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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18
EXPRESSIONS FROM MEN WHO KNEW
SOLOMON PORTER.

SOLOMON PORTER.
j. M. Spicer: have known Mr..
Porter intimately for many years and
more scrupulously honest man l
have never found. I have regarded
him as a model citizen, and his death
is a great loss to the community. I
know of no man that I have esteemed
more highly.
Andrew LarsOn:-POrter was an ex-
amplary citizen and soldier, honest
and straightforward in all his deal
ings. Icannot speak too highly of
him in this regard, and am sincerely
sorry to hear of his death.
II. J. Ramsett:-I am sorry to hear
OF the death of Solomon Porter. The
last time I saw him was a few weeks
ago, and he told me then that his
malady was incurable. He knew his
Time was short but he seemed to take
it calmly. I have known him inti-
mately for many years, and found him
a thoroughly honest, true and good
man.
John B. Boyd:- Solomon Porter
was a good soldier, a loyal citizen,
and as good an officer as Kandiyohi
county ever had.
Lewis Johnson:-Although the news
is not unexpected I am grieved to hear
of the death of Solomon Porter. l
knew him intimately and considered
him as very good man, honest and
faithful in all his dealings.
G. A. Birch:-I have been very in
timately acquainted with Solomon
Porter for eighteen years. He was a
strong character and highly respected.
He was very efficient officer and a
very kind parent .r.>,>->-.. w.. -,
A. E. Rice:-The saying is "Tha1
an honest man is the nOblest work O1
Cod" Solomon Porter was an honest
man, good, |aw-abiding citizen and
faithful public servant. AS a mem
ber of our G. A. r. Post, he was
faithful and regular in his attendance,
We shall miss him much at our camp
fire. The boys are dropping off one
by one and soon only a few remain.
Hon. L. O. Thorpe-When a young
man follows the call to arms in time
of peril and when the danger is past
returns to take his place as a citizen,
broken in health, but with a firm pur.
pose to work his way honestly and
sustain the government in all emer.
gencies, that man is entitled to the re.
spect and good opinion of all that
know him. Such a man was Solomon
Porter. Not only faithful in all mat.
ters entrusted to him, but kind to the
poor, willing to help when needed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18
PROCLAMATION.

: I, George W. Tyler, president
! of the Village of Willmar, pur-
suant to a resolution passed by
the Village Cou neil, ,Edo earnest
! ly recommend all people of Will
mar on Thursday next, the 10th
day of September, The day on
; which the body Of the beloved,
dead president will be laid in it's
! last earthly resting place, to as
! semble in their respective places
! of divine worship, there to bow
! down in submit ssion TO the will
) of Almighty God, and to pay,
out of full hearts, their homage
! of love and reverenceto the be-
loved President, whose untime]y
death has filled the nation with
the profoundest grief.
I earnestly recommend that all
! business, public and private, be
suspended between the hours of
10 a. m. and 4 p. m. on that
day. "
That all places of business
! and all private residences be
suitably draped in, mourning,
wherever it is possible, and
that all flags in the village be
placed at half mast during a
period of thirty days.
Given under my hand and thu
corporate seal of the. Village of
! Willmar this 18th day of Sep
tember, 1901. sES
GEORGE W. TYLER,
! President Village Of Willmar.
[sEAL.] ] zSE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18
Elevator Moving.

The work Of moving the Peavy ele.
vator to its new site west of the North
western elevator has been resumed by
Contractor Eastman after few days
lay y-off on account of the wet weather.
We understand that the building will
be placed some distance from the
track, and also that the Northwestern,
New London Milling Co. and Farm
ers elevators will be required to move
back from the track fifteen or twenty
feet to admit of laying another track.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18
NOTICE..

