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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29

Englishwoman, and his stepson is a
British subject which latter face brings
down upon the sultan's head now the
wrath of two nations. 1t is in accord
ance with the oriental custom, that our
consul at Tangier has asked the sultan
that he advance money for the ransom
demanded, the consuls immediate con-
Germ being the safety of the lives of the
captives. 1t is reported the brigand
chief more than once has enjoyed the
hospitality of Mr.. Perdicaris in Tangier,
where the American is owner of one of
the sultan's palaces; but that the brig
ands mean business, and death doubtless
would overtake the captives if the terms
were refused. Mr.. Perdicaris is 70
years old, and in poor health.
Raisuli is the same bandit that last
year kept captive Mr.. Waiter B. Harris,
correspondent of the London times, and
foreigners in Morocco attribute the pres
ent bold act Of brigandage to the indif-
ference shown by the government at the
offense, the bandits then going unpun-
ished. But it should be understood, be-
fore quick judgment is passed upon the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
State Fair Races.

Nominations for the Minnesota State
Fair races must be placed with Secre-
tary E. w.. Randall, Hamline, Mimi,
very shortly, as the entries positively
close at II p. M, July /. Last years
records on the Minnesota track, as we'll
as the very large number of entries
and the enormous attendance at the
fair, have added to the reputation of
this annual meet, and horsemen every
where are now talking of the proba-
bilities for the meet of this year, which
opens on August 90. Interest has been
heightened by the increase in the
amount of money offered by the state
fair management. The purses have
always been liberal, there having been
for a number of years past none less
than 81 900 for harness horses, but this
year the management has added SO 900
to the total, which now reaches the
handsome sum of $25, OOO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
TO DEMAND LIFE FOR LIFE.
Secretary Hay Cables Additional In
structions Regarding Perdi-
carts Affair.

Washington, June ga cablegram
was received Wednesday by Secretary
Hay through the navy department and
Admiral Chadwick from Consul General
Gummere, at Tangier, relative to the
Perdicaris negotiations. This indicates
that satisfactory progress is not being
made and it is intimated that the good
faith OF the Moorish government is being
called into question by our negotiators.
In response to their application for fur
Their instructions, Secretary Hay has
told them that they must adhere strict
ly to their original instructions; that
they must not in any way become in
volved In guarantee or otherwise with
other nations and that they must not
land marines or sailors without specific
instructions from Washington and, final
ly, that they must demand from the
Moorish government either Perdicaris
alive or Raisuli dead.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Is Not Game.

The inmates of the state institutions
will not eat caviare sandwiches as
result of the seizure by the game and
fish commission of 900 pounds of caviare
at Beaudette. Officials in the attorney
generals office held that caviare is
neither game nor fish, and that under
the law the game and fish commission
is not obliged to turn over the caviare
to the state institutions The state
board of control did not want the
caviare, so Mr.. Fullerton will sell it.
Caviere costs about 80 cents pound.
Executive Agent S. F: Fullerton, Of
the state game and fish commission,
says that through the cooperation OF
game wardens of Minnesota and Can
ada illegal sturgeon fishing in Rainy
river and Lake of the Woods has been
reduced to the minimum.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Two Drowned.

Helena, Mont, June 21.-Harry Bull
lock, aged nine, while fishing in Bitter
Root river, lost his balance and fell in
the river. Ernest Rich, who was walk
ing in the vicinity with Miss Anna
Strong, jumped in to save the boy. He
reached the lad and was attempting to
swim to shore with him, when both were
engulted in the whirlpool and carried
away by the current. Miss Strong faint
ed when she saw the two drowning and
has since lost her reason. Mrs. Rich
is almost insane because of the drown
ing of her son.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Lightning's Work.

A bolt of lightning struck the house
of L. Thomas at St. Paul Park and in.
iured Mrs. Minnie Thomas of Great
Falls, Mont, and her 15-year-old son.
A cash three inches wide was burned
from Mrs. Thomas left shoulder to her
hip. The wound, while not deep, is
exceedingly painful, and she is kept in
her room from the effects of the shock.
Her son Vernon was seated on a sofa.
He and the sofa were hurled across
the room. The boy was rendered un-
conscious, and it was fully fifteen min
utes before he was brought to.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY.
Man at Ludington Kills His Wife
and Boy and Commits
Suicide.

