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Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Prince Tuan is man of letters
as we'll as Chinese warrior. He is
the author of a romance entitled
''The Night Flower of the Anshu
Valley" He is patron of Chinese
art and has one of the finest porcelain
collections in the empire.
The Chinese began to write books
before they migrated from the region
south of the Caspian sea. Two of
their greatest literary productions
are dictionary in 5000 volumes and
an encyclopedia in 22,937 volumes.
DR.. j. H. Breasted, professor of
Egyptology in the University of Chi
cago, has just been appointed by the
emperor of Germany to superintend
the publication of his new Egyptian
dictionary. This lexicon will enable
students of ethnology to study the
hieroglyphics in the museums
throughout the world. This is an
excellent compliment to an American
scholar. -. <~ -.
Another interesting English liter
ary landmark is soon to disappear in
the shape of the house in Richmond
to which George Eliot and Mr.. Lewes
went to live in 1855, and which was
their home for more than three years.
During that time George Eliot wrote
her Scenes from Clerical Life'' and
"Adam Bede." The house is soon to
be demolished. " 1H fsT#
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
A Grand Prize.

Sam Houghdahl, the buttermaker of
the New Sweden creamery, Nicollet
county, who has gained so many
awards of highest honors at state and
national conventions of buttermakers,
has recently scored another victory
which places Mr.. Houghdahl and his
creamery in the front rank of the
world
Mr.. Houghdahl some time ago sent
two tubs of his butter to the Paris
exposition to compete in dairy prod
ucts of the world. Last week he re-
ceived word from P. A. Pearson, act
ing chief of the dairy division at
Washington, that his butter had beer
awarded first place at the exposition.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12

E. Osterman, Stockholm painter.
who exhibited some of his paintings
at Berlin art exposition, has re-
ceived gold medal from Kaiser Will.
helm.
The Maglarp: congregation, near
Trelleborg, resolved to build a new
church ON the land of one Hans Pers.
son. The owner refusing to sell land
for site, the congregation petitioned
the king for permission to procure the
land by means of appropriation. But
the king failed to see the necessity OF
such obnoxious proceedings, and the
congregation will have to look around
for another site.
King Oscar is said to have invited
the emperors of Germany and Russia
to take part in a chase next fall in
the island of Hveen.
An electric motor and two cars
loaded with rock broke through the
bridge across the Svart river at Box.
holm, and H. Kant and C. Haglund
were killed.
An edition of the Paris Illustrated
Figaro was devoted wholly to Sweden,
her exhibits at the exposition and her
king. Sweden and Swedish affairs
were put in very favorable light.
Some Swedish paintings were repro
duced in the original colors.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Flour Statistics.

From the standpoint of statistics,
the -four mill year, which closed at
midnight, August 81, was the biggest
in the worlds history for any one
community. More than 14,50O,OOO bar
rels of -four were manufactured in
Minneapolis during the year, which is
an increase over the worlds record,
held by the Minneapolis mills last
year, when they produced 14,2o1,2so
barrels. The general increase is taken
by some millers to mean that because
of prosperous times people have been
eating more meat and less grain, as in
spite of the increased output, prices
and other conditions have not been
satisfactory, and the millers claim
that none of them has made any
money to speak of during the year
just closed.
During this year the mills required
from 62,0O0,OOO to 65,OOO,OO0 bushels of
wheat, and even if the three great
states of the northwest should raise
12o,000,Ooo bushels this year, at least
half of it would be needed by Mime
apolis mills, as all are making plans to
increase the output. Of the total,
also, fully 100000 bushels will be
required for seed
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
News In Brief.

