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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
KAISER IN RELIGIOUS DEBATE.
German Emperor Criticises Prof. De-
litzsch's Lecture ON ''Babylon
and the Bible"

Emperor William has entered the
controversy aroused by Prof. De-
litzsch's lecture on Babylon and the
Bible" In letter to Admiral Holl-
man, councillor of the German Oriental
society. the kaiser says he regrets
that Prof. Delitzsch made a grave
mistake in approaching the question
of Revelation in a polemical spirit,
more or less denying the Revelation,
and even processing to be able to trace
it back to a historical and purely a
human source. The emperor sets forth
the following conclusions:
II believe in the one and only God.
We may need form in order to teach
his existence, especially for our chill
dren. This has hitherto been the Old
Testament. The present version Of
this will be possibly and substantially
modified under the infue nee of re-
search through inscriptions and eXca-
vations. That does not matter. Neither
does it matter that much of the nimbus
of the chosen people will thereby dis
. appear. The kernel of the contents
of the Old Testament will remain al
ways the same-God and His works.
Religion has never been the result of
science, but the pouring out of the
heart and being Of man from inter-
course with Cod"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
CAR TO NAME ARBITRATORS,
Minister Bowen Proposes to Allies
That Russian Ruler Select Ven
ezuelan Judges.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Mr. Bowen,
the Venezuelan plenipotentiary, has.
proposed to the allies that the car of
Russia be asked to name the three ar
bitrators who, as The. Hague tribunal,
shall decide the question of preferen-
tial treatment. The suggestion has
been approved by the state depart
ment.
Minister Bowen Tuesday submitted
the draft of the protocols which he
hopes will be signed by the allied pow
ers, specifying the conditions under
which The Hague tribunal will be
called upon to settle the question of
preferential treat ment in the payment
Of Venezuelan indemnities. to Judge
Penfield, the solicitor of the state de-
partment. After the latter had sug-
gested few changes, which were read.
lily made, Mr.. Bowen prepared to sub
NIT the document to the representa-.
tives of the allied powers.
Berlin, Feb. fisherman foreign Of
flee attaches no Importance to the re.
quest made to Mr.. Bowen by Herr Bal
taxi, the former German charge
d'affaires at Caracas, for the immediate
payment of the $27,500 forming the
first installment of the sum to be paiC
to Germany by Venezuela, but which
is not due until March Is. Foreign Sec
rotary Won Richthofen sent no such
instructions to Minister Won Sternberg
and it is assumed that there has beer
a misunderstanding in the matter. The
foreign office does not doubt that Ven
ezuela will strictly carry out the term'
of the protocol.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Report OF Drainage Commission.

The report of the statedrainage COM
mission, submitted to the senate re-
Gently, shows that $4,000 acres have
been drained in the last two years at a
cost of $40, 144.24 The commission es-
Inmates that draining raised the value
of the land to the amount of S245,OO
The value to the swamp lands alone,
the commission states, will amount to
S94,500. Of the $4,000 appropriation
two years ago, 9l.62 per cent was spent
in excavation, S.2l per cent in engineer
ing and IT per cent in advertising and
printing.
The pieces of work accomplished and
cost is as follows: Lost river in Polk
and Beltrami counties, S3S67. "a; Yea
ger lake, in Wadena county. SIS, 1875 54:
Emardville, IN Red Lake county, So, O1O;
Badger and Skunk creek, in Roseau
county, S13, 26l.96; Goodhope, in Nor
man county, s5,2S7.77; New Solum, in
Marshall county, SIS, 7o5.77; Grand Mar
ais, $1,s39.55; Gun Lake, in Aitkin
county, SIS. $50 60; Silver Leaf, SS7S. 75
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
A UNIQUE DEED.
Son of an Illinois Farmer Promise q
to Care for His Aged Parent
in Odd Terms.

There has just been filed in the cir
cult clerks office of Perry county, ILL.,,
a deed from father to son which con-
tains some unusual provisions. John
Matecki, ST.. conveys to his son, John
Matecki, Jr., 40 acres of land for $500
and the following considerations each
year:
Four bushels of corn.
Five bushels of winter potatoes.
Two trips to Nashville in two-horse
wagon.
Two hundred pounds of hog meat.
Fifty bushels of wheat.
Free fuel.
In addition the son is to provide one
pint of sweet milk each day if neces-
sary, free pasture for one COW, and
lone iron COW" and chickens.
If the grantor is ill the son must
provide doctor and if the grantor ap-
pears to be dying the son is to bring
a priest.
Upon the death of grantor the son is
to give half the amount of provisions
to the grantor's widow, Katarzeena
Matecki.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
THE NEVADA DESERTS.
They Can Be Reclaim e d in Large
Part by Irrigation.

