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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
what He Missed.

IAN old negro living in Carrollton,"
relates the Bosworth (Mo) star-Senti-
mel, ''was taken Ill and called in ply
stefan Of his race to prescribe TOR him.
But the old man did not seem to be
getting better, and finally a white ply
stefan was called. Soon after arriving
DR.. s. felt the darky's pulse for a mo-
ment and then examined his tongue.
Did your other doctor take your tenn
peratureY he asked. I don't know,
sah,;'1 he answered feebly; 7 hain't
missed anything but my watch as yit
bQas,'n w.. s.sc,s.. go x : e,s%,. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
PAYNE IGNORES SUBPOENA
Postmaster General Advised Not to
Go to New York.
Acting Attorney General Hoyt Says
Summons 10 void-Represen-
tative In Sent. 5S

Washington, Sept 16.-1n accordance
with a decision Of Acting Attorney Cen
eral Hoyt, declaring that the subpoena
served on the postmaster general Mon
day to appear at the hearing in New
York Tuesday of the case of George w.
Beavers, the former head of the salary
and allowance division, post Office de-
partment, was void, the postmaster gen.
eral has designated Post Office Inspector
Lawrence Letherman as his representa-
tive at that hearing. .~
r Postmaster General Payne said that
1t was physical impossibility to COM
ply with: the subpoena In any event.
aside from the law in the case. The
subpoena, he pointed out, called for pa
pers, documents and records covering
years Of operation of the department to
be produced before the United States
commissioner. These papers are in
constant use in connection with thein-
vestigation< of the postal service; and
are scattered throughout the country in
the hands of the inspectors. .-,j ~
The federal grand jury resumed its
consideration Of post Office cases Tues
day, but did not progress sufficiently to
report any indictments. Several wit
nesses were examined. One of the first
indictments is expected to be that of a
former law Official Of the department.
The grand jury now has every, case be-
fore 1t that Is expected to figure in the
postal prosecutions, and it is expected
that It will finish. all the cases by; the
close Of this month.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
News. IN Brief

-
Eight thousand men were in hno In
the Labor day parade in st. Paul. "
"A large barn on the Hertel farm
near Fertile south Of town was struck
by lightning and badly damaged.
- man giving his Name a. Matt
Czech, from the cities had been hunt
ing and was taking the shells out Of
his gun in the Merchants hotel Office,
at Cyrus, when. the. gum was accident.
ally discharged, Martin s. OfstAuA
farmer boy was shot IN the head,
but was only slightly injured. II ~ Y
The Northern Pacific abfdes ~ tho
/ order of the state railroad eommis,
sion and will run two OF it, Mnneap.
4 oils Duluth trains BY Wy OF the old
4 ST. Paul q Duluth line. -Four trains
will 10 srun By way of Carlton and
West Superior.
s.s The EXHIBITS from Minnesota Sc the
World' Fair next year will cover
seieht dspal tnents; ulture, horti-
scult ufe, dairying, educat ionn, game and
{ fish mining, building nsterials md
sociology. The state building viii
cost $50, 900 and the balance of tho ap-
goes 1 D \
slxpense
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
The Shorter way.

=. = IVA ~ The Shorter Way. ~
! IT understand that you have been
experimenting with 4 view TO- discov-,,
5ering the philosophers stone7" said tha
sboyhood friend. ss..sa s=[ = 3Sai
? Eyes, SAID the intellectual man. III
I discover It, shall become Hen. :
'sBut what's, the uss tf waiting @
long1 why don't 5fed get, stone
sttAight from the quarry and get rich
On paving and bull contracts the
tsama 90 ] did Hshington Star. I.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19

mouth: ~ &rf ~ ! II s>.s4, ,c.,n
.~Aincha hungryT'
s~Yeh."H RI 60 !.
$50 my. Less go meet" 90.
'rWherey'
"Sleev go one places nuther."
"Soj5dy. sIka meet, mo sstennyware.
Canchoo" o,,...>..
'Yeh. Gotcher money!
"Yeh."
$50 w. Gotcher aptiteT'
@"Yeh.' Gotchoors7"ij" -:
t''Yeh. Howbout place crosstreet?'
"Nothin teet there. Lessgurround cor
ner." -'~~ = s:..tI.} "a 60 .. !:
'Thattledoo zwell zennyware. Mi ghta
thoughta that 'tirst. Getcher hat"
lima gettinit. Gotcher money!"
"Yeh. tDidn'cheer me say had It.?
AllreadyT"' r,.r,.. ii, f,., ....
"Yeh."
"K'mon."-Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
Initiation Causes Death.

