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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
SEE SAFETY m AUTO spEED.
CAauneurs Give Exhibition of Fast
Running for Benefit of Paris
Councillors.

The committee of the Paris munici.
pal council dealing with street traffic
took part the other day in tests in
tended to demonstrate the ridiculous
ness of the speed regulations for auto
mobiles.
In the morning % automobiles drove
the councillors through the most
crowded thoroughfares, demonstrate
ing the ease of avoiding obstacles.
In the afternoon the tests were to
demonstrate that an automobile going
at high speed can be readily brought
to an abrupt standstin. Then it was
ocularly proved that carriages often
travel at speed of Is to 26 kilometers,
whereas the limit for automobiles il IL
klometers.
An automobile was brought to
standstill in two meters, whereas a
horse required ten meters. Law fig
ures were thrown before automobiles
in quick motion and were all dexter
ously avoided.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
PERT PERSONALS.

Instead Of petering out the pope h
ut-Petering Peter.-Boston Transcript.
1.-THE Star Spangled Scotchman" is
setting a pace for philanthropists that
few If any can Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt says his favorite
bird is the robin. His recent utterances
had created widespread impression
that it was the stork.-Denver Post.
Now that his sixty ninth birthday
celebration is all over it h proper to
remark that DR.. Depew does not look
t outside Of his stories.-New York
World. ~ ~ 81. s.. III o..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

The boa and python have the lar-
gest number Of ribs Of any animals,
the number being $40 pairs.
When wild, lions carry, a. a rule, lit
tie name, constant fighting and jungle
erowths keeping down the massive Or
naments seen In captivity.
The canaries Of Germany excel all
other canaries AZ singers. One has
been known to continue 4 single thrill
for a minute and quarter, with twen-
ty changes Of note in 1t. 49,:
The eyes Of hares are never closed, as
they are unprovided: with eyelids. In
stead, therefore, they have thin mem
brane, which covers the eye when
asleep and probably also when at rest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
ootice to the Public. and Especially to
Horse Owners.

l have resigned my position at A.
J. Ekander's shop, where have been
employed for the past five months i'm
the capacity of expert horse-shoer.
For the benefit of the patrons that I
have been doing work for, will state
that have bought an interest in the
blacksmith shop of J. P. Rutledge,
where from now on I will be found
from 7 3. m. to p. m. every week
day. AS my motto has always been,
''Let your work advertise your bust
ness," all ask is to be given q trial.
Bring your lame and faulty horses,
such a. interferers, foragers, CROSS
frers, scslpers, wire cut feet, and hor-
ses with corns, cutters, sand crack
and navicular disease, and guarantee
TO give them relief and in q great
many cases cure and correct their
faults.
Thanking you oil for past favors,
and hoping to be able to please you
in the future. I remain yours very
sincerely, T. J. LACEY,
Scientific Horse Sheer,
27-3 Willmar, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
NORWAY,

Bjornson depicts the possible poll
teal predicaments of Norway in a
language which no one can misun-
derstand: Suppose the Swedes dis
continue the negotiations. Then the
Norwegian stortling may pass q bill
for the establishment of a Norwe-
gian consular service, and the gov
eminent will ask the king to ratify
the bill. But the king is king of
Sweden too, and he refuses to sign
the bill. The cabinet resigns. The
king turns to the conservatives for
a new cabinet, but they do not want
to make themselves responsible for
= condition which the liberals have
created. And what next? Well, then
We shall be at the mercy of the Wild
est possibilities without having .
really great leader and without = sin
gle power that ssympathizes with us.
Some say, oh, yes, Russia But to
us, Russia would be ten times worse
than none. III Ill this leads TO war,
noEone can be convinced II We shout
during the struggle, We only defend
ourselves.' The whole world and our
own conscience shall tell us, You
have to blame yourselves for all this
misery There was s time when
even believed that we could manage
our affairs without negotiations.
But on this point have respectfully
bowed to the teachings Of life. A
separte consular service is . good
thing, but even this may be bought
at too high price. Besides, I am .
friend of peace not only when I am
abroad and when others are con-
cerned, bat also when am at homo
and when we ourselves are con-
cerned." -.
Many local clubs of the liberal par
ty have adopted platforms which arc
more or less hostile to the PROPOSE.
ton Of negotiating with Sweden for
the purpose of establishing Norwe-
gian consular service. Those liberals
who are in favor of negotiations and
compromises rather than the. risk OF
an open rupture with Sweden, are 10
Disguised that they are talking Of
leaving the party and voting with the
conservatives at the coming cleo.
ton. g.
The number Of persons that emf
grated from Norway from Jan. to
NAY : was $4,000. ..S...-s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
Those Young Old Men.

