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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

ships have been sent forth from time to
time. the George Pobiedouosts, the
Tchesure, the Sinope. each OF II, 200 tons.
The New York World gives the follow
ing Information in regard to the ship
building energy now displayed at this
and other Russian ports:
among the great waships under con-
struction or soon to be begun in Russian
yards are the following: Six battle
ships, each of 1850 tons displacement.
as follows: Imperator Pavel l.. at the
Baltic works, St. Petersburg Andrei Per-
vosvanni, building at Galley Island
yards, st. Petersburg; two ships OF tho
same type as these. building at Sebasto-
pol; two battleships, the Evstati, 1880
tons, building at Nicolaiefr; Ivan Zla-
tousi. 1888 tons, building at Sebasto-
pol; three armored cruisers. one re-
ported to be OF $4,000 tons displacement.
two Of 1880 and 10000 tons; three pro-
tected cruisers Of the Olchokoff type, 6,67S
tons; one building at st. Petersburg. two
at Sebastopol. three of the Boyeriu type,
$500 tons.
Last October a German shipbuilding
firm received an order from Russia for
II torpedo boats. ard it is known that
many vessels of this type are being con-
structed in the Nixon yards at Elizabeth.
1t is said that Mr.. Nixon when abroad
started work on ships Of this character
in Russia, but that he insisted some Of
the labor be carried on here. And eyi-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
DENMARK

Edward Brandes has been replaced
by Henrik Cavling As editor of Poll
.tiken, the great liberal daily. Mr.
Cavling is the brightest journalist in
the kingdom, and in mixing up truth
and fiction in fascinating fashion he
has very few equals, aud perhaps no
superiors, in the world.
The storm that ragged the last day OF
the old year in southern Scandinavia
and northern Germany flooded the
country around Gedser. North of Ged-
ser windmill and two houses were
the only objects that rose above the
water: In one of the houses only two
children were at home, their parents
being at work in town. A brave farm
er's boy waded through the icy waves
to the house and found the children
standing on table, the water cover.
ing the floor to some depth. At Max.
skov, the printing Of a paper had to
be stopped, the press rooms being
flooded. - Holding and Frederick were
also badly damaged by wind and the
waves.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
T WAS on a wild, clustering
March night, on the bleak
shores of the Atlantic coast
in North Carolina, in q lonely
log hut, the surroundings Of
which testified to the poverty


Jackson, the man whose name and fame
Is honored by one of the great political
parties of the country with each recu.-
renee OF the 9Th Of January, was born
He never saw his father. The mother
had just returned from placing her hus-
band in the grave and, pain-crushed,
heart-stricken and poverty driven, had
been forced, with her two fatherless
children, to take refuge at the cabin of
her sister to give birth to her third child.
Andrew, or Andy as he is universally
called even to this day. grew up. He was
never reared. From infancy life around
him was a struggle with poverty. As q
boy he was rough, rude and turbulent.
When he was old enough he was placed
out to work for his board. His mother
died when he was II years old. BY at
tending log schoolhouse he had man
aged to learn to read and figure tolerably
well-he never could write and sell cor
rectly. Thus equipped, Andrew Jackson
left the place of his birth to make his
own way in the world.
And yet this youth, after learning the
trade of a saddler, with this meager
early education, became schoolmaster
4 lawyer, a district attorney, a con-
gresham. a governor, judge Of the
state and Of the United States courts, Z
United States senator, a major general
and the president Of this nation for eight
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

IDENTIFY what the naval expert wishes
goes at present in the ship-needing land
of Russia.
1t was in 1898 Russia showed her hand
as to desire to increase her naval pres
tige, and that was the year she pushed
Japan away from Manchuria and herself
took possession. She at once began to
advance work, though with nothing OF
her present fever, in the various yards
ct her great domain: employed $500 at
the Baltic works. about 1000 at Kron-
stadt-all these on the west coast. Then
at Sebastopol, which is about 5,00G
miles by rail from st. Petersburg.
and at Odessa between 1000 and 1000
were employed; at the Oberhof steel
works, on the Neva, 1000 men, and 1000
at the port of Alexander ILL.,, near Li5au.
AS Is we'll known a goodly number OF
workmen were at labor at Vladivostok
and Port Arthur
When one thinks of the amount Of
labor put into the building of a great
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

