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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
JAPANESE BURIED ALIVE.
Horrible Superstition That Leads
Some Persons to Offer Them :
selves az Subjects

In old Japan people were sometimes
buried alive-or, more frequently, al
lowed themselves to be buried alive
at the Inauguration of any difficult
piece of engineering work, in order to
impart, as they thought, strength and
life to the undertaking. The victims
of the horrible superstition were
known under the suggestive titles Of
human pillars and many are the
quaint and wierd stories that have
been woven around this custom and are
recounted to this very day by Japan
ese grandmothers, writes Francis Nc
Cullagh, in the Chicago Daily News.
No one would imagine that any
grown-up Jananese of the present day
would seriously believe in these tales,
much less offer to "adorn' one of them
in Johnson's phrase-yet this is ex-
actly what two japanese have just
done. It came about in this wise: The
Buddhists of Osaka recently opened
subscription lists for the erection of
big belfry with monster bell at Ten
noji temple, in the suburbs of that city.
An old lady, fervent Buddhist, living
in the south island of Japan, got wind
of the scheme and Immediately had a
letter written to the high priest of the
temple intimating that she was will
ing to offer herself as sacrifice Of
the ''human pillar" variety if the tenn
pie authorities did not object. OF
course, they did object, with the result
that nothing more has been heard of
! the old woman or her extraordinary
| offer.
! The second enthusiast was an ex-
priest of Osaka. Gwano Hayashi by
name, who was living comfortably
with his wife and two children and
who was 40 years old. One evening
last month a policeman attached to
the Tennoji police station noticed
the figure of man, clad entirely in
white, proceeding cautiously toward
the temple. The lateness of the hour
aroused the suspicious of the police
man, who, on drawing nearer, no.
ticed that the stranger was carrying
on his back coffin. On the closer
approach of the policeman the stran-
ger attempted to run, but was soon
overtaken and led to the station.
An examination of the coffin re-
vealed singularly beautiful old
sword and mortuary tablet. A let
ter addressed to the head priest of
the temple, which was discovered on
the person of the prisoner, explained
exactly W hat the latter had been
about to do with himself. The man,
on being interrogated, calmly con-
fessed that he had resolved to com;
nit suicide that night in the tenn
pie premises in order, as he elegant
ly put it, 'to vitalize the collection
of the bell funds and to give strength
to the belfry on it's completion
The wouldJbe suicide was perfect.
~ sane and not illiterate; and the
police, assisted by the local Buddhist
priests finally succeeded in making
him see his folly and in making him
promise to abandon his rash prof
ect.
He was consequently released, but
insisted on leaving behind in the
hands of the police his valuable
sword, an heirloom in his family anc
an excellent specimen of the sword
smiths art. His reason for doing sc
was that he could not trust himself
with the weapon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

GROW N PRlNCESS OF ROUMANlA.
(Favorite Daughter of the Late Duke Of
Edinburgh.)
tense interest to all of Europe, and
especially to Great Britain.
The crown >princess is the daugh-
ter of the late duke of Edinburgh,
and is, of course, a princess of Sake
Coburg and Gotha. She was educat-
ed with the greatest care, for the
duchess of Edinburgh believed in a
real higher education for her daugh-
tiers.
But book knowledge cannot make
the Roumanian prince forget his
sweetheart of humber birth. His
aunt, the famous Carmen SYLVIA"
took deep interest in the love affair
of the young nephew. There was q
pretty lady-in-waiting, Mile. Helene
Vacaresco, whom the prince loved
most devotedly, and his affections
were reciprocated. The king object
ed to such a match and forbade the
proposed marriage.
The lady-in-waiting left the court
and only returned after the crown
prince and the daughter of the duke
of Edinburgh had been married. It
seems, according to report from Rou-
mania court circles, that the prince
has fallen in love once more with his
old sweetheart, and hence the domes-
tic woes in the royal palace.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Mas.aee for sleep1e.snes..

