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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

The members of the Duluth police
force have been instructed to enforce
the law prohibiting the killing Of
song birds inside the city limits.
Commissioner Richards of the gen.
eral land Office, has decided to retain
the local land Office at Cass Lake,
Mimi, instead Of removing 1t to Be-
midi.
The contract between the county
commissioners and G. O. Straub and
his associates, for building an electric
line to Anoka, II now complete in
every detail.
Clapp of st. Paul won the state
tennis championship IN singles at tho
Town and Country club, defeating
Harry Belden Of Minneapolis after
Eve hard sets.
Mrs. Sarah Wa6eigh began . suit
against the Duluth street ear com
pany to recover st, 900 damages for
alleged personal INJURIES received on
one of the company's cara
A sp ecial election was held for the
purpose of securing separation from
the township Of Copley. Forty-one
votes were cast, thirty-o one in favor OF
the separation and ten against.
Burglars entered the home OF Max
Loosen, at WinonA and broke open
q safe, taking $e7 In cash and two
diamond earrings, the total value be-
ing about 5000. There is no clue.
Unconscious and helpless from an
epileptic fit, John Marjorie, an Aus
trian about thirty years old, threw
himself from . log raft into Knife
river, at Duluth and was drowned
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
= seven women were arraigned in
EOurt in ST Paul for. Nm nron

court In st. Paul for vagrancy.
Inc Southeastern Minnesota Educa-
tlonal Association will meet at Vino
ma Nov. 20 and 81.
While operating an ensilage cut
ter y. F. Brand of Faribault had his
left hand severed.
A couple of girls from Little Falls
got so tired of living in Fargo that
they walked home.
William Leubitz, a farmer died in
his carriage on the way to Perham.
de was suffering from cancer.
Because he was unable to get work
Ludwig Samuelson committed sui
eide in Loring Park, Minneapolis.
st. Cloud will entertain the Mime
sofa state conference of the Unita-
rlans at Unity church Oct. 26 and 81.
The Landstad Lutheran congrega-
ton has let the contract for large
church in Bagley. Work has already
commenced.
Three children narrowly escaped
death in a fire which almost Destroy
ed the old Forest Court apartment
house in Minneapolis.
Fire destroyed a thousand bushels
OF grain in the stack belonging to
K. Freeman at Walnut Grove. In
cendiarism is suspected.
Thomas Moran pleaded guilty in St
Paul to a charge of ofrgery and was
sentenced to four year and six
months in the state prison.
Adelina Patti, the greatest of all
singers, is coming to Minneapolis and
will be heard at the International
Auditorium The evening of Dec. 80.
At Green Isle burglars blew up the
deposit safe, secured a small sum,
broke open another section house and
took the handcar to Hamburg.
There are now over $4,000 pupils in
the public schools of Minneapolis, an
increase of nearly 1900 over the en-
rollment for September a year ago.
Mary Couple, the 1o-year-old
daughter of w. Copple, Merriam
Park, fractured her skull while slid
ing down a banister. She will re-
cover
Postmaster Berkins' large barn on
HIS farm burned near MOTIFS. Eleven
horses, nine COWS and many farming
appliances are lost. The origin is
mystery.
A serious freight wreck occurred
at Carlton on the Great Northern.
The crew escaped death by jumping.
Nine cars were derailed and traffic
blockaded.
Emil Grams, a farmer residing ten
miles east of Mankato, shot and in
stantly killed his wife. After being
placed in Jail he committed suicide
by hanging.
The Congregational parsonage at
Bagley is finished and ready for oc-
cupancy. The funds were raised
largely by the Congregational Ladies'
Aid society.
The body of Ole Fritz, of Holmes
City, Douglas county, was found in a
small lake eight miles northeast Of
Elbow Lake. He undoubtedly COM
mitted suicide.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

