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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
PLUCK OF A BOY.
FOurteen-Year-OldY Oungster Hangs
i'm Midair for Two Miles Be-
fore Train Is stopped.

A remarkable instance of pure pluck
on the part of a 14-year-old boy was
exhibited between Washington, N. j..
and Hackettstown, on the main line of
the Lackawanna road, recently. Henry
Dougherty, of Oxford Furnace, an I'M
ruly youngster, stole a ride as far as
Hackettstown, where brakeman put
him off.
He awaited an opportunity for re-
turning in the same manner, and at
tempted to jump a freight as it passed
the Hackettstown station at a speed
of 30 miles an hour. He grasped the
vertical handrail near the rear end OF
car, and, missing his expected foot
hold on the step, swung around from
the momentum of the train until his
body was nearly parallel with the car
to which he hung with a deathlike
grip, humping it as it swayed from side
to side.
This hazardous position the boy
maintained for fully two miles, until
the train passed gang of men near
Rockport, two miles from Hacketts-
town. The men shouted at the train
crew and signaled for quick stop, but
before the heavy train could be stopped
the exhausted boy let 60 and fell.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
INDICTED MEN ARRAIGxED
Ex-Mayor Perry Valves Examina-
ton in Water Scandal Case.
Ex-Alderman Schriver Pleads Guilty
to Receiving Bribe-Several
Others COnfess.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 24.-Mayor
George R. Perry, charged with having
received bride of 1888 from Liant K.
Salisbury, While the Garmanr Cameron
water. deal was in progress, waived ex-
animation in police court Monday and
was bound over to the superior court
for trial. He furnished bail to the
amount of $4,000.
Ex-Alderman Adrian Schriver has
pleaded guilty to the charge of having
received 1925 as a bride from Liant K.
Salisbury for his assistance in pushing
the water DEAL Schriver was arraigned
in the superior court, and, after plead
ing guilty, was remanded for sentence.
1t is expected that sentence will be de-
ferred, as Schriver will be witness for
the state in other prosecutions. He
has already told the prosecution Sc
cretly what he knows of the DEAL In
addition to the confessions of Aldermen
Schriver and Ghysels, several other al
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
CAPTURES MORO POSITION.
Gen. Wood Inhicts Heavy Loss to Jolo
Rebels-NO More Opposition
Expected.

Manila, Nov. 25.-Gen. Wood cap
tured the Moro position in the hills of
Jolo, north of Taglibi, on the goth inst.
and destroyed the earthworks they had
thrown up there. Private Martin Bren-
nan, Of the Fourteenth cavalry, was
killed during the engagement, and two
privates were wounded, one seriously.
The loss on the Moro side is known to
have been Is, probably more, as the
ground is covered with brush and bod
les are hard to find.
The expedition returned to Jolo, and,
pending an investigation, Gen. Wood
says that, so far as he can see, there
will be no more opposition on the part
of the sultan's men who led the fighting.
According to his understanding this
action on the part of the Moros abro-
gates the Bates treaty. 4.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
SPARKS FROM CATS FUR.
Animals Being Asphyxiated Make
Electricity and Ignite Gas Meant
for Their Destruction.

Can electric sparks from cats
tur blow up a gas tank?" is question
presented by an explosion in New York
city the other day in the cat and dog
"dispatch" in the shelter of the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
The "dispatch," which is steel cage
charged with gas from the street main,
contained ten or IL cats that had been
thrown in it to be asphyxiated, when it
blew up as employees were dumping an
other basketful of cats into it.
Three men were hurt, one, Theodore
Goodenough, perhaps fatally, and all
the cats were killed more or less. sum-
marily.
Goodenough dumped three baskets
full Of cats into the "dispatch" while
companions held one of the covers up
by means of tackle attached to the
glass lid. The cats in these baskets
were we'll behaved, but basket No. 4
contained black cat. AS soon as this
animal was dropped there was a flash
and bang, and shower of cats and
men.
Goodenough and his companions
were found stretched out on the floor
In litter of fragmentary CATS
The ceiling of the room in which the
"dlspatch" was, was torn open for sev-
eral feet and frescoed with cats. The
horses ran away with the cat wagon.
the cats in the baskets remaining in
the wagon yowled and fought, and 80
| dogs in the shelter" raised a howl
that could be heard for a block.
The only explanation offered is the
suggestion that the cats, in rubbing
each other when they we're being
dumped into the "dispatch," emitted
| electric sparks of sufficient intensity to
ignite the gas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
FIND NOISE INTOLERABLE.
D1scOrdant Whistles Said to BE De-
pOpulatinE City of Salem,
Massaehusetts.

