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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
One of the important DEVELOPMENTS

One of the important developments
the last year in Y. NJ. C. A. work has
been the introduction of library
privileges to the men at the army
posts. Through the generosity of
friends IS travelling libraries have
been secured, each containing from
60 to 100 volumes. One of these
libraries is sent to post or
to regular camp, and remains there
for four weeks, when it is moved to
another post and is in turn replaced
by new library. III
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
Given I1p - Lost !.

ss Tacoma, wash, & Feb. 12.-Under-
writer's and shippers have given up all
hope Of seeing any of the big overdue
feet which has been SO anxiously
awaited at Portland. Over $50 lives
and property valued at 81 200, 900, it is
feared, have been wiped out Of exist
ence within less I han so days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20

The Diamond Match company re-
ports net earnings of $2,014,s3S dur
ing 1900, a little more than IA per
cent. on that company's $15,0o0,000
capital stock. Nearly everybody
scratches the back of that company
every lav
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Big Business.

The St. Paul Union Depot company
has issued it's annual report, and large
gains were shown in every way. Elk
actly 5000, 1872. 70 was taken in over the
ticket counter, and the total revenue
from all sources amounts to 81, 250,O 600.
Over l. 110,000 pieces of baggage and
parcels were handled.
A total of 81, 101 tons of mail was
handed. The salaries in the baggage
and mailing-room aggregated $50, Ss1.
The company collected $29, 3e1 in ex-
cess baggage charges. During the
year, 24,9s3 passenger trains entered
into the depot and 24,671 departed. the
daily average being 1856. A total of
271, 627 freight cars was transferred.
The showing of some of the roads was
effected by the abandonment of SUI
burban trains. There were S73, $50
tickets sold. an increase of 1s,447.
During the year there was hauled into
the union depot total of III. 457 pas
senger cars, and hauled out 116, S43, a
total OF $4,000, showing an increase
of IA, ia. The average cars out per
day was IT'S.
Frank Sullivan, border desperate,
met death near Rainy Lake City at
the hands of Will Randolph, mail car
rier, between Crane Lake and Rainy
Lake.
They had had trouble before, when
Sullivan drew a gun on Randolph, who
took it away and thrashed him. Sui
Ivan saw Randolph driving across the
ice and he got Winchester. 1t was
taken away from him and then he got
a revolver and shot Randolph through
the abdomen.
He shot again and the bullet went
through Randolph's ear.
Randolph calmly turned about in
his seat, reached for his shotgun. load
ed it with buckshot out of the back of
his wagon, took careful aim and shot
the top of Sullivan's head off and he
fell dead.
Randolph then drove 10 miles to
Noochyng and sought a surgeon. who
cared for his wounds. He will live.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
Caution IL Urged.

A statement to the public, signed by
Secretary Bracken of the state board
of health. DR.. P. M. Hall, commission
er of health in Minneapolis, and DIR.
Justus Ohage, commissioner of health
in st. Paul, urges the importance of
guarding against the spread of small
poX IN the state.
Employers are asked to insist that
their workmen be properly protected
by vaccination.
1t is pointed out that vaccination
affords protection up to three days
after the exposure has occurred, and
that proprietors of hotel and lodging
houses can prevent general quarantine
by taking prompt action.
1t is requested that all suspicious
cases of acute skin trouble should be
referred to a physician at once.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
Passing Away.

That the veterans of the civil war
are fast answering the last bugle call
is forcibly illustrated by glance at
the membership. Death has been
particularly severe on the members of
the First Minnesota volunteer infant
ry, and list compiled by Secretary
r. A. Plummer, Minneapolis, shows
that nine comrades have been called
since the last annual gathering, June,
20, 1900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
News Notes.

