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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

is rumOred that five Russian cruisers
from Vladivostoci1 bombarded Hako-
date, Japan, on Tuesday.
Hakodate is on the island of Hok-
kaldo, the most northern of the three
Japanese islands. The harbor there is
excellent and the town, containing
about $4,000 inhabitants, is we'll and
regularly built. There Is a Japanese
naval school there
Is Denied.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE ministry
of marine declares. there is absolutely no
foundation for the report that the jap
anese made several attempts to land at
Port Arthur. 1t is officially announced
that no news has been received here of
the fight at Chemupo or the blowing up
of bridge on the Manchurian railroad.
Japanese Losses.
London, Feb. 12.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of Reuters TELEGRAM
company cables that the naval head
quarters staff there announces that IN
the fight at Port Arthur six Japanese
ships were slightly damaged and 50
Japanese were killed and $50 wounded.
Signs Neutrality Proclamation
Washington, Feb. IL. - President
Roosevelt signed the proclamation de-
claring the neutrality of this govern
ment in the Russo-Japanese war Thurs
day afternoon.
Edward Declares Neutrality.
London, Feb. liking Edward, at
a council held at Buckingham palace
Thursday afternoon, signed proclama-
ton declaring Great Britain's neutrality
during the war between Russia and
Japan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

position, 1t can readily be seen the vaS
possibilities of the improved river al =
highway of commerce. Millions OF
bushels OF wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,
potatoes, millions of pounds of tobacco,
cotton, sugar, millions of tons Of hay,
thousands and tens of thousands OF live
stock, valued away up into the billions
OF dollars, is what these states border
ing on the Mississippi produce every
year. And Of this amount the present
river traffic, which is largely local
in character, there = being only one
through line of steamers between
st. Louis and St. Paul, and only
one or two between St. Louis and New
Orleans, amounts to less than $500, O00.-
90 a year. Ard when it is remembered
that this amount includes the large lum-
Der interests, which use the river almost
exclusively for the rafting of their log.
and lumber down the river, it is not
large sum, as it might at first glance APP
pear.
The industry Of log-raft towing on the
upper river is the one interest which ths
railroads have failed to win away from
the river. Into the everyday rafs
enough logs are bound and sent down
the river to load a mile or two of rail-
road fiat cars. Hundreds of millions OF
feet of these logs find the river the cheap
est and best method Of transportation,
and during the spring, when the waite:
is high, the business is rushed. A month
or two later, abyMoau,t NIB j,0lL( acl
or two later, about May, when the warm
| winds begin to STIR through the valley.
other classes OF craft emerge from theis
winter quarters, and by midsummer the
navigation of the upper river has be-
come a yeritable spectacle. The follow
ing description Of these scenes is given
by a writer in Sc3SbEer's:
''St. Louis liners~-to the river what
the limited express II to the train SER
Understanding every fiber to make their
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

bridge on the Manchurian railroad,
killing 80 Russians. Two Russian 1ele-
graph lines in Manchuria have been
cut. This information indicates that
Japan has lost no time in attacking
Russia's railroad communication, with
the design of isolating Port Arthur
and Dalny. 1t is understood that hun
tlreds of Japanse engineers, disguised
as Chinese coolies, have been in Man.
churia for weeks waiting for the signal
to attack the Russian railway. Advic7s
from Kwar-Ting, Manchuria, say that
10000 armed Chinese, unofhcially rec
ognized as government troops, are OPP
Grating in the district and are expect
ed to attack the railroad guards when
they hear of the Russian disaster.
Deals Another Blow.
ChefOo, Feb. 12.-The Japanese fleet
renewed the bombardment Of the Rus
sian fleet and forts and of Port Arthur
at two o'clock this morning friday,
and sunk three Russian cruisers, cap
tured seven warships and chased 9TH
ers. Many shells were thrown into the
city itself and number of buildings,
among them the Russian bank, were
destroyed.
A Successful Dash.
The story Of the latest battle at the
Russian stronghold again shows the
dash and courage Of the Japanese An
unofficial report from Port Arthur says
four Russian battleships and three
cruisers were sunk, and many other
smaller cruisers damaged. Two JAP
anese warships, probably protected
cruisers, dashed in between the en-
trance to the harbor and the Russian
fleet on Wednesday, despite a CALLING
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Rough House.