Button, Ind, Sept. 16.-Ralph Nc
Bride, aged II, died Tuesday as the re-
suit of initiation into high school Sc
cret society. Ralph and four other stu
dents of tho Button high school were
given the initiation last spring and it 10
said the ordeal caused the injury to the
bone OF. McBride'sv leg, the immediate
cause Of death being septic inhamma-
ton of the leg. The grand jury returned
indictments against nine students in
connection with the affair.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
Judge Flandrau.

Judge Charles E. Flandrau, one Of
the pioneer residents of the state and
one of the most prominent lawyers of
the northwest, died the 9th at his
home, 3s5 Pleasant avenue, St. Paul.
He was IS years old and had been ill
for the past two years, suffering from
kidney trouble, which slowly under
mined his constitution until it became
q serious matter the last few days
Judge Flandrau was born In New
York city, July IS, 1928. His father,
Charles II, Flandrau, was for q num-
Der of years the law partner of Aaron
Burr, and his mother was the daugh-
ter of Gen. Alexander Macomb, COM
mander-in-chief of the United States
army from 1s2s-1s41.
He was a member Of the first SUI
preme court of the state.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
Many Injured in Riot.

New York, Sept. 1e:-one man may
die and several others are seriously in-
1ured as 4 result of the most serious riot
this city has experienced in many years
on the eve tof a primary contest Tho
riot occurred at Fifth; avenue and One
Hundred and Eighteenth street, Many
shots were fred and only whenr9 large
force Of police reserves was rushed to
: the scene was peace restored. e.. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
ser,,.tor soott lmproved.

Denver, Col; Sept. 16.-senator Ma
thai B. Scott, Of West Virginia, who IL
III e the BrownsPalaceh hotel in this city,
i. reported 6 slightly improved. DR.. +!
e. Clements, OF Canton, O., who attsnd-
a tha senator on the train when he was
s.faken sick, 40 still with him and says
.thst 81 the senator continues on the mend
Ne Will be able to resume his journey
!. "a Colorado Springs ii . few days. !,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
Murder In St. Paul.

Otto C. Kirchof of st. Paul came to
his death from q wound caused by a
blunt weapon welded by some un-
known person.
= This is the substance of the coroner'a
jury which investigated the death OF
Otto C. Kirchoff, who died as the result
OF injuries received ina street brawl
at the corner Of Kent and Lafond
streets. St. Paul, early Monday morn
ing. The jury did not Ak the RESPONSE
bility, but the testimony. tended to
show that either Charles Haag or Pc
ter Hubert threw the stone which
struck Kirchof on the head and caused
his death. - -. ~
The testimony also showed that
Kirchoh was tho aggressorin thetrou-
bic and started the brawl which ended
in his death, b. = .,,% -<l... ~.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
q @tuop Of tbfc 9flp Gau
1itfrarp 6aps bp Barrp panifi
Copyright, 1873.

One of our great American po-
cts, who writes throbbingly on the
problems of life, putting a large,
broad-shouldered problem in every
line, and a loud, wheeling yearn at
the end of each stanza, made the
statement the other day that we in
this country are getting so that we
have fads in literature and books,
just the same as we have in boots,
bonnets or smoking tobacco. AS a
general rule, do not like to pin my
faith to what poet says. Poetry
is a pretty thing to read, but you
cannot always depend upon it as a
source of information. The aver
age poet has such a boisterous and
n1aroon-colored imagination that
you must make more or less allow
ance for what he says. But when
this poet says that we have acquired
fads in literature and in books, !
agree with him.
Each year literature undergoes
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
nIeveA DIE BY Fire.

sf.ondon, Sept ia special d.1spatcf
,srom Christiahla, Norway, saIs tAat -
sthe result 81 ! IRE IN sorAe business
! '1premisea On Kongens Gf4ds there Tues-
|, day III persons we're burned % 4eata
an afsAt damage Wss dove. SO.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
Land DiciSiOna.

Land Olc1S1On0.
Within the past few days the United
States lane" Office At St Cloud has re-
ceived twenty: decisions from the com.
missioner of the general land Office,
covering cases in the so-called North
ern Pacific indemnity belt in Grow
Wing, Morrison and Todd counties.
In all tho cases tho decisions favor the
railroads.
Mayor J. E. c. Robinson is one OF
the attorneys for the contestants, the
actual settlers, and the decisions, un-
less reversed by the United States SUI
preme court, will be the means of los
ing to the settlers 200 quarter sections
of land, with fees aggregating some
SIC, 1000 to the attorneys.
The decisions are covered by an ON
nibus decision fled by the commission
or in which judgment was found for
the railroad company, and the indi-
vidual decisions are coming so rapidly
at the local land Office that no attempt
is made to enter them at the present
time
The settlers are for the most part
men of ordinary means and the ap-
pealing of the cases to q higher court
will mean a great hardship to them,
many preferring to settle with the
company by paying them as high as $40
per acre for tho land rather than go
through an expensive litigation.
It has been decided by the attorneys
to appeal all The cases to the secretary
of the interior and if necessary carry
them still higher.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
The VeRnacular.