depot at Faribault was robbed of a
slot machine. containing quantity
of gum and a few pennies. The ma
chine and. contents were valued at
about SIS.
Rollie M. Dart, youngest son of E.
Il. S. Dart, prominent resident and
property holder of Owatonna, attempt
ed suicide by cutting his throat with
pruning knife. The attempt was un-
successful. He was soon discovered.
He has been mentally unbalanced for
some months.
A postofficc has been established at
Norman, st. Louis, county.
Walter Wilmot, late manager of the
Minneapolis baseball team. has been
selected by II. D. Quinn and Charles
Havenor to manage the Milwaukee
American association team. Mr.. Will
mot will begin active work, such as
the securing of players, at once.
The reorganized board of prison
managers elected ex-Warden Henry
Wolfer, to succeed Warden C. McC.
Reeve, whose team of office was there
by terminated.
The work of the state board of
equalization has just been figured up
by the state auditor. He finds that
the taxable property of Minnesota
amounts to 5SS,Ol6, OSS. The tax on
this valuation is SD, 963, 9O1.76. The
average rate of taxation is Is 40
mills.
Paul Nieman of Saltwater. was
lii n1 INV oil t.
Grath's camp at Finlayson.
By the explosion of gasoline en-
CINE in his meat market at Lakcville,
John Medara was badly burned and
stands poor chance for recovery.
The damage to the building and fix
ture was slight.
The Maple Bay Stacker Co. has been
granted bonus of ST, 900 by the city
of Crookston and will erect a factory
expected to move to Fargo.
A movement has been inaugurated
by some Of the leading cyclists to
establish branch of the League of
American Wheelmen in Winona.
Worl<men are laying the foundation
of the new pulp mill of the Hennepin
Paper company's plant at Little Falls.
The mill is to be ready to make pulp
before the paper mill is completed.
About six weeks will be spent in plac-
ing new machinery.
George H. Staples, of West St. Paul,
Dakota county. has been appointed an
inspector under the state dairy and
food commissioner. He is brother
of c. F. Staples. of the railroad aud
warehouse commission.
Mrs. William A. Block, aged IS
years, mother of State Treasurer
Block, fell and broke her thigh bone
and died.
p. Larson, farmer of Kittson
county, has become insane and been
committed to the asylum at Fergus
Falls. Three months ago his wife
was cremated in the burning dwell
ling. and the event has unsettled his
mind.
Edward Gunshannon. bartender at
Brainerd committed suicide by stab
ing himself. Temporary insanity was
the cause. SO @5.5: - - r-=
Eight business men have been served
with warrants for playing cards in the
Gibbs hotel Office at Hector. Marshal
Wenholtz swore out the warrants.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
fleQdnt JeWeIry

Diamond Rings, Solid Gold Fancy Set Rings, La
dies and Gents Solid Gold and Gold Filled
Watches, Brooches, Bracelets, Cuff Links, Shirt
Waist Sets, Ladies' and Cents Chains, Lockets,
Bouretts, Hat Pins, Etc.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02

motel Tor weeks or even months past
The variety of misdeeds range from
suspicion to touch-downs, plain DRINKS
and Migrants. There are % new names
on the roll for adjudication enough to
make fairly respectable army, so far
as numbers go.
The star boarders for the present are
May Wilson and May Moore, cclcred,
charged with robbing Joe Antoine of
S15. Joe is also an inmate of the insti.
tuition. held for witness. He is heart
broken over his loss, which represents
all he had in the world. The women are
by far the more self-poss asscd of the
lot. and will fight the case
Weary Willie, which name answers
as well as any other, when a man is too
far gone to tell any other name, is one
of the inmates. He looked into the flow
ing bowl until he got too dizzy to stand
and then the police took him iii There
are several others on the same charge,
but all of them bear prosaic names, not
worth the mentioning.
VIM Monroe was arrested on Suspi-
rton of having stolen a diamond ring.
He declared his innocence, but the law
will ask more strenuous and effective
denial than he has as yet been able to
give.
Those who choose to get into Jail
over Sunday, and last night were UNI
fortunate. in that there is no police
court this morning, and they get one
more day of free board than they had
counted on. They missed the great
parade, the bands. the red devils who
lent color to the printers division, the
red, white and blue of the BARRIERS, and
the opportunity to ply their various
avocations on the unsuspecting crowd.
They will come up for trial on the NOR
row, together with the harvest of to-
day
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
HEALTH REPORT FOR AUGUST
Large Number of Births-Hot Wealth
er Month Claims Good Many
Victims-Not a Bad Report.

