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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
China Openly Violating Provisions o.
the PROTOCOL

the Protocol.
New York, Dec. 31-Charles F. Gam
mon, superintendent of Colporteurs for
the American Bible Society in North.
e1n China, writes to the society con-
corning the present situation in the
Chinese empire as follows:
while at Shanghai I observed that
the Chinese government was openly
violating the provisions of the protocol.
The great empire would shake off
European domination. Thousands of
boatlOads of small arms and ammuni-
ton were passing weekly up the Yang.
Tse-Kiang and the arsenals were be-
ing enlarged and worked day and
night. Cargoes of explosives were be-
ing received and the dowager empress
had issued instructions to all officials
to recruit the army and also to inform
her as to the fighting strength of each
division and the time required to con.
centrate the forces at a given point.
There were and are many unpromising
features which weighed heavily on the
minds of those interested. I must be.
lieve that the endtis not yet and that
within 10 years, and possibly five, a
war will .ensue, the like of which the
world has never known. For centur-
les China has been making repeated
attempts to expel the foreigner each
time profiting by past experience, each
time with more power and success
each time better equipped and better
planned. She is now preparing as
never before, buying vast quantities OF
superior weapons and reorganlzing her
armies on a correct basis. Therefore
the next attempt will be gigantic in
force and terrible in execution. It will
result in a universal upheaval and the
final dismembermento of this empire
at a terrible COST"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
AMERICANS UNPREPARED.
Hold the Crucial Position at Picking
Without Artillery,

Without Artillery.
Picking, Dec. 31.-The Austrians
have mounted two large guns upon the
Notifications surrounding their lega-
ton. The ether foreign legations keep
their guns concealed.
Although the British are we'll sup
piled with artillery and the Germans
can occasionally be seer. drilling with
field and rapid fire guns, the Ameri-
cans, who hold the crucial position at
the Cham Men gate, are not supplied
with artillery. With the approval of
American Minister Conger, Major Rob-
ertson of the Ninth infantry, com.
manding the legation guard, applied to
the war department for two guns.
This application was refused because
when the department consulted with
Mr.. Rockhill, special commissioner of
the United States here, on the matter,
the latter replied that artillery was
not needed and that it's presence would
be harmful. When the court returns
to Picking the ministers will insist up
on dining with the emperor and not
with the foreign office members.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
New Wood Yard.

We have opened new wood yard
on Rice Bros old stand, corner of
Fourth street and Trott avenue-op-
.posite the Methodist church: We
handle hard and soft wood, saw and
deliver to all parts of the city. Leave
your orders Of Warehouse office, 301-
303 Third street, or 'phone No. 222.
We respectfully solicit share OF
your patronage. Yours truly, s.: !.
s 81 ..s s}ss SLErTEN BROS. S#F}
z...s illmsr, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01

Il zs: Isl. Peace On Earth. q .z:@.,I. !:
Peace onseartn, good win to men, =.
Iistl the tiding sounds again,
Asst sounded at the birth s.<.s .-.>.,3
OF our Lord and Savior on the earth.
Peace on earth. the people sing; IT.
Peace on earth the church bells ring;
Peace on earth, z from pulpit sounds;
peace on earth" lin words) abounds. -:
But hark another sound hear
From afar, but seeming near;
Roar Of cannon, clash Of steel,
Comes DER the Sea like thunder's peal.
Roll of the war-drums. trumpets' blast;
Rattle of death shots falling fast;
Shout Of the victOrs, moan of the diving,
Pierced and crushed on the red field living.
Shrieks OF women from dear homes driven,
Weeping OF children from loved ones riven;
Cries OF thousands ruthlessly slain
Cause OF England's greed for gold and gain.
How long shall the world allow that this shame.
Shall continue disgracing Chrstendom's name?
For Christian (?) nation is waging the war
Which puts to shame all slaughters OF yore
Can nothing be done to help those in need?
Can nothing be done, not in word, but in deed!
Can nothing be done but to sing, talk and pray,
About peace on earth ON Christmas day?
America! will you not help the oppressed,
Or have you also Joined with the rest
Who care not for rights OF feuowmen
II they can but further their selfish end?
Can you not now, as in days of yore,
Help those who are gallantly struggling for
The freedom which you once fought to obtain
And which, with aid, you were able to gain?
But whateer we may do, right shall not die
AS long as there thrones God on high,
When England's conquests for ever are DER
Exalted and honored shall be the Boer
When Chamberlain, Kitchener, Rhodes ant
the rest
Have. with their deeds, into oblivion passed,
DeWet and Botha, Kruger and Steyn,
Shall In song and story as heroes remain.
Their deeds will stand in historys pages
AS beacOn-lights in all future ages
To those who likewise shall fearlessly fight
For independence, freedom, and right
The day shall dawn when all children of men
Shall be to each other as brother and friend;
When Peace shall reign, wars past for aye;
When Truth and Right have won the day,
Albert N. Gilbertson
W. II. S. '04.
Dec. 81, 1901.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
AMERICAN railroads. /
Interstate Commerce Commissions
~. Preliminary Report. III j

