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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

Northern deposited for those shares :
Of Northern Securities stock. This
method was followed in the case of the
disiotegr ration Of The National Wall
Paper Company some little time 400
The other method is that followed
when the Standard Oil Trust was dis
solved. The Standard OIL Trust Gun
sisted at twenty properties. When It
was dissolved q holder of stock who
had deposited say 1000 shares Of
stock and had received trust certifi-
Gates would not receive his / 600
shares intact but would receive l Goth
or fifty shares Of his own stock and
fifty shares OF the stock of each Of the
other constituent companies. Under
this arrangement it is immadiatelv
evident that the Standard Oil Com
pany, which controlled the maioritv
OF the Standard Oil Trust certificates.
also controlled = majority of the stock
OF each OF the constituent companies
after the distribution.
If that method of distribution ia
adopted the Hill combine will lose
some Great Northern stock and gain
some Northern Pacific stock. AS thew
controlled practically all the G.. n.
stock they can afford to let some of
that go to outside parties and thereby
gain more complete control of the
Northern Pacific. Under these cir
cumstances it is no wonder that Hill
does not wear Grape on account of the
decision against the holding company.
1t is case of "heads win, tails you
lOse'' with him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

] ~,
The postodice scandal in Washing
ton is growing. The latest develop
ment is the~removal of James N. IT,
ner, assistant attorney. general for the
postoffice department. Tyner has been
under investig alton and has been out
of the Office for sometime. Last Tues
day his wife went to the Office and ad-
mitted through private door safe
expert, who opened the safe for her.
She removed number of papers, sup
posed to have been of an incriminat-
ing nature. Criminal prosecutions
will probably be instituted against the
parties. Tvner has been in the de-
partment for alb tut thirty years. BE
served for short time as postmaster
general under Grant.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
What Ono Man Earns, Another Gets.

We are accustomed to the pessimis-
tic cry that the rich are getting richer
and the poor are getting poorer.
Its source generally is not such as
to encourage confidence.
But what are the facts?
The last census shows that the av-
erage annual wage per person in the
manufacturing industries of the coun-
try was S445 in 1890 and only S438 in
1900, decrease of 81.
This is half the truth-tEe poor are
getting poorer.
The same census shows that the
gross annual product per wage-earn-
er in 1890 was 1904 and in 1900 49,.
451.
Then while the poor are getting
poorer, somebody else is getting
ricner.
The recent declaration of the Stand
ard Oil dividends shows that John D.
Rocketeller's income from this source
for the last ninety days has been $685..
1888 q day. If continued for the
rest Of the year at this rate, he will
receive in dividends for the four quar-.
ters, 1872 233 1888 20.
Here is one man, at least, who is
getting richer. This profit of his IL
itself absorbs that 81 loss of 4,619 ,O4'
men.
The newspapers of this country
have been exploiting the fact that An
drew Carnagie has informed the New
York tax commissioners that he vii
pay on the s., 900, 900 assessed on hi!
personality and on realty assessed q
$4,000 600. he is generally warml,
commended because be does not seel
10 have his taxes reduced or to escap,
them on the plea of non-residence.
1t is strange, indeed, that he SHOULD
pay his taxes without a murmer!
The custom among rich men is t,
evade them and let them fall upon tn
poor, whose annual wage they hav
reduced 81 and whose cost of Twin.
they have increased through combin
prices on all products Pau
Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
tlon came into power in 1853 Ramsey
had to step out, but the same spring
he was elected mayor of St. Paul. =.