Massage is most helpful to some suf-
ferers from insomnia. If there be no
one at hand who understands the art,
any one with fair intelligence can rub
the head and the feet slowly and gen
tly, in such a way as to induce sleep.
If this rubbing follows warm bath,
in a quiet, dark or dimly lighted room,
the patient will probably be asleep in
a quarter to half an hour. A hot drink
on retiring to bed is often exceedingly
useful and for general use nothing is
probably better than hot milk or beef
tea, For the aged a cup of black coffee
on retiring sometimes has excellent
effect in inducing sleep by improving
the cerebral circulation. When Sleep
lessness is the result of overfatigue
one may convert the fatigue into nat
ural tiredness by little stimulant.-
Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Tax Statement.

The state auditor has completed the
tax statement. for the year ending
1901, presented the same to the legis.
lature. It is an abstract of the tax
lists of the several counties of the
state, the total taxable valuation OF
the state, the average rate of taxation
and the taxes levied for all purposes,
state, county, city and village, town.
ship, school. etc.
1t shows the number of acres OF
land assessed, exclusive of the cities,
to be greater than ever before, 36,9OO,-
284, the valuation for the same being
$267, 340,220.
st. Louis county has the largest
number of acres of land, exclusive OF
town lots, 1887, SIT; Otter Tail is Sec
ond, with 1,214,e19, and Polk third.
with 1,13s,65S. The average value pc,
acre of all this land is $725.
The county having the highest av
erage acre value is Hennepin, with
$57.36; Ramsey is second, $29:2S; Da
kota third, $14.66; Blue Earth fourth
$14.45. Aitlin county is the lowest on
the list, it's land being worth ON an
average of only $1.47 per acre.
In the value of taxable personal
property, Hennepin county is first
with $23,299,41s; Ramsey second, with
$16,Os7, $50; St. Louis third, with ST.
579,534; Winona fourth, $2,29s,s21
Goodhue fifth. $1,9S4,2SS.
The average rate of taxation in
mills, for all. counties of the state, il
27.1. Red Lake county leads, with ar
average rate of 53.S; Roseau second
51.2; Mile Laos, 46.6; Kanabec, AL
The lowest rate is in Dodge county
16.S
The totals for the year in the Other
items are: Number of acres of land
exclusive of town lots, 36,9O0,2S4
value of land other than town lots
with structures, $267, 34O, 800; average
value per acre, $7.25; value of towl
and city lots, including structures
1925 ,sOO,35O; value of taxable persona
property, $107, s40,O44; total value
$600,9so,614; average rate of taxation
mills, 27.1. Total taxes levied, SIG,
269,671.55.
State Taxes-Revenue, soldiers re
lief and funding tax funds, 1.6 mills
$961 ,734.9S; school and university tax
$3.50, 439.76; interest and principal OF
state loans, 1914, 273.1s; county reve
nue., $1,Ss2, sOO.1s; road and bridge
1875, 2o4.63; poor, 1907, s71.63; bond
and interest other than state loans
S34t,776.3S; other special taxes, 1898,
0s392.
City and Village Taxes-Revenue
$3,173,9S5.93; road and bridge, SAT,
1868; poor, S156, 024.27; bonds and in
terest other than state loans, $917,
4s9.73; local assessments, $705,341.95
other special taxes, $114,79s.35.
Township Taxes-Revenue, $44s,
634.70; road and bridge, $535,416.93
poor, $46,5s3.5S; bonds and interes
other than state loans, $61, 743.35; de
linquent road, $139,530.01; other spe
cial taxes, $47,SS0.93.
! School District Taxes-Loca1, mill
$500, 505.49; bonds and interest othe
than state loans, $69,O66.14; other spe
cial taxes; $4,016,6 96.47.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

At the royal coronation at Westminster
Abbey, next June, an Interesting feature
will be the wearing by the peers and peer
esses of the realm of the various coronets
in which it is compulsory that they should
appear. According to the kings COM
mands, these coronets will be made in
crimson silk. with caps of crimson velvet,
resting on band Of ermine, and finished
at the top with gold tassel. The dukes
coronet has eight strawberry leaves, while
that Of the marquis has four strawberry
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
PRINCESS IN TROUBLE.
Heir to Roumania's Throne Neg
lects His Young Wife for His
BoyhoOd's Sweetheart.