washington, Dec. 24.-The prel1m-
mary report Of the Interstate com
merce commission ON the income a,c-
count Of railways in the United States
tor the year ended June 80. 1901, shows
returns Of railway companies opera&-
ing 1898 miles of line. The passen-
ger earnings Of these railroads were
I426,909, 210 and the freight. earnings
81, 114,740,770. The total gross earn
lngs were $1,57s, 1854, 203. or 1921 per
mile of line, against $1,4S7, 044,S14 in
1900. Operating expenses amounted to
t1,023, 156,281, or 1928 per mile OF
line, making net earnings 1856, ,O24,
pr .$35, 577,218 in excess of the fiscal
year 1900
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
WITHIN THREE DAYS.
German UItimatum to Be Presented to
Venezuela.

London, Dec. 31:.-A dispatch to the
Central. News from Berlin says:
1T is believed to be certain here that
an utimatum will be issued within
three days and that an attack on Vene.
zuela will follow directly after. In ad-
dition to the. Vinsta, the Falka, two
trair1ng ships and the cruiser Geier
have been ordered to La Guira.
'1r the meanwhile, I am officially
assured that the German charge DAT
fa1ren has not left Caracas and that
diplomatic relations have not yet been
broken off. The pour parlers continue.
AN agreement has been reached be.
tween Germany and the United States
in regard to the German course OF
action In Venezuela"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
HER HUSBANDS AFFECTIONS.


Wisconsin Woman Gets $4,000 for
Them in a North Dakota Court.
T., Cando, N. D., Dee. 24.-The jury in
the case of Irene c. King VS.. Mary D.
Hanson for alternating the affections
of Mr.. King returned a. verdict for
$4,000 damages. Mrs. Hanson has
hotel at Rice Lake, Wis.,, and King
Was in her employ.
As the laws of Wisconsin do not
permit one woman to bring an action
against another for the alienation of
the affections of the husband of the
complainant the action was brought in
this county and an attachment was
levied on Mrs. Hanson's property
here. An appeal will be taken.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Duluth Wheat.

Duluth, Dec. 31:-Wheat-Cash, No.
l hard, 7SMc; No. / Northern. 75%c;
No. Northern, 73hc; No. 3 spring,
70%c. To Arrive-No. l hard, 791sc:
No. l Northern, 761tc; Dec, 75Nc:
May, 79Mc. Flax-Cash. to arrive and
Dec, SISSY; May, $3.50. 49,,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Robbers Carry of the Payroll.

Leavenworth, KAN, Dec. 24-Two
masked men with drawn revolvers en-
tered the Office OF the Alternately fur
niture factory, and got away with the
entire payroll, amounting to between
$500 and 5000. The robbery occurred
when the men were about to be called
In for their tri-weekly pay. Three
shots were fired at Omar Alternately
and the clerks, but none took effect.
The robbers escaped without being
identified.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Wheat-Jan.,
7sAc; May, s21sc; July, s1%c. Corn
Dec, 639sc; JAM, 635s@63Ac; May,
66%c; July, G61sc: Sept, 65Ac. Oats
Dec, 4412c; MY, 451ac: July. 38ssc;
Sept. 32]ac. Pork-Dec., $1,000; jan.
$685.; May, $17.471a; July, $3.50.
Flax-Cash Northwestern, $3.50; Nov.
$3.50; Dec, $3.50; JAM, $1.61@1.62.
Butter-Creameries, 15@24c; dairies,
14@20c. Eggs-23c. Poultry-Tur.
keys. s@l1c: chickens, 6h@shc.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
William EIIery Charming Dead.