It was strenuous life for the uni
versity sophomores at the ~" when
they attempted to hold their class par
ty in the armory despite the frantic
efforts of mob of $50 freshmen to
break up the party. The battle that
resulted from the attempt lasted over
an hour and proved one Of the hottest
ever held at the institution.
Blood and water flowed freely. Snow
balls and chairs filed the air and
clothing was torn in shreds. Hats.
caps and collars went to ruin and it is
believed that in at least two cases
bones were broken.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

800 mile run In eight days, stopping al
none but important landings, and then
only to touch and go, promenades gay
with tourists. louEging crew of blaca
deck hands chanting down-south songs
on the forecastle, a troop Of white jack
eted walters fitting about the cabin;
trim Burlington night boats black with
passengers, and asking no favors of an,
| railroad; rival fleets of -boun:1
| raft-boats pushing forests of wet, glis-
tening logs, and sometimes a tow OF
sWeet-smelling sawed lumber; raft
boats and consOrt bowbOats, lashed
abreast, hurrying north after fresh
loads; new-painted, gaudy excursion
boats with brass bands and dancing
Darges; heavy-laden small-fry packets,
main deck guards in the water; million
aires households, gorgeously furnished,
DAINTY gas and steam launches, bright
with brass work and blazing awnings.
ms IS the upper Mississippi in summer
| time, a wonderful land Of painted hills
and great sweeps of gilded water, land
OF warm sunshine and lazy breezes, a
happy highway OF gala pleasure traffic
ana rOlllcklng commerce."
| But with the river improved in &C.
cordance with the latest plans and hopes
of those who have never abandoned
| the Mississippi to its seeming fate,
| the traffic on the river would
assume a more dignified and Sc
| rlous and important aspect. In 1864
| the Mississippi touched the lowest mark
| in its known history. Taking this as
basis, it was decided with an easy non
| chalance, to establish and maintain a
channel between st Paul and New Or
leans in which even at low water mark
of ga there should be sufficient water
! to float steamboats, of the type and
| draught in use on the rivers several d.
| visions. What sort of labor it has been
and will continue to be, to persuade the
Mississippi to accept the governments
! plan, only the commissions and army
| engineers who have coaxed and fought
her these many years can tell adequately.
It is the opinion Of Gen. ]. H. Simpson.
| of the United States engineers, in charge
Of the Mississippi from the Illinois
| river to the mouth of the Ohio, tina,
would accomplish as much as 20 of $500
900 each. IF appropriations" he saws.
''are limited to 100000 or Whereabouts
per year. it could not bring permanent
Improvements toward a deep wafer
channel" The weakest link In the 8;
Louis and New Orleans trade IS found
in the 200 miles below the former point
Here much deeper channel is required
to accommodate the increased steam
boat draught necessary to lower river
traffic. Although over this 2O0-mil,
; stretch there is seldom a time when
light draught steamers are not able to
navigate, there are periods when steam
ers loaded according to the demands OF
their traffic have been forced to tie up
because of !obstructing shoals. This IL
one Of the important sections Of the river
which would require attention to make
complete the deep water channel from st.
Paul to the Gulf, and that which as been
so often proposed may yet become &
| reality, instead Of an attractive dream.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

