Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.
OmCerS Elected.

Omcers Elected.
| c. N. Cosgrove of LIE Sueur was elect
ed for third term as president of
the State Agricultural society at the
closing session of the annual meet
ing; b. F. Nelson of Minneapolis,
first vice president; and Chester r.
Smith of St. Paul, second vice presi-
dent, were also reelected, but ex-
changed places, Mr.. Smith becoming
first vice president and Mr.. Nelson
second. Secretary E. w. Randall and
be reappointed by the board of man
ayers at their next meeting, Jan. 10,
at the Merchants hotel, st. Paul.
OF the board of managers N. S.
Gordon, Crookston; j. c. Curryer
Mankato; j. NJ. Underwood, Lake
City, and L. D. Baird, Austin, hold
over. William E. Lee, Long Prairie,
whose term expired, was reelected
by acclamation; Colonel w. NJ. Lig-
gett, dean of the state agricultural
college, was also reelected with lit
tie opposition.
|
A report received from the town Of
st. Anna, in northern Stearns county,
tells of a fatal burning. The accident
occurred in the home of Rohurs Syman-
ietz, living near the St. Anna church.
The mother left her two youngest
children. aged and 3 years, in the
house alone, while she went on an err
| RI NJ 70 Co..
attending to his stock at the barn, and
heard the horrible screams of the
the children. Rushing to the house he
found the clothing of both his child
rem in flames.
With great presence Of mind he
seized both, carried them out of doors,
rolled them in a snow drift, extingu-
ishing the blaze. A messenger was
Immediately despatched to Holding
ford for physician, but before his ar
rival death ended the terrible suffer-
ing of the little ones.
| Murder and Suicide.
Because his wife refused to be sole
wage-earner of the family and support
him in idleness, and also actuated by
jealousy of the insane type, James Jen-
nings, alias Howard Garfield, Mime
apolis bartender, shot and killed her,
and then committed suicide. The wo-
man was known as Pearl Guyett.
The shooting occurred in the rooms
occupied by the couple on the third
floor of the Windfeld block at 10 Fifth
street north. Jennings, after killing
his wife, placed the gun of the revol-
yer to his mouth and pulled the trig-
ger He died soon afterward at the
CITY hospital without regaining con-
sciousness.
Available Gift.
E. W. D. Holway, resident OF
DEBORAH, Ia, presented to the botani-
cal department of the University OF
Minnesota his entire library and col,
lections relating to his work in fungil
The library, which consists of owe,
5000 volumes, relating to botenical re.
searches, is one one of the most com
plete in this part of the country.
The library is a most valuable one. Z
copy Of Dordas Tones Fungerum
which is included in the gift, being
worth from $500 to $1,000.
News Notes.
Rucben Tuper, son of Henry Tuper
of Chatfeld while hunting, accidental
~ shot himself, dying soon after.
A rear-end collision on the Northern
Pacific occurred at Elk River, between
the local freight and passenger trai1
No. S. The eaboose was almost tore
te pieces, altho no one was hurt.
Fire damaged the livery stable O.
John BEDFORD at Ely.
The Minneapolis, st. Paul &, Saul
Ste. Marie railway report for thu
month of December was issued las
week. The report shows an increas'
of % per cent in earnings for the pc
Rod.
A mass meeting of business mel
and farmers was held and prelimina
ry steps taken to erect a creamer,
early in the spring. Another cream
cry is to be started in the town O.
Alma, not far from Argyle.
The Minneapolis and Northern ele
vator and the Interstate elevator, a
Evansville, were both set afire short
ly and the Interstate, filed will
wheat, was totally destroyed. Waste
saturated with kerosene, had beef
strewn about both buildings. THREE
freight cars were burned.
The project for an independent in
terurban line between St. Paul ant
Minneapolis has been revived and i
is proba BILE that the councils will b.
asked soon for franchise authoriz
ing the construction of such line.
Seven members of the family of LIE,
Schultz, $50 Blair street, st. Paul, ar
suffering from trichnosis The famil
are sure that the disease was contract
ed from eating raw sausage made iron
fresh pork which they had in the house
Henry Kleimann was bound over t.
the grand jury at Manlzato, on tn
} charge of assault in the first degre
upon Andrew Anderson, farm nan
employed by his wife's brother.
Scarlet fever is said to be epidemi
at Tenstrile.
S. A. Berni, saloon keeper at Min
neapolis, has offered a reward of SIC
for the capture of the person or pei
, sons who have tried to burn his plac
of business six times within the pas
; two months.
On going to work men who were cut
,, ting ice in School Lake near Elk Rive,
were Mortified to find the body of
, man frozen in the place where the
: had taken out ice the afternoon befor,
: While Edward Keller of Wayzat;
t was handling a revolver which he di
not know was loaded, was accidental