Concord, Mass, Dec. 24.-William
Ellery Charming, the last of the BROTH
er'hood including Thoreau, Hawthorne
and Emerson, who made Concord
famous, is dead. He was born in Bos-
ton, Nov. %, 1918. He was an author
Of marked originality and poetic
power. His published volumes num-
Der nine and he left copious manu-
scripts from which selections will be
made for publication later. He leaves
FIVE children.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Blds. Wantod.

The board OF directors for the svea
Cooperative Dairy. Association will
accept bids for cutting, hauling and
putting up ice to I'll the ice-house at
the creamery. Bids TO be sent to the
secretary on or before Saturday, Jan.
4; 1902, whom the board meets in the
creamery at Svea. The board re.
segyeEthe right to reject any or all
of therbidS s. - Sssse .s; .5 .5
+ .5 E. HEGsTRoM, Sec j.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Dec. -Cattle-Good 20
prime. $6.50@7.25: poor to medium,
$375@5.90; stockers and feeders, $500
@4.25; cows and heifers, $1.00@5.25:.
Texas steers, $3:15@4.15. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $6.10@6.80; good
to choice heavy, .$6.60@690; rough
heavy, $6.00@6.50; light, $5.60@6.45;
bulk of sales, $625@6.6O. Sheep
Good to choice, $4.00@4.S0; lambs.
81 OOm425 :"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
st, Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Dec. 30.-Cattl~Nancy
butcher steers, $5.60@6.10;, fancy
butcher cows and helfers, 34.25@4.75;
good to choice veals, $4.25@5.O0:
good to choice feeders, $3.25@4.00.
Hogs-$5.15@6.25. Sheep-Good to
choice, $3.40@3.75; lambs, $4.25@4.65,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
3 ss Illllasr Markets.
GEM RA,Ls oluOTA,T'10Ns.f
CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

!: Minneapolis, Dec. 30.-Wheat-
Cash. Tie; May, 7s7ac: July, 79c. On
Track-No. L hard, 79Ac; No. I
hard. 79Ac: No. 4 Northern, 77c; No.
2 Northern, 75h@76c.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank slagel shipped.
their household goods and farming Inn
plem1pt4 "a, ,Wt lmar, n fond y; where'
they Hill reside hhert after. They shsvS
In nnml ous fklsnds here Who hopa
th6if; 1ew homss Will Sts pheasant ane
probable q thslli1,.. g III Rod
Co.. Advance. d
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Sioux: CITY Live Stock.

Sioux City. a., Dec. 31.-Cattle-
Beeyes, $4.00@5.35; cows, bulls and
mixed, $1.50@3.76; stockers and feed
ers, $2.75@4.00; yearlings and calves.
$2.5O@3.S5. Hogs-$6.00@6.52h.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Delmonico,

Go to Delmonico Chop House for
your coffee, lunches, etc. Oyster sup
pers a specially Open at all hours.
Located in the place formerly occu-
pied by the Willmar restaurant.
47-2 E.. T. SANDBO, Prop.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
De Ls Hunts Parcel Delivery.

Trunks, parcels, packages, letters,
ETC.. =, called for and delivered to any
part of the city. Prompt service.
Charges moderate. Office Great
Northern Express. Telephone No.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
Wsather observatIons.

The following data regarding conditions OF
the weather for each day during the past week
Is furnished for the benefit Of TRIBUNE read
ers by Axel F. E1fstrum, voluntary government
observer at whitman:
Temperature Wind. Rainfall
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01

An enterprising Litchneld firm hxal
purchased ~ automobile with Which;
g deliver goods about the village
The ews-Ledger rejoices that they
are ahead OF Willmar in one thing Of
least. 4.5&!# II Z. !
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01

Marriage licenses Issued.
Dec :24..-0eorge Henry Bitterness to Zyl-
phs Bell williams. ::
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
GREEN LAKE.

Dec. 2.--Patrick Murray to Hans Ericl
son, nX nwA, nwA neA, sec. 26, 81 seA, SCI
q, o8,O00 =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-01-01
PREPARING FOR WAR.

Dec. 81, 1901
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
Death for Train Robbery.

