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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

while circumvented by false channel.
i. e.. channel lacking current. The
floating masses of vegetation frequent
~ close up again like arctic pack-ico
where a clearing has been effected, and
so render vain the laborious days of
work. At the Shambe lagoon the sud-
practically ends, though marshy ground
continues for some distance further
south. The river becomes narrower
and still more winding, and trees in
crease in number till they form dense
forests. Elephant tracks are numer-
our, and when the water dries up in the
pools and swamps they are frequently
seen drinking and bathing in the river,
while giraffes, lions, rhinoceros and
balloons are occasionally met with.
The Lado Enclave on the west bank
leased by the Soudan government to the
Congo Free State, is the prettiest part
of the journey. The bank is high and
clothed with thoroughly tropical for
ests with beautiful glades, and noun
tains come into view in the southwest.
The troops and their families form the
only population, and all come from the
interior OF the Congo territories; they
are of various tribes-Bengo-Bong
cannibal Maintain, and others. In
physique they offer a marked contrast
to the Nile races, being short, sturdy,
thick set and stolid-faced. The officers
are mostly Italians and vie with the Brit.
ish in their courtesy and hospitality. A.
few hours steam from Lado brings US to
Gondokoro, the northernmost station of
the Uganda protectorate. Here for the
first time we find the British flag fly
ing alone. The natives of the district
are of the Bari tribe, distinguished some
80 o. 40 years ago for its unfriendly at
titude to the few Europeans who came
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
NORWAY.

A comparatively new grist mill at
Hof, near Holmestrand, was destroyed
by fire. The proprietors were Joban
and Fredrik Sundby and Mrs. Jakob
Lindseth. The insurance was S11, 900.
The city authorities of Fredrikshald
have bought one-half of the Brekke
waterfalls for the purpose Of eaiarg-
Jug the electric power plant. The
price was $4,000.
Miss Albertine Fridtz has been ap-
pointed to a position on the police
force at Alser and she will be the
tirst woman to WELD policeman's
club in Norway.
Proportional representation was not
a success in the local governments in
Mandal, and members of the two
great parties have proposed to return
to the old system.
About the middle of June there
were $500 boats and 10000 fishermen
on the Finmarken fishing grounds.
There was still plenty of fish close
to the shore, but the men have been
leaving for home since the first of
June.
The first iron sailing vessel owned
by residents of Trondhjem has. just
been bought in Liverpool by Jacob
Schervig at a cost of $4,000. The
displacement is 1,145 tons.
The political clubs of the temper
ance people of Trondhjem have
passed resolutions in, favor of cur
failing the liquor traffic in many
ways.
The ting County legislature) of
Romsdal amt County, has voted q
contribution of $4,000 to a proposed
railway along the Rauma river, and
$35, 900 to one along the FSurna river.
A report dated June 10 says that
the crops look exceptionally fine in
komsdal amt.
/ Mrs. Prof. Nichelet and Miss Gina
Krogh, who represented the Norwe-
gian women at the women's congress
in Berlin, made fine impression.
The resolution which the congress
passed against the white slave
trade was introduced by the Nor
wegian women. - <@@*I#5
The sealing expeditions to the Arc
tic ocean are having poor success.
The funds owned by the University
of Norway are so large that the in
come from that source is about
500, 900 for the present year.
A new volume published by the sta
tistical bureau of Norway contains a
diagram which shows that crimes in
creased at a rapid rate in Norway
during the years 1814-1S40, and that
there was a general decrease during
the remainder of the century. The
improvement comedies with theaten-
perance movement and the ant-sa-
/ loon legislati lion. ,szss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
HE opening Of the White
Nile to regular steamer, and
even to tourist, traffic, reads
almost like a dream to those
who remember the difficult
ties and hardships narrated


uel Baker and other explorers only some
30 years ago. During the latter years
Of the khalifa's rule long stretch of
the river became so obstructed by sud-
that navigation was altogether impos-
sible, and it was only in the early part
OF 1908 that the energetic work under
taken by the Soudan government rem
dered its upper reaches once more &C.
cessible. On January l, 1904, a regular
service of luxurious paddle steamers
was inaugurated, running from Khar-
toum to Gondokoro and back in about
rs days.
After leaving Omdurman, the river
soon becomes some two miles or more in
width, and for day or two the country
Is still desert in character, with few
mlmosa trees on the banks. The first
stopping place of Importance is Ell
Duelm, the starting point of the caravan
route to Ell Obeid. in Kordofan. Here
for the first time the typical African
round huts are seen, closely esembling
haystacks or Oldfashioned beehives.
1t is busy town. with good bazaars and
markets. the shore strewn with sacks
OF gum arabic, and covered with camels
eager to drink after their long march
from the west. By the third day the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