In compliance with the proclamation
OF the President of the United States,
and the Governor of Minnesota, all
the business houses of Willmar will
be closed for the entire day, Thursday
Sept. 10, 1901.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18

In the absence of Rev. Bradford,
pastor Of the NJ. p. church, the pulpit
vail be filled next Sunday by DR.. G.
w. Riches, of w illmar. Services
morning and evening.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18

self OF the opportunity. Some others
of his personal and political friends
also took leave of him. This painful
ceremony was simple. His friends
came to the door of the sick room,
took a longing glance at him and
turned tearfully away. He was prac-
tically unconscious during this time.
But the powerful heart stimulants,
Including oxygen, were employed to
restore him to consciousness for his
Final Parting With His Wife.
He asked for her and she sat at his
side and held his hand. He consoled
her and bade her goodbye. She went
through the heart-trying scene with
the same bravery and fortitude with
which she has borne the grief OF the
tragedy which ended his life.
The immediate cause of the prest'
dents death is undetermined. His
physicians disagree and it will pos
sibly require an autopsy to fix the
exact cause. The presidents remains
will be taken to Washington and there
will be state funeral. Vice President
Roosevelt, who now succeeds to the
presidency, may take the oath Of Of
6ce wherever he happens to hear the
news. The cabinet will, Of course,
resign in body, and President Roose-
velt will have an opportunity of form
ing q new cabinet II he SO desires.
A noticeable theme of comment was
occasioned by the hour at which the
death occurred. 1t partook somewhat
OF the providential that the event
should have come in the dead Of night
instead of the early evening when the
thousands who gathered on the streets
sof the city were in mo- tender mood.
Had the death come earlier it Is pos
sible that the authorities would have
had to cope with more or less Vio-
lsnce. 81 #:. saa
The Last Fareweils Said. ..
Before s o'clock It was clear to
those at the presidents bedside that
sh he was dying and preparations were
made for the last sad Offices Of fare
we'll from those who were nearest and
+ dearest to him. Oxygen had been adj
ministered steadily but with little
. enect 81 keeping back the approach Of
/ leath. The presid lent came out Of one
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18

The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church will serve coffee at the home
OF Mrs. I. T. Cramer next Friday
afternoon. . =..s f.s HI .i.s. q.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18

DR.. Janeway of New York city arrived
at the depot at 11:40 o'clock. George
Urban was waiting for lin and they
drove at q breaknecek pace to the
Milburn house. He was shown to the
presidents room at once and began
an examination of the almost mani
mate form. Secretary of the Navy
Long arrived at the Milburn house at
1906 o'clock. This was his first visit
to the city and he had the extreme
satisfaction Of seeing the president
alive, even though he was not con-
scious Of his visitors presence. Sec
retary Long was visibly affected. :
Shortly after midnight the presi-
dents breathing was barely per-
ceptible. His pulse had practically
ceased and the extremities were cold.
,It was recognized that nothing re-
mained but the last struggle, and.
some Of the friends Of the family who
had remained through the day began
to leave the house, not caring to be.
present at the final scene.
Such an intense state Of anxiety
existed among the watchers that ru,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-18

mors gained frequent circulation that
death had already actually occurred.
The arrival of the coroner gave rise
to one such rumor and flood of
groundless dispatches were sent say
ing that the end had come. These
were speedily set at rest by an official
statement from within the house that
the reports of death were premature
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
NEWS TIPS.

Marconi will apply his Geographic
invention to steamships. 1t has been
confined heretofore to military and
civil matters.
There is a plan working to not onIy
prevent McLaurin from being returned
to the U. S. senate, but to read him
out of the party. Both are well de-
served.
Prof. Lathrop, of Stamford univer-
sity faculty, California, has resigned.
Several resigned because of the resig-
nation of Prof. E. "A Ross, badly treat
ed.
Old John Brown, the cut-throat. is
so dear to the palpitating northern
heart. his homestead is to be preserv-
ed in Connecticut. He is a fine hero.
We believe the old scoundrel is one of
the immortals in the Yankee House of
Fame.
When Rear Admiral w. S. Schley
arrived at New York and learned Of
the improved condition of his son, DR..
Schley, named after him, he wept as
he stood on the pier.
EuISOu has d new lnNGIlOU. IL Is d
storage battery he has been working
upon for years. He thinks it will COM
pletely change the methods of the trac-
ton companies and take the place both
of. h overhead trolley and the under
ground line. Then too. there is a big
field in tidal connections. At the mouth
of every river works can be erected for
the utilization OF the rise and fall of
the tide and the storage of the electri-
cal energy thus obtained, so that it can
be supplied in a steady, uniform cur
rent.
In Manila U. s. army officers are i'm
plicated in stealings. They nave been
tried and sentenced to dismissal and
Imprisonment. Capt. Frederick J. Bar
rows n Lieut.. Frederick Boyer are
the two embezzlers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

