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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS,

Formal announcement was made
by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Of the engagement of their daughter,
Alice Lee Roosevelt, to Congressman
Nicholas LOngworth, and that the
wedding will take place about the mid
die CT next February.
Gov. George E. Chamberlain of Ore
gon announced the appointment OF
John NJ. Gearin, Of Portland, to sue
coed the late John III. Mitchell as Unit
ed States senator. Mr.. Gearin is a
democrat.
At Meadville, Pa, "a heavy runaway
trolley car dashing down College nil
faster than mile minute struck the
heavily-loaded Cambridge Springs car
killing two passengers and injuring a
dozen or more.
The schooner Flcrencia, while on
her voyage from Bluehelds, Nicaragua,
to Port Limon, Costa RIGA, was
wrecked. Six lives were lost.
The central committee representing
the worlds Sunday school convention
In charge of the interests Of 100000
Sunday schools with an enrolment OF
26,000,000 members, voted to hold the
worlds fifth convention in Rome
Italy, May 1923, 1907.
Miss Nellie Ainsworth, of Madison
Wis, end her cousin, Bert Stewart, Z
young farmer, were drowned while
skating ON Bishops lake near Brigh-
ton, Mich.
Baroness Won Suttner, of Austria
who inspired The Hague conference
has been adjudged the winner of the
Nobel peace prize. e..
American merchants and =, Chinese
guilds at Hongkong agreed upon IL de-
mands which it is declared will end the
Chinese boycott on our goods.
Postmaster General Cortelyou sug.
gests remedies for postal ills in annual
report and advises increased salaries
for departments employees.
Railroads entering Chicago issued an
ultimatum refusing the demand Of
switchmen for an eight-hour day and
% per cent. increase in wages.
Capt. 8. s. Brown, the noted multi.
millionaire turfman, died in Pittsburg
President Roosevelt. it Is said. has
announced privately to some of bis
close personal friends that at the end
of his term as president Of the United
States he will take q trip around the
world. IL. / s:@s :.=.. b. : s.ss1 s<.s
The six powers and the sultan have
come to an agreement over the Mace.
DOMAIN finances. Sss 1 5 s
Secretary Hitchcock In reporting t.
the president regarding the work Of the
interior department says large p0r.
ton of the public domain has been re.
covered from land thieves '.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
SUMMARY OF 4
Weeks EVENTS
NoST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HONE TOLD IN CON-
DENSED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items Of News Gathered
from All Parts Of the Globe and
Outlined in tho Briefest Manner
Possible.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS,

Senator German, Of Maryland, was
elected leader Of the democratic minor
ity in the upper house.
Leaders in congress have decided on
the admission of two new states, one
to be composed Of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory, and the other of Arr
IONA and New Mexico.
Senators opposed to President Roose-
velt's plan for rate legislation have
adopted policy Of extended delay in
committee to gain their ends.
Contrary to custom, the senate failed
to honor the memory Of the late Sen
'atOr Mitchell.
The senate committee on appropria-
tions agreed to report the emergency
canal bill, carrying 311 ,OOO, 900, but
struck out the provision relating to
bonds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
Quaint Old Custom

In the Older time the Yule log va
always laid aside before It was burnt
out, SO that on the next Christmaa
day the new Yule log might be lighted
with the charred remains Of its prede.
cessor. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
Tree Bountiee,

st. Paul.-The state auditor sent out
warrants for'the payment of $40, 0se. 70
to farmers of Minnesota who have
planted trees under the provision of
the tree bounty act.
Warrants were sent to 2, CPS individ-
ual farmers Of the state. They repre-
sented the tree bounty payments Of
S2 so per acre on 1864 acres which
have been planted to trees under the
scheme of re-forestration.
Since 1887 the state has paid out a
total of $441, 900 in tree bounties upon
an estimated acreage of 80, 600 acres.
The law provides that a bounty of
S. so for every acre for tracts of one to
ten acres and the bounty is paid for
six years after-planting. The princi-
pal payments thisyear were as follows:
Redwood county, 716x acres, 81, FOL
7o1.25 Renville county, 656H acres,
81 ,644.63; Chippewa county, 5soh acres,
Brown county, 1854 acres. $50; Mower
county, $40 acres, $3.50: Blue Earth
county, 324I acres, $Sl1.25.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20

H.. On an Ocean Steamer.
The Wtfe-Shall I have your sdinaea
brought to the room, dear? .-..
Husband (fse6ly)- Just qrdae &
thrown overheard. No -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
Off to California.