Following closely upon the trou-
bles in the palace of the king of
Servia, which for time seemed des-
tined to mean a divorce from Queen
Draga, comes the latest report con-
corning the marital woes of the
crown prince and crown princess of
Roumania. A separation of this
royal young couple would be of in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

Gunnar Knudsen, member of the
storthing, has been appointed a mem
Der of that part of the Norwegian cab.
met which has it's headquarters in
Stockholm. Knudson succeeds Spare,
who was appointed rear admiral in
place of the late Rear Admiral Won
Krogh.
Premier Steen is bedridden on &C.
count of slight cold.
Trondhjem has 1900 men who are
without employment.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
State Fair Improvements.

Arrangements have been made by
the Minnesota Agricultural society for
the construction of one mile of cement
sidewalk at the state fair grounds as
soon as the weather will permit. Be-
sides this, plans are being drawn for
new sheep barn which will double the
capacity of the Department.; the sani-
tary system is to be extended to take
in the entire reservation and the addi-
ton on the east end of the grand
stand is to>be completed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

leaves and four silver balls, known tech
nically as pearls" The marchionesses.
on the other hand, have their coronetS
adorned with eight pearls arranged alter
nately with small strawberry leaves. The
earrs coronet has eight of these large sill
yer pearls mounted on high golden rays,
while the viscount's crown has fourteen
pearls not mounted, and the crown of a
baron six pearls. The prices Of the coro-
nets vary in silver-gilt from $50 to 500, and
in gold from $3.50 to $500.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

What He May Have Meant.
Miss Smith-The doctor told mother
that I'll never see 40. Do you think he
means that have fatal malady?
Miss Judson-Not at all; he means
that you'll never get through being 80.
Judge. -. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
one OF the Many.

Surely, Miss Gray, you haven't for
gotten me already? Why, I proposed
to you ct the seash0re last summer.
Miss Gray (much puzzled Cant
you recall some otAar Incident
JudsA
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Flour Is a Fine Cleanser

When knitted or crocheted article
becomes soiled it may be dry cleaned
by sprinkling over it flour, meal or
cornstarch and allowing it to remain
for some little time. When it is shaken
off the dirt will go with it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

Baked In q Quarry.
= Shiney Patches-What sort of cake
is this that the lady gave you?
Weary Willie-She said that it was
marble cake. y
: Shiney Patches - Marble nothing!
It's granite.-N. Y. Herald. a.~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
\ Ocean.
HAPPENINGS u IN THE FA1HERLABD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
s7 IN the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
IT. or 20 Just Past.
DENMARK.

The officials at Copenhagen deny
that it has decided to take plebiscite
OF the Danish West Indies after the
ratification by the United States of
the treaty providing for the sale of
those islands to the United States.
/. The new cabinet seems to be willing.
to give the Icelanders more than they
have asked for. A special minister
for Iceland is what the Icelanders
have demanded for years, but they
did not dare to ask that he should re-
side in Iceland. Now the king has
announced that the Icelanders will
not only have a special minister, but
ter reside in Reykjavik. Other popu-
lar recessions will no doubt strength
en- the ties already existing between
the two countries.f
In view of the fact that some Eng
fish writer's are again attempting to
works We're not written by Shake
speare, the following may be quoted
from George Brandes: ''It is gang
of poor dilletants in America and Eu-
rope who have had cheek enough to
deny the shakespearean authorship of
the works published in 'Shakespeare's'
NAME" The acknowledgements cru
SADIE, he says, is due to american and
European foolishness," and the cru
saders themselves are ''scarcely half
educated"
George Brandes has published bio
graphical sketch of Louis Pho, who
for some time was the leader of the
Danish socialists, and spent the latter
part of his life in America. The life
OF Pho was not without flaws, but
Brandes thinks stronger men than Pho
would have been destroyed by the
persections to which the Danish au-
thOrities subjected him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Rellirerent Kentucky.

i Statesman-What you Kentucky pol
ihcians want to do is to get together.
Oh, don't know:
whenever we do get together there are
fewer Of US to get together the next
tine.-Detroit Free Prss. SIS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Easy Chair for Kitchen.

Easy CH8Ir TOT NItCnen.
Keep your most restful chair in the
kitchen. It is Lots cheaper to sit than
stand while waiting for some thing to
cook or getting the vegetables ready
for dinner
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Bank Examiner.