The team of Oscar Bruber, Hay
Creek, washed down Bush street, Red
Wing, and crashed into@the delivery
wagon of ]. A. Schonweiler, throwing
the driver, Herman johnson, beneath
the wagon. The 6-year-old son of H.
Tolman was also thrown out, but
neither was seriously injured.
B. F. Seis, who is now proprietor of
the St. James hotel, Red Wing, will
sue the. Minnesota Mailing Company
for $4,000 damages for injuries sus-
tained by fall. .ss
Fire completely destroyed four
barns, corncribs and several small
houses at Brainerd. The barns con-
tanned large logging outfits whose loss
will be over $4,000.
5 The 4-year-0ld daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Valesco, Holdingsford, had
both feet cut of BY q mower operated
by her father.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12

Setting Of back fire without negli-
gence by one whose property is threat
ened with imminent destruction by fire
is held, IN Owen VS.. Cook IN. d.. A L.
r. A. GAG, not TO make the owner liable
for the destruction Of the property Of
nother person in case his acts add or
contribute to its destruction, but the
fire from which he seeks protect him
self will be considered as the direct and
pro1mate cause of the loss.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS In THE FATHERLAND
Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

M. Halset writes from Moscow that
Russia is the most natural market for
Norwegian exports, and he is of Opin-
ion that proper attention to this mar
ket on the part of Norwegian export
ers would soon give handsome re-
turns.
The Blue Ribbon societies of Nor
way have membership of about
$500.
A Swede who heard Bjornson speak
on St. Olaf's Day, at Trondhjem,
writes to Stockholm daily: ''Despite
his sixty-eight years he is still able to
captivate large audience in unique
way by his powerful personality and
his superior intelligence. We may
think what we please about his poll
tics, but the enchanting warmth
which wells forth from his heart
when he speaks must carry everybody
along with him."
The Total Abstinence Society of
Norway has a membership of about
125,0O0, which is 1000 less than it was
in 1898.
Some eight or ten Liberal members
OF the last storthing have decided to
run for reelection. All of them are
able men, and several of them have
declared that they are too independ-
ent to submit to the party whip. The
party whip, by the way, is denounced
about as roundly in Norway as in
America, and surely not without
cause
The property of the Bohndalen
Manufacturing Company, which was
crowded to the wall last year. has
been reorganized, English capitalists
having invested $725,0OO in cold cash.
The factories will be managed by Nor
wegians.
On the nineteenth of August, the
OPlandske Kavalerikorps (upland cav
airy corps) celebrated the one-hun-
dred-and-fftieth anniversary of it's or
ganization. Prince Carl was present,
and the Swedish army was represent
ed by Major de Mare, and the Danish
army by Lieutenant Colonel Wedell
Wedellsborg.
The first election of the year 1900
took place at Gryteen, Romsdalamt.
This locality being Liberal hotbed,
the Conservatives had no candidates
in the field. The vote was exceedingly
light, only ITO out of total of 900
voters taking the trouble to go to the
polls. This apathy BODIES evil to the
administration.
The town of Stenk jar, few miles
from Troudlijem, was visited by de-
structive fire Aug. Is. The fire orig
mated in paint shop. A quantity of
varnish was kindled while being
melted, and the flames at once swept
the nearest wall and communicated
the fire to this before anything was
done to check it. Two large blocks
were burned down, including the
church, the drug store, hotel and
some of the largest stores in town.
About one-third of the town was de-
stroyed.
The ''Numedal Expedition" which
left Minneapolis for Norway a few
weeks ago, has attracted much atten-
tion in Norway. On August about
300 Observation-Disclosures, including
said expedition, held a reunion at
Vagli, Numedal, and hundreds of ina
tives' were also in attendance. Mr..
Jerde, of Madison, Minn., eulogized
Norway, and Rev. Seip spoke in glow
ing terms about America. Ole Nates-
tad emigrated from Numedal in 1887,
and committee was appointed to
erect monument to his memory.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
Given q Holiday.

The convicts at the Saltwater
prison enjoyed Labor Day in full
measure. In the morning they con-
gregated in the chapel, where an en-
tertainiDg and instructive address
was delivered by Rev. Thomas Nc
Cleary. Minneapolis, and following the
chapel exercises they marched into
the prison yard, where they made
merry as best they could until noon.
An extra dinner was served, and in
the afternoon each inmate was
granted the usual holiday privileges,
such as letter writing, etc. .-.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
SWEDEN.