Salem, Mass, in the last year lost half
million dollars in taxable personal
property simply because the intolerable
noise of steam whistles on the railroad
and from factories has made the place
residentially undesirable
Several leading citizens have thus
been driven to live elsewhere. Strong
efforts have been made to secure the
abatement of the nuisance, but with
out avail, and other prominent resi-
dents announce their intention of 60
ing to live in other parts
One gentleman says that in order to
sleep nights he has to go over to Mar
blehead, there is such continuous
footing of locomotive whistles in his
neighborhood.
Indulgence in the noise nuisance is
therefore proving an expensive luxury
for Salem. Not only is there a loss
of personal property, but in giving an
undesirable character to first-class resi-
Dental property it must tend to depress
real estate values, and thus cause the
| city the loss of much revenue.
The blowing of locomotive whistles
within the municipal limits, except in
case of emergency, has long been for
| hidden in Maiden, Waltham and other
places where they had become public
nuisance, and no inconvenience in the
| operation of trains has ensued.
Salem has long been considered one
of the pleasantest places of residence in
New England.s Many persons have been
drawn to live there by it's beautiful To-
cation, its pleasant streets, it's fine old
houses, it's historic traditions, its sci
entific and literary institutions and the
charming social conditions that these
| things imply.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

dermen have confessed to their share
in the deal, and are expected to become
states witnesses. Their names are not
yet known, however. Schriver is to ap-
pear December IL for sentence. His
story differs from Salsbury's confession,
in that he claims to have received 1925,
while Salisbury says he was given $3.50.
1t develops that Salisbury was to have
received $125,O0O cash when the deal was
put through, and that he was to have
been given 100000 in bonds of the wa
ter company that was to have been
formed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

Figures published by British tobacco
journal show striking falling of in the
importation to that country of foreign
cigars and American and Egyptian
cigarettes. his has been set of by only
q comparatively small rise in the i'm
ports of manufactured leaf, ana
there is little or no evidence to show
that the British cigars are growing in
popularity, the trade paper comes to the
conclusion that the people of this coun-
try at present are smoking less.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

Manila, Nov. 24.-Three hundred
Moros are known 70 have been killed
and many others were carried off dead
or wounded as result of five days
severe fighting in Jolo between the
American troops under Gen. Leonard
Wood and the insurgents. Maj. H. l..
Scott, of the Fourteenth cavalry, and
five American privates were wounded.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
Says sultan Has Cancer.

New York, Nov 24.-The sultan of
Turkey, frequently reported to be i'll
from one cause or another, is now al
legged by the Vienna correspondent OF
the World to be suffering from a can
Ger in the intestines. He is said to have
refused to undergo an operation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

Prominent St. Louis Man Dead.
St. Louis, Nov. 24.-Jonathan Rice,
first vice president of the Rice-Stix Dry
Goods company, vice president of the
Mercantile Trust company and lead
ing figure in commercial and religious
circles, died at his residence Monday
after an illness Of several weeks. at
tributable to an affection of the heart.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
Child Burned to Death.

Moline, ILL.,, Nov 25.-Fire in dwell
ing house here has burned one child>to
death and seriously injured two per-
sons. The@aead: William Owens, aged
IL. Badly burned: David Owens, Mrs.
Owens. The fire was caused by an ex-
plosion of gasoline which had been sold
by mistake for kerosene. I5: ! 90
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
Forest Fire Checked,