Ludington, Mich, June 23-Reimer
Smith, aged "a, shot and instantly
killed his young wife, who was living
on a nearby farm. AS the woman fell,
a ten-months'-old baby dropped from
her arms to the ground. Instantly,
the Infatuated man put bullet through
the infants head, with fatal results.
He then turned the weapon upon him.
self, inf1icting bad wound, from which
he died in few hours. There we're
no witnesses to the shooting. Smiths
wife had not been living with him for
some time and it is thought the murder
followed her refusal to return to him
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Hurrah for Our Butter.


minnesota has captured everything
IN sight in the first butter scoring at
the worlds fair.
Butter men say her record in this
event is phenomenal, and compliments
are being showered on the Bread and
butter State for the great showing
made, and state representatives there
are just touching the high places as
they blushingly receive the compli-
ments.
Minnesota wins first and second place
Tor creamery butter as follows:
NJ. Sondergard, Hutchinson, w. F.
Stahman, Loretta, and L. Larson, OAR
win, each 9sh points; L. B. Anderson,
OF Albert Lea, and H. H. Jensen,
Clark's Grove, each 9sA points.
Print Butter: Mrs j. C. Joslin, Of
Wlnstead, first place with 9715 points.
Dairy butter: Mrs. L. NJ Holmes, of
owatonna, first place, with 96H points.
Thirty five other Minnesota entries
scored 96 points or better, which places
them in gold medal claim, and over
eighty scored for silver medal. The
judges were:
Oscar. Douglas of Boston, John Mid
dlestead of Chicago and B. D. White of
New York, who, without knowing
whence the butter came, pronounced it
the finest lot they had ever tested; it
being the highest average ever attain
cd oy any state in such a contest.
They agreed that such results could
only be attained by excellent pure food
laws carefully enforced, and praised
the state dairy and food commission
and the commission for the many en-.
tries and care shown in making exhi-
bit.
That three men from one state
should come within a quarter of a
point of the record score for the United
States is considered remarkable, and is
the topic of conversation among dairy
interests.
Wisconsin took third place for cream
cry butter, with score of ninety-sev-
en-.
North Dakota had nineteen entries
in the creamery class. Miller of Ell
lendale, Knowlan of Wishek, Suther-
land of Hemp}e and Miller of Forman
being highest, with 93h points each.
The balance were between that and SO,
the judges knocking all samples on &C
count of wild onion flavor, otherwise
the points were high.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29


brought to us thrilling tales
of enslaved American voyagers, of gall
liant liberating Decatur; but, in our ig-
norance, we had thought Moorish piracy
a thing of the past, not in existence in
these modern days of telegraph and rail-
way. However, we are to learn the
Moorish pirate and Drlgand is still a
creature of vitality, seemingly as un-
conQuerable as the Berber race ITSELF
At present, news is flashing round the
world concerning the captivity Of an
American citizen, Mr.. Ion Perdicaris, in
q mountain stronghold in Morocco, and
the danger threatening our citizen If the
demanded ransom is not forthcoming,
the demanded stipulations observed.
1t is not improbable that America may
again take up arms against a Barbary
state; at least we have begun making
show of disapproval, our war vessels
now lowering about that bold and
treacherous African coast.
The story of the capture of Mr. Perdi-
carts and his stepson, Mr.. Cromwell
Varley. reads like a romance, and we
may be pardoned for reviewing it.
About half past eight in the evening Mr..
Perdicaris was at home with his family
in villa about three miles from Tan
gier, the diplomatic capital of Mo-
rocco, when suddenly the house was
surrounded by body of armed Arabs,
who. acting under order of their lead
er, Raisuli, seized the two men and fed
with them to the mountains. Mr.. Perdi-
carts is of Greek origin, but is q
naturalized citizen of the United States.
He is very wealthy, has been resident
OF Tangier for years, is married to an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29