deliberate aim. Staring death In the
face, Dickinson recoiled 4 step or tive
Back to the mark, sir!" shouted
took his marked-out place.
Jackson, taking renewed aim, pulled
the trigger, but the pistol did not 90
of. He examined it, and found that it
had stopped at half cock. Readjusting
1t, he again took deliberate aim and fired.
Dickinson reeled and fell, the bah h4v-
ing passed through his body just above
few hours afterward. The a11a1
greatly injured JacksenS popularity
for = time, for Dickinson vas . favoEtta
throughout Tennessee.
Two Of these personal alterations OF
Jackson were caused in whole o. In part
by disparaging words concerning hf1
wife. This was the case in his difficulty
with Dickinson. His wife had formers!
been Mrs. Robards- Her husband mis-
treated her, and they separated. He
went to Virginia and there applied for .
divorce. The news came to Nashville
that the divorce had been granted. Be-
lieving It to be true, Gen. Jackson and
Mrs. Robards were married. Two years
afterwards the legal papers came an4
nouncing that the divorce had Just beeni
granted in the courts, proceedings, for.
some reason, having been delayed. !:
Thus for two years Jackson and Mrs.
Robards had been illegally married. To
remedy the defect, new license Was OBJ.
tanned and the marriage ceremony was,
performed over again. Their married;
life was happy one. He was ever q de-;
voted husband, she . loving wife. He
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
An Empty Threat.

An Empty Threat.
JOHNNY say, Kate. did you tell pa, ~
you said you would?
Kate-What about, dear?
Johnny-Oh, you know, yesterday.
Pa-What was 1t, johnny ..
Johnny-Why, Maj. Spoofins kissed
Kate yesterday in the back drawing
room, and she said she'd tell you If he
did it again, and he did 1t again, lots of
times. saw him.-Ally Sloper.
=. The Reason why. i
Moss-What was the cau:e OF Flirt-
ers engagement with the Costellos girl
being broken ONT =ss 4 a j, .. u 1775
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

"A meteor passlng from south u
north, not very far above tho Garth.
exploded with : loud report : short
distance north Of MalmoI s7s. :. ST
The senate Of FINLAND has refused 20
grant the Swedish Life Insuranoe
company pcrmission to do business II
Finland. .E :s.*.:a, ~ 49, >s. .s ! VS.
Norrkoping has a., 34l, Inhabitants,
and the increase Tor 1904 was l,is0
Money Is being raised in Dalarne for
monument to Mons Nilsson Swim
hufvud. who saved tho life Of Gustat
vasa. the leader Of the: Swedish ma
ttonalists 400 years, ago, and who be-
came the first king Ut modern Sweden.
Two Swedes crossed tho BALTIC sea
in a balloon just before Christmas.
They landed on the island OF Osel, and
at first the Russian authorities han
died them rs though they were spies
but as soon as the real character Ut
the expedition was known the air.
sailors were treated very kindly.
-Four tishermen's wives were over
taken by the great storm of Dec. 30
aud 81, while on their way from Karls-
krona to lIasslo In order. to save
their lives they landed on IL small
island named Kurrholmen. The big
gcst waves rolled almost to the high
est point of the island, and the poor
women were drenched by the ice.cold
spray. But there they had to stand,
hour upon hour, during the long De-
cember night. At eight o'clock in the
morning they were rescued. One OF
them died on the way home, and the
others had to be carried from the boat
into their houses. This is the most
terrible case of exposure and suffering
within the memory of the oldest fish
crmen of that locality.
The riksdag was opened Jan. II in
the new riksdag house, which was oc-
cupied for the first time. King Oscar
reappointea the presidents and vice.
presidents of both chambers. The
speech from the throne mentioned the
arbitration treaties concluded will,
various countries, said the ncgotia-
tons looking to the establishment OF
consular systems for Sweden and Nor.
way were nearly completed, and an
nounced bill to extend the franchise
In elections for members of the second
chamber. The speech also expressed
satisfaction at the fact that the cost OF
carrying out the different bills to be
introduced should be met without in
creased taxation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