President Olyphant, of the Delaware
and Hudson railroad, thinks he will
quit because he is sc years old. Well.
all things considered, says the Chicago
Record-Herald, it is no more than right
that he should give some boy of IS OF
20 chance.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
The Boston Bean Slixhted.

Planting Boston common in rye 10
little short of proclamation. In the
name of all that is fitting and appro-
pirate, exclaims the Chicago Tribune.
was there nothing in the vegetable
kingdom more distinctively Bostonian
that could have been planted there?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
Needed the Coal.

A wealthy resident of Beverly.
Mass, advertised in a local paper re-
Gently that he would give . ton Of hard
coal as reward for the return of a
pet cat that had strayed away from his
home. The whole town Immediately
turned out to hunt for the cat,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
DENMARK.

The increase of the traffic in the
Copenhagen free harbor has neces>
STATED the erection of several new
warehouses, and it may be found pro-
fitable to tear down the old, small
frame warehouses and put up substan
tial structures in place of them.
A monument to Casit Etlar, the
novelist, was unveiled a few days ago
at Gentofte on block of granite
The, social democrats of Denmark
are running new risks. For years
past they have fused with the liberals
at the election of members of the
rigsdag. Now they feel strong
enough to 60 it alone. They held a
national convention at Aavhus, and
there were almost 200 regular del
egates representing about 125 clubs
which have a membership of about
$4,000. BY a crushing majority the
convention resolved to put up
straight candidates in IS rigsdag dis
tricts. This means that there will be
three candidates in many districts,
representing the social democrats,
the liberals and the conservatives.
The liberals will be left in an I'M
enviable position, for in many local.
tiles they will have to fight both
right and left. The liberals have al
ready commenced to nominate candi-
dates in districts which at present
are represented by social democrats
in the rigsdag.
The Cyclone, a sloop belonging to
Mr.. Dahl of Sudero, Farae islands,
was lost, and a crew of 16 men per-
ished. 1t is supposed to have been
run down by an English traveller.
Jess Petersen, "the strong Jut-
lander" promised to throw Nourlah,
the Turkish wrestler, in 30 minutes
or forfeit $135. They had combat
in Copenhagen, but there was no
fall. They may try again.
The rigsdag which adjourned few
days ago passed 81 bills, of which
81 were introduced by the govern
ment and by private parties.
Behring'S made to a depth of 1920
feet at Grondal's meadow, Freder-
icksberg, have demonstrated that the
chalk layer underlying Denmark 10
between 100 and 1900 feet thick,
and that it generally passes into .
NAL formation containing alternate
layers of gray slate clay and soft,
white limestone. From the knowl-
edge of the geology of England it is
supposed that coal will be reached
at depth of 1000 to 5000 feet, the
coal being practically of the same
grade as that of Southern Sweden.
The borings so far give the geologi-
cal history of Denmark for several
hundred thousand years.
The Royal Board of Health of Den
mark is an institution which has
been in existence just one hundred
years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03

The, consistory Of strengnes has
voted against the adoption Of the
new hymn-b book, which is the work
of Rev. Evers. T..
= Some years ago the so-called Will
liam's Pills were excluded from the
market of Sweden because they con-
tanned strychnine. When this be-
came known to the foreign manufac-
turer he began to send pills that con-
tanned no strychnine to Sweden. At
present the composition of these pills
is exactly the same as that Of
Blaude's pills, which are a home
product. The price of a certain num-
Der of Williams pills is 81 cents,
while exactly the same quantity Of
Blaude's pills may be had for trife
over ten cents. The latter are also
more carefully made. And still the
sale of the former is very large in
Sweden because they are imported.
The above facts were brought out in
a discussion in the riksdag.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
HARRY DANIELS
=-==MINOR-===
OBSERVATIONS
A COMMENCEMENT REPORT

HICKORY Sldlng, u. 5. A.
The annual commencement exer-
clses of the Hickory Siding high
school took place here last night
in a blaze of glory and a hot hall
with a temperature of $50 in the
shade. A large, fat girl in baby
blue first read a beautiful essay
with pink ribbons on it, entitled
The Key to Success" She had
a dear, sweet plan mapped out by
which every man, woman and
child could achieve almost any
amount of success in the world.
She had laid down all the prelim-
mary rules and was just getting
ready to show how to close in on
the everlasting wreath of success,
when she made the sickening dis
covery that she had left the last
mile and a half of her essay at
home on the bureau and she was
compelled to quit the arena and
forsake her hearers just as she
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-03
@vEDEN.

