Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15
ROUND ABOUT THE STAIR

William Howatt, farmer near Lake
City, lost two stacks of grain by
lightning.
! Raymond Maybury was drowned I'M
the Mississippi river at Winona. He
Tell from a raft.
| Alfred Bion, stopping at the st.
James Hotel, Minneapolis, was robbed
of $3.50 while asleep.
The public school at Foley has been
accorded a place in the list for graded
i; schools of the state
A man over at Blackjack broke up
religious meeting by rushing in and
hugging the preacher.
| An unknown man attempted to kid
nap the five year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Horovitz, of Moorhead.
John Barfiend's house at Lake CITY
was struck by lightning and he was
knocked down but not hurt.
The annual convention of the Ma
tlonal Horseshoers' Association will
be held in St. Paul from October II
to %.
| Work has begun on the new dormi-
| tory for boys at the state agricultural
! school and it will be completed about
Dec. /.
| Authority has been granted for the
organization of the First National
bank of Pennington, with capital of
! $25 5000.
Wheat for September delivery sold
above 80 cents in Minneapolis, the
| highest price recorded for three year2>
at this time.
The twenty-second annual conven-
ton of the National Funeral Direc-
tors Association will be held in MINI
neapolis Aug. 10 to %.
Andrew Anell, a farmer aged r.
years, living on the Willow Creek
road, ten miles north of st. Paul, was
killed by 500 train.
AS the date of the state fair draws.
near the prospects for an enormous
exhibit of agricultural products OF
the state grow brighter.
Herman Holt, a Western Union
messenger boy, was injured at Fourth
and Wabasha streets, St. Paul, by be-
ing run down by an automobile.
Edwin Hong of Rochester was beat
en- until unconscious and throwver
slough on the island across find.
from Red Wing by WIFE iRe man who
John Keller, q Chicago, was shot
cialms TO / 3lgy1w who held him up in the
S Sy .%Sqds in Northeast Minneapolis
Sixteen schools were recommended
by A. w. Rankin, as additions to tha
list of accredited schools, at meet
ing of the state high school board
An explosion of gas in the vault OK
the 500 line freight Office in St. Paul
resulted in the severe burning OF
Daniel Desmond, % years old, clerk
J. D. Howard of Duluth has pur~
chased TOW acres of prospective iron
ore land in Ontario, east of the Gun
flint range, from the Canadian gov
| eminent.
Peter Sterk, an Austrian about ~
years of age, while greasing a wheel
where wire rope extended near by,
caught his head in the rope and was
decapitated at Ely.
The mill owners here are making
arrangements to rebuild the dam at
the outlet of Otter Tail lake in order
to regulate the flow of the river
through Fergus Falls.
Frederick Deming Tucker, of the
University of Minnesota, has been
chosen the president of the Memorial
University of the Sons of Veterans,
which is situated at Mason City.
Peter Seebara, workman in the
planning mill at Little Falls was
caught in The machinery and killed.
Every bone in his body was broken
and part of his head pulled OF.
VIM. Schultz of the town of Lake
land was killed in a runaway acci-
dent. His team became unmanage
able and ran against a tree, throwing
him out and crushing his skull.
The board of state capital commits
sioners began condemnation proceed
ings in the district court to obtain
possession of several lots which ara
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toll.
Adjutant General Corbin today
wired General Macarthur at Sam
Francisco authorizing him to permit
the use of hundred cavalry mounts
for the Minnesota G. A. r. in the pa
rade Aug. "a.
The law passed by the legislature
requiring all trading stamp compa-
MES to make their stamps read good
. for a cash value or a premium, at
the option of the holder; went into
effect Aug. 1.
Personal assurances have been re-
ceived from Secretary Wilson of the
, department of agriculture that he
will attend the meeting of the Ma
l tional Forestry Association in Mime
= apolis, Aug. Is.
The directors of the Chicago Great
: Western have declared a semi-annual
8 dividend of 2H per cent on the pre-
1 ferred "A'' stock, which will be paid