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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
ARMY AND NAVY.

It is proposed to increase the war
strength of the Belgian army to $780,
900 men.
Shells of pressed steel and of ex-
traordinary hardness are being made
at the Perm works, St. Petersburg,
to pierce armor.
Among the Victoria crosses recent
ly awarded for gallantry in South
Africa two went to boys from the
truant school at Merthyr Tydvil.
Pasteboard armor is coming into
vogue. Experiments at Copenhagen
show that millboard three inches
thick was impenetrable to carbinc
bullets which pierced fvo-inch wood
en- planks.
The Austrian military authorities
have been experimenting for two
years on the value of automobiles for
conveying stores and ammunition,
and they now intend to test the pos
sibilities of transporting troops at
this years maneuvers.
Investigations conducted by the
military authorities in Rhenish Prus-
STA into the practice of giving drugs
to young men liable to military serv-
ice with the object of incapacitating
them have resulted in the discovery
that in Leichlingen doctor has been
pursuing lucrative business in this
line, young men coming to him from
far and near.
IN T,,no 2O 1OOO there were 09o
petty officers in the United States
navy, of whom 57.3 per cent. were ma
tive born, 1876 per cent. naturalized,
6.5 per cent. had declared their inteD'
ton of becoming .naturalized, is per
cent. were aliens resident in the
United States, and nine per cent. were
nonresident aliens, while 90.9 per
cent. of the whole number were citi,
zens of the United States.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

New Workers will invest in a 81 ,000.-
OOO winter resort on the island Of Ber-
muda.
Cardinal Mezzofanti spoke IFS Ian
guages and dialects, 50 of them with
such ease and f1uency that he was
sometimes mistaken for native Of
the lands where they were used.
Pierre Lorillard is having built on
the Hudson the most luxuriouslv
equipped houseboat of it's kind. It will
not have to depend on lows for it's
movements, as it is equipped with twin
screws and can go where it's owner
pleases.
A delicious flavor may be given to
coffee by rubbing the lump of sugar
which sweetens it over orange or lem
on rind. People who like the slice of
lemon in their tea will appreciate a
slice of lime instead, which will give a
deliciously piquant favor.
Cartoonists and comic papers have
so long and in so many ways lam
pooned janitors that members of the
ancient guild in New York city have
formed league for the purpose of re-
moving the mistaken impression cre-
ated by funny writer's and artists.
The society of California pioneers
has determined after careful investi-
cation that January 2s, 1s4s, was the
exact date of the discovery of gold in
California by James w. Marshall. The
gold was found in the rocky bed of the
tailrace of the Suffer sawmill at Colo
ma, on the south fork of the American
river.
A printers error has resulted in a
queer state of things in Homer, Mich.
At the recent election Samuel Woolley
and w. j. Webster, both democrats,
ran for school inspector and member
of the board of review respectively.
The printer transposed the names but
not the Offices. Both gentlemen were
elected, though neither got the place
he sought.
When the first issue of the confeder-
ate money was scattered among the
people, it commanded a slight premi-
um. It then scaled down as follows:
June, 1861, 90 cents; December j, 1861,
80 cents; December Is, 1861. Is cents;
February /, 1869, 60 cents; February 1,
1868, 20 cents; June, 1863, eight cents,
January, 1864, two cents; November
1864, AZ cents; January 1865, TX
cents; April l, 1865, IL, cents. After
that date it took from $500 to 81, 00C
in confederate money to buy a 81
greenback.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Cut the First Wheat.

It seems incredible that the man VINO
''cradled" the first crop of wheat sown
in Minnesota is still living, and hale
and hearty. 1t is a fact, however, that
Hugh Hoy, now living in Minneapolis,
is the man who, with James Brophy,
cut the first wheat on Governor Ram
sey's farm just west of the site of the
new capitol in st. Paul. This same
wheat was the first ever sown in Min
nesota, which. within the lifetime Of a
living man. has become one of the
greatest wheat producing territories
OF the world. Governor Ramsey had
much trouble in finding someone to
garner his crop. Mr.. Hoy says it was
one of the finest bits of standing wheat
he has ever seen, coming up breast
high on the Graders, who at that time
used the regulation hand implement
for cutting the golden grain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05

