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Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
A Novel Wedding.

Toledo, O., May 20. - August Croft,
aged Sc years, and Miss Kate Putnam,
aged SS, will be married at South
Bloomfield this evening. The wedding
will be large one, but no one whose
age is less than 60 years has been in
vited. At the ages of Is apd II
they were devoted lovers, but did not
become formally engaged until Jan
uary s, 1900. Neither the bride nor
groom-to-be has ever married.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

Six ships landed $500 immigrants in
New York the other day, the largest
number ever. arriving at once at an
American seaport. The incident shows
the size of modern ships as we'll as the
strong current of newcomers to the
United States
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Noted Educator Dead.

Fort Dodge, Ia, May 29.-Prof. l..
Tobin. who founded colleges at Vim
ton, Waterloo, Iowa. Falls and Fort
Dodge, Ia, died Sunday night at the
last named place. He had wide rep
utation and acquaintance. ia .l AZ
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Are Consecrnted. i

Chicago, May 2s.-Bishops D. H.
Moore and j. w. Hamilton and Mission
ary Bishops p. w. Parker and F. W.
Warne, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, were @consecrated for their
work at the Auditorium on Sunday.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

Following is a list of the states which
by action of their legislatures have
approved election of senator's by the
people: Nevada, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, North Carolina, Montana,
Arkansas, Idaho, California, Colorado,
Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Min
nesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, North Da-
kota, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Aged EnRinecr Pas,se. Awny.

Beloit, Wis, May 80. Robert p.
Burt, aged 80 years, died Tuesday He
was the oldest locomotive engineer in
America. He first ran an engine from
5Plattsville to Susq quehanna Pa, and
ran the first engine across the high
bridge at Pough ghkeepsie, n. =
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

y The oldest locomot tive engineer In
America, Robert P. Burt, died in Be
lott, Wis, aged 90 years.
Flames destroyed a large portion
Of the town of Phoebe. Neb. 81 =s
Albert F. Judd, chief justice Of the
supreme court Of Hawaii, died at his
residence in Nuuanu Valley. s5s #.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

Strange as it may seem, the birth
place of Admiral Farragut is not
known. A few days ago the chamber
of commerce of Knoxville, Tenn,
named a committee to ascertain the
real birthplace of the old hero, and it
submitted two reports, part of the COM
mittee stating that Farragut was born
at Loves Ferry and the rest maintain
ing that his birthplace was Campbell's
Station.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

The shear trust, organized two years
ago with good financial backing, has
given up the ghost, its stockholders
losing almost every dollar. 1t is evi-
dent that in this case at least the
shearers were among the shorn.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
.nrOnns1l nend. ).

Louisville, Ky.,s May 30..---Col. C. P.
Atmore, genral passenger agent Of the
Louisville Nashville railroad,
dropped dead in his rooms at Fourth
and Chestnut streets Tuesday after
neon.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Confederate Veterans Meet.

Louisville, Ky, May 31.-Surrounded
by waving banners bearing the fiery
cross of the confederacy, listening to
the cheers from the throats of 5000
men who wore the gray, and confront.
ed by the waving handkerchiefs of
hundreds of ladies. Gen. John B. Cor
don, commander of the United Con-
federate Veterans. on Wednesday
formally opened the tenth annual re-
union of the order. which, in point of
attendance is the largest ever held
since the inception of the organiza-
ton, and which, in respect to it's well
fare and prosperity. promises TO be
the most important it has ever held.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Wants to Be Vice President.

Clinton, Ia, May 31.-Lieut. Gov. w.
A. Northcott, of Illinois, announced to
a number of political friends here
that he is candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for vice president,
subject to the Judgment of the Illi-
nois delegation to Philadelphia. He
has been renominated for second
four years term as lieutenant gov
ernor
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
News in Brief.

