r. Shoemaker,
aged 1O2, has just welded Mrs. Irene
Polling, aged o5. The bridegroom had
to lean on a cane during the ceremony,
and the dispatch says: The bride laid
her pipe down on the window sill while
the sweet words were being said" The
couple were sweethearts IS years ago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

In the far-famed Mount Auburn ceme-
terry, near Boston, is grave marked by
a cross of white marble. Carved fern
leaves decorate the stone, and at the
base is the simple inscription: Fanny
Fern" This tribute to the memory
of Mrs. Parton, who was a prominent
figure in the literary world 40 years
ago, was erected by Robert Bonner.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
EX-GOVERNOR ATKINSON DEAD
Georgia Democratic Leader Passes
Away ut Ncvna.n-His POlit-
ical Career.

Newman, Ga, Aug. 9.-Former Gov.
W. Y. Atkinson died at his residence
at $3.50 o'clock in the morning. He
had been i'll for ten days, and his physi-
clans gave up hope for his recovery sew
eral days ago.
Gov. Atkinson was one of the leaders
of the democratic party in this state.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

From the first week in May, when
the summer European passenger serv-
ice is presumed to commence, up to
the first week of July, when it practical
ly is over, just two months time, over
10000 tourists sailed from these to for
eign shores at an outlay of nearly $751;
100000 of American money.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

In Minnesota, the Dakotas and other
northwestern states scarcity of labor
ers is proving very damaging to various
industries. y. -.
At Dublin, Va, Noah Finley, a ne
gro who robbed and attempted to kill
Maj. Darst, was sentenced to be hanged,
the jury having been notified that if
such verdict was not rendered Finley
would be lynched.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
busy Day for President.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. s.-The pres
ident had busy day Monday. He wit
messed the yacht races in the afternoon
on board the yacht Elfrida in company
with Vice President Hobart and Mrs.
Hobart and party. Later he took a
short drive with Vice President Hobart.
In the evening he held long conference
with Secretary of War Root, who ar
rived on the 7:15 train. Mrs. Mckinley
continues to improve slowly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Those who are demanding that the
name of the horseless carriage shall be
shortened in this country will be sur
prised to learn, perhaps, that in Ger
many they are perfectly contented to
scall it an acknowledgements
Ion
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Three Seminole squaws murdered an
aged white woman in Indian territory,
in the belief that she was a witch and
had brought them bad luck. The lat
ter part of their belief is likely to prove
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Perhaps the only word that is the
same in all languages is the ''Hello!"
III response to telephone call. Wher-
ever there is a telephone line the word
is in use, and means just what it does
in ENGLISH
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Talk about the rising" woman. A
new woman's club is to be organized
in London to which no one under six
feet in height will be admitted.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

No sooner is Du Patty de Clam out OF
trouble in France than we learn that
De Smet de Mayer is likely to get into
trouble in Belgium.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
THROWN INTO THE WATER.
Score of Persons Perish at Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.

Score Of Persons Perish at Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.
Bar Harbor, Me-. Aug. IA score of
persons were killed Sunday by the
collapse of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert Ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible ex-
perience of immersion in the water
and injuries while struggling for life.
The Maine Central railroad ran eXcur-
sions to Bar Harbor from all sections of
it's line in Maine, the attractions being
the warships which were expected Sun
day. All the morning long trains
ing to Bar Harbor. The train which
left Bangor at 1925 consisted of - cars
damned with people. At Mount Desert
Ferry, the terminus of the line, the
train left for the boat, for an eight
mile sail to Bar Harbor.
Gang Plank Gives Way.
When the excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was a
rush for the steamer Sapphet. The first
few passengers had crossed the gang
plank safely, and it is estimated that
200 people were massed upon the plank.
Suddenly they felt the plank give way
beneath them. The long timber sup
porting the plank broke in the mid
de- The hinges held up one end and
the chain the other. while the broken
end of the plank dropped, and strug-
Cling. screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, IS feet below
the wharf.
A Death Grapp1e.
After the first moment of stupefac-
ton the work of rescue began. Ropes
and life preservers were thrown to the
crowd, but in the panic the people in
the water clutched one another, and
many sank thus in groups in death
grapple. Many taken from the water
| were unconscious and were revived with
| difficulty. Doctors were summoned
from all directions, but it was half an
hour before the first arrived. The
freight house at the ferry was turned
into morgue, the bodies being taken
there for Identification as fast as re-
| covered,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12

ed to push ahead with the culture of
pines and oranges.
Every grower of pineapples is con-
WINGED of the necessity of partial COW
erings for his plants. The covers
have proved a perfect protection
against frost and the two great freezes
of 1s94-95 and 1899. BY latest methods
of cultivation under covers, the Red
Spanish even will produce a gross in
come of $1,000 to $1,000 to the acre,
fact not dreamed of a few years ago.
The orange trees having escaped en-
tirely in the. freezes above mentioned,
has stimulated the people ON this PEN
insula to set largely of their unoccu>
pied land with orange trees. The rich
hammock here is we'll suited to orang
es, provided a little irrigation is at
hand in very dry weather.
Chas. H. Rowland
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12