20
A mass meeting at Lii JAMS, which
was attended by one thousand men,
protested against the severe sentence
passed by Stockholm judges against
those who took part in the recent
street railway strike at Sodermalm.
The harvest of honor reaped by
Sweden at the Paris exposition is COM
posed of % grand prizes, 80 gold med
ais, 66 silver medals, 48 bronze medals
and 36 mentions honorables." About
80 per cent. of all those that COM
peted for prizes are included in this
record. A goodly number of strong
and noted firms did not enter the list
of competitors at all.
A big, fine reindeer was walking
along the railway track at Are as a
freight train came rushing along. In
stead of leaving the track, the animal
started to run ahead of the train, and
the race was kept up for two English
miles, the legs of the animal proving
to be fully as swift as the wheels of
the engine.
A new syndicate, controlling capi-
tai of $350,O00, has assumed control of
the great plant of the Malmo Pulp
Manufacturing Comp1Ry.
The twenty-fifth annual conference
of the Methodist church of Sweden
was held at Stockholm few days
ago, Bishop I. H. Vinsen presiding.
In the course of Is years the member
ship of the conference has grown
from 5,667 to 17,4e3. 's.- ~s ~.
A. Hollberg, manager of the Orgryte
poor farm, decided to infict bodily
punishment upon member of the
colony. The latter resisted, however,
and an unscientific wrestling match
was the result. The boss was victor
ious. Being exhausted by the strug-
gle, he sat down to rest. But he never
rose again, heart failure putting an
end to his life there and then. ~:%
The papers most respectfully refer
to the hunting trips of the crown
prince. But not u line, not word
about the animals forwarded by hind
to happier hunting grounds. Whence
this gap in the accounts? :-..#
& A snowy Flower parade" was an
nounced to take place Aug. 26, at
Malmo-the first one Of its kind in
the Scandinavian countries. <
r. "a. Stromgren. an habitual SOM
nambulist in Malmo, had to be
watched by his friends in the night.
But the other night he left his bed
unnoticed, walked out through an
open window, fell down headlonR
upon the pavement and was killed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
Fire Destroyed Rockingham Hotel,
the Casino. Hazard Block and
Other Buildings.
LOSS is MORE THAN S350,OO0.
Only Desperate ExertiOns Saved
the Beautiful and Popular Sum-
mer Resort From Total De
struction-NO Lives Lost.

Narraednsett Pier. R. T.. Sept. le.-The
summer season at the great resort came tc
a sudden. unexpected and disastrous end
this afternoon through the complete de-
struction by fire OF the great Rockingham
Hotel. Sherry's beautiful and famous
Casino. the Hazard block. the Knights OF
Pythias hall and a score of smaller build
ings. which. in summer. are alive with ex-
cursionist trade.
While the terrific gale undoubtedly aided
the spread of the flames to considerable
extent. 1t is probable that. had the wind
been in the opposite direction. there would
have been little left of the resort The fire
started in the upper part of the Rocking
ham shortly after noon and within few
hours nearly all of the adjacent buildings,
including the Casino. had been destroyed.
The loss is estimated at about s35J.000. half
of which is covered by insurance.
The big hotel was practically vacant. hav-
ing been closed six days. SO that the fire
was. fortunately. unattended by narrowing
escapes of death. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
The Rockingham Hotel was owned by l..
G. Burns Son. and was six stories high
and built entirely of wood. and valued at
$4,000 being Insured for $4,000
The Casino. which was probably one of
the most conspicuous objects at the pier
was built fifteen years ago, and, during the
past five years, had been under the man.
agement Of Louis Sherry Of New York. The
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
GALVESTON CITY'S FUTURE