on PIRACY In MOROCCO the author
doubtless not dreaming at the time OF
writing that some day he himself was to
fall victim to this very piracy. Riff
fan mountaineers, men of a race which
and present, in maintaining their indie
pendence; men who were neither utter
ly quelled in bygone times by Carthage,
Rome nor Goth, and who, to-day, defy
the sultan of Morocco as they do the
greatest of the European states, not cne
of whose subjects has penetrated that
territory except as slaves or captives
held as ransom, although the 30 :oya
country is situated in the very sig ht OF
Gibraltar"
The strife between the sultan O. Mo-
rocco and the pretender continue
When the excitement was at its Height
last year, the London Times CORE
spondent, Mr.. Harris, spent three weeks
of captivity with the mountain rebels,
of whom Raisuli is the leader, in the
region about Tangier Reisuli has laid
to his account highway robbery, black
mail and murder, and 1t may be some
of the cruelty of which he has been
guilty has been dealt out in payment for
the years he spent in one of the worst
of Morocco's VIGOROUSLY bad prisons.
Mr.. Harris describes the brigand, Rails
uli, as still young, quite handsome, with
no appearance Of the ferocity of which
he has proved himself capable. Mr..
Harris says his captors Indignantly re-
fused all offers of ransom for his re-
lease, declaring their motive in holding
him being not robbery, but their idea
that the retention OF foreigner
might get them from the government
certain much-desired concessions, one
of these concessions the liberation of
imprisoned brigands. Mr.. Harris free
dom was finally purchased by means of
a 16 to one ratio 16 men from the Tan
gier prison being exchanged for the
British subject. The Englishman said
the liberated prisoners were in deplor-
able condition, Morocco's prison meth
DDS being the most inhuman, while he
himself came from under the brigands'
hands in fine state of health. It may
be, would be well to let the Morocco
brigands get the reins, Of government
entirely in their hands; certainly they
could not do much worse than the pres
ent administrators.
AS to present-day piracy in the land
Mr.. Perdicaris writes that the Bocoyas
of Morocco weaken the boosted security
of Gibraltar by waylaying the smaller
sailing vessels that are unluckily driven
their way;~shoot down those on board
that resist, and carry off captive officer,
and men remaining. Italian, Portu.
guese, French, Spanish, all have had ia
make acquaintance with the tender
mercy Of the up-to-date Moorish pirate
Mr.. Perdicaris suggests the Bocoyas
some day may call forth well-deserved
chastisement from those powers whose
subjects have been mistreated: and It
very possibly will turn out that our
country and England will be the powers
to organize the punitive expedition.
KATHERINE POPE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES.
Disaster in Kansas City Causes Death
of Two Persons-Seven Others
Are Injured.

Kansas City, June 21.-Two persons
were killed and seven others were in
Jured, one fatally, here Monday by the
partlal collapse of the four-story brick
building at Third and Delaware
streets, occupied by the Block Preserv-
ing company. The collapse was caused
by overlooking. 1t was at first SUD-
posed that carboy of ammonia had
exploded, but this proved to be untrue
One side of the structure extending its
whole height fell in. There were 60
girls and men on the upper stories at
the time, and a panic prevailed among
them.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
News Notes.

The Third regiment of infantry,
Minnesota national guard, went into
camp at Lake City.
The thirty-second annual conven-
ton of the Minnesota State Fireman's
association met at Pipestone.
Francis Burbage, the 2-year-old son
of Frank Burbage of Minneapolis,
was found dead in the clubhouse on
the place.
VIM. Ellingsworth, aged about As,
residing in EIysian township, Le
Sueur county, hanged himself today.
No cause for the deed is known.
Deputy Sheriff Beers arrested three
men at Hardwick on charge of rob-
bling the residence of Mrs. Carl Rel
mer at Luverne, and Sheriff Black
arrested two others at Magnolia on
suspicion of completely in the affair.
If the officials of the St. Louns ex-
position are unable to supply pure
cold water in which to keep fish sent
there from Minnesota and other
states, it is probable that Minnesota
WILL SEM an cAulD1I VI ucdu uSA pre-.
served by solution of formaline. It
is said that when dead nsh are treat
ed with this solution, they appear
quite lifelike.
A fellow giving the name of John
Daley, but supposed to be no other
than John Smith, wanted at >Fort
Benton, Mont, for the murder of the
night marshal at that place on May
IS, was arrested at, BagAey by Mar
shall Barnes.
John r. Murphy, a St. Paul carpen-
ter, committed suicide in decidedly
spectacular manner by putting bull"
let through his heart in the presence
of number of relatives and friends.
William Warren, sentenced Jan. Is,
1904, to ten months in the St. Paul
workhouse, was granted a pardon by
the state pardon board.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
STILL FINDING DEAD.
The Known Number of Victims Of
the General Slocum Disas-
ter Is 9O7.