Lyman J. Baird, who has been ap-
pointed national bank examiner for
Minnesota and the western district of
Wisconsin, is president Of the First Ma
tional bank of Austin, in which city
he makes his home. Mr.. Baird is ma
tive of that city, having been born in
Austin, Oct. II, 1857.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
DECOYED BY A SHE WOLF.
A Michigan Trapper's Foxy Method
Of Getting Many Pelts and
Much Bounty.

For several months Wendelin
Krisch, a trapper residing near Mes
toria, has at frequent intervals ap-
peared at the county clerks Office
with wolf pelts on which he has
been paid bounty of $17 apiece, and
in the aggregate has drawn large
sum. The success of the trapper has
caused much speculation as to the
methods he followed, the wolves be-
ing very cunning, stunning poison
and not often being trapped.
Now Krisch's secret has leaked
out, says Baraga (N1ich.) report in
the Minneapolis Journal. It devel-
aged to catch a female wolf in
trap. He built large yard near his
shanty and in it keeps the wolf, fast
ened to a log chain. Her bowls
bring wolves for miles around, and
the trapper, sitting in his cabin,
calmly shoots them at his leisure.
In every section of the peninsula
wolves are reported unusually nu-
merous this year. The deer in con-
sequence are suffering, as the many
carcasses seen in the woods testify,
and lately even men have been at
tackled. Only a day or two ago a
case of the latter 'transpired in
Dickinson county.
Claude Freckleton, employed as a
cook at logging camp, six miles
from Floodwood, started in the even
ing to walk to the village. When
half the distance he heard something
running toward him and, turning,
saw wolf close by. The man, not
being armed, was badly frightened.
The yelps of the wolf were answered
by others, and soon four other of
the animals had joined their compan-
ion. Freckleton luckily managed to
find club, and thus armed began
backing away. The hungry animals
would circle around him and snap at
his legs, and whenever they came
near enough he would strike at
them.
In this manner the three remain
ing miles were travelled. Freckle-
Ton eApcCIcu every AAAAuC0 "OuAu NC
his last, until finally when, just at
the outskirts of the town, the wolves
made q jump at him. The leader
was laid low with the club and the
man turned and ran to safety, the
wolves, frightened at the proximity
of the houses, giving up the chase.
To Stamp Out Smallpox.
The health authorities Of Ontario are
trying to keep smallpox out of the
lumber camps, where the disease
makes terrible ravages once it gets q
foothold. Already the owners of "a
camps have arranged for medical at
tendance and have erected suitable
buildings in which to isolate the pa
tients in case smallpox appears in the
camps. The disease is scattered
through large part Of Ontario and
the other Canadian provinces, and the
precautions are well considered.-Chi-
cago Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Sold the Mines.

Senator E. B. Hawking, o. D. Kin
ney, George II. Crosby and Capt. j. II.
Pearce have sold a lease to valuable
Mesada range iron mining property
to eastern parties for $4,000. The
parties refuse to give out the pur-
chaser's name, but they admit the sale.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
Good Work.

The school children of Minneapolis
have come to the front very strongly
in their contri buttons to the Mckinley
memorial fund. Envelopes were sent
out by the superintendent and were
turned in by the children to their re-
spective principals the next day. The
total of the contributions was 1858. II,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19
News Notes.

Patrolman Charles Mayer, of the
Rondo station, detail of st. Paul, was
shot by burglars early in the morning
and died at the hospital three hours
later. The shooting took place in the
rear of a saloon.
F. 3. Wright, receiver of the Mime
sofa Mutual Farm Insurance company
made his report to the district court.
The assets Of the company are worth
81 ,040 and the liabilities amount to
4,O17.
Fire at Hamilton destroyed St.
Johns Catholic church and damaged
the priests house to the extent of $500
or $500.
Grand Recorder Olaf Olson, of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
died,in ST. Joseph's hospital at st. Paul
after a prolonged illness of typhoid
fever. (
St. Clouds first free rural mail de-
livery route has been started.
The state Sunday school convention
will be held at Winona April /.
and 3. >.--. - 49,. r.
The Byron Telephone Company was
organized with a capital of $4,000. The
officers elected were: r. C. Cutting,
president; Samuel 81. Brooks, vice
president; Charles Watts, treasurer;
Myron E. Hicks, secretary. ID :,
January was record breaker for
smallpox in Minneapolis, 80 cases, an
average of three a day, having been
reported. The highest previous rec
ord was for May Of last year, 81. In
December there were only "A cases,
less than half as many as last month.
DR.. Hall thinks the epidemic is dying
out During the first Is days of jan
uary there were 81 cases; for the last
s16 days, 80. B:
The Laird Norton Company has do
mated to the public library at Winona
the splendid collection Of photographs
representing the lumber industry Of
/ the mort
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-19