cut up $125 worth of new clothing.
Willie O'Malley, aged years, was
drowned in the Mississippi river at
Minneapolis.
Judge John P. Rea, past commander
in-chief of the G. A. R., died in Mime
apolis May %. The remains were
taken to Lancaster, Pa, for inter-
ment.
March-e-ga-bo, an Indian log driver,
was killed at the outlet of the Red
lake and several other rivermen in
jured by the sudden breaking of por-
tion of the big log jam at that point.
One of the dams on the Grow Wing
river went out recently, leaving
large amount of logs tied up.
The Thirteen Towns Old Settlers
Association is perfecting plans for it's
first annual picnic, to be held at Offs
Lake, June 10th.
A black tox was recently killed in
Polk county by Chas. Bell, of Chester
township.
A. w. Bjornstad, who served with
the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment as
captain of Company H, has been
wounded in the Philippines.
Yep Kim, the Chinese laundryman
at Plainview, and a cousin to Yup Poy
of the laundry in Rochester,, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. He died in few mo-
ments after the deed was done. Finan-
cial embarrassment and cruel treat
nent are attributed as causes.
Charles A. Tullar, of Warren, a
prominent farmer we'll known all over
the valley, has been appointed mem
ber of the board of regents of the Uni
versity of Minnesota. ~ss<
Ihe BODY or an unknown man was
found in the lake at Duluth. 1t was
clothed in winter apparel, with a cap
pulled down over the ears and skates
strapped on the shoes. II is supposed
the body was scooped up by dredges
that are working in the harbor and
taken in the dump scow out into the
lake.
j. F. Millspaugh will succeed A. j.
Smith as superintendent of the St.
Paul schools.
Mrs. Henry Henze, wife of wealthy
farmer near Rushford, committed sui
eide, taking poison first and then ty-
ing fifteen feet of rope around her
neck and the foot of tree and rolling
down bank. Her reasons are un-
known. She was 40 years old.
John Gilbert, of Fisher, has been
granted q patent on a land roller.
Beginning June /, the sNorthen Pa
=cific express will supplant the Adams
& on the St. Paul & Duluth road.
Olof Peterson, merchant of Mar
shall, has closed up and made an ap-
plication in bankruptcy.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Seized the EOdy.

A party of Films direct from the old
country arrived at Duluth on their
way to Ely. The men are miners.
Ten days ago on shipboard off the
Nova Scotian coast a child was born
to one of the families. On the train
coming to Duluth the baby died.
The parents were determined to
take the little body with them to Ely
and placed it in a basket covered with
wraps. But the pitiful appearance Of
the mother and her constantly fond
ling and care of the basket aroused
interest on the part of local authori-
ties and the body was taken from her
and buried. There was quite a scene
when the authorities took the body
from the mother, who could speak no
English.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

The United states government has
justYgiyen, up the search for two Pacific
islands which it has possessed the
map-for GO years. However, there are
othersl 5sdsT a&E 9 .s.aGu.No
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Companies of Filipinos surrender
to the Americans, one at Guayapo and
the other at Tarlac. Gen. Macarthur
reports that the situation in the Phil
ippines.is improving. - ,,-.,~-
Great Britain's parliament has ad-
journed7unti1 June H. - ..-.~~.--~
--latest. dispatches from Roberts
announced his arrival at Knp river, Is
miles from Johannesburg. 1t was re-
ported that Pretoria and Johannes
burg We're to be desperately defended,
and that mines and other property of
enormous value were likely to be de-
strOyed. j Is 8 u y
. The Chinese "boxers'' were said to be
marching, toward Peking and burning
railway bridges en- route. :
In a foundry at Juenkarath, Ger
many, Is laborers were deluged with
liquid hot iron and killed.
Filipinos attacked Americans at
San Miguel de Mayumo and killed five
In India cholera is spreading rap
idly, killing hundreds of famine.
stricken natives.
In Ontario millions of dollars worth
of timber were destroyed by forest
fires in the Rainy river district.
Dispatches from Pretoria indicate
the complete collapse of the Trans.
vaal war. Kruger is said to have fed
from Pretoria and British officers at
johannesburg were debating terms OF
surrender. The present whereabouts
of President Steyn was unknown.
LATER NEWS.
Judge Cantrill, of Frankfort, Ky.,
has directed the issuance of bench
warrant for the arrest of former Gov
w. S. Taylor.
The British have occupied Heidel-
burg, on the railroad connecting 10.
hannesburg with the Transvaal from.
tier town of Volksrust, on the natal
frontier, near Laings Mex.
Near Marietta, O., an explosion of
nitro-glycerine in an oil we'll killed
w. O. Watson, H. E. Selton, F. Speers,
and Thos. Daniels. Four others were
fatally injured and three seriously.
T. E. Goodwin, of Lost Lake, Wis,
quarreled with his wife and threw her
into a we'll. She was rescued by neigh
bors and the husband arrested.
At st. Louis, Albert Koening, a
union man, emptied the contents of a
shotgun into the body of Policeman
Crane, and was himself instantly killed
by bullet from the revolver of Officer
Mahon.
The Northern Pacific express Office
at Miles City, Mont, was robbed of a
package of currency containing SIS, 600.
Two children were dragged from a
burning house on the truck farm OF
T. Steer Bicksloe near Media, Pa, by
their s-year-old brother, who, driven
out by the flames, left his mother and
a baby to perish.
The six-round bout between Kid
Mccoy and Tommy Ryan, at latter
sails, Chicago, which Referee Malachy
Hogan gave to Mccoy at the end of the
sixth round, has now been officially
declared a draw.
Small surrenders continue in the de-
partment of North Luzon. Cerino,
the fugitive OF Aguinaldo, was cap
tured near Cabayan. s.zS@ @@a 2s&
- The Chilean ship Hindostan was
burned at sea. All the crew escaped.
The costly soldiers monument at
Springfield, ILL.,, was shattered by
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Bought Coffin for Own Use.