A1e StaI0 tIQDST OO6TQ met at tho
state capitol and granted one year
extension on the logging contracts of
Q number of companies operating in
Northern Minnesota
Jimmie Mcdonnell, q hfteen-year.
old boy, while attempting to dis
charge a gun, fell out of his oanoo
and was drowned in the Mississippi
river near South Park.
Edward E. Webster has resigned as
general manager of the Twin City
Telephone company, to assume tho
position of general manager of the in
dependent Telephone company of
Seattle.
Entertainment uncommonly gen.
erous will be provided for the 200 del
egates that will attend the annual
convention OF the Horseshoers of
America to be held in St. Paul Oct.
10 to 16.
Hennepin oounty's assessments on
personal property has been raised 3d.
06e,525 by the state board of equali-
cation. This brings the personal pro-
perry valuation Of the county up to
$s2,ss1, 1877.
The executive committee of the
State Federation Of Labor met in
Minneapolis and decided to start at
onco upon q campaign to raise $780,
600 tor the benefit of the striking
mill employees.
There are 106,898 dogs in Minnesota,
according to the assessment rolls Of
the counties, and their value for pur-
poses of taxation has been determine
ed by the state board of equalization
az IS per dog.
Standing in the pulpit of tho Thir-
teenth Avenue Methodist church.
Minneapolis, Rev. Truman r. Allen
was suddenly stricken with apoplexy.
He was taken to his home, 926 Thir-
teenth avenue S, and died three hours
afterwards.
William Ward, oolored, and Daniel
Evans, white, both feet 4, and ex-
volunteers in the army Of the Philip
pines, met in Minneapolis, got drunk
and stole some clothing. Ward con-
fessed and drew two years and a jury
convicted Evans, so they will meet
again at Saltwater.
President Charles s. Mellen of the
Northern Pacific announced that his
resignation has been presented to the
directors of the system. He will be
elected president of the New York,
New Haven e. Hartford at a meeting
OF the directors Oct. 81.
The splendid new church of the
German Lutheran society at Preston
Is nearing completion and will soon
be dedicated.
The strike in the Minneapolis mills
is booming the flour business In the
state. A st. Cloud miller was COM
PEELED to turn away an order for 1000
barrels. All mills in this section are
running night and day.
The state board of control will in
stall spiral steel fire escape at the
school for the deaf and blind at Fari-
bault. The persons slide down tho
escape and capacity of 200 persons
minute is claimed for it,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
There Is an epidemic OF diphtheria

There Is an epidemic OF diphtheria
at, the Minneapolis Catholic orphan
asylum, and the institution Is under
quarantine, and six of tho cases are
being cared for At the city hospital.
Henry Radal, 16 years old, who lives
on the Saltwater road near Mud lake,
was seriously wounded while hunting
birds. A bullet passed through HE
lungs, but 1t is thought that his in
juries will not result fatally.
The Upper Mississippi River I'm
provement association has requested
Mayor Smith Of St. Paul to appoint
delegates to the second annual con-
vsntion of the association that 10 to
b held at Davenport Oct. u and %.
A strangely fatal disease has been
uty County Treasurer c. A. Born3cl
ravaging the dairymen's herds IN tho
country surrounding St Cloud. Dep-
las boon the heaviest loser, having
lost eight out Of . herd Of forty Gown.
Herman Taylor, q oolored man, who
was born In Kentucky IN the days
Of slavery, was saved from the work
house in the St. Paul police court
through the medium Of hAe former
master and owner, Walter C. Confarr.
A $4,000 damage suit has been
brought against the village council Of
Fertile by Mrs. Ollie Bake, who cay.
she was injured by falling on . de-
fective sidewalk. This is the first case
of the kind brought against the VII.
lage.
Edward Hynes, an employe OF the
E. B. Higley company at Wells, was
injured while at work. Sebastian
Krock fell backward In front of q
rapidly moving handcar. No bones
were broken, but his spine was in.
iured. Ia. :s. 4. 4.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Minnesota's Oldest Church.

The fiftieth anniversary of the build
ing of the St. Peters church at Men
dota was celebrated with due ceremo-
ny. 1t is the first permanent church
erected in what is now Minnesota. Re-
plete with historic memories, it recalls
the days when Mendoza was the me-
tropolis of the Northwest, and st.
Paul the suburb. Old settlers, some
of them among the builders of the his
toric old church, were present at the
ceremonies, their faces beaming with
pride at the achievements commence
rated.
It was great day for Mendoza. The
members of the congregation gathered
from miles around. The picturesque
old village was enlivened by the
crowds which thronged about the old
church. Several of the former pastors
of the church were there. A dozen
neighboring priests assisted Mgr. Os-
ter, tbs pastor, in the celebration of an
event which has unique significance
to the Catholics of Minnesota and par
ticularly of the region which was once
included in the parish of St. Peters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
DEATH ENDS HIS CAREER.
Former Postmaster General Bissell
Passes Away at Buffalo.
Had Been Ill for Some Time with q
Complication of Diseases-
Served Under Cleveland.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. S.-Wilson S. Bis
sell, former postmaster general, died at
1O:15 o'clock Tuesday night At about
noon he sank into a deep sleep, and it
was with difficulty that he was aroused
at intervals during the afternoon for
nourishment and medicine. The end
came easily and peacefully. DR.. Dewitt
Sherman, the physician who has been
attending him during his recent illness.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
win Talk About Buga.