A bad forest fire was narrowly avert
ed at Cuba, five miles east of Cass Lake.
A train crew discovered the woods to
be on fire and the section men at Cuba
were notified and sent out to fight the
flames. Later a special train was sent
from Cass Lake. The fire was gotten
under control Had it gone on I'M
checked short time longer thousands
of dollars worth of valuable timber
would have been destroyed.
Unoonstitutional.
Despite the best efforts of friends of
the plumbers license law to have that
act upheld by the highest court, the
supreme court, in decision fled, holds
that the law is unconstitutional. The
courts opinion Is that the law is con-
trary to the constitution because it ap-
plies only to cities having 10000 or
more inhabitants and only to those
having sewer and waterworlxs systems.
News Notes.
An unknown man was burned to
death in a car load of shingles at Hay
field. He was about IS.
The old Overboe mill in Moorhead
was burned. The mill was one of the
oldest in the valley.
The Irvine output at the prison now
amounts to $4,000 pounds day, and
the machines will be kept busy trough
cut the winter.
A small boy named Ostrand, aged IL,
who travelled alone from Christiaua.
: Norway, was passenger on the 500 at
81. Paul for Minot. -.~~
Peter Ododgett committed suicide at
0watonns by leaping from bridge
over tho Straight river. -
A number of Moorhead people are
interested in plan to install farm
ers' telephone line which will be =
great convenience Of the vicinity.
George Webber, employed on the
farm Of John H6ss, Fifty-third street
and Minnehaha avenue, Minneapolis,
killed gray timber wolf. The wolf
was trying to reach some tame rab-
bits when Webber was awakened BY
the barking Of dogs. The wolf weighed
400 pounds
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
A Costly ThorouEhfare.

A new main thoroughfare six and
three-Quarter miles long. from thu
Strand through South London to the
Crystal palace, is projected by the Lon-
don county council. It will cost $50, 000,-
900. - :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
A fierce BATTLE
With Insurgents
Severe Engagement Between Moros
and Americans Lasting
Five Days.
THREE. HUNDRED OF FORMER
KILLED and MANY WOUNDED

Maj. Scott and Five American Pri-
ing Rebel Prisoner to JOlo When
Party Was Ambuscaded - Strong
Position Attacked and Destroyed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
brings PLANS OF
new REPUBLIC
u,
Counsel for Panama Commissioned
Dr.. Arosemena, Arrives \
| at New York.
He SPEAKS Of The PRESENT
CONDITIONS ON The ISTHMuS

Government in Hands of Junta. Con-
sisting of Three Persons-Wiu Rule
Until National Convention Meets,
About Two Months Hence-Every-
thing Moving Smoothly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

Home Again.
Death of Vice Admiral

Breslau, Prussia, Nov. 24.-Vice Ad-
miral Won Waldersee, brother of Field
Marshal Won Waldersee. died Sunday at
Micsendorf. < ,,f ~ -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
Killed While Blasting.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Nov. 24.-Gus
Berkfeldt was killed and Edward Horn
strom, John Berg and liver Johnson Sc
riously injured, and John Colburg and
Victor Normstrom slightly injured, in a
premature blast in the wood camp of
John M. Molloy, eight miles from Flor
ence, Wis. The men were blasting rock.
Fatal Freight Wreck.
Charlotte, N. c.. Nov "a. In q
freight wreck on the Murphy branch
of the Southern railroad, near Batsam,
Sunday, night, Engineer Guy Moore, OF
Asheville, and Brakeman Charles Por-
ter, Of Andrews, were killed, and Con-
ductor Bone, Fireman Fortune and
Flagman Killian were injured.
| Home Again.
Pisa, Italy. Nov. 24.-King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena arrived
here early Monday on their return from
their visit to the king and queen of Eng
land and proceeded to the royal resi-
dence at Rossore.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
Troops Engaged.

Gen. Wood has under him two battal-
ions of the Twenty-eighth regiment,
one of the Twenty-third regiment, a
platoon of Capt. George S. Satley's bat
terry, two troops of the Fourteenth cav
airy and a detachment OF, engineers,
Maj. Scott. assisted with force COM
posed of three companies of the Seven
tenth infantry, a platoon of Capt. D. J.
Rumbough's. battery and troop of the
Fourteenth cavalry.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
We Are Winners.