Kinston Free Press. We learn that
the Citizens Savings banks will be
open for business about June 18th Thas
safe has been purchased. and will soon
arrive--Just before going to press
we learn that Jake Williams. the color
ed porter employed at the Lynch,
house. was this afternoon placed in jaif
for stealing s1f9 rom Mr.. J c. Nelns.
o. he Gay Lumber Company.
Durham Herald: The colored doctors
are also I'm session here. The
ton met yesterday morning. with q
banquet last night and viii close this
morning.-The name OF this organiza-
ton Is the North Carolina State Med
icai Association Dr. A. NJ Moore. Of
this city Is the president. and he called
the session to order In the q over the
Fitzgerald Mercantile company. There
are about twenty-five in attendance.
IL being nearly the the enire member
ship Of the association.
Charlotte Observer: Squire Benjamin
p. Boyd. a landmark Of Mecklenburg
county passed away this morning at
1850 O'Clock. Squire Boyd vas know
by almost every n in the county ara
was liked and respected by all who
knew him. He was the only surviving
member OF the Charlotte Grays. the
first military company ever organized
in this city. For many years he had
been q magistrate in this city, and
made a reputation for his fairness and
Unsatisfactory, May e1.-After
the closing OF the annual exercises OF
Lenoir college today. Rev. Robert l.
Fritz. late OF Elizabeth college. was
chosen president. to fiji h vacancy
CT Rev. r. A. Yoder, whose resignation
was sem in some weeks ago. to TAX
effect at the close OF this term. Rev.
W. p. Cline was elected president o. the
board of trustees.-Oxford. May a.
Two men have been shot In Oxford
since yesterday afternoon. On yester-
day evening about night Edger Man
gum. colored. shot Peter Charlesten&
coiored. four times, three balls taking
effect in his pack and n infiicting a
slight wound on his face. Charleston
w~illprobably recover Mangum has
been lodged in Jail. Anothe serious
shooting took place this afternoon
about 6 o'clock. ndrew wiisou-
white, shot Will Corthron. also Whit
In the side. 1t Is thought Corthron VIZ
die. Both are employees in the anna
dy Taylor Buggy factory. They quar-
relied and fought and afterwards VIII
son procured a pistol and shot him.
inficting will probably prove a
fatal wound.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
AN AUTHORITY ON PROTECTION
AMI TRUSTS

The Messenger has more than once
given the figures showing the very
drastic character of h present repub-
lican protective tariff. and how it has
robbed the people through the years
for the exclusive benefit of a small
minority. We have v been aoie
to understand how it is possible for a
Just, honest man to favor subsidy
schemes, a high robber tariff tax and
that class OF trusts so inimical to pri-
yate business and the small firms. Mr.
Charles Beardsley. in the Quarteriy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

Billiousness Is a condition character
lied by a disturbance OF the digestive
organs. The stomach Is debilitated,
the liver torpid, the bowels c~onstipat-
ed. There is a loathing OF food, pains
in the bowels, dizziness, coated tongue
and vomiting, first OF the u~ndigested
or partly digested foo and then of bile.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets allay the disturbances of the stom-
ach and create a healthy appetite.
They also tone up b liver to a healthy
action and regulate the bowels. Try
them and you are certain to be much
pleased with b result. For sale by
r. r. BelIamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

question and bring in wholesale reduc-
tons The Messenger, with his well
known a~ntecedents cannot repose con-
|fdence in Mckinley. He a change
his position in a day, and like the sup
posed chapeleon car take the hue Of
the thing to which ii is for the time at
ltached- Tariff reform is indeed a great
slogan and should mean victory. The
grinders in the mills should in time
be ground In the mills" not of the
"gods" in the well known line. repre-
scented as grinding slow but sure"
but in those OF an angry. outraged. op-
lpressed, iong-suffering people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
Freight Rates on Coal Reduced.