SAINT, of Minnesota, has just paid visit
to Washington, and laid the matter be-
fore the house committee on rivers and
harbors. The committee was informed
that SO cities were directly interested in
the project and that 100000 people
would be benefited through an assur-
ance of river competition in transporta-
ton. The plans call for an expenditure
of something like $15,000,000, which
amount, it is estimated, would provide
o six-fOot channel at low water from S.
Paul and Minneapolis to Cairo, a distance
of 1000 miles, and it is proposed to have
the work completed by the time the
Panama canal is put into operation.
Should these hopes be realized ships
could clear at upper river points for foc-
eign ports and congressman might BE-
able to again tell stories similar to that
which Henry Clay told in congress a
century ago%about a sailing master who
left .Pittsburg with his brig, sailing
down the Ohio and Mississippi, and at
last reaching Leghorn, Italy. The cap
tain presented his papers to the custom
officer there, but he would not credit
them, and said to the master: 'Sir, your
papers are forged, there is no such place
as Pittsburg in the world; your vessel
must be confiscated." The trembling
captain asked if he had map of the
United States, which he fortunately hap
pened to have, and produced. The cap
tain, taking the officers finger, put it
down at the mouth of the Mississippi
then led it 1000 miles up the river,
thence another 1000 miles to Pittsburs,
and said: There, sir, is the port whence
my vessel cleared FROM" And with the
Panama canal for vessels to slip through
into the Pacific, the ports of the far east
may have to search the map Of the
United States to learn the inland point
from which the vessel has sailed.
Up to the present time the government
has been pretty liberal with the Missis-
sippi, for over $4,000 900 have been ap-
propriated by congress for the improve
ment of the river above St. Louis. This
total includes the canal constructed at
the lower rapids at Keokuk, a., at a
cost of $4,000,000. This canal is eight
miles long, 300 feet wide and five feet
deep, and is by far the most important
improvement which has been made on
The upper Mississippi. In 1877 river
improvement convention was held at St
Paul and committee appointed to
prepare memorial to congress urging
the deepening of the river channel and
the removal of every obstruction. And
the arguments advanced then in support
of the proposed Improvements hold good
to-day, in fact, are strengthened in view
Of the coming isthmian canal. With the
deepening of the river channel adequate
ocean tonnage would be possible and full
freights of wheat obtained at St. Paul
for Liverpool and for the far eastern
ports, effecting saving of from eight tc
ten cents bushel from the present Cost
of shipment by way of New York. But
grain would not be the only cargoes
When it is remembered that the Missis-
sippi forms the border line for ten of the
most productive states in the union
with Kansas and Nebraska rendered
naturally tributary to the river by thei1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
IS UNDER ARREST.
Teamster Charged with Murder Of
Sarah Schafer in Custody at
Bedford, Ind.

Bedford, Ind: Feb. Johannes Nc
Donald, a teamster, was arrested Tues
day night on warrant charging him
with the murder of Sarah Catherine
Schafer, in the cab shed Off of l. street
on the night of January Fl. The war
rant on which Mcdonald was arrested
was sworn out by Detective Reed before
Mayor J. Jackson Smith and Prosecutor
Miller. The arrest was made by Detec-
tives Smith and Reed, Policeman N.Y.
ers and Sheriff Smith. The prisoner
was arrested at his home and taken in a
cab to the Office of S. B. Lowe, where
he was confined until taken to the JEFF
fersonville reformatory by Detectives
Reed and Smith.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
"A new MISSISSIPPI
Received Effort to Secure a Deep
Water Channel from St. Paul.
PANAMA CANAL. REEVES TOPIC
Money Which the Government Has
Already Expended in Improving
the Waterway insignificant
Nature of Traffic of To-Day.

~@ HE commercial possibili-
.NTA ties of the mighty Nissis-
XdM sippi river as it threads it's
NWNE way from the great flour
49, making city of the north
west to the gulf port of
New Orleans is ever fascinating sub
ject CT contemplation. The hope of re-
covering from the staggering blow
which the railroads dealt river naviga-
ton years ago has never been aban-
doned. And now that the Panama canal
is a practical certainty Of the nearfutu
it has stirred to renewed activities those
interested in the improvement of the
Mississippi, for the interoceanic canal
will make more accessible the vast mar
kets of the east, and with six-foot
channel in the Mississippi from St. Paul
and Minneapolis, ocean-going steamers
could load at those points and an i'm
mense saving be made in shipping
rates.
An association known as the Upper
Mississippi Improvement association,
representing the five states bordering OF
the upper Mississippi, has been organ
lied for the purpose Of agitating the
project. A delegation representative of
the association, headed by Gov. Van
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
News Notes,