St. Paul.-Gov.- and Mrs. John A,
johnson left over the. Northern Pscifi.
for Los Angeles to seek surcease from
official and social obligations for two
weeks They went directly to Port
land, but will spend the greater p,rt
Of their vacation in the California city.
On the return trip brief stop will be
made in Salt Lake City. This is the
first trip undertaken solely for pleas
ure which the governor has mad. GU. :
side of the state, except for shor,
southern trip last winter:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
School Property.

5choo1 Property.
Minneapolis.-Th total value of
school property In Minnesota is $ee,-
OH, o24, which $1,256, 5',larger than a
year ago. School districts are bonded
to the amount of SIS, 3s2, 632. The in
vestment amounts to $50 for each pupil
in the city districts, and $50 for each
pupil in the country districts
Twenty log school buildings were
erected in. the past year. There were
~ brick and 236 frame school buildings
added, and the total value of the new
buildings exceeds million dollars
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
Hunting Licensea.

St. Paul:-The sale Of licenses to
hunt game under the law passed by
the legislature Of 1905 has exceeded
the expectations of the game and fish
commission. When the season was
about half over $. F.. Fullerton, execu-
tive agent of the commission, estima,
the total number at 1900 The en-
ployes in the Office and friends made
guesses ranging from II, 53s to $4,000
and staked a small pot on the exact
humber that would be issued before
the close OF the season. The $4,000
man got the pot. when it was found
that the reports from county auditors
so far showed over Is, 900 licenses is
sued to residents OF the state with a
few more to be heard from.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20
Butter Contest.

Waterville.-O. II, Gronseth. wins
frs; in the December scoring of the
buttermakers' educational contest con-
Quoted by the state dairy aud food de-
pa.rtment His score is 81. II. A.
Goetsch of Money Creek is second with
96N and A. G. Schandel of Elmore j.
third with 96K.
This is the last of the twelve scor.
ings in the contest and the winners of
the cups will be announced soon. The
governor offered q cup to the butter
maker with the highest average and
the department will give prizes to
those next in order There were about
one hundred entries
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20

mlssal OF all charges against Samuel
+ A. McRoberts.
Spain may be forced to keep wheat
on the free list because of the great
scarcity Of breadstuns
John M. Pattison, democratic COVER
nor-elect Of Ohio, says he contributed
$7,049.9G to his campaign.
Lieut.. Burbank, U. S. A., who desert
ed his Filipino wife. has been convict
ed Of embezzlement and sentenced to
dismissal from the. army and Is
months Imprisonment.
The United States battleship Idaho
was launched at the yard of the
Cramp Ship Building company, Phil
adelphia. The vessel was christened
by Miss Louise Gooding, the 13-year-
old daughter Of Gov. Frank r. Good
ing, of Idaho. - ~ +.
Special meetings in memory of the
fhundredth anniversary Of William Lloyd
Garrison's birth we're held in New York
and Boston. ~ q-5..s-..,I +
John Farson, OF Cheese owner OF
various interurban electric lines In I'LL
nofs, plans through trolley line from
Chicago to Madison, Wis, by way of
Rockford and GAINESVILLE.
Commissioner General Sargent, OF
the immigration bureau, said in his
annual report that the influx Of aliens
into America is the nations gravest
problem. 2t.>:ssE5 s.. .s=z1 III :.
Commission merchants will send a
delegation to congress to plead for
adjustment Of private chr lines.
Gov. Hanly, Of Indiana, closed gam
bling houses at West Baden and french
Lick, Ind. Ssz}}s.
The December government report on
winter wheat implies ! crop OF about
SOC, 900, 900 bushels, against one Of
about 1876, 200, 900 bushels In December
last year. IS .5s s B. 5.s5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20