was always sensitive when this dfst
marriage ceremony was questioned. In
deed, no one could breathe word in his
presence on its sanctity without the fear
OF a personal assault from him. She
lived to see him elected president, bus
died before his Inauguration.
After the death of his wife Gen. Jack
son was a changed man. He never used
profane word and seldom allowed him
self to lose his temper, which was one
of his great faults. His religious ten
denotes we're strengthened by the ex-
ample OF his wife. On her death bed he
gave her the solemn promise that he
would join the church. This promise
was not fulfilled until after he had re-
tired from the presidency and gone to his
old home, The Hermitage" in Tennes-
see. Then the hours of reflection came.
and, at the age of three score and Is. he
became Christian.
In the winter of 1912 there vas 4
series Of religious meetings held not
Tar from his home. President Jackson
attended all Of them. He was pro-
foundly impressed, and ut the close az
the meetings he announced his intention
to unite with the church. The pastor Of
the congregation was Rev DR.. Edgar.
When the ex-president presented him.
self for membership the usual questions
respecting doctrine and experience were
satisfactorily answered. Then the cler-
gyman said:
DO you forgive all your enemies?"
The question was evidently unexpect-
ed, and Gen. Jackson remained silent for
moment. Then he slowly answered:
MY political enemies can freely for
give. But as for those who abused M
while was serving my country in tho
field and those who attacked me them
we'll, doctor, that is a different ouee.
ton"
DR.. Edgar assured him it wa not
Christianity, he said, forbade the indul>
gence Of enmity absolutely and in als
cases. No man, he continued. could be
received into Christian church who
did not cast out of his heart every feel
ing Of that nature. It was q fundamental
condition. After considerable pause
Gen. Jackson said he thought lie could
forgive al! who had in any way injured
him.
That very morning the war worn vet
eran bowed at the altar In this little
country church and made his confession
of faith, was baptized, and received -
q member. His subsequent life, and hs
lived for three years afterward, was that
of = Christian. Family prayer was e.
tablished at his home and he read the
bible through twice before his death.
He died on the 9Th day of June, 1S46.
! FRANK DILDINR
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
years. His career vas indeed strange

years. His career vas indeed strange
and eventful one.
The life of Andrew Jackson was full of
lights and shadows. He had great vir-
tues and great faults. He had a big
heart. No sacrifice was too great for
him to make for friend. He was hon
est, and when he thought cause was
right, he would face any opposition to
champion It, He was patriotic. He
stood for his country's flag, fought be-
meath its folds, and, by his vigorous
measures stamped out treason in its in
cipiency.
Yet until near the close of his life, he
was not Christian. Measured by the
standards of to-day, he was not even a
moral man. In his young manhood he
drank, and gambled and swore. His
profanity remained with him as fault
until late in life. He was man of vio-
lent temper, and at times it knew no re-
straiut. In his rashness he was some
times outrageously wrong. Yet his vir-
tues overshadowed his faults and made
him the idol OF his party.
It was his military career, more than
anything else, that won him the presi-
dency, although militarism was not his
profession. He was not q trained SOL
der. His browning laurels were won
during the war of 1872 at The battle of
New Orleans, where he gained signal
victory over the British. completely
routing their superior forces and bring
ing the war to close. It Is the victory
he gained at New Orleans on the Sth of
January, 1915, that is the enduring basis
for the honors paid him with each re-
curing anniversary of that day. It IS
the light in his life of patriotism that
makes him the idol of his party.
As shadows in the life of Jackson his
duels and personal encounters stand
forth prominently. At the time he was
judge of the supreme court of Tennessee
he had a political quarrel on the street
with Gov Sewer. Both men drew their
pistols and fired at each other. In their
excitement their bullets missed their
marks, and before they could renew
their fire friends separated them. On
another occasion. for an insult offered,
he was about to horsewhip Col Benton,
prominent man of Nashville. The son
of the latter interfered and sent pisto,
bullet crashing through Jackson's arm.
In another quarrel, at horse race,
Jackson beat young man named Swami
with club. This last difficulty led to
the duel with Charles Dickinson. an
able and prominent lawyer of Nashville,
who had espoused the cause of young
Swami and denounced Jackson for his
actions.
The two men, with their seconds. met
the next day in grove not far from
Nashville. The parties were to stand
facing each other, "a feet apart, with pis-
tolls down. At the word FIRE. they were
to discharge their pistols as soon as they
pleased. Dickinson got the first fire and
sent Z hall crashing through Jackson's
side. breaking 4 rib and leaving q bad
and painful wound. jackson had not
yet his shot. Apparently unnindful OF
bis Injuries. he raised his pistol and took
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
Nurses Are Undt.

