Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
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+ on the Mesaba q few miles east 81
Biwabic. 55@z. s5s s
/ The st. Croix Valley Standard has
been sold to j. "A. Stuard and Francis
Folsom, who will take immediate pos
: session. IT. t5* 7 .9s7sz 81. # II
+ Up to the time the doors were clos
i ed at the registrars office at the. state
university 1880 students had been
registered. = =, !. 4 L - 3:
Charles He1lens, packer at Swift
q Co.'s, South st. Paul, was killed by
q Great Western train. Hesslefts q
widow and six children. ss 19gs ~ +.
! At a meeting of the directors Of the
State Bank of New Auburn, G.. K Gil
bert was elected president, E.. L. Coon
vice president, and 81. Ebeling cash
" Ter. -. a. >%T ) = ~. 5F$ qs$..** ~ =
: ~ An association of state oil inspec-
tors was formed in st. Paul, the pur-
pose of the organization being to Sc
cure uniformity in the inspection of
oil. -'2-''' q" So !
A horse pulling wagon fell dead
in front of the West hotel, Minneap-
oils, after running several blocks with
blood streaming from an immense
, cash in his side. <SS.s : 5.::$z.|3 zts1*a2I
| The fair grounds are being cleaned
of rapidly after, the great fair, and
gangs Of men were at work yester-
! day removing all the odds and ends
of truck that have accumulated in the
past seven days. $3.50 ;
The, Great Northern cordially Sec
! onds the efforts of the state board
of managers Of the St. Louis World s
Fair to make .,Minnesota's exhibit
there worthy of this great state.
This road recognizes the fact that
!? good exhibits mean q, great financial
!; benefit to the state after the fair.
The Minneapolis Retailers. Associa-
!: ton has urged upon the managers
Of the state fair association the advis-
ability Of changing the date Of state
: fair week hereafter SO al to include
+ Labor Day. !.
The law passed by the recent legis-
1ature, relative to the disposition of
money received by townships from
;, the sale of liquor licenses, is causing
tho state superintendent of education
no end Of explanation.
/ Gus Olson, the Blackduck bartend-
, er, charged with criminal assault in
the second degree, who was commit
ted to Jail on June 8, to await the &C
ton of the grand jury, has been taken
to Brainerd to be examined as to his
sanity. Brooding over his troubles
is thought to have driven him insane.
Mrs. Alvina Broslxi, 5H Tyler street,
St. Paul, has been building herself
a house and worked several days
without food in the effort to get it
finished. She finally could work no
longer and applied to the police for
relief.
The public schools Of Morris opened
with the largest first day enrolment
in their record, there being AS en-
rolled, seventy-two of whom are in
the high school. Some Of the rooms
are tover-crowded and the question of
more room thus confronts the board
early, though the enrolment will be
increased by over 100 before the mid
die Of the year. ;'.*
G. A. Copeland, formerly a police
lieutenant was yesterday appointed
probation officer of Minneapolis by
tho state board of control to succeed
George D. Holt.
The tworyear-old child of Herman
Badke of North Rochester fell from
high sidewalk on which it was
playing and was found short time
later drowned in barrel of water
into which it had fallen.
Oscar Dubois and Ole Indberg,
strangers in Minneapolis, were taken
into custody by Patrolmen Erickson
and Flood on the charge of stealing
Charles Coasters pocketbook in sa-
loon.
. Assets $e2s, 1896; liabilities, $780,
4o3.1s. This is the showing of Charles
F. Leland's schedule Of assets and LA
bilities in the defunct Commercial
bank of Duluth. 49,. -
John w. Riddle of Minnesota, now
first secretary of embassy at St. Pet
ersburg, to be consul general and Dip
lomatic agent at Cairo, in place Of
John g. Long, deceased. #
For the crop year of 1oo2-oa the
receipts Of grain il Minneapolis were
as follows: Oats, 1852, 900 bushels;
corn, 2,s56, 900 bushels; barley, o.
457,1oo bushels; faxseed, $10,o72, 900
bushels; wheat, se,372, 600 bushels.
{ A, F. Ferris, state. senator, repre-
senting Crow Wing and Morrison
: counties, died at Brainerd. An orer-
alton was performed upon him last
night forsappendicitis. #s9 & N /:
Minneapolis organized labor turned
out 5000 strong despite the dnpleas-
ant weather, and made the parade
one OF the largest ofta. similar char
acter= ever held in the city. There
were 200 musicians and $50 women
and children in line. 81 51si Il u
The city: schools 81 Pipestone open
ed with e large attendance. It is
<ho,,crhht that ui+hins a. 4oxw dave Az.