Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-02

Van SAINT and other prominent Mime
sotans for her appointment as one of
the superintendent of the bee and
honey exhibits at the St. Louis expo
sition. The Southern Minnesota Bee
keepers association has also indorsed
her application, which has been for
warded to +. w. Taylor, chief of the
department of agriculture for the ex.
position.
Milling.
The census statistics show that
Minnesota easily holds the lead of all
the states in the flour milling indus
try. New York-the Empire state
stands next in amount of capital in
vested, and is less than 4 million dol
lars behind Minnesota in this item;
but is is noticeable that in value of
product Minnesota is nearly double,
the figures being $42,796,340 for New
York, and $83,S77,7O9 for Minnesota.
Capitol Work.
The state capitol commission has
advertised for bids for interior work
on the new capitol, which will be
opened at various times, as follows:
Painting and ornamental iron work,
May 6; woodwork, painting and glaz-
ing, June 3; hardware, July l; inte-
rior stones and marble work, Oct. Z.
The total cost of these items will be
several hundred thousand dollars.
News In Brief.
Near LIE Sueur dogs killed ten sheep
for the Cosg'rove company.
John Rezab, II years old, junior at
the Winona high school, has perfected
a system of wireless telegraphy. He
made the delicate apparatus himself
and studied electricity alone. A pub
lie demonstration will be given at the
high school.
j. Adam Detle, Pine City, has filed
his affidavit with the secretary of
state as a candidate for congress in
the Eighth district. His campaign
against Judge Morris will be begun
at once and he expects to land the
nomination.
One of the Singer steamers arrived
at Duluth from north shore points.
This is the first arrival in the habor
since the middle of February. Prior
to that date navigation was continu-
ously open.
The Red Lake Indians have signed
the treaty, for a consideration of ST.
OO0, 900 for eleven towns west of the
agency, $250,000 to be paid in ninety
days after the ratification of the
treaty, and $4,000 annually until the
remainder is paid. The Indians ap-
pear to be well satisfied.
The Board of Trade of Duluth sold
all the remaining memberships, TWEEN
ty-four in number, at $1,000 each.
Thirteen hundred was bid for out
standing memberships. There are now
but 200 seats in the association.
The announcement of the filing OF
a $2,000,000 trust deed running from
the Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake
road to the Minnesota Loan and Trust
company is the final step in the maxi
ton of railroad through to the in
ternational boundary.
Commission Row, St. Paul, expert
enced hot blaze the other day. Just
| before noon fire broke out in the COM
mission house of Tierney & Co., 81
East Third street, and quickly spread
to the adjacent buildings.
Anoka will have a sanitarium cost
ing $4,000.
The town of Brockway, Stearns
county, has a mechanical genius
named Frank Stern, who claims to
have about completed the invention
of typesetting machine, though he
| saws that he never examined a similar
machine or one designed for casting
or setting type.
A strike occurred in the Duluth
match factory. A man put to work
was badly beaten by the strikers.
r. H. Bach who was elected mayor
| of Owatonna at the recent charter
election, was born at LIE Roy, Minn.,
and is now 80 years of age. He is the
youngest man ever elected to the po-
si1ion he holds and is the only repub-
lican mayor elected since 1896.
The body of the young woman
killed by a train near Dayton's Bluff
Thursday morning is still at the
Ramsey county morgue unidentified.
The body will be kept as long as pos
sible in the hope of Identification.
The e-Ordean-Wells company of
this city is believed to have undertake
en- fight with the match trust. 1t
has agreed to distribute the product
of the Duluth Match company, the
new local concern, over the territory
covered by its travelling men for three
years.
Tests. of 100 samples of linseed oil
by the dairy and food commission
have Just been completed, and SO were
found up to standard. The depart.
ment considers the retailer safe in
buying from all Minnesota manufac.
turers. 4 number of brands of jam
and jellies were: found below grade.