Birmingham. Ala, May IS. The
cheapest coal rate in the history Of
mining in this district has Just been
announced for shipments to New Or
leans. Mobile and Pensacola, a reduc-
ton Of more h % per cent. having
been made. This reduction makes u
rate to New Orleans S1.25 per TOMS
Mobile $1.10 and to Pensacola sl.10. The
rates heretofore have been $1.75 to each
city. The admitted cause Or n re-
duction OF rates to New Orleans Is the
prospective invasion of oil from the
Texas fields for the purpose of fuel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
The Wage Reduction scheme Fails

Fall River. Mass, May 24.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the manufactur-
ers' association which have charge of
the paper calling for a curtailment of
production and a reduction of wages
a made very little progress. A few
agents say they are willing to sign If
they can be assured Of unanimous
agreement. From the attitude of a
number of influential agents this seems
to be impossible and 1t is the prevail
ing opinion that the plan proposed
would not be adopted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
Destitutiou in the Flooded Sections.

Knoxville. Tenn. May 25.-Desctitu-
ton prevails with many families at
Elizabethon. the flood stricken town.
Mayor Lee F. Miller appeals through
the Associated Press for aid.
Congressman w. P. Brownlow has
made a request for 1000 tents and blank
cts from h war department at Wash
ington. He has secured the immediate
shipment Of enough to accommodate
fifty families. The Southern railway
offers to ship free Of charge ALL shup-
plies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

We purposed noting a good and sin
gular act of negro voters at Morgan
ton. at the late election. The Herald of
that place say hat lit should not be
forgotten that in Mondays election it
was h negro preachers that saved
the dry ticket. They worked day and
night. like beavers with their flocks.
and h majority of them voted against
the saloon"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

Washington, May 25.-The damage
caused by the heavy rains at variou}
points in the south occasioning con-
siderable delay to the mails, as we'll as
passenger traffic has been repaired and
the complete resumption of schedules
over all branches of the Southern rail
way is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
The Mollneaux Appeal

New York, May 25.-At the close Of a
consultation today between former
Senator David B. Hill. retained for the
prosecution in the Molineaux appeal,
and district attorney Phiibin, it was
announced that the appeal would be
argued before the court OF appeals
during the week Of June 17th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

Try the new remedy for c~ostiveness,
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Every box guaranteed. Price, q
cents For sale by R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

There we're seventy-six young doc
tors licensed at Durham by the medi-
cal examiners for the state. There
were 14 applications. Two withdrew
and twenty-five were rejected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

The Enfield Ledger, a newspaper pub
lished in the old historic county Of
Halifax, by Jesse N. Converse, h is
also the editor. is developing into a
weekly paper Of interest and influence.
1t steadily improves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

him q dose Of his remedy which help
ed him. / repeated h dose n in
fifteen minutes he left my store smil-
ingly informing me that he felt as well
as ever" Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
drr1ppiSf
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
HOME


The venerable and distinguished
Rev. Joseph R Wilson. d. D.. for many
years b able pastor Of the First Pres
byterian church In this city, went to
Princeton. New Jersey, with his gifted
son. Prof. woodrow Wilson. who Is
connected with the university in that
city. to spend the summer there. His
health has been poor for some months.
He is about se~venty-six or possibly
~seventy-seven. He is very rarely gift
ed. and his many friends and cordial
admirers in Wilmington will be glad to
hear Of returning health, while sincere
ly hoping that his years may still be
many in his native land. Prof. Wilson
has made a distinguished name in the
north as a writer Of books, some
Of remarkable merit. He writes
a good ieal for the leading magazines,
but especially for the Atlantic Month
iy. of Boston. His volume on George
Washington" is a literary and bio
graphical gem.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31