The second chamber of the ri1sdag was
to take a vote on the army reorganiza-
ton bill the thirteenth of this month"; and
two days previously we'll informed
| member of that body predicted that a
| motion to postpone the matter would re-
ceive from 100 to 40 votes and that a
compromise bill would receive from 90 TO
12O votes.
The assets of the Skane Fire & Life
insurance Company are $500 900.
Stockholm, May u.-At cabinet meet
ing held yesterday, the resignation of
Dyrssen as minister of the marine was
s'ccepted Inc premier. Baron Won Of
'er' IS 70 nave charge of the department
OF the navy until Dyrssen's successor has
oeen appointed. Dyrssen will be ten
ue'eo a one years furlough as COM
4''alluer IN the navy. 1t is runlored that
he mas been offered the position of man.
aser OF the Finspong iron works.
me newspapers are warning the pub
TIC against the use of mixture imported
from England under the name of egg
POWDER and claimed to be as good as
fresh eggs and much cheaper. 1t is made
OF rice flour, baking powder and dye
stuff. and the cost is five times that of
the market price Of its ingredients
Stockholm. May Tt is officially an
nounced today that Minister of the Ma
rlne Dyrssen has requested to be dis
missed.
Three students were recently seen run
ming with breakneck speed along Swan
dammen (Swan Pond), in Upsala. Sud-
denly the foremost one jumped into the
water, head foremost. and the spectators
took him to be bent on suicide In few
seconds however, he came to the surface
with little girl in his hands The stu
dents had seen her fall into the water
and came in the nick of time to save her
life.
SiNten Won Friesen, a prominent men,
Der of the riksdag, thinks the army re-
organization bill ought to be amended in
many particulars and deferred until the
next riksdag. He also thinks that in
combination with this measure a suf-
frage extension bill and revised edition
of the tax laws should be passed. The
stand thus taken by Won Friesen will,
no doubt turn many members of the riks-
dag against the army reorganization BILL
observation-disclosures tells US that the
chief Of the detective police of Stockholm
is going to make Il search in private
houses for the prohibited book on the
harem of Sultan Abdul Hamid; but it
stands to reason that some reporter has
been side-tracked on that subject
The Stockholm rat war.-From Febru-
airy LIST to April 22d 41,757 rats were
killed and bountied in Stockholm About
$1,000 was spent for this work, and the
city council is expected to spend $1,000
for the continuation of the raid during
the summer season.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
DENMARK,

A case of smallpox just reported from
Aarhus was of the worst kind. the So
called black-pox The patient was a two
year-od child, and death came within
few hours of the time the disease was
discovered.
The general opinion seems to be that
new cabinet will have to be appointed.
Count Sponneck, Danish ambassador to
Stockholm. is mentioned as premier and
minister Of foreign affairs. and Christen-
sen-Stadil and Bardenf1eth may be an
pointed minister of the interior and min
lister of the MARINE respectively
The remains of Schandorph, the poet.
were cremated His widow has caused
the urn containing his ashes to be in
TERED near the graves of Carl Plong and
Robert Watt, in a cemetery in West
Copenhagen.
H. Glund. the editor of Venstrcs Folke-
blad. has proposed the erection of
monument to Schandorph. the poet who
died few weeks ago. Such monument
is very apt to be erected, and it may be To-
Gated at Ringsted, the poets birthplace.
A brewer in Norresundby has donated
a piece of ground to the municipality for
the erection of pavilion. But the deed
transferring the property has queer
rider. 1t provides that only such and
such beer. sold in such and such Way
shall be consumed on the grounds and
the effect Of the conditions combined is
such that no beer but that produced by
the donors brewery can be sold in the
pavilion.
Georg Brandes writes over his own sig
nature that many men with cranky
notions call on him that he considers
himself to be sort of magnet for crazy
people, A majority of this class of
customers believe they have made some
invention or discovery.
Prince Christian was confined to his bed
for few days by an attack of bron-
chitis.
The royal theater is an expensive at
fair it costs the state of Denmark over
$3.50 a day.
So many clergymen in the state church
of Denmark doubt some of the dogmas
of their church that it is seriously pro-
posed to revise the oath which they take
when they are ordained for the ministry
A new stock company is going to pub
lish a conservative paper for West Jyl-
land The enterprise is backed by $4,000,
and the paper will be issued at Thisted.
Politiken does not hesitate to publish
some of the most salacious portions of a
new book on Sultan Abdul Hamid's har-
EN-. which book has been excluded from
certain European countries.
The gunboat Gronsund picked up the
English steam trawler Ceylon, from
Grimsby. which was operating within the
territorial limit of Denmark, and lowed
it to Esbjerg.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
HELD UP BY OUTLAWS GHOST.
Bill Da1ton's Spirit Gets Even with
an Iron Mountain Engineer
in Queer Way,