Female lawyers of New York incor.
porated q Women's. Bar association. "
Cows. Hanly, Of Indiana, and War
ner, of Michigan, declared at a confer.
ence in Chicago that rate regulation
ip traffic is certain. So
Events in the West Indies and South
America are watched with anxiety by
the administration. There is trouble
in Venezuela, Santo Domingo and Bra.
I'll. 80: ~ .-..
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew will be
dropped from the Yale corporation at
the end Of his present term, which ex-
pires in June, the alumni having or
ganized against him. .-@.s
Without a. tremor and without a
word, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers
marched to her death On the gallows
at the state prison at Windsor, VT,
and paid the penalty of numbering her
husband, Marcus Rogers, at Benning-
ton, on August 13, 1902. !. s>..:..ss.: p
The intercollegiate committee on
football rules met at Philadelphia and
declared for more open game with
increased penalties for attractions Of
rules, but formal action was deferred.
Ex-Justice Of the Michigan State Su.
preme Court John w. McGrath died at
his home ii Detroit after lingering at
:daath's door for: two weeks. 53s:
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
TEMPE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The next term of the Tempe Normal School will begin September f.
 Many improvements are being made that will increase the capacity of the school and contribute to the comfort of the students.
 The ladies' hall is being enlarged, and when completed will accommodate eighty-eight students. A new build ing will soon be completed for the din ing room and kitchen, and a steam heat plant will soon be installed with sufficient capacity to heat all of the buildings.
 The dormitOries have been eminent ly satisfactory and everything possible has been done to make them comfort able and convenient homes for the students. In them good board and furnished rooms can be obtained for $l5 per month. This includes electric light, steam heat, running water in rooms, baths, use of piano. etc. The dormitory also furnishes all necessary bedding, towels, table linen. etc.
 Students desiring dormitory accom- modations should apply at an early date as such provisions are limited to one hundred and eight students.
 All of the railroad companies of the territory grant students half fare in travelling over their lines between home and school, but in order to secure the rate application should be made to the principal at least ten days in ad- 1 vance, stating students name and the starting point on the railroad.
 The catalogue for the year 19O5-6 | contains detailed information on all matters relating to the school and will be forwarded upon application to all who are interested in the normal.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23

from Dr. Van Scoyk, both de- claring they are stockholders in the mining property, that in view of the legal condition of affairs the proposed sale would cast a cloud upon the pro perty, and would be illegal. These two notices were similar in text. and closed by warning all concerned that in buying the property they would pro- bably buy lawsuit This was prac- tically the meat of both the warning protests.
 After having heard these read. and accepted them as the receiver in the suit, MT. Hockaday asked for bids on the property, paying no attention to the protests other than to hear and ae- cept them in typewriter form. After some little time the first and only bid. offered by Rice R. Miner. was made, that gentleman starting the auction at $75,0O0. In the good old fashioned way the trustee tried to raise this bid, but without success. The sale finally reached the stage when "irst. second, and last call ' was announced. and still none of those in attendance showed any inclination to enter in the contest. l
 When the purchaser was asked whe- !. ther he was prepared to make the first | cash payment in the sum of S10,O0O. | his reply was to endorse a sight draft | for that amount. and hand it over to | Trustee Hockaday. The entire trans action passed off without the least talk either before or after the sale.
 The sale itself is supposedly but in- cidental to further legal action on the part of the opposing stockholders. and will in all probability be confirmed by Referee Job.
 A hearing in this case in the federal court will be had within short time. when Ben Blanchard and his attorney Thos. Fitch will probably both be in
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
GAME PRESERVE FOR ARIZONA.