tlon came into power in 1853 Ramsey
had to step out, but the same, spring
he was elected mayor of St. Paul. p.
Ramsey was the republican candi-
date for governor at the first state
election. but was defeated by the DEM
ocratic candidate. Two years later
he was elected, serving in that capaci-
ty for two terms. He enjoys the proud
distinction Of having been the first
state governor to offer troops to the
national government after the fall of
Fort Sumter.
When his second term as governor
expired he was elected United States
senator, serving from 1863 to 1875.
From 1879 to 1881 he served as secre-
tary of war in Hayes cabinet. The
next year he was appointed member
of the Utah commission, serving in
that capacity for four years. This
ended an honorable official career ex-
tending over,a period of about forty
five years. Since that time he has
been living In retirement.
There was nothing especially bril-
liant about his career, and yet he has
left more deep impression on the
history of the state than many public
men who attracted more attention. 1t
WAS the sterling and rugged honesty
of the man and the painstaking devo-
ton to his duties that made him such
an efficient official and won for him
the respect and love of the people.
He had the privilege of living to see
the fruition of his labors. He saw
the infant territory develop into a
rich and populous state. The lands
he had secured from the Indians be.
came the homes for millions of happy
and prosperous people. The magni6.
cent land grant that he saved for our
educational institutions has developed
an endowment fund for those schools
that is almost unparalleled. He sank
to rest with proud consciousness of a
life we'll lived, life work we'll done
and appreciated by those for whom il
had been done.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
the STATE MouRNS.

An heroic figure in the history OF
Minneso ta has passed away. Alex.
ander Ramsey, the last Of the ''war
governors, died at his home in St.
Paul last Wednesday evening, at the
advanced age of lightweight years.
The public life of Gov. Ramsey be.
gan sixty two years ago, when he was
appointed chief clerk of the Pennsyl-
vania legislature. The next year he
was elected to congress, serving one
term. In 1849 he was appointed gov
ernor of the new territory Of Mime
sofa. BE came here in May of that
year and proceeded to organize gov.
eminent. The most important duty
confronting him was making treaties
with the Indians for the cession OF
land so as to open it tor settlement.
By tact and skill he succeeded in max.
ing treaties that opened for settlement
forty million acres of the best land in
the stage.
Probably the most important ser.
vice Ramsey rendered to the state was
when be rescued the state school lands
from the grasp of syndicate that
was organized to gobble up those
lands at ridiculously low price A
bill authorizing this sale was passed
by the legislature but Ramsey prompt.
~ vetoed it. The school children OF
countless generations to come will en-.
JOY the benefits of this act by the hon.
est governor.
When the democratic administra
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
P0|IIlcQ| Philosophy BY Jim. CdCke|tS

Hill Jimm IL one of the smartest fell
lers l ever kom akross. He fownd
owt urly in life that laber awlwaze
brings its rewards and tibet the best
thing to do waz to let sumboddy els
do the laber and be on hand himself
when the reward kahn along.
10 the nayberhood of the big sitty
whar he wurkd in tibet line waz two
big truck farms. The big sitty gaiv
them ooath purity good market, but
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

DR.. G. E. Gerretson, dentist. Office
in Mikkelaop block. Willmar. tf22
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

the best fnjunkshuns I ever saw, and I
hoap yu will talk good kair of it
When yu want to run fer offs yu kin
ews tibet iustrooment with nifty good
effekt. Yes, jentelmen, yu hev got the
injunkshun, but I hev the widders, by
gum, and ez long ez ,thay sticks to me
thar wont be no rooinus kompetishun
betwean theas hear farms, which is
the thing I am moast interested in.''
Aud then Jimm lifted his pipe and went
owt to sea how the urly kabbajes was
getting along.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
Southern Minnesota vQ||ey LQnd Co

PIANO TALK. The w. W. Kmball Co. has the largest
cash capital employed in the piano business
and an international reputation for highest
c1al honor The Chicago Tribune is authority for
statement that the Kmba are nore than double
the size and output OF similar institution word
1t is barely possibyou thoroughly posted as to
the merits of the Kmba with your perms
sion we will say few words the subject. Kmball
business established time nearly four
hundred thousand instruments have Sold The first Kim
oa piano manufactured is still in in college club
Ann Arbor Mich doing good service only one
grade OF Kmba pianos manufactured that is as nearly
perfect the finest facilities unlimited capital and skilled
artisans make them
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