New York, June 24-Twenty-four
additional bodies were recovered Thurs
day, bringing the total number of known
who have been making a canvass of all
districts in this city where persons were
reported to be missing, completed their
work Thursday night Inspector
Schmittberger, who was in charge Of the
canvass, estimated the total number of
dead, including the missing at about
1000. He said that the police in many in
stances found at their homes persons
who have been officially missing since
the day the steamer was burned. In
one case man, his wife and two chill
dren, whose names had appeared in all
the published lists of missing, were found
at their home. They had not been on
the excursion at all, and the elders were
not even aware that they had been re-
ported missing. Others among the
missing" were found at hospitals and at
various other places.
Much of the testimony given at the
inquest went to show that the life pre-
servers on that steamer were practi-
cally useless. At least half a dozen
witnesses described how difficult the
life preservers were to get at, and how
they fell to pieces at critical times
Other witnesses told of similar expert
ences with the life-saving apparatus
on the Slocum, and of the great
amount of powdered cork that foated
on the water after the steamer was
beached.
Jacob H. Schiff, treasurer of the
committee appointed by the mayor to
solicit subscriptions for the relief Of
the victims of the General Slocum, re-
ported that the committee had thus far
received over 100000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Quarrel Ends in TRAGEDY.

New York, June PLATTER quarrel-s
ing over money matters, Samuel Mer-
ingola, 40 years old, of Fair Ground,
L. l., killed his brother Thomas, aged
81, with an axe, shot his niece, Mrs..
Carmen Petra, in the thigh and arm
and attempted suicide by cutting his
throat. . ! = u. q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
CORTELYOU RESIGNS.
New National Committee Chairman
Gives Up His Place in
the Cabinet.

Chicago, June 24.-Chairman Cortol-
you resigned as secretary of commerce
and labor Immediately upon being
elected chairman of the national re-
publican committee, to take effect
upon the qualification of his successor
which will be about July /, Mr. Cor.
telyou says he will give no attention to
matters until he retires from
the cabinet.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Depew's Partner Dead.

Titusville, Pa, June 21.-Henry w.
Potter, a pioneer of the early oil de-
velopment and in 1864 a partner in tho
banking and brokerage business with
Chauncey M. Depew in New York, is
dead at the home Of q daughter in this
city. His wife and three daughters
eurvivo + - - &9!2
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29

Jumped from Brooklyn Bridge.
New York, June 21.-Philip Krantz IN
engineer, jumped from Brooklyn bridge
Monday and escaped unframed. Krantz
Is under arrest charged with attemp1ed
suicide, but denies that he had any inten-
ton of taking his life
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Switch Engine Kills Children

Ainsworth, Neb., June 21.-rwo chill
zdren OF Worley Ellis, Herald, aged
three and Maud, 16 months. were
killed, and third, Violet, aged five
years, fatally injured by a switch en-
CINE in the Burlington yards. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Popular Actor Dead.

New York. June 21.-John T. Sui
Ivan, for Is years one of the most
popular American actors, is dead at
his hotel in this CITY, from srh euma-
tsm which finally attacked his heart,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Anniversary Of Famous Battle.