The engineer and fireman said it was
Bill Dalton's ghost that held up an
Iron Mountain train and delayed it
superintendent of the road said he
knew better, and that the only spirit
either of the men had seen was in a
liquid form, and he at once suspended
both men while he made an investiga-
ton. The men have been reinstated,
and the superintendent is still puz-
cling over their story, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Dad Remington is the engineer re
ferred to, and he tells the following
story of his adventures:
"The Iron Mountain runs through
some terribly lonesome places between
Claremore and Nowata in the Chero-
dreds Of trains held up along the
Verdigris bottoms. We were cutting
along at a fierce rate this night, be-
ing Is minutes behind, and had to
catch Kansas City train at Coffeyville.
The engine was running so smooth
could hear her pass over every rail
joint. Just as we were entering the
bottoms I felt hand on my shoulder,
and, turning around, there stood Bill
Dalton.
'He said in his old-time way: Throw
up your hands, and be quick about it,
too. No monkey business Course l
threw up my hands, for he had the
drop on me clearly. Then his partner,
old Cherokee Bill, long dead, too, drew
q bead on Bill, and we were told to
stop. We had no more than come to
a standstill than Bill Dalton dropped
from the cab and left Cherokee Bill
holding two big guns on us. After
Dalton had uncoupled us I was told
to drive on. We pulled up to the wa
tering tank and stayed there about 40
minutes. Then the ghost of the ia
nous outlaw swung into the cab and
told me how he had gotten even for
trick had played on him once. You
bet we hustled back and coupled on,
but the manager was on the train, and
he gave us a terrible raking. When
we got into Coffeyville Bill and I were
AdAO O1L uAle%CA d Cud1 sc VI UelllS GTu1lk
Detectives hunted for clews on the
ghost robbery for a month, and never
found trace of anything real.
"What did the ghost do it for?
Why, to get even with me. Once when
Bill was living he laid for my train, on
which there was a big money ship
ment. He signaled me to stop, all
right, but I was suspicious, and ran
right past him, getting bullet
through the cab when he found I
wouldn't stop. So when his ghost
told me to go back and couple on it
added:
"You old fool, am just getting even
with you for the time you ran past
me. Hope you lose your job for this "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
SWEDEN.

A so-called Tallerman institute has been
established in Stockholm The aim of
the establishment is to cure rheumatism
and blood diseases by the application of
hot air to the part of the body which is
affected by the disease. The apparatus
used was invented by Lewis A. Taller
man, an English engineer, hence the
name Of the esta blishment
King Oscar has appointed Prof. P. j.
Boethius to fill the Skyttean chair in the
University of Upsala.
A reliable daily of May says, cate
gorcally: minister of the Marine Dyrs-
sen handed in his resignation yesterday"
Minister of Marine Dyrssen is slated for
the governorship of Halland and his sue
cessor in the cabinet may be either
Wrangel or Pihlgren.
The Swedish Press Association has APP
piled to the king for permission to raise
900 by means of a lottery. If the ap-
plication is granted. the money raised
will be divided among the building, sick
and pension funds of the association.
The employees at the government ma
chine shops at Liljeholmen were not
given holiday on May 1st. But many
of them ventured to stay away in the
afternoon, anyway. The result was that
the authorities are threatening the men
with a new "sifting' to get rid of the
shiftless element.
The riksdag has raised the salaries Of
the functionaries of the national govern
ment ten per cent. excepting those who
receive at least 81. $50 a year. THE raise
was made al joint session of the two
chambers of the riksdag. 1t was ascer-
tained. however. that the vote was 124
to Is among the members of the first
chamber, and 1O9 to Ill among those of
the second chamber.
The riksdag has granted permission to
a private syndicate to build a railroad to
Svappavaara.
The queen arrived at Neu-Wied April II.
About so representatives from savings
banks held a meeting at Stockholm and
adopted the main paragraphs of the con-
stitution of bankers union which they
are organizing.
The Swedish Authors Club. which has
ia members, has elected Prof. K. War
burg as president.
The Forestry Association of the Prov
ince of Kristianstad has distributed mill
lions of young trees without charge, and
the Oldest spruce trees planted are from
eight to ten feet tall. Large stretches Of
sand which were considered worthless
have been reclaimed by means of the
trees distributed by this association.
A large whisky distillery is in process
of construction at South Standby, Skane.
Potatoes will be relied upon as raw ma
terial. and the farmers of the surround-
ing country have pledged themselves to
devote a definite area to the cultivation
of potatoes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
News in Brief.