b1Zness and the result Waz q rOO1nus
kompetishun. Flnerlly one of the
men dido and Jimm begun to shine UP
to the wilder. He soon sukseaded in
winning hur effekshuns, marrid hur
and took chart of the property. He
waz q kairful mannajer. If thar waz
emmy thing he waz strong in it waz
ekonnomy. He woodn't pay q hierd
man 2 dollers pur day of thar waz an
luther man to be got fer Sl.99. He
awlwaze added to. the kost of his
goods as mulch as be thawt the kus-
tommer wood stand. By theas mems
he soon put the property into good
shaip and waz doing an eksellent biz
ness.
=, But it awlwaze gawld him to hev to
meat the kompetishun from Hank Vii
lard, who oaud the other truck farm.
Hank waz reckless sort of q chap
and ez long ez he did big bizness he
newer stoppd to fgger owt wheather
he won or lost by it. The result waz
tibet when he dide q few yeers latter
the farm waz badly morgajl. Jimm
he'd put aside konsiddera monny
by tibet time and he bawt the morgaj
aud thus got kinder kontrol of the
property. The kompetlshun disap
peerd.
But Jimm dlddent zeal kwite shewr
thet this thing wood awlwaze last, and
be waz awl the time SCRATCHING his
noddle and figgering on sum way to gil
kompleat kontroal of bo.h farms. Fl
nerly he figgerd owl tibet if he kooG
marry the other wilder too he woo6
hev things ded shewr. Well, the wild
ders waz boath willing to hev it the
way, and Jimm sent owt the kards fe,
the wedding. But one of the sooper
visers of the town thawt this wood bt
agin the law and he went to 8 justiss
of the PEGS and swoar owt an injunk
shun. Jimm fawt the kais ez hard e.
he kood, hyring brite lawyer by th'
naim of Push Davids to talk his kais
Push hid awl he kood, but the kai.
went agiu Jimm, and he waz stumpd
fer q spell.
Then he sot down and figgerd agen
After sum time he desided tibet hi
wood start a boardinghows and tail
in boath the widders e. boarders. II,
wood then be living with them boat
without braiking the law agin pol
lygaimy. Well, he got his boarding
hows going and took in the widder
and one moar boarder. But the eff
shells thawt he waz hraiking the la,
ennyway, and got owt another injunk
shun. 1t forbid him to liv with boat
the widders, but he kood keap tn
other boarder if he took him into hi
oan hoam. Jimm sot doun and stud
did the injunkshun and then sed:
"Jentelmen, tibet thar ipjunkshun j
nifty fine instrooment, and yu he
graft kaws to feal prowd of it. Tn
langwidj is sooperfine and the spelling
IL simply purfekt. It IL RELY one O
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
$32. 80 to California and Arizona

$32.9o to California and Arizona.
Via Chicago Great Western Rail-
way. Tickets on sale daily from
April to June Is. For further par
ticulars apply to any Chicago Great
Western Agent or j. P. Elmer, G. P.
A., Chicago, III. l9-l6b
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
Minneapolis Oil Explosion.

The worst catastrophe that has hap
pened in Minneapolis since the mill
explosion, occurred last Thursday
forenoon. The plant of the North
western Star Oil Co. was Instantly de-
stroyed by the explosion OF a large
oil tank in the basement. The oil
caught fire, thus reducing the chances
of escape for those who had not been
killed by the explosion. OF the nine
teen people who were in the building
ten were killed and six injured, only
hree escaping unhurt. 1t is expected
that all of the injured persons will re-
cover.
DR.. G.. e. GerretsOn, dentist. Of3oo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
Platform

For direct issue OF money by the government.
For public ownership OF railroads, express
service. telegraph and telephone lines, and
public utilities in general.
For direct legislation.
For tax reforms.
For county option on liquor question in Min
neSOta
For thorough common school education in
fundamental branches against university
system fAdS,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

Y SPECIAL arrangements with agents
gl of the W. w. Kmba Co.. of Chicago, and their To-
@0 cal agent A. Peterson, of Wimar, secured
of their beautiful Kmball pianos No. s. the lowest
selling price of which presented lady
receiving the largest number naug
urated among readers of the Wu1LAR TRIBUNE To the
lady receiving the number given
Bemen Steel Range price $780, purchased
Hardware Co. To the lady receiving highest
Der OF votes will be given Wheeler Wilson sewing
number of votes will receive handsome gold watch pur-
chased OF Anderson Bros, jewellers, Willmar
The contest will open with publication
OF this advertisement Mar 2 and will close II o'clock
the last day of the wmar Street Fair usually
held in the latter part of September If for any
such fair is held this the of the of
comes known.
The plan of the contest follows: The Saturday ed
tons of the Tw1cEA WEEK TRIBUNE throughout the life of
the contest will contain voting each of whic
will count when properly voted cash
will also appear and will count for every
scrton accompanying the when properly
years subscription $780, counts onehundred fifty votes
six MONTHS 75c seventyfve votes; years subscription
to the State Edition. hundred votes; Arrearage
subscription account will count when accompanied by
cash coupon properly filled in No subscriptions paid
fore the beginning of this voted employe
Of The will be permitted compete actively as
sist any competitor
In order assist becoming known to the
readers of The TRIBUNE will publish charge the
picture and sketch of each reaches 5O0
votes, If desired.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