This was the conversation between
the girl with the, gum in her mouth
and the other girl with the gum In her
mouth: ~ m ~ D.: ~tL,44,~ ,oru g.. ;
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
MIN l[l|.l 4 N'.ElSO ia NEWS.
fold 1t PH.

F.FFa
.. Capitol certi hcstes to the amount Of
/. 300, 600 were sold to the state board Of
Investment by the capitol commission.
The state board of Investment is COM
posed Of the governor, auditor and
treasurer Of the state, and has charge
o 9l al Investment of the school and uni
<Yerslty funds, which are being con-
sSantly added to by the sale of school
LANDS LANDS There was no other bidder for
tne certificates, and they were award.
go 70 the board of Investment at par.
Inc certificates bear interest at the
5l 1ate OF per cent per annum.
The contract for the metal cases and
shelving at the capitol was let to the
Van Dorm Iron Works company Of
cleveland, on it's bid of $32, O17. II. The
Dds were opened at the last meeting
OF the commission, and it was found
that this company had made the lowest
oher. The next lowest bid was that
OF q jamestown company at sss,754.
The shelving will be used in the state
law library and in the vaults. The
cases are all to be Of metal -
The specifications for furnishing the
building are now being prepared IN
New York. The commissioners are ex-
pecting the finished specifications in =
few days and will consider them at the
next monthly meeting. As soon as tho
plans are approved bids will be called
for. 49, ~-,-.->''.,rA
Estimates for the work Of tho past
month are as follows Butler Bros !,
interior woodwork, $500. Sc; Butler
Ryan Co.,. plastering, $1,5oo; metal
lathing, 500; W. r. Gray 4 CO.., me-
ehanical equipment, 50, 900. -"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
Man Proposes
@y
Us EEuNERLER


WILL take the responsibility ~
more. That young Goddard eomes
g see Ellen every night She says they
wtA Pc married before YOU eet back
Come home Abirauu
This letter was handed Cant. Jarvis "a
ae stood on the bridge Of the steam col
her garhonie, lying under the coal
chutes The last carload of coal had
been dumped Into the hold, matches we're
down and the steam sang in the pipes as
anxious 70 start down east.
Capt Jarvis smote the air with pro-
tanity and summoned the mate, Mr.. Jack
Martin.
Read that" he said. glumly, as Mr..
Martin, much begrimed with coal dust.
reached the bridge.
Y reckon said the mate, after perus-
ing the letter. q had better give IN the.
tdee Of that wage
kouh give up nothing" roaFed the
captain. When i stahd on my quarter
deck and say to the man at the wheel
nor nor west what does he do?0
Pints her head nor nor, west /" replied
Mr.. Martin.
MAsh stand on my own floor and
cay g my daughter marry Jack Martin
what'H she do2'
But z analogy was not manifest to
l4f' Martin. He shook his head dubi-
ously.
You've already told her that" he re-
marked. gloomily.
I'll tell her again, and be obeyed, too"
numbered the captain, ringing on steam
Aneaai and You be ready to marry her
as soon as we reach Boston,"
e was the cherished idea of Capt. Jar
KS % marry his pretty daughter Nellie to
Jack Martin. Il was the cherished idea
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
SLEPT NINETEEN YEARS.
French Woman Who Lay That Many
Years in a CataIeptic state
Other Cases.