&111111 CT SUI J OF d1HUUS bHCC1e.
Boston, June 18-The one hundred
and twenty-ninth anniversary of tho
battle of Bunker Hill was celebrated
Friday in this city, in Lynn, in other
nearby places and in many New Eng
land Cities
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
Will Meet in INDIANAPOLIS.

Chicago, June 21.-The executive
committee of the League of Republican
Clubs met Monday and decided to have
the next meeting of the league at In
'dianapolis October and 6.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
RUSSIANS ARE AMBuSHED
ATTACKED BY JAPS WHILE PAS
SING THROUGH RAVINE.
It Is Reported That Their Casualties
Number 1,2O0-Fierce Battle
Near Haicheng.

London, June "a dispatch to the
Daily Mail under date of June 81, from
Newchwang, says:
While Russian force of 5000 under
Gen. Kondratsvitch was traversing Wa
fungko ravine, nine miles southeast of
kaichou, June 10, it was surprised by
concealed Japanese artillery. The Rus
slams lost heavily, their casualties being
1000 in number. Gen. Kondratsvitch
extricated his men and led them in good
order to an entrenched position.
Toxic, June 23.-The Japanese cap
tured junk leaving Port Arthur June
q, and the Cinnamon on board say that
a few days ago two Russian torpedo boat
destroyers and the steamer Shin TAPPING
struck mines at the entrance to the har-
Dor and sank. One hundred and forty
lives were lost, according to their &C.
count
St. Petersburg, June 21-A telegram
from Liaoyang states that in the battle
at Haicheng the.:Russians lost 5000
killed and wounded.
London, June 21.-The correspon-
dent of the Central News at MuKden
says it has been officially announced
there that the Russian losses at the
battle of Vafangow were about II off,
GERS and 519 men killed, 81 officers and
1888 men wounded, and II officers and
1893 men missing.
Russians Driven Back.
Gen. Kuroki's Headquarters in the
Field, via Fusan, Korea, June a.
Russians from Samimak attacked the
Japanese outposts in force Wednesday.
apparently for the purpose of testing
their strength. The Russian force con-
sisted of two regiments of cavalry, one
of infantry and one battery of artil
lery. The enemy were defeated and
retired toward Stimulating. They are
supposed to have sustained consider
able loss. On the Japanese side Maj.
Kubota was killed and nine men were
wounded. A party of foreign military
attaches who were on visit to the
outposts probably witnessed the fight
ing.
Oku and Nodzu Join Forces.
Toxic, June 24.-Dispatches received
Thursday announce that the advance
guards of the armies of Gems. Oku and
Nodzu have effected conjunction
near Kaiping. The Russians have
gradually withdrawn from their old
position to stronger positions extend
ing from Kaiping to Haicheng.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
A Domestic Strike.

Bobby, here's your penny, and you
must go right to bed"
PA, I want more pay ap' longer
hours. "-1ndianapol Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29

OROCCO and piracy have
been associated in our
minds ever since school
days taught us a little of the
history of the Barbary states,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29

AooA \oA IAS oeudAP)S 0IS' 1o,f'o,ooV
s17e,s5o,ooo
This sum is about 26 per cent of
the estimated value of the lands of
Sweden. The mineral wealth of the
country is not included here.
The grist mills at Sandwich, near
Gothenburg, will be partly recon-
structed so that the buildings can
be used for refining sugar six months
and for grinding grain six months Of
the year.
While engaged in tearing down the
Vasa brewery in Stockholm, two men
were crushed to death and five others
badly injured by the sudden collapse
of some vaults.
Rev. Otto Funcke, German clergy
man who is noted chiefly for his de-
votional publications, which are very
popular in Scandinavian, is preach
ing in number of Swedish cities.
The Odd Fellows of Malmo have
bought over 100 acres of land close to
the city for the purpose of providing
homes for aged members of the order.
This move will give fresh impetus
to the campaign for wage workers
homes.
The Swedish government has
bought tract of timber land near
Krungshult, Skane, paying SGT, 500 for
about 625 acres. This makes $1OS an
acre, which is said to be the highest
nrice ever Maid for timber land hv
the Swedish. government. The tim.
Der is mostly spruce and beech, and
the 'trees are growing rapidly.