SA4 4oIAAoo AO4Otly oV VIC AOuO III 41CA
parents in Baden-Baden, has removed,
in company with them, to Karlsruhe,
where she intends to stay until she
leaves for the south.
Some of the bolag saloons in Stock
holm are selling warm milk to their
customers during the cold season, and
the sale of this drink is pushed by
means of signs hung up in the sa-
looms. '.-
: L. O. Smith, rich Stockholm bust
ness man, has sued his daughter,
Princess Karadja, for the. recovery of
a loan Of more than $4,000. The real
trouble is said to be due to the fact
that Princess Karadja is spending
much money in the interest of the
propaganda of spiritism, while her
father would like to see this money
saved for her children.
Some ingenious Frenchman has dis
covered that the name of Nobel
sounds well even when read back
wards: lie bon (the good).
A society called the Samaritan has
been organized in Gothenburg for the
purpose Of establishing a home for
inebriates. Tt is estimated that the
Institution will cost about 81, 900, and
$4,000 Of this amount has already been
subscribed. The running expenses
will be about $4,000 q year, and by.
the time the home is ready for occu-
ipancy the city governments expected
to step in and virtually make it =
public instituti ion,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-09-25
Married.

Last Tuesday at Valley Junction,
Father Gleason pronounced the cere-
mony that united Ben Train and Ella
Conway of this place as husband and
wife. The couple went on to Des
Moines for visit with her relatives
in the D P. Repass family and will
then return to their work.
The groom is we'll known to most
every man in the county as his SER
vices as deputy auditor have brought
him in contact with many who are
willing to stand by him for his kindly
courtesy and obliging manners toward
all classes. He has proved to every
one his efficiency as q public servant
and has been talked of in times past
as probable successor to his present
chief.
The bride has been in ]. F. Russells
store the past few years and has wide
circle of friends and acquaintance
who stand ready to wish her all the
happiness human flesh is heir to, and
they feel sure she will receive her part
for her genial, jovial disposition wins
friends at all time.
We understand the bride will retain
her present position until after the
rush of the holidays and they will live
in some nicely furnished rooms over
the hardware store Of Morrisey &
RuhS
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-09-25
A Reunion.

Gratitude is born in humanity and
increases with every successive gene
ration. That it is no latent energy in
the heart of Mrs. 6. B. Russell was
attested last Tuesday, when she en-
tertained, as guests, parties from At
lantic, who had adopted her as it
were, while she was in California.
They found her alone and from SIS
ter town and adopted her into their
circle and planned good times includ-
ing her in their pleasures, carrying her
from one festivity to another, from
one point of sight seeing to the next,
until she wondered if they would new
er cease. Her captivity lasted as long
as she remained and she paid her ram
som by making them promise to come
to her home when she returned.
The contamination Of the promise was
in mud and rain but not enough to
dampen the ardor of renewed ac-
quaintance. Her carriage met them
at the train and brought them to her
model home, where everything had
been made ready for their cordial re-
ception and entertainment. Several
of the town people had been invited
to meet them and as all had Travelled
extensively the time passed swiftly as
| they related their experiences and
various instances of travel, recalled
again scenes of beautiful landscapes,
buildings and wonders of the great
outside world. Mrs. Russell had pro-
vided most tasty luncheon that was
served them and after day in which
the guests felt that they had been paid
the ransom price for entertaining q
fellow wanderer, the most of them
left on the evening train for their
home. Those present from Atlantic
were Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burge, Mrand Mrs. Hutchendorf,
and DR.. and Mrs. Nichols Those from
here were Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bilharz,
Mr., and Mrs. Cnas. Van Gorder and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Nash.