From the sunny land Of France
there has recently arrived the repori
OF the death of a subject OF cataIepsy
female, Of course-who had previous
~ lain for " IS years without dis
playing any obvious evidence Of life
other than the beating Of the heart.
After recovering partial consciousness
Tor a few days, she expired. She was,
OF course, in a state of extreme emacia-
tlon, states American Medicine.
It IS interesting to observe the peri
odic recurrence Of those phenomenal
sleepers through all the ages. Prob
ably most Of readers are familiar
with the case Of the original Rip van
Wrinkle, the boy Epimenides. who. ac-
cordlng to the elder Pliny, tired with
heat and work, turned for som repose
into q neighboring cave, shady and
cool, where he slept uninterruptedly
for a term of 81 years; who afterward
FOUND great difficulty in recognizing.
or being recognized, by his former G
quaintances and play fellows, and who
ilFed on, hale and hearty, to the vener-
able age Of 175! Also, with the com
pick case Of the Seven Sleepers of
Ephesus," who, in the heat Of the anti
Christian persecution Of the Emperor
Dec1us, retired from prospective mar
tyrdom to the depths of a cave in
mount Caelius, where they slept on in
peace and quietness for a period Of
1856 years.
Perhaps the strangest of all sleeping
abnormalities is that published bv
Alexander Suagninus, of Verona. who
his Description Of Muscovy" in
forms his readers that:
There is a people that inhabit Luz
comorieo, a country Of the further
Larmatici, who yearly upon the 27th+
day Of the month Of November after
manner of swallows and frogs. by
reasonof the -intenseness of the winters
old, seem to die. Upon the 9th q Of
april they again awake and arise.
These are said to have commerce with
me Grustentzians and the Bperpo-
lountzians, people that border upop
-nem, in this manner: When they ind
heir approaching death or sleeD ready
q seize upon them. they then stow nm
heir commodities in certain places.
Which the G-rustentzians ana sperpo-
lountzians fetch away, leaving an
equal value Of their own behind them
2 their stead. The LucomOrians. upon
return to life. il they are pleased
Flth the change, keep them; ifIl
,therwise, they demand their own Of
heir %neignbors- BY this means much ]
hem"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
VIZ LIokad GO 80

Senator Aldrich, Of Rhode island,
visited a typical music hall. the last
time he was abroad, says the New
York Tribune. A one.act melodrama
called "Fhe British Heart Of Oak"
was played by seven men and a young
woman. The time Of the melodrama
was laid in the early years Of the last
century, and four Of the players rem.
resented American soldiers.
These American soldiers we're
ragged, scarecrow lot, for it was the
IDEA Of the %melodrama to ridicule the
American army. AS the men came On
the stage they were put through an
examination.
what was your business before You
became a soldier?" they would be
asked, and to this question, one IN.
sWered that he had been a tailor.
another that he had been a cobbfer.
and a third that he had been a cook.
and so on.
The audience laughed u~proariousIv
at an army composed of men from
such ~sedentary and combining trades.
but in the midst OF the laughter Sen.
ator Aldrich's American heart was re-
to hear a voice shout from the
gallery:
Murray! Great Britain licked by
c%obblerB, and cooks! HUI.
rayl"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19

you can tell the atmosphere ~ .
home, the general character Of the
family as a whole, as inevitably gr7m
the manners and personality Of tbe
maid who opens the door for Won as
from the furnishings Of the domIciIs
itself" said an o~bservant housebolder
the other day. fBoth u-nconscioneIv
reflect the dominant tone in tbe ~
nestle menage. I would rather do
without a maid and compass nv own
work with the help of an errand rnn-
ner than have a l~oud-voiced, iU-man-
nered person about my apartment i
would as 500 hang an advertisine
chrome in my hall or drape nv win
dows with red bunting" This NAV Is
an extreme view, but the fact remaipa
that too little attention is paid ia lis
important detail Of the home. A suest
is often seriously Inconvenience BIZ 4
thoughtless, d-iscourteous maid. and
nothing adds more to the comfort ~
an entire household than a gentle.
woman, whatever her color or class
serVitOr. Chicago Daily News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19

Every blade of grass, every flower and
tree, has learned in California a dlFer-
emit habit from that Of it's own familv
in the eastern states-that Is. tboge
whose families are represented az an II
that Incorporate zone. It is a wordar-
full story Of botanic promotions wbirb
would make a fascinating book car ~
its Lonesome" Out here. writes a Cali
fornian, the eastern ANIMALS learn to he.
perennlals' the eastern herbs graduate
Z bushes; the eastern bushes burgeon.
out as trees. For a little instance 49,
who read this win remember AZ I ~
the elderberry bush Of back east. No.
the %elderberry becomes a tree. and 7 c,,t
one down on my own place which was
- inches in diameter-cut it down ba-
cause of its interference with lor5iv
sycamore, each one of whose four trpnE-
was nearly twice as large.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
KlTTY's CONG HOME.