Great Northern seveyors are work.
ing on the Pelican Rapids line, which
was abandoned long ago after consid-
cradle work had been done.
1t is learned that the Wright & d.
Wis interests of Michigan are to return.
to Minnesota to operate more extens.
lively than ever in the pine timber in
dustry.
An exhibit of the handiwork of in
mates of the state insane hospitals and
other state institutions is being planned
by the state board of control for the
Louisiana purchase exposition.
A fire in the Dale exchange of the
Northwestern Telephone company at
St. Paul caused loss estimated at
So, 900.
Two more students have been sus-
pended from the university for crib
bling.
r. w. Dering believes he is the pio-
neer of 1tasca county pioneers Four
teen years ago he shot two caribou on
the present townsite of Little Fork.
Otto Olson, IL years OF age, was
arrested on the charge of stealing
about 500 worth of castings whicH
belonged to the c. A. Beecher Lumbe,
company, Bed Wing. He confessed
and was bound over
/ An explosion of gas at Rice stree,
and University avenue, st. Paul, tears
up the pavement.
The sash and door factory of L.. C.
Berg, St. Anthony Park, was damaged
by a fire which originated in the boiler
roonl. The factory is located at 227C
Hampden avenue. The loss is PLACED
at $500. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
HE Welded IN LONDON.
lister at St. Georges Attracts Many
Curious American Tourists.

President Roosevelt's marriage regis
ter is in London, at St. Georges, Han
over square, and so many American
tourists have focked to see it that, for
convenience sake, it has been placed
by itself in an accessible alcove of the old
church building, says the New York
Tribune.
President Roosevelt's marriage to
Miss Carow took place so long ago-17
years ago, to be exact-that few per-
sons remember tht the American presi-
dent was married In q foreign land. He
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
After Ore.

Six drills are working on lands be-
longing to the Longyear Mesaba Iron
and Land company, in the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 3, township So, range Is. This
is the most extensive exploratory work
under way in the Lake Superior region.
These drills are finding an excellent
ore body. Two holes are already in
iron and others may find it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Picks Men to Build Canal.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-At least four
members of the Isthmian Canal commits
sion are believed to have been selected
already by President Roosevelt. These
are Rear Admiral John G. Walker, Gen.
Peter c. Haines, Gen. George G. Davis
and Isham Randolph, of Chicago
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Fourteen Dead.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 10.-Fourteen per-
sons were killed and more than a score
injured in a collision between two pas
senger trains on the Canadian Pacific
near Sand Point Tuesday,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
AASiRnA6.

Cincinnati, Feb. 11.-Stating he was
ruined by backing a theatrical COM
pany which stranded recently in Tex
as, Edwin B. Corcoran, doing bust
ness as the Crescent Buggy company.
made an assignment to Attorney John
Calvin. Assets, $4,000; liabilities.
$50. OOO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Fatal Flames.

New York, Feb. 1O.-As the result of
trifling fire in the lower part of a frame
tenement house in West Hoboken Tues
day night, Mrs. Anna Durstyn and her
two children were killed and six other
persons were seriously burned while at
tempting to escape from the building.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Public Speaker Stricken.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 8.-While deliv-
ering an address in the Presbyterian
church at Galesville, this county, Friday
evening, Rev. H. T. Miller, of Detroit,
Mich, was stricken by paralysis, and is
in q serious condition.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Editor Dies at HIS Desk

Evansville, Ind, Feb. 11.-Charles
F. Gould, editor of the Evening Bull.
letin, fell dead while sitting at his
desk Wednesday. Death was due to
strangulation by bronchial tumor.
He was IS years Of age i =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Date Is Changed

St. Louis, Feb. 10.-The date of the
trial of Senator Joseph R. Burton. of
Kansas, on charges Of accepting fee
from the Rialto Grain company for Sc
curing official protection for them, has
been changed from March to March
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Found Guilty.

Grand Rapids, Mkh., Feb. 8.-The
jury found Alderman James Mol guilty
of having accepted a bride of $3.50 in
connection with the Lake Michigan
water scandal. Sentence was deferred
till March 1 and the defendant was
released on $4,000 bail.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Former Champion Die,

San Francisco, Feb. 11.-Tommy War
rem, once the champion featherweight
pugilist of America, is dead in this city
of pneumonia. For several years he had
been in the army transport service, and
recently returned from Manila.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Yates Makes Appoint ment,

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 8.-Florus D.
Meacham, of Chicago was Saturday ap-
pointed by Gov. Yates as member OF
the Vicksburg battlefield commission.
Mr.. Meacham succeeds Gen. J. c. Black,
who resigned because of election as COM
mander in chief of the c. A. R.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Holiday for POstnlen.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The post Office
department has announced that all
rural free delivery carriers in the
United States will have holiday Feb
ruary %, Washington's birthday.
There are approximately 10000 of these
carriers. 49,. ss.~ e '*.,.@ =. @-~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Shock Causes Death.