Minnesota took both first and second
places in the national contest, which
awarded prizes ON the best average for
twelve success sive monthly tests. Mr..
Sondergaard Of Hutchinson took first
place with an average of 96.75, and is
now the champion butter maker of the
United States, John Soltie of New
Sweden, who took first place last year,
was close second this time with an
average of 90. IS. A Wisconsin man
was poor third. In all III experts
from all parts of the diary belt fur
nishe& entries for each of the twelve
contests
Minnesota has in Sam Haugdahl the
worlds champion, as he took the med
al at the Paris exposition.
Stuffed Rats.
Commissioner Henry F. Greene, Du-
luth, is preparing to undertake new
thing in securing expert help for the
government service. He has ordered
that an examination be held in the
large cities of the country, which in.
cludes Duluth, Minneapolis and st.
Paul, for an eligible list of taxider-
mists, who can properly stuff rats,
mice and chipmunks, with view to
filing position at the National Mu-.
scum in Washington.
Plans and specifications for the ex-
animation are now under preparation
by Mr.. Greene.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
A New Apple Wanted.

A thousand dollars for a new apple
Is what the Minnesota State Horticul-
tural society is offering. The compe-
tition is open to all, and anyone that
produces the Seeding apple tree that
meets the conditions can get the one
thousand dollars.
The kind of apple the society wants
is described in the announcement of
the society's thirty-seventh annual
meeting, which will be held Dec. l, 2,
and at the First Unitarian church,
Eighth street and Mary place, Minnea-
polls. This apple is worth 1000.
las hardy and prolific as the Duchess.
with fruit equal to the Wealthy in size,
quality and appearance, and that will
keep as we'll as the Malinda'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

soon located and fighting began i'm
mediately and continued until Novem-
Der II.
Led Into an Ambuscade.
Maj. Scott was taking Panglima Has
sen, the Moro leader, who had been
taken prisoner, to Jolo. While en-
route Hassen asked to be allowed to
see his family. His appeal was granted
and he thereupon led Maj. Scott into
an ambuscade, where the American de-
tachment was fired upon. Maj. Scott
was shot in both hands. Hassen sue
ceeded in escaping during the unex-
pected attack, but is supposed to have
been killed the following day.
The fighting took place in country
covered with swamps and rocks. The
Moros were driven across the country
from Siet Lake to the town which Has
sen had made his headquarters, and
where it was reported the Moros were
1000 strong.
Moro Force Destroyed.
The rebel position was attacked in
the flank by the American troops, who
occupied the town and inflicted loss
of so killed on the Moros. Hassen with
a small party surrendered. The rest of
the Moros went into the swamps, out
of which they were driven on Novem-
Der 16, leaving rs dead behind them. On
November II the American forces re-
newed the attack on the remaining Mo-
ros, of whom 40 more were killed. The
rebel forces have been literally de-
stroyed by these operations by Gen.
Wood, who says the indications are
that there will be no extension of the
uprising, which was handled without
difficulty.
Oh November 10 Gen. Wood started
on an expedition against a body of
1000 Moros who are in the mountains
back of Tablibi. No news has as yet
been received as to the result of this
movement.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
A Good Shot.


The best hunting story of the season
comes from West Duluth, and it's truth
is vouched for by mum Der of West Du-
luth hunters. George Brotherton has
recently returned from a short trip to
Breda, on the Duluth & Iron Range
road, where he spent fejw days in the
woods He brought pack with him
two deer, which it is Claimed he killed
with one shot. Oncof the deer IS a
tipe buck and the other a doe. The
deer were standing close beside each
other with the buck little in advance
and and farthest from the hunter. Mr..
Brothertf,1 fred and the shot hit the
doe in IT, neck. 1t passed completely
throug fthe neck of the animal and
nit thI /buck in the side, breaking his
ac,fbone.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

Gen. Wood landed near Siet Lake in
soon located and fighting began i'm
mediately and continued until Novem-
Der II.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Creamery Business Increases,