Representative Kahn of California
today submitted the report Of the ju-
dietary committee on the bill to sup
press train robberies. He points out
the extent of these depredations, par
ticulariy In sparsely settled localities
where 1t Is difficult to organize a posse.
the robbers escaping before the posse
gets in pursuit. The report says we
are accustomed to sneer at the futile
efforts Of Turkey. Greece. Spain and
other countries to stop brigandage, yet
We have in train robbing a system in
volving both robbery and murder. as
atrocious as brigandage. The bill
reached provides the death penalty
to train robbers when death results
to any one on the train; otherwise i'm.
prisonment from Ave to ten years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
BROUCTH TO TERMS
Indians Enroll Themselves Rather Than
Submit to Haircut.

Indians Enroll Themselves Rather Than
Submit to Haircut.
Rather than submit to a haircut,
eight %full-blood Cherokee Indians, were
arrested at Muskogee, I. T., charged
with being In contempt of the federal
court, enrolled before the Dawes COM
mission. These Indians are members
of the Ketoowah society, composed Of
an element in the Cherokee nation Cd
posed to enrolment.
Last month Judge Raymond OF the
United States territorial court ordered
them to present themselves for en-
rollment under pain of contempt. They
disobeyed the order and were arrested
and placed in the federal Jail. The
government officials pleaded with them
to submit, but they declined stoutly,
Redbird Smith, their leader. making an
impassioned speech in defense of their
action. Argument being Of no avail.
an order was issued that each prisoner
should nave his hair cut. They were
lined up to take their turn In the bar
Der's chair. When the first Indian had
lost his shock of hair the others broke
down and signifed their willingness
to enroll. With sullen faces they signed
their names to the enrolment and were
released.
Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock.
In a ruling says Indians in the Creek
nation may rent their allotments for
a period Of not longer than one year
prior to the receipt of their deeds.
Hundreds who have gone to the Creek
nation with the idea that the lands are
now open to purchase are disappointed.
The Creek rolls are incomplete, the
deeds are held up. and thousands have
already filed on their homesteads.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
THE HAUNT OF CRIME
Woman Does Not Remember How Many
Have Been Drugged and Robbed.

Have Been Dragged and Robbed.
John Welsh, a white man, who has
been implicated by allegation by Mat
tic Bennett, the negro leader OF the
gang OF robbers and murderers, was
brought to Beaumont, having
been arrested at Houston on the
strength of the woman's confession.
Welsh denies completely in the MUIR
ders. He was an iron moulder en-
ployed in the foundry where Benjamin
Pearson, one of the murdered men.
worked.
In Jail the Bennett woman talked
freely to a reporter. She confessed
everything except direct murder. and
went fully into the details of the plan
pursued by the gang.
THE business has been going on for
six months" said she. 1.-THE men
would go out to the saloons and street
corners and find men that had money.
They'd bring them to my house, apd I
and the other women would give them
beer with knockout drops in 1t. Then
the men would either beat them up
there and rob them or take them out
into the hobo yard. I don't know
how many men I've drugged; too
many to remember, and all of them
were robbed. .
II don't know what those folks that
I've told the sheriff about will do to
me I know I'm safe in jail now. but
II l ever get out they will kill me,
IL any Of them are alive and are out of
the penitentiary then"
The Neches river, where FIVE bodies
Of supposed victims of the gang were
found, skirts the town of Beaumont.
1t Is about $50 feet wide and thirty
feet deep. In some places swamps run
back. A body thrown into the swamps
stands small chance of being found.
The alligators would devour them. II
1t Is true that fifty persons have dis
appeared from Beaumont. this may
be the solution of the mystery of tho
missing bodies. q
The case is some Of its features re-
calls the Bender family murders in
Labette county. Kansas, thirty years
ago. The Blenders for months en-
trapped travellers and killed them. The
family consisted of a man and mis- wife
and their grown daughter. When the
murders were finally discovered the
Benders had fled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
NO MORE
Secretary OF Treasury Announces End of
Purchases.