The monthly health report of the city
for the month of August has been issued
by DR.. A. c. Leggat. health officer. 1t
shows that the number of births for
the month was almost equal to the num-
Der of deaths from all causes. There
We're five deaths from contagious dis
eases. -Four cases We're treated at the
city jail, three OF them being scalp
wounds upon the persons Of fighters.
The entire report is as follows:
Deaths-Pneumonia, Z; heart disease.
4; Brights disease, 4; cancer q cerebral.
8; tuberculosis. 8; empyaemia. 1; convul-
slons 3: scarlet fever. 5; diphtheria, q:
shock, 2; suicide, 2; accidental, Il; UNI
known, 1; still born, Z; cholera infantum.
25; cinhosis of liver /; cinhosis of lung.
l; gangrene of lung, l.; appendicitis, /;
senility, 1. Total, 81.
Contagious Diseases-Scaret fever. "a:
diphtheria, 26; small pox, 2. Total. g..
Births-79. d.
Cases Treated in the City Jail-scalp
wounds, 3. ~
Number Of Inspections-123.
Arrests. ''t'
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
CLOSE OF LOCAL RACE MEET
Good Card offered for Last Day of
the Sport This
Season.

When the horses come under the wire.
al the finish of the last race at the track
today, the racing for this season in
Butte will have closed. For fifty-six
days the meeting has been in progress
and that it was we'll patronized during
that time is something really remark
able. When the idea of holding sixty
day-meeting was conceived it was
laughed at, the contention being that the
racing could not hope to last more than
thirty days. Butte,it was said, could not
support a meeting of such length, when
larger cities got a surfet of the sport in
twenty days. But Butte did support the
meeting and apparently never tired of
it, and the result is that the Montana
Jockey club closes it's session today, after
meeting with unqualified success, partic-
ularly financially.
The card for today is a good one and
consists of nine races which include the
Labor Day handicap of $1,000 and a mile
race for gentlemen riders After the
races the horsemen will leave for Helena
and California. Those who so to the
Capital city will remain during the six
day meet there and will then go to Great
Falls.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02

tized and all that" he said, "but just
listen to the start:
" The work of the day being over,
sat down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand,
TO rest awhile in the cool of the evening.
Death is not more still than is this Vir-
Slnla land in the hour when the sun has
sunk away and 1t is black beneath the
trees and the stars brighten slowly and
softly one by one. The winds are laid
ana the restless leaves droop and are
quiet. The low lap Of the water among
the reeds is like the breathing of one
VINO sleeps In his watch beside the dead.
YOU may tell me that is pretty and
poetic and full of fine sentiment, and SO
en-, out I'm here to tell you it doesn't
Whet interest. The idea of starting a.
DOCK with talk about leaves and water
ana the sun and that sOrt-and yet the
Look has made a fortune for publishe
ers and author y
Come to sift them all down, I'm as
much in the dark as 1 ever was about
the comparative value of the starts of
stories. More than fifty per cent of the
DOCKS that come to this library have ina
Productions that make not the slightest
pretence at claiming your attention-and
yet, great majority of them are suc4
cessful. l suppose it's summed up in the
familiar cry, well. it takes you some
time to get into it, but after the first
three or four chapters the action is
good
For my part" said the librarian, IT
like action in the first line, don't your"
Yes said the man who had come for
something. he couldn't think what. Yes,
certainly do" but when he walked out
ne carried the leaves and water and sun
book under his rnn
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
SterIinQ Silver Novelties

Manicure Pieces, Hat and Clothes Brushes, Scis-
sors, Thmbles, ETC., Beautiful Fancy Porcelaine
Clocks Silver Plated Ware-Knife, Fork, Spoons,
Cake Baskets, Tea Pots, Sugar and Cream Set,
Pickle Casters, Elegant 5-Piece Silver Tea Set.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
BIG HARVEST DAY OF CROOKS
Police Make Great Haul Over sun
oay-Miss Seeing the Parade, as
There Is No Court TODAY.

The city Jail books for this morning
show the choicest lot of ornamental
crooks, suspects, and unfortunates that
have been within the walls of Sol T.evy's
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02
ATTENTION MACCABEES.