in contact with it. With slave-ratdin8.
a thing Of the past, ard security assured
by good government, they now give
little, trouble Many, Of them arc now
serving in the Ugaudg rifles, two COM
panies of which are quartered 1t Con-
dokoro. Perhaps nothing gives a
stronger impression Of the enormous
length of the Nile than the reflection
that, although this pot lies over 1000
feet above sea level, steamers from the
Mediterranean have reached it without
the aid Of locks. But even when the
river is in flood 1t is only navigaAls as
far as Rejaf, few miles further, end 20,
with regretful longing for the great
lakes that are so near. we turn asrth-
ward again.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

that is traceahle of the French occupa-
ton is Col. Marchand's shadouf-
garden of bananas and vegetables, and
the mounds and trenches of his fort.
A few nomadic Arabs of rather low
type are still seen as far south as this,
but it is the center of the most impor-
tant Of the black tribes of the Nile, the
Shilluks. Formerly a fine and fighting
race. they were terribly reduced in num-
bers and vigor by the depredations of
slave dealers and the misrule of the
khalifa. In many respects they resem-
BILE their neighbors of the west and
south, the Dinkas, the Nuers and the
Bari. All alike are very tall and thin,
often appearing painfully underfed, and
from living in marshes they seem to
have caught the customs of the BIRDS
walking with peculiar crane-like
stride, and habitually standing on one
leg. At military stations little cloth
ing is usual, but the only essential of
native dress is for men the spear and
for women two small aprons of I'M
tanned and uncut hide. To prevent the
attacks of mosquitoes, many men smear
their bodies with grease and ashes with
most uncanny effect, which becomes
quite devilish when daubs of red paint
are added-and.th the hair stuck on end and
dyed red In hair dressing the Shilluks
are completely distinguished from the
other tribes. It is said to take some
eight years for Shilluk dandy to dress
his hair to his satisfaction. He has to
sleep with his head resting upon a
wooden pillow specially designed to do
NO harm to the structure, the commonest
forms of which are a ridge like that OF
an ancient helmet down the middle of a
shaver head, or a halo Of felt-like sub
stance standing out from tho back.
Necklaces Of beads and of certain small
crocodile bones, and massive ivory
bracelets weighing as much as 26
ounces are also worn by men. A war
dance IL q most impressive sight, when,
with long Undiscovered shields and
brandished clubs and spears, with feath-
ers and erect frinees Of hyena hair
added to their couture, and leopard skins
draped on their slim bodies, they bound
over the plain with Wild yells. raising
cloud Of dust behind them. This DEM
onstration Is the preliminary . IN 1T
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
News Notes.

Commissioner Mcconnell says the
other states formed pool to do up
Minnesota in the Worlds Fair butter
contest.
Three barns near Crookston were
struck by lightning and burned. Three
houses were struck in Crookston; two
horses were killed for &. A. Tullar,
near Angus, and several COWS killed
for William Trip, near Warren.
The twentieth annual convention of
the Minnesota State Pharmaceutical
association met in Winona with 200
delegates in attendance.
The Crookston city council has Sc
lected site for a public market, a
plan which might we'll be adopted by
many other towns.
Silver Peterson, resident of Red
Wing, visiting in St. Paul, jumped in
to the Mississippi river to escape from
three highwaymen.
The summer school at the normal
in Winona opened with more than
sixty pupils enrolled. This is for the
six weeks term.
Excitement is running high in
South Haven over the mysterious
death of Ethel Steps, a handsome
and popular young woman.
Residents of White Bear, it is said,
oppose granting the street car COM
pany a franchise for the extension Of
its Wildood line to White Bear village.
The people are not opposed to the car
line, but want it to be an extension
of the Phalen line, which would give
direct line to St. Paul.
. Topsy, a little black dog owned by
Sergeant Flynn of the Nineteenth in
fantry. now stationed at Fort Shell
ing, won her way into the hearts of
the commissioned officers at the fort
yesterday by aiding in the capture OF
an escaped prisoner. IL !.
+, A section gang found an unidenti-
ned man two miles east of Doran, in
ditch near the railroad tracks. He
appears to have fallen from a train.
and lis still unconscious.
! There has just been held at the
village Of Pickwick the semi-centen-
NAL aof the erection of the first house
III tha3 ynlley. & !.
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desert is left behind, the river is con-
siderably narrower, and the reedy
banks, parh-like country, dotted with
trees and eopses. and general coloring
strikingly remind US of England, when
a hot August has parched and whitened
the grass. Abba island, where the
mahdi lived holy life and received the
first revelation of his mission, might
be in the Thames. were it not for it's
30 miles of length and the breadth of
the stream on either side.
Fashoda. now officially called Kodok,
Is six days voyage from khartoum. All
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

