Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.


in the theaters in the Twin Cities in
fighting fires.
Owing to the spread of diphtheria
the public schools have been closed
for two weeks.
The St. Paul Trades and Labor as
sembly will take hand in St. Paul
politics this spring.
| The Rosseau county seat fight was
decided by Judge Grindeland in favor
of the village of Badger.
Minnesota and neighboring states
may form a pact to stop illegal fish
ing in boundary waters.
Owing to the spread of diphtheria
the public schools at Bagley have
been closed for two weeks.
Logging operations in the Red Lake
region have not been as extensive in
many years as they have this.
Congressman Lind has been invited
to deliver the principal address at
the university alumni banquet, Jan.
80.
The next annual convention of the
Interstate National Guard association
will be held in St. Paul in January,
1905.
A sudden famine in cars is expe-
rienced at the Head of the Lakes by
the railroads due to the extreme cold
weather.
The organization of the First Ma
tional bank of Madelia, which sue
ceeds the Watonwan County bank,
has been perfected.
Henry Swanson, a farmer living
two miles from Waverly, Mimi, lost
1858 in Minneapolis. He claims he
dropped the pocketbook.
Hans Berger, a laborer employed
at Johnson's sash and door fact0ry,
Minneapolis, caught his hand in the
machinery and had it quite severely
mangled.
The dates for the annual conven.
ton of the State Pharmaceutical
association, which will meet in WI
mona, have been fixed for June 81 to
'R3 inclusive.
Chester D. Shattuclz, aged nearly
engineers on the Milwaukee road,
was run down by a switch engine in
the Milwaukee yards.
According to the figures just given
out the department of Minnesota re-
ceived $945,232.25 from the sale Of
beer stamps. This tax represents
945,232H barrels of beer.
Bishop Morrison of Duluth, assisted
by the rector, the Rev. F. E. Alleyne,
and six other priests, dedicated the
new Episcopal church in Little Falls.
The new building cost $4,000.
Over $1,7OO will be required to fur
nish musical instruction., religious
services and entertainment for the in
mates of the state institutions dur
ing the coming quarter.
j.. F. Weismiller, sentenced from
Hennepin county, Nov. IL, 1908, on
reformatory sentence for an assault
in the second degree, has his SEN
tence committed to four months.
Harry Dement,, Verne Reed and
Donald Holden, three of the eight
boys arrested at Luverne for stealing
cigars, have been committed to the
state training school at Red Wing.
The residence of Frank Huffman at
Cass Lake was destroyed by fire and
two of their children, one a three
year-old boy, and the other girl six
months of age were burned to death.
The dam at Whitehall across the
river has gone out, shutting off the
power of the electric light plant at
Winona and stopping the mill. The
mishap is credited to the work of
muskrats.
Ole Ostby, of Duluth, was arrested
on charge of non-support of his fam
lily on the complaint of his wife. It
developed that he has 5000 crowns
on deposit in a bank in Norway. The
court ordered him to pay his wife
SIS a month.
A heavy mixed freight train, NOV
ing south toward Two Harbors on
the old line over Waldo hill, on the
Duluth & Iron Range road, ran
away and was reduced to kindling
wood. The train crew escaped injury
but had an exciting experience.
Through a leak in the gas jet at
the pumping station, at Truman, an
explosion occurred which resulted in
wrecking the building. Both side
walls were blown out the whole
length of the building, and the large
double doors were broken to pieces.
What promises to be an important
mine has been discovered south of
i Virginia by Martin and Thomas Moe
and Earl Richards. The young men
have been exploring the old Torney
homestead for months and have at
last met with success.
The Southern Minnesota Bee Keep
crs' association, which was in con-
elected officers as follows: President,
A. X. Bates; vice president, John
Turnbull; secretary, j. NJ. RIGHTS;
treasurer, Mrs. Fannie Berthe.
After once making her escape from
her house, which was on fire, Mrs.
Jacob Gardner of Victoria, seven
miles west of Excelsior, rushed back
into the building to save $3.50 that
had been left behind, and persisted
in the flames.
Connie Monahan, a hack driver fol-
the G. NJ. D. company, says he was
held up between Minneapolis and St.
Pau and robbed of 81.
The Barber Asphalt Paving com
pany of New York has commenced
suit against Mankato to recover
$4o,465 for paving work on Broad
street.
The Minnesota Sheriffs' convention
will be held in St. Paul, Feb. Is, J
W. Dreger, Minneapolis, Phil Justus
St. Paul, and Charles Ostrom, Still