Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-06
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.
There are now 800 rural routes Ii
Minnesota.

dence section of St. Cloud.
The state agricultural school grad
yates largest class in its history.
\ $4,000 elevator at Warren was de-
stroyed by fire. The insurance is
about $4,000
The saloons of Minneapolis are pro-
hibited from serving free lunch to
their customers.
The jury in the Snow murder case
returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree.
A Duluth firm appeals to secretary
OF interior to reverse award of iron
mine to state.
c. NJ. Morgan has been awarded the
contract for building the school
house at Canton.
Donald Grant has plans under way
to build an electric street car line in
Faribault this spring.
The First Baptist church society of
Duluth has voted to build new
church to cost $4,000.
The first William Randolph Hearst
club to be organized in Minnesota
was organized at Duluth.
A mad dog is reported to be run
ming at large and to have bitten sew
eral cattle near St. Charles.
Lanesboro is to have a canning
factory, the largest in Minnesota.
The capacity will be 10000 cans a
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Irwin of Two
Harbors celebrated their silver we'd
ding anniversary. Over sixty invited
guests were present.
Dan Flynn. who was hauling logs,
was thrown under the sleigh, break
ing his leg in two places and badly
bruising his arm.
Nicholas Hipshen values his left
hand at $4,000, and has brought suit
for the loss of it against the Barnett
& Record company.
The government improvement fleet
at Fountain City is ready for the
opening of navigation on the river
The steamer Ada has been provided
with new hull and four of the large
stone barges have been built over.
While throwing a switch at Mile
IS near Two Harbors Conductor
James j. Smith was caught by the
cars and dragged seventeen cal
lengths. Both arms and one leg were
severed. He was 35.
1t is expected that representative
Duluth citizens will go to Lorain
Ohio. on April 9, to be present at the
launching of the new steamer Au
gusta B. Wolvin. which is to be the
| largest vessel afloat on the Grea1
Lakes.
Knights of Pythias from all owe,
the Northwest and from as far cas-
as Ohio will assemble in Minneapolis
May p, for the Pythian festival, K
be held here on that date.
The frequency with which barn!
have caught fire lately has caused tn,
police of St. Cloud to make an in
vestigation. 1t is believed that sew
eral of the fires were caused by boy
smoking cigarettes.
Cannon Falls is to have a cannins
factory. The campaign waged Will
this purpose in view eliminated il
the formation of the Cannon Vale,
Canning company.
Two masked highwaymen walked
into Fred Whalen's saloon. at St
Louis Park, and compelled the bar
tender to hand over $50 from tn.
cash drawer. The robbers were hea
Willy armed.
After three or four years of tall
about the subject, Duluth is at las,
to have the aerial bridge built acros:
the ship canal connecting the city
| proper at the foot of Lake avenue
and Park point.
Cyprian Dufault, St. Paul. died a
St. Joseph's hospital from the effects
of beating by thugs two years ago
Mr.. Dufault, at that time, refused tc
give up $500 and he was beaten into
Inconsistencies. Since. then he has
not been we'll.
r. J. Mellicke wants the city Of
St. Paul to repay 81 he spent in
treating neighbors who helped him
get his horse out of a hole in the
street.
Fire broke out in the second story
of Banding Norby company's de-
partment store at Detroit. The
splendid work of the iremen pre-
vented the flames from reaching the
first story, but much damage result
ed from water.
The sophomore class won the an
nual oratorical contest at the uni
versity, two representatives of that
class winning the first two prizes in
the Peavey and Dunwoody oratorica]
contests over the freshmen orators.
Mrs. E. V. Crooksey of Minneapolis
was severely burned on her hands
and arms while trying to extinguish
fire that started in room in her
house and destroyed the curtains and
fittings of the room before it was put
out.
The Broadway grocery corner OF
Broadway and Adams street, St,
Paul, was entered by burglars and
the cash till containing 81 cents in
cash broken open and looted of its
contents.
After being out for five months,
moulders in the employ of the Ma
tional Iron Works, in West Duluth
have effected settlement with their
employers and the plant is now in
full swing. The men will receive
$2.ss day, as against sa.7o the for
mer scale.
William Carlton, an old soldier who
formerly lived in Minneapolis, but
whose home is at present at How
ards Lake, was found in dying
condition upon the platform of a
blind baggage car on Great North.