~ the various previous efforts
in this line.
Since early colonial days there have
been spasmodic efforts made at estab-
fishing a silk industry in this country.
As early as 1860 Mr.. Aspinwall estab-
lished nurseries OF the mulberry at
New Haven and Mansfield, Conn, and
on Long Island, and imported eggs of
the silkworm. These efforts were con-
tinued for more than 100 years without
achieving other results than to keep
the interest in the subject alive, and
were finally arrested by the war Of the
revolution. About It'll silk culture
was attempted in both Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, and was continued I'M
til the war put stop to practically all
industries. but it was partly revived
after the treaty of peace with England
had been signed.
A few people retained their interest
in the industry during the early part
OF the nineteenth century, and in the
late twentieS a resolution was intro
duced into the house of representatives
directing the compilation of a manual
on the culture of silk. House document
No. 226 of the Twentieth congress, first
session Q828), is treatise on the rear
ing OF silkworms, by Mr. De Hazzi, of
Munich, translated from the German,
apparently by Mr.. James Mease, of
Washington, D. c.. This seems to have
been the first congressional action ia
voring silk culture.
Following the publication OF the
book mentioned there began a deter
mined effort to establish silk culture
on firm basis in the United States. 1t
was estimated that four tons of silk
cocoons were produced in 1888 in the
county of Windham, Conn. individuals
in Massachusetts, were said to have cul-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
At the Fair.

Arrangements are being made by the
state fair managers to make the live
stock department and the race pro-
gram more attractive than ever. The
premium list for live stock and the
race program have been revised and
amplifed by the managers for the next
fair, which will open Aug: 20. The
race program will be enlarged by two
purses of $1,000 and $4,000, making
the total of purses offered more than
SIS, 200. The meet is expected to be
the most important held in the west
this season.
The most interesting departure in
the live stock department is the offer
of a score of premiums exclusively for
sheep owned in Minnesota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:

The trip of the Swedish young
mems chorus to Trondhjem, Norway,
was very great success. One con-
cert was given in the cathedral,
which was crowded by an enthusiastic
audience, and 5000 people attended
an open air concert.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Salt Water and tho Skin.

Sea bathing Ia q curative AGENT In
almost all diseases OF the skin Pity
riasis versioolorio or 'tblotches." pruri-
tus senilis or the itch of the aged"
chronic. stubborn cases Of eczema and
'ring-Worms yield to the healing -
fects Of salt water. 5@ S
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Injured by Torpedo.

Mrs. John Swenson was badly In
jured by flying sand from a torpedo
while riding on Minnehaha car in
Minneapolis. Some boys bombarded
street car. One of the torpedoes went
off inside the car and the sand flew in
her eyes She was taken to her home
by her friends and the police were ask
to find the boys
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
MINNESOTA NEWS
Driven by Hunger.

:. Dr1Ven to desperation by the pangs
~ munger, Frank Hickey, about 20,
anu recent arrival in Minneapolis,
snatched purse from woman as she
was standing in front of the show win
40" OF Nicollet avenue department
store.
AFTER getting the purse Hickey made
plunge through the crowd, lodged
around show case that stood in the
doorway, but was hemmed in and ap-
Prenended before he could make his es-
cape.
hickey cried bitterly when locked up,
saying that he had never been in trou-
Ole before and laid the blame to the
desperate straits he had been in since
MS arrival in the city.
The woman whose purse was taken
heard the story Hickey told the officers
and declared that she would not prose-
cute the young man.
The purse contained only two dol
lars she remarked, land l believe he
is telling the truth and 1 haven't the
heart to prosecute him"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
All Women.

