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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
News ! J o. minnesota.
. Lower Ratea..

j. IN - A.
m Minneapolik-An. announcement Of
the most vital, widespread and imme.
dtate Importance to the farming inter-
est OF the northwest was made by the
Great Northern railroad, the manage.
ment of which decided to make .
sweeping reduction In grain carrying
rates. sd 5s* S $ss.z {. # =ts+ W.
This reduction OF rates. ranges from
s cents per hundred, q. from the most
distant points to 9 half cent from
points nearest the Twin Cities and the
head OF the lakes. From Williston,
distant from the head of the lakes GIG
miles, the reduction is S cents. On the
Granville branch, the Towner branch,
the line from Rugby to sarles, the
rates are cut three cents This covers
an immense stretch Of country, much
OF IT recently under: cultivation, in
North Dakota. H>@#s a.
From Minot to the head of the lakes,
from Grand Forks and Fargo aud
Hillsboro, on the Hannah line, running
north from Larimore, on the Neche
line and the st. Vincent line, the re-
duction' is 2 cents per hundred. On
the st. Johns line, running from
Churches Ferry, and the Walhalla line
it is - cents, and from Larimore it is
~ cents. Other roads have met this
rate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
DR.. Wright Comments.

In his comment on the returns, Di-
rector Wright says: H.
'.rhe present census will show re-
turns from over 300 organized and
unorganized townships. that Uncle
Sans enumerators did not cover five
years ago. It is the most complete
census ever taken. In Itasca county
alone the state census will show the
population of over 100 townships that
the government did not enumerate
five years ago, for the simple reason
there were no inhabitants of any
consequence in these townships.
I'm St. Louis county over sixty
new townships are returned by the
present census. Beltrami county
shows over twenty newly organized
townships in the past five years, and
a number of enterprising villages,
which have also appeared on the map
in Itasca, st. Louis and many other
northern counties, within the last Eve
years. /. II RI =.z ,. b
In Norman county the present
census will show the enumeration of
white inha bitants in eleven town
ships on the reservation, and also in
an incorpo rated village on the White:
Earth reservation. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30

.S 5! |! I BUTCHER 1 JEWS.
KILLING Is STARTED ON VERY
SLIGHT PRETHxT. ..1.s
Women and Children ars Slain and
the Doctors not Allowed to
i Attend Wounded. 5=.Sz=

Warsaw, Russia Poland, Aug. go,
another massacre of J eyvs, marked by
atrocities worthy Of savages, has oc-
Cured In Bialistolx, about atty miles
southwest of Grodno. Little Is known
outside Of Russia Of this slaughter,
while even in Russia itself few people
know Of Its horrors = :. i, s.: .
The official report minimizes Sc, as
usual, merely stating that party Of
Jews ut Bialistolxs threw bomb,
which killed some soldiers. whereupon
the troops fired in, self.defencess and
that during the scnfile". forty Jews
We're killed and 1So wounded.
Some Jewish workingmcn were 2ar-
rested there three weeks ago and
treated with exceptional brutality. by
soldiers and policemen, whose officers
threatened openly that they would
crush the Jewish populations; "teach
the Jews q lesson" 3srny. r
A small gathering Of Jews, possibly
socialists, but not authorized by the
socialist party to act, ordered that the
brutal treatment Of their arrested
oo'oA'8 'onlStS De avenged. The per-
sons picked to do this work threw a
bomb Aug: - among some soldiers, Of
whom three were killed, while dozen
workingmen were wounded, some IA
tally. 49, .:~
This was the signal of violent out
break by the troops against all the
Jews, innocent and guilty alike. Sol
d'ers marched up and down Balls
stok's street shooting Unfortunately
whomsoever was abroad. They en-
tered the houses, killing and robbing
the occupants. j. -
Some incidents are so atrocious as to
be almost incredible, but there is good
reason to believe that the soldiers had
been made drunk beforehand, suppo.
sitlon which alone can explain some of
the savagery. ..a:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
g. $. Goodwin, County Attorney of
1santi County Shoots Him
selfin Breast.