We learn from Lieutenant Bradley
Wooten. but recently returned from
the Philippines, that he met Major Hal.
P. Kingsbury, of the Third cavalry
in hat remote seat of war. He has
command of a part of his regiment.
He is a native of Oxford, NC, He
was prepared by h late Prof. James
H. Horner for the university of North
Carolina. where he stood first in his
class; was graduated in the same class
at West Point with Fred Grant, and
out-ranking him in his studies. But
after more than twenty-five years SER
vice in indian wars. in Cuba, and in
the Philippines he is a Major, while
1T is Gen. Grant, thanks to his fathers
reputation and friends at court"
The Lamar register., 1901-01-09

was both wise and premeditated. The
power to tax involves the power to de-
stroy. 1t needs for its proper and
normal exercise every restraint that
experience has shown to be salutary.
1.-The evil is not that the state can
tax too little, but that the counties can
tax too much, and the remedy lies in
placing Il boundary to the latter as
well as to the former. This can be
done by statute. 1 can not too strong
ly advocate the enactment of stat
ute placing n maximum limit upon
county leyies, SO adjusted rs to compel
fair assessments.
II think it can be fairly asserted
that IL all corporate interests operat-
ing in two or more counties of the
state were under the assessing author
ity of the State Board of Equalization.
the aggregate valuation would be from
Is to 20 per cent. greater than it is and
no wrong inflicted upon any of them.
1.-The state board should also be 'en-
dowed with authority to equalize. As
n board of assessment its functions
have been active; as n board of equal
ization it has always been moribund.
AS its name implies, It was intended
to adjust and equaliZe assessments
among the several counties of the
stdte Dy ucCIe1iSihS anu lHtIeislhE
specific valuations, that uniformity
might be secured and unjust burdens
avoided. 1t has Mt Intervals attempt
ed to accomplish this commendable oh
ject, but without success, for the SUI
preme Court has whenever called upon
deprived its action of all force by de
nying It's authority. Shorn of its au-
thority the board is helpless as n
tribunal of equalization and the most
glaring violations of uniformity must
pass without rectification. 1t may be
that relief for this evil can only come
by constitutional amendment. If that
be true, the amendment should be pro-
posed. and passed with expedition"
The message advocates II highter in
surance tax, percentage tax on the
express companies. horizontal tax
on interpretations and specific tax on
the oil monopoly which controls that
business in the state. He also thinks
the law taxing mines should be re-
formed and less discretion allowed to
assessors. Considerable stress is placed
upon the desira ability of levying income
and Inheritance taxes. A law for the
taxation of franchises is recommended.
The governor recommends the con-
solidation of the various boards for
penal and charitable institutions. He
would have committee to examine
the warrant issue of 1889 and provide
rants MS far as possible. He also
recommends numerous and important
changes in the election law.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-09
GREAT RAILWAY
CONSOLIDATION

st. Paul. Mimi. Jan. 5.-While no
confirmation could be obtained here
from an authoritative source of the re-
ported combination of the Northern
Pacific, Great Northern and Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroads, it Is
the general belief in well Informed rail-
way circles that the deal, II not al
ready accomplished in fact, is In pro-
cess of confirmation.
President James ]. Hill of the Great
Northern was naturally disinclined to
talk upon the subject for publication,
but in the course of an interview he
had this to say:
IT have made no loan in Montreal.
Does it not stand to reason that If l
needed money, l can get it without 60
ing to Canada? No deal by which we
get control of any western line has
been consummated yet. 1 will say,
however, that some of the big lines
hope. by getting together, to reduce
working expenses"
MIR. Hill does not state that there Is
no deal under way. The announce
ment was made semi-officially to-day,
and the information did not come from
n New York source. that the big deal
by which the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
interests were to secure control of the
Northern Pacific and St Paul roads is
practically consummated, and that in
side of a month the system will be in
effect one.