Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-11
MINNESOTA NEWS
State Fair Races.

SIaIS p AIR races
Secretary E. w. Randall of the Min
nesota state fair has completed the
racing program for the STATE fair of
1908. There will be one more $1,000
race this year than last. 1t has been
customary to drop race on Friday
afternoon on account of the cattle
parade, but this year the full number
of races will be run on friday.
Among the events are the two S.
600 races, purses guaranteed by the
St. Paul and Minneapolis business
men. The Minneapolis purse will be
hung up for 2:21 class trotters on
Tuesday, and on Friday the St. Paul
purse of like amour. will be Of
fered to 2:13 class PAGERS.
The novelty this year will be free
forall pace for Minnesota horses and
a similar race for Minnesota trotters,
the winner in each instance to receive
silver cup. The pace will be on
Tuesday, Minneapolis day, and the
trot on Friday, St. Paul day. The
running races have been increased in
number so that the program for the
week contains in all twenty-three
races.
Insurance.
A preliminary annual report issued
by Insurance Commissioner Elmer II.
Dearth shows that all previous records
of the old line or legal reserve life
companies have been made to appear
insignificant when compared with the
| figures of 1902.
The total paid to the old line com
panies during the year amounted to
s5,727, 955.11.
The total of both regular and in
| dustrial risks combined written in
Minnesota during 1902 was 1874 ,267 1924,
an increase over the previous year of
S2,7S5,3 05.
The total amount of insurance in
force at the close of the year, written
by the old line companies and includ-
ing industrial business, was $16O,44O,
979, an increase over 1901 Of $780,
$40.
The total losses incurred were ST.
545,171.ss, or $1,O42 ,9O6.40 more than
in 1901.
Sent Back
The state board of control last
month secured the deportation of five
persons. Four were insane and one
pauper afflicted with tuberculosis. All
had been in the state less than a year,
and they were turned over to the
steamship companies that brought
them here to be taken back to their
former homes. Two were from Fin
land, two from Norway and one from
Roumania.
One of the Finlanders came to the
United States last August, bringing
his wife and four children, ranging
from two years to eleven years in age.
He was insane before he left his ma
tive country, it is stated, refused to
, support his family. The mother re-
fused to accompany the father back
and she remains here to support the
children.
State Has No Recourse.
There is no legal weapon with
which the state may attack the alleg-
Northern and the Duluth & Iron
Range roads.
This is the gist of an opinion rem
dered yesterday by the attorney gen.
eral in response to the senate resolu-
ton adopted April, 1902
Mr.. Douglas finds in response to the
request that he investigate the legal
aspect of the alleged consolidation:
That the spirit of the Minnesota law
has been violated.
That it is doubtful if the steps
taken are a violation of the letter of
the statutes.
That, if the letter has been violated,
there is no legal remedy open to the
state.
Records Broken.
All records of the Irvine manufac-
turing industry at the Saltwater peni-
tertiary have been swept out of sight
by the business done this year. Up to
this year the greatest amount ever
turned out was five and one-half mil
lion pounds and the earliest that it
had all been disposed of was May 10.
The output Will be more than seven
million pounds TINS year and it is al
ready sold with the exception of a
small amount which is being reserved
for the benefit of those farmers that
have not joined any of the clubs for
the purchase of the Irvine and find it
hard to get their orders in so early
in the season.
A Narrow Escape.
Harry Gardiner, nine years old and
residing in St, Paul had narrow es-
cape from serious injury. He climb
a telephone pole on East Seventh
street and attempted to perch out on
one of the arms. He lost his balance
and fell.
He had fallen about thirty feet,
when his coat caught suddenly on one
of the iron hooks Which are used for
climbing the poles. The coat did not
tear and the boy hung suspended and
yelling to his companions to secure
aid. A man who was passing saw the
boys predicament and climbed the