Inc convention Of the Ladies Catho>
nc Benevolent association, which will
oe held in Saint Paul, July 1920, will
be an event of more than usual inter-
est The association is fraternal in
surance society for Catholic women,
and the fact thstit is managed entirely
ny women makes it unique among the
larger successful business enterprises Of
the country. All Of the supreme off.
GERS OF the association, with the ex-
cept'on Of supreme spiritual adviser,
are women and there are no men con-
nected with the association in anv ca
pac'ty except as medical examiners.
The men would be probably excluded
from these positions were it possible to
secure in all places competent women
physicians.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Accidents.

A brace of accidents have been re-
corded near St. Cloud Martin Kelly,
foreman of the large Whitney farms
four miles from there, is lying at
deaths door as the result of scythe
falling from a tree and striking him in
the neck. A cash requiring ten stitches
was cut and the walls of the carotid
artery penetrated Jacob Bier of st.
Johns university at Collegeville fell
from machine shed, eighteen feet to
the ground, breaking both arms below
the elbows, fracturing his nose, and
sustaining other injuries which make
his recovery doubtful.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Found in the River.

Tie body of young woman was
found in the river by workmen at the
St. Paul boom 1t was afterward sent
to the county morgue, where it re-
mains unidentified. There are indi-
cations, of foul play, but as Coroner A.
w. Miller is out of the city no official
investigation has been made
A long, narrow neck scarf, such as is
worn by women, was tied tightly in
four knots about the neck, the skin
was broken and the tongue protruded
from the mouth. 1t is supposed that
the woman was either strangled be-
fore being thrown into the river or had
attempted to strangle herself, and fail
ing to accomplish her end, jumped into
the river.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Silk Culture Experiments
in the United States ~
THEY HAVE BEEN TRIED WITH VARYING DEGREES
OF SUCCESS SINCE COLONIAL TIMES

~HE efforts that are being
\ made by the agricultural de-
Al partment to stimulate inter-
II est in the silk industry in this
7 country reyives interest in
the various previous efforts
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

cations In Old ruins In southern Swe-
den, digging in the ground where
they had no permission to do so, and
even carrying away relics found by
them.
/ The head of the Karls Krona artil-
lery regiment petitioned the king for
"a loan from the national treasury to
enable the officers to procure bonds
of their own, but the petition was not
granted.
E. Kjellanger of Kosta, who is "a
years old, has made ''glass clock"
With the exception of a few small
spindles everything is made of glass
and the clock is a strange looking
thing. It runs twenty-four hours
when wound up.
+ c. T. Odhner, the noted historian,
is dead. He was connected with the
University of Lund during his most
productive period.
F Negotiations conducted under the
leadership of Governor Lagerbring
failed to settle the. conflict in the
stonecutters' trade in the neighbor-
hood of Lysekil.
A few persons in Gothenburg have
issued a call for the organization of
society against the white slave
trade
A lively agitation is carried on
among the farm laborers of Skane for
the purpose of organizing them into
labor unions. .s.-. ~~--@
The roll of the Swedish army and
an ep;tome Of that Of the navy have
just been published. The generality
comprises six foreign kings or
princes, two generals, besides the
Icrown prince, three, lieutenant gem
erals and ten major generals. besides
Prince Carl
Evening star., 1904-07-15
POTOMACS' MARINE PARADE.
One of the Most Attractive Aquatic
Events of the Year.