DIV of currency without "aid or COM
fort from any foreign power or poten-
tate whatsoever" The Times-Union
and Citizen will gladly recognize and
appreciate the work of any man who
makes grow that which is beautiful or
useful, where a blade Of grass or
saw-palmetto grew before, but crops
should be taken in their proper proper
ton, according to their relative effect
on the end we have in view.
The erection Of a sugar plant that
could handle the Florida product
would not only make money for itself,
but would do more for the State than
the sudden discovery of a Golconda
mine; the DeLand factory is demon
.strating the products in the produc-
ton of starch, and it's indefinite multi
plication would not only increase the
profits of all concerned, but would do
more for the State than the miracle
that could reproduce from the dust the
groves at their best conditions and
with the best prices for the fruit.
Let the friends of Florida-those
with willing hands, those with ready
money and those also with skill to
show the way, or influence to back up
the efforts of others, ponder these in
disputable facts and act accordingly
Times Union and Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12
Condition at Waveland.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
/ was much interested in your edito-
rial of your trip down the East Coast
I wish you could have stopped off at
Waveland to take look at the beau
tiful orange groves of Mr. Geo. Baker
and Mr.. J. Colds. I am pleased to re-
port that not a leaf was injured.
DR.. Sneeden has a young grove set
out last year, we'll advanced i'm young
growth, and growing rapidly when the
freeze came, but not shoot was injur-
ed. This speaks we'll for the Wave
land Peninsula. AS to my pineapples,
all in the open but set close together,
they have resisted the freeze very we'll.
I shall have from rs to 80 per cent of
fruit. The Smooth Cayennes and Alb
bakas have shown the greatest powers
of resistance to cold. 1 had planted
side by side Cayennes, Abbakas, Gold
en- Queens, Ripleys, Porto Ricos, En-
vile Cities and Red Spanish. The Cay
ennes and Abbakas had less foliage in
jured than any other variety. l spent
| four weeks in the Indian river pineap-
pie section, and found the growers far
from being discouraged, but determin-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12

Florida State Horticultural Society.
The Twelfth Annual meeting of the
State Horticultural Society is announc-
ed to convene at Jacksonville, on Tues
day, May I'd, continuing until noon of
the Friday following. The Society lis
one of the largest and most influential
bodies of the kind in this country, and
it's meetings are occasions of excep-
tional interest. A very low transporta-
ton rate of one cent per mile, actual
travel, has been secured from the as
sociated railroads. Reduced hotel rates,
and other arrangements for the COM
fort and pleasure of members, are be-
ing looked after by a very efficient To-
cal committee. No ruralist, who de-
sires to post himself ON the latest
phase of fruit growing and gardening,
to meet his co-laborers in the horticul-
tural field, or to join kindred spirits in
a royal good time, should miss the ap-
preaching meeting.
To all members, old or new, whose
membership fee for 1899 is received in
time, credentials will be issued, max
ing available the low rates of transpor-
tation and other courtesies extended in
connection with the meeting. The only
requisite of membership is a fee of
$1.OO which can be sent direct to the
Secretary, S. Powers, Jacksonville,
Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12

even when made enormous and bur-
densome, as they now are; and
Whereas, We are forced from the
nature of things to depend on tax
laid upon goods and products imported
into this country from foreign coun-
tries to raise funds to assist in the sup
port of the government; therefore, be
it
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Legislature that tariff should be
laid for revenue only and arranged SO
that if it shall prove burden all may
equally bear it, if a benefit it may be
equally shared;
''Resolved, further, That we are un'
alterably opposed to the free importa-
ton of Egyptian or other long-staple
cotton;
''Resolved, That we favor an import
duty of SO per cent ad valorem and 5
cents per pound ON all long-staple cot
ton imported into the United States,
and that copy of these resolutions be
furnished each Of our Senators and
Representatives at Washington"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-04-12
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1899.
Protecting Sea Island Cotton.

Protecting Sea 1S1duU NOLC
The following memorial has been in
troduced in the Florida legislature and
referred to the Committee ON Agricul-
ture:
"Whereas, The present price of long
STAPLE or sea island cotton is now far
below the cost of production, causing
a large area of our State to languish,
and a once profitable industry to wane
and die; and
"Whereas, The low price referred to
is not due to over production, as is
demonstrated by the fact that for
crop of 1O4, 557 bales in 1896 and 1897,
the average price for the grade or
"fine'' was II cents, while the last
crop was $4,000 bales only, or Is per
cent less than the year previous, and
the average price for the grade OF
fine" was 2 cents less, or cents per
pound; and
Whereas, The indisputable cause
for our low prices, financial depression
and agricultural discomfort is found in
the annually increasing importation Of
Egyptian cotton, the product of pau
per labor; and
whereas, The democratic party
and people have not deemed it derog-
atory to their principles and interests
to have a duty placed ON wool, pmeap-
pies. citrus fruits and tobaccos; and
'Whereas, The placing of said duty
on the aforementioned articles has
proven a direct benefit to our people,
and with which protection they would
be part without struggle; and
"Whereas, There are but two ways
whereby the money necessary to main
tain the national government can be
raised, and since the funds derived
from internal revenue are insufficient,