Members of the Utah and Arizona congressional delegation will unite with President Roosevelt in an effort to establish a national preserve in the Arizona strip between the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona and the southern boundary of Utah.
 It is proposed to set aside an area of about 2,000 square miles. The place has natural boundaries and con- tains splendid grazing grounds. It is already well stocked with deer and other animals. The plan under con- sideratiOn contemplates making it a breeding ground for buffalo as well as game preserve.
 Buffalo Jones, game superintendent of Yellowstone park. is now in Ari- zona examining the section by re- quest of the President.
 The Santa Fe reaches the southern side of the canyon near the proposed preserve and by means of an aerial passenger tramway about 400 feet in length, the preserve could be easily reached by tourists.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23

being compelled to leave the place, and for the reason that they had ap- peared suspiciously in the matter. both were placed under arrest upon suspicion of having set fire to the building.
 The loss by fire is estimated at about $2,5OO. including the new lot of supplies brought to the place by Hartman on Tuesday when he took possession. The building is reported to have been partially covered by in suranee.
 Last evening both Chinamen were brought to Prescott by Deputy Bowdre, and were placed in confinement in the county jail. Charley Lee Fong soon secured bail in the sum of $500, the matter having been called before Jus tice Talbot at a late hour last even- ing. The hearing of the case in its preliminary stage will be had before Justice Talbot next Saturday, at ? O clock in the afternon.
 Telephone advice from Val Verde last evening indicates that the China men are generally believed to be who'll ly innocent of anything to do with the fire, and that hearing will show this to be true. "Smalley Lung" was compelled to remain in jail last night because a bondsman he wanted to certify for him was out of town. It is expected he will furnish the ne- cessary bond early today.
 From those who left the Val Verde yesterday it was last night learned that the company will at once arrange for a new eating house for its men. and that aside from the actual destruc- ton of the building and the stock in the place, the fire has in no way inter fered with the plans of the company. Another building will at once he made ready for a boarding house. and such supplies as are needed will be sent to the camp today.
 The preliminary hearing of the Chi nese, set for Saturday will determine just what evidence there may be against them. and several witnesses will be subpoenaed from Val Verde to attend the trial
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
Claims In Castle Creek District To Be
 Exploited
Plan Of Owners Part Of Agreement Filed
 Yesterday
(From Saturdays Daily.)

An agreement was yesterday filed for record, made between ,. V. Roby and H. William Stevens, by which the former transfers a one-half interest to Mir. Stevens in fourteen claims lying in the Castle Creek mining district also in the mill site and water right on the premises. Stevens agrees to con tribute s1O0 toward building a road from BuckhOrn Wash to Trilby Wash, and other minor considerations are named as we'll
 Stevens is further to organize a stock company with capital stock of s5O0,OOO, of which s2OO,OOO is to be made treasury stock, the expense of such organization to be borne by himself.
 He also agrees to furnish one man to assist in sinking shaft on ,he pro- perty to a depth of 100 feet. and to furnish hoisting plant when it shall be needed. Such ore as is on the dump or taken out is to become the property of the new company, and is to be mill ed at cost not to exceed $4 a ton. Stevens is to manage the new concern, to float the stock and finance the op- erations.
 Roby on his part agrees to complete all title work that may be unfinished within thirty days. He also binds himself to give Stevens an option on his remaining one half share in the mine, allowing the latter to purchase the 150,000 shares of stock at 9 cents a share at any time within two years from the filing of their agreement.
 Following is a list of the claims em- braced in the group:
 The Dove, Robin, Canary, Sparrow, Quail, Anaeonda, Cuckoo, Hawk, Eagle. Blue Jay, Lou Dillon, Nancy Hanks, Ben and the Deer. From what | little was to be learned yesterday this i deal will mean an early activity on this property in the Castle creek dis -riet.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
MINING EXPERT HERE.
J. H. Riley May Make Further Invest
 ments Here.