however. do not furnish an obstacle of
any Importance to the invasion of the sea
when behind IL is a force such as a West
Indian cyclone exerts
Because of the effect Of storms upon the
Gull Coast II has been customary for en-
gineer officers stationed at Galveston to re-
port yearly upon the appearance of at
mospheric disturbances of more than usua,
intensity, and Captain Rich, the engineer
officer who is believed to have lost his
nte. said In mis- report for 1899 that storms
which occurred during April, May and June
1879. carried away nearly all that remained
OF construction trestle and track and caused
more or less settlement of the ietties'
The need OF safe deep-water harbor on
the Gulf of Mexico has long been appre-
ciated- and in 1899 Congress passed an act
directing the Secretary of War 10 appoint
board 0f three engineer officers OF the
army to make "A careful and critical exam
nation of the American coast from IN,
Gulf OF Mexico west of aS degrees and 20
minutes vest longitude. and TO "report as
TO the most eligible. point or points for a
deep harbor. to be of ample depth. width
and capacity to accommodate the largest
ocean-going vessels and the commercial a nd
naval necessities OF the country"
The board consisted of Lieutenant fyolo-
neis H. NJ Robert. G.. L. Gillespie and lar
rett Smith. ~ ca"
II reported that Galveston was the most
elglhle point FOR a deep harbSt bur also
called attention to the harbors al Sabine
ana Aransas passes as being worthy of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


Mrs l. T. Gates OF this city received 4
message announcing the death Of her ia
tner mother and sister in the storm at
Galveston.
Word was received here that Mr.. aud Mrs.
Frarney Mason. formerly If St. Louis, had
,s. ped death in the hurricane al Calves
fpH
Thomas BoZCman. a scptuaScnarian, de-
Tended himself in an assault and hateTy
case brought by his wife and was acquit-
ted by jury in Judge Clarls court.
The Reverend lincoln Mcconnell has re-
sicped the rastorate of Clayton Methodist
Church to enter the eyauge!istie field.
The cost of enforcing the weed ordinance
thus far il sufficient t. rid a thrjy-miie
strip of the undesired growth.
Labor Commissioner RiXey. who was
robbed of his purse on a street car. received
the valuable papers it contained in regis
tered mail package. minus the money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Furriss and three
daughters of Maplewond perished. it Is
thought. in the storm at Galveston.
Nine Of the banks submitted bids for the
city deposits.
The appropriation for cleaning and repair
ing sewers viii fall short. ard Sewer COM
missioner Hermann declares that If the
work Is stopped public health will be men-
accd.
The Convention Of Catholic Knights Of
America elected officers and adjourned TO
meet again in st. Louis in 1907
The body of James f. Case. president of
the Lincoln Trust Company. arrived from
Battle Creek, where he died, and VIII be
incinerated tomorrow.
Joseph Fell. a runaway youth, was found
at Kinloch Park race track and restored To
his mother.
William Jones was shot and dangerously
wounded in fight with Albert wilson, an
other negro. at kinloch Park.
Action on the project to build a new
home for the Y. NJ II. a. was deferred
pending the formulation of a more suitable
plan to raise necessary funds
Work of enrolling voters has increased
since announcement that registrations for
the coming primaries viii cease on Satur-
day.
A party of 125 Southern girls from SEM
inary at West Point. Miss. are at kirk
wood for their annual visit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
of how well the dreadful work had been