One of the most attractive aquatic events
of the year will be held tomorrow evening
just after dark, and the public Is cordial
ly invited to witness it. 1t will be the
uual Lantern parade of the Potomac Boat
Club and will be held on the river between
the foot Of New Hampshire avenue and
the Aqueduct bridge.
All the boats of the house tastefully deco
rated with Japanese lanterns will maneu-
YER On the river in front of the boat houses.
The boats gliding along in gay procession
with their myridds and towers of lam
terms make pleasing spectacle The craft
are to be divided into two divisions, each
carefully marshaled by the skilled canoe
ist-oiicers of the club, and both under tho
charge of the officer of the day, Lieut.
John La Gorce.
novel feature of this parade Will be
the visiting barge of the Old Dominion
Boat Club of Alexandria. The Potomacs
have arranged TO have an eight-oarrd
shell rugged and ready to play the host ana
escort the visitor from the lower Potomac
Each boat will be decorated by the pri-
yate owner and handsome prizes Will be
awarded to the best decorated. The deci-
sions have usually been made by acclama-
ton. but 1t is probable that some OF the
guests of the club will be called upon TO
pick the winners.
Last year the prize was won py MI H.
Foster and Mr. Moore. who had their
canoe overtopped with glimmering lanterns
arranged in the shape of ship IN ruiz
sail The men had about sixty lanterns on
their boat and IL was very remarkably
done This year there are many anxious
and envious canoeists. eager to win Tor
themselves that honor.
II is a sight worth going miles to see and
the Washington public should accept tho
chance and flock to the points of vantage
TO view the interesting spectacle.
Evening star., 1904-07-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Standing of Teams.
Games Today.

White Lot-Gurley Foundry.
Mt Pleasant-Sixth VS.. Mt. Pleasant Conere-
gational
Fully 5000 spectators witnessed the con-
test on the White Lot yesterday afternoon
between the Wilson Memorial and Gunton
Temple Church teams. The game was
close and exciting. the Wilson boys winning
out by a score of to 4.
Both teams played a fine game. keefe
was on the rubber for the Wilson team
and was touched up for total of eleven
hits. but he kept them we'll scattered. s.
Seay did the twirling for the losers and
held the white Birds down to four hits.
but these four came at the time a hit was
mostly needed.
Excellent fielding and Keefe's two-bagger
in the fourth. which scored two runs. and
his triple in the fifth, which drove two
more across the plate. won the game for
the Wilson's. The GuntOns had chance
to win the game on several occasions, but
the fine fielding of the winners kept them
from getting the necessary hits
1t looked as If the Guntons were going to
win out in the last inning, as they secured
two hits and as many runs in this inning.
Keefe not only pitched and batted well,
but fielded his position in first-class style.
Pennington, on second for the Wilson team,
accepted nine chances with but one miss
play.
s. Seay put up an excellent fielding game
for the Guntons. Boyle was handy with
the willow, getting three hits out of three
times up Harding secured two hits of
four times up For the Wilson's Keefe was
his being triple and a two-bagger. The
score:
Evening star., 1904-07-15
Defeated by Kann's Team.

kanns team added another to it's list of
victories yesterday by defeating the South
ern railway base ball team by 10 to on
the White House ellipse Frees, who did
the slab work for the winners. pitched a
steady game and smashed the ball for two
clean singles. Baum led at the bat. get
ting two twobaggers and two singles in
five times up. The lineup for Kann's fol-
lows: Cohn, center field: Baum, shortstop:
Haas. second base; Manning, left field: !:
Bill Scott, right field: Dammon, third ba Sc:
Smith, catcher; Kaufman. first base; Frees,
pitcher. Teams desiring games address
MIR. J. Scott. manager kann's base ball
team.
Evening star., 1904-07-15
TO RACE AT NEW YORK.
Five Sixty-Horse Power Motors to Be
Sent at Top Sped on Empire Track.

For the first time in the history OF Amer
lean automobiling. five 6O-horsepower motor
cars will come together in a contest That
number of powerful racing machines have
bean named to start at the Empire race
track, New York. tomorrow AFTERNOON ana
an exciting contest is certain to result
The machines will all start from scratch
and better than a mie-a-minute pace must
he maintained in order to win.
The machines include A. G. Vanderbilts
60 horsepower Mercedes to be driven by
Paul Satori; the 60-horsepower Mercedes
which Harry s. Harkness will drive; the
6O-horsepower Mercedes owned by George
Arents. jr.. to be driven by Carl Mensel:
the GO-horsepower Fiat. owned by Hollender
& Tangeman and the new 60-horsepower
Pope Toledo. built for the Vanderbilt cup
race. 1t will be piloted by John Fisher of
Chicago.
Another interesting event for Saturday
will be the 10-mile race for middle weight
machines, with six starters. including Ma
thaniel Higgins 40-horsepower Decauyiie:
Guy Vaughan's 40-horsepower Decauvilie;
Walter Christies 40-horsepower Christie;
Continued on Ninth Paga)