Cambridge. Mimi, Aug. a5-God-
frey G: Goodwin, county attorney of
lsanti county and president of the
State bank of this village, was found
at his office in the court house with a
bullet in his left side. The wound, it
is thought, was self-inflicted. Mr..
Goodwin, was Immediately, placed in
the care of physicians, who found that
the bullet was lodged near one of the
lungs The physicians say that unless
complications set in Goodwin NAV re-
recover.
Mr.: Goodwin has lived ia CAMBRIDGE
for ten years and is one of the best
known men in this section of the
state. He is married, and has been
county attorney for seven or eight
yeers. The report Of the shooting
created a profound sensation I'M the
village. 49,. ..@.* /
9Itsis thought the tragedy followed a
quarrel between Mr.. Goodwin and his
mother, Mrs. Cecilia Carlson, who was
present when the revolver was fred.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
State Fair.

Hamline -The promise for the Min
nesota state fair this year is brighter
than ever before Special pains have
been taken, in all the preparations,
which were commenced Immediately
after the close of the fair of 1904, and
the months of careful work over de-
tails seem about to be crowned with
unusual success. From Monday NOR
ming, Sept 4 till II o'clock Saturday
night, Sept. 9, the state fair grounds,
midway between st. Paul and Mime
apolis, will be crowded with exhibits
and gay crowds of visitors. This has
become the holiday week of the year
for thousands of Minnesota people-a
custom which is becoming more and
more popular each season
This years fair is being developed
along the lines which have proven so
successful in the past; and indications
short time before the fair point to
larger and better exhibits in every de-
partment.
The fair will be opened on. Monday
morning Sept. with an address by
Senator Dolli yer of Iowa. In the af-
ternoon of the same day, Dan Patch
fastest harness horse in the world will
make a sensational mile on the race
track in an effort to lower his pacing
record Of 1856 Dan Patch will appear
on Monday only.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
No More Sllps,

Issuance of ''slips" by elevators in
place of regular receipts for grain is
to become thing Of the past. The
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion has issued circular letter declar-
ing that the law in this regard is to be
strictly: forced hereafter. The letter
calls attention to the fact that the is
suance of anything but the regular re-
ceipt for grain is misdemeanor: The
commissioners maintain that the told
custom of issuing slips" has. caused
an endless amount of litigation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
MINNESOTA'S CENSUS.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE
=. POPULATION. +: rs.
There are now Nearly 1000, 600
Persons in the Commonwealth.
Losses in Some Sections. :.

-
The official population of Minnesota
in 1905, including Indians, is 1,979,so4.
{ There are in all 1925 Indians
counted in the census, of whom all
but 2,511 are included in county re-
turns. The bureau has not, how
ever, counted the Indians in Carlton,
Clearwater, Itasca and St. Louis
counties. The federal census of 1900
credited three of these counties with
2,456 Indians, SO the bureaus total
probably falls 5000 behind on those
counties. There seems to be no uni
form practice as to counting the In
dams.
The following table gives the Off
cial population by counties and con-
1rrpSSionn1 1iSfri<.fS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
: Studies Relir on.

y Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 27.--
Frank g. Bigelow, defaulter and ex-
banker of Milwaukee, who was
brought to the United States prison
on June II, is making q study OF
Christian Science during the routine
of prison life. & =s. q. l..~
His health is improved and he is
taking on flesh. He is clerk in the
prison record Office under r.. w. Nc
Claughry, the Bertillon expert, and
assists in taking photographs and
keeping the records of measurements
Of all new arrivals. 4:.: . .zs#s$$ ,::.S.. S@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Rush For State Land.