The irrigation possibilities of the
arid west, especially that part of it
included in the great interior basin,
once called the great American desert,
are daily becoming more apparent
Surveys for reservoir sites reveal the
fact that there are many locations
where water can be cheaply stored and
used for power and irrigation. Other
surveys show large tracts of good
farming land favorably located for
watering from these storage reser-
voirs.
A more detailed study is being made
OF the amount of water each water
shed will furnish, especially those on
which there are good reservoir sites,
and the losses ofwater from each. I'm
der the direction of Mr.. L. H. Taylor,
resident photographer of the geologi-
cal survey at Reno, New, 10 new stream
gaging stations have been established
in Nevada and eastern California.
Three of these are on Walker river and
branches, one on Carson river.
six on Truckee river and tributaries
and four on the Humboldt and its trib-
utaries. The run-off data from these
and the other eight gaging stations
on these streams, when they cover a
period sufficiently long to include the
two extremes of .run-off, will be of
great value in determining the irriga-
ton possibilities and designing the
works on each. A dozen rain cages are
to be located at characteristic places
in this section. These, with the II al
| ready in use there. will, with the aid
OF the run-off data, render ascertain
able the ratio of precipitation to run
off, and thus enable engineers to com
pute, from rainfall records, the run
off from adjacent auxiliary water
sheds. Evaporation from the surface
and fluctuations of the surface Level
of some of the larger lakes are being
! measured, and losses incident to stor
age of large bodies Of water and losses
from small bodies of running water are
to be studied. During the last season
Mr.. Taylor has been assisted by Prof
E. c. Murphy, of Cornell university.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
COnSecrated Bishop.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 25.-With all the
splendor and solemnity of the Roman
Catholic church, Rev. ]. F. Regis Cane
vim was consecrated as coadjutor- bish-
up Of the Pittsburg diocese Tuesday
morningat nine o'clock. The ceremony
been deliberately decorated for the oc-
casion. Archbishop P. j. Ryan, of Phil
adelphia, otficiated as consecrator and
cele brant of pontifcal mass, assisted
by Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati,
and Bishop Phelan, of Pittsburg, and
Ri Rev. p. j. Donohue, bishop of
Wheeling. preached the sermon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Murderer Hanged.

Stroutsburg, Pa, Feb. 25.-Charles
Grether was hanged here at 1854 Tues
day for the murder of Consta BILE Strunk
in September. 1901. Strunk had gone
to Grether's home to arrest him for
Ger dead. Grether was convicted of
murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hanged. Since his incar-
ceration he has twice broken jail, and
the sheriff who conducted the execu-
ton Tuesday is under Indictment for
allowing Grether to escape.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28

Serious defects have sbeen discov-
cred in the construction of the Suf-
folk, the first-class armored cruiser
that was launched with such cere-
mony: at Portsmouth, Eng, short
time ago. It is said that at least
100000 will be necessary to remedy
the troubles, the exact nature of
which is kept secret. The vessel
is of $500 tons displacement and its
speed is expected to be % knots an
hour. sT-.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
will Change His Place Of Deposit.

will Change His Place of Deposit.
A Phiilipsburg (Kan.) merchant
whose safe had been blown open time
or two, has way of sticking what
money comes in after banking hours
around in odd places. One night re-
Gently he buried it in the bean barrel.
When he came to look for it in the morn
ing, he found that clerk had weighed
it out with measure of beans he had
sold. He took the trail and followed
the beans to observation-disclosures where
the Asnsy waa recovered. ssS5.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Race Horses Cremated.

Cambridge City. Ind. Feb. pa
large barn belonging to John S. Dackey
was destroyed by fire and IA race
horses, being held for next weeks sale,
were burned to death. The loss is $1O,-
900. with no insurance. Among the
horses burned were Logan Boy, Next
can Boy, La Fontaine and Jonah Boy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Burned 20 Death,

Mrs. Ann Rock, an aged lady of
Frazee, was burned to death in her
home in that village Friday after
noon. 1t is not known just how the
accident occurred. When found she
was lying on the floor and hole was
burned through directly underneath
her body. 1t is surmised that she was
carrying a shovelful of Goals from one
room to another and was stricken
with heart failure, falling upon the
Goals and dying almost Immediately
The hole was burned through the
floor and the fire was soon commune
Gated to the walls and attracted at
tention, when citizens fastened in
and extinguished it. Mrs. Rock was
II years of age.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Rail- Team Goea tn Florida.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-The local
American league baseball champions
left this city Tuesday over the Penn
sylvania railroad for New York,
whence they will sail on the steamer
Arapahoe for Jacksonville, Fla Man
ager Mack accompanied the team.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
On the Retired List.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Brig. Gen.
John V. Furey, recently promoted
sfrom colonel in the quartermaster's
department, has been retired. Born in
New York he began his military career
as private in the Eghtyfourth New
York volunteer infantry in April, 1861,
and served throughout the civil war.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Land Returned.