The nurses who went to Japan were
received with courtesy, but the medical
department of the japanese army hAs
been frightfully embarrassed by their
attentions. Their inability to eat Jap
anese food, or to live in japanese style.
have proved an almost complete bar Ia
their usetulness.-Medical Record
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

BY laundering the air. Vice President
Bope, Of the Carnegie Steel company,
declares he will bring about a revolu-
ton In the manufacture of pig iron,
increasing the output and lowering the
cost from one to two dollars q ton.
The air is to be thoroughly dried be.
fore being forced into the furnaces.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
Found,

After fifty years of widowed and
hidden existence, the original draft Of
the constitution of Minnesota was in
advertently exhumed from dusty
pile of miscellaneous documents by
George 3. Brown, an assistant in the
SECRETARY of ( states Office i, For the
past thirty years every secretary OF
the state has had had nearly every
year calls from persons who desired to
see the original draft Of the constitu-
ton.
Search after search has been insti-
tuted in the Office and the records have
been overhauled more times than could
be counted on the fingers and toes, but
still the historic document cluded and
defied every search made.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
NORWAY

The Norwegian telegraph system is
so years old this year. The first line,
the one running between Kristiania
and Drammen. was opened Jan. /,
1885. The combined length of the
wires is a little over 50, 600 Euplisl,
miles, and the number of stations 763.
Norway has invested IS, BIS, s35 in the
telegraph system. c. r. Nielsen was
manager of the system from the start
until his death, in 1892. His services
were satisfactory, and it is proposed to
erect granite monument to his mem
Dry at Domaas, Dovre, In the very
heart of Norway.
Consul War Huitfeldt, of Trond-
hjem has taken out 1000 tons of iron
ore at Ostnesfjord, Vaagan, Lofoten,
and if the percentage of iron turns out
to be large enough the mine will be
worked on larger scale.
There is evidently bad hitch in the
negotiations between the cabinets OF
Norway and Sweden for the establish.
ment of separate consular service for
Norway. 1t is said that the crown
prince and the Swedish premier agree
that the Swedish minister of:foreiQn
affairs ought to have q right to recall
a Norwegian consul. but that the Nor
wegian cabinet may have fiual author.
ity in such matters. The Norwegians,
on the other hand, want to have their
consuls controlled exclusively by the
Norwegian cabinet. The Norwegian
press is taking the matter very seri.
ously, and even the most conservative
papers are using threatening Ian.
guagc in view of the possibility of a
failure to realize the plan.
A snowstorm was raging the first OF
January along the Ofoten railway.
covering the track to depth of ten
feet.
The department of finance of Great
Britain has offered to pay $s5, 600 to
Adolf Beck, who, though an innocent
man, languished in British tails for
several years.
Rev. Blersing Dahlc is the first Nor.
wegian minister who ever attempted
to serve the Norwcgians in Berlin per.
manently.
The dam in the 0lommen at Sund.
fos is in such poor condition that it
must be repaired at an early date.
The work cannot be done until the
water in Lake Mjosen has been low.
cred.
A cablegram dated Stockholm, Jan.
10, states that King Oscar, in his speech,
from the throne, announced that "the
negotiations looking to the establish.
ment of consular systems for Norway
and Sweden were nearly completed"
One new distillery was opened dur
Ing last year. namely, at STANCE, Hede-
marken. There were 81 old ones in
the southern and in the northern part
OF the country, making a total OF "a
distilleries in operation. The total
production was equal to a little over
l ,000, 900 gallons Of alcohol.
The last party Of Norwegian emf.
grants to leave the country in 1904 was
taken to England By the Montebcllo,
and It consisted Of only ten persons
Only. about four-flfths as manv per.
sons emigrated from Norway. in 1904
as in 1908. The exact number is not
! known at this writing. Z. ISL
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
Thieves at the Capitol.