Tbs great musical artists of
the world have expressed a
preference for the kimball in
struments, and use and endorse
them. The kimba1l Co. has a
greater number of improve
ments secured and protected
by United States letters patent
than any other manufacturer
of pianos and organs. The
Kimball Co. secured the high
est award at the Worlds Fair.
Chicago. 1t reads as follows:
This firm deserves the greatest
commentator for the superla-
tive merit and variety of exhib-
its, and also for having attain
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03
WAS AL TENTATIVE PROPOSITION
Castro Shows Aversion to The Hague
Tribunal and Wants Case to Go
TO an American Republic.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The condition
which President Castro attached t.
his response to the allies arbitration
proposal was in the nature of an al
tentative proposition. Almost from
the beginning showing an aversion to
The Hague tribunal, Castro, while &C.
cepting the principle of arbitration,
asked that the case be tried by one
Of the American republics. AS Presi-
dent Roosevelt already had declined
to act in the capacity of arbitrator,
and as some of the reasons which in
spired him in his declination would
apply with equal force to the chief
executive of any other American state
than the United States. he was oblig-
ed to withhold any endorsement Of
this proposition of President Castro.
Therefore it may be dismissed from
the field of possibilities, and unless
Castro is Unexpectedly insistent upon
his own plan the original proposition
of reference to The Hague tribunal
will carry.
There were no developments over
New Years day in the way of cable
grams containing news from Eu-
ropean capitals or from Venezuela
La Guaira. Jan. 3.-The British gum
boat Zumbador, formerly the Vene-
zuelan war vessel of that name, left
here for Trinidad yesterday, towing
four schooners and three sloops cap.
tured by the British since the block
ade began. She is to return for other
prizes.
Paris, Jan. "a dispatch to the
Matin from Caracas says strong
force of government troops has taken
the field against the insurgents TIL q
latter are reported to be advancing
on Caracas.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03
WILD ENGINE RUNS INTO FLYER.
Crews of Both Were Killed and a
Brakeman Was Probably Fatally
Hurt-Boller Explodes,

Burlington, Vt, Jan. "A wild en-
CINE, running from Burlington to
Rutland, ON the Rutland railroad,
crashed into the northbound flyer
from New York last night at Shell.
burne. The crews of both engines
were killed and brakeman, who was
riding on the wild engine, was prob
ably fatally hurt, and nearly every
one of the flyers crew were injured.
more or less seriously. No passenger
was seriously hurt, although many re
ceived bruises.
The dead are. Dennis Mahoney, of
Rutland, engineer of the flyer; r.
Convey, OF Rutland, engineer of the
wild engine; James Fitzpatrick, OF
Ticonderoga, fireman. D. N. Chase, OF
Rutland, fireman.
The cause of the accident Is not
definitely known, but DR.. Seward
Webb president of the road, says that
he believes that Engineer Convey, who
had charge of the wild engine, hal
figured that the flyer would be late,
as 1t usually was, and that he could
run to Shelburne for a siding before
the up-train reached that point. Las
night the flyer was on schedule time.
The impact of the collision was ter
rife, and only the heaviness of the
flyer prevented greater disaster. As
it was, both engines were totally de
molished, the boiler of one exploding
with a terrific report
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03
WILL SEND NO REINFORCED lEHTS
Spanish Government countermands
Order--Latest Advices from Fez
Saw tn AT CITY Is Calm.