Great Falls, Mont Feb. 26.-The
local land office has received word from
Washington, D. c., of the return of
about 100000 acres of land in north
ern Montana, to enter under the gener-
81 1on1 laws .@- .s...
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Post Office Dynamited and Burned

Atchison, Kan, Feb. 25.-Burglars
early Tuesday blew open the safe at
the East Atchison post Office with dyna-
mite. The explosion set fire to the
building, which, with two adjoining
buildings and contents, and all the mail
matter in the post office, were de-
stroyed. No money was secured.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Big Plant burned.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 25.-The entire
works of the Schultze plant of the
American Bridge company, part of
the United States Steel company, at
McKees Rocks, near here, was totally
destroyed by fire early Tuesday, en-
failing a loss of about 100000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Epidemic Of Grin.

s New York, Feb. 26.-Crowded to its
utmost capacity, Bellevue hospital is
hardly able to care for it's patients.
& An epidemic Of grip has brought the
number Of patients in the institution
mp 20 $40. ss...s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Hurricane Strikes Samoa.

Honolulu, Feb. 26.-The Island of Tu-
tuila and the Samoan group generally
were visited by tremendous hurricane
February IL. The fury of the wind
both on land and on sea was terrific,
and great damage was done.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Murderers Respited.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Gov.
Dockery has respited until April IA the
following murderers sentenced to be
hanged on March ~: James Gartrell.
St. Louis; Charles May, ST. Joseph, and
Bud Taylor, Kansas City.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Arranging for Chess Contest.

New York, Feb. 25.-The Oxford and
Cambridge chess clubs have suggested
that the annual Anglo-American uni.
versities' cable chess match be held this
year on March ~ and %. It is likely
that these dates will be accepted by
the representatives of the American
universities
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Burned in Her Bed.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 25.---Mrs.
Minnie Lark, aged SO years, wife OF
q prominent farmer, was burned to
death in her bed. The bedding is
thought to have caught fire from .
stove that was neaI By.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Heavily in Debt.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 26.-Homer
McGraw, one of the directors of the
wrecked City savings bank, of this
city, has filed petition of bank
ruptcy in the United States court
His liabilities total $SO6.OOO and his
assets. besides real estate, the value
of which is not given in the petition,
are $G92S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Iowa Man Wanted in Cuba,

Ames, Ia, Feb 25.-J. J. Repp, pro-
fessor of pathology In the Iowa State
college, announces he has received the
offer of position as veterinarian to
the superior board of health of Cuba,
with headquarters at Havana, with a
salary of 5000 a month. -~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Settled.

Convincing proof of the ownership of
the famous ''section 3O'' iron ore land
was filed at the local land office at Du-
luth. 1t is the original Valentine scrip
to the land, and removes all doubt as
to the ownership of the land.
A recent decision gave the land to
the Midway Land company. The COM
pany secured possession of the scrip
and fled it in order to secure the posi-
tive title to the land, over which there
was bitter contest.
The property is one of the most val
is valued at $40, 900, 900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Taxes We Pay.

State Auditor Iverson presented to
the members of the legislature his alb
stract of the tax lists of Minnesota
counties for 1902 Compared with the
1901 figures they show an increase of
Sl60,O00,00e in round numbers in the
valuation of the state. This was due
10 the tax agitation last year, be-
ginning with the report of the tax
commission and the extra session.
The Increase was so great that al
though the levy was reduced in near
~ every county, the total taxes levied
increased by over $2,0o0,00O.
The printed statement shows the
total value of actual taxable real and
personal property in the state to be
$761,760,274, of which $$647, 654,76O is
real and $114, 105,514 personal proper
ty. The total AMOUNT of taxes levied
Tor all purposes is $1e,52O,846.6O to
produce that amount an average levy
over the state of "a $40 mills was
made.
For the year 1901 the total taxable
value was $6oo,9s0,6l4, of which
$493,140,770 was real and $1o7,-
$4,000 personal property. The total
tax levied in 1901 was 6,269, 671.5
TO produce that amount an average
rate of ~ ITO mills was necessary.
The taxes levied are distributed or
divided into five groups in the follow
ing amounts:
STATE taxes .$2,258, 5S3 20
county taxes ................ 3,643 1913. II
Slty ana village. 5,658, SO4 40
Township ....... 1.464. 653. go
ocHool olStrlctS .............. 5 ,494 Oil 25
$1s,520,946 60
The amounts under the head Of state
taxes are apportioned as follows:
| state revenue fund. .......... $761 $50. 90
ooiulels relle1 .............. 1916. 90
Funding tax Estate debit 1872 $50 90
State one-mill school tax 761, $50. 90
General university (23-1O0 of
4AAAii) ............ ......... 5,Ol9. W
| Interest and principal loans
from state .................. 331 SIS 90
THE item Of school district taxes is
! subdivided as follows:
| Local. one mill ............ $3.50, 007. II
| Interest and principal on bonds 1OS. 500 q
| 1otal '....... IS, 494 ,9l1 20
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Brief Notes.