St Paul.-Extensive advertising Of
Minnesota lands, and the fact that the
state sells them on forty years time
with payment of but Is per cent, are
doing wonders toward attracting set
tiers
Enquiries being received for state
land literature are tremendous" said
S. G. 1verson, state auditor "Last
week alone our Office received 875 in
quiries for lands to be sold this fall.
They came from every part of the
United States and many from Canada,
Missouri, Indiana and Pennsylvania
furnish. a large lumber of the letter
writer's.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
THE NEWS OF 4. !. {. {.
WEEK CONDENSED
SUMMARY OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST
,1rogress Of Peace Negotiations Be-
tween Russia and Japan-Foreign
and Domestic Items of Interest
Told in Brief.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

AnG 1GASEA NON& A26xlVN6s
Japanese ENJOYS submitted q plan
for Russia to pay cash for the return
of part of Sakhalin, in lieu of an in.
demnity, but NJ. Witte spurned the Of
fer.
The presidents plan for the peace
compromise is reported to be that
Russia should pay Japan for the re
cession Of Sakhalin, thereby lodging
the indemnity issue.
At request of the president Baron
Rosen came to Oyster Bay anu had q
long talk with Mr.. Roosevelt regard
ing status of negotiations and the
stumbling blocks that have stopped
further progress by the ENJOYS. Pres
ident is believed to have asked Rus
STA and Japan to submit to arbitration
questions on which they are unable
to agree.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.

ACAAO " = EN- 0AA va AV"s
The New Orleans yellow fever rec
ord to date is: Deaths, PA; total cases
1903.
Yellow fever has invaded Illinois. a
negro from Louisiana being found crit
ically i'll with the disease near
Brownsville.
Yellow fever deaths and new cases
in New Orleans show little change, in
dicating that the officials are holding
the disease in check, but the situation
in the state continues discouraging.
The Arkansas state board of health
has instituted strict quarantine
against the entire state of louisiana
Gregory, Mo-, was greatly agitated
over what has been pronounced by
physicians of fatal case OF yellow
fever. The victim was Greek railroad
laborer, who came from Mississippi re-
Gently. Black vomit soon appeared
and death followed.
New Orleans devoted Sunday to 8
general fumigation, and hundreds OF
thousands of mosquitoes were de-
stroyed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Oats For the PHILIPPINES.

Minneapolis -Bdding against Seat
tie and San Francisco exporting hou-
ses, on a government contract for g.
ooo, 900 pounds OF oats-the govern
ment specifications being figured in
pounds, not bushels 50 Minneapolis
landed big contract for shipment to
to the Philippines. The w. p. Dever-
eux company made the deal. This
quantity would make two good train
loads of oats of 65 cars each, or about
100 carloads in all.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30

A number Of Polish soldiers de-
serted from Finland and crossed the
Gulf of Bothnia in open boats. They
are burden to themselves and their
surroundings after their arrival in.
NOrrland. .
The value of the exports of Swe-.
den for the year 1904 was about Sill
900, 600. There was a decrease of
little more than 100000 as COM.
pared with the year 1903. !.
A military authority has figured
out that after the dissolution of the
union Sweden will need $4,000 more
soldiers, five more armoreu cruisers
and forty more torpedo boats. nartly
to repair the loss of the Norwegian
forces, partly to meet an eventual
Norwegian invasion.
Edward Wavrinsky, member of the
rIksdag, mas been put at the head of
the world grand lodge of the ].
o. G. r.
leading daily, in speaking of the
coming election of new riksdag.
gives vent to it's pess- mistic feelings
In the following terms: The social
class controversy is at present rag
ing more fiercely than ever in our
country, exciting one portion of the
people against the other. Between
laoorers and employers. between the
| upper and lower classes. an ever
widening schism is evident, and o,t
OF this rise hate, suspicion and i'll
| will like poisonous gases which con-
| taminate the minds and impede all
useful work. To remedy ali this is
| to save society. But a task Of this
| Kind requires more than mere 10y
! atty to the platform. 1T requires a
clear, practical view of the situation.
and theories and fancies must be
made subordinate to the actual needs
of the times" The paper goes on TO
argue that the first hing to be ;lone
is the extension of the voting fran
chlse to large number of Swedish
citizens VINO have not enjoyed that
privilege in the past.
! During the two months following
| the Norwegian revolution OF June
Z, King Oscar received 500 telegrams
and several hundred letters express
ing sympathy for the aged monarch
in his trials.
No less than 1886 iron mines were
in operation in Sweden during the
year 1904. The combined production
was over 100000 tons, and the value
averaged $1-4254 a ton, which was
almost II per cent more than in 1903.
About 10000 men were employed in
| the iron mines
A scientific society in France has
resolved to erect monument of An
dree at the spot where his balloon
assembled July II, 1898. at Danes ISL
and, Sp1tzbersen. The fate of Capt.
Andree and his two companions is
still unknown to the world.
The weekly Lappland tours: ex-
press trains running from Stockholm
to the extreme north were not a
| financial success. The season lasted
from June 20 10 Aug. 5, and the whole
number of passengers carried was
only 1872
The farmers of northern Skane are
paying their laborers higher wages
and treating them better than ever
Lefore, but still they find - difficult
to obtain enough help to run their
| FARMS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Miunesota Man Chosen.