Cumberland, Md, Feb. 10.-Relatives
here have received word of the death, in
a Baltimore hospital, of Miss Marie
Kerney, 80 years old, from shock caused
by excitement due to the great fire.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
"Olfer RESIGNS.

Henry Wolfer sent to the state board
of control his resignation as warden of
the state penitentiary, and N. F.
Boucher. warden of the state peniten-
tiary of North Dakota was appointed
to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Wolfer's res
ignation will take effect May l, and
the new warden will enter on his du-
ties on that date
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Close Call.

Dan Patch, record i:5G14, the $50, ZOO
champion pacing stallion owned by NJ.
W. Savage, had a narrow escape from
death by fire in Mr.. Savage's stable at
1900 Portland avenue, Minneapolis.
Blinded by the dense smoke and
showercd with water from the hose d.
rected by the firemen the king of the
track was led from his stall by Judge
c. +. Elliott, Mr.. Savag e and Charles
Plummer, the caretal1er.
The famous horse did not seem to
be injured in the least by his exposure
to fire and water and altho excited
and nervous after the ordeal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Plague Appears in Peru.

GuayaQuil, Ecuador, Feb. 11.-It is an
nounced here that bubonic plague has
reappeared in Peru.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

is, it is said. the only American presi-
dent whose wedding was not celebrated
under the Stars and Stripes.
Tourists take great interest in thu
certificate, in Mr.. Roosevelt's occupa-
ton of "ranchman," and in Miss Carow's
signature. They study the auto
graphs of the witnesses, and they won
der who these persons were. They OBJ
serve with pride that the canon of York,
and not a simple reverend performed
the ceremony.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
OUGHT to Be Satisfied.

Ought to Be Satisfied.
"And is this the way you repay all my
Hiudness?"
"You ought to be thankful to get paid
at l."-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
MINNESOTA NEWS
Moose and Deer.

ahe deep SHOWS Of the present winter
make it one of the hardest for wears on
oeer and moose. The deer are begin
n1ng to yard in the north and will
come out of the rigors of the winter
weak and emaciated. The same thing
applles to moose, but, if anything,
'ney will be even poorer than the deer.
moose feed on swamp grass. now
buried beneath two feet of snow in
most places, and on poplar sprouts and
wigs. Before they can get at this
1ooo 1t is necessary for them to paw
away the snow. In the spring they
are often SO weak they can walk only
win difficulty. and many will die from
the unusual exposure, just as the range
cattle of the west
Both deer and moose are falling a
frequent prey to bands of timber
wolves. Deer arc comparatively an
easy prey, out the hungry timber ban
! ol1s encounter an enemy worthy their
lnettle when they assail monarch
Dull moose. They are we'll aware of
ehls TACT, and when they find one that
is weak from hunger they dog his foot
steps day and night until he falls a
prey to their constancy. In open bat
tie they will kill wolf with a single
stroke of their hoofs.
A cruiser Of the Beltrami Timber
company recently came upon a moose
s.anolng In the middle of a small
slough, knee deep in the snow. At a
safe and convenient distance around
him was stationed a pack of eight
wolves. How long the moose had been
surrounded is question: A few shots
from the woodlands Winchester dis
persed the band. The moose was so
weak that it gained the shelter Of the
underbrush nearby with difficulty.
Reminiscent.
Many articles reminiscent of the pio-
neer days when Fort Smelling was an
outpost of civilization have been dis
covered by the workmen remodelinp
the old tower and removing old build
lngs preparatory to erecting new
structures.
Among these articles is an old ham,
mer, evidently used in laying the floor
OF the tower when that structure was
used as a prison. 1t is the kind form
erly used to hold whif1etrees on OK
wagons, and has a sharp pointed ham
die to be used for prying purposes.
Other articles found under the floor
were an agate and an arrow head, and
fragments of old military clothing
worn century ago, which crumbled
to the touch. Two old tin lanterns.
such as London Watchmen carried in
the old days, were also found, and the
iron doors of the tower prison have
been preserved by Capt. C. M. Scho-
field, constructing quartermaster, as
relics of dead and gone generations.
A brass key, stamped $780," was also
among the ''fnds."