The retail clerks of Crookston gave
a banquet to the merchants on Mon
day night, and the affair was in every,
way success.
& A rear end collision betwee Great
Northern switch engine and Burling-
ton freight train, at the foot of Will
Jams street, St. Paul resulted in the
death of P. n. Kelley, the conductor of
the freight train A fire followed the
wreck and Kelley's body was cremated.
Patrick O'Conneu, forman of the
foundry of the American Hoist and Der
rick company in West st. Paul, was
painfully burned. He was examining
one of the furnaces when he fell head
long into the frebox. His fellow work
men rescued him, but not until he had
received serious burns about the head
and face
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28
Killed While Coating.

Fred Lindgren, the 16-year-old son of
Magnus Lindgren, st. Paul, was almost
instantly killed while sliding down hill
on lower Wells street. Lindgren was
coasting on a small sled, whichecollided
with heavy sixteen-foot bob loaded
with fifteen boys The plank of the
bob struck him square on the top of
the head, crushing his skull almost be-
yond recognition. Lindgren was car
ried to drug store, and attended by
Drs. Robert o. Earl, A. w. Whitney
and N. w. Foster. Later he was re-
hours later.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28

pay the expenses of the department,
and turn in balance of $4,000 or
over to the state treasury. Receipts
for the first ten days of February
we're turned over to the state treasur-
er. They amounted to SLAB, and the
expense for the same period was
$1,192.49, leaving a net balance of
$265.51.
Angry because his wife refused to
live with him, Frank Edwards called
at Mrs. Edwards apartments in the
Palace hotel, Minneapolis, while she
was away and poured sulphuric acid
! upon her clothoing, completely ruin
ing it.
With the temperature at 16 degrees
below zero, the family of Fred Ger
1enz, clad only in their house gar
ments, were driven from their home
at 1949 University avenue, St. Paul,
by fire which destroyed their dwell
ing and two adjoining buildings.
In a rear end collision between a
Riverside and Minnehaha street car
at Third street and Cedar avenue
south, Minneapolis, two men received
painful injuries, although neither of
the injured men will be confined to
their homes.
The Farmers National bank of
y Dodge Center, Mimi, has been au-
thorized to commence business. The
capital is $35, 1000. Norman Evans is
president and Wilmot G. Brown,
cashier. - .~ :. ~.
The colored people of st. Paul eel
ebrated the birthday of Frederick
Douglass at meeting held in repre-
sentatiyes' hall at the state capitol,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28

was the text for the speech. it wa
hardly referred to after the openin!
sentences. The address was a dispas
sionate statement Of the race problem
from the standpoint of the southern
whites. The fairness with which thi
was stated and the entire freedom from
sectionalism made Tillman's plea TO
the southern whites a remarka bic one
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-28

Allowing savings banks TO invest IN the
bonds of dividend paying railroads.
Requiring all cans holding from one pint
| to six gallons, in which gasoline, benzine
or kerosene is kept to be painted red and
| labeled with the name of its contents.
| Allowing villages of less than 1000 fn-
| habitants to grant franchises to street car
companies by ordinance and legalizinE
| franchises so granted.
st. Paul, Feb. Pa. state veterinary
| condemn domestic animals afflicted with
! contagious and infectious diseases and to
| quarantine those that have been exposed,
is provided for in a bill introduced yester-
day in the senate.
The measure provides that the board
! shall consist OF three Licensed veterinary
The county commissioners OF each coun-
! ty are required to appoint county vet
| erinarian,'' who shall see that the laws
! are enforced in his county.
The county veterinarian must 1nvesu-
| gate all cases OF CHAMBERS or farcy among
or MUGS apd
| among cattle, scab among sheep and chol-
era among swine. He must quarantine
the animals afflicted and exposed. and re:
| port to the secretary of the state board
| within twenty-four hours.
The following bills were passed
estate which it has-aceuired by escheat.
To ;egaliZe conveyances of real property
! where the county is not correctly named.
| To increase the number of days in which
| the county commissioners may be paid for
their services from twenty five to thirty
| five.
Requiring townships, villages and cities.
and counties to share equally the expense
| of controlling infectious diseases, and pro-
| viding for the levy Of a local tax of not
| more than mill to>meet such expense.
! Providing that no harmless insane per.
son, who cannot be benefited by hospital
| treatment shall be committed to a stats
insane hospital, and for the discharge o1
such persons now inmates Of insane hos
pitfalls. 4z.
4 Providing that roads changed BY coun-
4 ty commissioners or town SUPERVISOR
4 shall remain open for three years a1tAl
i such change.
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