Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-24
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE

Bert Stafford, guest ct We Bhse-
man hotel, st. Paul, narrowly escaped
death from asphyxiation in room No.
Is. When he was discovered in I'D,
unconscious, in the morning. tAs ,so4
was full Of ga .: III. ~. =. =. r. -. 49,.
B. 3. Sheffield, D. ". Grant ed 4.
Bodgett, Jr:, Of Tazisault, and 4.
Peavey, q owatonna, have purchased
the Security bank at Glendale. The
capital stock will b iaereased from
SIC, 900 te 925, 900.
Five he.d Of cattle were killed b.
lightning during an electrical storm
at Rothsay. The cattle were huddled
together in pasture on George Aeker-
mans farm, aud all fell in bunch.
The football game between the ami
versities OF Minnesota and Wisconsin,
scheduled for Milwaukee On Thanks-
giving Day, will b played in Nadiso..
A verdict tor the sum Of oas cent
was returned in favor Of Dwight aad
Arthur jackson against the Northern
Pacific railroad for allegsd false In
prlsoamsnt in connection with q train
robbery near Sand Point. Idaho.
4rs. Mary Musolf of Gnesen town.
ship, near Duluth, died 1T the age of
1o1 years. She has been q widow
twelve years and leaves three sons,
twenty grand and ok great grad
children.
A terrific wind damaged buildings
and other property in the south part
of Wells.
The skeleton of William Mckee, 4
horseman who came to Duluth about
eleven years ago, was found in the
woods near Knife River, and 4 nays-
terry OF ten years standing q 10 his
disappearance is cleared up.
Ole Anderson, = 1g-year-old farm
boy. near Aankato, discharged the
contents Of . shotgun into his left
hip while hunting ducks.
The resignation Of John n. Finley.
president OF the international Union
of Flour and Cereal Mill Employees,
which came ~ . result Of the strike,
was accepted by the general executive
board.
Scores ct families are threatened By
the high waters of the Mississippi.
which il rapidly coming up and sur
rounding the houses a the west ode
flats Of St. Paul
Nicholas Franeiseus, IN old resident,
died at LeSueur. He completed q largo
wooden cross which he designed to
have erected - a memorial over his
grave
Fifty thousand trout fry have been
put into the streams tributary to tho
Root river, and $4,000 smaller eaes
are being fed in tanks 1t Preston
preparatory to planting.
Aaplewood Inn, . GUNNER hotel On
the Milwaukee line to Lake Ninnetoa-
ka, not far from Breezy Point was
completely destroyed by fire
Five Cinnamon were haPtised and
received into the st. Vincent Catholic
church, st. Paul.
A. A. Buck. president Of the Maple
ton village council. h.s resigned, AID
Martin Sehimmele has been elected
to succeed him.
Lorenzo s. Bryant one of the oldest
conductors in the employ of the Chi
cage Great Western railroad. commit
ted suicide at his home, 142 South
Robert street, st. Paul, BY drinking
carbolic acid.
George F. Moulton, a grain commits
sion merchant of Minneapolis, has
been indicted by the Hennepin county
grand jury on a charge OF offering q
bride.
Articles Of incorporation Of tho Ju-
Nor Pioneers association of Ramsey
county were filed with the secretary
of state The incorporators are the
officers Of the organization.
Jesse Reid, Ray Barber and Frank
Robinson, prisoners in the county Jail,
at Austin, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to escape. 1t is said that Reid
set fire to the building and through
this means hoped to free himself and
other prisoners.
The mangled body of August Bel
]inger, soldier at Fort Smelling, was
found lying on the Great Western
railroad tracks near the Mendoza fer
ry.
1t is announced that G.. S. Mellen,
president of the Northern Pacific, will
retire from the office Nov. l. Soon
after that he is expected to succeed
Judge Hall as the chief executive of
the New Haven.
Lake Harriet: is to have a magnif-
cert pavilion to cost $4,000. The
street railway company will supply
portion of the funds and the Mime
apolis Retail Dealers association will
obtain the remainder, the park board
to repay the money at it's convent
ence.
Since Sept. Is twenty-five new ele-
vators have been put into operation in
Minnesota. Aside from these, num-
berless large and small elevators have
reported installing new and modern
grain-handling machinery, which will
greatly increase their capacities, and
other important improvements have
been made.
A human skeleton has been found