oeCrctWTy ot Treasury Announces Emu OF
Purchases.
The secretary Of the treasury has an
nounced that he will discontinue for
the present the purchase Of United
States bonds of the s per cent loan
of 1904, the 4 per cent funded loan Of
1907, the 3 per cent loan of 1908-1918
and the 4 per cent loan of 1925. such
discontinuance to take effect at the
close of business March Is.
The secretary beueves that the price
OF bonds is u~nreasonably high and that
the effect Of the government being per-
manently in the market stimulates and
helps to maintain this price to the
prejudice Of national bank circulation,
presumably for the purpose Of selling
the bonds now on deposit at present
prices. or for the purpose of using
them, with the treasury as security for
government deposits the secretary is
disposed to discriminate in favor Of
such banks Is maintain their circula-
ton, and by these two methods he
hopes to overcome the tendency to re.
tire national bank circulation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
A Tornado In Kanaas.

A small tornado passed over the edge
Of Scotch Plains, Ave miles southwest
of Belleville, Kan. demolishing the
Dunkard church, several barns and
windmills and moving one house from
its foundation. The barn belonging to
N. X. Williams. containing several
horses. was blown to pieces and not an
animal injured. The granary in which
were 100 bushels of corn and q guam
tity of other small grain was picked
up and carried several rods without
splitting the grain or damaging the
building. No loss of life is reported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
CARLOAD OF lUNATlCS
Insane Soldiers on Their Way to wash
iugtOn.

A special car carrying eleven Amer
lean soldiers to the Washington hos
pital for insane soldiers, passed
through Omaha. They had been rem
dered insane by the haradships of the
campaigns in the Philippines and some
of them from drinking vino, the ia
vorite drink of the Filipino. A half
dozen guards from the 105th coast ar
tillery sufiiced to guard them, under
command Of Sergeant Bevington. Hos
pital Steward Prize had charge of the
car. The men came from the Philip
pines in January on the transport
Meade. They were kept at the Praesi-
do till last week in the hope that a
change Of climate would better their
condition. Some recovered while those
who require longer treatment are now
being taken to Washington. After q
days run some of the men were In
straight jackets and many were put in
restraining mits and strapped to their
seats. None Of the eleven reside In
Nebraska when at home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
BLAzFAT(AMpBFL
Nearly Halt Of tho Town De-
stroyed BY Fire.
flAMfS AC(OMpANfDBY STRONG WIND
Rather Than submit to Haircut Indians
EsroiI Them sslves--Plunged Ovs~
Niagara Falis-Furniturc Car
Burns While En Route.

A disastrous FIRE destroyed nearly
half the town of Campbell. Neb. The
Are started at 2 o'clock in the pool
hall, and In less than an hour Il had
completely wiped out the pool hall.
blacksmith shop, printing Office, post
ONCE, hotel and drug store.
A terrific wind had been blowing all
day and when the fire broke out on the
east side OF the street, II was forced
along at lightning speed and ignited
everything within reach before II could
be extinguished. As the buildings
were all frame structures they burned
like SO much paper and the people
could do nothing Dut save some OF
their contents.
The only fire protection that Camp
bell has Ia a bucket brigade and every
body lent q helping hand to prevent
the fire from wiping out the entire
town. The origin OF the fire seems to
be q mystery to all, as there was
neither explosives or fire in the pool
hall. The loss will amount to several
thousand dollars. but most OF the prop
erty was insured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
A Big Explosion In Kansas.

The glazing mill and one of the bar
rel mills of the Latin & Rand powder
works, four miles north of Columbus.
Kan. exploded March Is. Seventeen
thousand Ave hundred pounds of pow
der was ignited. The shock of the ex-
plosion was felt in Joplin and Galena.
Most Of the men had gone to dinner.
leaving Walter Keid cleaning q rotary
barrel. Reid was killed. The powder
works were established In 1889 at a
cost of about 100000. This was the
third explosion that has taken place in
them, but only two persons have been
killed. The loss from the explosion
was about $4,000. not including the
powder. The damage to the works will
be repaired at once.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-03-21
Skull Fractured.

Wallace Paramore of Madison, Fla,
was picked up on the Union Pacific
track at Shelton, Neb., early this
morning with his skull fractured in
three places. He hos Deer unconscious
ever since and 1t is thought his in
turies will prove fatal. 1t is supposed
he fell from a train on which
he was stealing a ride. He was taken
to the hospital at Grand Island. His
mother In Florida was notified by wire
and answered asking that he be given
the best of care.