may justly Nc CdAlcU b 1OOt dEllSG.
She was born without hands. But
she can thread the needle as easily
with her toe as q dressmaker can do
it with her fingers. She can handle
scissors, put on her spectacles, make
tapestry and pearl ornaments and
write a fine, easily lgible hand.
One Of her most noted efforts is an
ornament on the covers of q book.
It took her seven weeks to perform
this work, and she used se,7oo
pearls. I - ~ -. =
The lady clerks at the Stockholm
post Office have organized them
selves into separate union because
they think the old union, which il
composed of members of both se1es.
has neglected the interests OF the
lady members.
! One of the chief aims of Rev. Ev.
ers in revising the venerable hymn
book of the church Of Sweden, which
has been in use since 1919, seems
to have been to make it more ortho-
dox. The value ana desirability Of
good works is praised in manifold
ways in the old book. But this 10
supposed to be too "synergistic" fo1
our times. accordingly, Rev. Evers
has weeded out q number of Syn
crRistic'' hymns, and in other cases
he has cut the word Virtue" and put
something moro timely and ortho-
aox in its place.
Kaiser Wilhelm has decorated DIR.
sven Hedin with the insignia Of the
Order of the Crown, second class,
containing . star. - u '-sES =. ~ -.
The government receipts from tho
customs duties, the railways and the
vhiskey distilleries for the first four
months Of. the present year we're ST.
100000 in excess Of the receipts for
ne corresponding period OF 1902.
r Stockholm mass meeting which lhdl
vas attended by 400 persons pro-
tested against the alleged hostility
and svindictiyeness Of the socialistic
lsbor unions against the nonpolitical
Abor unions. u. ---...- ..------- e S:
e. =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

7The brick work, on the new engine house will be completed ill few days.
 The Bank street pavement received good cleaning today and is in good condition once more
 Large congregations continue to attend the mission at St Patrick's church, both at the masses in- the morning and the services in the even ing. The Rev Dominic Scan1on preached very interesting sermon last night on Particular Judgment" A large number of confessions have been heard already. The missionary fathers desire that the women should go to confession as soon as possible.
 When you are in need or tooth. brush go to A. o. Walker, the drug gist He has just received large as- sortment direct from the factory. Each one is guaranteed perfect and range in price from 10c to 40c. Don't forget you can have your money back ii you are not satisfied.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
STRUGGLED FOR LIFE.
Richard Parsons Sank Deep into the
 Swamp Mire.

Richard Parsons Sank Deep into the
 Swamp Mire.
 Wirsted, March 12.-Richard Par sons, oyer 80 years of age, is sick at his home on what is known as the New Hartford road i'll Sandisfeld, as the result of getting into the mire last Saturday, nearly costing him his life.
 Parsons started across lots to Ray Hanilton's saw mill on the Fred Whit hey place. There was swamp inter vening and Parsons thought it would be safe to attempt to cross 1t. He had not gone far, however, before he sank in over his boots and in his efforts to extricate his feet by pulling and twist ing, he settled into the mud still deeper until it reached nearly to his hips.
 Worked up to high pitch of excite ment over his precarious situation, Par sons began following for help, but as it IS lonely district with houses far apart his cries were not heard. It was life and death struggle. After two hours the old man, weak and exhaust ed. managei to get out and make his way to his home, where he has been sick ever since, having caught hard cold while in his weak state.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
Escaped From Ice Blockade.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 12.-Nor- man Ross and Frank Carter, masters of two vessels of the American herring fleet which Is frozen in the icefoes in the Bay of Islands, have arrived here after having trudged ninety-six miles across the snowfelds in the interior. They were four days on the march and were accompanied by three other trav- elers and two guides, who dragged q sled with their stock of provisions. They reached the railroad on the morn ing of the fifth day footsore and wea- ry. They had to adopt this expedient to return to Gloucester, Mass, the Bay of Islands and the whole western slope of Newfoundland being blockaded by icefoes. Tho travellers report that there are immense snowdrifts in the interior and that the trafic on the western di- vision of the railway has been abai1- doned for the past month, not wheel moving
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
POLICE COURT DoINGs
Charles Fisher Had His Case contin-