A large moose passed down one of
the streets of Stephen. He quietly
logged along until the village dogs got
after him, when he took to his heels
and gave them a lesson in jumping
fences and other Obstacles
Cass Lake voted unanimously to in
corporate as an independent school dis
trict
The state homeopathic institute, in
session at st. Paul, voted to recon-
mend to the faculty of the state uni
versity school of medicine that the
standard of admission be raised, and
none but college graduates be permit
ted to enter for d medical course.
Deputy Game Warden Blagil1 caught
o. Miller in the act of fishing with a
large net near Minniska.
The State Homeopathic society will
meet in Minneapolis in 1902.
A postotfice has been established at
Bric]Ston, Mile Laos county.
When a man is sent to the city Jail
at Crool<ston he is put to work digging
we'll for the smallpox patients.
Under the provisions of the law, the
state board of health has commenced
the slaughter of tuberculous dairy
cows The work is at present confined
70 the vicinity of the Twin Cities.
Weekly killing days have been arranged
as follows: Tuesdays at Midway, We'd
nesdays at South St. Paul and Thurs
days at Golden Valley.
During recent storm the roof of the
Moorhead Normal school was struck
by lightning, but little damage was
done.
The 42nd annual convention of the
Goodhue County Sunday School asso.
citation was held at Kenyon.
The Henning Creamery association
has organized, with A. S. Winneg as
president.
It is expected that the St. Louis river
water-power, above Cloquet, will he
developed by the Weyerhouser inter.
ests. The company is capitalized at
$1,000
An attempted Jail delivery at Vino
ma was frustrated by the sheriff The
prisoners had sawed through several OF
the bars leading into the main corridor.
David Holmes, fireman on the Chi.
cago Great Western railroad, had his
head crushed by an engine at Elkton.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Drop Cakes.

One cup sour cream, one cup sugar,
one egg, two and one-half cups -four,
one teaspoonful cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful soda. Beat egg very
lightly, add sugar, then cream and
soda mixed together, and flour with
cream tartar sifted in. Drop small
spoonfuls on shallow buttered pans
and put raisin on top of each cake.
Bake in a quick oven.-Good House.
,eeping.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
How Fascinating,

Said the mistress of a Marseilles
shop to a young-and impecunious-
journalist: "This is the sixth time you
have been here without saying a word
about the money you owe me, mon
sier. What am to understand by it ?"
"Ah, madame" said the witty jour-
nalist, "when one sees you one forgets
everything" lie Voleur.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
FalnOnSlv.

Mr.. Nebb-How is your son getting
on at college?
Mr.. Nobb-Oh, famously! He broke
a seniors nose in a cane rush the
other day and helped haze three
freshmen the week before.
State Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Bitter ON AInericaa

Vienna, May 29.-The Neus Wciner
Tagblatt, in The course of al article
advocating the formation of a Euro
pean customs league against the Unit
ed States, says: "America is the com
mon enemy of all, an enemy so formid-
able that each European country must
succunb unless leagued with the rest
Of Europe. Even united Europe will
have a hard fioht''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
NORWAY.