Washington, Aug. 27.--E. M. Free
man, Of the University Of Minnesota,
has been appointed to position in
the bureau Of plant industry III the
department Of agriculture. He will
be assigned to the work OF studying
rusts Of the cereal crops and grasses,
Mr.. Freeman being All expert in! this
branch Of science. Rust in wheat has
again appeared in Minnesota, the Da-
=kotas and other wheat growing
states, and while Mr.. Freeman / viii
make his headquarters in Washing
ton, his studies und oubtedly viii taxi
him to the n orthWest this year. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Cos sip j, From
$017l1di I1aluiLal.
Principal Events That Have oc-
Cured in the Old Countries
II; Within a Week or So.

A prominent European financier
has taken pains to ascertain the
credit Of the governments of the diff
ferent countries of Europe. The
work was a difficult one because
there is a considerable difference
in the rates OF interest. But he re-
duced all to common basis by as
pertaining how many dollars would
have to be invested in each kind OF
government bonds, at the market
quotation, in order to draw an in
terest of one dollar a year. Accord
ing to this computation, S3O.S6 in
vested III Danish bonds, S30.s3 in Swe
dish bonds, and $4,000 in Norwegian
bonds would bring an interest of one
that Sweden and Denmark enjoy
practically the same standing. Nor
way has poorer credit mainly be-
cause she has a much larger debt
per inhabitant than Denmark and
Sweden. By way of comparison it
should be added that England stands
at the. head of the European cosln-
tries, the market value of her bonds
being $36.37 for every dollar of in
terest drawn. Bulgaria stands at the
foot of the column, the correspond
ing amount being only 1882, and
that of the German empire is $30.16.
The Scandinavian congress OF edu-
cation, which was held at Copenha-
gen, discussed the question of re-
ligious instruction with greater
warmth than any other subject. Mr..
Sojland, a. Norwegian educator, made
the Introductory remarks, assailing
Darwinism and materialism and plac-
ing himself squarely On the side of
Christianity as a revealed religion and
as the center of religious instruc-
ton. DR.. Bang of Copenhagen criti-
cised Mr.. Sojland's position, and Mr..
Lassen, a theological candidate, ar
gued that religion is only a human
invention: but he met with such Wig
orous protests that he had to stop
before he had finished his address.
Mr.. Sojland closed the discussion by
expressing the wish that the greatest
liberty might be exercised in this
branch of education.
Germany keeps a high duty on
foreign butter, but cream is admitted
free of charge. A movement is on
foot to import large quantities Of
cream from Scandinavia and churn
it into butter after it has passed the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
9lugged.

Duluth Mimi. Aug, &c. = George
Robert of Milwaukee,, Wis, lies at st,
Luke's hospital in this ty with frac-
tured skull, the blow inflicted by two
highwaymen who attacked him on a
lonely street here late at night
The attending physician holds ont
little hop, he will survive. There is
no clue to his assailants.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Broke Through the Earth.

Wikesbarre, Pa, Aug. &c Mrs. El-
ward Moran of North Scranton last
night, as she was hanging clothes in
the garden. broke through the sod and
fell forty feet into a hole caused by a
cave-in of an old mine. AS she weighs
900 pounds the work Of rescue was diff
ficult. The hole was small and there
was room for one man only.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Stronger Alliance.

