Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10

o35,9l9 common brick in the wall and
1,159,969 sewer brick; 69S,599 pounds
OF iron and steel work have been
placed, and ss0,2s9 pounds have been
delivered.
The commission is already to COM
mence preparations looking toward
the letting of the contract for the
marble dome.
Peculiar Accident.
John Little and Louis Werth were
severely injured in an accident in Min
neapolis. The mishap was very Pc
culiar and unusual one, and to all ap-
pearances unavoidable.
Shortly after 6 O'Clock, Fourth av-
enue car was moving along near Fifth
street. when it struck the outstretched
pole of fuel wagon. The wagon was
backed up against the curb, and the
horses We're unhitched. It was dark
and the motorman was unable to see
the danger. AS the pole struck the
front vestibule, it was pushed aside,
| and then, with considerable force, it
swept through the windows in line
with the heads of the passengers.
Mr.. Little's head was struck by the
pole, and he was knocked insensible.
| A cash four inches in length was cut
in his scalp, laying bare the skull. Mr..
Werth was injured in the same man.
| ner, but not so severely. Both men
| were removed to their homes
Gift for the Governor.
| Governor and Mrs. Lind were pre-
sented with Il silver tea set by the gov
ernOr's friends in the state govern
ment. The ceremony took place at the
state capitol, and the presentation
speech was made by James F. Jack
son, secretary of the state board of
correction and charities. A large
number of state officials and poll
ticians was present.
The set, which is solid, includes a
large tray and six pieces. The gov
ernor's monogram and the state
flower, the moccasin, are to be en-
graved in the various pieces.
A Suicide.
The body of Knute Larson, Il farm
er living in the town of Queen, a few
miles northeast of Crookston, was dis
covered hanging by rope attached
to the limb of spruce tree, half
mile from his home.
| Deceased was bachelor, about As
years old, and lived alone, a brother
occupying an adjoining farm. Larson
had been melancholy during the win
ter, and particularly so of late.
People passing his place noticed his
absence and an investigation showed
his stock was uncared for. His broth
er was notified, and he SUMMONED the
neighbors, who aided him in a search
of the premises, finding the body as
stated.
! Not Anxious.
Minneapolis members of the old
| First Regiment of the National Guard,
and of the Thirteenth Minnesota Regi-
ment, do not seem to be very greatly
| interested in the orders issued by Ad-
jutant-General Lambert, Saturday,
which indicate a desire on the gener-
ais part to reorganize the old Nation
| al Guard regiment from among the
members of the Thirteenth, wedding
out those members of the old regiment
who did not respond to the call for
troops for service in the Spanish
American war.
| News in Brief.
Steps are now being taken by those
| interested to have a session of the
state farmers institute in Rochester
this year.
The building and improvements in
Stewartville for 1899, amount to $61,-
$50.
VIM. Larson died in the St. Paul hos
| pital from shot wound caused by
Stewart Webb, Dec. 2, '9S.
Swedish Lutheran Augustana
church society of Minneapolis, took
the initiative among Scandinavian
Lutheran churches of this country to
admit to membership people who are
! also members of certain secret So
cieties: Only orders providing insur-
ance, working mems unions and SIM
liar organizations are on the favored
list. .. .
The cheese factory at Gentilly
closed down after a run of six months.
Milk received, 342,705 pounds; cheese
made, 36,342 pounds. -,
AS the result of premature explo-
sion of blast on the Rochester exten-
sion of the Winona and Western road,
! John Hanson, of Winona, was badly
injured. -.
The St. Paul Barrel Company has
decided to erect large stave and
heading mill at Perham.
The infant son of w. j. Tormey of
Minneapolis was suffocated to death
by the weight of bed clothes.
The Eagle Pants Factory in St. Paul
was damaged by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Agon j. Schlueter. Of Hay Creek,
while in an epileptic fit. fell down
stairs in his home, sustaining in iuries
from which he died few hours later.
Mike Herman. an early settler OF
Norman county, was killed by falling
from his buggy. Mr.. Hennen is quite
old and it is supposed that he became
benumbed with cold and lost his bal
ance.
Mrs. Matte McKusick, cook in q ST.
Cloud hotel, attempted suicide by taxi
ing morphine. The doctors saved her.
w. j. Smith, teamster in st. Paul,
was struck in the abdomen by the pole
Of his wagon and fatally injured.
Samuel A. Phillips, q former Mime
sotan, is under arrest in New York for
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