There were thirty-three new cream
eraes and ten new cheese factories es-
tablished in Minnesota during the sea-
son just closed, according to compila-
ZION just completed by the state dairy
and food commission. The total num-
Der OF creameries is ia and the num-
Der OF cheese factories is IS. There
were only 5s2 creameries in 1899.
Todd county heads the list with 6
new creameries, making a total of Is.
Three years ago there were only four
creameries in the county and only one
was operated the entire year. Although
stearns county reported only one
creamery in the last year. the county
still has the largest number in the
state, twenty-nine. Freedom county,
having twenty-seven in all, including
one new one, it is said, produces the
largest amount of butter of all the
counties.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-28

ore roads in Minnesota, is the first
of the three roads engaged in the
ore traffic to cease shipping for the
season. The road forwarded 5,339, 1857
gross tons, as compared with 5,61O, 4O7
gross tons last season, decrease of
27O, $50 tons.
While Peter Heinlein of Cannon
Falls was at work on a shredding ma
chine, his left hand and arm were
drawn into the machine and so badly
mashed that it was found necessary
to amputate.
A dispute as to the age of Mary Ann
led to bloody fight and caused one
of the disputants to be locked up in
Central police station at, Minneapolis,
and the other to be carried ~uncon!
scions into house near Ninth and
Washington avenues south.
A refusal on the part of six fire
insurance companies to allow q claim
for Sc. 1000 damages made by the Wo-
mems Federation for the loss of it's
building on the state fair grounds
seems likely to result in one or more
lawsuits. H. -
The sawmill of the Longyear Lum-
Der Company at Two Harbors, made
q good record this season, having cut
'23,oO0,0Oo feet of timber with day
shifts only. It is said that the plant,
size and number of days in operation
considered, has. produced more lumber
than any other sawmill in the state.
Ssventy-fve hands are employed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15

Whether 1t is slow enough to bring about
the state OF affairs above described-viz..
perpetual night on one side Of the world
Of Venus. and perpetual day on the other
side-is not yet certain. but the probable
ity appears to be that such Is really the
case.
II we accept this as conclusive. the
problem Of the habtability vt Venus as
sumes a new and extremely interesting
form. The departure from the conditions
of temperature, illumination. seasons, etc.,
which we are accustomed to on earth Is
extremely wide. We have to picture
for ourselves world one-half OF which is
the absolute reverse of the other.
Surprising both halves to be Inhabited.
the Imagination has wonderful field In
considering the nature OF the intercourse
that may take place between them when
the people OF light and the people OF dark
ness, or. more accurately speaking, the
people OF the world OF perpetual sunshine
and the people of the world OF intending
starlight, meet upon their frontiers and
discuss the wonders OF their strangely con-
trasted experiences.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15
THE WoMAN's CLUB.
A Most Delightful Talk Given
BY Mr.. lanes Young.

Mr.. James Young gave a delightful
talk. which everybody was charmed to
hear. at the Woman's Club last after
noon.
Club members who had the pleasure
of his acquaintance welcomed him again,
and Mr.. Young. who was introduced most
pleasantly by Mrs. ]. A. LEROY. pre-.
faced his Defense OF shylook" by refer.
ence to the reminiscent enjoyment he
derived from being In Richmond once
more.
After the talk was over and every one
was sorry that the end had to come 50
soon, an Informal reception WAS held
and chocolate and tea we're dispensed
Mrs, southall and Mrs, Conquest pre-.
siding at the respective tables. mum.
Der Of the club members exchanged greet.
ings with Mr.. Young. A number o.
others wore introduced and delightful
Mrs. Baylor. Mrs, John Fl. Montague
Mrs. r. T, Hunter, Mrs, w. A, Ander-
son. OF Lexington, Va; Miss Withers,
Of Wytheville: Mrs, Robert u. Withers,
IT., OF Pittsburg Pa; Miss Sadie Sutton,
Mr., Jeffrey Montague, and Others were
among the guests of the evening,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15
THE INCREASE AND DECREASE OF
THE HUMAN RACE,

The average duration of human life Is
80 years, One-Quarter OF the people die
before attaining six years of age. one
halt before attaining sixteen. and about
one person of each hundred reaches the age
OF s!xty-flve. Deaths occur at the rate OF
81 per minute. 97.70o per day. and $685.
s35 per year: births az 70 per minute, 100 ;
$50 per day, and s61s2,oo0 per year. II tho
harts Vegetable Compound, the above
record would be materially changed.
There would be fewer deaths, more births
and there would be greater longevity Of
life. Thirty days treatment, $50, All
druggists, Six months guaranteed treat
nent, sl,Oo.