J. H. Riley. mining expert, who makes his home in Montana, and who is operating several properties in that state and in California. is much pleas ed with Prescott and the surrounding country. After a few days visit here during this week. urgent news com pelled him to arrange to leave for the north as soon as possible, and he will start for California today or tomor- TOW.
 It is announced that he expects to return to Prescott for a longer stay as soon as his business affairs will per init, and it will not prove at all sur prising if he makes new investments in Yavapai county upon his return. MT. Riley is one of the more prominent and successful operators of the northern mining country. and speaks in the highest terms of this section of the ter ritory as mining field. beside being delighted with Prescott as business point and place of residence.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
NEW LAW FIRM.

Announcement has been made of the association of Walter B. Kibbey, de- putty clerk of the district court of Ma rieopa county, and Attorney-General E. s. Clark in the practice of law at Prescott, the association to go into effect on September l. This arrange ment was made more than a month ago. but MT. Kibbey did not send in his resignation until Tuesday. It was then forwarded to Clerk E. s. Dun levy, who is on the coast. There was a misunderstanding that there would be branch office of the firm in Phoenix, but there will be none. MT. Kibbey will move to Prescott in a eou- pie of weeks. The junior member of the firm has been member of the bar of the county and territory for sev- eral years, and for some time was as- sociated with his father, Governor Kibbey. He has given great promise of his success as an attorney, but then he comes of a family of eminent law yers for several generations.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
CHINESE JAILED ON CHARGE OF
 ARSON.
Boarding House at Val Verde Burned
 Down Under Peculiar Circumstances.
(FrOm Thursdays Daily.)

Tuesday evening between : and s o'clock fire destroyed the company boarding house aS Val Verde. and as a result two Chinese are under ar rest, charged with setting fire to the building. The story of the fire is that for some time past Charley Lee Fong had conducted the place. having in his employ 9 Chinese known as "Smaliey Lung,'' his minute stature leading to his nickname. Fong for some reason was ordered by the com pany to vacate the premises, and J. Hartman and wife were given the con tract to conduct the establishment.
 On Tuesday Hartman took possession of the place, and stored something like $500 worth 9f food supplies in the building with which to begin busi ness. Both Chinese had been room ing in the building. and were still in possession of rseir sleeping quarters when the fire broke out Shortly af ter & clock fire was discovered in two separate places ia the building. one un- der the stairway. and the other at point on the upaer floor. No opportu- nity was oiereG to check the blaze. and half an ho.r later the building and contents were mass of ruins.
 Y is alleged that after the fire had be discovered. Lung, the Chinese eT"'oyed by Charley Lee Fong, was seer coming down the stairs with a bundle Of clothing. Because of the feeling expressed by the Chinese at
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-23
CREDITOR BIDS IN THE BANK.
 RUPT MINE.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

(From Wednesdays Daily.)
 Rice R. Miner. a son-in-law of E. w. Burnham, of Kansas City, the latter being the president of the American Copper Company, and himself credi- tor of the bankrupt company in the sum of $30,000, yesterday, bid in the property of that company, which was placed on sale by Rollins B. Hockaday as trustee, for $75,OOO. The sale was made in accordance with the order is- sued from the federal court as a result of bankruptcy proceedings, and in view of the many complications already going to make up legal tangle, indi- cates that the fight between the stock holders, creditors and others is appar- ently yet in its infancy.
 After the trustee had been allowed to read his order of sale as has been published for some time past, and had announced from the courthouse steps that he was prepared to receive bids, Attorney Robert F. Morrison read warning notice on the part of his clients, Thos. Fitch and Ben Blanchard. This notice and protest was in effect that the sale about to be attempted was illegal from the fact that his clients had already purchased the pro- perty at a previous sale, bidding there for $115.0OO, and are ready and willing to pay that price when the court shall see fit to confirm the sale. This pro- test likewise referred to the suit now pending with reference to the property in issue. and warned all concerned that the sale if made would he an illegal one.
 Following came Attorney Jos. Nor risOn with a protest and warning from the Howell Mining Company and