Charles Fisher Had His Case Contin-
 ued Until Tomorrow Morning.
 Charles Fisher, strike breaker, was before the city court to-day, charged with violating city ordinance in fail
 ing to strike his car gong when ap- preaching crossing. On account of Judge Burpee holding court the matter
 was continued to tomorrow morning.
 Albert Brouseau was charged with
 intoxication. He insisted that he was not intoxicated and said he came down town to get hair cut, and when his barber had manipulated on his head and he had asked for bay rum, he was offered Jamaica ginger. If that would not make one mad Brouseau would like to know what would. It drove him to drink and Officer Moore nabbed him on
 Exchange place before he had got very far in his proposed spree. He was fined S10 and costs.
 Michael Begley, young fellow liv- ing in the north end, got into scrap
 with Officer Kiersted last evening. The officer said that a gang of young fel- ! lows hang around the pool room on Bishop street. Last night they were rather saucy and when the officer told them to move on or some of them would be arrested, Begley gave him impertinence. He thereupon took the young man into custody, and when he was taking him out of the pool room his friends made it interesting for the officer. Beg1ey said he was doing
 nothing to demand the attention of the
 officer. However, the court thought he did, and fined him $1O and costs. James McGowan. was charged with
 theft of white and red fancy bed
 spread, the property of Mrs Mary Thebo, 225 North Elm street. It seems he took the article off clothes line
 and was trying to sell it when Officer Tehan saw him. McGowan's brother explained that he Is not over bright
 and that bad company is responsible for his many appearances in court The matter was continued thirty days to give the young fellow a chance to get away from his evil companions. Things were disorder1y at the home Of Patrick Norton on Fuller street last
 night. Nortons brother Edward gol home late, intoxicated. He broke in the door, tried to choke his sister-irl law and kicked his brother in the ribs with such force "that he knocked every bit o' breath out O me body" said Pat. rick. smiling at the memory. "He had | me in spasms," he continued. land TT not be the better of it for many day. and still he was smiling.
 Mrs Norton told her story and ther l the accused took the stand and said l 1t was all mistake. He seemed ar 1 honest fellow that had taken too muct strong drink He was never. before l in court and in every way his case merited the 1enient consideration of the court, but his attack on his sister-in | law was too much and he was fined 1 S1O and costs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
EDGAR cMossEY RETURNS.
Has Grown Gray, But Is Tn Good Health.

4ACd4LAs
 Winsted. March 12.-Edgar M. Clos sey, the one-armed lawyer, was dis charged from state prison yesterday and arrived in Winsted yesterday af- ternoon. He spoke favorably of the treatment accorded him at Wethers- field. He has grown very gray dur ing his term of confinement.
 Asked where he was going to stay he said he would put up at hotel if he could find no other place. Clossey was sentenced in the spring of 1898 to serve six years in state prison, having been given five years for conspiring with Herman Clark of Nepaug in mak- ing bogus will for Miss Amanda Church in which he was to be the prin- cipal beneficiary and one year for em- oezzling. Clossey was appointed ad- min1strator of the estate of Louisa Gill lette of Norfolk. He embedded some where about $2,OOO of the estate and while an investigation was being made he fled to Vermont, where he was cap tured some weeks later and brought back to Winsted. In the meantime the bogus will was discovered with the result that he and Clark were convict ed. CloSsey saved about years i'm prisonment through good behavior Soon after his arrest he was disbarred from practicing law in this state. Dur ing his Imprisonment his wife died. They had no children. Clossey is Ga nadian-French and previous to practic- ing law was school teacher in this vicinity for several years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-12
VOTE NEXT TUESDAY.
Decided Progress Made on the Canal
 Treaty.

$ $
 WAsHrNGTON March 12.-Decided progress was made yesterday toward reaching an agreement for a vote on the Colombian canal treaty, and when the senate adjourned there was a gen eral understanding that in all proba- bility some hour next Tuesday would be definitely agreed on as the time when a vote should be taken on the treaty and all amendments. All state ments to this effect, however, were ac- companied by the announcement that there were yet some details to be ar ranged. There is, however, no doubt in the minds of leading senators that tbe vote will be taken on Tuesday.
 The arrangement was brought about largely by Senator Frye, who by virtue of long service with Senator Morgan on the committee on foreign relations has come to be on terms of great intimacy with the Alabama senator. No other senator thus far has shown any dis position to delay the final disposition of the treaty, so that all that was neces- sary was to secure MT. Morgan's as- sent to the taking of the vote. The ne 8VsAAbkOA WAD bC&uA O0AlJ HI 1hlO 0Ayt and after Senators Frye and Morgan had been closeted for some time the latter sought Senator German and talked over the situation with him, with the result indicated.
 Senator Morgan exacted consent to the printing in the Congressional Rec ord of the remarks he has prepared, giving his best recollection of the speeches he has made in the executive sessions of the senate on the treaty. These speeches are contained in the pamphlets sent to the senators by Mir. Morgan. They have been read by a number of the Republican senators, who say they find in them nothing ob- jectionable.
 Democratic senators have practical ly agreed unanimously to urge an amendment to the twenty-third article of the treaty, relieving it of all ques- ton as to the right of the United States to control the canal, and they express confidence in obtaining some Republican votes for it. Many sena- tors also express the conviction that the change in the treaty committing the United States to policy of non- acquisition of Central American terri tory should be eliminated as entirely out of place. The indications are, how- ever, that the treaty will be ratified without modification in any particular. The committee on foreign relations will meet today to take up the Gu ban treaty with the view of reporting it to the senate. The Democrats will endeavor to amend the Cuban treaty, both in committee and in the senate, so as to require action by the house.