of how well the dreadful work had been
! done. T.,
I las a result. the great warehouses are be-
| fouling tombs, wherein are to be found tne
| dead bodies Of hundreds of human beings;
| the carcasses of horses. cows, dogs ana
| chickens. and the rottening cabbage. tis
| fruit of every kind add TO the Odor ana
| almost defy invasion by relief parties .
| .'In the pile of debris along the streets, IN
| the water and scattered throughout the resi,
| dence portion of the city are 10 De fouhu
masses Of wreckage; In these srs,a' Era vpnis pl,iis
| of all kinds shapes, sizes and quailty, from
| the kitchen stove lid to the very hnest
vases with which the people had adorned
! their parlors Handsome pictures are to be
| found lying alongside an ice cream freezer,
and resting beside the nude figure or some
man or woman lies the uecdylng CdfSdSs VI
.'The great masses of debris are not con-
fined TO any one particular section Ot the
city. The cruel waters of the Gull ana thc
winds spared no one and few portions OF
the island. Whirllng houses around in Its
grasp. 1t piled their shattered frames hlsh
in confusing masses and dumped their con-
tents on top. 49,
Human beings were thrown around Ike
so many logs of wood and left to rot in the
withe ring sun. / believe that with the very
best exertiOns of men it will require weeks
to secure even senlblance of physical order
in the city, and IL is doubtful even then II
all the debris will be disposed of.
NEARLY EVERY FAMILY
HAS SUFFERED 4 DEATH.
II never saw such a wreckage in my lie.
From the gulf front to the center OF the
island from the ocean back. the storm wave
held high revery. and left death and de-
struction in its wake. So complete was the
wreckage.
There is hardly family on the island
whose home is not snort member or Two,
and. in some instances. entire fanliiies
have been wiped away or killed Hundreds
who escaped from the waves only did 50
to fall victims to worse fate by beinS
crushed TO death BY falling buildings. Down
in the business portion of the city the foun-
dations of great buildings have given away,
carrying towering structures to their ruin
These ruins falling across the streets.
formed harricades on which gathered all
the floating debris and the human bodies.
Many of these bodies were stripped OF
their clothing by the water and wind ana
there nothing to protect them from the
scorchinC rays OF the sun. Many OF the
bodies are In condition unfit to handle for
burial. I believe that some of the most
conservative men on the Island place the
loss OF human life at not less than 1900
and possibly lo.CO.
THE live stock on the island has been
completely annihilated. Every interest on
the island has suffered. Not one has es-
capped. From the great dock company 10
the humblest individual. the loss has been
felt and is in many instances irreparable.
In cases where houses have been left
standing the entire contents are damaged
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Sept 12-The view taken by
railroad men In this city to-day as to the
future OF Galveston as a shipping port
was far from gloomy. In spite OF the as
sertion that the destruction Of the city
Is so complete as to render its rebuilding
unlikely. A. +. Walker. chairman of the
Board nf Directors of the Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe. said that he expected
the city TO be extensively rebuilt and do
ing business at the old stand within three
months.
Galveston will rebuild said Mr.. Walk
er. ''snd quickly. because the site combines
the greatest natural advantages as "A Gulf
port and has solid commercial backing
IL is imperative that we have a port on
the Gulf-the extent of shipping demands
IT. Galveston offers. in spite of the real
handicap OF her low position. the best
site. and see no reason why il should not
be rapidly rebuilt
Vice President Tweed Of the Southern Pa
citic Railroad said that he felt sure that
the road would repair the damage done 10
its properties at Galveston and go on with
the further improvements planned. A rep-
resentative of the Sabine Land and I'm
provemeEt Company POSSIBLY bfasedD ex-
pressed the opinion that at best IL would
take Galveston two years to recover and
be prepared TO handle the shipping of the
Gulf
I'VE are. naturally. interested in Sabine
Pass as Gulf port, said he. I'VE are in
formed that, while the storm reached that
port little damage was done there Wheth-
er Sabine Pass. with eight miles of deep
water frontage connecting with a S.5e1 600
Government jetty giving a minimum depth
of twenty-five feet and already having a
heavy lumber shipping. will supplant Gal
weston or not remains to be seen"
WORK TO BE COSTLY,
REPUBLIC. SPECIAL
washington. Sept. 12-To protect the CITY
OF Galveston from the ravages of future
cyclones would be almost as costly as to
re-establish the city on a new site
This Is the opinion of eminent engineers
In Washington
To insure the maintenance of the channel
IL has been necessary to erect jetties which
have cost more than s6.0o0.0OO. The :etties.