Ruby Tent No. K. o. T. NJ will here
after meet in the X. of p. hall every
Tuesday evening commencing Sept. Sd,
1901. w. w. HAWN,
Record Keeper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11

First National bank at the time OF tie
attempted robbery and for whom ] L.
Haywood, the murdered man, was acting
as cashier, is still employed by the bank
in the same capacity and when seen eX-
pressed himself as indifferent concern ng
the result Mortified has been working
rather ON the principle of this thing and
as everything possible has now been
done; / am content to let affairs take
their course"
A. r. Manning, who by his effective
work with his life turned the tide Of the
battle against the robbers, was item en-
gagged in the hardware business. He SAID:
IF / had my way at the time they were
tried, they would have been hanged Of
course, they have now been in prison for
good many years and whether they
ought to stay there or not I don't know.
1 haven't anything against the men; they
didn't harm me, but they certainly de-
served their sentence OF course they
may be repentant now, after undergoing
so much time in prison, but had affairs
resulted 1avorably for them in this rob-
berry, they might have made a still worse
record. It's a hard matter to decide
and yet l can't help feeling their punish
ment is just"
Mr. Manning distinguished himself at
the time of the raid by his GOODNESS and
bravery, he and DR.. Wheeler. now a
practicing physician at Grand Forks, N.
D., doing serious injury to the robbers.
Their shots were very effective, thr> e
men falling dead from their bullets. 1t
is said that at least thirty shots were
fired at Manning alone, yet he escaped
without a scratch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11
Firms IN NORTHWEST
LARGEST INDIVIDUAL UNIT IN
THIS SEASONS IMNII-
GRAFTON
THEY MAKE GOOD CITIZENS
Accustomed to Hardship and Pow
erty, They Appreciate Conditions
in This COuntry-InteiIigent
and Industrious.

immigration from the East and from
European points is about over for the
year, although almost every train from
the East brings in stray arrivals. The
season has been by long odds the best
on record, and the Northwest has prob
ably received an increase in population
of about 100000 The Scandinavian
peninsula has contributed largely to this
total but probably the Firms represent
the largest individual unit in the immi-
grafton. These people are desirable ac-
Quisitions Judging by the showing Of
the few who have come in past years.
They are strong, used to every kind of
hardship, and are above all industrious
and frugal AS a general rule they
compare favorably with other classes
of European immigrants in point of In
telligence, and morally they are as high
a class as this country mas ever received.
Accustomed to the arid wastes of their
native country, the fertile soil of the
farms of Minnesota appeals to them as
an unknown and unaccustomed luxury,
and they are successful husbandmen.
The oppression and injustice which they
have been receiving at the hands of
Russia for generations renders them
peculiarly appreciative of the insutu-
tons OF this country, and they are max
ing model citizens.
Norwegians and Swedes form the next
largest unit in the seasons immigration,
while other countries have contributed
smaller numbers.
While fair, there has been no notable
movement of farmers from the middle
states. Minnesota seems too near home
TO them, and for the most part they are
making for Washington and Idaho.
Next year, however, promises a larger
influx of this class, and immigration
agents are working with this end in
view.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11
HARRISON is PARDONED
FOUND THAT HE WAS CONVICTED
ON UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE.

The board of pardons yesterday recon-
sidered the application of Claude Har-
rison for pardon and decided to grant it.
Harrison, who is but q years of age.
was sentenced from st. Louis county,
Nov q, 1900, to the state reformatory
for carnal knowledge of a female child.
At the meeting of the board on Monday
last evidence was produced to show that
the age of the girl in question, Violet
Cameron, was really more than sixteen
years, whereas it had been represented
at the trial of Harrison that she was
but fourteen years old at the time Of the
offense. This evidence was Of the nature
Of testimony given by both the girl and
her mother in a. trial In the police court
of West Superior in which the girl was
charged with being found in house Of
il-repute, and statements made by the
girl and her mother to a number Of per-
sons in Duluth. Evidence was also pre-
scented to show that the girl had not
borne a good reputation either before or
since Harrisons alleged offense
The board also decided to write to
Warden Randall, of the reformatory re-
garding the record at that institution Of
Charles Moberg, sentenced from Henne-
pin county for grand larceny in the sec
ond degree. Moberg is but nineteen years
of age, and his pardon has been recon-
mended by the county attorney and the
trial Judge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11
VICTORY AT LAST.
George NJ. Bennett Talks of the Pro-
IOnged Struggle.