Mrs. III. Reise, of Altura, a woman
7S years of age, came to Winona, ,ac-
companied by her two daughters, and,
proceeding to an undertaking estab-
ishment, picked out a coffin for her
own use. To remark that this was
somewhat unusual proceeding, the
old woman replied that if her hus-
band passed away first he could have
the use of the coffin. In any event, it
was not bad thing to have. She
paid no attention to remonstrances by
her daughter on her action. The cof-
fin was shipped to Altura.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Expect q Good Time.

Previous announcements have
scarcely done justice to the great
carnival and exposition that is to be
given by the St. Paul Lodge of Elks,
No. 50, June 18 to 80. 1t develops that
the carnival will be the most elabo-
rate thing of the kind ever attempted
in the west. Ten blocks of one of St.
Pauls streets will be given up to it,
entrances in the form of magnificent
arches of staff opening at either end
into scene of bewildering beauty. All
sorts of booths will display every kind
of wares, bands will discourse sweet
music and a great midway, rivaling
that of the worlds fair, will furnish
entertainment for all tastes.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
NINNESOT NEWS.
For the soldier.

The troops who leave Walker soon
for the ,frigid climate of Alaska will
be well supplied with reading matter
for some time to come. Miss Gratia
-Countryman, secretary of the state
library commission, has sent them
large box filled with books and the
latest magazines which were pur-
chased with what was left OF the sol
diers' fund contributed to the Wo-
mans Council Library Committee dur
ing the time the state troops were en-
camped at Chickamauga.
The demand for reading matter
among the boys in blue is very great
and Lieutenant Barrows, of the Thir-
teenth regulars, now in service in the
Philippines, has written friends in
Minneapolis to the effect that the
troops there are very anxious to be
supplied with something to read.
Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06
Companies Pay.

Because of the policy ofrefusing to
grant licenses to companies which
failed to comply with the Somerville
law, the state is enriched by $11,175.
While other classes of corporations
have refused to file articles with the
secretary of state and pay the re-
quired fee, insurance companies, with
two exceptions, have qualified. The
two in question are expected to come
in under the law in a short time.
In a list prepared Commissioner
O'Shaughnessy figures that 22o COM
panies have been given licenses and
paid the fee asked. Had all corpora
tions, exclusive of insurance COM
panies, been compelled to comply with
the law, the state, it is estimated,
would now have an additional revenue
of about $4,000.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
THANK THE II

With the clearing Of the site for the
new City Hospital, the first material
work In that enterprise. for which the
Board of Public Improvements is about
to let a contract, st. Louisans have re-
newed reason for congratulating them
selves on the preservation of the Hos
pital Fund, which is to pay for this and
for the constructive work to follow.
We can thank the physicians of this
city for the new City Hospital. These
watchful citizens stepped into the
breach and saved the Hospital Fund
from humiliation when the movement
was on foot to cover the fund back into
the treasury, to be used In the payment
Of current expenses. They visited the
City Hal in a body and protested ur-
gently against the project to divert the
fund to any use but the one for which
1t was intended. The protest was Sue
cessful. Had the Ziegenhein admins
tration been left to its own ~esource the
fund would have been lost.
st. Louis can write on the corner
stone Of its new City Hospital. Begun
Ammo Domini MCM. during and in spite
Of the Z~iegenhein administration"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
NO CREDIT HERE.