IT is mentioned in the papers as some
thing highly remarkable that there was
no rain in Bergen from April 20 to May
:. The thermometer at times registered
i" degrees. and the rain of the latter
date came in the nick of time to save
Whatever vegetation was above the
ground.
Thieves Comedy" a new play by
Peter Egge. has been we'll received in
Swedish theaters.
Several thousand young Norwegians
have emigrated to America since the be-
ginning of the year.
The city council Of kristiania has or
dered combined tug and ice-breaking
boat from the kristiansand iron works.
A dairy exposition at Molde was well
attended. There were - samples Of but
ter and Is samples Of cheese.
The late koroline Steen. of Drammen,
bequeathed 5000 to the Bragernes private
poor house.
Ole Olsen Kvisler and wife. Of Eof,
solor. have celebrated their diamond we'd
ding.
Meat is so scarce in Trondhjem that
some meat shops have been closed SIM
ply because there is no meat to sell
Kaiser Wilhelm expects to be in
Trondhjem July u.
Norvik. the western terminus of the
Ofoten. or transpeninsular. railway, will
soon receive charter as city Some
Englishmen who held interests there
called it Victoriahavn. But Narvik will
be the name of the new city. Originally
the name was spelt knarvik, that is,
ship-bay.
Protracted storms on the Finma rken
fishing grounds have hampered the OPP
erations of the 10000 fishermen who are
engaged there this season.
Captain H. D. Rund, veterinary sur
geon in the army, died from blood-pois-
oning contracted while he was engaged
in performing an operation upon a sick
animal. The poisoned member was am
putated. but all in vain.
The storthing has passed bill estab-
fishing a commercial bureau of Informal
ton at kristiania. Branch offices may
be opened up elsewhere.
The affection from which Henrik Ibsen
has recently been suffering is now dag
nosed as partial paralysis of the larynx
His voice is practically gone, he walks
using cane, with much difficulty, and
speaks only a few words consecutively
His general health is now improving, but
he requires complete rest.
A cablegram printed in these columns
some time ago may be amplided by the
following extract from the latest Nor
wegian papers received: 1.-The olelsthing
by a vote Of As to Sc. has endorsed the
bill granting general communal suffrage
to men; and by a vote of GO to II. has
endorsed the bill granting communal
suffrage to women who either pay taxes
or who partly or wholly own property on
which their husbands pay taxes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
She Had No Objection.

Maud Ito her friend)-A tramp came
to our house and asked ma if she had
any objection to his eating little snow
out of the front yard, and that he was
nearly famished, and ma said: Ger
tainly not; only to please to try and
eat it off the walk as much as he pos
sibly could, so as to save John shovel
ing"-Judpe
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Don't Want to Pay Interest.

Picking, May 29.-The Chinese pleni-
potentiaries have informed the minis
tiers of the powers that the court has
notified them Of Willingness to pay
indemnity to the amount of 100000, 600
tae]s, but the court objects to four pc:
cent. interest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Doctor and Patient.

DR.. Yungun-No, sir; do not ap.
prove of admitting others than the
physician to the sick room. If the
physician understands his business
he can prepare the patient for the
hereafter.
DR.. Oldun-You mean, if he doesn't
understand his Observation-Disclosures
American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
FIOcks of Fantasies.

Hicks-Yes; Wilkins is a mind read
er. You know Hilarum, the crazy
man? Well, the other day he was
crazier than usual, and then got
drunk, to boot. And we set Wilkins
to work reading his mind.
Wicks-Must have been interesting.
misunderstanding Wilkins said it
was just like reading Sunday paper.
-Puck
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Ilnnk Closed.

Lincoln, Neb., May 29.-The state
banking board has ordered the clos
ing of the Peoples state bank at
Gothenburg, Dawson county, and Ex-
aminer +. E. Emmett was placed in
charge. The capital stock of the bank
is $4,000 and the deposits 100000. L.
c. Lloyd is the president and G. w.
Lloyd cashier.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Az Good aa Her Word

II never saw woman as angry as
Rhoda Flyppe was at Harry Skymore.
He took a snap shot of her once when
her bangs were all out of curl. She
said she'd get even with him if it took
her hundred years."
II guess she must have meant it.
She married him last week" -Chicago
Tribune,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Comedy or Trasedy9

"Why do you call that play q
tragedy?" she asked. Its advertised
as comedy"
''True," he replied, "but comedy
ought to have sad ending"
''And do you think this does?"
SWELL" he said, with masculine bru-
tally, "the hero and the heroine are
married in the last act, aren't they?"
-Chica rO Post
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-05
Found Old Skeletons,

Ten skeletons We're found in an old
Indian mound on the farm of E. F.
koehler, mile and a half west Of
Mound City, Lake Minnetonka
koehler is a foreman of a street crew,
and was engaged in clearing away Il
mound when the find was made. The
skeletons were in pairs, about five feet
from each other. and several are in cx-
cellent state of preservation. The
skeletons have been examined by Dr..
Newhall of Mar<ville and Dr. Halgren
Of WATERFOWL, and they express the
belief that they are the remains of
mound builders. An oldfashioned
stone pipe Of curious pattern was found
in the mound. also some shells. There
are other mounds in the vicinity.