Gibraltar Jan. 3.-The dispatch OF
Spanish reinforcemeats to Morocco
has been countermanded. The latest
advices from Fee, Morocco. say that
city remains calm.
Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 3.-The pre-
tender has issued a proclamation an
nouncing that he is not fighting for
the throne for himself, but for the
sultan's imprisoned brother, Mulai
Mohammed, surnamed the "one-eyed.
The Spanish sloop Of wal Infanta lisa
bel has arrived here
Advices from Fee, une ~ Thursday g
date, have been received here. Guns
were then being mounted on the walls
for the defense OF the city, but the
rebels remained inactive. They have
not sufficient supplies for expeditions
from their headquarters.
The city of Fee continued quiet. but
the dearness of food was causing dis
content
The Portuguese cruiser Rainha
Amelia arrived here yesterday.
London, Jan. BIN dispatch from
Gibraltar the correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says that the brother
Of the sultan of Morocco. Mulai Nc
manned, in command of the royal
army, left Fee Dec. q, to attack the
rebels.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03

Handling the scenery of travel.
ing combinations said we'll
known stage carpenter the other
day, is not such an easy matter as
it appears to the audience, who only
see the results and hardly realize
the details of the preparatory work.
About week before new play
comes along. we receive what ls
known as a scene plot, consisting of
set of diagrams showing what
scenes are wanted from the theatre
stock, how they are to be set, and all
the rest of it. Nowadays q good
many companies carry one. two, or
three special scenes of their own,
where they have to give represen
tation OF light house, the deck of
steamer, a railway station, or some.
thing else not usually kept in thea
tres for regular use. These special
scenes make a lob of bother for us
because they frequently do not fit,
and often they have to be sandwich
ed in among our own sets. An elab
oratefy outlined scene plot would be
Greek TO man not accustomed to
all the teehnicalities of stage mech
anism What is the shortest and
simplest scene plot ever received?
Cautiously enough, it is from the
manager of company carrying q
greater quantity of scenery than al
most any other that travels. refer
to Fred Raymond's big scenic pro
duetion of old Arkansaw' Not one
stitch of stock scenery is used. The
company carries a car load af its
own equipments and could put 1t up
on any stage in the country, with
out clearing anything else away
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03
aILL REACH MANILA BY JlJLY4
From the Philippines Work VIII Be
Commences on Pacific Cable the
First Week in May.

New York, Jan. 3-Clarenee Mackay,
president; George g. Ward, vice presi-
dent and general manager, and the
other officials Of the Commercial Pa
cife Cable company are greatly pleas
ed at the completion of the company's
cable between San Francisco and
Hawaii, a work to which they have de-
voted much energy and time during
the last few months. They do not
propose to stop at Hawaii, however.
and now say that by July they ex-
pect the cable will have been COM
pleted to Manila. Speaking of the
project, Mr. Ward said
THE Commercial Pacific Gable COM
panys cable to Hawaii was connected
through to San Francisco at 8:45 r
M, Jan. fHonolulu time). The cable
will open for public business on Mon
day morning, Jan. 5. The widespread
interest created by bringing the Ha-
waiian islands into electric touch with
the Pacific coast is evidenced by con
gratulatory eablegrams received yes
terday. It is a particular satisfaction
to us to have the cable completed Oh
the first day of the new year, because
it fulflls our promise to congress
Rapid progress is being made in the
manufacture of the sections to be lad
between Honolulu and Manila, and
over $500 miles of this cable has al
ready been manufactured. | fully ex
pect messages will be exchanged witt
Manila by the 4th of July next. The
laying of the remaining sections vii
commence from Manila the first weea
in Nav next. +"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-01-03
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Berlin, Jan. 3.-The Commercial
Treaty society has issued circular
complaining of the United States cua.
toms treatment OF German goods.
London, jan Sit seems to be be-
yond question" cables the Johannes
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
that large and enormously rich dia.
mond fields exist north OF Pretoria
London, Jan. 3.-The first notable
case under the new licensing act,
which went into effect Thursday, came
up in London police court yesterday
afternoon, when Sir Charles Allen, the
Anglo-Indian newspaper editor and
writer. applied for a summons against
Lady Lawson, whom he described es
a habitual drunkard. The summons
was granted.