In defense of Mayor Ziegenheiu the
Star makes the further claim that his
administration saw "a reduction of 10
cents n hundred in the tax rate whereby
h people of st. Louis saved $500. 900 a
year and the evenu was correspond
ingly reduced"
Mayor ~Ziegenhein is entitled to the
same degree of credit for this tax re-
duction as he is for the fact that the
10 shOne during n part of 81. Louis's
dark days. His defenders can point to
either fact with equal pride.
To know the cause of the reduction in
the tax rate a knowledge of ST. Louis's
fiscal system is necessary. The city
levieS taxes for various purposes-
State. school. current expenses, interest
and public debt. etc. The proceeds from
taxes levied for n purpose cannot be
applied to another purpose. For in
stance. the money raised to pay the
city's bonds and the interest on them
cannot he applied to pay he salary Of
a street inspector or superintendent.
That is the fundamental law. The
Nhe INV tfiN <hSSNAlit1N tiI-
not change it,. The people alone can by
Charter and constitutional amendment.
The tax rate which recently was re-
duced 10 cents on 500 was that which
supplies the interest and public debt
fund" There is no limit to the rate of
taxation which can be levied for inter
est and public debt" purposes. The city
must by law levy taxes for this purpose
sufficient TO meet the needs. The amount
of debt that can be incurred is limited
by the State Constitution. but the tax
rate to pay the deb and interest is not.
nor could it be without a hazard of in
s%olvency and ruin. When money enough
is in the Interest and public debt fund
to meet the needs a reduction of the tax
rate is inevitable. This was the condi-
ton which caused the recent reduction.
The sound fiscal system which obtains
in st. Louis was established when the
Scheme and Charter were adopted. 1t
has been operating since 1873 paying
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
NOW MAKE IT CERTAIN.

There WAS ample foundation for the
confident belief expressed 10y "X-t;nv-
ernor Francis. Mr.. W. III. Thompson and
other Worlds Fair workers at Tuesday
nights meeting 10 the effect that the
local fund Of S:.O0o.,rn will have been
subscribed in fun 10y the end Of this
month.
The surprising achievement of .fe
nineteen volunteers who recently under
took the task of soliciting subscriptions
among their personal friends in the local
business world admirably jus,ifies the
confidence thus manifested hy the
gentlemen named. These volunteers
have been AT work but Il short time.
Yet they reported at Tuesday nights
meeting that they had raised 4 total of
S2o3.Joo. that approximately Sioo.o00
more is promised. and that they found
the greatest enthusiasm prevailing. the
sentiment favoring the Worlds Fair
having grown m~arvelously in volume of
late.
The development of such auspiciOus
conditions at this stage of the movement
Is as surprising as il is gratifying. 1t
must he remembered that the task of
raising the S5.000.O00 local fund is now
at that point where. ordinarily, great
dlfhculty should he experienced in secur-
Ing large additions TO the total of sub
scriptionS. 1t is far easier 10 do this az
the beginning of such a movement than
when the movement is nearing it's close.
The last few thousands of a popular
subscription are. in most instances. OBJ
tanned only through strenuous exertion.
81. LouiSans, however. appear To he so
thoroughly in earnest in their support
OF the Worlds Fair enterprise that there
can he no tagging of interest. II is Easy
10 believe now hat the completion of
the local fund is in sight and certain to
be accomplished within the next three
weeks. The Worlds Fair committees
have received proof that the people of
st. Louis are heartily In sympathy with
the movement. What remains TO be
lone is to now make a final sweeping
n magnetic canvass for subscriptions
that shall result in the victorious termi-
nation Of that phase of Worlds Fair
work. The people of St. Louis should.
and doubtless will, splendidly respond
tc such an effort.
The success of the Worlds Fair
depends upon such Il response. Con |
gress Is now awaiting the completion
of the local fund before taking action |
on the Tawney bill. All other Worlds |
Fair work necessarily waits upon this
achievement. The n great duty thus
placed upon St. Louisans is plain and
imperative. Complete the local Worlds
Fair fund.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
A. DEBTLESS REGIME.

