Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-26
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

The Gladiola postoffice has departed
this world.
Jacob Ansel, bee raiser at st. Paul,
was nearly stung to death.
Mrs. Jennie Thompson, of Mime
apolis, was found dead in bed this
morning.
The saloon of r. F. Davis at Nary
was held up by two men who Sc
cured $50.
Financial troubles caused the suicide
OF George Ruprecht, prominent Du-
luth lumberman.
Martin Peterson died at Kensington
as the result of a blow struck by J.
p. Berndton, Tuesday.
George Gorins of Pliny holds the
radish record, having pulled five out
of his backyard garden which weigh
e21z pounds.
Wolves in the vicinity of Haven are
celebrating Thanksgiving early and
many a farmer is mourning the loss
of young turkeys.
The secretary Of the navy has ac-
cepted the resignation of Lieut.. R..
N. Marble, Jr., of Duluth, to take ef-
feet Sept. Is, 1908.
Despondent over poor health and
the loss of his master, large St.
Bernard dog committed suicide In
Minneapolis by hanging.
The Observation-Disclosures football
game will be played at Milwaukee
this year instead of Madison, as has
heretofore been the rule.
A gale played mischief with small
pleasure craft in Duluth harbor. Five
sailing yachts, four gasoline launches
and small ferryboat were sunk.
William Thiel, of Dexter, jumped
on q fork, while descending from a
stack of barley, and the tines pierced
his abdomen. Recovery is doubtful.
The cornerstone for a new $4,000
Episcopal church was laid at Little
Falls. Rev. A. w. Ryan, of Duluth,
representing Bishop Morrison, ofici-
ating.
The 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Veal was drowned in lake a
few feet away from his home. The
family lives north Of Brainerd short
distance.
D. w. Bateman, St. Paul leaped
from the north end of the Wabasha
Street bridge, near the Empire the.
alter, at noon and found the death he
sought.
Mrs. Herman Froeich, of Redwood
Falls, aged &c years, committed sui
eide by strangling herself with a
rope. She is supposed to have been
mentally unbalanced.
Andrew Anderson, Minneapolis, and
Oscar Ericsson, c. Anderson and an
unidentified man were killed at Du.
luth today by falling down with 60.
foot scaffold at the Peavey elevator.
The body of baby girl was found
hidden in brush this afternoon al
Riverside park, Minneapolis, wrapped
in mans sundershirt, some wrapping
paper and q copy of the Chicago In.
ter-Ocean.
A man was killed seventeen miles
southwest of Morris by windmill
blowing over on him while he wa,
driving between it and barn in leav.
ing farm where he had been solicit
ing business.
Work on the Franklin and rura
telephone system is progressing nice
ly. The line running north to the
Eddesville creamery has been com
pleted and the poles have been put W
for the Camp line.
II. B. Frey of Minneapolis is thu
treasurer of company being formed
in Chicago with capital of So, 900, 900
to manufacture slot machine which
combines the photograph and. tn,
moving picture device. It is, in short
miniature theatre.
Perpetual motion scored another
victim at Preston, when Sol Engle!
was buried. The cause of his deatl
was lockjaw, brought on by a lacera
ton of his arm in the machine, twe
weeks ago. He was possessed of thu
idea of continuous motion.
Alexander Ramsey is to be the frs
one of the two illustrious citizens O.
the state of Minnesota whose statue
is to be placed in the hall of thu
house of representatives in the capito
at Washington, under the law allow
ing each state to thus honor two O;
its foremost citizens.
Bernard Coleman, an employe O.
the Northern Pacific railroad, living
at 1875 Grove street, St. Paul, wa:
struck by switch engine under thu
Third street bridge, St. Paul, at mid
night and was so badly hurt that hi
died few minutes later.
Deputy Game Warden Blagic is en-
gagged in inspecting the banks of thu
Mississippi north and south of Vino
ma for a distance of some miles. Th.
river is falling, so that it is expect
ed fish fry will be left in pockets a