Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-30
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

The State bank of Mora increases
Its capital to $15,OOO..>
The State bank at Kandiyohi will
soon open for business.
-Four of the principal buildings in
scalon, were destroyed by fire.
A big meeting of farmers and but
termakers was held at Hendrum.
j. NJ Burke, committed suicide by
strychnine in Minneapolis roomine
house.
The University of Minnesota foot
ball team may play game with Chi
cago university next fall.
The Kiester Courier Office, tho Citi-
zens bank and Smiths barber shop
were totally destroyed by fire.
The new village council of Fertile
met and organized. George F. Cash
man was appointed attorney.
Mrs. w. J. Burns shoots her hus-
band during quarrel at his saloon,
1916 East Seventh street, St. Paul.
E. H. Becker, of Minneapolis, drop.
ped dead early Sunday morning while
building fire in the kitchen stove.
The national convention of the
Commercial Photographers Union of
America will meet in St. Paul, July
10.
The Farmers institute opened a
three days session at lie Sueur with
large attendance from all the sur
rounding country.
John Ziegle, who came to Roches-
ter from Winona, was convicted of
selling liquor without a license and
fined $75 and costs.
Fire at Red Lake Falls completely
destroyed the Palace hotel and fifty
feet front of the frame buildings
adjoining the property.
Final action has been taken in Polk
county on the issue of $4,000 ditch
bonds, and this assures the compile
ton of = great deal of work this
year.
George Manner, 2s5 Ravoux street,
St. Paul. employed as: salesman by
j. C. Ertz, commission merchant, was
found dead in shed in the rear OF
his house.
Victor Bolly of Crookston who has
been a poor farm laborer upon vari'
Gus farms in this vicinity, has fallen
heir to a large estate in Gutenberg
Germany.
The removal Of the United States
battle flags from the rotunda of the
present capitol to the new structure
will be the occasion for a military
celebration.
Elmer Kurth, little son of 81. C
Kurth, of Mankato had his left hant
blown off and his right hand severely
injured by the explosion of a dyna
mite blasting cartridge.
An ordinance was passed at Detroi
prohibiting dealers in Intoxicating
liquors from maintaining free luncl
counters or other devices for supply
ing food gratis to patrons.
Sour milk by being pasteufizet
may be made into excellent butter
according to reports received by tn
state dairy and food commission o
experiments in Eastern states.
The conductor on the train from
Moorhead north forgot to don hi
cap, and when he approached a pas
senger to collect tickets the passen
ger took him for a confidence man.
John Beumer of St. Augusta, wa
| struck in the face with flying piec
| of broken saw while at work in
lumber camp. His right ear was Gu
off, his scalp torn and his face badl,
| lacerated.
The town hall at Norton was de
stroyed by an incendiary fire and tn
town board has offered reward o
500 for evidence which win lead t.
the conviction of the persons settin!
it on fire.
The work Of selecting 10000 acre
of land to be taken in lieu of tn
usual school selections in Indian re
servations has been started at Ell,
and vicinity by representatives O
the state auditor.
Joseph Sykes, an unmarried man
living on homestead north of Beav
err Bay, disappeared about fou1
months ago. It is feared by friends
that he met with foul play or wa!
killed by wolves.
An attempt was made to burn thu
Ideal mill at Minnesota City. Som'
one went under the warehouse ant
started fire on one of the eros
beams The blaze was discovered i,
time to prevent much loss.
f~11@xrs~,oe 0Hs a1o0fA<
at Warren's city election: Mayor
August Knudgren; aldermen, c. A
Tullar, j. S. Hilleboe, c. L. Spauld
ing; treasurer, C. A. Nelson; record
er, w. N. Powell. License carried.
Gustaf Gustafson, a young man liv
ing on a homestead a few miles ives
of the head of Lake Vermillion, be
came lost in the woods and wandered
about for three days and thre
nights with neither food nor shelter
| General Passenger Agent Charlie
S. Fees retirement from the North
ern Pacific was definitely confrme'
and will be followed, it is now stated
by the appointment OF A. D. Char]
ton of Portland as general passenge
agent.
Mr.. Dearth is investigating tn
causes for a falling of Of 100000
in the 1903 marine insurance bushes
of the state from the previous year
of this sum he has accounted for So
0o0, 900, which one company failed t.
report to the department.
| William Rogers was severely in
jured by a blow on the head from
tho arm of derrick, about which h
was working on Detroit lake.
| Joseph, the three-year-old son o
Joseph Saura, st. Paul, died at tn
city hospital as a result of falling
into a boiler of scalding water. j.
| Tn thu St Panl primaries forme