KITTY g q pretty girl, kitty is a witty girl
kitty Is q city girl.
Kitty's going home;
Gheh recall "a days to come how she heard
me partridge drum, how she heard the
criekets hum
Evenings in the gloam.
eneA remember Jack. and Ned; she'll re-
member WIN and Fred; she'll remem-
Der ali they said
e would an a tome:
she'll remember winding lanes; she'll re-
member waving grains-piGy, pity
aa her SWANS.
Nitty's going home.
she VIII think Of dropping boughs. she will
afeam % Wld-eyed cows and Of romps
"a country moWss
Gtty'a such q dear.
onel somewhat of a cOGuette, laughing
new, now u g pet, now with eyes tear
QANmeQ and wet.
Laughter and q tear,
A- Mooas ao come ana 90, swinging.
HaHsing % and fro. singing loud or
Moods are very near
81 surface. near her eyes laughter.
susmiao 70 their limpid
Ritty dear
~ Der dream of Jack and Ned. ana re-
VIZ end Rrea, bless her curly
Aet her e ahe wiisss
notion Z may be somewhere 81 her
memory thas her thoughts VIII turn
The country rils.
seessa ey rock or fern though
AAE paused forever. turn where the
oeeana pillows Venrn
WIEN their rushing hills
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19
STORIES ABOUT EAGLES.
An Exciting Battle with a siag-Tra.
dttions as to he'll Carrying
on Children.

Some years ago Sir Charles Nor
daunt Witnessed in Scotland a strange
battle between an eagle and a stag.
which completely dispels anv theory
that the ornitholOgist may put forward
as to eagles not attacking large ami
mails, says The Scotsman. The bird
singled out from a herd one particular
buck, which it succeeded in driving
from the rest. 1t struck the animal re-
peatedly with its powerful wings
knocked it down and finally killed it,
Baron Schroeder witnessed a still mora
remarkable spectacle. An eagle at
tackled a fawn which was one of a herd
IN the Highlands. The cries of the
little one were answered hy its dam.
which sprang upon the eagle and
struck it repeatedly with it's forefeet.
taWn, deer and eagle rolled headlons
down a declivity, and the bird was dis
lodged from it's hold and the fawn
rescued. But Sir Kenneth Mackenzie
knows a more thrilling story than eth
er Of these, for, according to report,
an eagle was rent in twain during d
battle in his forest of Gairloch. Fix
ing its talons in the quarters of a q
the bird was dashed against a tree. to
q branch of which it endeavored to
hold to stay the flight Of its captive.
The bird was haIved in an instant
Many traditions are extant as to
eagles having carried of and devoured
children. In the north Of England the
legend is p~erpetuated by the name Of
many an inn, the sign, ''The Eagle and
the Child" being common. The. most
recent case bearing close scrutiny an
pears to be one which occurred in
South Africa. A Boer farmer. living
the veldt just beyond Barberton,
stock had been harried by
eagles, lay in ambush for the aerial
robbers and saw one Of them descend
and carry off the h~ve-year-old child
M of his Kafir servants. He shot
the bird, which, with the child still
its grip, fell into a thorn bush. The
bird was dead when picked up. but tbs
was little hurt. The eagle meas
ared nine feet from tip to tip Of the
wings. Other stories are told to a sim.
Jar end, but appear less credible than
this one. !
Two eagles will stalk a covert In j
concert While one conceals itself tbs I
3ther beats about the bushes with 4 !
great screaming, driving out its quarry
the hidden eagle to sweep down
md make an end Of 1t. An even more {
nsidious method has been observed &,
2hen an eagle, detecting a sheen on
ne edge Of a precipice, flew at IL S
dreaming shrilly, and with forcefpI t
'eat OF wing hurled it into the valley c
Glow, where it could devour it at fts I
alsure. There is good reason for be- {
ewing, after ali, the ancient legend
q the manner in which Aeschylus.
PC Greek poet, met his death. It is
aid that an eagle dropped a turtle on I
IS bald head. Algerian travellers are e
lmiiiar with the sight Of eagles carry i
turtles and ~tortoises to a height y
dropping them upon rocks to break t
creatures shells and render the +
accessible. v
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19

A strange occurrence took place on
the Northwestern railway at Arthipp-
ton near Leeds, England. the other
afternoon. The passenger train from
llkley to Leeds, after leaving Arthine-
ton station, stopped in Bramhope tun-
mel The guard left his van and. on.
walking along the line, found the
driver and fireman lying beside the
engine stunned and suffering from
scalds An examination showed that 4
tube in the engine had been blown out
WIN such force Is to kncsk the men
on the engine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-19

Counting in the Pacific basin the lands
draining towards Its depths, its province
is the home OF half the population oftbe
globe. The newest and the Oldest Of ne
nations. alike look ont on its expanea
It was probably seen first by Caueastan
eyes from our approach by BaIBos ~
1913. It's conquest began seven wears.
later-just q century before the Nav
hower-when Magellan entered IL
great expanse, through the strait which
bears his name, and, by a peculiar bis
torie coincidence, moved toward Asia
along the line Of American expansion
in these later days. visiting the Ladronee
and finally the Philippines, where his
rest.