Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
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The supreme court decided several
important cases, among them the case
OF the state against J. r. Clement, the
Fillmore county banker.
Clement was convicted ON one inGlict.
ment in connection with the insolvent
bank. and sentenced to five years i'm.
prlsonment. The charge was that the
institution was fraudulent concern,
and on this point Clement appealed
and won.
The supreme court finds that the in.
o1ctment was faulty in not beicg more
specific. and reverses the verdict
clement will not be released, how
ever. as there was another indictment
on which he was found guilty and sent
to prison for 10 years.
The supreme court finds that this
sentence was all right.
Another case decided was that OF
Christian Bongard, the defaultlng
treasurer of Carver county. The YER
dict of the lower court was against
Jacob Towne and the other bondsmen,
and they appealed. The supreme
court sustains the judgement.
After Many Years.
The Minneapolis Chamber of Com.
merce is to have a speculative corn
market.
The dream of years with many
Minneapolis dealers in corn and coarse
grain IS about to be realized, and at.
tempts In earnest are soon to be made
to persuade the railroads to give Min
neapolis show in the way of making
1t distributing point for corn.
Until the present time the bulk of
the corn trade has gone to Chicago.
and stringent efforts have been made
by the exchange of that city, as we'll
as by the railroads, to curtail as much
as possible the development of corn
trade at this point and Duluth.
Corn has for some time been selling
In Minneapolis from three to three
and one-half cents under Chicago, and
from two to two and half cents un-
der Duluth. and it is now the object of
the local exchange to demonstrate the
fact that the railroads will be war
ranted in making special rates to
Minneapolis as distributing point for
corn.
The Deadly Folding Bed.
James Stewart, a mbering man, re.
siding in Minneapolis. was killed by
the closing of a folding bed. and Mrs
Stewart had narrow escape from
like fate
An investigation showed that the
bed has not been properly set when
the couple retired. At o'clock in the
morning Mrs. Stewart arose to attend
to some household duties, and as she
returned to the bed the head piece,
which consists of a heavy sideboard
arrangement, fell forward on the pair.
Mrs. Steward leaped from the bed in
time to escape with her life. but her
husband. who was asleep had no
warning. Although he was promptly
extricated it was found that he was
dead.
He was instantly killed. and an au-
| topsy conducted by Deputy Coroner
Kistler showed that his neck had been
| broken.
| More Room Needed.
c. Nee. Reeve. warden of the state
prison, has submitted a report to the
legislature in which he states that l59
prisoners are now employed in the
shoe plant and that the number rang
es from 1875 to 242. AS all the men are
at piece work he was unable to esti-
mate the value of their output. War
den Reeve reported that it would be
quite feasible to enlarge the Irvine
plant SO as to occupy the space taken
up by the shoe plant, but that a
change of this kind would necessitate
an expenditure of S4OO, 900 for new
machinery.
Is the Dog Mad:.
South St. Paul stockmen are stirred
up over what appears to be three cases
of rabies. A strange mastiff strolled
into the stockyards a few weeks ago
and bit two horses and steer. The
dog was shot. and one of the horses
and the steer developed such unmis-
taxable symptoms of rabies that they
had to be shot.
One of the horses is now under sur
veillance. and the city health depart
ment is experimenting with virus
taken from the brain of the steer.
Pays Quarter of a Million.
The Milwaukee Railroad company
fled its 1900 gross earnings statement,
showing revenues for the year amount
ing to 1905, $50 on its business in
Minnesota. Its per cent tax amounts
to 1924, 1852, of which $500, 900 has been
paid.
The effects of the light grain crop
and consequent shrinkage of receipts
from the grain haul is shown in a
S199, 247 decrease in earnings. The
tax is IS, 977 less than for the proceed
ing year.
County Fairs.
The annual report of the State Agri-
cultural society has just come from
the printer. There were forty county
fairs held in 1900. The receipts
averaged in the neighborhood of ST.,
600. Chippewa county heads the list
with 81, 66O.36. Freedom county comes
next with 81, 637.47. Most of the coun-
ties received from the state S245.61.
Chippewa county paid the largest
amount for purses. S1,sss.75. Kittson
| comes next with u, O96. ~.
| News Notes.
The University of Minnesota won
out over the Fargo college at the
basketball game by score of 26 to 5.
| One hundred and ffty-two embalm-
ers were licensed in Minnesota last
year, an increased number over previ-
Gus years. The undertaking business
has shown more strength. according
to those best informed, and in spite of
its funereal adjuncts, is money
maker. This is said to account for the
increase in it's ranks. The state real
| lied 81 from every license.