F. L. Washburn, state entomologist,
is preparing to hold series of practi-
cal talks on Minnesota insects in diff
ferent localities during the fall and
winter to discuss with farmers the
best means of combating such pests as
chinch bugs and hessian fly, with
which those localities are troubled.
These talks will be illustrated with
specimens or pictures, or both. Farm
ers desiring a meeting of this kind are
invited to correspond with the ento-
mologist of the experiment station at
St. Anthony Park.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Foul Play Suspected.

Los Angeles, Gal, Oct. Z. - George
Monroe, who, some time ago was
brought from Joplin. Mo-, to take the
place of one Of the striking miners at
the yellow Aster mine at Randsburg. has
f,aen found dead and mangled beside the
aanta Fe tracks. near Kramer. A sus-
nicfon OF foul play is entertained,
+honeh Monroeb death may have re-
e,nlted from his falling OF . freight
train. zS. .fzs, .sa. r. .:s .%,-.:s.5 ::
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Four Persons Killed and Two Injured
in Freight Smash-Up Near ST.
loan Springs, Ark.

St. Louis, Oct. ga special to the Re-
publican from Sloan Springs, Ark,
says: Four men we're killed and two
a double-header freight train and an
extra engine, four miles north Of here,
Tuesday night on the Kansas City
Southern road.
The dead: Engineer Worrell and En-
gineer Penrod, Mena, Ark; Fireman
Hamlin, Sloan Springs; Fireman
Rogers, Pittsburg, Kan.
The three engines were demolished.
Traffic was delayed several hours.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Increased Valuation.

A total increase of s3,275, 1878 in the
assessed valuation of public franchise
companies was made by the state board
of equalization by unanimous vote.
OF this amount 50, s55, 443 was added to
the valuation of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company, $4,000 to the Du-
luth-Superior Traction company, $780,
900 to the St. Paul Gas Light company,
$92,57o to the Minneapolis General
Electric company, and $685. to the
Minneapolis Gas Light company.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Found Dead.

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Mrs. N c. Edridge, of Min
neapolis, which puzzled the police and
her friends for several weeks, was
cleared away recently, when the skele-
ton of the woman was found lying in
the woods near Lakewood cemetery.
She had evidently been, dead for some
time, as the flesh had fallen off the
bones and the skull had been discon-
nected from the trunk. Circumstances
seem to indicate that she died from
exposure and exhaustion, but the po-
lice will thoroughly investigate GER
tain ugly rumors before the case is
dropped.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Restraining Order Granted.

New York, Oct .6.-Judge Holt in the
United States district court Monday
granted an order restraining further
hearings in the action for removal
brought against George w. Beavers, the
indicted postal official. The examination
which has been set for Monday was ad-
dourned to October Is.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
H !. = Damage to Dat Crop.

seattle, Wye, Oct. 7:-Ths recent
,,a.rvrv rains have resulted in immense
. "a mage to the oat crop In Skagdl county,
q one half 81 the crop Is still It in shock
- s, cannot Be thrashed until the rains
atop. The shocks are topped with '1s eree =,
snronts now and IL the rains continue II
] = .sstimated that nehalf the crop. val
( n.d n $500 900. Will be ruined
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Sale Postponed.

h New York, Oct. 8:--Speyer & CO.
Wednesday confirmed the statement that
the sale of the assets Of the subsidiary
companies of the Consolidated Lake SUI
perior company has been postponed
from October to October IL. ssz:s..... ..z s.3@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Poisoned by Cats Bite.

Surprising symptoms of hydropho-
bia are said to have been exhibited by
an 11-year-old boy who was taken
through st. Paul for treatment at tho
Pasteur Institute, Chicago. The boy
is Charles Upton, son of Amos Upton,
of Morris Charles was bitten by q
cat several weeks ago. He is said ia
have begun to ''me-ow," and to spit
and howl like cat. These symptoms,
displayed at the union depot in St.
Paul, alarmed travellers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Killed BY q Joke.

