Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-27
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nion.
In addition to the asphalt paving
which is being laid in Crookston, sew
sera1 of the streets will be paved with
macadam.
J. P. ROBBERS livery stable at Aus
TIN caught fire and was damaged to
the amount of $1,000, with only $500
Insurance.
Roy Reynolds, aged IA years, was
crowned in the Zumbro river near
Red Wing while bathing. His body
was recovered.
The body of man who is supposed
to be August Olson of Minneapolis,
was found floating in the Mississippi
river at St. Paul.
A board Of United States engineers
will be in Duluth June 20 to examine
improvements to navigation that
have been asked for.
c. A. Rappen notified the police Of
Minneapolis that he had been swind-
led out of $40 by new acquaintance
ut the St. Louis station.
The late convention of the Chris
"ttan church was in session in ROches-
ter with about 200 delegates. Rev.
A. D. Harmon of St. Paul is presid-
ing.
Flax sold in the cash grain market
ut the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce at $1.O5 bushel-the lowest
price known here in almost four
years.
Fred Roedig was accidentally
drowned in the Minnesota river while
attempting to cross it on foot at
point some twenty miles north of
Mankato.
AS result of the work of the grand
jury twelve saloonkeepers of Manka-
to were fined for having had their
places of business open on recent
Sunday.
Matthias Weber, aged rs years, died
while seated at table at restaur-
ant, 113 Nicollet avenue, Minneap-
lis. Mr.. Weber was q lawyer from
Faribault.
Edward Blanchard, the nineteen
year-old son of S. Blanchard, a far
mer in the town of Pleasant Hill, met
his death by drowning in Corey's
Creek in Wiscoy.
August Refill, janitor of the Grant
school, St. Paul, was probably fatally
injured by being struck and hurled
twenty feet against curb stone by
= Saltwater car.
The A. 0. u. W. supreme lodge, in
session in St. Paul spent nearly all
day debating the proposed increases
in assessment rates for members
epove so years of age.
The German Lutherans of Red
Wing celebrated the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the dedication of their
church society which was organized
In December, 1861, by Rev. c. F.
Meyer.
William J. Kelly, driver for the
Margaret police station patrol wagon,
St. Paul, is in danger of lockjaw,
from stepping on rusty nail which
pierced his shoe and wounded his
right foot.
A badly decomposed body found in
st. Paul was identified at the morgue
street, St. Paul, who had been miss
ing from home since Nov. l., 1902.
An application for a receiver for
the Union Land company of St. Paul
was made to the Ramsey county dis
"trict court yesterday. The company
was started in 1887 with a capital of
$2,000,000 and is pledged to be insolv-
ent.
A Minneapolis man has the distinc-
ton of having been chosen to the
highest Office in the grand council,
q. T. c., of this jurisdiction. Ernest
Grant, of the Minneapolis council,
having been nominated from junior
councillor to grand councillor.
There were 143 cases of smallpox
reported to the state board of health
In the week ending June Is, showing
an increase. Tie largest number
game from Bird Island, in Renville
county, where fifty-ive new cases
were reported. Only one death was
reported, from Staples. Ramsey
county reported four new cases and
Hennepin one.
Two men of a gang OF fourteen en-
ployed in berry patch of the state
refornsat tory suddenly assaulted the
guard over them. They jumped on
him and bore him to the ground, TAX
ing his revolver from him and then
made good their escape. They were
soon captured.
The state board of control opened
bids on coal for state institutions,
but rejected all bids received, and
will buy in the open market. There
were bidders from the twin cities,
Milwaukee and Chicago, but the bids
were identical. The price Of anthra-
cite in the bids was $8.73 per ton.
The board uses $4,000 tons of soft
coal and 1900 tons of hard coal.
The remains of Fred Buckendorf.
late a private in Company L. Thir-
teenth Minnesota, which have just
been brought back from the Philip
pines, will be buried with military
honors at Lakewood cemetery, Min
neapolis.
The St. Paul City Railway company
fled yesterday with the city treasurer
its statement of it's gross passenger
earnings for 1902. The sum, which
includes half the earnings from the
4nterurban travel, amounts to $1,401,-
1880.
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