Those men who are placed in charge
of the affairs of the city as the result Of
the April elections must enter upon their
duties entirely un~bampered by debts.
made or implied, to any politician or any
political machine.
They must be able TO make their ap-
pointments as their judgment dictates,
without being obliged to consult any
other interests than those of the city.
They must be in position to pass on
municipal projects that come before
them without being hampered by the
friendships or connections made during
a municipal campaign.
To attain this end two considerations
must be met in the nominations for the
April elections. The nominees must be
men without selfish ambitions other than
to gain honor and a following among
good citizens by a strict performance Of
their duties; and the nominations must
he made n the campaign conducted
without laying the candidates under
obligations which they will be called on
to satisfy at the expense Of the city.
III dttS uebIucIdluH Cdu Dt TGdcUeQ
only through the existence Of an indie
pendent organization of good citizens
banded together to vote and to work for
he best interests of the city; an or
ganizatiOn so large and strong that it
will have the power of electing or de-
feating any nominee on any ticket pre-
scented. With such an organization
holding out for good nominations the
nominees will be bebolden not to the
parties. but to the citizens organization
which had the power of electing or de-
feating them.
1t makes little difference how con-
scientious. able and energetic a city Of
fetal is. II his appointments are not of
a caliber with himself. With undesir-
able subordinates, dictated by politicians
and machines. the bulk Of the energy of
an official will be dissipated I'm super
vision that should be unnecessary.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

ioadirE vaudevilIairs are Ero4el and Kuge. odeli
ard Perry. the WEit!uss. the IiickIaans and Nell
lie sylvester in a bunch Of new songs.
The Battlc Of the Strong with Marie Bur
roughs. is to be an early c'ns- at the century.
savage" in which Nh. Henry Miller will soon
Kempcr. Mr. Gooiwin held this play Tor a long
time and his only Iea- on f3r surrenderins It was
S SiSsS'' his ss & sian' MAXINE Nash 70 E Elicit d han pA Sare
equally a. god .pp9,,uni;y as hi,ns.lt Mr.;
author Of "Richari savage" as IT was her play
sx;.nd ATs ens@se, m.iiisf in NV !sS' T ToGEs asd hf ISnao o'
David BeIas-o'. TIE Heart Of Maryland" viii
he the attraction IT the Grard Opera house be-
ginning sunday. December 10.
The Telephone Girl" Is coming to the Grand
op.ra-house next SUNDAY.
Across the Pacific" is to 10 followed by Tho
Eleventh Hour at Hnylins next week.
Wells band Will begin It's third season q. the
Olympic Tnes,er next Sunisy afternoon.
I1na May. Is hard at rort daily rehearsins
L.: gel stay in Europe is said 20 have materially
improved her apprarance, and London fog,,r. at
any nate. London life-has made her plumper
u an she was when last seen in New York. Fur-
might Imagine glsi to fave returned to hinSrics,
The cast which Charles Fr0hrnan has selected
The vaudeville Geld has he shaken over pretty
thoroughly ans selected from. Edna Aug will
4 TIC 6 ntihuouF. While "thers VIII he Nat e
Wills Montsonery Stone. Charles r. Aldrich and
are Virginia EARL, Harry Con"r and sutton. the
English comedian. Miss Earle. IL is understood.
VIII have the part Of a dsshing French operate
sCuhTette.
The .viceroy.'' sung by The Bostonions. is an
HCunCeo Tor next week at the Olympic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

ficially restored in available places?
Possibly the plan is visionary: possibly
il is practicable. Al any rate. it rep
reSents progress in thought.
No more attractive field for investiga-
ton n experiment can he pointed out
To the Federal Government. The field is
infinitely more promising than that into
which Captain Drycnforth and his rain
makers Were sent some wears ago by
me Government. \ permanent deep
channe in The Mississippi would benefit
The whole niIs'i States. TlirS, expert
mcntS could he carried on Simultaneous
ly with the d~eep-chaunel work which
at present represents the best engineer
ing practice and for which ST. Louis
business organizations have pctitioned
Congress.