New York, Oct. 8.-A joke psrpetrated
by performers on the stage of an Eighth
avenue theater is alleged to have caused
the death Of Joseph Jennison. He
laughed so much that heart failure SET
in and he died in the lobby Of the theatsY
where he had been carried by the uahe1s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

New York, Oct. Sit has been found
at the New York navy yard that the bat
tleship Massachusetts,, which ran on the
rocks near Bar Harbor while on her way
to Oyster Bay for the recent naval
maneuvers, not only broke some of the
plates in her forward compartments, but
seriously damaged the after end Of her
keel. The ships heel" large steel
casting, was broken, and new one prob
ably will have to be cast. The work ts
likely to require several months.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Annual Convention Beau1

Baltimore, Nd, Oct 8-The seventh
annual convention of the League Of
American Municipalities began here
Wednesday and will continue during
three days. Robert M. McLane, mayor
of Baltimore, delivered brief address
Of welcome which was responded to by
Hon. ]. Adger Smith, president Of the
league and mayor Of Charleston, SC.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
EleetrOcutSd.

While attempting to sage himself
from falling of the roof OF Lildertafol
hall at St. Paul, on which he was
working, Alfred Steinhof, q timer,
caught hold Of one of the feed wires
and was instantly killed by the terri-
bic shock he received. Oscar Kuntza
also narrowly escaped electrocution
while trying to rescue bis companion.
He was rendered unconscious and hia
right hand and arm were burned al
most to crisp. He will recover.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

mONAST1R REFUGEES AT THE BULGARIAN FRONTIER,
rhaveu
Of
refugees tn
are the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
News In BFiof.

The st. Paul plumbers threaten to
strike, also the Minneapolis men.
Large 1l1mbers OF inquiries regard
ing Minnesota land are received in
Warrington.
Rev. Edwin 8. Bunce, who believed
himself to be the Oldest Methodist
minister In Minnesota, died in Min,
nsapolis.
The ghost of Herman Neitzell, the
young man who was killed on tho
Groo* Northern tracks near st. Cloud
has been seen. At least this Is the
claim of the section men who say
that every morning and evening his
figure is seen walking the track to
the place where he met his death,
when it suddenly disappears. #.
A new company has been organized
In Hastings with an authorized capital
of 100000 to manufacture the time
recorder invented by s. A. Dean OF
Minneapolis, said to be the only com
plete machine Of the kind on the
i 49, -.-----.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26

takes we ask a generous public to
not believe them as coming from
a wlllful heart or from a preiu-
diced mind. In all things we have
striven for what we believed best,
influenced only by patriotic i'm
pulses and the great good of all.
Ourmotto has been "Town, County
and State, "upholding the interests
of these against the interests of
private gain or the gain. of the
favored few. TO the enemies we,
have made we have no apology to
make. We have not Willingly or
with malice aforethought endeay-
ored to heap calumny upon avowed
enemies, political or personal, nor
have we been actuated by any
jealousy to seek the overthrow of
them more richly endowed, more
bounteousIy blessed with favors
and riches.
With prophetic eye we welcome
the coming New Year, believing
that to those honestly striving for
their ownadvancement, mindful of
the welfare Of those around them, |
the end of 1904 will find their cir
cumstances greatly improved.
Never before has a new year been
so crowded with opportunities,
and while the old year holds many
a pleasant memory. while its his
tory records many glorious J
achievements, our people antlci-
pate the coming year with hope
ful hearts, and are eager to
eclipse all former advancements.
10 one and all we wish Merry
Christmas and Happy New
Year, and trust that the refrain,
Peace on earth, good will toward
men, sung by the heavenly Choir
is two thousand years ago may.
.bide within us.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
COMING :. :.
ATTRACTIONS
Manager March, of the Grand
Opera House Rleases the
Theatre Going Public.