London, Aug. &c Anew Anglo-Ja-
panese treaty of alliance; much broad
er in scope than the old one, was
signed three days before She adjourn
ment of parliament
Official announcement Of the new al
lance is being deferred until after the
conclusion of the Portsmouth, confer
Ecnce. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
DENIM

1.-Two large German steamers
brought over 400 American, English
and German tourists to Iceland. The
strangers We're highly pleased with
what they heard and saw. and in a
year or two Iceland may become a
popular tourist resort.
An enterprising merchant in Ros-
kilde, Denmark, offered the city gov
eminent of Kristiania, Norway, a
complete supply of fireworks, to he
used when the new king of Norway
is to be crowned. The city fathers of
Kristiania Gid not dare to order the
goods, for the simple reason that
they cannot tell whether Norway is
going to have a king or not.
The attendance at the opening of
the Scandinavian congress of educa-
ton in the Copenhagen courthouse
was over five thousand, and many
persons had. to stand in the aisles.
Among those present were the crown
prince and crown princess of Den
mark, the premier and the minister
of public instruction.
The latest news received from the
Scandinavian editorial congress in
Copenhagen was to the effect that
Denmark wculd contribute $500, Swe-
den 1900, Norway 1000 and Finland
$50 delegates.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
Plague Of Orickets.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. &C. A plague of
crickets has swept down on Omaha and
made life a burden. The insects APP
peared suddenly by the millions. Fall
ing on the street car tracks and being
crushed by the wheels. they 50
creased the rails that traffic was Grip
pied, - - - '.-*
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
President Takes Plunra

Oyster Bay, Aug: 26.---Late yester-
day afternoon President Roosevelt
made descent in Long Island sound
on board the submarine. torpedo boat
Plunger. He was aboard the vessel
about three hours and under the wa
ter fiftv minutes. H. =. 4, 49, >
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-30
SWEDEN

." EDEN
J. Ekelund, royal bailiff of North
I-uggude, in the extreme south OF
Sweden. mas been in the service OF
the government for fifteen years.
The Stockholm gardeners union
has petitioned the department. OF
agriculture for the establishment OF
a horticultural high school near
Stockholm. The proposition origi-
mated in Gothenburg.
An attempt to unite all Swedish
punch manufacturers into a combine
has failed. The capital of the pro-
posed. combine would have been at
least one million dollars.
F. Ljungstrom. an engineer. has in
vented new milking machine which
is worked by means of vacuum.
The inventor spent three years of
hard work on the machine. The Sep
arator Manufacturing company has
bought all rights, and as soon as it
has obtained patent OH the machine
pany will begin to export it to the
great markets of the world.
Some Hungarians are said to be
contemplating the purchase, of the
famous Lung estate, Ostergotland.
It is owned by Frau Helene Won
Mecklenborg, who is said to have
asked a good deal over half a million
dollars for the property. ~
A servant girl who had just hired
out ut the home of Engineer Sund-
berg, Hoganas, sacrificed her life to
save his four-year-old boy from
drowning. The boy fell into the
water where it was deep close up to
the shore. She shouted for help and
jumped in, though she did not know
how to swim, and neither of the two
could be taken out of the water until
it was 100 late. .....
Vart Land brands as unpatriotic
the course of the 1900 Swedish school
teachers who attended the Scandi-
navian educational congress in Copen-
hagen. .s.s r.. 3z...-.:... - .
i Rev. Lexell of Hofva, Vestergot-
land, is soon going to publish lexi-
con Of Swedish rhymes on which he
has spent his spare hours for many
years past. The book is to contain
no less tnan $1,000 rhymes and SUBJ
jects, and it will no doubt be q great
aid to rhymsters. No less than s,uuu
words may rhyme with the ending
era, says the author.
Nine Roman gold coins from the
fifth century were found in Lolita
parish, North Kalmarlan. Their me-
tallic value was about SIS, and the
historical museum Of Sweden paid
shout $40 for them. ...