Regarding the movement leading up to
the parole of the Younger boys, George
M Bennett, author of the Wilson parole
bill, yesterday said;
II want to say at the outset to do JUS
tice to Justice Start, who has been re-
garded all along as the stumbling block
in the way of the release of the Younger
brothers, the charges which nave been
made against Justice Start in this regard
are not true. He is evidently man
who exercises on al occasions those truly
judicial virtues-silence and circumspec"
ton. He refused to agree to absolute
pardon III 1897. Never from that time to
this has he changed his position in
that connection. He never said he would
not vote to parole or release these men.
In granting the parole he has done
nothing in the least inconsistent with the
position he originally took. There have
their release-the first by eX-Gov. Mar
shall, now deceased, who worked per-
sistently for their release for a number
of years until his death. Other attempts
were subsequently made by parties from
Missouri, but such moves were almost
wholly confined to that state. There
was but little attempt to create senti-
ment in favor of the men by the city
or state After their failure to obtain
pardon In 1897, interested myself in
their case on my own account, not as
an attorney | wished to obtain some
facts, If possible as to their early his
men. l communicated with the Of
ficers of the Union army resident in the
section they came from, who had knowl-
edge of the family history of the men,
and their conduct as soldiers.
q received such information from Maj.
Foster, of st. Louis; Col. Rogers, or
Kansas City, and others. 1 established
fully that they were regular soldiers OF
the Confederate army, and that their
conduct during the war was that of good
soldiers rather than the cut-throats they
had been represented to- be. I then
proceeded to gather together petitions
and letters from the most prominent
citizens of Mmnesota-among them Sen
ator Davis and Gov. Ramsey and filed
such documents With the board Of par
dons to sustain the movement.
Feeling that they could not procure a
parole in 1899, I drafted the Wilson parole
bill, presented by Gen. George P. Will
son, of Minneapolis, and which was
finally defeated in the house. At the
last session of the legislature l Joined
Representative Deming, of Minneapolis,
and together we arranged the details of
the new bill drafted by Mr. Deming,
which was finally passed by the legisla-
ture, with this most gratifying result.
7 have been interested in this case solely
from motives of humanity, and I believe
the intelligent public will be glad TO
know that the Youngers are about to get
a look at this great, round world from
which they have been so long shut out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11
FAT CONTRACTS LET
SIDERS LATE PAVING
BIDS
OFFERS LOWEST ON RECORD
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
and the Il. f. Conway Conn
pany Secure Majority of
the Contracts.

Paving contracts involving a large area
of St. Paul streets were awarded by the
board of public works yesterday, and
will go before the two bodies Of the coun-
Gil next week for confirmation The con-
tracts were distributed between the Bar
Der Asphalt Paving company, r. F. Con-
way company and Fielding & Shepley
as follows:
Paving with asphalt Marshall avenue
from Western to Grotto. and on Western
from Dayton to Marshall; engineers es-
innate, $4S,2S7; R. F. Conway company,
$29, 9G0
Paving with asphalt Central Park
place, east. and west; engineers estimate
$6,615; R. r. Conway company, &,574.50
Paving with sandstone Minnehaha
street, from Payne avenue to Northern
Pacific bridge; engineers estimate, $292S;
Fielding & shepley, $2,7OO
Paving with sandstone Minnesota street,
from Eighth to Eleventh street; engi-
neer's estimate, $12153; Barber Asphalt
Paving company, SIZES.
Paving with asphalt Minnesota street,
from Eleventh to Summit avenue; engi-
neer's estimate, $1,000; Barber Asphalt
Paving company 5,64736
There are a number of other paving
contracts yet to be let, but they have
been held over until the assessment Of
the district is finished.
Because of the fact that the contracts
awarded are not based on the indemnity
resolution passed by the council some
apprehension is expressed of their get
ting through None of them, however,
come under this measure, the specifica-
tons being prepared before the resolution
passed, and their consideration, it is
thought, will be unanimous.