David Warfield whd is to be at the
Grand January vie isnow in his third
season as star. His two previous tours
were marked by unusual success. After
his. debut two years ago at the Bij0u
Theatre in New York. his fame spread
rapidly and the enthusiasm with which
the entire New York press lauded his
acting has been 'gtkped thEopg hout
the ehtiFe country. His brief touches
of pathos, with which heNrelieved the
numerous comedy scenes were praised
as bslng exquisitely done. Belasco was
loudly praised for his discernment and
skill In bringing out Warfeld SO sue
cessfully, while the new play proved
one of the most interesting by reason
on its -huTGSti t0ucnes and local otmos-
pht re that New York had ever seen
The different acts take place at Five
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
Mr.. Busby's Christmas
Gift

.MfT RS. BUsBY was finishing a
WT1k pair of "bootees" for her
daughters newest baby.
serewing up her m,uth with the in
tricacy Of the pattern. Mrs. Grlggs
In the opposite rocker watched her
Il guess | must be going" she an
nounced, finally Il only ran in to
wish you Merry Christmas. won't
see you tomorrow. Call Christmas
holiday! I've two people to cook for
usually-Christmas it's twenty"
And you'd not be content on o her
days, if you hadn' s'many then" re-
turned Mrs. Busby. Wen 60 to
Toms, as usual He married college
girl, and ! told him: These college
girls may know sight more about the
structure of the human body than the
rest OF US. but they don't know half
as much about making 1t comfort
ablep"
And now she has you come over
every Christmas and see what good
housekeeper she Isl" finished Mrs.
Griggs, knowing the story as well as
her hostess.
"Mhm. Can't you stay?"
Thank you, NO. hoped you'd
show me Mr.. Busby's Christmas gift"
It's upstairs. and I'm afraid he'll
come in. He hasn't seen it, though
so you've got ahead of him,
finally?"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
IN OUR NEW
BUILDING
But Unsettled and the Work
Of Moving Has Occupied
All Our Attention.

we are, all topsy .turvey thi;
week, Those who have seen MS
moving can, in measure, appre-
bate the difficulties and the oh.
stacles with which we have had ia
ontend to do any work. at all be.
slde moving. But we are now in
bur new quarters, just across the
treet from where The Times has
been issued for nearly a quarter of
century, and will very soon be
d d position TO handle all business
ith dispatch.
y TO keep pace with the onward
march of progress, to hold our
wn with our regular custom and
satisfactorily meet the demands
Il largely increased patronage,it
as imperative to enlarge not
5nly our quarters but to install
lew and up-to-d date machinery and
add capable and competent work
len 10 oul force. This has been
one and we feel safe in saying
bot we have now one OF the most
omplete pllnteries IN the State
md that our work, whether in the
utput of our job department or
b the appearance and reading
batter of The Times will compare
avorbaly in artisticness and
orth to any meeting the com
bendation of a criticlsing public.
No are determined to meet every
eqnirement of a weekly publlea-
lon and to meet and satisfy the
emad of a tastidious trade.
During the past year we have
pjoyed a most liberal and lucra
Fs.businessfrom our patrons. We !
Pc very we'll pleased, altogether,
fith what..we have accomplished
his year. Wherever we have |
een in error and in all our mis-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given :that Bessie
Jackson was this the 23rd day of De,
cember, y 3 appointed by the chan
Gerry court Of Washington count"
Mississippi, 4administratrix OF to
tate 81 William jackson deceased.
persons having claims against sad es-
tate are hereby required to have same
probated and registered by the cle,k
OF the chancery court of Washington
county within Que year. Failure to
probate and register claims for one
year4will bar such claims.
Witness my signature this the 23rd
day Of December, A.. D., 1908.
" Bessie jackson, Administrators,
Thomas * Rose. Attys. ls-al. 3t'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
BLANCHE WALSH.

Local play geers will have the very
unexpected opportunity OF seeing on
January 9Th Resurrection in which
the radiantly beautiful Blanch Walsh.
the American Duse as she Is called.
has made the trilmph Of hercareer. 1t
must be borne In mind that this is not
any number two company, nor any
version Of the play Resur-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
WORST OF ALL EXPERIENCES.

Can anything be worse than to feel
That every minute win be your last ?
such was the experience OF Mrs. s.. H.
Newson, Decatur, Ala. For three years.
she writes, II endured insufferabie main
from indigestion, stomach and bowel
trouble. Death seemed inevitable wner
doctors and all remedies failed. AZ
length | was induced to try Electric
Bitters and the result was miraculous.
improved at once and now I'm com
pletely recovered. For liver. Kidney.
stomach and Bowel troubles Electric
Bltters is the only medicine. Only 50c
its guaranteed by A. b. FINLAY &
20, Drug Store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-26
MONEY TO LEND

Money to lend al 5 per cent
interest, IN sums Of $4,000, and
upward, on improved plantation
property in Washington, Sun
flower. Bolivar and lssaguena
Counties.
THOMAS & ROSE, Attorneys