Vandals and thieves arc already get
ting in their work at the new capitol
building. Among the crowds of peo-
pie who have visited the structure in
the past two weeks there have been
some whose instinct for curios was
stronger than conscience. The capitol
commission employees have already
missed several of the ornamental brass
doorknobs with which the building is
fitted
Some bold persons seem to have
actually walked away with handsome
chairs. The new capitol is full Of
workmen and men are carrying furni-
ture in and out every day, so almost
any one can pick up chair and walk
out with it and not attract attention.
Either some furniture has gone astray
in delivery, or else some thief has taken
chances by carrying chairs away in
plain sight of hundreds of people.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

Can you gimme a bite, ma'am?"
said the ragged hobo I'm hungry
enuft ter eat a hoss." y:~- NJ. ...:|
II regret to say" replied the kind
lady, that we are just out Of horses;
hut III call the dog .. !.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
Not the Kind She M..n

Stone-Oh, it was a case OF hear,
failure, believe.-Ally sloper.
Not tho Kind She Meant
District Visitor-Don't despair ~
your husband, Mrs. Green. He must
have time.
Mrs. Greep-He -, miss. They suv
I'm six months!-Tit-B!ts.
Reaching Solution.
Whinky-The question of what tc da
win our millionaires is one Of the
serious problems Of the day. ".
Whanky-Well. the automobiles Win
soon solve it.-Pvck. T-=4.E. a..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
Big Business,

The yearly report of the st. Paul
Union Stock Yards company for 1904
shows that 3s9. 800 cattle, 68l. 635 hogs,
ne. 766 sheep and GAS horses were re.
ceived during the twelve months just
closed. This live stock was shipped in
2s.83' cars OF these, 275, 493 cattle,
7l,654 hogs, 62:,269 sheep and 6,205
horses were shipped out There were
slaughtered at South St. Paul during
the last year 94,25o cattle, 1853
calves, sl0,151 hogs and 174,6oo sheep.
The comparative table shows a decided
increase in every item during 1904 over
the proceeding year, with the excep-
ton of horses, which fell off ,305I head.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25

T.: Excellent work has been done by the
adjutant generals department. in SC.
curing pensions for soldiers, their wi
dows and families, according to the re-
port on pensions for the last two years
issued by the department. The work
has been under the supervision of Maj.
Oscar Seebach, assistant adjutant gen.
eral.-..
During the last two years there were
filed 1888: new claims. of which 9ss
were granted and 294 rejected. A com,
parison with the reports of other years
shows that this is the greatest number
OF pensions ever granted through the
agency Ct the adjutant generals office
In the history of the state.
The report shows an increase of 3OC
per cent over the work done in this d.
vision during the previous year. The
claims granted during the last two
years represent an aggregate annual
income to the pensioners Of s34, $50.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-25
News Notes.

! News Notes.
William Goodman. living nine miles
southeast of Winthrop, while driving,
was killed by a Minneapolis & St.
Louis passenger train.
Judge w. L. Window, of Duluth.
fined John Knutson, a wife beater, $50
and costs. with alternative of sixty
days In Jail
w. A. Avery, of Detroit, has sold
1000, 900 feet of his pine tributary to
the Duluth & Iron Range road, and
gave an option to prospective pur-
chaser for 90, 000. 900 feet.
George Norman, an employe at the
Great Northern shops, ST. Paul, fell
into a cinder pit in the shops and sus-
tanned several severe cuts and bruises
about the head.
Somewhere in St. Paul or Mime
apolis there lives a girl, Nellie Kerr
burn by name, to whom So 900 has been
left by c. c. Maxson, the young
Frenchman who was killed at Kerk-
hoven.
| Gov. johnson announced the an.
pointment of w. II. Hatcher, of Min
neapolis, as military storekeeper. Mr..
| Hatcher is not a member of the na-
tional guard at present, but he has
served at different times for more than
Ave years. He served in the Thirteenth
regiment as quartermaster sergeant OF
Company F of Minneapolis.
| A verdict of $1,000 damages was re-
turned by the jury in the case of Chas.
Banuitz against the city of st. Paul in
the district court.
Fred w. Blanch, the defaultinR
cashier of tho Bank of Sargent, pleads
guilty 20 the charge Of forgery.
| A farmer named Holman and his
family experienced a narrow escape
from possible death through reing at.
tackled by six large timber wolves,
which this year are more numerous
than they ever have been in Stearnt
county.
There is to be . shaking up In the
Crookston fire department, and all the
laggards are to be dropped.
| Articles of association have been
signed by q number of the wealthy
farmers in the vicinity Of Rollingstone
and the merchants and business men
OF that village for the First STATE Banl
Of Rollingstone. ..5 s....* .,.. X.
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