Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

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A logging train consisting of loco.
motive and empty flats, was wrecked
at Dellwood.
The State bank of Hanska, Brown
county, has incorporated with CAPT.
tai stock of $4,000.
Crookston iremen have perfected
an organization, and will collect the
insurance tax from the state.
Postmaster johnson, of Vida, lost
a separator by fire. Five stacks of
grain belonging to liver Erickson, Of
Amor, were also consumed.
Aug. Peterson, on the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road, met with an accident
at Hanley Falls, which proved fatal
before medical aid could be secured.
The Faribault canning factory clos
ed work for the season after putting
up over half million cans of sweet
corn. Over $4,000 were paid in wages.
The city marshall of Owatonna has
recovered $3.50 taken from a safe at
Belina's bicycle store a week ago and
also $50 stolen three weeks ago from
a farmer near this city.
General Passenger Agent C. S. Fee
of the Northern Pacific has been CIV
en- small piece of wood cut from the
tie in which the last spike which COM
pleted the Northern Pacific was driv-
en-.
Changes of station ordered at the
war department at Washington will
bring the Tenth battery, field artil-
lery, from the Department of the Co.
lumbia to Fort Smelling.
Joseph J. Dobias, farmer of Mil
roy, Redwood county, was arraigned
on charge of sending an obscene
letter through the mails to St. Louis
view company, asking to have some
obscene pictures sent to him. He
was bound over.
The boiler in Lewis mill at Roose-
velt exploded, making total wreck
of engine and building. William
Walker, the proprietor, and William
Smith were seriously injured, being
blown forty feet, and every vestige
of their clothing torn off.
Miss Aggie Bernice Black of Clin-
ton, and not Miss Hattie Black of
Glyndon, won the diamond medal w.
c. T. U. contest at Redwood Falls
last week. Miss Aggie Black is a stu
dent of Hamline university. Miss
Bessie McKeon of Minneapolis was
second in the contest.
John Thompson, aged IS, stage
carpenter at the Bijou theater, Mime
apolis, was found dead in his bed at
the Pacific hotel, his body covered
with bruises and the room furnishings
stained with blood. The police sus-
pect foul play.
John Bancroft, night clerk of the
Bethel, lodging-place for sailors at
Duluth, was arrested charged with
tealing $50 worth of clothing from
the dodgers. He pleaded guilty. He
has been in the employ of the Bethel
management for six months.
The Peavey Elevator company, of
Minneapolis, filed with the secretary
of state an amendment to it's articles
of incorporation, increasing it's cap
ital stock from 100000 to 100000.
Excavations are being made at Min
neapolis university for the foundation
of the Pillsbury Memorial fence. AS
was announced last spring, the fence
is given by Mrs. Sarah Pillsbury Gale
in memory of her father, Governor j.
S. Pillsbury.
John Edward Anderson has petit.
oned the district court to be allowed
to change his name to John A. Ed
wards. He claims that there are too
many Andersons in Minneapolis, that
his mail gets mixed up as conse.
quence, and that he would seek to dc
away with the inconvenience caused
by the commences of his name.
From the Mesaba range leading
mines have shipped about as follows:
Fayal, 100000 tons; Adams, 1,2OO,-
ing, 100000; Mountain Iron, 775,O00;
Hibbing group of the Minnesota Iron
company, 100000; Genoa, 100000;
Roberts, Kanahwa and Tale, 10000;
Auburn, 10000; Franklin and Union
$4,000; La Belle, 10000; Commodore
$4,000; Lincoln and Grant, $4,000; Du
luth, $4,000; Sharon, 100000.
The meeting of the National Assoc
citation of Agricultural Implement and
Vehicle Manufacturers at Minneapolis
Oct. IS, 16 and II, will bring to Mime
apolis manufacturers from Chicago
Kansas City, Lansing, Mich, anG
many other points east and west.
Former Chief of Police Frederick w
Ames was placed on trial in Judge
Brooks courtroom in Minneapolis, un
der an Indictment accusing him of-ac
cepting bride of SIS from Addie
Mills, a woman of the town.
A valuable team of draft horses
was stolen from Andrew Engesetter
a farmer of Wheeling township. The
Rice county Horse Thief associa
ton offers 500 reward for the capture
of the thief.
Simon j. Mccarthy, one Of the best
known 1rish-Americans, who had re-
sided in Minneapolis since 1869, dice
at his residence, of paralysis, induced
by nervous shock caused by the ex
plosion of giant fire cracker, July 4
few years ago.
Public Examiner johnson, in an ad
dress before the state board of equal
ization, advocated the exemption from
taxation of part of the undivided
profits of banks. He thought so pei
cent. fair.
A bold highwayman walked into
the office of the livery barn at 1901
First avenue south, Minneapolis
while Charles Kelso was lying asleep
and stole his trousers containing $40!
in cash.
The report of the surveyor genera
shows that conditions in the Mime
apolis district during August contin
ued unfavorable for lumber driving
Low water reduced operations apt
the cut of local mills. These mill.
received, during August, 796,335 logs
or 56,424,590 feet, as against 54,675,
$50 feet for July, an increase of l,
749,1 4O feet.
A little s-year-old girl belonging t,
William Wudtka burned to death a